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THE LION''S DEN
Issue Three
September 21st, 1977
Three Knuts
Hello Gryffindors! This is your reporter, Remus Lupin, sharing those big issues around the castle with his fellow housemates...
Feature Story:
Disaster In The Dungeons
Yesterday, during a fourth-year Potions lesson, the entire dungeon floor of Hogwarts was flooded with a poisonous potion called Annullo Corpus. Investigation through a Latin dictionary proved that 'Annullo Corpus' meant 'Destroy Body'.
The potion itself causes substantial damage to nerves and can cause heart attacks, brain damage, or temporary or permanent paralysis.
The Slytherins have been moved out of the dungeons to several (now password-protected) side chambers off the Great Hall, where makeshift dormitories have been set up until the Department of Health and Virus Control deems it safe for student inhabitation.
"It's really too bad that they didn't leave the Slytherins down there, you know," Sirius Black, author of Ask Sirius, said to this reporter. "I mean, we could use permanent paralysis in the Slytherins' cases."
Professor Slughorn says the accident was due to a misguided prank. Somebody had placed armadillo spleen (an ingredient which has properties that cause the expansion of potions; it is often used in hospitals to add to the supplies when potions are running low) in Evan Rosier's potion, causing it to expand and explode. The explosion caused a chain reaction, and as the potion expanded, it fill the entire dungeon as Professor Slughorn herded his students away from the mess.
If anyone has any information on who may have put the armadillo spleen in Rosier's cauldron, Professor Slughorn asks that you come to him immediately.
Shorts:
Hogsmeade Trips Are On!
The majority of the teachers last night voted that the Hogsmeade trips will remain scheduled, unless there is an emergency need to change it.
Honeydukes Has A New Candy
They're called Peppermint Imps, and they're flying off racks! Be sure to pick some up in Hogsmeade on the trip next week!
The Lion's Den Wants To Hear From YOU!
We have recieved dozens of applications from Gryffindor students wanting to do an editorial in Peter's place. We have narrowed it down to four hopeful seventh and sixth years:
Marlene McKinnon
Benji Fenwick
Elphias Dodge
Frank Longbottom
So who would you like to see running an editorial? Drop us a line! Slip a scrap of paper with your choice written clearly in ink on it under the seventh year boys' dormitory door!
Dear Sirius,
Is Remus currently dating anyone?
- Remus Lover
Dear Remus Lover,
Not as far as I know, but don't rely on him making the first move. He's shyer than Pettigrew, and that's saying something.
- Sirius
Dear Sirius,
Does Remus have a fan club too?
- Wants To Be A Remus FanGirl
Dear Wants,
No. And why won't you be my fangirl?
- Sirius
Dear Sirius,
I love Remus. How do I tell him?
- In Love
Dear In,
I don't know!
- Sirius
Dear Sirius,
Remus is so much better looking than you.
- Lupin Lover
Dear Lupin Lover,
NO HE ISN'T!
- Sirius
Dear Sirius,
Does Remus like anyone?
- Just Wants To Know
Dear Just,
Okay, did Remus slip everyone a freaking love potion or something?
- Sirius
Dear Sirius,
Ha. Everyone likes me better than you.
- Moony
Dear Moony,
NO THEY DON'T! I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE!
- Sirius
THIS SPACE IS (STILL) EMPTY.
Sorry, we are no longer accepting applications. See Shorts to see our finalists!
Big-mouth Rita Knows It All!
Rita Skeeter here, with all of the gossip that circulates throughout the school.
In the huge dungeon evacuation yesterday, items belonging to the Slytherins were dropped as they moved into the side chambers of the Great Hall. Guess what your gossip columnist picked up?
Severus Snape's teddy bear!
Snape denies that the bear belongs to him, even though his name is written on the bottom of the left foot and he snatched it from your gossip columnist's grasp the second he sawher with it.
Hi Gryffindor students, young and old! I'm James Potter, here every week with your local, national, and international sports news!
LOCAL:
Here is this year's Gryffindor Quidditch Team!
CAPTAIN and CHASER: James Potter
CHASER: Marcus Bell
CHASER (new): Mariah Hunt
RESERVE CAPTAIN and BEATER: Sirius Black
BEATER: Frank Longbottom
KEEPER: Adrian Wood
SEEKER: Matthew Stone
RESERVES: Lindsay Bell (chaser), Angie LeBlanc (beater), Chris Young (seeker)
The first game is scheduled in NOVEMBER. See you there!
NATIONAL and INTERNATIONAL:
The Chudley Cannons scraped a win several days ago against the United States Stars. There have been many questions about the latter team, and I scrounged around for information:
The United States of America's national wizarding sport is not Quidditch, but Quodpot, a game much like Quidditch. However, the USA has made its own national Quidditch team, at the request of many citizens from different countries (the US has one of the highest immigrant populations in the world).
The Kestrals star Marc O'Connor is "doing much better", according to the captain of the team over the Wireless. He is expected to play tomorrow against the Liverpool Legends.
Puddlemere United: 6-0
Wimbourne Wasps: 1-5
Tutshill Tornadoes: 2-4
Kenmare Kestrals: 4-2
Chudley Cannons: 4-3
Denmark Dragons: 2-4
London Lions: 3-3
Appleby Arrows: 2-4
Holyhead Harpies: 5-1
Yorkshire Yedis: 4-2
Liverpool Legends: 5-1Birmingham Bears: 1-5
Oxford Owls: 4-2
Amsterdam Acromantulas: 5-1
Athens Ashwinders: 2-4
Dublin Diricawls: 2-4
Madrid Manticores: 6-0
Venice Vampires: 5-1
Manchester Mooncalves: 0-6
Moscow Mummies: 3-3
Milan Mokes: 1-5
Paris Phoenixes: 5-1
United States Stars: 6-0
Sydney Serpents: 6-0
New Zealand Nundus: 4-2
The Sydney Serpents and the US Stars go head to head tomorrow on the Wireless. The following days include the Bears at the Owls, the Diricawls and the Manticores, and the Lions at the Wasps. This is James Potter, over and out!
The Five W''s With Lily Evans
Who: Students 3rd year and above
What: Hogsmeade trip
When: September 29th
Where: Hogsmeade
Why: DUH!
Who: Quidditch team
What: Practice – it will be every Wednesday following this date, and therefore will only be posted in the 5 W's if a practice is rescheduled or cancelled
When: September 22nd
Where: The Quidditch Pitch
Why: To prepare for the first game in November.
Who: All students
What: "Clean-up Day", or the better-known "Help Mr. Pringle Day". Clean the castle for four hours, and you're excused from class the next day.
When: September 23rd
Where: Meet Mr. Pringle in the Great Hall for assignments
Why: To help keep our castle clean
Who: All Seventh Years
What: ''What's Your Future?'' classes
When: October 8th, and following months (dates to be determined)
Where: The Great Hall
Why: To guide Seventh Years to jobs that would be appropriate for them.
Well, guys, another issue done!
Some reminders:
If you are writing a Marauder''s Era Harry Potter story, and you would like your characters (they have to be MAIN CHARACTERS, like James, Sirius, etc) to be featured in the plot line of the Gossip Column, just leave the name of your story and the chapter in which the event occurs. If I like it, then it will go in the Gossip Column!
For the Quidditch standings, if you live in a big, notable city (that isn't in the USA, Canada, or Mexico) and you don't have a team already posted, just tell me your city and I'll add it on! But, I WILL have a limit, so once I reach a certain amount, I won't post anymore cities.
Vote for the four characters listed! Once again, they are Marlene McKinnon, Benji Fenwick, Elphias Dodge, and Frank Longbottom.
And, as always, give questions for Sirius to answer in Ask Sirius!
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