In the Spirit of the Holidays

[alt_gredforge]

Well, after listening to the younger years complaining about the loss of Malfoys ice fort (and spending the past week slogging through a foot of water every time we go to charms), we charmed the water in front of the second floor to ice, so there is a rather impressive ice tunnel instead of a pool.

Enjoy.

Comments

[alt_percy]

You are in So. Much. Trouble.

You KNOW magic in the corridors is forbidden.

[alt_gredforge]

We weren't even doing magic in the corridors! We stood in the doorway of a nearby classroom to charm the water, so were weren't technically in the corridors. No rules broken, and we were practising our transfiguration like good little students.

[alt_percy]

I'm sure that practising Transfiguration was your primary motivation here.

[alt_myrtle]

Right outside my bathroom!!! And all the girls are skidding in and complaining at the top of their lungs and I DON'T LIKE IT!!!

[alt_luna]

It's rather fun, really. I was able to slide all the way from the charms classroom to the end of the corridor if I made a good running start.

[alt_neville]

I fell five times in the same distance.

[alt_ron]

That's dead awesome! I love how you got the walls to reflect each other so if you look at it from the right angle it looks like you're in this endless set of corridors all beside each other and there's one of you in each one! Brilliant. Oh, and all the carvings on the ceiling beams you did are nift, too, especially the one o f the lion rearing up on its hind legs.

How long did it take you to do all that?

Must have been ages!

[alt_neville]

Dunno, but it's a real sight, isn't it? Even if it's a bit cold.

Your brothers are dead amazing at Charms and Transfiguration.

[alt_percy]

They are even more amazing at doing things they're not supposed to do. And getting away with it.

[alt_neville]

Do you remember that model of Hogwarts they made with matchsticks? That was so wizard!

[alt_percy]

Please. I've been doing my very best to forget all about it.

[alt_neville]

Sorry.

[alt_ron]

That was the best! Dead nift!!

[alt_padma]

Does this mean you're talking to your brothers again? At least those two?

(We went to see it after Duelling Club and it's dead clever. I wish I had ice skates.)

[alt_dean]

I found a spell that can turn your shoes into ice skates. Maybe if you are nice I will share it with you.

Who is down for a skating party tomorrow?

[alt_seamus]

Count me in!

[alt_sally_anne]

Oh please share. And the sooner the better. That corridor would be a lot more nift if I didn't have to cross it in shoes.

[alt_padma]

That sounds lovely.

And I'm always nice. I mean, sometimes some people don't understand what I'm trying to tell them (Ron Weasley), but honestly, I'm only trying to help them!

[alt_dean]

Well I suggest that anyone who wants to skate should meet at the beginning of that corridor right after lunch tomorrow.

We can go over the spell then, and have loads of fun!

[alt_neville]

I'm not sure I'd fall less with skates than without them, but I'm willing to try!

[alt_dean]

Don't worry I won't let you fall. I promise! Skating is second nature to me. It was one of the things i learned before... Anyway I wont let you fall

[alt_ron]

Count me in!

[alt_dean]

That's great! And for all interested I will write the incantation before lunch.

[alt_ron]

Oh, please.

Don't do us any favours, Patil.

[alt_ron]

When was I ever not talking to Fred and George? Or d'you mean Percy? It's not like we can get him to stop talking to us. As much as we try.

[alt_padma]

Sorry, for a while there it seemed like you weren't talking to anyone in your family. My mistake, I'm sure.

[alt_ron]

Keep your nose in your own business, Patil.

[alt_lana]

Honestly, if the two of you would put half the effort and brilliance into your schoolwork that you put into breaking school rules, you could be top of your year.

I mean to say, you'll never make of yourselves what your older brother has in his field. Dragon-keeping is not an especially intellectual field, but it requires dedication to the training regimen and commitment to the protocols--the rules--for safely, effectively handling the most awe-inspiring creatures in our world. He's chosen to apply his skills, his sheer, raw talent to a trade that makes an important contribution, and the two of you show every bit as much magical ability as he does--more, perhaps-- yet you show no promise of following his path to success.

Such a waste.