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I'd like to note that I'm not so certain if Victor will end up in Ravenclaw. I'll have to do some more reading about the houses. Also, the Sorting Hat will take his preference into consideration, so it will depend a bit on how the conversation between him and Shannon goes

The train hasn't left yet, you can still make it

Well, you have a wand now, so why not Accio money!?

Of course it sees you if facebook cared they have information about every page you visit that has a "like" button, even if you don't have an account they can track you to some degree

"You're a prefect?" The girl asked. "Am I what?" Victor answered confused. Prefect is a title used in some forms of administrations or governments, what does it have to do with a school or a train? I should have read that book about Hogwart my mom gave me... "My name is Victor and I'm 97% certain that I'm not a prefect. Nice to meet you." He hoped that would steer the conversation away from awkwardness and raised his hand for a handshake.

And what mistakes are that? You did everything fine, you'll be there on time and have your job and your freedom

David walk to the front of the train to look at the impressive locomotive that pulled the Hogwarts Express. He was surprised that there seemed to be nothing magical about it. Just a very well maintained steam engine with beautiful polished parts. After admiring the machine for some time he decided it was time to get inside the the, as it was soon leaving. He maneuvered through the crowd of kids and parents and reached the first car. There was no one he would have to bid farewell to. His parents were both at work and he was old enough to catch the train alone. They'll see each other again this evening anyway thanks to the laptop Victor had inside his backpack. Victor couldn't understand why wizards didn't develop any form of communication that could work like video-conversations over the Internet. Maybe he'll find an answer to this question in school? After climbing into the first car of the train Victor picked one of the first compartments. It was empty, except for a girl, more or less his age, with dark, short hair. She had her headphones on, so he waved before asking. "Hello, are those sits taken? Mind if I join you?"

It most likely shows mods the message you're reporting, making it not so personal anymore.

That might be not what you'd like to hear, but my advice is: move on. She stopped replying for whatever reason, you won't be living near anymore, so there's no way to regularly meet etc. You can stay in touch by e-mail/facebook, but only if she'd start to respond to your messages. You can't keep the relationship/friendship/any-king-of-ship going all by yourself.

If anyone wondered how to say Victors surname... I took it from an old Polish comedy "How I unleashed the World War II" I'm gonna post again soon, gotta get on that train EDIT: If that wasn't obvious, Victor just tried to join Shannon in the prefects car, totally oblivious to the fact, that he shouldn't be there

Also, room of requirements can probably store as many portraits as we may need

LEGO? HotWheels? Action figures? I guess there are some, but you're just unlucky that the kid under your care got the most annoying kind of toys...

And what Mormons think about anti-conception? Is it forbidden like in Catholic church?

Now, that took some writing It's not stated in the post, but Victor is 16 years old and was accepted to Hogwarts and will be joining students on their fifth year to take O.W.L.s

Three weeks ago Victor was sitting on a bench on one of the corridors in the Ministry of Magic in London. He came early, to have time to revise some spells and most importantly english names of magical substances, creatures and hexes. He was about to meet someone from the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a school with world wide renome and he was getting really nervous. Before he finished his fifth read-through of the notes he put on his smartphone, someone came down the corridor. Three wizards were coming his way. In the middle was a tall, old woman wearing green robes. On her right, hardly keeping up with the other two, there was an old wizard with white hair. Victor felt like if he knew his face from somewhere, but couldn't remember where from. The third person was a young, tall and muscular man, wearing a mix of muggle and wizard clothing, surprisingly fitting to both worlds. Victor quickly silenced his phone and stood up, waiting for them to come closer. The tall witch opened the door in front of which he was waiting and gestured for him to come in. "Come in, dear" her voice was warm and surprisingly friendly. Victor entered the large room and saw that it was mostly empty, except for cupboards that, judging by the smell, surely held a rich collection of potion ingredients. Three adults sat behind a massive, dark wooden table. Victor sat in front of them on a humble chair. He could see a cauldron in the corner of the room, some very random objects lying next to a wall and many more items that may be used to practice different kinds of magic standing on shelves behind the Hogwart committee. "So, mister Victor Bsh..." the witch, by now it was obvious that she would be leading the audition, stuttered confused while she tried to read his surname. "Brzęczyszczykiewicz", Victor said, once again ashamed by how ridiculous his family name was. It was hard to pronounce for others when he was still in Poland, but here, in the UK, it was a tongue-slayer. "Please, just Victor will be fine." The young witch seemed to consider facing the pronunciation nightmare again, but resigned. The elder wizard didn't seem to even listen, while the younger one was openly amused. "Alright, Victor. My name is professor Minerva McGonagall. I'm the headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. With me, are mister Ollivander and professor Reynolds. I believe you may have heard of Ollivander's mastery at wandlore, while professor Reynold is our teacher for Defense against the Dark Arts." She made a pause to quickly look through some papers on the table before her, and Victor had those few seconds to calm himself down. He didn't expect to meet with the headmistress of Hogwarts today and especially not with famous Ollivander. "We've received your letter asking for admission to Hogwarts." she continued "I must say it's very rare to have students transfer, but it's obviously possible. I assume you're still interested in attending our school?" "Yes ma'am" "Good. The procedure is, as you know, straightforward. You've sent your application and all required documents and they've been accepted, all that's left for you to become a Hogwart student is the exam which we'll have right now. We're going to test your skills in various aspects of magical education to verify if you're qualified to join our school and if so, at which year. Is everything clear?" "Yes". Victors stress level was reaching the ceiling at the moment, however he knew, that when the exam will actually start he'll be fully focused. "So, for a start, what can you tell us about yourself?" the question came from professor Reynolds. "Umm... I was born and raised in Poland," Victor answered, surprised by the question, he expected a magic trial of some kind, not a friendly chat. "My mother is a witch and my father is a muggle programmer. That means he works with computers, you know, the machines Muggles use all the time...?" He didn't know how much about Muggle world did they know, but there was no reaction, so he continued. "We've moved to United Kingdoms because my dad got a great job offer. My mother is a healer and she found employment in St. Mungo's just days ago. I've been taught magic by my mom, but I also attended regular Muggle school until now. Now that I'm here, in UK, I'd like to go to Hogwart to pass O.W.Ls and you know, meet other students, as I didn't know any wizards my age back at home." "You'll make lots of friends in our school, I'm sure of it", McGonagall interrupted him politely. "Now, we shall begin with theoretical subject, like history, ancient runes et cetera, while mister Ollivander will inspect your wand, is that alright?" "Yes, of course", Victor stood up and took his wand from a pocket in his jacket. It was made from bright oak wood with leaves carved in it. Mister Ollivander revived with a wand in front of him. He carefully took it from Victor's hands and examined it. He didn't say anything, just stared at the wand, slowly rotating it in his fingers. For the next thirty minutes professor McGonagall probed Victors knowledge with questions about history, potion making, transmutation theory and much more. When she was done, she turned to Ollivander, who was still staring at the wand. One may think he fell asleep, but his eyes were focused and moving from tip to end. "Excuse me, Garrick, if we are to continue, Victor will need his wand back. Is everything alright with it? You've been staring at it for the last thirty minutes." Professor Reynolds leaned over the desk behind McGonagall to see Ollivander better. It seemed, that this wasn't typical behavior of the wandmaker. "Ah, yes, yes. The wand is obviously fine. Nine and a half inch, made of oak, just like the letter said. The reason I'm so interested in it though, is it's core. It's made with a hair from Leshy's beard. That's very rare. There is not one with such core in whole western Europe. Many years ago hairs of Leshys were quite popular in eastern Europe, but now, when Muggles have devastated so many primal forests they are almost unheard of. That wand is the second I've seen with such core in my entire life!" Ollivander explained with excitement, still not letting go of the wand. "Correct me if I'm wrong, Leshy is a creature living in the wild forests of eastern Europe, right?" Reynolds asked. "Yes, they are protectors of the forests, you can say. However, there were always very few of them. It's said that they will treat you just like you treat the nature around you... Sadly, they are almost extinct now, as there are less and less big, old forests left. I've heard that wand with their hair are very powerful when performing defensive and healing spells. Tell me boy, who made it?" "It was made by my grandfather, sir. He's name was Koziewicz... I doubt you've heard about him, he didn't make many wands, but I heard he had great talent for them." "Unfortunately you're right, I haven't heard of him. Do you know how he acquired this hair? It's almost impossible to find a Leshy if it doesn't want to be found and to take a hair from it..." "My grandpa lived in the woods near Białowieża, the oldest forest in Poland. He said that he became friends with a Leshy and that it was a gift from him. I like to think that it's true, he certainly was very fond of the forests and everything that lived in it..." "Amazing, truly amazing... ", Ollivander waved the wand above his head and a fountain of green lights, in shapes of leaves and bugs filled the air. "That wand was the only reason I came here. Thank you for showing it to me and good luck with the rest of your exam, I'm sure you'll pass." He stood up and gave the wand back to Victor, patted him on the shoulder and left. "I've never seen old Ollivander so excited, this wand must be really something." Professor Reynold said standing up and drawing his wand. "But, no matter how good a wand is, let's see how well can you use it..." Present day Victor run through the pillar between platform 9 and 10 to enter the famous platform 9¾. He had his ticket in his hand, baggage on his trolley and Mefisto, his cat, on his shoulders. The adventure with Hogwart was about to begin...

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As always religion baffles me... You're lucky that there was no Coca-Cola and other sweet drinks when God set those rules, or it would probably be forbidden too

Sweet I'll try to post something today

Ok, so what is wrong with tea leaves? Who said that leaves of this plant are forbidden, while other plants are fine? I'm really curious about logic behind those rules and I hope that my questions are offensive or anything...

Worms in stomach are treated by a couple of pills 3 days in a row, and again after 2 weeks and voila, they're gone I've luckily never had a case with worms outside of the stomach, but I've heard that it's possible for them to get to other organs... That's rare fortunately

How does that work that you can't have tea? What about simple mint mixed with hot water? I have some caffeine mixed with sugar in a tiny bag like some kind of drugs... *hey kid, wanna buy some caffeine?*

Can I have my character be a transfer student? That would be fun to have a 15-16 years old join first years in the sorting ceremony Do you think it's even possible for someone to migrate with their parents (one is a wizard) to UK and join Hogwarts? It's important to have all those OWLS and other exams passed if you want to have a job in UK, so being accepted to Hogwarts to prepare would be nice...

I've seen only first 4 or 5 episodes and I just love Punisher in this series. Jon Bernthal fits this role perfectly, gives the character a good mix of insanity, determination and focus. The whole character and his morality is very interesting. Now, the last episode I saw ended with the kiss and Electra waiting for Matt in his apartment... I wonder where this will go now...

Don't worry about the worms Practically every cat that came to my temporary home had them and that's seriously not a big deal for them, so it won't be a big deal for a dog. Just give him the meds and all will be fine. You also should tell you parents (I know, that will be hard) to get some anti-parasite drugs for your other pugs, as usually if one animal has worms, then all of them have them. It's also good practice to give your dog those anti-worms drugs once every 6 months just as a precaution. Also, if you want to be 100% safe, get some anti-worms drugs for yourself, but honestly, I've never heard of a case where human got worms from contacts with cat or dog.

I think I might know somethink you'll like a few months ago I've found that in Mokpol near my home you can buy little bags with caffeine that you can add to any drink, like orange juice. Might be worth a try or maybe some pills from the pharmacy?