Minerva looked on as the Great Hall began to fill with students. The excitement of seeing friends again was tamed by the circumstances. Albus would have probably come up with some nonesense to make them smile, but that wasn't her style. When the doors finally closed, she stood up, not saying a word. The noise suddenly diminished until silence ( Read more... )

HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

Headmistress: MINERVA MCGONAGALLDear Students ( Read more... )

In an exciting twist in our history, today all the League players will be on the pitch, fighting not for victory but to raise money for the victims of random crimes ( Read more... )

It was a warm summer evening, and the bazaar in the magical district of Jhuniper was filled with music, sounds of haggling amongst customers and vendors, and the scents of spices, curry and potions ingredients. Parvati waited at one of the tables in an outdoor cafe', sipping milky-white coffee and waiting for Padma to meet up with her ( Read more... )

Mrs. Rani Patil had looked fairly relieved when, after some days of sulking, Parvati rather ruefully came to her and asked permission for Padma and herself to go into the magical district of Juniper on a shopping trip. "Nothing we have at all is in fashion here, Mum, and cousin Amiya said we might meet up with her and some of her friends to look ( Read more... )

Parvati was reaching the end of her patience with the idea of an indefinite remaining in India while Voldemort and his minions ran amok in the UK. She heard out a rambling lecture from one of her aunts about how British food was putting unwanted pounds on Parvati and her sister, when what she needed was some exercise and some pukkah curry. With a ( Read more... )

Padma tried so hard not to be bitter. Of course her parents would call them home after what had happened. Her father had actually been recalled to India, and it was only natural that they'd pull the girls along for the ride as well ( Read more... )