Ella debated which choice she wanted to make for the final assignment. Making a holiday all about her Dad would be quite nice only she figured she'd need a lot more time than a day to work out a holiday great enough for him. She'd want something like that to be perfect and you couldn't brainstorm a perfect holiday in such a short time, you just couldn't.

With this in mind, Ella decided to pick option two. Pulling some parchment and a quill towards her, she scrunched up her face in concentration. Yup, she was going to have the best Hero ABCs ever!



Right. Now that Ella's list was finished she was ready to work on her book cover. She wanted to make on that was quite attention grabbing. Mhm, she did.

Belle was contemplating about which project to do. Sure the invitation one sounded fun and the ABC list was interesting. But Belle could not decide. Then once Belle began to brainstorm, she did her list.

SPOILER!!: Option 1

Name: Annabelle Lecium
House: Hufflepuff
ID: 129004
Username: hpfan18

The hero i am honoring to have a day for is for a musical group called the Beatles. This band comprised of 4 famous musicians named Paul McCartney , John Lenon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They should be honored because they introduced a style of music that changed the music industry and people's take on what music is.

The Date of the Holiday should be August 19th. This date should be celebrated because this is when their first single Please, Please Me came about. Their distinctive harmonies and infectious group beat, is what made them to the top of the UK music charts. They were getting known and recognized. Even girls were finding the men irresistible.

The colors that should be on the flag would be Black and White. There should be the boys on the flag walking. People should dedicate August 19th to listen to all Beatles songs. They should honor their unique tune and melody. Play your favorite songs, use lunch boxes and wear t shirts that honor the Beatles.

I would call this holiday the Achy Breaky Beatles Day. The story behind the name is in august when John Lenon decided he wanted to be broken off from the group. People were depressed and angry because they loved the band. Teen girls found them to be sensations. The Beatles were considered to be a pop band.

Live on the legend of these fine men. I still personally listen to their songs when i am at home. I would love to see a holiday dedicated to them. Even to this day if you do not know who the Beatles are, you lived in a box. Try to come to this holiday event! It will be a fun treat!

SPOILER!!: Invitation!

My invitation!
I hope you like it

Jory finally decided he would do the second option. He thought he knew lots of persons who would be considered as heroes. He began to work on the list.

Ethan’s eyes fell to the front as Professor Cerulean walked in at the start of class. He knew this lesson probably wouldn’t be as fun as the other two – if he could call them fun- but he hoped that it wouldn’t be as boring as he had feared. The boy listened a bit as she introduced the lesson.. okay, he sorta got the connection between comic book super-heroes and real-life heroes, but he wasn’t sure he knew any. His classmates came up with some good traits.. and he didn’t really have any to add.

A personal hero? Did he have one? Ethan wasn’t so sure.. He listened as most of those around him mentioned one of their parents. The 16 year old wasn’t sure he considered either of his a hero, per se. Did they do anything that wasn’t just parent-like..? His head turned as Minerva spoke about her own father. He thought that might be a difficult topic for her and her demeanor only confirmed that for him. He tried giving her a small smile when she was finished, but was unable to catch her eye. The boy made a mental note to talk to her after class to make sure she was okay.. and hopefully the rest of the lesson would be a little more uplifting.

And now they were on to more examples.. this time a Muggle and a Wizard. Ethan furrowed his brow slightly. Could he think of any? He didn’t know any Muggles, did he? The boy watched as the others gave their examples on the board. None of the Muggles was he familiar with.. but the Wizards he at least vaguely recognized from History books, others he knew quite well. Until Max spoke.. OH.. yes, he knew who William Shakespeare was.. and now he knew who he would pick though he was not an author, but someone else as cultured.

Walking up to the front of the room, Ethan chose a marker and began writing his choices on the poster.

And apparently he was the last to write on the posters because as soon as he sat down the professor was speaking about their final assignment. He wasn’t exactly thrilled to have to be doing it in class.. that meant he couldn’t do it at his leisure, though it also meant he couldn’t put it off till the last minute. He decided on the first option as he didn’t think he knew enough Muggle and Wizard hero-types to fit all the letters of the alphabet.. especially the harder letters.

Now which of the two that he had chosen earlier should he focus on? He decided on the first.. but as he began to write, he noticed Minerva was finished with her own and hurried out the door after turning in her assignment. Ethan stared sadly after her for a moment before hurrying to finish his own. Maybe if he finished quickly enough, he could catch up to her to make sure she was alright.



Once finished, Ethan quickly gathered up his things and rose from his seat. Dropping of his assignment on the teacher’s desk, he gave her a quick smile and said, “Here you go, Professor.. Hope you have a great summer.” Then he hurried out the door.

Oh, they got to do the assignment in class. Well, Kurumi didn't mind that too much considering that this now meant her evenings would be opened up a bit more of her evenings for NEWTs and other studies - and some last late nights with Selina in the dorms and study sessions with Lewis. But, to be honest, Selina got more attention now since she would have loads of time with him after Hogwarts. A thought that made Kurumi blush while still sitting in her beanbag.

But she needed to focus on right now. Like...doing this assignment. So, parchment in hand Kurumi started out by writing down names off the top of her head because, well, those people were obviously real heros in her mind if they didn't require any research. Afterwards, once she had seen what letters were still open, Kurumi hit the books to fill out the rest and then grabbed another piece of parchment for her book cover.

With that done, Kurumi gathered up her things and went to hand. "Thank you for the past few years, professor," Kurumi said with a small bow of the head. Once she had turned in her final assignment, Kurumi turned around and made her way out of the classroom. One more subject had come to a close in her Hogwarts career.

One hero in the wizarding world AND one in the Muggle world? Gahhh this was so difficult! Sigh. He tapped his quill on his desk and tried to pick someone to write on the board. The wizarding world was a piece of cake, but the muggle one? That was so hard! He didn't know many Muggle people.

Finally he walked up to the board and quickly scribbled down his answers:

Quote:

Muggle World: Walt Disney, founder of the Walt Disney company

Wizarding World: Helga Hufflepuff, founder of Hufflepuff house

Ok, now on to the next bit...the assignment. Alex stared at it and raised his hand to run his fingers through his hair. Once he finished this, he'd be done with this class for the year and he'd be a step closer to summer. He couldn't wait!

Ok, so, he needed to do the assignment now. He whipped out his quill and started to scribble his answers on the paper.

SPOILER!!: Option 1

* Whom you're honoring?
* Date of Holiday
* Why does this person deserve a holiday in their honor?
* Colors or traditions that are associated with your holiday
* Name of Holiday and the story behind the name

Your explanation should be atleast 5 inches long (5 paragraphs long with at least 5 complete sentences in each paragraph with proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation) and should include all of the aspects above.

SPOILER!!: Assignment

The real life hero I chose to make a holiday for is my brother in law Cale. His full name is Caleb Markus Newell and he is without a doubt the coolest person I've ever known. I feel like I've known him my whole life as opposed to only a few years that he's been with my sister, Anna. He's a great older brother, a perfect husband and he has the best hair I've ever seen. And, despite popular opinion that I've heard of, it is NOT a wig made of rabbit hair.

The name of the holiday would definitely have to be Newell Day. This is obviously because that's his last name and it sounds like it would roll off the tongue nicely when someone is wishing someone a Happy Newell Day. The color of the holiday would be red and gold to celebrate his house, Gryffindor. He always wore those colors to celebrate his house and still wears those colors to this day, unable to get rid of his Gryffindor spirit in his alum life. Gold and red are also a very nice color combination.

The holiday would take place on March 18th. Contrary to what many people might think, this is not Cale's birthday. That would be the obvious point, but instead I made it the anniversary of their relationship, because Anna is the most important thing in his life, aside from his children. Coincidentally, it is also my birthday as well, so the date holds special meaning to the entire family.

Traditions would include Quidditch, since everyone knows that Cale was very passionate about his position as Chaser on the Quidditch team. He also was a great fan of jelly slugs, so it would be a requirement for everyone to buy a bag of jelly slugs before partaking in Quidditch that day. Cale enjoys a number of Muggle activities as well. He loves watching TV and playing muggle video games, so if people wanted to explore that aspect of muggle culture, today would be the perfect day to do so! Finally, the day would end with a giant feast of candy and pizza, Cale's favorite foods.

As I stated earlier, Cale Newell definitely deserves this holiday because he is a great father and husband. He has always been there for me during the rough patches of my parents divorce and given me a place to stay when I had no where else to turn. Cale has also done so much for the wizarding community--he was a prefect for three years for Gryffindor and helped them place in the house cup tournament rather high throughout the years. He assisted in many mysteries that took place in the school as well, including something with some owls and some secret messages, I believe. Overal, Cale deserves this holiday so we can all celebrate his awesome, and he knows it.

He finished with a smile and quickly looked it over. Yup, that was perfect. A++++! He walked up and turned it in to the professor. "Here you go! Have a great summer!" he said with a grin before giving her the parchment and exiting the classroom.

Some of the letters at the end of the alphabet were definitely challenging, as was Vivi's insistence that she only use people she really thought were heroes, versus any person who was a leader or merely famous. And a hero to her had very literal and specific requirements. She tapped her fingers on her knee as she tried to think of someone for the letter X. Or Y even. Merlin... she wished there were four more B's in the alphabet and one less X.

When her list was completed, Vivi turned her attention to the book cover. Some of her classmates were more creative, obviously, so Vivi settled on something more... professional and official looking. The definitive guide, she decided with an internal grin.

SPOILER!!: The List (Option 1)

Username: Cassirin
House: Ravenclaw
Name: Genevieve Branxton
User ID: 11507

A - Anthony, Susan B. (Muggle)
B - Boudicea (Muggle)
C - Crockett, Davey (Muggle)
D - Dumbledore, Albus (Wizard)
E - Evans, Lily (Wizard)
F - Firenze (Centaur)
G - Galilei, Galileo (Wizard)
H - Hufflepuff, Helga (Wizard)
I - Illyius (Wizard)
J - Joan of Arc (Wizard)
K - King, Martin Luther, Jr. (Muggle)
L - Lincoln, Abraham (Muggle)
M - Mother Teresa (Muggle)
N - Nelson Mandela (Muggle)
O - Odysseus (Wizard)
P - Ptolemy (Wizard)
Q - Queen Maeve (Wizard)
R - Rae - Branxton, Cassandra (Wizard)
S - Sawbridge, Almerick (Wizard)
T - Thatcher, Margaret (Muggle)
U - Upton Sinclair (Muggle)
V - Vance, Emmeline (Wizard)
W - Walesa, Lech (Muggle)
X - X, Malcolm (Muggle)
Y - York, Sergeant Alvin (Muggle)
Z - Zhu Yuanzhang (Muggle)

SPOILER!!: The Cover

To be completely honest, Kat wanted to just skip Muggle Studies. Because she has so much things to do. But well, she did her things for the love of her house. She was going to earn some house points with this final. Like, she can skip homework but she won't skip finals. 'Cause she can get a massive number of house points for it.



Once Kat was finished with her Hero ABC's list, she went on to designing her book cover. Extra credit would be LOVELY, just saying.



TADA! She was finished once and for all. Smiling at her work (which she totally likes), Kat made her way and passed her Finals to Professor Cerulean. "Here's my finals, Professor," Kat said with a smile. Now, she had to leave. "Thank you for a wonderful term, Professor Cerulean. I hope you have a relaxing summer!"

Ooo, so they would be doing their homework IN class. Okay. She could live with that. It just meant one less piece of homework to have to go back to the common room and complete. Merlin knew those hardly ever got done. Professor Cerulean had made the smart choice. Especially since it was their final and she couldn't afford to NOT do it. Any other homework sure but not this one.

Hmmm...

She weighed her options. There were only two of them but making a decision was still hard. Thinking up some ABC book of heroes sounded like a lot of thinking; something she wasn't a fan of but then...after reading the first option she realized that in the end that would have been even more thinking.

Okay. Number 2 it was. She pulled out a fresh sheet of parchment and got ready to start on the list. This is where she'd have to stretch her memory and if in the end nothing came to her then there was always the option of making up a bunch of names and putting them on the paper...but no...the Professor would know...they always seemed to know.

SIGH.

Looked like she'd have to just go with the stretching the brain thing. Here went nothing:



Aaaaannnnnd now for the book cover. She had the perfect design and everything. The Professor would really like it...or well...she hoped she would but in the end it didn't matter because once she liked it that was all that mattered to here.

Nerida started on her assignment after picking which one to do. She wrote down all the ABCs first to make sure that she would get them all. She started jotting them down until she was done to B,O,P,Q,T,X and Z. B...B....Bertie Bott....He was a hero to candy making getting all those flavors! Haha no...She wished! She put the feather end of her quill against her chin...After realizing what to write she wrote it under B. Now for O...What about that hero her dad was always singing about after he came home with his friends..Odo the hero...If they made a song he must be a hero..

P...P....P...Hard one...Come on Nerida you got this...You read all the time!!Paracelsus....person...Q...That Queen that was a witch but was muggle to some people... Now T.... After thinking for a good ten minutes she decided to come back to T. X and Z now. As soon as she started thinking about it she remembered two muggles that could go in the spots. Perfect now all that was left was T. Tilly Toke. She nodded she saved people...If she was remembering the right person...



After finishing her list Nerida got started on her book cover. Nerida loved extra credit and it was always welcomed.



After double checking for ABC list and adding the final touches to her Book cover, she picked both things up and turned them in! "Here are my finals, Professor. I hope you have an amazing summer and thanks for the super fun and amazing term Professor Cerulean."

Beezus, who had been feeling a whole stressed as of the late (mainly because of the upcoming Championship match) listened half-heartedly though fervently for a few moments at the answers her classmates had given for the first question thrown their way by the Muggle Studies Professor. A trait a superhero should possess? Generally, it was the call to do good rather than the villainous acts. Because villainous? They were for those people called villains, the poisons and venoms of the society. Of course, the abilities ought to be present too, right? The extraordinary ones to be exact, that made them a little more special than common people.

However, the Ravenclaw thought, did it only rest on those abilities? How about the intent? The content of their hearts? Isn’t that what made a superhero more, well....heroic? With that, she raised her hand, “Professor, I believe one significant trait a superhero should possess would have to be selflessness. Putting other people’s welfare on the front cart before one’s self. “ Yes? Yes.


The fourth year’s dark brown eyes immediately scurried off to the board just as Professor Cerulean had instructed. The qualities of a superhero. Hmm.

And now they were supposed to share to the class who they think was a superhero in their personal life? Most of her classmates referred to their mothers, fathers, brothers. Basically, their families. In all good nature, every other person needed a family to lean on so it was only expected that answers were of the same continental scope. Was it her turn to share?

“Someone I can consider as a superhero in my own life would be my Aunt.” Beezus started, eyes strained on the board. This was a kind of personal. “She’s my mother’s younger sister and she is my superhero because she’d been with me through thick and thin.” Throughout their family’s tragic years to be specific. “When my Dad and my Mom admitted herself in St.Mungo’s, my Aunt Belinda took me under her wing and even though I am not her daughter, I felt and experienced the nurturing, care and love that my own mother failed to give through her.” Her voice had gone terribly soft now. And she figured she might’ve sounded a whole too dramatic. But what was to lose? She was being honest.


After the short drama interlude, Beezus pointed back her attention to what really was going on in the class. She grabbed a marker as instructed and followed behind her classmates that were streaming on a line in front of the posters. Muggle and wizard superheroes, is it? Beezus fiddled with the marker on her hand as she allowed her mind to wander and choose these prominent persons for her.

When it was her turn, she quickly jotted down the names.

Hmmm, to choose between writing up a long essay on his chosen hero or come up with an alphabet list of many heroes... As easy as the first one seemed, he thought of the many others whose lives he read on that he considered were heroes in their own way but was never that famous enough, or whose works were overshadowed by that one error of judgement they were instead remembered for.

Thusly, he drew up his parchment and started to list them down, opting to go by their first name so he can opt to list the others that would otherwise not make the list...

So this was also an assignment eh? Essay OR an alphabet list. What to do? Beezus began to crane her neck around as the Muggle Studies' Professor cued the start of their activity. Not that she was cheating or anything, but she wanted to know what most of her classmates did and well, stray from the majority. What could she say? She was feeling a bit more individualized today. Not the usual go with the flow scheme for her.

Letting her eyes do it's job, she noticed that quite a number went on with making the Alphabet list. So that meant she was going to do the essay. Parchment and quill on the ready, Beezus started to write.

Pooh. Alphabet of heroes. Boring.

So Jen went with option 1. Now, what hero to do? Ooh, she knew! This was gonna be the best, coolest thing EVER. Now, to get on with it.



After writing this down in her fanciest handwriting with her favorite quill, Jennifer smiled. Now, time to work on the invite.



She didn't mean to boast of anything, but her things were REALLY good. Well, she did mean to boast a little lot. Jen grinned. TADA!

Having just decided on option two, Sierra began the process of listing everyone she could think of that could possibly be classified as a superhero. Superheroes, she knew, didn't always have to wear capes and have powers beyond that of any other human being. They could be normal, everyday people who just did extraordinary things. With that thought in mind, she began to make her list.

Character name: Sierra Greingoth
House: Slytherin
Year: 6th
Member ID#: 85591

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• Abdul, Paula (Muggle)
• Black, Regulus (Wizard)
• Creevey, Colin (Wizard)
• Disney, Walt (Muggle)
• Earnhardt, Dale (Muggle)
• Flamel, Nicolas (Wizard)
• Greingoth, Alexander (Wizard)
• Hollingberry, Kurumi (Witch)
• Irwin, Steve (Muggle)
• Jolie, Angelina (Muggle)
• Kitridge, Leobald (Wizard)
• Lafay, Hecate (Witch)
• Mitra, Rhona (Muggle)
• Newell, Anna (Witch)
• Ollivander, Garrick (Wizard)
• Potter, Lily (Witch)
• Quayle, Dan (Muggle)
• Rowling, J.K. (Muggle)
• Spencer, Princess Diana (Muggle)
• Tillstorm, Cecelia (Witch)
• Underwood, Carrie
• Vindictus, Maximus (Wizard)
• Winfrey, Oprah (Muggle)
• Xenophius Lovegood (Wizard)
• Yamaguchi, Kristi (Muggle)
• Zuckerberg, Mark (Muggle)