The alarm rang, it was time for class. Anne slowly climbed out of bed, still groggy, and dressed herself at a leisurely pace. Only after she was fully dressed did she realize it was Sunday. Last night’s long chat with Fanny had made her forget t...
2025-09-28 14:31:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe film ended quickly. During the movie, Anne behaved just as usual, quiet and composed. Every so often, she reached into the snack bag for a treat or whispered softly with Hermione about the plot.
Once the two of them stepped out of the ci...
2025-09-27 14:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostIt was Sunday. As soon as the alarm went off, Anne threw off her covers and jumped out of bed. She opened her wardrobe and quickly dressed in the outfit she had picked the night before.
Standing in front of the mirror, she tidied her hair an...
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Anne nodded and recited the family motto.
“Very good. Do you remember the password from earlier?” Diana asked.
“I remember it… but who is Johnny Depp-Roland?” Anne asked, puzzled.
“He was your great-great-grandfather ...
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Anne was curled up on the couch, completely absorbed in a thick book titled One Hundred Unique Properties of Rare Potions, when Aaron suddenly appeared in the fireplace.
“Good afternoon, Anne. It’s almost time, shall we head out...
2025-09-25 14:38:32 +0000 UTC View PostRing ring!
The phone rang from a corner of the living room, where a cordless handset rested on its base.
“Hello, this is the Aaron Hall residence. Who may I ask? Oh, alright, please hold on a moment,” the ...
2025-09-24 14:21:59 +0000 UTC View Post
With Hermione.
“Something wrong?” Anne asked briefly.
Most students only dared glance at Harry out of the corners of their eyes before quickly looking away, avoiding him. It was as if the crowd had formed a bubble around him, a vac...
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Anne sat alone at the desk in her dormitory. A single white candle hovered midair, its flame bright and hot, casting light across every item on the desk.
An open book lay before her, but she hadn’t absorbed a single word. After a while, sh...
2025-09-23 15:23:36 +0000 UTC View Post
“I…” Anne’s mind was racing. A million thoughts flashed through her head. She looked at Hermione, opened her mouth to speak, but only a single syllable escaped before she lowered her gaze and fell silent.
Neither of them spoke. The s...
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“You three stayed up all night just to talk about Crouch?” Anne asked, looking genuinely shocked.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione all looked sleep-deprived, with puffy eyes and pale faces.
“We did get four hours of sleep!” He...
2025-09-22 13:38:06 +0000 UTC View Post
On Monday at lunchtime, Anne had already finished eating and was waiting for Fanny, who was still chewing slowly and savoring each bite. Casually glancing over at the Gryffindor table, Anne noticed something.
“Hermione didn’t show up tod...
2025-09-21 16:05:20 +0000 UTC View Post
“What happened between you and the house-elves in the kitchen?” Anne asked, though her eyes were fixed on Hermione. “I went there this afternoon, and they all said you’re no longer welcome.”
It was Sunday evening. Dinner had just e...
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The third task of the Triwizard Tournament was scheduled for May 13, the same day final exam results would be released at the end of term.
Now that it was March, spring was starting to warm Hogwarts noticeably.
“What...
2025-09-20 14:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post
“Come seek us where our voices sound,
We cannot sing above the ground.
And while you're searching, ponder this:
We've taken what you'll sorely miss.
An hour long you'll have to look,
And recover what we took.
But ...
Dumbledore's Major Misjudgment
By Special Correspondent, Rita Skeeter
Albus Dumbledore, the famously eccentric Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, has always had a taste for hirin...
2025-09-19 14:21:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Holding a glass of lemonade, Anne and Hermione walked past the long table and into the foyer. The front door was wide open. As they stepped down the stone steps, the fairy lights twinkled in the rose garden. Low shrubs surrounded them, alongside w...
2025-09-18 14:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
The students and staff of Hogwarts seemed determined to leave a deep impression on their guests from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang. This Christmas, the castle was showing its most dazzling side. The halls were festooned with decorations; icicles that...
2025-09-17 14:35:58 +0000 UTC View Post
It took quite a bit of apologizing from Fanny before she finally earned Anne’s forgiveness.
“Do those boys seriously not know how to talk to girls like normal people? They just walk over and blurt out an invitation to the ball!” Anne f...
2025-09-17 14:34:40 +0000 UTC View Post
“The Yule Ball is a traditional part of the Triwizard Tournament,” Professor Snape announced in his usual icy tone, face expressionless. “It is open only to students in fourth year and above, though older students may invite a younger studen...
2025-09-16 20:34:21 +0000 UTC View Post
"Alright then, let me, someone who’s been hanging around the kitchens since first year, show you around." Anne grinned at Hermione playfully.
Hermione beamed and nodded.
"Okay, as you can see, the Hogwarts kitchen is located directly...
2025-09-15 14:01:48 +0000 UTC View Post
"I'm not sure whether they hibernate," Hagrid told the shivering students out in the pumpkin patch during their first Care of Magical Creatures class in December. "But we might as well give it a try… see if they want to sleep. We'll tuck them in...
2025-09-15 14:00:28 +0000 UTC View Post
On Sunday afternoon, Anne sat down at the Slytherin table and began to fill her plate with food, thoughtfully setting aside a few portions for Fanny, who hadn’t arrived yet. She was just about to dig in when Fanny came storming into the Great Ha...
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“I believe it’s my parents who gave me strength. I know that if they could see me now, they’d be very proud… Yes, sometimes at night, I still cry for them. I don’t think there’s any shame in admitting that… I know that nothing in the...
2025-09-14 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
On Friday afternoon, Anne hurried toward Professor Snape’s Potions classroom. She had lost track of time earlier while tending to a newly planted rare magical herb. Thankfully, Professor Sprout had reminded her in time, otherwise, she would have...
2025-09-13 14:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
“See you on Wednesday, Professor Sprout!” Anne pulled off her dragon-hide gloves and waved goodbye. Professor Sprout nodded in return, and Anne pushed open the greenhouse door to leave.
She had barely walked a few steps when she ran righ...
2025-09-12 14:29:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Saturday evening.
The Halloween feast.
Everyone in the castle was heading excitedly toward the Great Hall, not just for the feast, but more importantly, for the announcement of the school champio...
2025-09-12 14:28:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Saturday morning.
“Ugh… Fanny, don’t you think it’s way too early for this?” Anne mumbled as she was dragged out of bed by Fanny. She was half-asleep, her eyes barely open, shuffling behind Fanny like a sl...
2025-09-11 14:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostAnne walked steadily toward the dais. Aaron whispered a few words to Crouch and Bagman before waving to Anne and guiding her into a side room next to the banquet platform.
The side room was empty. Aaron offered a sheepish smile.
"Anne,...
2025-09-10 14:18:40 +0000 UTC View Post
As Anne and Fanny climbed the steps toward the Great Hall, the loud chatter around them was almost entirely about Krum.
“Anne, who is he?” Fanny hadn’t attended the World Cup, so she knew nothing about Krum.
“His name’s Vikto...
2025-09-10 14:17:07 +0000 UTC View Post
"Why is that?" Hermione asked. She had already noticed that Peeves seemed to fear Anne at the start of term, but Anne hadn’t given her a straight answer back then.
Anne, in a particularly good mood, looked at Hermione’s curious expressio...
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