sectumsempra;

Christmas was coming. One morning in mid-December, Hogwarts woke to find itself covered in several feet of snow. The lake froze solid and Weasley twins were punished for bewitching several snowballs so that they followed Quirrell around, bouncing off the back of his turban. 

but the start of an age

Harry Potter

Salazar Slytherin wished to be more selective about the students admitted to Hogwarts. He believed magical learning should be kept within all magic families. In other words, pure bloods. Unable to sway the others, he decided to leave the school. Now according to legend, Slytherin had built a hidden chamber in this castle, known as the Chamber of Secrets. Though shortly before departing, he sealed it until that time when his own true heir returned to the school. The heir alone would be able to open the chamber and unleash the horror within, and by so doing, purge the school of all those who, in Slytherin’s view, were unworthy to study magic.

“I met one in Sudan three months ago. There used to be more of them, but they still exist. Before wizards went underground when we were still being hunted by Muggles, young wizards and witches sometimes tried to suppress their magic to avoid persecution. Instead of learning to harness or control their powers, they developed what was called an Obscurus.”

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Bellatrix was described as a tall woman with long, thick shiny dark hair, thin lips, heavily-lidded eyes with long eyelashes, and a strong jaw. She had the classic ‘great good looks’ and arrogant bearing common for members of the House of Black, but like her cousin Sirius Black, time in Azkaban took a toll on her appearance. As a Death Eater, Bellatrix bears the Dark Mark on her inner left forearm.

“It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.” 

’Beauxbatons’ Palace is a beautiful chateau surrounded by majestic gardens and fountains magically created out of the surrounding mountains, and has stood for over seven hundred years. In the Dining Hall, wood nymphs serenade the students while they eat, and at Christmas, the hall is adorned with great, glittering, non-melting ice sculptures.’

Voldemort himself created his worst enemy, just as tyrants everywhere do! Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realize that, one day, amongst their many victims, there is sure to be one who rises against them and strikes back!

Happy Twentieth to the Philosopher’s Stone

“The truth is that you don’t think a girl would have been clever enough!”

Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.

Tom Riddle in #177 - ref

Been re-reading Harry Potter, so this was bound to happen. A photo study of one of my favorite characters ever, Minerva McGonagall <3