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Professor Matt Alcott-Ward Headmaster

As always, everyone is encouraged to enter the costume contest. The categories are as follows: Post in this topic with your character's name, what they're dressed up as, and an image of your character in costume. The prizes include house points and a trophy for the category winners. Good...

Matt had always enjoyed the Halloween festivities at Hogwarts immensely. He was proud to be the one running it now and had tried his best to dress up the hall appropriately for the event. He had been looking forward to seeing the different costumes and seeing the students having fun tonight. The...

The sorting ceremony had come to a close, and Matt smiled at the sight of the fresh new faces at all the new tables. He had always been fond of the sorting ceremony, he was glad to be a part of it now. He did hope this feast would turn out differently than the last one, though he suspected that...

Apparently, Matt had been wrong. He was going to let her disrespect him. Because after she was finished talking and insulting him, the girl ran off. He considered chasing her, but there was no way he would catch an eleven year old girl even if it wasn't dark and he wasn't tired. On top of that...

Matt was losing his patience rapidly. "No. I will not take you to Hufflepuff, as that is not your house. I can't change it, and even if I could, I wouldn't. The hat has his reasons for putting you in Slytherin, and has seen you can thrive there. If you give it a chance, you will do great." He...

Matt sighed, wondering briefly if they needed to do something different about the sorting ceremony. It was tradition, sure, but it didn't seem like all the kids were dealing with it well. He shook his head "I'm sorry, but I can't change the hat's decision. I understand that it's hard, but you...

Matt hadn't been entirely sure which dormitory he would have to escort the girl to, as he knew the two girls hadn't been in the same house. The look on her face told him everything, this was the Slytherin girl. Matt sighed as the girl spoke. This was starting to become a pattern. At least this...

Matt felt an odd sense of relief when the girl started speaking and didn't start levitating or screaming or something. He took a deep breath. He needed to stop being ridiculous, this was just a lost child. A lost... creepy child, but one he needed to help nonetheless. "I can see that, you seem...

Matt was relieved that the sorting ceremony had gone well, as well as the feast that came after. After the end of year feast last year, Matt was worried he might lose control of things. The new batch of first years had seemed interesting, a few familiar names on the list as usual. Matt had been...

In a situation like this, Matt had always hoped he could count on his staff to back him. He was grateful to Gabrielle for doing so and for Mallory and Killian to help the kids who needed it. He was disappointed to see James sit back and sip his tea like nothing happened. He suddenly wished Cyndi...

Matt inwardly groaned as the one Gryffindor girl went over to another boy and put food in his face. He wondered vaguely if he could get away with not punishing her because she technically hadn't thrown the food, but she knew that wouldn't fly. Before he could think on it more, Vex demanded his...

Vex being active and around at any of the feasts was not ideal, but the chaos that ensued at the Gryffindor table didn't seem to be started by him. Matt watched in dismay as the food started flying at the table, a feeling of dread filling him as he realized this was his problem, since pretty...

The end of the school year was here, the end of another year as headmaster. Some of the students wouldn't come back, they graduated and would start their adult lives as witches and wizards. Most of the students would simply have a well-deserved break before returning to Hogwarts. Matt was...

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