Hello again. =D Exams are over. YAY!!!! lol. I saw Return of the King
yesterday. It wasn't as good as I'd hoped, but it wasn't bad. Two Towers
was better. Anyway, how is everyone? Oh, yeah, if you can tell me how to do
italics, I'd REALLY REALLY appreciate it. Thanx. On with the story!
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The next day was their first Transfiguration class. After she called roll, Professor McGonagall lectured them on the importance on paying attention in class, etc. and then proceeded to teach them about transfiguring a sewing needle into a nail, one of the most basic transfigurations. Then the Gryffindors went to lunch. iFinally./i Sirius thought.
"Time to have some fun." Sirius said with a smile and proceeded to walk discreetly over to the Slytherin table, trying to look casual. Walking in the general direction of the first year Slytherins, he muttered a well- choiced spell under his breath. Then he proceeded to walk away with a slightly triumphant grin on his face.
"What'd you do?" James asked. He couldn't see anything different about the Slytherins at all.
"Just wait. You'll see," was Sirius' vague reply.
"Alright, then." And they went on to eat their lunch. About fifteen minutes later, there came a scream from the first year Slytherins. James whipped around to see what kind of havoc was being produced and gasped before bursting out laughing. Over at the other table, the pudding was starting to sing "Devil In Disguise" while the first-year girls were screaming to wake the dead when the mashed potatoes and other plates of food began exploding, sending bits everywhere. "You did that?!" James asked. Sirius nodded while wiping tears of laughter from his eyes. "Where did you learn to do that?!"
"My friend's father loved funny things like that and taught us a bunch of odd spells last year."
"That's brilliant!" And, with that, James began laughing like a maniac again.
iWell, that was fun/i, Sirius thought, and went off to Charms with his friends.
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On the way to Astronomy at 11:45, the four friends were still laughing hysterically about the morning's prank.
"Did you see Sasha's face?" James said with his trademark grin.
"Forget Sasha, what about that Severus guy?" Remus said and promptly began laughing again. This kind of conversation had been going on all day.
"Hey, Sirius, how come that spell happened almost fifteen minutes after you cast it?" Peter asked.
"Because, if had happened immediately, it would have been way too obvious that I'd done it and I would have gotten in trouble, see? Though "
"You're a genius, Sirius!" James announced.
"I know," Sirius replied. By this time they were at the Astronomy tower. They took their seats in the mini-observatory that was the tower. "Where's the teacher?" he asked noone in particular.
By this time the Ravenclaws had filed in and one of them, a very tall boy with red hair replied, "Not a clue. Name's Derek. What's your name?"
"Sirius."
A voice came from the dark corner of the room. "Ah, an astronomical name," the voice said, making Sirius jump. Professor Sinistra came out from the shadows and Sirius relaxed a little.
"Yes, m'am," he said.
"Everyone take your seats and I'll call roll. I may do this a bit different than other teachers, so listen carefully to my instructions. I will call all of your names without stopping, and I expect to hear." She paused, counting on the roll sheet. "19 'here's in reply. Sound good? Alrighty." This didn't make any sense to Sirius, but he didn't really care. iOkeydokey./i he thought.
"Kara Bentley, Olga Bentley, Derek Chambers, Daniel Rockfield, Branden King, Justin Marx, Steven Hall, Erica James, Cassie Foster, Stephanie Clikner, James Potter, Mari McKinnon, Sirius Black, Elizabeth Kwan, Victoria Park, Peter Pettigrew, Remus Lupin, Alison Thompson, and Lily Evans." She then heard nineteen answers in quick succession. "Very good, very good," She said with a too-big-for-her-face smile. Sirius noticed that she had not called the names in any order at all. iA little loony, but not so bad./i Sirius thought.
"First we'll be starting with a very interesting subject and I find that most students don't mind it all that much. Black Holes." Most of the class brightened up at this and she continued. "Black Holes are, to put it very, very simply, regions of space where so much mass is concentrated that nothing, not even light, can escape the gravitational pull. It is an area where the escape velocity is greater than the speed of light. The more massive an object is, the faster you have to travel to escape its gravity. This is known as the escape velocity. Black holes are so massive that their escape velocity is faster than the speed of light. Since nothing can travel faster than light, nothing can escape the gravity of a black hole. There are three parts of a Black Holes. The Event Horizon, the Schwarzchild Radius, and the Singularity. The Event Horizon is the The event horizon marks the outer boundary of the black hole's extreme gravitational influence. It is the point of no return. If anything passes into the Event Horizon, even light, it is doomed. The Schwarzchild Radius is the distance between the Event Horizon and the Singularity. The Singularity is the center of the Black Hole. One of the more interesting theories about Black Holes is that gravity effects time and since the gravity of a black hole, it slows down time, sometimes bringing it almost to a stand-still and, some people believe that if a black hole had enough gravity, you could travel back in time."
This went on for the rest of the period. The whole class was completely absorbed in the lecture. Sirius found this all fascinating. iI like this class already./i
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When class was ended, the majority of the class rushed downstairs to get some sleep before the next morning's class, and this did not exclude the first-year Gryffindors. On the way back to the Common Room, Sirius was ecstatic. "That was so much fun! I can't wait till next week!" he exclaimed.
"Dude, it was pretty cool, sure, but I don't think it was ithat/i cool." James said, trying not to laugh too hard.
Calming down a little, Sirius replied, "Yes, it was," and sleepily told to the portrait the password to get into the Common Room.
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Up in the dormitory, when they were all dressed, Sirius noticed something a little odd about his friend. "Hey, Remus, you okay?"
"Hmm? Oh, yeah. I'm fine, just really tired and I just got a letter from my mom saying she's sick and I need to go home and see her after classes tomorrow. I'm a little mad because now I have to do my Potions assignment from yesterday tomorrow at lunch because I was lazy and haven't done it yet."
"Oh. It's okay, I finished mine. I'll help you if you want." Sirius told him.
"Really? Thanks!" Remus said, looking a little happier. "I feel a little better now, but I'm still tired. I think I'll go to bed now. G'night everyone." With that, he promptly went to sleep.
"Not a bad idea, yes?" James said. "I think we should all go to bed now. Good night."
Then, suddenly, Sirius was left alone with his thoughts. i'Wonder what's wrong with Remus? Oh, I'll think about it tomorrow. Time to go to sleep./i He muttered the spell to turn out the light by his bed, closed the curtains and drifted off to sleep.
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That was a rather forced chapter.. I'm sorry. lol. It's okay. The next one will be better, I promise! Please, please, please review if you're reading this. So far I've gotten a grand total of 1 review while this afternoon I was reading a brand-new story that was just published today that had 2 reviews already. =( lol. Not really, but please review if you don't mind. Thanx. And again, if this doesn't work, can someone plz tell me how to do italics? Thanx again. Have a nice day everyone!
^^Adhara^^
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The next day was their first Transfiguration class. After she called roll, Professor McGonagall lectured them on the importance on paying attention in class, etc. and then proceeded to teach them about transfiguring a sewing needle into a nail, one of the most basic transfigurations. Then the Gryffindors went to lunch. iFinally./i Sirius thought.
"Time to have some fun." Sirius said with a smile and proceeded to walk discreetly over to the Slytherin table, trying to look casual. Walking in the general direction of the first year Slytherins, he muttered a well- choiced spell under his breath. Then he proceeded to walk away with a slightly triumphant grin on his face.
"What'd you do?" James asked. He couldn't see anything different about the Slytherins at all.
"Just wait. You'll see," was Sirius' vague reply.
"Alright, then." And they went on to eat their lunch. About fifteen minutes later, there came a scream from the first year Slytherins. James whipped around to see what kind of havoc was being produced and gasped before bursting out laughing. Over at the other table, the pudding was starting to sing "Devil In Disguise" while the first-year girls were screaming to wake the dead when the mashed potatoes and other plates of food began exploding, sending bits everywhere. "You did that?!" James asked. Sirius nodded while wiping tears of laughter from his eyes. "Where did you learn to do that?!"
"My friend's father loved funny things like that and taught us a bunch of odd spells last year."
"That's brilliant!" And, with that, James began laughing like a maniac again.
iWell, that was fun/i, Sirius thought, and went off to Charms with his friends.
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On the way to Astronomy at 11:45, the four friends were still laughing hysterically about the morning's prank.
"Did you see Sasha's face?" James said with his trademark grin.
"Forget Sasha, what about that Severus guy?" Remus said and promptly began laughing again. This kind of conversation had been going on all day.
"Hey, Sirius, how come that spell happened almost fifteen minutes after you cast it?" Peter asked.
"Because, if had happened immediately, it would have been way too obvious that I'd done it and I would have gotten in trouble, see? Though "
"You're a genius, Sirius!" James announced.
"I know," Sirius replied. By this time they were at the Astronomy tower. They took their seats in the mini-observatory that was the tower. "Where's the teacher?" he asked noone in particular.
By this time the Ravenclaws had filed in and one of them, a very tall boy with red hair replied, "Not a clue. Name's Derek. What's your name?"
"Sirius."
A voice came from the dark corner of the room. "Ah, an astronomical name," the voice said, making Sirius jump. Professor Sinistra came out from the shadows and Sirius relaxed a little.
"Yes, m'am," he said.
"Everyone take your seats and I'll call roll. I may do this a bit different than other teachers, so listen carefully to my instructions. I will call all of your names without stopping, and I expect to hear." She paused, counting on the roll sheet. "19 'here's in reply. Sound good? Alrighty." This didn't make any sense to Sirius, but he didn't really care. iOkeydokey./i he thought.
"Kara Bentley, Olga Bentley, Derek Chambers, Daniel Rockfield, Branden King, Justin Marx, Steven Hall, Erica James, Cassie Foster, Stephanie Clikner, James Potter, Mari McKinnon, Sirius Black, Elizabeth Kwan, Victoria Park, Peter Pettigrew, Remus Lupin, Alison Thompson, and Lily Evans." She then heard nineteen answers in quick succession. "Very good, very good," She said with a too-big-for-her-face smile. Sirius noticed that she had not called the names in any order at all. iA little loony, but not so bad./i Sirius thought.
"First we'll be starting with a very interesting subject and I find that most students don't mind it all that much. Black Holes." Most of the class brightened up at this and she continued. "Black Holes are, to put it very, very simply, regions of space where so much mass is concentrated that nothing, not even light, can escape the gravitational pull. It is an area where the escape velocity is greater than the speed of light. The more massive an object is, the faster you have to travel to escape its gravity. This is known as the escape velocity. Black holes are so massive that their escape velocity is faster than the speed of light. Since nothing can travel faster than light, nothing can escape the gravity of a black hole. There are three parts of a Black Holes. The Event Horizon, the Schwarzchild Radius, and the Singularity. The Event Horizon is the The event horizon marks the outer boundary of the black hole's extreme gravitational influence. It is the point of no return. If anything passes into the Event Horizon, even light, it is doomed. The Schwarzchild Radius is the distance between the Event Horizon and the Singularity. The Singularity is the center of the Black Hole. One of the more interesting theories about Black Holes is that gravity effects time and since the gravity of a black hole, it slows down time, sometimes bringing it almost to a stand-still and, some people believe that if a black hole had enough gravity, you could travel back in time."
This went on for the rest of the period. The whole class was completely absorbed in the lecture. Sirius found this all fascinating. iI like this class already./i
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When class was ended, the majority of the class rushed downstairs to get some sleep before the next morning's class, and this did not exclude the first-year Gryffindors. On the way back to the Common Room, Sirius was ecstatic. "That was so much fun! I can't wait till next week!" he exclaimed.
"Dude, it was pretty cool, sure, but I don't think it was ithat/i cool." James said, trying not to laugh too hard.
Calming down a little, Sirius replied, "Yes, it was," and sleepily told to the portrait the password to get into the Common Room.
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Up in the dormitory, when they were all dressed, Sirius noticed something a little odd about his friend. "Hey, Remus, you okay?"
"Hmm? Oh, yeah. I'm fine, just really tired and I just got a letter from my mom saying she's sick and I need to go home and see her after classes tomorrow. I'm a little mad because now I have to do my Potions assignment from yesterday tomorrow at lunch because I was lazy and haven't done it yet."
"Oh. It's okay, I finished mine. I'll help you if you want." Sirius told him.
"Really? Thanks!" Remus said, looking a little happier. "I feel a little better now, but I'm still tired. I think I'll go to bed now. G'night everyone." With that, he promptly went to sleep.
"Not a bad idea, yes?" James said. "I think we should all go to bed now. Good night."
Then, suddenly, Sirius was left alone with his thoughts. i'Wonder what's wrong with Remus? Oh, I'll think about it tomorrow. Time to go to sleep./i He muttered the spell to turn out the light by his bed, closed the curtains and drifted off to sleep.
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That was a rather forced chapter.. I'm sorry. lol. It's okay. The next one will be better, I promise! Please, please, please review if you're reading this. So far I've gotten a grand total of 1 review while this afternoon I was reading a brand-new story that was just published today that had 2 reviews already. =( lol. Not really, but please review if you don't mind. Thanx. And again, if this doesn't work, can someone plz tell me how to do italics? Thanx again. Have a nice day everyone!
^^Adhara^^