Hey all… I'm really sorry for the delay. My computer crashed Saturday night, and I lost everything. I'm typing this on my dad's yucky computer…. Hopefully everything I had will come back and I'll get my computer again soon…

Until then, please bear with me!!!!! Thanks all……. And Happy New Year!

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Filch scowled in the corner. He disapproved of frivolity merely for turning the page in the calendar.

Pomfrey and Grubbly-Plank debated the merits of medicinal champagne, both women tipsy (or neither would have suggested that wine might cure a hippogriff's acne.)

Snape rolled his eyes at the lack of dignity among his fellows.
McGonagall thought of ways to improve herself this year.
Binns droned on about how this New Years compared to those he lived through, although no one listened.

And through it all, Dumbledore smiled. His blue eyes twinkled as the bells chimed twelve and a new year began.