If you had thought it was cold before, now is the time to get your hot water bottles ready. The temperature is dropping. The Lake has frozen over at the edges, which is perfect for ice skating, and the snow is thick and fluffy on the ground. It's the perfect image of winter, so long as you're nice a cosy by a fire! Happy January |
The Great Hall is still dressed in all the Christmas trimmings; great pine trees dressed with gold and silver decorations, floating candles dripping with sparkling icicles, holly and mistletoe atop beams and doorways. The enchanted ceiling shows a clear twinkling sky, stars scattered like diamonds above the room, and music fills the air with a beat so infectious it's hard not to want to dance. The long house benches have been replaced with smaller, circular tables to make space for the dancefloor, and along one side of the hall is a grand buffet table piled high with nibbles and treats. In the center of the wall at the far end of the hall is a large clock face, slowly ticking its way up to midnight to herald in the new year... |
Disco, dancing, and drinks, to wish in the new year with style! All are invited to attend! 9pm til 1am The Hogwarts Great Hall! All underage students are reminded they will not be permitted to consume alcohol. |
Due to recent events; ✧ Students are no longer permitted to visit Hogsmeade except during pre-arranged escorted Hogsmeade Weekends. ✧ The upcoming Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw will be postponed until Friday the 11th of December. ✧ Students are reminded that a 10pm curfew is in place. |
“Absolutely not!” Came the irritated voice of Madam Pomfrey, echoing through the potions corridor, “I will not permit them to experiment wildly on our students!” “Poppy, you must understand - this could be the cure!” Horace Slughorn insisted, though anyone listening could already tell he was fighting a losing battle. “It could be poison!” “It’s hardly poison.” “Do you know what the ingredients are?” “Well..no.. but I imagine they want to stop people trying to brew it on their own until they prove it works. It’s nothing sinister we just need one infected student to-“ “I will not allow the Ministry to test potions on my patients and that is the end of it!” Pomfrey decreed, in a tone that was very much a warning that the conversation would not be continuing. She stormed out of the potions class, followed by Slughorn who apparently had not gotten the message that she would not be persuaded. “Madam please!” He called as he rushed down the corridor after her. The door was still ajar, and resting on the table in the centre of the room was the potion – the possible cure – in question. It glowed softly, and looked relatively harmless. The Ministry wouldn’t send something they weren’t confident wouldn’t work, would they? No one would blame him for taking it. No one would blame him for drinking it. And no one could’ve predicted the results… |
NOTIFICATION OF QUARANTINE : Confirmation of viral infection present in Hogsmaede Village. Extension of Ministry Health Quarantine effective immediately. STRICTLY NO ENTRY INTO QUARATINE AREAS |