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**Portraits** · 01-21-2016, 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Daydreamer11

When Janelle stood in front of the portrait, she introduced herself. "Hello Ms. Timms. My name is Janelle. I'm a fourth year here at Hogwarts. I'd like to ask you a few questions. I hope you don't mind." "Be polite", she thought to herself. "I am so happy to be able to talk to you. I have so much to learn about the History of Magic. What would you say is the thing that you are most known for?" Did that sound like a better way to ask what she wanted to know?

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Originally Posted by StarShine

She approached the little crowd that was already there, and listened to their questions first. When it was her turn, she said "Hello Ms Timms, I'm Katherine Moss, first year Ravenclaw." A small smile. "What is the most important event in your life, if it's not too personal?"

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana

OHHH, she'd gotten one to reply to her! Soooo super cool! She beamed in response when the portrait told both her and another girl that they were precious. That had to be a good sign that Artemesia was going to cooperate with them and give them bunches to write about! "Thank you, Miss Timms!" she said, and as if on cue, Ariadne twirled around a little, her uniform skirt waving around as she did so.

"YOU DO!?" Ariadne asked, bouncing in place out of pure excitement. "I'm a huge fan! My sister plays professional Quidditch for the Harpies." While Ariadne was BURSTING with excitement at this reply, it still didn't give her enough information. She overheard the professor telling them they had to write a whole paragraph about what they learned, and Ariadne didn't have a whole paragraph's worth of stuff right now.

"Miss Timms, I need to write a whole paragraph about the time you were born and around the time you lived. Can you tell me anything about Quidditch during that time?" she asked. She felt just like one of those reporters from The Daily Prophet! She was secretly pretending that she had on eyeglasses and was accompanied with a floating notepad and a quill that would write down what everybody was saying. "Also, what did you and your friends do for fun when you were bored?"

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Originally Posted by Casey O

Blunt, maybe, but Ellery scrunched her nose up and persisted anyway. "I mean, what year did you die? Or what year was this portrait made? If that's not too personal."

The 21st century was LONG. It was the 80s now.

"What are limitations you have as a portrait? Like, can you go into any portrait you want to if it's in close proximity?"

Oh, goodness! There were so many students here now! And such pretty little girls. Artemesia could hardly remember a time when so many people gave her this much attention. They must truly be fans! But the many questions were making her already muddled head even more confused. Er.. um.. the pleasant woman looked from one girl to the next, trying to focus. But they were still on the subject of Quidditch! And of course they were! They were her fans!

"Your sister isn't that dreadful Cherrine McFancie, is she? She's something of a rival." Artemesia gave Ariadne a knowing look. It was almost as if the beater had put a target on her. It was awful. What were they talking about again? Oh right, her most important event. "Why that would be the day that the Caerphilly Catapults recruited me as their starting seeker." She beamed at all her little fans. Where they her to interview her for a magazine?

But then she let out a little gasp. "I'm not dead!" Her in-person counterpart was quite a bit older, not that that thought was even in her head at the moment. Sometimes she forgot she was a portrait and not a person. Until questions like the next one. "Oh, I've never been in another portrait.. I hadn't had the opportunity until Ansley brought me here." And she had felt a little shy about it.

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

Oh! Carl had joined her at Augustus's portrait. "Hello, Carl.'' She offered a smile at her friend then turned back to Augustus. "Oh, It's alright.'' She was referring to the yawn. "You can have a peaceful and well deserved nap soon, I expect.'' She giggled at his response to Carl's question. "I must say you did a lovely job growing it, Mr. Flume.''

Wow. Eighty seven years old. "That is impressive. How did your human counterpart die?'' This was perhaps the most nagging question in the girl's mind. She looked to Carl to see if he had another question. Surely he must have. It wasn't every day they had the opportunity to speak to a portrait.

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Originally Posted by Steelsheen

He skidded towards the portrait, stopping just in time before he knocked it off its stand. "Hi!" he greeted the elderly man cheerfully "Dude you have awesome hair! How did you get to keep that all the way to your age? I'm kinda worried that all my curls will fall off even before I graduate Hogwarts."Its not vanity, its a legit serious issue of the male species.

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Originally Posted by Goblinfrog

Kitty looked at all four portraits and very quickly picked the cool old man with the hair. She hoped her partner Rula didn't mind. "Hey Augustus! I love your hair." Kitty smiled at the eccentric old lady. "My name is Kitty Valentine , I'm a third year Ravenclaw student. I'm Gothic." She showed the portrait her black nails to emphasize the point.

"Do you know the backstory of the Tapestry in the fourth floor corridor?" Kitty really wanted to know the full backstory, and this seemed like a perfect chance to find out just that. "A few days ago a few newspaper sheets fell out of a book I was reading, and they were talking about dark forces coming from a corridor behind the Tapestry. They didn't say who was behind it though. I was just curious but I'm shy to ask the professor's." She didn't feel shy at all talking to portraits.

Ah, more students to chat with, how delightful! And they all had lovely compliments about his hair. They probably already heard his joke about growing it, so no need to repeat himself. "Oh thank you, thank you," he chuckled. "You'll make an old man blush with you flattery." But they had questions for him which he was happy to answer. It was for their education, after all!

"Augustus Flume died of old age, I'm afraid," he said sadly. It was the circle of life, but sad all the same. "And he was much older than I appear now." He smiled broadly at the curly-haired lad. "Ah, the secret is potions! Potions are good for many, many things!" Was the boy adept at potions? Augustus sized him up before looking at the next young lady. Hmm.. Gothic? Did that mean her people came from East Germany? He was unfamiliar with the more current term. "I'm afraid, young miss, that I do not.. I've never spent much time on the Fourth Floor that I remember.." Dark forces sounded like nothing good, but it probably wouldn't affect him much. He was just a painting after all.

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Originally Posted by Callie

[FONT="Palatino Linotype"][ COLOR=#9900CC]"Your skin is oily," she told the portrait dryly before walking away. Well, it was true. It was an oil painting, after all. She spotted Rachel chatting with another portrait and made her way over to her BFF, in a huff. With her back turned to the portrait, Haddie leaned into her best friend and whispered, "I hate this class."[/COLOR]

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Originally Posted by SpiritWolfe Malfoy

Activity time was happening though. Pick a portrait and speak with it. This she could do. Pulling out a clean sheet of parchment and her quill Hady rose to her feet and instantly made her way towards the portrait of Violetta Bulstrode. No need in wasting anytime where there were things that needed to be done. "Hello, I'm Hady Lynch," she told the women quietly introducing herself. "Did you come to Hogwarts when you were younger?" As in school aged. Easy question for the win!

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Originally Posted by Squishy

"Hello," she said politely. "What's it like to be a portrait?" Esme was rather curious and had wanted to ask that question for a while.

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Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline

Olivia waited with her partner for their turn. "Hello..." she greeted the portrait, echoing Esme feeling it was polite. Even if the middle aged painted woman didn't seem all polite. She listened to the question being raised as she thought of her own to give. There was so many directions that it could go. The Ravenclaw had heard Hady's earlier question...if it was true, she'd guess Slytherin for the woman.

"Could you tell us about your years at school?"

Hmph! Violetta turned up her nose at the insolent child as she walked away. Of course she had quite the remark to say in return, but the girl had gone now and she didn't want to exert herself. Maybe she'd just leave. She could find plenty of more important things to do, such as.... Oh. More children. Well, at least these ones greeted her semi-properly.

"I certainly did not," she replied rather snootily when asked if she attended Hogwarts. As if she would enroll in such a drafty castle. "As a matter of fact, I attended the prestigious Wizarding Academy of Dramatic Arts. Not for the dramatics, though," she added as an afterthought. But given her ~~famous~~ career, one might have already guessed. Oh did they want to know what it was like there? Anyone would... an education there was enviable. "I studied under the most talented and experienced of teachers who helped me develop my own innate talents."

What was it like being a portrait? Violetta gave the girl a look. "It certainly does not compare with being on the stage in front of adoring fans." Somehow even being gawked at as a portrait was just not the same.

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Originally Posted by littledhampir

"Oops, sorry." Olly backed up a reasonably amount. He was glad that the subjects could not leave their portraits or Olly surely would have gotten jabbed in the nose. But now that the man was here, they could ask him questions. Norah's was a good one, Olly wanted the answer to that too. But he needed to ask some of his own as well.

"How long ago were you born?"

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Originally Posted by Sararara

She listened and nodded in response to Olly's question, then added another one of her own. Y'know. One just wasn't enough. "Did they have chocolate frogs when you were alive?" It was important, okay?

Lucian made a small noise of approval as the boy backed up a little. That was better. Now, he was here to educate these students, so he hoped that they had some insightful questions. He raised an eyebrow at the boy. "A more accurate question would be "what year were you born?" and the answer to that would be 1587." Did any of these children know what was going on in the world around that time?

"What on earth is a chocolate frog?" That sounded like nonsense and gibberish.

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Originally Posted by Ameh

"Um... why are you a portrait if you're so young?" he asked, tentative yet curious. Portraits were usually old people or very dressed up young people. Or creepy doll girls.

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Originally Posted by RandomRaven

So he was a Hogwarts alumna, well that's obvious. If not, why on earth he has his portrait here. "Were you that famous when you were in school, sir?" The young lioness asked curiously. "Like uh.... Were you a prefect or top student or anything else?" Because Ava was curious why on earth his portrait was left in this school. That means that he was someone when he came here. "Oh, maybe you were a school hero? Or...." She tried to guess.

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Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin

He went up to the portrait of Elliot Kegworth because he seemed younger and he could relate more to the students. He cleared his throat and began to ask his question, "Hello Elliot, I am Colt Winchester. I am in the Slytherin house in Hogwarts and I am wondering what was your favorite subject here to learn while in Hogwarts?" Seemed like a valid question right? Let's see what he had to say.

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Originally Posted by MunchyBubbles

"Hello, I'm Azura Kennedy, I hope you don't mind if I ask you a few questions?" She asked the man a bit shyly as her purple eyes looked up at his picture..

"So, how come you are so young, and yet.. in a portrait?" She asked him curiously.

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Originally Posted by Compootor

"Hi, Elliot. What's it like being a portrait?" it was simply the first question that come to mind, even if it could be considered insensitive.

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Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom

She waited until it was her turn to start the interview and approached him with a smile. "Hey there! So...I'm Scarlett. Um...what house are you in?" she asked. WOW. Lame much, Reynolds?!

Did everyone see this right now? He was the most popular portrait in the room! Elliot was not exactly used to being the most popular anything, but he would take it right now! Plus he got to educate some students. How great was that? Questions... bring them on!

Young..? They thought he was young? Well, that was something as a surprise as he wasn't feeling all that young, and didn't think that many children regarded 28 as young either, but that was okay! He could take that as a compliment, unless they meant it in an inexperienced way which he certainly was not! "Well, you can be any age to have your portrait painted. I suppose that depends on a wide variety of things..." He wasn't sure what they all were, but e knew there were portraits of all ages at Hogwarts. "I.. well.. being a portrait has it's ups and downs, I suppose. It certainly isn't as mind-stimulating as things were for myself as a person." Or at least he thought. He wasn't that person exactly. "But it's always nice to have someone to talk to if they will listen."

Oh and questions about when he was a student! Boy, that was a long time ago. "I was a Ravenclaw when I was a student here. And I suppose my favorite subject was History of Magic. Or Charms... yes, I always liked Charms too. Can't say that I was a student leader in that way, but I studied very hard when I was in school and learned so much. You all should study hard and do your very best." It was his advice on being successful.

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Portraits Always the Tone of Surprise Gnome Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 252	Tell Them I'm Trapped in an Oil Painting Quote: Originally Posted by Daydreamer11 When Janelle stood in front of the portrait, she introduced herself. "Hello Ms. Timms. My name is Janelle. I'm a fourth year here at Hogwarts. I'd like to ask you a few questions. I hope you don't mind." "Be polite", she thought to herself. "I am so happy to be able to talk to you. I have so much to learn about the History of Magic. What would you say is the thing that you are most known for?" Did that sound like a better way to ask what she wanted to know? Quote: Originally Posted by StarShine She approached the little crowd that was already there, and listened to their questions first. When it was her turn, she said "Hello Ms Timms, I'm Katherine Moss, first year Ravenclaw." A small smile. "What is the most important event in your life, if it's not too personal?" Quote: Originally Posted by Anna Banana OHHH, she'd gotten one to reply to her! Soooo super cool! She beamed in response when the portrait told both her and another girl that they were precious. That had to be a good sign that Artemesia was going to cooperate with them and give them bunches to write about! "Thank you, Miss Timms!" she said, and as if on cue, Ariadne twirled around a little, her uniform skirt waving around as she did so. "YOU DO!?" Ariadne asked, bouncing in place out of pure excitement. "I'm a huge fan! My sister plays professional Quidditch for the Harpies." While Ariadne was BURSTING with excitement at this reply, it still didn't give her enough information. She overheard the professor telling them they had to write a whole paragraph about what they learned, and Ariadne didn't have a whole paragraph's worth of stuff right now. "Miss Timms, I need to write a whole paragraph about the time you were born and around the time you lived. Can you tell me anything about Quidditch during that time?" she asked. She felt just like one of those reporters from The Daily Prophet! She was secretly pretending that she had on eyeglasses and was accompanied with a floating notepad and a quill that would write down what everybody was saying. "Also, what did you and your friends do for fun when you were bored?" Quote: Originally Posted by Casey O Blunt, maybe, but Ellery scrunched her nose up and persisted anyway. "I mean, what year did you die? Or what year was this portrait made? If that's not too personal." The 21st century was LONG. It was the 80s now. "What are limitations you have as a portrait? Like, can you go into any portrait you want to if it's in close proximity?" Oh, goodness! There were so many students here now! And such pretty little girls. Artemesia could hardly remember a time when so many people gave her this much attention. They must truly be fans! But the many questions were making her already muddled head even more confused. Er.. um.. the pleasant woman looked from one girl to the next, trying to focus. But they were still on the subject of Quidditch! And of course they were! They were her fans! "Your sister isn't that dreadful Cherrine McFancie, is she? She's something of a rival." Artemesia gave Ariadne a knowing look. It was almost as if the beater had put a target on her. It was awful. What were they talking about again? Oh right, her most important event. "Why that would be the day that the Caerphilly Catapults recruited me as their starting seeker." She beamed at all her little fans. Where they her to interview her for a magazine? But then she let out a little gasp. "I'm not dead!" Her in-person counterpart was quite a bit older, not that that thought was even in her head at the moment. Sometimes she forgot she was a portrait and not a person. Until questions like the next one. "Oh, I've never been in another portrait.. I hadn't had the opportunity until Ansley brought me here." And she had felt a little shy about it. Quote: Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Oh! Carl had joined her at Augustus's portrait. "Hello, Carl.'' She offered a smile at her friend then turned back to Augustus. "Oh, It's alright.'' She was referring to the yawn. "You can have a peaceful and well deserved nap soon, I expect.'' She giggled at his response to Carl's question. "I must say you did a lovely job growing it, Mr. Flume.'' Wow. Eighty seven years old. "That is impressive. How did your human counterpart die?'' This was perhaps the most nagging question in the girl's mind. She looked to Carl to see if he had another question. Surely he must have. It wasn't every day they had the opportunity to speak to a portrait. Quote: Originally Posted by Steelsheen He skidded towards the portrait, stopping just in time before he knocked it off its stand. "Hi!" he greeted the elderly man cheerfully "Dude you have awesome hair! How did you get to keep that all the way to your age? I'm kinda worried that all my curls will fall off even before I graduate Hogwarts."Its not vanity, its a legit serious issue of the male species. Quote: Originally Posted by Goblinfrog Kitty looked at all four portraits and very quickly picked the cool old man with the hair. She hoped her partner Rula didn't mind. "Hey Augustus! I love your hair." Kitty smiled at the eccentric old lady. "My name is Kitty Valentine , I'm a third year Ravenclaw student. I'm Gothic." She showed the portrait her black nails to emphasize the point. "Do you know the backstory of the Tapestry in the fourth floor corridor?" Kitty really wanted to know the full backstory, and this seemed like a perfect chance to find out just that. "A few days ago a few newspaper sheets fell out of a book I was reading, and they were talking about dark forces coming from a corridor behind the Tapestry. They didn't say who was behind it though. I was just curious but I'm shy to ask the professor's." She didn't feel shy at all talking to portraits. Ah, more students to chat with, how delightful! And they all had lovely compliments about his hair. They probably already heard his joke about growing it, so no need to repeat himself. "Oh thank you, thank you," he chuckled. "You'll make an old man blush with you flattery." But they had questions for him which he was happy to answer. It was for their education, after all! "Augustus Flume died of old age, I'm afraid," he said sadly. It was the circle of life, but sad all the same. "And he was much older than I appear now." He smiled broadly at the curly-haired lad. "Ah, the secret is potions! Potions are good for many, many things!" Was the boy adept at potions? Augustus sized him up before looking at the next young lady. Hmm.. Gothic? Did that mean her people came from East Germany? He was unfamiliar with the more current term. "I'm afraid, young miss, that I do not.. I've never spent much time on the Fourth Floor that I remember.." Dark forces sounded like nothing good, but it probably wouldn't affect him much. He was just a painting after all. Quote: Originally Posted by Callie [FONT="Palatino Linotype"][ COLOR=#9900CC]"Your skin is oily," she told the portrait dryly before walking away. Well, it was true. It was an oil painting, after all. She spotted Rachel chatting with another portrait and made her way over to her BFF, in a huff. With her back turned to the portrait, Haddie leaned into her best friend and whispered, "I hate this class."[/COLOR] Quote: Originally Posted by SpiritWolfe Malfoy Activity time was happening though. Pick a portrait and speak with it. This she could do. Pulling out a clean sheet of parchment and her quill Hady rose to her feet and instantly made her way towards the portrait of Violetta Bulstrode. No need in wasting anytime where there were things that needed to be done. "Hello, I'm Hady Lynch," she told the women quietly introducing herself. "Did you come to Hogwarts when you were younger?" As in school aged. Easy question for the win! Quote: Originally Posted by Squishy "Hello," she said politely. "What's it like to be a portrait?" Esme was rather curious and had wanted to ask that question for a while. Quote: Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline Olivia waited with her partner for their turn. "Hello..." she greeted the portrait, echoing Esme feeling it was polite. Even if the middle aged painted woman didn't seem all polite. She listened to the question being raised as she thought of her own to give. There was so many directions that it could go. The Ravenclaw had heard Hady's earlier question...if it was true, she'd guess Slytherin for the woman. "Could you tell us about your years at school?" Hmph! Violetta turned up her nose at the insolent child as she walked away. Of course she had quite the remark to say in return, but the girl had gone now and she didn't want to exert herself. Maybe she'd just leave. She could find plenty of more important things to do, such as.... Oh. More children. Well, at least these ones greeted her semi-properly. "I certainly did not," she replied rather snootily when asked if she attended Hogwarts. As if she would enroll in such a drafty castle. "As a matter of fact, I attended the prestigious Wizarding Academy of Dramatic Arts. Not for the dramatics, though," she added as an afterthought. But given her ~~famous~~ career, one might have already guessed. Oh did they want to know what it was like there? Anyone would... an education there was enviable. "I studied under the most talented and experienced of teachers who helped me develop my own innate talents." What was it like being a portrait? Violetta gave the girl a look. "It certainly does not compare with being on the stage in front of adoring fans." Somehow even being gawked at as a portrait was just not the same. Quote: Originally Posted by littledhampir "Oops, sorry." Olly backed up a reasonably amount. He was glad that the subjects could not leave their portraits or Olly surely would have gotten jabbed in the nose. But now that the man was here, they could ask him questions. Norah's was a good one, Olly wanted the answer to that too. But he needed to ask some of his own as well. "How long ago were you born?" Quote: Originally Posted by Sararara She listened and nodded in response to Olly's question, then added another one of her own. Y'know. One just wasn't enough. "Did they have chocolate frogs when you were alive?" It was important, okay? Lucian made a small noise of approval as the boy backed up a little. That was better. Now, he was here to educate these students, so he hoped that they had some insightful questions. He raised an eyebrow at the boy. *"A more accurate question would be "what year were you born?"* and the answer to that would be 1587." Did any of these children know what was going on in the world around that time? "What on earth is a chocolate frog?" That sounded like nonsense and gibberish. Quote: Originally Posted by Ameh "Um... why are you a portrait if you're so young?" he asked, tentative yet curious. Portraits were usually old people or very dressed up young people. Or creepy doll girls. Quote: Originally Posted by RandomRaven So he was a Hogwarts alumna, well that's obvious. If not, why on earth he has his portrait here. "Were you that famous when you were in school, sir?" The young lioness asked curiously. "Like uh.... Were you a prefect or top student or anything else?"** Because Ava was curious why on earth his portrait was left in this school. That means that he was someone when he came here. "Oh, maybe you were a school hero? Or...." She tried to guess. Quote: Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin He went up to the portrait of Elliot Kegworth because he seemed younger and he could relate more to the students. He cleared his throat and began to ask his question, "Hello Elliot, I am Colt Winchester. I am in the Slytherin house in Hogwarts and I am wondering what was your favorite subject here to learn while in Hogwarts?" Seemed like a valid question right? Let's see what he had to say. Quote: Originally Posted by MunchyBubbles "Hello, I'm Azura Kennedy, I hope you don't mind if I ask you a few questions?" She asked the man a bit shyly as her purple eyes looked up at his picture.. "So, how come you are so young, and yet.. in a portrait?" She asked him curiously. Quote: Originally Posted by Compootor "Hi, Elliot. What's it like being a portrait?" it was simply the first question that come to mind, even if it could be considered insensitive. Quote: Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom She waited until it was her turn to start the interview and approached him with a smile. "Hey there! So...I'm Scarlett. Um...what house are you in?" she asked. WOW. Lame much, Reynolds?! Did everyone see this right now? He was the most popular portrait in the room! Elliot was not exactly used to being the most popular anything, but he would take it right now! Plus he got to educate some students. How great was that? Questions... bring them on! Young..? They thought he was young? Well, that was something as a surprise as he wasn't feeling all that young, and didn't think that many children regarded 28 as young either, but that was okay! He could take that as a compliment, unless they meant it in an inexperienced way which he certainly was not! "Well, you can be any age to have your portrait painted. I suppose that depends on a wide variety of things..." He wasn't sure what they all were, but e knew there were portraits of all ages at Hogwarts. "I.. well.. being a portrait has it's ups and downs, I suppose. It certainly isn't as mind-stimulating as things were for myself as a person." Or at least he thought. He wasn't that person exactly. "But it's always nice to have someone to talk to if they will listen." Oh and questions about when he was a student! Boy, that was a long time ago. "I was a Ravenclaw when I was a student here. And I suppose my favorite subject was History of Magic. Or Charms... yes, I always liked Charms too. Can't say that I was a student leader in that way, but I studied very hard when I was in school and learned so much. You all should study hard and do your very best." It was his advice on being successful.