Apparently... Zacharias Smith is a Seer, or so he claims. I imagine this is supposed to explain his bouts of melodrama. Of course, if that were the proper explanation, most of the school would have to claim the ability of Sight, including myself. I am certainly no Seer. Nor, I would wager, is most of the school. Historically, true Seers often ( Read more... )

I have been told to stop participating in this project by my esteemed Head of House. Of course, I am obliged to obey that and am even grateful for the order, as it is painfully obvious that these journals mostly serve as a means for favoured students to insult those they feel to be at a lesser position than themselves without repercussions -- that ( Read more... )

Friendships, I have decided, are fleeting, fragile and entirely unnecessary. That said, the dawning realisation that I have never had a true friend in this House isn't even that upsetting. Quite the opposite, in fact. There is no need for me to do anything stupid for loyalty's sake, as I have none save to myself. Though just because there is no ( Read more... )

Draco Malfoy is not the first student to attend Hogwarts who died during his seven years here, nor will he be the last. That isn't a threat. It's just a fact. The young may not be as fragile as the very old, but we are still mortal. It is a necessary part of the natural cycle that life ends. Indeed, Draco Malfoy isn't the only student in our ( Read more... )

There is a historical tale about a woman who was married to the Minister of Magic in a century past (I will not bore you with the details as you are all more than capable of looking them up on your own - so long as you have not seen fit to destroy the books recommended to you in History of Magic during previous years). The woman had her own agenda ( Read more... )

My condolences to Pansy, of course, for the recent disappearance of her paramour. With luck, he will return to the school with haste and none the worse for wear. However, just in case it is foul play, I would like to be the one to have presented the theory first. After all, Draco Malfoy was not lacking in enemies and Hogwarts is not without a ( Read more... )

It has come to my attention that certain types of people may not be entirely what they seem to be. The general sentiment that statement implies is sheer common sense, I realise, but I am making a vague reference to a certain person or persons at this school who are specifically in mind. Without divulging anything concrete about said individual/s ( Read more... )

It seems as though some of you are having regrets about taking the courseloads you did. At least, with the way many of you complain and fret over upcoming examinations one would think you begrudged your classes. So much for foresight, I suppose. You chose the classes you are taking, knowing very well that there would be major examinations in ( Read more... )

It seems everything has been righted so far as the uniform situation goes. So much for that experiment in House unity, I suppose. I would have lost the betting pool on when the hilarity would end, had there been one (though I was only a couple of hours off, Zabini, whereas you would have been over 24). I was sure that we were safe assuming that ( Read more... )

I haven't any problem with House Unity as a concept. I of course have no bias. The Gryffindor students are idiotic. Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw students tend to be idiotic. My fellow Slytherin are not without idiocy ( Read more... )