The Mirror of Erised

Hi everyone :) Our family has welcomed a new dog called Juno. She is a Italian Greyhound and three months old. Also she is an active girl and likes playing. I want to get along with her♩　

Christmas was coming. One morning in mid-December, Hogwarts woke to find itself covered in several feet of snow. Harry was not going back to Private Drive for Christmas, but this would probably be the best Christmas he had ever had. Ron and his brothers were staying too, because Mr and Mrs Weasley were going to Romania to visit Charlie. The day before the holidays, Hermione told Harry and Ron  that they would keep searching books about Nicolas Flamel while she was gone.

Once the holidays had started, Ron and Harry were having too good a time to think much about Flamel. Ron also started teaching Harry wizard chess. This was exactly like Muggle chess except that the figures were alive, which made it a lot like directing troops in battle. On Christmas Eve, Harry went to bed looking forward to the next day for the food and the fun, but not expecting any presents at all. When he woke early next morning, however, the first thing he saw was a small pile of packages at the foot of his bed. Harry received a roughly cut wooden flute from Hagrid, a fifty-pence piece from Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia, a thick, hand-knitted sweater from Ron's mother, and a large box of Chocolate Frogs from Hermione. Harry also received an Invisibility Coat accompanied only by a note that the cloak once belonged to Harry’s father.

That night, after a satisfying Christmas dinner and after Ron had fallen asleep, Harry tried on the Invisibility Cloak. Then, he was able to go to The Restricted Section in the library. However, one of the books started screaming when he opened it, so he quickly left. He passed Filch and hided in a disused classroom. There was a magnificent mirror with an inscription carved around the top: Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi. Harry looked in the mirror and saw not only himself but a whole crowd of people standing right behind him. But when he turned around the room, no one was there. Suddenly, he recognized that two of the people in the mirror were his mother and father. He looked at his family, for the first time in his life. How long he stood there, he did not know. The reflections did not fade and he looked and looked until a distant noise brought him back to his sense. He could not stay here, so he whispered that he would come back and hurried from the room.

The next night, Harry brought Ron with him to the mirror room. Ron could not see Harry’s family in the mirror, but he saw himself holding the House Cup and the Quidditch Cup instead. However, Mrs Norris noticed them, so Ron pulled Harry out of the room. That third night, Ron was afraid of being caught and did not want to go back, so Harry returned alone. Harry sank down to sit on the floor in the front of the mirror. There was nothing to stop him staying here all night with his family. However, He was found by Albus Dumbledore. Dumbledore told Harry that the Mirror of Erised showed them nothing more or less than the deepest, most desperate desire of their hearts. He also said that The Mirror would be moved to a new home tomorrow and asked Harry not to go looking for it again.

I like this scene the best!!! If I stand in front of the Mirror of Erised, what can I see?;)

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Quidditch

Hi everyone :) Recently, I am really into eating Kouign Amann which is a round crusty cake. Do you know it? It is very delicious. If you have not eaten it yet, you definitely should try to eat it!;)

As they entered November, the weather turned very cold. And, The Quidditch season had begun. On Saturday, Harry would be playing  in his first match after weeks of training: Gryffindor versus Slytherin. If Gryffindor won, they would move up into second place in the House Championship. The next morning dawned very bright and cold. The Great Hall was full of the delicious smell of fried sausages and the cheerful chatter of everyone looking forward to a good Quidditch match. By eleven o'clock the whole school seemed to be out in the stands around Quidditch pitch. Harry followed Fred and George out of the changing room and walked on to the pitch to loud cheers. Madam Hooch was refereeing. She stood in the middle of the pitch and gave a loud blast on her silver whistle. the Quidditch match began. Harry played the position of Seeker, so he must capture a little object called the Golden Snitch. 

However, later in the game, Harry’s broom gave a sudden, frightening lurch. His boom was completely out of his control. Hagrid said that only powerful Dark Magic could make a broomstick so hard to manage. Hermione noticed that Snape had his eyes fixed on Harry and was muttering non-stop under his breath. Then, Hermione rushed over to Snape, crouched down , pulled out her wand and whispered a few, well chosen words. Bright blue flames shot from her wand on to the hem of Snape's robes. It took perhaps thirty seconds for Snape to realize that he was on fire. Up in the air, Harry was suddenly able to clamber back on to his boom. He started speeding toward the ground and landed, catching the Snitch.

Harry was being made a cup of strong tea back in Hagrid's hut, with Ron and Hermione. They told Harry that Snape was cursing his broomstick. However, Hagrid did not believe and asked why Snape did something like that. Harry decided to tell on the truth  that Snape tried to past the three-headed dog to steal whatever it was guarding and got injured at Hallowe'en. Hagrid involuntarily revealed that the three-headed dog, Fluffy, was his, and that what the dog was guarding was a secret known only to Albus Dumbledore and a man named Nicolas Flamel. Hagrid looked furious with himself.

I wonder who Nicolas Flamel is. I have watched the move before, but I cannot remember. I want to know about him or her more!!!

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Hallowe'en

Hi everyone :) In June,  I had many fun events, for example, I went to Arashiyama with international students and joined Takoyaki Party which was held at a guest house. I had so much fun!:) However, I neglected contributing my blog for a while… sorry. From now on, I will update articles one after another, so I hope you to enjoy reading them♩

The next morning, Harry and Ron were discussing what the three-headed dog could be guarding when the mail arrivesd Harry received a first-class broomstick called Nimbus two Thousand, along with a letter from Professor McGonagall summoning him to Quidditch practice. At seven o'clock drew nearer, Harry left the class and set off toward the Qudditich pitch. He met Oliver Wood and learned the basics of Quidditch. Olver told Harry that it was the Seeker's job to catch Golden Snitch. Pehaps it was beacuse he was now busy, what with Quidditch practice three evevnigs a week on top of all his homework, but Harry could hardly believe it when he realized that he'd already been at Hogwarts two months. The castle felt more like home that Private Drive had ever done. His lessons, too, were becoming more and more interesting now that they had mastered the basics.

On Hallowe'en morning, Professor Flitwick taught his students how to make things fly. Only Hermione succeeded. Ron who was offended by her air of superiority made a nasty cooment on Hermione. Then, someone knocked into Harry as they hurried past him. It was Hermione. Harry caught a glimpse of her face - and was startled to see that she was in tears. Hermione did not turn up for the next class and was not seen all afternoon. On their way down to the Great Hall for the Hallowe'en feast, Harry and Ron overheard Parvati Patil telling her friend Lavender that Hermione was crying in the girl's toilets and wanted to be left alone. Ron looked still more awkward at this, but a moment later they had entered the Great Hall, where the Hallowe'en decorations put Hermione out of their minds.

However, Professor Quirrell came spinning into the Hall and gave a terrifying announcement about Troll in the building. As the prefects leaded their houses back to their dormitories, Harry realized that Hermione did not know about the troll. They headed off to warn her and came across the troll. It was a horrible sight. Twelve feet tall, its skin was a dull, granite grey, its great lumpy body like a boulder with its small bald head perched on top like a coconut. It was also holding a huge wooden club. Then, Harry and Ron saw the troll came into the girls' toilets where Hermione was. She was very surprised and was about to faint to see the troll. However, Harry and Rome came into the room to save her. Using teamwork and magic, they managed to knock out the troll. Professor McGonagall found them and began to scold Harry and Ron. Hermione interjected that they were looking for her. She added that she could deal with the troll on her own and that Ron and Harry had been trying to save her from it. From that moment on, Hermione became their friend.

My childhood dream was to fly in the sky on a broom like Nimbus two Thousand! What about you?;)

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