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| | Term 65: September - December 2023 Term Sixty-Five: Mirror, Mirror (Sept 2111 - June 2112) | 
12-27-2022, 12:45 AM
| | |  Entrance Hall
 Whether you are brand new to Hogwarts or have been here a while, the Entrance Hall is always a breath-taking sight to see. Always memorable are the high ceilings, the colourful portraits on the walls, and the grand marble staircase. Various torches light the large room, keeping it nice and cozy at all times of the year. Arched windows atop the staircase, featuring the four Hogwarts Founders in all of their glory, bring in natural lighting as well.
This room is the gateway to the rest of the castle; however, those parts are temporarily off-limits until Headmaster Winterbottom dismisses the student body from the Start-of-Term Feast for bed. Of course, you are more than welcome to slip out of the Great Hall to use the restroom in the corridor a few doors down or take a short break from the crowded room after the speech has been given. Not much is happening out here besides a team of house-elves taking everyone's luggage to the appropriate dormitories. Don't linger out here too long; you have a feast to enjoy.
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09-02-2023, 11:55 AM
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| | Grindylow
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: [GMT + 1]
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Slytherin Second Year
Ministry Department Head:
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"Noooooo! I don't accept the hat's descision...." After those words screamed out as tears started to stream down her face Emmie had yanked the sorting hat off her head, and had bolted out of the great hall. She did not want to be there.
Now, she a dark haired young eleven year old member of the Vance clan sat on the lowest step of the entrance hall staircase with her head in her hands whimpering to herself. If only she could have been sorted into gryffindor like her brother....
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09-02-2023, 01:49 PM
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| | Quintaped
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in my head [GMT-6]
Posts: 58,794
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Amelia Adara
Graduated
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Emma Montmorency (#301199)
Hufflepuff Fourth Year
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Originally Posted by Nordic Witch  "Noooooo! I don't accept the hat's descision...." After those words screamed out as tears started to stream down her face Emmie had yanked the sorting hat off her head, and had bolted out of the great hall. She did not want to be there.
Now, she a dark haired young eleven year old member of the Vance clan sat on the lowest step of the entrance hall staircase with her head in her hands whimpering to herself. If only she could have been sorted into gryffindor like her brother.... It didn't take Amelia too long to reach the large doors at the end of the Great Hall, where she found Laurel's (and her brother's) niece weeping at the bottom of the staircase. She had only met the girl a handful of times, most of which occurred this past summer, but she had told Aaron and Laurel she would look after her. And she was if nothing but true to her word.
"Emmeline," she said softly, unsure if she should take a seat beside her. But finally decided to just do so and hope for the best. She removed a handkerchief from her robe pocket to hold to the young girl figuring it best to start there and waited.
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09-03-2023, 12:58 PM
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| | Grindylow
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: [GMT + 1]
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Hogwarts RPG Name:
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Gryffindor Fourth Year
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Slytherin Second Year
Ministry Department Head:
Violet Fawley
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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising It didn't take Amelia too long to reach the large doors at the end of the Great Hall, where she found Laurel's (and her brother's) niece weeping at the bottom of the staircase. She had only met the girl a handful of times, most of which occurred this past summer, but she had told Aaron and Laurel she would look after her. And she was if nothing but true to her word.
"Emmeline," she said softly, unsure if she should take a seat beside her. But finally decided to just do so and hope for the best. She removed a handkerchief from her robe pocket to hold to the young girl figuring it best to start there and waited. Silent sobs continued to pour down her face as she sensed, and felt how someone sat down on the stairstep beside her. Emmie did not immediatly turn her teary eyes towards the person, but kept her head down in her hands and her hair as a veil when she heard the voice. At least it wasn't another student but an adult was no better, could even be worse.
Pushing her dark hair out of her eyes, Emmie turned her head to look at who exactly was sitting beside her. Silently she accepted the handkerchief to wipe her tears away before she asked her swedish accent shining through in the scared tremor of her voice. "Am I in trouble auntie Amelia for running out of the great hall? I just can't be an eagle, you know? Mummy wasn't one and neither was auntie Laurel or uncle Aaron." Technically Amelia wasn't her real aunt, but she was a bonus aunt. As a cat streaked into the entrance hall purring Emmie inched closer to auntie Amelia for support. Was the cat evil?
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09-03-2023, 05:47 PM
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| | Quintaped
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in my head [GMT-6]
Posts: 58,794
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Amelia Adara
Graduated
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Emma Montmorency (#301199)
Hufflepuff Fourth Year
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Originally Posted by Nordic Witch Silent sobs continued to pour down her face as she sensed, and felt how someone sat down on the stairstep beside her. Emmie did not immediatly turn her teary eyes towards the person, but kept her head down in her hands and her hair as a veil when she heard the voice. At least it wasn't another student but an adult was no better, could even be worse.
Pushing her dark hair out of her eyes, Emmie turned her head to look at who exactly was sitting beside her. Silently she accepted the handkerchief to wipe her tears away before she asked her swedish accent shining through in the scared tremor of her voice. "Am I in trouble auntie Amelia for running out of the great hall? I just can't be an eagle, you know? Mummy wasn't one and neither was auntie Laurel or uncle Aaron." Technically Amelia wasn't her real aunt, but she was a bonus aunt. As a cat streaked into the entrance hall purring Emmie inched closer to auntie Amelia for support. Was the cat evil? Was it wrong if Amelia put her hand consolingly on Emmeline's should? Because the ginger did just that, gently pulling for the small child to come close and cry on her for a moment or two. "Houses ... the sorting is a funny thing." She treaded carefully. "You know, me and my husband were both Hufflepuffs, yet somehow our three kids each ended up in Slytherin, Ravenclaw, and Gryffindor." Strange but she also wasn't the least bit surprised by any of the sortings.
"Sometimes sortings follow family trends and other times they don't. It has no correlation to you as a Vance." She looked towards the great hall doors. "The sorting hat has sorted thousands of students over the centuries, but one thing I know for certain is that while some people have deemed it to be incorrect, the students always seem to show their true houses and make the best of it. So you have two choices, you can either be upset about the sorting - spend your next 7 years miserable - or you can march back in there with your brave, intelligent self and maybe try to meet your new housemates. I think you might find yourself pleasantly surprised by the variances in Ravenclaws." She paused.... "I do know that the sorting is almost through and the headmaster is about to make his customary speech and the delicious feast is to be served. So my suggestion is you go to the loo, wash your face up and go meet some new Ravenclaws. And I promise you this, it's going to be a spectacular and adventurous 7 years."
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09-04-2023, 03:40 PM
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| | Grindylow
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: [GMT + 1]
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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Rose Snakebark
Gryffindor Fourth Year
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JT Forsfelle
Slytherin Second Year
Ministry Department Head:
Violet Fawley
Ecological Protection x3
| Swedishfish Girl! Madame Librarian! Jess's Soul Sister! Sweetest Swede!
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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising Was it wrong if Amelia put her hand consolingly on Emmeline's should? Because the ginger did just that, gently pulling for the small child to come close and cry on her for a moment or two. "Houses ... the sorting is a funny thing." She treaded carefully. "You know, me and my husband were both Hufflepuffs, yet somehow our three kids each ended up in Slytherin, Ravenclaw, and Gryffindor." Strange but she also wasn't the least bit surprised by any of the sortings.
"Sometimes sortings follow family trends and other times they don't. It has no correlation to you as a Vance." She looked towards the great hall doors. "The sorting hat has sorted thousands of students over the centuries, but one thing I know for certain is that while some people have deemed it to be incorrect, the students always seem to show their true houses and make the best of it. So you have two choices, you can either be upset about the sorting - spend your next 7 years miserable - or you can march back in there with your brave, intelligent self and maybe try to meet your new housemates. I think you might find yourself pleasantly surprised by the variances in Ravenclaws." She paused.... "I do know that the sorting is almost through and the headmaster is about to make his customary speech and the delicious feast is to be served. So my suggestion is you go to the loo, wash your face up and go meet some new Ravenclaws. And I promise you this, it's going to be a spectacular and adventurous 7 years." When auntie Amelia put a consoling hand on her shoulder Emmie leaned in for a bit, closing her eyes as she listened to the advice she was given in silence. She had two choices apparently, she could either be miserable or be brave and meet her new housemates, and maybe just maybe find her inner ravenclaw as the year went on.
Opening her dark eyes to look up at her aunt Emmie shared her thoughts. "I get that I have to go in to the great hall and sit with my new housemates and eat dinner, but its scary because everything is new and unkown. I wasn't supposed to go to Hogwarts at all, you know? I was meant to go to Durmstrang now.... I've got friends there, here i have nobody."
Wiping away the last remaining tears from her face, and after using the handkerchief to blow her nose she asked "If I go back inside now will you go to the Ravenclaw table with me auntie? I don't know which table is which."
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09-05-2023, 12:20 AM
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| | Quintaped
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in my head [GMT-6]
Posts: 58,794
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Amelia Adara
Graduated
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Emma Montmorency (#301199)
Hufflepuff Fourth Year
x12 x8
| YesJess! | Captain Goggles | Mama Badger | Eva's Soul Sister | An OG™ | It's all in the Numbers
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Originally Posted by Nordic Witch When auntie Amelia put a consoling hand on her shoulder Emmie leaned in for a bit, closing her eyes as she listened to the advice she was given in silence. She had two choices apparently, she could either be miserable or be brave and meet her new housemates, and maybe just maybe find her inner ravenclaw as the year went on.
Opening her dark eyes to look up at her aunt Emmie shared her thoughts. "I get that I have to go in to the great hall and sit with my new housemates and eat dinner, but its scary because everything is new and unkown. I wasn't supposed to go to Hogwarts at all, you know? I was meant to go to Durmstrang now.... I've got friends there, here i have nobody."
Wiping away the last remaining tears from her face, and after using the handkerchief to blow her nose she asked "If I go back inside now will you go to the Ravenclaw table with me auntie? I don't know which table is which." Amelia nodded in understanding. She shook her head though at one thing Emmie said. "That's not true. You have me. And you're about to have loads more people. Just you see. And if you think about it, ravenclaw students are just as all brand new to you as any other house so none of the houses have an advantage for you knowing people. The advantage that ravenclaw just got though is that they got you." which seemed odd for her to preach considering her own rivalry she had with the blue house back in her school days but also that was all behind her.
"You know I can't sit there but I can walk you back inside and show you to which table," which was the best she could offer. She leaned in to give Emmie another hug before going to stand up. "Oof. Remind me to not sit on steps again. I'm not in my twenties anymore" she laughed
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09-05-2023, 03:53 PM
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| | Grindylow
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: [GMT + 1]
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Gryffindor Fourth Year
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Slytherin Second Year
Ministry Department Head:
Violet Fawley
Ecological Protection x3
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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising Amelia nodded in understanding. She shook her head though at one thing Emmie said. "That's not true. You have me. And you're about to have loads more people. Just you see. And if you think about it, ravenclaw students are just as all brand new to you as any other house so none of the houses have an advantage for you knowing people. The advantage that ravenclaw just got though is that they got you." which seemed odd for her to preach considering her own rivalry she had with the blue house back in her school days but also that was all behind her.
"You know I can't sit there but I can walk you back inside and show you to which table," which was the best she could offer. She leaned in to give Emmie another hug before going to stand up. "Oof. Remind me to not sit on steps again. I'm not in my twenties anymore" she laughed
It warmed Emmie's heart just a tad to hear that she at least had auntie Amelia to go to for comfort and support in this big, scary, unfamiliar castle. Nodding she said trying for a weak smile. "Thanks auntie! I'll see if your right about the ravenclaw students...If they end up being mean though, you'll help me right?" She thought she had heard someone say that every house had a headperson, but Emmie didn't know who that was for her new blue house.
Emmie leaned in just a minute for another hug before she stood up by her aunties side. Stroking away the last lingering tear she tried to perk up. "I think I'm ready. We can go back inside to eat now auntie." Finally a smile formed on Emmie's lips. "You aren't that old auntie. You're as old as auntie Laurel and uncle Aaron aren't you?"
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09-06-2023, 09:21 PM
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| | Puffskein
Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Houston, Texas
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Tapio was on his way out of the Great Hall to relocate the spider, recently dubbed Charlie the Bewildered by one of his Hufflepuffs, when he passed Amelia talking to one of the students (Emmeline). Apparently a case of first night nerves, he decided, but his new colleague seemed to have it well in hand. "Good evening, all. Just on my out briefly to take care of a...problem. Feast is on the table--looks as good as ever." And with another smile, he disappeared out the door to the Entrance Hall. | |
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09-06-2023, 10:45 PM
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| | Quintaped
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in my head [GMT-6]
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Amelia Adara
Graduated
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Emma Montmorency (#301199)
Hufflepuff Fourth Year
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| YesJess! | Captain Goggles | Mama Badger | Eva's Soul Sister | An OG™ | It's all in the Numbers
Amelia had to chuckled at Emmie and her worries. "Of course, sweetie. But if they're being mean then I'd say Professor Carton who's the gentleman that sits next to me and teaches transfiguration, he should definitely know about that as the head of Ravenclaw house." She stated informatively. "But it's going to be alright. You'll see and in ten months you'll be wondering what in the name of Hippogriff's you were so worried about."
She grinned, just as Tapio emerged from the great hall and at first Amelia was worried she'd missed the feast. Good thing to be polite with the house elves who would no doubt fix her some leftovers, but alas it seemed that wasn't the case. Tapio just was managing groundskeeper duties. "Evening Tapio. We're just heading back in," She looked to Emmie and back to the doors of the Great Hall.
Just before pulling the door open for Emmeline, she answered her final question, "I'm older than Laurel and Aaron," She grimaced, thinking .... by about a decade but also knowing it wasn't all that important. She definitely did not feel her age most days which she would attribute to her years of quidditch.
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