Category: Fantastic Mushrooms and Where to Find Them
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Chapter 8: Close Encounters of the Occult Kind
A confused Nigel enters Forbidden Forest; Xenophilius leads the group in prayer; Nigel forges an important new alliance
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Chapter 7: A “Happening” in Ravenclaw Tower
“Do you really think Teddy shall remain friends with us,” Dipesh began, “even after going over to Gryffindor?” “Who’s to say we shall even desire his acquaintanceship?” Xenophilius retorted, bunching up his robe so that the extra fabric did not cause him to stumble over Hogwarts’ great marble stairs. “Cool it, Xen,” Nigel said. “I…
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Chapter 6: An Old Hat, a Great Hall, and Five Thousand Black Robes
Xenophilius contemplates love that transcends life. The Sorting Hat sings a song. Hogwarts owns slaves.
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Chapter 5: Welcome to Hogwarts. None of It’s Real.
The magic of Hogwarts draws the lads in. Nigel steps on a rock. An old friend greets the lads before the entrance to the Great Hall.
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Chapter 4: Hot-Box to Hogwarts
“It’s a shame that this volume doesn’t contain…hm,” Xenophilius searched for the right words, “how shall I put this delicately? More skin. Is it not?” He sat cross-legged with his magazine—a sitting position commonly taken by ordinary Muggle men while reading the newspaper on the commuter train to work. Except rather than being attired in…
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Chapter 3: Familiar Things
Early in the morning, Nigel awoke to the sound of heavy rain pounding against his window. His first thought was how quickly the weather could change, for he could remember just yesterday evening looking out his bedroom window and seeing a clear blue sky marked only intermittently by ragged clouds awash in the blood orange…
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Chapter 2: A Trial and a Ministry Plot
A string of spittle fell from Freddie’s lip and onto his copy of the Daily Prophet. He wiped his mouth quickly and casually looked round the waiting room to see if anyone had noticed and, to his dismay, found his nephew smirking at him. Freddie returned the smirk, as if to suggest that he intended…
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Chapter 1: Owls on Lovers Row
There are untold numbers of postal codes across Britain that have unusually high concentrations of magical residents. Some famous examples include Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley, but there are also unassuming places like Burbage Row: an almost entirely muggle-free street situated in a quiet neighborhood in London’s far western suburbs. On this street, bizarre music would…
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