Tryouts on Despite Weather

Even with the threat of inclement weather this coming week, Hogwarts is gearing up for Quidditch tryouts under the watchful eye of Oliver Wood. Despite this being his first year overseeing the tryouts after taking over the position of Flying instructor, Professor Wood was quite cheerful in the face of all the rain.

"Perfect Quidditch weather," he said while polishing his newest broomstick. "Of course all weather is good for Quidditch now isn't it? Quidditch players must be prepared for anything, and that includes bolts of lightning and other weather related obstacles. And besides, if you are as focused on the game as you should be, you won't even notice the rain."

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Dervish -Cont'd from page 1

Statistics show that in the last ten years, the rushes to buy supplies have increased by 68%. And with such a high amount of people in and out of Hogsmeade at the same time, accidents are inevitable. We caught up with a Slytherin first year, Connor Emerson, who was unfortunately hurt while waking out of Gladrags.

‘I was in Gladrags with my friends. The shop wasn’t as crowded as next door (Dervish and Banges) but it was still quite full. After buying my school hat and robes, my friend and I thought we would have a little break; get a drink from the Three Broomsticks. Stepping out of Gladrags and into the crowd I managed to get myself caught up into the current of people, and before I knew it, I had been pushed to the ground accidentally and almost knocked myself out!’ Connor fortunately escaped serious injury but it’s a sign that something needs to be done before something more serious does happen!

Not all shops have been cursed, or blessed with thriving custom, as Ms. Gladrag told us. ‘It’s strange, usually by now we’ve sold most of our stock, but as you see,’ Ms. Gladrag pointed to half full rails, ‘we still have some left. I’m not sure, but I think someone maybe selling imitation robes somewhere, cheaper.’ The worried looking designer told us how she might have to take some drastic plans. ‘As bad as it would be for business, I’ve been having thoughts of slashing our prices and letting go of my assistant. Naturally that would be my last resort but if things don’t start looking up I have no choice.

The hottest selling items in Hogsmeade this term are, naturally, school supplies from Dervish and Banges, along side ‘Droobles Best Blowing Gum’ and ‘Ice Mice’ from Honeydukes sweetshop and ‘Quill-Spill’ which squirts ink at whoever uses your quill apart from yourself from Zonkos joke shop.

The Creation of Creatures

 

The beginning of a new term brings a lot of new thoughts. One of those thoughts is why are people so utterly thoughtless? I feel I ought to warn you before I get started. I have not had a happy childhood. I am dead for godsake! This column is going to be slightly annoyed for the most part.

Back to the point. I do an elective called Care of Magical Creatures. Its quite popular and I do understand by now that magical creatures can be dangerous. Many of you are probably wondering why a vampire needs to be worried about dangerous creatures. Lets just say Im not overly fond of bloodstains on all of my garments.

The other day, Hagrid decided to give us an assignment where we designed our own creature and he told us hed create the best one. HE TOLD US. I am a sensible girl, and I tried to make my creature as safe to people as possible. Others werent so thoughtful. The creature we ended up with has razor sharp tusks and a tongue that could clean out your sinuses if you were to kiss it, not that anyone would want to. It uses its tongue to haul people onto its tusks, by the way, and has already tried it on a few of the students. Including yours truly.

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