If, then.The if, then statement is a classic structure used in certain subjects. It’s a very basic principle used in grammatical structure, in certain areas of mathematics, and even in advanced computer programming. It’s a simple concept, able to be applied in complex situations. If X, then Y. In fact, we can use this concept to illustrate certain ( Read more... )

Loyalty.How do you know if a person is truly loyal? I suppose I ought to ask the sorting hat; it has to determine which students are the most loyal and hard-working and place them into Hufflepuff house. Cedric was a Hufflepuff; in the end, he didn't have to stand with Harry, but he did because he was loyal. Is that how you determine loyalty? By ( Read more... )

She was starting to wonder if their intial meeting had happened at all. Truly, she was wondering if she had hallucinated the entire instance. As far as she knew, she hadn't had any trips to St. Mungos or any sort of head injury. But still, could she really have met two deities not so very long ago? She pondered it, more often than her studies which ( Read more... )

Describe a chance encounter that changed your life.

I was sitting at dinner one night. It was a perfectly normal thing. Mum and Dad fixed dinner just after they arrived home from work. I was sitting in the living room, reading a book. Life was average, ordinary, and normal. I sat at my usual place at the table and happily began to munch on my ( Read more... )

Who was "the one that got away"?It wasn't as if it was a tricky thing. Anyone can do it. Seriously. Therefore, you can't really say I was bad at it, despite what certain people will whisper in the hallway ( Read more... )

Perception: Generally speaking, how do you think others perceive you?

Hmm.

Well, the majority of the school calls Harry, Ron, and I The Golden Trio. It's not always said in an awe-inspiring manner, mind you. Ron and I, we're Harry Potter's best friends. Ron is usually just Harry's sidekick, which gives him a bit of a complex. But me? Well, I'm ( Read more... )

Fortune: Some people have it, some people seek it, some claim to predict it, and some say that it favors the brave. Write a ficlette inspired by the word "fortune."She sits at home, silent for a change. She's tried countless times to make her parents understand the degree of absolute grief she felt at the funeral for the headmaster, but despite her ( Read more... )

What is the most dangerous thing you have ever done?When I was a first year, no one liked me. My classmates all laughed at me; even my professors found me a tad irksome with my hand always in the air. This general dislike became increasingly worse, until one night I snapped and fled to the girls' lavatory to weep. However, it wasn't empty. I was ( Read more... )

What does your dream home look like?

Have you ever seen the Disney movie Beauty & The Beast? Hmm. Well, most likely not, considering it's a muggle movie. But, well, Harry might have seen it. It was released in 1991; they later released a musical of it. It was quite a good movie; in fact, Mum still has our VHS copy at home. I wonder if she ever ( Read more... )

At times, lots of people never tell us what they are really thinking. Who is the one person that you would really like to know what they are thinking (as far as how they feel about you), and why?There's something I have been absolutely curious about since my third year of schooling at Hogwarts. You see, it was during that year that two very random ( Read more... )