Demiguise Hunt!
A magical beast called the demiguise has escaped into the castle, writes Sirius Orion Black, Gryffindor Oracle reporter, who witnessed the whole scene. It began innocently enough when Professor Kettleburn, the Care of Magical Creatures teacher, decided to show his class the demiguise. It started out as an innocent lesson.
But that soon changed. "I was there," Peter Pettigrew, of Gryffindor, says with absolute certainity. "Someone--I don't know who--let off a Filbuster's No-Heat Wet Start Firework in the Care of Magical Creatures class."
"Well, the firework exploded right in Professor Kettleburn's face," reports Alice Remerta, Gryffindor chaser and columnists for the Oracle. "Of course it caused a confusion--and in the confusion, the Demiguise escaped."
Demiguises, your disgruntled reporter discovered, are large ape-like creatures that can disappear at will, and are very expensive due to the fact their hair is used to make Invisibility Cloaks. Thus, Professor Kettleburn is offering a reward to anyone who successfully finds it and turns it it--an eye-opening one hundred House Points.
"I've gotta find it," Lucy...Lucius Malfoy was reported saying. "Slytherin needs those hundred points."
Many students seemed to feel the same way, based on the general air of excitement generated by the Demiguise incident. But who will find it, no one can tell. Now, your Oracle reporter is off to brew some Visibility potions.
Hogwarts students have problems, from O.W.L.s and N.E.W.T.s to boy/girl relationships to Potions homework. To help Gryffindor students with their problems, you can...
Ask Moony
Dear Moony,
I'm a first year and Professor Grimay, Head of Slytherin, seems to hate me for no good reason--he's always taking House points away from me. Why?
-Confused First Year
Dear Confused First Year,
Don't ask me to fathom the way that slimeball's mind works. He's a SLYTHERIN. Do I look like Professor Grimay?
Moony
Dear Moony,
Somebody sneaked an illegal bottle of Firewhiskey into my dorm, and I want to tell the professor, but I don't want to betray my friends. What should I do?
-Stuck between Friends
Dear Stuck between Friends,
Who? What dorm room? I'll be there tonight! Duh, you idiot! You don't tell on your friends...if they really are your friends. You need to learn something about friendship.
Moony
Dear Moony,
I have this problem with pickles. See, I only like pickles with jam and ketchup, but everybody else eats them with marmalade. And nobody agrees with me that I should walpaper our dorm room in pink and purple bunnies! What should I do?
-Padfoot
Dear Padfoot,
I already told you, we are NOT walpapering the dorm room. You are gross and disgusting but you can eat your pickles however you like. Go back to sleep.
Moony
Do you want Moony to answer your questions? Send them to room ten, boys dorms, third door on the left, and YOU might appear in the Gryffindor Oracle!
Wondered what's going on in Gryffindor? Ever wanted to know what's happening? Well, now you can find out from the Queen of Gossip herself...
Lion's Roar
This is Alice Remerta, gossip columnist of the Gryffindor Oracle. New developments are happening on old loves this week with your favorite reporter and with the girls of Gryffindor. It all begins with Fiona Landon, who was dumped unceremoniously yesterday by Sirius Black, who told her quite rudely to: "shove off and cool it."
"I thought he loved me," Fiona sobbed to your gossip columnist. "He told me that he never felt this way with anyone else, and that he would buy me the stars if he could!"
"I said that?" a bewildered Sirius asked me. "Well, she shouldn't get emotional," he shrugged when asked what he thought about Fiona's response. "She's too clingy," he added as the final insult.
Sirius Black is now going out with Natalie Sanduray of Hufflepuff, and he's not the only one dating out of House. Remus Lupin and Aladdin Niadra have reportedly gotten back together, which is confirmed by numerous sights of snoggins sessions viewed with disgust by much of the Gryffindor popularion.
But how do things go with the last Marauder? Alas, the love/hate relationship only grows hotter as the fight continues. This morning, Lily Evans reportedly threw a glass of orange juice in James Potter's face when he tried to kiss her over breakfast. Better luck next time, James!
This has been Alice Remerta with Lion's Roar, the Gryffindor gossip column. Have any juicy tidbits of gossip? Share it with me--slip it under dorm room 10 and it could appear in Lion's Roar!
Lioness Poetry
The Lioness has once again picked a poem from the twenty under her door, and her favorite one appears below. Thanks all you participants!
I miss you and it's tearing me apart
Look into my eyes and break my heart
And after all this time I still have hurt to show
And after all this time you still don't notice
It's funny how it goes...
-6th Year
All Materials Copyright The Gryffindor Oracle, volume 25, 2nd edition--all character copyright JK Rowling. Aladdin Niadra copyright Abigail Nicole and Natalie, who she is made after, as well as any minor characters.
Author's Notes: OMG! OMG! OMG! 20 reviews for ONE CHAPTER??? I love you people! That's why I wrote this so quickly! Next chapter, feature story: Interview with a Seeker--James Potter speaks out. If you have any questions you want to ask him, please do so in your review, and your question might be in the 3rd edition!