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Nixy! · 05-07-2010, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Con_Stripes

"It pains me to have to resort to this." Ethan Truebridge began quietly, though his voice carried through the entire Arena.

"As you may have noticed, 50 points have already been lost due to the behaviour of several students at the feast last night, I'm sure many of you witnessed the behaviour I speak of. You can, as a house, earn these points back right here and now. All I require from you is to tell me what you think it means to be Slytherin. Any more disrespect will result in further point loss and..." Ethan trailed off and nodded respectfully at Oliver, the Slytherin Quidditch Captain, "Removal from the Quidditch cup tournament this term as well as a blanket Hogsmeade ban for the entire house."

He paused, expression very serious.

"Raise your hand before speaking, and tell me your thoughts."

Iris looked at Professor Truebridge; 50 points... That's really bad. How can TWO eleven year olds manage to lose them 50 points? ... She listened to what would happen if there was anymore disrespect. No Quidditch. No Hogsmead. This year would well and truely suck if that happened.

It took her a moment to think of exactly what she wanted to say before Iris rose her hand, "I think that being in Slytherin means being proud and ambitious; knowing where you want to go and what you want to do after school - having the drive to do everything you can throughout school to make sure that you get there." Iris paused and thought again for a moment, "The qualities of Slytherin say that we are cunning, and so I feel that being a Slytherin, we should use this cunning to stay out of trouble, instead of ending up IN trouble from a lack of cunning. Not that I'd ever, y'know, do anything to get me in trouble. I'm just saying; The Sorting Hat says that we're cunning, so we should use this skill if we ever were to do something against the rules." Iris stopped talking for a second and looked at Professor Truebridge, "I also believe that as a Slytherin, we also possess the qualities from the other houses, as well as the qualities of our own houses. I've seen through the past three years that plenty of the Slytherins' are just as brave as the Gryffindors', just as smart and witty as the Ravenclaws', and just as loyal as the Hufflepuffs." THAT was what Iris thought Slytherin was all about: The house that was better than all the other houses, that were just as good, if not better, as all the other houses - even if the history books didn't say so. Iris just hoped that Truebridge thought her answer was sufficient enough to gain the house some points back.

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Nixy! Mackled Malaclaw Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 11,282 x1 x2	YOUR Nixy. \|\| Prefect Rainbows! \|\| Deniz'in Müzik Kardeşi Quote: Originally Posted by Con_Stripes "It pains me to have to resort to this." Ethan Truebridge began quietly, though his voice carried through the entire Arena. "As you may have noticed, 50 points have already been lost due to the behaviour of several students at the feast last night, I'm sure many of you witnessed the behaviour I speak of. You can, as a house, earn these points back right here and now. All I require from you is to tell me what you think it means to be Slytherin. Any more disrespect will result in further point loss and..." Ethan trailed off and nodded respectfully at Oliver, the Slytherin Quidditch Captain, "Removal from the Quidditch cup tournament this term as well as a blanket Hogsmeade ban for the entire house." He paused, expression very serious. "Raise your hand before speaking, and tell me your thoughts." Iris looked at Professor Truebridge; 50 points... That's really bad. How can TWO eleven year olds manage to lose them 50 points? ... She listened to what would happen if there was anymore disrespect. No Quidditch. No Hogsmead. This year would well and truely suck if that happened. It took her a moment to think of exactly what she wanted to say before Iris rose her hand, "I think that being in Slytherin means being proud and ambitious; knowing where you want to go and what you want to do after school - having the drive to do everything you can throughout school to make sure that you get there." Iris paused and thought again for a moment, "The qualities of Slytherin say that we are cunning, and so I feel that being a Slytherin, we should use this cunning to stay out of trouble, instead of ending up IN trouble from a lack of cunning. Not that I'd ever, y'know, do anything to get me in trouble. I'm just saying; The Sorting Hat says that we're cunning, so we should use this skill if we ever were to do something against the rules." Iris stopped talking for a second and looked at Professor Truebridge, "I also believe that as a Slytherin, we also possess the qualities from the other houses, as well as the qualities of our own houses. I've seen through the past three years that plenty of the Slytherins' are just as brave as the Gryffindors', just as smart and witty as the Ravenclaws', and just as loyal as the Hufflepuffs." THAT was what Iris thought Slytherin was all about: The house that was better than all the other houses, that were just as good, if not better, as all the other houses - even if the history books didn't say so. Iris just hoped that Truebridge thought her answer was sufficient enough to gain the house some points back.