Twilight

Twilight can be defined as that time of day between daylight and darkness. The time of day when the mundane business ends and the beginning of another long restless night begins. The time when I start to wonder. Wonder about what could have been. Wonder about what will come to be. And wonder if I will ever get a full night's sleep.

It has been a long term and this week it will finally come to an end. I will pack my trunk and head back home still contemplating all that has happened this term. The excitement of putting together a great package for my 'Puffball pal and the drama surrounding this term's Quidditch matches. So yes, it has been a long term. Both physically and emotionally.

Rumor has that there will be Summer Camp. I have not decided whether I will be attending. Maybe spending some time away will clear my thoughts and give me a fresh perspective on things. Only time will tell. But right now, all I need is a break.

HSKS VII Quidditch Round III

1. This “Harry Potter” character’s first name comes from Roman mythology. The mythological character’s twin brother is named Romulus. What is the Harry Potter character last name?
a. Black
b. Lupin
c. Pucey
d. Finnigan

2. Which “Harry Potter” character’s first name is the Roman equivalent of the Greek Goddess Athena?
a. Evans
b. Malfoy
c. McGonagall
d. Flitwick

3. In ‘Harry Potter’ World, this wizard has created the Philosopher’s Stone (called the Sorcerer Stone in the US). The historical figure from the 14th and 15th centuries was a scribe and a manuscript-seller who became famous as an alchemist. Who is this individual?
Nicholas Flammel

4. What is the first name of a character whose last name is the name of a Bulgarian leader from early 9th century who doubled the country’s territory?
a. Theodore
b. Cedric
c. Viktor
d. Vincent

5. Which character’s name is the name of goddess in Indian mythology?
a. Creevey
b. Patil
c. Zabini
d. Vane

6. “Where the Wild Things Are” tells the story of Max, a young boy sent to bed without his supper for his wild antics. Who created this winner of the Caldecott Medal?
a. Maurice Sendak
b. Chris Van Allsberg
c. Ezra Jack Keats
d. John Steptoe

7. What was NOT one of the unexpected defense mechanisms that Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Griphook encountered in their attempt to rob Gringotts?
a. The Flagrante Curse
b. The Thieves’ Downfall
c. Anti-summoning Enchantments
d. The Geminio Curse

8. What was Snape aiming at when he cut off George’s ear?
a. Another Death Eater’s back
b. George’s wand hand
c. Another Death Eater’s wand hand
d. George’s face

9. How much older than James was Lily? (Referring to Harry’s parents, not children).
a. James was older
b. 6 months
c. 1 month
d. 2 months

10. Food is one of the five exceptions to what magical law?
a. Grimp’s Law of Elemental Transfiguration
b. Gamp’s Law of Elemental Transfiguration
c. Gamp’s Law of Fundamental Transfiguration
d. Grimp’s Law of Fundamental Transfiguration

George Weasley

Professor McGonagall

Patil

Where the Wild Things Are

From the Sett to the Snake Pit

Check what I found on my bed down in the Snake Pit. It is my kit from Mantacora Crimson of Hufflepuff. Let's just say that I was absolutely thrilled when this arrived. It had been a tough day of school and all I wanted to do was head out to Hogsmeade for some firewhiskey. But this has made me so very happy that I am quite content to sit in the common room and look at all my new goodies.

There were so many goodies to unwrap. And they were wrapped in the most best of all colors - green and silver.

The tissue box was not part of the package. I just used it to prop up the DPN holder. It is wicked cool. And the buttons match the one on the bag. Those are child size socks blockers in the most coolest shade of green.

I am not really sure what the orange stuff is for but I have an idea of what it might be. I do love all of the stationary products. My wonderous pal informs me that the orange item is highlighter tape. A very magical item indeed to help me keep my place on knitting charts.

My favorite yummies - Lemonheads!!! Plus some cool knitty goodies that I have been wanting to try. That circular needle is 9" and a US size 2. The little yellow thing is magnetic and will come in handy in keeping track of the chart when I do those gloves up.

Nascar stuff and some chocolate and lotion...enough said. :) That little red velvet bag will come in handy when the chocolates are all eaten.

And what Slytherin wouldn't love their very own Potions kit? Okay so it is actually a Potions game but it is wicked cool. Mine is now sitting on a beautiful black scarf.

And these are just the best ever. Two sets of stitch markers - Twilight and Jeff Burton (that Nascar dude who makes me squee like a school girl) themed. Can we say SQUEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!! Plus a handy dandy row counter in Slytherin colors. ::sighs:: I love my package. :)

Kit update...

I forgot to mention in the last post that my pal's kit is coming along quite nicely. I just have to add the liner to the bag and gather the goodies together for mailing. I want to get it out as soon as I can so I don't have to worry about that during the rest of term. I really hope my pal likes her bag. It took me forever to figure out what I wanted to make and then I kept changing my mind. So in the end, I just made something up. Now I am gonna have to make one of the bags in Slytherin colors just so I can write down what I did. Plus I did some practice on my very beginner spinning skills. I will have to take pictures of what I have done so far. I have some black roving on the way that I am gonna ply with the Slytherin roving. Should come out good - I hope. Laters....

HSKS VII Quidditch Round II

1. On which day did the Order of the Phoenix come to get Harry?
a. Tuesday
b. Sunday
c. Saturday
d. The day of his 17th birthday

2. During all this chaos with Voldemort and the Death Eaters, people still had lives to live and Ron's oldest brother, Bill decided to marry Fleur Delacour? Who were the uninvited guests at Bill and Fleur's wedding?
a. Voldemort
b. Death Eaters
c. Scrimgeour
d. Grindewald

3. Voldemort had seven Horcruxes hidden in different places. Six of them were hidden at the Gaunt shack, Hogwarts, a cave, inside Harry, inside his snake, Nagini and Tom Riddles Diary. Did Voldemort hide the last Horcrux inside the Malfoy's vault at Gringotts?
a. Yes
b. No

4. Why did the Dumbledores move to Godric's Hollow?
a. The reason is unknown
b. They were tired of their old home.
c. The father went to Azkaban
d. It was a better place for their children to grow up

5. Harry and Hermione read a part of "Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore," written by Rita Skeeter. Then they met Dumbledore's brother Abeforth and he told them the same story, just with a few details changed. Which of the following did Aberforth and Rita Skeeter agree on about Dumbdore's past?
a. Why the Dumbledore family moved to Godric's Hollow
b. That Dumbledore was friends with Grindelwald for a while.
c. Why nobody outside the family noticed Ariana much.
d. The reason for Dumbledore's father's imprisonment in Azkaban.

6. When Harry and Hermione visit Godric's Hollow, they visit the graveyard to see Harry's parent's graves. Harry walks by a tombstone that we later learn belong to tone of "The Three Brothers". The brother buried there once owned what?
a. The resurrection stone
b. The cloak
c. The wand
d. The sword

7. The Trio finds out that Luna had been kidnapped by the Death Eaters , and that they won't give her back until they got Harry Potter. Why did they kidnap Luna?
a. Her father sided with Harry and Dumbledore
b. They though he would come to her rescue
c. She was a muggleborn
d. Her father failed as a Death Eater

8. After Voldemort killed Snape, he left the room and Harry came out from under the cloak. Snape gave Harry some of his memories all the way from when he was a child to just months before. Harry dived into the Pensieve and which of the following did he not see?
a. Dumbledore telling Snape that at some point Snape had to kill him.
b. Snape telling Lily she was a witch
c. Snape and Lily having fun in a potions class
d. Snape talking to Dumbledore on a hilltop

9. On the search of the Lost Diadem, Harry finally gets to talk to the Gray Lady. Who was the Gray Lady when she was alive?
a. She didn't remember because she had been dead for so long.
b. Rowena Ravenclaw
c. Helena Ravenclaw
d. A girl who was put in Ravenclaw 800 years previously

10. Which of these is not one of Harry or Ron's children?
a. Rose
b. Hugo
c. James
d. Victoria


Picture Scavenger Hunt
These pictures must either be posted to your blog or linked to from your blog.

Lily Potter

Ron Weasley

Severus Snape

Luna Lovegood

Godric's Hollow

An RAOK for me.....

This lovely RAOK (Random Act of Kindness) came from Miss Diana Lockhart. It had been a long week so far and I found a package just sitting on my bed in the dorm room. So this was the sort of thing that just cheered me right up and got me out of my bluey-blues. Diana actually sewed the knitting roll herself. Amazing, eh? Now I have a stylish container for all of my DPNs. I love everything that was in the package and the chocolate cures everything. Hugs to Diana!!!

Slytherin House Quiz #3 - HSKS7

1. Harry discovers in Regulus' room that he and Regulus have something uncommon and unexpected in common. What is this, and how did he figure it out?
They were both Seekers. He saw a picture of a Hogwarts Quidditch team with Regulus sitting in the middle of the front row where the Seeker sits.

2.On three ocassions former professors can be presumed to have "visited" the trio while they are in "exhile" - which professors and which ocassions would these be?

Remus Lupin - visited the trio at Grimmauld Place shortly after they went on the run (tried to join them but Harry called him a coward and Lupin left)
Phineas Nigellus Black - visited the trio in the woods where the Quidditch World Cup was held (talked about Gryffindor's sword)

Severus Snape - visited in the Forest of Dean to pass on the Sword of Gryffindor

3. How do Ron and Harry get into the Ministry?
They each drank some polyjuice potion and took on the appearence of ministry employees. Hermione become Mafalda Hopkirk. Rom becomes Reg Cattermole. Harry becomes Runcorn. Then they flushed themselves down a toilet to enter the Ministry.

4. Who is the blond-haired boy, and why is he important?
The blond-haired boy was Gellert Grindelwald - he stole the Elder Wand from Gregorovitch the Bulgarian wandmaker.

5. How is the exception that food cannot be conjured classified?

Food is the first of the five Principal Exceptions to Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfiguration.

Hermione: "Your mother can’t produce food out of thin air, no one can. Food is the first of the five Principal Exceptions to Gamp’s Law of Elemental Transfigura—"

Ron: "Oh, speak English, can’t you?"

Hermione: "It’s impossible to make good food out of nothing! You can summon it if you know where it is, you can transform it, you can increase the quantity if you’ve already got some..."

6. Where does the trio first run into Dean Thomas?

In the woods where the Quidditch World Cup was held. Dean was on the run with Ted Tonks, Dirk Cresswell, and two Goblins - Griphook and Gornuk.

7. Bathilda Bagshot does not speak in front of Hermione and Ron because....
It was Nagini inhabiting Bathilda's body. Harry would be able to understand the Parseltongue (the language of snakes) but Hermione would not. Ron was not even there as he had already left.

8. Who can Harry be said to have buried in Deathly Hallows?
Dobby the House Elf

9. Which Horcruxes has Harry actually seen in person before the book starts?
Tom Riddle's Diary

Marvolo Gaunt's ring

Salazar Slytherin's locket

Nagini the Snake

10. Who actually destroys each of the Horcruxes?
a. Harry destroyed Tom Riddle's diary in 'Chamber of Secrets' with a basilisk fang.

b. Dumbledore destroyed Gaunt's ring with the Sword of Gryffindor.

c. Hermione destroyed Hufflepuff's cup using a basilisk fang.

d. Ron destroyed the locket using the Sword of Gryffindor.

e. Vincent Crabbe destroyed the diadem, quite accidentally, using Fiendfyre.

f. Neville killed Nagini with the Sword of Gryffindor.

g. Harry Potter was released as a horcrux during Voldemort's second failed attempt at killing him.

Extra credit:

Tom Riddle's grandfather inherited the stone of resurrection. Harry's father inherited the invisibility cloak. What does this imply about Tom Riddle and Harry Potter?
The Resurrection Stone was first owned by Cadmus Peverell and the Invisibility Cloak was first owned by Ignotus Peverell. Since the two items were passed down thru the families for generations, it can be safely implied that Tom Riddle and Harry Potter are distant relatives.

HSKS VII Quidditch Round I

1. What momentous event was the reason that the members of the Order of the Phoenix felt it necessary to move Harry out of the Dursley’s house?
a. The start of the new school year
b. The Dursleys kicking him out
c. Voldemort’s escape from Azkaban
d. Harry’s upcoming birthday

2. Who revealed the actual date of Harry’s transfer to Voldemort, despite the misinformation the Order had been spreading around that the move would occur on the eve of his actual birthday?
a. Mundungus
b. Snape
c. Yaxley
d. Shacklebolt

3. With the use of Polyjuice Potion (and to confuse any possible attack by Death Eaters), six member of the Order were disguised as Harry and escorted out of Privet Drive, along with the real Harry. Which member of the order did not survive that night?
a. Mad-Eye Moody
b. Nymp0hadora Tonks
c. Hagrid
d. George Weasley

4. Who informed Harry, Ron and Hermione of the bequests left to them in Dumbledore’s will?
a. Kingsley Shaclebolt
b. Minerva McGonalgall
c. Arthur Weasley
d. Rufus Scimgeour

5. During the wedding celebration for Bill and Fleur, Kingsley Shacklebolt sent a Patronus to tell the guests that the Ministry had fallen, Scrimgeour (the Minister) was dead and the wedding celebration was about to be attacked by Death Eaters. What form did the Patronus take?
a. A lynx
b. An otter
c. A doe
d. A stag

6. Escaping from the wedding to London, our three friends found themselves confronted by a pair of Death Eaters, disguised as workmen. This close brush impressed on them the need to find someplace to hide. Where did they decide to go?
a. The Leaky Cauldron
b. Sirius Black’s house
c. The Dursley’s house
d. Ron’s Auntie Muriel’s house

7. Kreacher’s animosity towards Harry, Ron and especially Hermione (a Mudblood) was well documented in book five, “The Order of the Phoenix.” His initial interaction with them showed that his attitude had not changed. How did they win him over?
a. By giving him clothes and his freedom
b. They didn’t win him over!
c. By giving him something to eat
d. By giving him Regulus Black’s old locket

8. Who did they eventually find was in possession of the locket/Horcrux?
a. Severus Snape
b. Lucius Malfoy
c. Lord Voldemort
d. Dolores Umbridge

9. What did Harry find embedded in the door of Umbrdige’s office?
a. Moody’s magical eye
b. Nymphadora’s purple hair
c. Hedwig’s head
d. George Weasley’s ear

10. After retrieving the Horcrux, they tried to return to their safe place but they were pursued (actually Yaxley tagged along when they disapparated). This meant that the Death Eaters knew their hiding place and they had to go somewhere else. Where did Hermione take them?
a. To Godric’s Hollow
b. To the Forbidden Forest
c. Back to the Burrow
d. To the site of the Quidditch World Cup

Picture Scavenger Hunt
The pictures must be posted on your blog or at least linked to from your blog. Make sure that the links work or you will not get credit.

Mad-Eye Moody

Nymphadora Tonks

George Weasley

The Dursley's House

Kreacher

Slytherin Quiz #2

1. Which housemate has an 11 ½ inch holly wand with a Dragon Heartstring core?

Bathilda Boomslang

2. Which housemate creates rockin’ sock patterns?

Emma Wigworthy

3. Which housemate has the hots for David Boreanez?

Cassandra Puddlemere

4. Which housemate used to be the top badger who made a habit of eating snakes?

S. Quinn

5. Which housemate shows off her awards from HSKS6 on her blog?

Madam Ferula Finnigan

6. Which housemate makes kicka* * cookies IRL?

Esmerelda Beanswallow

7. Which housemate is a third year Slytherclaw, whatever the hell that means?

Callisto Verity

8. Which housemate wants Plymouth to make her feet happy?

Belladonna Boomslang

9. Which housemate is a knitting addict? (Ok, all of us, but one in particular.)

Lily of Flitwick

10. Which housemate loves to sing?

Diana Lockhart

11. Which housemate has issues with muggle devices?

Ginny Crookshanks

12. Which housemate likes Darth HelloKitty?

Cecily Fortescue

13. Which housemate has a member of the family with his own fan club?

HRH Queen Frysia the Fierce

14. Which housemate has never-ending PMS?

Olivia Moody-Gaunt

15. Which housemate originally comes from South New Joisey?

Penelope Caerphilly

16. Which housemate “adores” European chocolates?

Clara Clovenhoof

17. Which housemate has a roommate who seriously put a crimp in her communication abilities?

Rowena Weasley

18. Which housemate was fortunate enough to lose her HP husband?

Lavender Diggory-Dolohov

19. Which housemate likes some Nascar dude?

MEEEEEE!!!!!!! ::squees with delight:: Just check out that snazzy muggle race car. I wonder if I can get a flying mechanism installed.

20. Which housemate needs a new time-turner?

Ophelia Crookshanks

Sytherin Quiz 1

1. What are your three most favorite colors?

black, red, purple

2. What are you three least favorite colors?
yellow, orange, lime green

3. Your favorite candy is: Lemonheads.

4. Draco, Lucius, or Snape?
Snape - How could I resist the most excellent Potions Master?

5. Do you knit, crochet, or both?
Both - because I am multi-talented.

6. What type of kit did you ask for?
If I remember correctly then I asked for a fingerless mitts/gloves kit.

7. Acrylic—has its uses, should all be burned, best yarn to work with (choose one)?
All yarn has a purpose.

8. Who is the Slytherin Head Girl this term?
S. Quinn

9. Name four “extras” you would love to receive in your kit.
Anything from the Etsy Favorites list in the right sidebar.

10. What are your three most favorite scents?
Lavender, Tea Tree, Peppermint

11. Do you prefer salty or sweet snacks?
sweet snacks

12. Which Slytherin is the Keeper of the Crucio List?
Cassandra Puddlemere

13. Do you really need more stitch markers?
Not really, especially since I can make my own.

14. Dpns, circular, or straight?
It depends on what I am knitting. I use all three types.

15. What yarn makes you squee?
Lorna's Laces

16. Favorite HP Movie?
The Goblet of Fire

17. Favorite HP character?
Oliver Wood - because he is a keeper.

18. Who was your first choice for DADA professor?

19. What is the Slytherin Common Room called?
The Snake Pit

20. What makes you worthy of being in Slytherin House?
Because I bloody well said so. :P

The New Broomstick

Woohoo!!! I am really excited for next term to start. Mum is getting me a new broomstick as long as I give my Nimbus 2000 to my baby sister - Daisy Finch-Fletchley. I am getting a new Firebolt. So that means a trip to Diagon Alley. I wonder if I will see a certain someone whom I meet at the Hog's Head last term. Ya never know.

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