What if there was a 5th Hogwarts Founder? A 5th House? If the House Ghost was Half-Dead?
Note: I might have put the main charchter in the other story I am writing in a big role. And her cousins. Not my fault.
Starring:
Gwendoyn the Super-Elf
Zahlia the Half-Ghost
& Claire and Matt, Human Cousins of the Super-Elf
There's another reason why the 3rd floor is out of bounds, even with the Sorccer's Stone gone.
My name is Zahlia Miracle, a 2cd year at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and a student of 5th House.
Most people have no idea that Hogwarts had a 5th Founder, Maelynne Miracle, my great-great-great grandmother. Only a few do, the Headmaster and the students of the house of Miracle.
You see, Miracle is open to special witch or wizards. Students who are part Faerie, or a vampire even.
We are like any other House at Hogwarts. We wear our House colors, black and white, proudly. We cheer on our mascot, the wolf. We even have a House ghost, me.
Okay, so maybe it's a House half-ghost. Same difference, in my opinion.
"Is not." One of my best friends, an Elven princess named Gwendolyn, who is also the future Queen of Magic, tells me once again.
I look to Gwen's twin cousins, Matt and Claire, who are not Elfs (long story there), for help. "Please talk some sense into her." I say in English to Matt and Claire, just to tick Gwen off. She can only speak the language of her magical relatives, wheres her cousins are fluent in English, Spanish, and french, in addition to Gwen's native Elven, Faerie and Mermish.
"Don't look at me." Matt holds up his hands.
"Gwen's entitled to her opinion." That was Claire for you.
"Fine." I huff. Don't want to get Gwen too mad, she's super powerful, lots of magical blood. She's half elf, part Faerie, part meremish, part sorccer, part witch, a bit of Muggle blood too. Most powerful magic welder in the world, Claire and Matt tieing for second place (they are basically the same as her, only more Muggle blood and no Elven blood). Like I said, don't mess with the Super-Elf.
We were sitting in our dorm; we all get to stay in the same room because we are the most magical, and that's how Miracle House sorts us. Matt get to stay with us even though he's a boy since he's related to half the people in the House.
I look at Gwen's long, curly, bright red hair. I wish it was mine, no matter how much she hates it. Way better then my pale-on-pale-on-pale coloring.
Sighing, I played with a silvery-blonde strand of my hair with one glowing, semi-transuent hand, and bit the thumb nail on my other one. "I think it's time for us to go eat." Another perk of being only half dead. Unlike most ghosts, I can can eat, something my father is ever jealous of, and something I am ever grateful for. How would I live -no pun intended- without chocolate?
"Yum," Matt darts out of the tower.
Laughing, Gwen, Claire, and I and followed him
Okay, maybe I floated. Same difference.
That is the first chapter. Read and Revuive (R&R), please.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
My allergies
I have two allergies: grass and benadryl. If I lay down in grass my eyes get swollen together. So I can't use the Slip-N-Slide.
Anyway.
Benadryl just makes me sick. Hello, I thought you were made to help get better.
Anyway.
Here is the story of How I Found Out I Was Allergic to Benadryl and Yes It has Grass Too.
One day when I was 9-ish I was at Dumb-Old-Girl-Scout-Camp-That-The-Moms-Made-Me-Go-To and my group was having a picnic and I was eating salty watermelon and I layed down on the grass cause I forget about being allergic to it. Everything was find and dandy for the rest of the day.
Then When I woke up I couldn't open my eyes. "Mom get in here. I can't see." I was very confused. And then I remimbered that I layed in the grass yesterday. Mom gave me some Benedryl. Yay! I could see. And then I got sick. So I got to stay home from Dumb-Old-Girl-Scout-Camp-That-The-Moms-Made-Me-Go-To. I gotta watch my favorite soap opera, One Life To Live. That was good. I don't get watch it that much anymore, sense I had my tonsil-echtamy. Before I got my tonsils were taken out I missed a lot of school cause my tonsils were so swollen.
Anyway.
Benadryl just makes me sick. Hello, I thought you were made to help get better.
Anyway.
Here is the story of How I Found Out I Was Allergic to Benadryl and Yes It has Grass Too.
One day when I was 9-ish I was at Dumb-Old-Girl-Scout-Camp-That-The-Moms-Made-Me-Go-To and my group was having a picnic and I was eating salty watermelon and I layed down on the grass cause I forget about being allergic to it. Everything was find and dandy for the rest of the day.
Then When I woke up I couldn't open my eyes. "Mom get in here. I can't see." I was very confused. And then I remimbered that I layed in the grass yesterday. Mom gave me some Benedryl. Yay! I could see. And then I got sick. So I got to stay home from Dumb-Old-Girl-Scout-Camp-That-The-Moms-Made-Me-Go-To. I gotta watch my favorite soap opera, One Life To Live. That was good. I don't get watch it that much anymore, sense I had my tonsil-echtamy. Before I got my tonsils were taken out I missed a lot of school cause my tonsils were so swollen.
How A Zipper Works
Zippers can only be manufactured using modern machines, but they are built around two of the oldest and simplest tools in the history of civilization: the wedge and the hook.
A wedge is just an object with a slanted surface. If you push a wedge forward against an object, it will push the object to the left or right. . A hook is a curved piece of material that can be used to grab onto another piece of material. Hooks have been used as fastening devices for thousands of years because they are simple and generally sturdy. When used as a fastening device, a hook is generally coupled with a loop, eye or hollow area, which receives the hook. A zipper track is made up of dozens of teeth, each of which combines a hook and a hollow. The idea is to latch every hook on each of the two tracks into a hollow on the opposite track. The latching mechanism, called the slide, is just a collection of wedges. You can see how this system works in the diagram below. As the slide moves up the zipper, the two teeth strips must enter at a specific angle. As the strips move through the slide, the slide's inclined edges push the teeth toward each other. The strips are offset from each other, so each hollow settles onto a hook in sequence. For this to work properly, each tooth must be exactly the same size and shape, and they all must be perfectly positioned on the track. This would be all but impossible without modern manufacturing technology.
In a well-made zipper, the interlocking teeth form an incredibly secure bond -- it is very difficult to separate the teeth by pulling the two strips apart. But the slide can easily separate the teeth, using a simple plow-shaped wedge. When the slide is pulled down, the wedge pushes against the slanted edges of the hooks, pivoting each tooth off of the tooth below it. Just like that, the zipper tracks are detached.
A wedge is just an object with a slanted surface. If you push a wedge forward against an object, it will push the object to the left or right. . A hook is a curved piece of material that can be used to grab onto another piece of material. Hooks have been used as fastening devices for thousands of years because they are simple and generally sturdy. When used as a fastening device, a hook is generally coupled with a loop, eye or hollow area, which receives the hook. A zipper track is made up of dozens of teeth, each of which combines a hook and a hollow. The idea is to latch every hook on each of the two tracks into a hollow on the opposite track. The latching mechanism, called the slide, is just a collection of wedges. You can see how this system works in the diagram below. As the slide moves up the zipper, the two teeth strips must enter at a specific angle. As the strips move through the slide, the slide's inclined edges push the teeth toward each other. The strips are offset from each other, so each hollow settles onto a hook in sequence. For this to work properly, each tooth must be exactly the same size and shape, and they all must be perfectly positioned on the track. This would be all but impossible without modern manufacturing technology.
In a well-made zipper, the interlocking teeth form an incredibly secure bond -- it is very difficult to separate the teeth by pulling the two strips apart. But the slide can easily separate the teeth, using a simple plow-shaped wedge. When the slide is pulled down, the wedge pushes against the slanted edges of the hooks, pivoting each tooth off of the tooth below it. Just like that, the zipper tracks are detached.
Zippers are wierd
Zippers are wierd. I can't spell wierd. Who made that word up?
Anyway.
How do they even work? There confusing. I'm gonna go find out how they work and I'll post that.
Anyway.
How do they even work? There confusing. I'm gonna go find out how they work and I'll post that.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
My phobias
I am super-deadly afraid of 2 things: spiders and heights. But for some reason I'm okay with flying. Maybe its because of the fact airplane are a lot safer than cars.
Anyway.
My fear of spiders is so bad that I would rather face a thirsty vampire while I'm gushing blood (which I'm not too fond of either) than face ANY spiders. At all.
My fear of heights is so bad that when I go on the Coronado Bridge I blindfold my self. And lean away from the window. Yeah, we don't go to the Coronado Bridge very often. At lest when I'm in the car.
Anyway.
My fear of spiders is so bad that I would rather face a thirsty vampire while I'm gushing blood (which I'm not too fond of either) than face ANY spiders. At all.
My fear of heights is so bad that when I go on the Coronado Bridge I blindfold my self. And lean away from the window. Yeah, we don't go to the Coronado Bridge very often. At lest when I'm in the car.
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