START OF TERM FEAST (original) (raw)

OOC: Yes thats right, we've reached 10 members so we're starting now. mwahahha. You may know post, interact, etc etc, and RP here as well.

BIC:

The very best of evenings to you! To our new students, welcome, and to our old students, welcome back! Another year full of magical education awaits you! The forbidden forest, as you may all know is strictly off limits to students. On another note, Mr. Filch, our caretaker, has asked me to say that there is a blanket ban on any joke items bought at the shop called Weasley's Wizard Wheezes. Those wishing to play for their House Quidditch teams should give their names to their Head of House as usual. We are pleased to welcome a new member of the staff this year. Professor Slughorn is a former colleague of mine who has agreed to resume his old post of Potions Master. Professor Snape, meanwhile, will be taking over the position of Defense Against The Dark Arts teacher.

Now, as everybody in this Hall knows, Lord Voldemort and his followers are once more at large and gaining in strength. I cannot emphasize strongly enough how dangerous the present situation is, and how much care each of us at Hogwarts must take to ensure that we remain safe. The castle's magical fortifications have been strengthened over the summer, we are protected in new and more powerful ways, but we must still gaurd scrupulously against carelessness on the part of any student or member of the staff. I urge you, therefore to abide by any security restrictions that your teachers might impose on you. I implore you, should you notice anything strange or suspicious within or outside the castle, to report it to a member of staff immediately. I trust you to conduct yourselves, always with the upmost regard for your own and other's safety. (HBP american version)

And now students, it is time for the feast to begin!