 Rhibear ~ Madam Solo ~ Dark Brooding Girl ~ Accio Jedi ~ Gryffinclaw ~ Just a doll
Sydney wouldn't call her doodling pointless exactly. Her doodles were relevant to the lesson, and having an image to put with each place helped her focus. She'd just finished drawing the Sword of Gryffindor to represent Godric's Hollow when Professor Fergersnout spoke again.
She looked up, tilting her head to one side to closely examine the Hogsmeade model. Hmm, nice craftsmanship, she thought… but was smoking chimneys all it did? There were so many dark chapters in Hogsmeade's history, like the Goblin Rebellion - ooh, or that haunted shop from the 1890s! It would be fun to see those things reenacted in miniature form!
Shifting her quill from her right hand to her left, Sydney scribbled a few notes on Hogsmeade's founding. While she stayed quiet for the last question, this time she had something to say. Her hand shot up, and she said, ”There's the Shrieking Shack, an abandoned building that dates back to 1971. Albus Dumbledore commissioned it as a safe place for Remus Lupin's werewolf transformations. People thought it was haunted. It's not, although there was a haunted shop in Hogsmeade back in the 1890s…”
Haunted by a poltergeist named Fastidio, if she recalled correctly. Hmm, she wondered what happened to that shop!
__________________ Old voices I had thought long since dead whisper of another life I might have led
If I could take that second chance, If I could make my life anew, If only dreams came true... |