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[KevinH]

Vote KevinH

 

You voted for me?

You must be insane!

[SeaBeeGipson]

Vote KevinH

I'm sorry, I laughed at this pun WAY more than I should have
You voted for me?
You must be insane!

Messed up on my post. I laughed at that pun WAY more than I should have.

[Sister Midnight]

Vote KevinH

I'm sorry, I laughed at this pun WAY more than I should have
You voted for me?
You must be insane!

Messed up on my post. I laughed at that pun WAY more than I should have.

Took me a moment to got it, but lmao.

[The Warrior]

Vote Count

KevinH (5): Mandarijn, King Hitler, Sister Midnight, Wolfpacks, D34THBR1NG3R,

Mandarijn (4): Yehom, KevinH, iSocialism, Rhizoctonia

D34THBR1NG3R (0):

iSocialism (0):

King Hitler (0):

Rhizoctonia (0):

Sister Midnight (0):

Wolfpacks (0):

Yehom (0):

No Lynch (0):

Not Voting:

With 9 players alive it takes 5 to lynch or 3 at deadline.

Deadline is 1:00pm CST on Friday, November 18th.

[The Warrior]

Harry was furious over what he had just heard. No one had ever told him the full story about Sirius Black. When he returned to the dormitory that evening he sat on his four-post bed flipping through the pages of the photo album that Hagrid had given him a couple years ago. He turned to his parent's wedding picture and standing right by James' side was a young, happy, Sirius Black. Harry was disgusted. His dreams were plagued that evening by nightmares of Sirius Black killing Peter Pettigrew and turning his parents over to Lord Voldemort.

 

The next day was the start of their Christmas vacation. Harry decided that he was going to visit Hagrid to find out why Hagrid never told him about Black. Harry, Ron, and Hermione knocked on Hagrid's door. A sniffling Hagrid opened the door to welcome them in. He told them that Buckbeak had to go to trial over his attack on Malfoy. Hagrid was so upset that Harry didn't have the heart to confront him over the Black issue. Harry, Ron, and Hermione agreed to help Hagrid prepare a defense for Buckbeak.

 

On Christmas morning, Harry, Ron, and Hermione sat around the fire in the Gryffindor Common Room sipping hot cocoa and opening their gifts. Harry opened his last gift (a long box) and his mouth dropped open. It was a Firebolt broomstick. They couldn't believe it. Harry couldn't find a card so he didn't have any idea where it came from. While Harry and Ron were overly excited, Hermione was much less so.

 

"Who would send that to you, Harry?" she asked. Harry just shrugged his shoulder. Hermione had a theory and it made her uneasy.

 

That evening they made their way down to the Great Hall to enjoy the Christmas fest with their remaining classmates and professors. Professor Trewlaney decided to join them for dinner which was unusual. She announced that she had a vision in which she joined them for the Christmas Feast. Professor McGonagall rolled her eyes and spent the remainder of the feast bickering with Professor Trelawney. It was clear that McGonagall shared Hermione's belief that Professor Trelawney was a quack. Hermione stayed behind to speak with Professor McGonagall after the feast while Harry and Ron quickly made their way back to Gryffindor Tower to gawk at the Firebolt some more.

 

A few minutes later Hermione stepped through the portrait hole followed by Professor McGonagall. McGonagall made her way over to Harry.

 

"I'm sorry, Potter," she said. "I am going to have to confiscate this broomstick until the proper precautions can be taken to make sure that it is safe to use." Harry glared angrily at Hermione as he begrudgingly handed over the broom. After McGonagall left, Harry and Ron laid into Hermione and told her that she had no right to tell McGonagall about the broom.

 

Hermione tried to defend herself: "I told her because.. because I thought - and Professor McGonagall agrees with me - that the broom was probably sent to Harry by Sirius Black."

 

Harry and Ron were furious with Hermione and refused to talk to her for the remainder of the holiday break. They were all relieved when the rest of the school had returned from vacation. Oliver Wood went ballistic when he heard about the Firebolt and McGonagall taking it away. He made it his mission to follow her everywhere to try and convince her to return it to Harry.

 

On Monday evening Harry had his first dementor fighting lesson with Professor Lupin. He made his way to Lupin's office and knocked on the door. Lupin welcomed him in and Harry saw a large chest sitting in the middle of Lupin's floor.

 

"Harry, the spell that I will be teaching you is called the Patronus Charm. A wizard's patronus is an extremely positive energy that is effective in casting away Dementors. In order to produce a patronus you must concentrate on a very happy and powerful memory. You must then speak the incantation 'Expecto Patronum'. Inside this trunk is a boggart that we will be practicing on. Think of the happiest memory that you can and hold onto it firmly. Whenever you are ready I will release the boggart."

 

Harry wracked his brain for a happy memory. He discovered that this was not an easy task for him. He finally settled on a memory and nodded to Professor Lupin. The trunk opened and a large hooded and cloaked figure emerged. The temperature in the room immediately dropped and a wave of despair washed over Harry.

 

"Expecto Patronum!" he shouted.

 

A woman's screaming voice filled Harry's ears and he passed out. Harry woke up feeling a little bit embarrassed. Lupin crouched down next to him, handed him a piece of chocolate, and instructed him to eat it.

 

"I didn't expect you to do it on your first try. Which memory did you choose?"

 

"I thought about how I felt the first time I rode a broom," Harry said.

 

Lupin shook his head. "That's not nearly strong enough. Let's try again."

 

Harry stood up with his wand at the ready. He thought about when Gryffindor won the House Cup last year and again nodded to Lupin. The Dementor rose out of the chest and glided straight toward Harry. The room again went very cold as Harry yelled 'Expecto Patronum'. This time he heard a man's voice yelling before he fainted and crumpled to the ground.

 

Lupin gave Harry another peace of chocolate when he woke up and Harry told him that he had heard his dad yell before he fainted. Lupin paused for a moment before telling Harry that he knew James when he was in school. Lupin quickly changed the subject though and suggested that they try it one last time.

 

Harry readied himself and thought about the day that he found out that he was a wizard and would be leaving the Dursley's house to go to Hogwarts. Lupin opened the chest and the dementor emerged again.

 

"EXPECTO PATRONUM!" Harry shouted. A silver light emerged from his wand and surrounded the approaching Dementor. Harry could hear his parent's screaming but this time it was much more distant. Harry had managed to contain the Dementor and stop it from approaching him.

 

Lupin closed the boggart back into the trunk and locked it. He congratulated Harry on a job well done and broke out a couple of Butterbeers to celebrate. They sat around talking for a couple minutes before Harry asked Lupin if he knew Sirius Black as well. Lupin's mood shifted slightly but he confirmed that he knew Sirius Black as well. Lupin then stood up and excused Harry for the evening.

 

 

KevinH (Dementor), a Mafia Ninja, has been driven away by the Patronus Charm on day 4.

 

 

Vote Count

KevinH (5): Mandarijn, King Hitler, Sister Midnight, Wolfpacks, D34THBR1NG3R

 

It is now night 5. Please PM me any night actions by 10:00am CST on Monday, November 21st.

[The Warrior]

Between Harry's dementor classes and Quidditch practices he barely had any time for his school work. Ron and Harry were still angry with Hermione for getting Harry's Firebolt confiscated and they refused to speak with her. Even though they were not talking to her, they couldn't help but notice how incredibly exhausted and overworked she appeared to be all the time. Oliver Wood continued to stalk Professor McGonagall on Harry's behalf as well hoping to get his broom back.

 

Harry's dementor defense classes seemed to have stalled. He had not managed to progress any further after the half-patronus that he managed to conjure in his first lesson. After one particularly frustrating lesson, Harry once again sat with Lupin asking him more about dementors. Lupin explained to Harry what the absolute worst thing a dementor could do to a person was -- the Dementor's Kiss.

 

"The Dementor's Kiss is a truly awful punishment that is reserved for the most violent wizarding world offenders. A dementor has the power to suck the soul out of its victims. This is the punishment that awaits Sirius Black when he is captured." Harry shuddered as he thought to himself that this punishment made dementors sound more terrifying than Lord Voldemort himself.

 

Harry received a pleasant surprise the next afternoon. He and Ron sat in the Gryffindor Common Room struggling to interpret what they were seeing in the glass ball from divination. The portait hole opened and Professor McGonagall stepped into the room. She was carrying Harry's Firebolt! She handed it to him and told him that no evil curse had been discovered. Professor McGonagall turned and stepped back through the portrait hole. As she was leaving Neville stepped in. (He had once again lost the list of passwords that he had written down and was waiting for someone to open the portrait.)

 

Harry decided that it was finally time to try and make up with Hermione. He walked over to the corner where she sat studying. He was just about to apologize to her when Ron stormed over behind him yelling and pointing at her.

 

"SCABBERS IS MISSING FROM MY DORMITORY! HE'S MISSING AND THE ONLY THING THAT I COULD FIND WAS BLOOD AND GINGER CAT HAIR! YOUR CAT KILLED HIM!"

 

Ron and Hermione's friendship appeared to be over. Ron was furious that Crookshanks had killed his rat. Harry was caught in the middle now that he had made up with Hermione and he was basically acting as a mediator on Ron's behalf. Hermione didn't care for that since it seemed like Harry was taking Ron's side so she was now refusing to speak to them both again.

 

Saturday morning was the Quidditch match against Ravenclaw. The Gryffindor team couldn't wait to see what Harry could do on his Firebolt. The match was going well and Gryffindor appeared to be handling Ravenclaw nicely. Harry zoomed over the field and looked like nothing more than a scarlet blur. As Harry circled near the Slytherin student section he spotted three dementors. He was hoping that his lesson would pay off. Harry drew his wand and cast a patronus that charged right at the cloaked figures. As they scattered, the snitch whizzed right past Harry. It hadn't gotten more than 50 yards away from him when he easily caught up to it and snagged it.

 

Harry landed on the ground and raised the snitch in victory as the Gryffindors surrounded him cheering. As they celebrated Harry learned that the dementors that his patronus chased off weren't dementors at all. It was Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle trying to scare Harry. Harry actually thought it was quite humorous and McGonagall chewed them out.

 

The party had just begun in the Gryffindor Common Room. Harry broke away from the group when he saw Hermione sitting in the corner studying. Harry tried to apologize to her again but she ran off crying when Ron made another comment about Scabbers. Harry told Ron to lay off but he refused to apologize to her.

 

Ron woke up screaming in the middle of the night. Harry, Dean, Seamus, and Neville all jumped up and asked him what happened. Ron told them that he was woken up and Sirius Black was standing over him with a knife. Professor McGonagall was called and she came in to question Ron. It seemed that she didn't really buy his story. They all walked down the spiral staircase and followed McGonagall across the common room to the portrait hole. Professor McGonagall addressed Sir Cadogan and he confirmed that he let Black in because he had the password written down. Professor McGonagall was livid.

 

"How could anyone be so stupid?!" she exclaimed. Neville's face turned pink as he confessed that he was the one who wrote the password down because he couldn't remember it.

 

Hogwarts security was once again tightened following Ron's near death experience. At breakfast the next morning Harry and Ron received a note from Hagrid asking them to visit him. Hagrid expressed his disappointment with them for how they have been treating Hermione. He also told them that even though Hermione was really busy and stressed out she still managed to find time to visit him and help him prepare Buckbeak's defense for his trial. Harry and Ron felt bad because they had completely forgotten that they promised to help him as well.

 

Harry and Ron sat around the fire that evening quietly discussing the plan to sneak Harry into Hogsmeade again this weekend. Hermione overheard the plan and threatened to tell Professor McGonagall what they were doing. Ron yelled at her and she once again ran away in tears. They decided that they would still go through with their plan since Harry still had the invisibility cloak.

 

On Saturday morning Harry said goodbye to Ron as he left the castle for Hogsmeade. Harry ran back to the dormitory, grabbed the invisibility cloak and the Marauder's Map and made his way toward the one-eyed witch statue to take the secret passage to Honeydukes. He met up with Ron next to the Hog's Head Pub since most Hogwarts' students wouldn't go to that part of town and he followed Ron around while invisible.

 

They had just passed by the path to the Shrieking Shack when Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle appeared to give Ron shit. Harry saw his opportunity to get back at them for the prank they tried to pull at the Quidditch game and he threw a handful of mud at them. The mud-ball nailed Malfoy in the face and he looked around to see what had happened. Harry had just reached down and picked up a second mud-ball to throw when his invisibility cloak slipped off of his head. He quickly grabbed it and pulled it back over himself but it was too late. Malfoy had seen him in Hogsmeade, a place where he wasn't supposed to be. Malfoy took off running and Harry knew that he had to beat Malfoy back to the castle before he could get to Professor Snape.

 

Harry once again reached the one-eyed witch and consulted the Marauder's Map to make sure he was clear. He climbed out of the passage and was about to stash the cloak in his pocket when Snape's name appeared on the map. He was about to round the corner toward Harry. Harry quickly stowed the cloak in the passage way, tapped the map and said 'Mischief Managed', and stuffed it in his pocket.

 

Snape had a twisted grin on his face when he saw Harry in the corridor. "Mr. Potter, I have just received some very interesting news. Mr. Malfoy tells me that he encountered someone in Hogsmeade that shouldn't have been there. Any guess who that might be?"

 

"No idea," Harry replied dryly.

 

"Interesting," Snape said. "You see Mr. Malfoy is convinced that he saw you in Hogsmeade. I was under the impression that you did not have permission to be there."

 

"Well, Malfoy was wrong. I have been in the castle all along."

 

"You're lying." Snape said. "Your father was a troublesome liar too. There are many things about your father that Professor Dumbledore hasn't exactly shared with you. Turn out your pockets, Potter."

 

Harry pulled the folded map out of his pocket. Snape pointed his wand at it and muttered: "Reveal your secrets."

 

The parchment began to populate and the front cover of the map took shape. "Read it," Snape instructed Harry.

 

"Mr. Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape, and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business.
Mr. Prongs agrees with Mr. Moony, and would like to add that Professor Snape is an ugly git.
Mr. Padfoot would like to register his astonishment that an idiot like that ever became a Professor.
Mr. Wormtail bids Professor Snape good day, and advises him to wash his hair, the slimeball."

 

"Professor Snape," Lupin called as he approached them.

 

"Ah, Lupin. Take a look at this clearly it's full of Dark Magic," Snape said as he handed the map to Lupin.

 

"I will hold onto this and examine it thoroughly," he replied. "Potter, if you wouldn't mind, please follow me."

 

Harry followed Lupin back to his office. Lupin closed the door behind them and shamed Harry about his reckless behavior. "I know what this map is, Harry. It was very irresponsible of you to leave the castle and carry this map around with you. Did you ever think that an object like this in the hands of Sirius Black would be a map directly to you? I will be holding onto this and I strongly urge you not to leave the castle again. If you do, I'll know."

 

Harry walked back to the common room where he met Ron and a tearful Hermione. "Hagrid lost his case. Buckbeak is to be executed."

 

The school was buzzing with Quidditch talk as Easter break neared. The Quidditch final was on the Saturday morning of break. Gryffindor had a shot at claiming the Quidditch Cup by beating Slytherin but they trailed by enough overall points that Harry could not catch the snitch until Gryffindor had scored enough to put them ahead in the overall total.

 

Harry spent the majority of the match cheering on his teammates while keeping an eye on Malfoy enough to make sure that he couldn't catch the snitch if spotted. Everything was going according to plan. The Gryffindor chasers were outplaying their Slytherin counterparts and had scored enough that all it would take now would be for Harry to catch the snitch and end the game. And then, Harry saw a glint of gold. He darted after the snitch. Malfoy was hot on his tail but Harry's Firebolt outclassed the now "outdated" Nimbus 2001 that Malfoy was flying. Harry snagged the snitch and the party ensued. As Harry held up the Quidditch Cup next to Oliver Wood he felt that he would be able to cast the best patronus ever now.

 

After the Easter holidays, exams were quickly approaching. Harry and Ron had never seen Hermione so stressed out as she tried to prepare for all of her finals in addition to continuing to prepare for Buckbeak's appeal. Buckbeak's appeal was to be that afternoon after their last exams. Hermione headed to her arithmancy final as Ron and Harry headed to divination. Their divination exams were all to be done at separately scheduled times. Each student had to read the future from a crystal ball for their exam. Harry and Ron stood in line while they waited their turns. Ron was called before Harry and he climbed the ladder to the attic classroom and left Harry standing alone. When Ron was finished he climbed back down the ladder and wished Harry luck. 

 

Harry sat at a table with Professor Trelawney gazing into the crystal ball. He made up a bullshit story and told her that he saw Buckbeak flying away. Trelawney looked disappointed as he told her what he saw. Harry stood up from the table when he was finished and was about to leave the room when Professor Trelawney suddenly grabbed his arm. Her eyes went misty and she started to speak in a very harsh voice:

 

"The servant will break free and set out to rejoin his Master. The Dark Lord will rise again with his servant's aid, greater and more terrible than before." Harry was stunned at what he had just witnessed as he quickly left Trelawney alone in the room.

 

 

Mandarijn (Professor Trelawney), a normal Hogwarts Staff Member, went into a trance on night 5.

 

 

It is now day 6. With 7 players alive it takes 4 to lynch or 2 at deadline.

 

 

Vote Count

 

D34THBR1NG3R (0):

iSocialism (0):

King Hitler (0):

Rhizoctonia (0):

Sister Midnight (0):

Wolfpacks (0):

Yehom (0):

 

No Lynch (0):

 

Not Voting:

 

With 7 players alive it takes 4 to lynch or 2 at deadline.

Deadline is 11:00am CST on Monday, November 28th.

[SeaBeeGipson]

Well, lets get straight to it.
Vote Rhizo

Wonder why they left Wolfpacks alive? Were you able to confirm if Isocialism was the 4th scum?

[KevinH]

Bah!

[Mandarijn]

Bah!

[Sister Midnight]

OH NO!  NOT MANDY!!!

 

Well, lets get straight to it.
Vote Rhizo

Wonder why they left Wolfpacks alive? Were you able to confirm if Isocialism was the 4th scum?

Did you just cast an actual vote?  If so I'll join the wagon, although I'd prefer Yehom.  Still, it doesn't matter, we'll just go down the list of peeps who voted for Mandy.  MANDY WE SHALL AVENGE YOU!

[SeaBeeGipson]

OH NO!  NOT MANDY!!!
 

Well, lets get straight to it.
Vote Rhizo
Wonder why they left Wolfpacks alive? Were you able to confirm if Isocialism was the 4th scum?

Did you just cast an actual vote?  If so I'll join the wagon, although I'd prefer Yehom.  Still, it doesn't matter, we'll just go down the list of peeps who voted for Mandy.  MANDY WE SHALL AVENGE YOU!

I don't have a preference. Just keeping the train moving.

[Sister Midnight]

VOTE: YEHOM

[Wolfpacks]

Vote Yehom

I investigated Isoc and he came back as Non helpfull hogwarts student, so unless he is a GF then i can only make him out as town

Death did you find anything out as a tracker

[The Warrior]

Professor Trelawney: "Would anyone like me to help interpret the shadowy portents within their orb?"

Ron: "I don't need any help. It's obvious what this means. There's going to be loads of fog tonight."

 

Vote Count

Yehom (2): Sister Midnight, Wolfpacks

Rhizoctonia (1): King Hitler

D34THBR1NG3R (0):

iSocialism (0):

King Hitler (0):

Sister Midnight (0):

Wolfpacks (0):

 

No Lynch (0):

Not Voting: D34THBR1NG3R, iSocialism, Rhizoctonia, Yehom

With 7 players alive it takes 4 to lynch or 2 at deadline.

Deadline is 11:00am CST on Monday, November 28th.

[Sister Midnight]

Wait, did SBG vote, I wasn't clear.  I didn't mean to undermine his vote.

[Yehom]

Lol

 

Vote Sister Midnight

[Sister Midnight]

Lol

 

Vote Sister Midnight

OMGUS!  Totes not changing my vote now. 

[Yehom]

Too bad, maybe I could sway you to vote for yourself, scum

[Sister Midnight]

HAHAHAHAHA!  I really, like you, Yehom!  Too bad you're a murderous guy.

[The Warrior]

Vote Count

 

Yehom (2): Sister Midnight, Wolfpacks

Rhizoctonia (1): King Hitler

Sister Midnight (1): Yehom

D34THBR1NG3R (0):

iSocialism (0):

King Hitler (0):

Wolfpacks (0):

 

No Lynch (0):

 

Not Voting: D34THBR1NG3R, iSocialism, Rhizoctonia

 

With 7 players alive it takes 4 to lynch or 2 at deadline.

Deadline is 11:00am CST on Monday, November 28th.