Rumor Has It V.4

[Anonymous]

Hello and welcome to your fourth edition of the new and spectacular 'Rumor Has It' Gossip Magazine. And we know how much everyone loves gossip, what with posters going around the school, whispers whispered, and we uncover and reveal them to you. I do apologize for my lack of entertainment, but it will be worth it, I assure you.​

H O G W A R T S B I - Y E A R L Y​

We all have seen the Hogwarts Monthly. Yet how many times have we seen it? Come on, you have more staff than we do and we send out more than you all. And we get a lot more readers. Though you can't expect much from the staff there. Let's see, there is that none other than Dmitri Blaze! Reminds me of Robbie. Never saw much of either of them in either. So, how about this, the staff of Hogwarts Monthly, do your job like it should be, because it can't be that hard to get out a news letter that no one cares about. About the same with Lea Mauven (now who is she? Oh, that one ugly broad that no one ever sees that needs a really huge hair cut). At least we get the job done, on a timely manner. I'm sure we have more fans than you all, and we've made people cry and punch walls.​

O N E B I R D T W O B I R D S H A V E Y O U H E A R D ? This little Head Boy has quite the girls going after him. Not surprising, he is amazingly cute. But are his looks alone gathering the flock of girls? No, it is his title too, the Head Boy. Because the girl of the Head Boy, and you will be instantly famous, it has always been like that. Same with the Head Girl, but let's just leave it at that. We are discussing the Head Boy. Turns out, he isn't the nice guy that we all thought he was. He is so very shallow. He rejected Sapphire Bookchild, perhaps because she was not blonde. Yes, he had two blonde love interests. One being Kendra Snow, the Snow Veela that apparently can't even get a guy even by being herself. Get over it, Kendra, Jeremy went over to someone with less Veela blood and the less prettier Alyss Summers. He is just someone that loves some feathery action. Girls, get out of there while you can. Wait, I doubt you would because of your bird sized brains. Signing yourself up for your own heartache. How pathetic. P A T H E T I C A N D W O R T H L E S S H A V E Y O U H E A R D ? You've seen this girl around, and we all know her as the loudmouth, got Gryffindor into loads of trouble Tamalia Kaster. Why she hasn't lost any more house points is beyond me. Anyway, she has this knack for having a huge rivalry on Annalie Darkhart. Why? Perhaps both have a crush on the Pedo Professor Blaze. Competing for his affections would be pointless unless you had gender fudge but I digress. It is quite amazing that no one has accused Annalie Darkhart of writing this. After all, the perfect cover up would be to write an article on herself. Or myself. Whichever. She spills secrets and everything, so think about it. Then again, would she really be stupid enough to humiliate herself? You'll never know, but I will have to agree with one statement that was said about her was so true. "You filthy little excuse for a human being," said by none other than Annalie Darkhart. Then again, why would I think that is true? The meanest girl out there, is not the self-proclaimed Annalie Darkhart. I doubt she would live up to the name of others that have passed through this school. After all, we have had this one Slytherin expelled from school. Psycho much? Seems like they are becoming a routine thing for the sixth years, and it is getting to be a little uncomfortable. We need to get some Aurors in here. I don't know which is worse, psychotic women (then again, the worst they can do is yell at us to death, so scary) or pedo professor. T W O - T O N E D F R E A K H A V E Y O U H E A R D ? Let me just ask you one question. How the hell can someone supposedly be Part-Veela, yet have different eye colours? Aren't Part-Veela's supposed to be stunning? This is the thought going through our head also. But Slytherin's Fourth Year, Krystin Saenger, is allegedly not human. Sure, they seem human enough, but has anyone seen these half breeds actually get mad? Veela's turn into horrid creatures that have you running for the hills or cowering in fear. Though, I suppose Saenger is in Slytherin, so a bad mood would be easy to come across. Maybe that's why her eyes are messed up? The curse of being an angry Part-Veela? I say, everyone watch out for this chick, she will lure you in with her Veela ways, and then slaughter you faster than Medusa's stony glare (Muggle story kids, look it up). Why is this school allowing half breeds in? No one is safe any more! H U F F L E P U F F N O T S O P U R E H A V E Y O U H E A R D ? Ostensia Romanes has been flying under the radar so far, well not anymore. News flash Ostensia, no ones safe. Not even you. In case not everyone's familiar with this Hufflepuff Prefect yet here are the basics, Sixth Year, current girlfriend of former student Damian Metzger, and local sweetheart. She sounds like the last person that would wind up being mentioned in here, right? What if I was to tell all of you that Ostensia isn't as innocent as she likes to pretend she is? Rumor Has It that she's giving her boyfriend Damian a lot more than just hugs and kisses these days. It looks like Ostensia can now join the long line of girls at Hogwarts who find it much easier to sleep around than anything else. Who knew this little sweetheart was just as flimsy as the rest of the female population is? I wonder if that's why he's kept you around so long? There had to be something about you that he liked. It must have been that whole good girl act you like to put on around others. Good luck fooling anyone now sweetheart. W H * R I N G H E R S E L F O U T T H E R E H A V E Y O U H E A R D ? Unless you like girls with facial tattoos- boys, I suggest you start running now. Our former mute has now plucked up the courage to start her manhunt. Who knows if she is still interested in the Head Boy; but she's obviously realized he is very much out of her league. However I don't think that is going to stop her from pouncing on the next boy that gives her attention. Perhaps it was the sting of going solo to the Yule Ball that strung Sapphire Bookchild into her hunt, but Merlin knows it's about time this Sixth Year Puff got a bit of action. Apart from having a sex-addict fling himself on her in former years, Bookchild has been lonelier than a puppy left on the side of the street. And that's probably what Sapphire will look like when she gets her rejections; a filthy mutt that no one loves. I suggest you get used to it chatterbox, I don't see many yeses coming your way. A N O T H E R T R A M P ? H A V E Y O U H E A R D ? Oh young love. How terribly cliche'. The supposed gay Gryffindor, Damien Blade, seems to be getting super chummy with the Gryffindor slut, Andrea Kelize. How Blade managed to get one as pretty as Kelize is beyond me, but even she won't admit it. The girl apparently flung herself on the young boy, but as soon as anything was brought up about it, she quickly denied it. Keeping her options open mayhaps? This pretty little lion won't be held down by a boy that's supposedly younger than her. Kelize is not as innocent as she looks! Rumor has it, Miss Kelize is going around dropping hints of love potions in boy's drinks; which would explain why a gay boy has fallen head over heels with the house wh*re. H A V E Y O U H E A R D T H E S E R U M O R S ?​ [ul][li]Cyndi doesn't trust Blaze to run the school on his own. No surprise there. At least the fat woman is losing weight, but newsflash, you still have 40 more pounds to lose.</LI> [li]Have you all seen the Karah, Ezra, Michael and Azolla switch up? Oh my God, could you guys take it any more slow? I think Blaze got laid with one of his many puppets by the time you all figure out this idiotic ordeal. [li]Riley and Jerrod. Oi. Gag. [li]Bella has a new beau? Oh wait, no she doesn't. Even he can't stand her face. No surprise there... [li]The no-one Khalid. I can't remember his name, but wasn't he the one that was always bragging about being the next Head Boy and Dumbledore? Yeah, doubt it. [li]Oh great, we have a new Headmistress, hopped up on happy pills. Oh please, this magazine is definitely going to not be found out now. [li]Zayne and Kaia, battle it out. I don't think anyone really cares about them though so moving on. [li]A certain Hufflepuff prefect got groped in the corridors. What is it with all the wh*res in this school? <LI>[li]Kate Dramatic Skank Moon is at it again. Her new victim? Drew Handler. Spotted outside, who knows what they were doing.[/li][/ul]

S O T Y P I C A L Y A W N H A V E Y O U H E A R D ? Has anyone seen this guy? He goes by Drew Handler, and from what I have seen of him, he is the perfect stereotype of a Hufflepuff. Yawn. How boring. Anyway, we figure this nobody needed his own moment to shine, or cry, whatever he will do. No one cares about him so I doubt anyone would pay much attention to what is about to be said except for him. So allow me to go on about how he is this huge pacifist. That means, everyone who wants to pick on him, please do! He won't do a damn thing to protect himself, so why not? And let me go on to say, what type of last name is that? Handler. Hmm, sounds like he can handle certain things, if you know what I mean. Perhaps broomsticks for any guy out that that is interested. That is, if they can stand to look at his face for a long period of time. D I R T Y P R E F E C T S H A V E Y O U H E A R D ? Love is in the air. Or is it hormones? It's hard to tell but whatever it is, it has completely taken over Fifth Year Ravenclaw Prefect, Isaia Romanes. During the latest Quidditch match between Hufflepuff and Gryffindor he asked his sweetie pie, Aphrodite Snow to be his girlfriend by holding up a sign for all to see. How cute, right? Wrong. First of all, gag. No one wants to see love birds confess your love to one another. We already had enough of that whole ordeal with Kate and Stefan. So do us all a favor and keep your gushy love confessions to yourselves. While I'm on the subject, I might as well mention how easily Aphrodite fell for it too. Words of the wise Miss Snow, you had better watch yourself. Other than that pretty face of yours, you really don’t have that much going on for you. Once he gets what he wants from you, Isaia will lose interest. Why else would he work so hard to ask you out? No matter how sweet he tries to pretend he is we all know he's just like every other guy. We should all make bets on how long their relationship will last. Ten Galleons says they only last a couple of weeks. N A S T Y I N B R E E D I N G H A V E Y O U H E A R D ? It appears as if Samual Kaster has nicknamed himself, the 'Hogwarts Hugger'. Now, I don't know if anyone else agrees with how crept out that makes you; boys and girls alike. I would have assumed Baby Sammy was actually a fan of his own gender, but he actually seems into something a bit more disgusting. Everyone probably thought they got away unscathed from the Yule Ball, but the Eyes were ever watching, and witnessed something disturbing. Baby Sammy attended the Yule Ball with two girls, but before you get jealous of his skills boys, have a read of who he took. Nadia Kaster, and Kate Moon. Wow. Taking your own family as a date Baby Sammy? Must have been hard for you to find someone who would actually attend with you; but then the meat in the sandwich comes along! Don't get too excited Baby Sammy, she was probably using you as a type of 'arm candy' to make her brusied boyfriend jealous (wasn't such a smart move there Twiggy, Baby Sammy makes you seem more like a cradle snatcher than a 'Hot It Girl'). Seriously, you guys are making this too easy for us. And this story creeps me out. C H I C K E N S H * T H A V E Y O U H E A R D ? Andy Hydran. We all know him right? He’s that annoying little chicken boy that does nothing but faint every two minute's. I'm surprised he hasn't been scared to death or something. I'm sorry Andy, but you're fourteen and still scared of your own shadow pretty much. I've seen first years with more bravery than you own. It's both sad and pathetic. How do you expect to ever go out in the real world if you can't even last throughout school without peeing yourself? Last I checked it was a lot scarier out there than it is here. Last I saw him; he was making friends with a ghost. Or maybe he was pleading for his pathetic life. I can't really recall. He's weird enough to do both I suppose. Wow Andy, are you really that scared to the point where you can't even associate with live people anymore? You need some Help Andy. Perhaps we can send you off to a psych ward. That way you can live in your little padded cell without anyone to frighten you. Or do padded cells scare you too? Or you could do us all a real favor and grow up. Only little girls are scared of everything like you. Then again, maybe you are a little girl Andy. It would only make sense. Watch yourselves closely readers, you don't want to scare princess Andy with any quick movement. A B S E N T L O V E & B R A I N S H A V E Y O U H E A R D ? We just haven't had enough of the overly dramatic Kate Moon who can't even see how dramatic she is, can we? Let's start off with her weight. Once again, she is skinny. How skinny? She could turn to the side and vanish. She looks just awful with her weight. Hang back because we have a lot to say. Let's then top that off with some disease that she had, that seemed like she had a tumor. Newsflash Kate, if Saint Mungo's can cure bloody cancer (worst thing in the muggle world, amirite?) then a small tumor would be easy. But no, you had to play it all out, all dramatic like. If one was as sick as you claimed to be, then you would not have been in Quidditch. Simple. We have a quote that makes some wonder: "Kate Moon is the most fragile person I have met in my life. However, she managed to pull the whole Hufflepuff team to the end." said by Minoas Stratis. Seems to me like if she can pull that off, she is faking everything else. Now let's start on her absent wishes-he-was-her-boyfriend. How his life is so horrible. Let's get this straight, his dad was horrible to him, why not move to another relative? Better yet, he was homeless for a time, came to Hogwarts, was offered several times on places to live and TURNED THEM DOWN. What, does he really like living on the streets, begging for food and wishing to be pitied? We have lost all respect for that boy, whom dropped out of Hogwarts to be homeless. What a moron. Anyway, the two dramatic people of the century claimed their love for one and another, and aren't together. Who does that? Really. So, my assumption is, one doesn't even feel it. I would say Stefan (why would he feel anything except pity for himself?), so that leaves Kate Moon not being loved. How does that feel, Kate? When your own love doesn't love you enough to stay in school to be with you, and drops out just so he can't see your skeletal face? If anyone else wants to drop from the school to avoid the drama queen, be my guest. Wait, don't, then there'd be no one left to teach. W A N N A - B E S P O I L E D B R A T H A V E Y O U H E A R D ? Juliette DiSnow. Wait, DiSnow? What kind of crap is this? Am I the only that's noticed how close her name is to the actual Snow's? It's like she's some cheap knockoff of them or something. News flash Juliette, one of the only things worse than being a Snow, is trying to be one and clearly failing at it. Chances are, you're too insignificant for them to care about anyways. Unless you're a pile of money or jewels they probably won't even notice you. I don't see why you would even want to be like them anyways, Juliette. Clearly they are nothing but a bunch of spoiled brats who use their looks or their daddy's money to get whatever they want. Having a silver spoon shoved far up your ass must be so awesome, isn't that right Snows?​

So there you have it kids. Owl us with any rumors - whether its something you've seen, or something you want to spread, we want it all!
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[Damien Blade]

Damien came out of the bathroom,feeling refreshed.It was quite early in the morning.He usually wasn't an early waker but something had made him walk up at seven am and he found it hard to stay in bed once he had awaken so he had gotten up making sure not to wake up his room-mate.He had then gotten changed in the bathroom and collected his guitar.His guitar was practically his life,he couldn't live with out it.Some people probably thought it was weird but he didn't exactly care what other people thought.He had spent most of his life being judged by people and to be honest he had just learned not to care.What anyone but his family and friends said was un-important unless they had a point of course.Unless it was relevant and he saw where they were coming from.If it was complete and utter rubbish and only made on assumptions then he dismissed it because usually they were wrong.

Damien walked out of the Gryffindor common room and made his way down the long flight of stairs to the Great Hall.When he walked in there weren't many people about but the people who were there were whispering and looking into a magazine.Damien groaned, "Not another magazine" he thought.Who ever RHI was they were cruel to write such things about people.They had no write to shame people like that or make up stories.But what was different from every other time a magazine was released,he saw people looking at him and whispering.Damien walked quickly over to the Gryffindor table and took out a magazine.As he read through it,his sighed and the b!tchness of who ever wrote the magazine but his eyes stopped and widened when he saw his own face ,looking back at him. He quickly read the article and was totally confused. No way was he gay,he knew that for a fact but did people seriously think so.He quickly looked around and noticed people looking at him.And what was all this about Andrea?He didn't have crush on her,in fact his thoughts were turning to a different girl a lot more often these days.Andi was certainly no wh*re either and he seriously doubted she put a love potion in his drink.Damien looked around the table to see if he could see her.When he didn't,he closed the magazine in disgust and continued eating his breakfast,refusing to even look like the article bothered him at all when in fact he was greatly confused and hurt

 

[Minoas Stratis]

Minoas strode into the great hall. The gryffindor had a full schedule. Three classes in the morning, Quidditch practice and then focusing on his own spell-crafting. It was a long time since he had visited the library and tried to produce something new out of his wand. However, he had a whole variety of ideas recorded on his journal. He simply couldn't wait to sit down away from anyone and anything that could distract him and work out which of his ideas could be feasible or not. But before letting himself at the fast pace of the day, a good breakfast was required.

It didn't take him long to realize that yet another issue of the gossip magazine was out. People were moving from table to table, troubled, with a copy in their hands. Minoas just shook his head as he noticed a few Slytherins obviously enjoying what was contained in those pages. He had a seat at Gryffindor's table and took a copy as well.
He browsed through the pages and with that quick inspection he didn't find anything about him. He let a sigh of relief and sat more comfortably on his seat. He decided to read carefully through it, in case there was something mentioned about his friends. He poured some pumpkin juice in his goblet and added some ham and eggs on his dish. He started eating while his grey eyes were fixed on the open magazine in front of him that was leaned on a fruit bowl. He had only heard of the most protagonists of that issue. He didn't really know most of them. He felt quite bad about the article on Hydran's jittery personality. He had met the guy at Madlyn's birthday party. He had believed that Andy was just feeling uneasy because he didn't know most of them in that room. However, the article was suggesting that bravery wasn't his biggest asset. Still the title was horrible and Minoas had really started wondering who was writting such horrible things.

He turned to the next page where an article about Kate Moon was featured. He didn't really pay attention at the relationship facts. He simply didn't care about other people's person lives. But he soon recognised his name among the sea of words and skipped a few lines to read the specific part. He took the magazine in his hands, frustrated with what he was reading. It was true that he had said that but not in public. The way it was presented was suggesting that he was interviewed or something by the author of the article. His hand rumpled the page in his grip as he clenched his teeth. How they managed to hear him telling that. The only person that had heard him saying that was Briar and he doubt that she was the one that had leaked the information. Besides, he hadn't said that with bad intentions. He was meaning that although she didn't look like a tough person, she really was. Whomever had acquired that piece of information was really visiting the Quidditch pitch. It was the place where that conversation took place. He looked around, searching for Kate but she didn't seem present. He wanted to explain to her that he didn't say anything against her for just a spiteful article. Maybe he would have that opportunity later that day after his classes. He just finished his breakfast and stood up, taking the magazine with him. Maybe he could come up with a spell that could identify the creator of this magazine or article. Whichever the case, he was determined to find out who was behind all these.

 

[Briar Rowan-Cullen]

Briar entered the great hall a little later than normal. it was a full moon tonight and she was starting to feel the normal exhaustion of it pulling down on her. the whole room seemed noisy full of an energy that wasn't normal though she hardly recognised it she was just too focused on her food. she reached across to grab the jug and fill her plate with some bacon, sausage and omelet. when she saw what she knew was piles of magazines on the table she glanced picked one up and started eating as she scanned through the articles. stifling a yawn. they really were rather boring. and had progressively gotten worse, the first edition had been rather entraining, but now it seemed that the author was searching for gossip where there wasn't any and just making stuff up. the only thing she was glad about was that the culprit hadn't decided to trust anything out about her. weather it be about her new years eve celebration, or hanging out with her mates Jeremy in the head persons common room, and Icarus on the cliffs/in the lake/ in the air part way between the two. she had just about reached the end when she saw her brothers name. she focused on the sentences surrounding it and the words seemed very familiar. how had RHI been at the quidditch pitch that afternoon. she could have sworn that it was just the two of them. and if she (by now briar was pretty sure that it was a she) had been there why hadn't she used the rest of the conversation. there was much more gossip likely things in it than that. not that she was complaining or anything. she finished her food and got up slowly heading over to find jeremy. "Hey Jeremy. you okay? I still don't think that it makes you look like a carcinoma." she said referring to the conversation they had had a little while ago. "I'm sorry but tonights a full moon, so a couple of hours time and i wont have any any energy to be much use at keeping things calm." she said feeling a little bad to once again be using her condition as an excuse but it really wouldn't be a good plan for her to be on patrol this evening, she turned around, and left the hall stoping on route to break up an argument between two students. as she headed up the stairs she had a thought. maybe if the news got out that she would be on patrol this evening (even if she wasn't) anyone in their right mind would not stray from their common room or office. with this causing a smile to spread across her lips as she headed up the stairs to her dorm to collect the previous issues of the magazine. she had decided to spend the day trying to work out who it was behind it. she had already worked out that is was most likely a girl, a slytherin. and the way it was written made her doubt that it was a younger student, probably no younger than fifth year though she guessed older. she sighed. this had better stop soon before it caused any more arguments, fall outs and breakups.

 

[Drew Hanson]

Drew entered the Great Hall and stretched slightly. Drew was rarely seen in the Great Hall, because he usually showed up when people were not there, by either coming really early, or rather late, for the simple fact that he usually studied in the Morning, and in all honesty, he didn't like talking to people over a meal, he just liked to sit quietly and chill out and de-stress himself. But today there was an unusual amount of people in the hall, usually by this time people would have started to clear out, but thye hadn't, they were all whispering and cringing away from others. Drew noticed that some people were acting very angry, and so his morning was already wearing a nice black cloud. Silently, Drew made his way through the crowd, dodging people and making it to the Hufflepuff table. It was probably soe trivial thing that everyone was interested in, and since Drew was rarely interested in the things others were, he did his best to ignore it. But even a pacifist coudn't help but get slightly annoyed by people staring at them, and they weren't even trying to hide that fact that they were staring, they were just looking at him, whispering his name, and others names. He noticed some other people were being stared at and he sighed deeply and put his elbows on the table, then picked up one of the magazines that seemed to be getting to much attention that it was starting to make him sick. Within the first few minutes of looking at the magazine, Drew saw a photo of himself, and automatically became very confused. Why was he in a magazine? This was ridiculous, Drew didn't do anything, he just went to class, occasionally had something to eat and sometimes spoke to people, then went back to the Hufflepuff Common room. What could he have possible done that was remotely interesting?

When he read the articale, Drew couldn't believe what he was reading. The article wasn't saying that he had done something remotely interesting or as some would say 'juicy', it was poking fun at the fact that he was boring. Why was that a problem? Drew was quite fine with being boring, being boring wasn't that bad, atleast he wasnt getting into all sorts of trouble and ruining his and other peoples lives with dumb decisions. Drew wasn't amused by this at all, usually he'd just take things in good humor, and laugh it off, but this wasn't meant in good humor, so it was very difficult for him to laugh it off, and he was quite hurt by it. Shaking his head, Drew sighed again, why was it so bad being a pacifist? This was really sickening, because who ever wrote this was encouraging violence towards drew, just for the simple fact that he wouldn't fight back. Then it went on about his lastname, if wasn't his fault he had that last name. Rolling his eyes Drew closed the magazine before he even finished the section on himself, he didn't need to see any more, and he didn't want to read up on anyone else, it felt like he was intruding on their personal lives and he didn't want that feeling in the pit of his stomach. Besides, his day was already destroyed, he didn't need it worsened by more lies and stupid suggestions by someone that encouraged violence and dind't have the guts to show their face to the people they're hurting. drew only hoped he didn't personally know the person. Standing up, without finishing his breakfast, Drew left the Great Hall, before anyone reacted violently to anything. He didn't want to be around if someone was going to get angry and upset about something, which seemed very possible by some of the reacts the magazine brought on in him.​

 

[Kate Archer]

Kate walked into the Great Hall,yawning as she did so.It was a nice morning,the sun was streaming in through the windows of the hall though she knew the days were sadly getting shorter.Kate hated the fact that during the winter months,there was barely any sunshine and even though she loved the rain and snow she hated the coldness.The walls of the castle would be constantly cold due to the weather outside.Even though the sun was shinning,it wasn't exactly warm so Kate had decided to dress up a bit warmer.She was prone to getting sick easily so she tended to wrap up recently or whenever the weather turned colder.As she walked towards the Hufflepuff table,her temper started growing when she noticed people staring at her and whispering. "Not again"She muttered under her breath.She walked quickly over to the table wondering what story they had written this time.She sat down and poured herself some cornflakes and poured herself a cup of tea.All the time she was doing this she could feel eyes looking at her.It was a disturbing feeling and she quickly opened the magazine.She decided to read from top to bottom.She started reading and noticed a lot of things were just repeated.Why they wrote about Drew was beyond her.He had seemed like a nice kid.When she read Tamalia,she looked around at the Gryffinfor table.She was not going to be happy with that.She saw her name and Stefan's mentioned in the article on Isia.Kate only knew him from class but she though what he had done was cute.Obviously RHI wasn't the romantic type.Her heart deflated when she saw Sammy mentioned.She hoped Tamalia didn't come after her over this,she had enough problems as it was."God"She thought.It was complete rubbish,everything written on Sammy. Arm Candy? Seriously what would this magazine come up with next.

There were some other people she knew mentioned,Andy and Sapphire.She knew Ostensia from the common room,she had seemed really sweet and so what if she wasn't 'pure' anymore it was nobodies business.Kate sighed when she saw her own face look back at her.She noticed she seemed to have rather a lot written about her.Her hand clenched her spoon tightly.She began reading,her temper rising as she read.Her hands clenching the magazine and the spoon tighter.She didn't like the jab about her weight,it was one of the only things said that actually hurt her feelings.She was uncomfortable about her weight and she was doing her best to add some pounds.Kate sighed and read on.Really?Lets see RHI try and bring their muggle parents to a hospital they can't even see.Why the hell would she go to St Mungo's when she had a perfectly good hospital at home and plus her parents could actually see that one.She had never 'claimed' to be sick either.She had never made a big deal about it,panic attacks had just happened at awkward times.When she saw the quote,she immediately looked for Minoas.She was sure he hadn't meant that in a bad way.Well obviously she could because even though she had been sick she was still able to play.Briar had been a great help when she was really sick as had the rest of the team.Maybe RHI was just jealous that she could play quidditch when she was sick.Then there was all the rubbish about herself and Stefan.Kate didn't even read it properly,she just glazed through it because she was so annoyed at this stage.What RHI was writing was old news anyways.Couldn't come up with anything new about herself.She glazed over the rest of the magazine,recognizing Damien Blade from Glee Club.She briefly went through the smaller rumors and was surprised by the last one,but shaking her head in disgust and throwing the magazine done on the table.As she ate her breakfast,refusing to acknowledge anyone who was staring or whispering.She looked over at the Gryffindor table,Minoas was gone but hopefully she would have a chance to talk to him later.She didn't see Sammy either but hopefully she would be able to talk to him soon.

 

[Azolla Loncar]

With all that was going on in Azolla's life right now all she really needed was a quiet morning of reflection to eat her breakfast so after greeting Michael they went to their separate tables and she pulled out a letter from the pocket of her black robes that she'd received late last night and had been too tired to read. As Azolla knew it was from her older brother, Edelweiss, she decided that she could eat before it because anything he said usually made her feel sick to her stomach anyway and she didn't want to go the whole day without breakfast.

After pouring herself a bowl of Cheeri Owls and some pumpkin juice, Azolla ripped the letter open and just as she was going to begin reading it and scoop herself up a spoon full of cereal she was interrupted.Owls went awry dropping letters down into the Great Hall filled with the same blasphemous thing. Rumor Has It. Now Azolla knew very well that she wouldn't be mentioned largely, she didn't have anything gossip worthy going on in her life. Only a sad little tale that no one really knew about but as she read it she became more and more frustrated with the writer. Not because of any one person that was insulted but because of the language and sl*t shaming going on.

After reading the entire thing Azolla stood up onto the table and shouted loudly so everyone in the Great Hall could hear her. "Sl*t shaming is wrong! Do not judge a woman or girl on the amount of partners she has or has had! We are not inferior to men when we give into any urges and people must recognize this!" Standing down from her "soap box" Azolla looked at the crowd and then to Kate Moon, Sapphire Bookchild and Ostensia Romanes to show that she supports their choices even though the words on RHI are excessively offensive. Azolla only hoped that the Professors wouldn't get her into trouble for saying the word 'sl*t' when it was written all over this magazine that they haven't really been trying hard enough to stop as it's still running. With all this in mind Azolla continued with her breakfast in peace.​

 

[Ostensia Metzger]

Ostensia said goodbye to a couple of her classmates as she walked into the Great Hall. So far Osa was having a really good day. All her classes were finished for the day, she had no homework, and Brightstone Weekend was upon them. That meant time with Damian in person soon. He always knew how to make her cheerful and happy whenever she needed a boost. The other night she had dream that she and Damian were married and traveling the world together. Traveling the world sounded scary to Ostensia but if that was what her man wanted she would go anywhere. Just so long as one day they were able to settle down. Ostensia wanted a family one day. But even more than that, she wanted to start her own flower shop. It would be beautiful. 'I need to stop thinking about the future so much.' A girl in love often thought of the future. But Ostensia didn't want to be one of those girls that annoyed their boyfriend to death with the idea of marriage and kids. Or even those cute little houses that engaged couples buy together. Ostensia tried to pretend like it wasn't even on her mind. Guys didn't like it when girls were annoying and stuff. Ostensia smiled to herself. Sometimes she hated how hard she tried to be on everyone's good side. It made her a bit miserable at times. But it was hard for her to just quit. Ostensia hated the thought of someone being mad at her or disliking her for something that was easily fixed. Ostensia headed over to the Hufflepuff House table and sat down. Right now some scrambled eggs and toast sounded like heaven. Ostensia used to not be a breakfast person, but a combination of school and Damian brought her to enjoy it. Ostensia slapped a small amount of blueberry jelly onto some wheat toast and took a bite of it. The Great Hall seemed to be in a mix of chaos this morning. It was odd. Ostensia glanced around trying to figure out what was going on. But it wasn't long before she noticed what it was. 'Not again....' It was that magazine. Rumor Has It. Another issue must have been released. Ostensia picked up the nearest issue she could get her hands on and read it carefully.

So far it was nothing but cruelty and harsh words. But then she stopped on an article about her little brother Isaia. Immediate her glossy lips curled into a evident frown. Oh no. Poor Isaia. It upset the Hufflepuff Prefect to see such cruel words written about her brother and his girlfriend. Isaia wasn't like that. Ostensia wondered if he had seen this yet. Once he did he was going to be upset. After all he wouldn't ask out a girl just to get into her pants. He seemed to really like Aphrodite. Ostensia kept reading until she spotting her own picture. Her eyes widened at the title. What was this? Ostensia forced herself to keep reading to see what was written about her. Ostensia was barely able to finish the article before a mess of tears fell from her blue eyes. 'I'm not a sl*t! Damian and I are in love. What's so wrong about us being intimate?' Ostensia wiped her eyes a couple of times. But that wasn't enough to stop the tears from falling. She was hurt. That article was mean. Yes Ostensia had slept with her boyfriend, but they had been together for years! They were old enough to make decisions like that. Who would write something this mean? Better yet, how did this person find out? Were they listening in on her conversations? Were others going to judge her because of this? "Oh no." Ostensia set the article aside and stood up. She wasn't hungry anymore. With a heavy heart and tear filled eyes, Ostensia headed out of the Great Hall. She needed some time to herself. Then she needed to talk to her boyfriend. Hopefully he could fix this mess before it got worst.​

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[Georgiana Night-Carter]

Georgiana walked into the Great Hall, suprisingly. Lately she has been keeping strange hours trying to find the best times to study in the LIbrary without getting distracted. So for her to not eat in Kitchens was a strange thing. Plus the fact that she doesn't actually have anyone to really sit with anymore played a role. Sitting down she was about to reach for a bread roll when her eyes caught a magazine left on the table across from her. Looking around she could see that quite a few other people had their eyes glued to the pages. Reaching over she picked it up and noticed that it was all gossip. It reminded her of an old Muggle show called Gossip Girl, however that had been on the internet and this was in paper. But still the press was the press and the gossip column seemed ever large here. Opening up the Rumor Has It issue 5 the first thing she noticed was a picture of Jeremy Throne. Of course she knew who he was because the boy was the Head Boy after all. But she knew Jeremy long before he was even responsible enough for his own actions. Reading through the article she could barely contain her laughter and it came out in giggles from her mouth. Whoever this was seemed think that every girl in the school old enough to compete for Jeremy's heart was trying. Well based on her past with him, she was one who would never even dream about being his girlfriend. She almost wanting to send an owl to whoever it was that was writing this stuff and tell them about herself not being a fan of the Head Boys. Of course though she was a Prefect and had a responsibility of being a role model to all the students, therefore she contained herself and shut the paper before reading anymore and finished her meal. When she left she took a glance at the Gossip paper and decided that it could stay there for all she cared, she wasn't mush for getting into other people's buisness or gossip anyways.

 

[Andy Hydran]

Andy sighed as he entered the Great Hall. It was really packed and he automatically felt like leaving once again, but he had to eat something, because even though people probably didn't realise it, Andy did eat, occasionally. As he made his way carefully around people, he quickly realised that a lot of people were talking, whispering and just being rather strange, especially the ones staring at people. Why did people stare at others? It was weird, but this scene was bringing back memories, and soon Andy scowled. He considered walking out of the Great Hall and getting something to eat later, but he didn't want to have to go through the crowd again, and no matter how much it annoyed him, he was curious, and soon found himself picking up a magazine relectantly, and looking over it. Only when he saw a picture of himself did he get totally freaked out. Why was he in this again? He hadn't done much, and he hadn't fainted recently, in fact, he was quite proud of himself for that, there were a few close calls, like Madlyns party that happened to involve surprising the Part-Giant Gryffindor and balloons, two things Andy wasn't crash hot on at all, and the crowding and overwhelmed feeling he got when everyone looked at him, a feeling that was coming back as he looked around him. This wasn't very good at all. He felt a little weak before he even got into the story, and sat down so he didn't end up fainting before he even finished. Dear the Spirits wouldn't the writer have a feild day if he fainted right now.

One thing that bugged Andy, was that the magazine writers would constantly talk about how he should have a heart attack, and just making up all sorts of lies. It was confusing. Scowling at the section that spoke of him, he read on, getting paler and paler with each sentence. He really needed to sit down. When he reached the part about Alina Ater, the ghost Andy met late at night. He was sure no-one was there, though she did mention that she heard someone, which was why she though he was meeting a girl-which he wasn't. Admittedly, he was shocked, and sort of fell down from shock when he first met her, but the wasn't pleading for his life, no matter how scared he had been. It made sense to plead for a life he didn't much enjoy, so he wouldn't have. Andy did associate with living people too, he spoke to his cousins, and occasionally held a conversation with people, sometimes. He rolled his eyes as it mentioned a padded cell, he'd heard that one before, but what was most annoying was that a nice padded cell didn't sound that bad, especially if no0one would be there to frighten him, or write crazy stories about his life style, accusing him of anything and everything remotely related to him. Soon they'd be saying he died after someone poked him. With a shaky sigh, Andy put the magazine down and rested his face in his hands. This was so stressing, and he felt really sick, a common feeling he got when upset, or hurt, or in this case, both. He felt that he should be angry and throw something, but he dind't want to touch anything, and he would be scared about hitting someone and then being torn apparent by them and being flung through the walls like a doll. So now, after ending their last article with saying that he was on the prowl for a boyfriend, he was now a little girl. He wasn't sure if it was an improvement or not. Feeling very faint, Andy stayed where he was this time, just so he could gather himself, there was no way he was going to allow himself to faint after this, he was't sure he could handle another article about himself.
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[Hades Styx II]

Nothing could spoil the mood of someone that was not feeling much about anything right now. Hades Lutrov the Second didn't know how to feel about many things, but that was because of a certain something that had happened. Hades had managed to repair, so he thought anyway, his sister's relationship with her little buddy. As he entered the Great Hall, his onyx eyes loomed over every house table, seeing some people crying, some some laughing, and other shouting like imbeciles. This was certainly something to behold. He froze in his tracks, wearing clothing that would be deemed as eerie. A long trench coat, black shirt and a black pair of jeans with heavy black boots. He was dressed just like his father. Hades looked around and his eyes could see that there was another article, or rather, another Rumor Has It. He walked over to the nearest house table which was Ravenclaw at the time. He picked up an extra magazine and he started to read. Some of the articles made his lips curl into a cold smirk. Once more the Head Girl was not mentioned. Then again why bring more attention to herself because she seems to do it enough with her hanging out with so many younger students, and then a professor as well. It was sad really. His tall form shifted his position while he read, before he backed up into the wall so he could lean against it. There was not anything too interesting about the people he knew in there. He knew about the Aphrodite and Isaia thing. The whole damn school knew. Hades rolled his onyx eyes about the two of them. Another pregnant Part-Veela, how surprising and shocking. He usually thought that the lot of them were such notorious wh*res. He continued to read, and thought that the Head Boy being in a stitch was rather hilarious, about how he led on so many girls and yet, never get a girlfriend. Of course Hades had no idea who Drew Handler was, but the fact that the issue was still as mean as ever was just delightful. It was really proving that no one in the school was safe from these attacks. And those that wanted the attention, clearly never got it.

Although Hades was getting tired of hearing about Kate Moon and her own self-inflicted drama. It was really starting to get old. He let out a sigh and he continued on to read. There was another story on Andy Hydran, and he looked up to see that the Ravenclaw had yet to faint. That was a shocker. His smirk faded when he saw the mention of Zayne and Kaia. Hmph. Not pleasing to him at all. Hades was then appalled and rather pissed about the information that he had read next. His Mylie, and yes he claimed her mentally already, a wh*re? No, no, that was not true. She was forced up by him, but they always blamed the females, didn't they? He was certain that Mylie would be very upset by this because apparently she did, to an extent, care about what people thought of her even though he didn't see the point. He tossed the article to the side, and he walked through the space in between the tables before he spotted Andy, whom seemed like he was shaking. Hades stood behind him, and he placed a single hand upon the boy's shoulder before he whispered, "There are so many other things to fear than just your shadow." His dark laughter was quiet, as he put his hand off of his shoulder, and he continued to walk toward his place at the Hufflepuff table. He dug into his jacket and got out a small bottle of disinfectant. He rubbed a small amount onto his hands, before he found Mylie and he took a seat beside her. He muttered, "I've love to behead the person that wrong such things about you. It is my fault you were written about." His actions had basically brought up some things that he did not want to think about. It was definitely not fair for the Hufflepuff Prefect that he had become close to yet had not told her much about himself at all. It was hard to talk about himself. It was just his fault. Hades frowned and he folded his arms across his chest. Hades would absolutely love to make the author of the article his first kill, but it seemed impossible. It could be anyone.​

 

[Samual Kaster]

It was one of those days, the days when Samual was sure nothing could tear his mood down. He just felt in a really good mood and he really wanted to go outside and run around to release some excitable energy he had inside, but first he needed breakfast - the most important meal of the day! Breakfast was one of Samual's favourite, if only they served popcorn, now that would really make Sammy happy. Although, Sammy preferred to make his own popcorn, the Muggle way, because he really liked watching it pop, it was the only thing he could cook using a Muggle thing. Skipping down the stairs and continuing happily into the Great Hall, Samual suddenl realised that no matter how happy he was on any day, there was always one thing that could make him scared and sad. A new issue of RHI, and everyone staring at him. Both of which seemed to be happening today, of all days. Samual slowly walked to the Gryffindor table, he was tempted to run back up to the Gryffindor Common room and sit quietly, but his inner curiousity - and stomach were telling him to stay. At first, Samual really tried to totally ignore the whispers, stares, poking and the terrifying magazine, but there was only so much anyone could do before the reactions of others started eating away at them. Reluctantly, Samual picked up the horrible magazine, all hopes of having a fantabulous day leaving as soon as he touched the thing. He sighed when he read the story about the Hogwarts Monthly. Writing RHI was probably easier for the writer because a good margin of their contains were hurtful lies. Samual frowned, he really liked writing for the Hogwarts Monthly, it was a lot of fun, and he got to work with Nadia, which made it even more fun, because they worked really well together. Probably because they got on so well and had known each other so long. Samual recluctantly continued reading, he didn't want to, but it was natural curiousity that drove him to do something he knew would just make him feel worse. Samual skimmed over the stories of Jeremy Thorne and Drew Handler, he didn't know them personally, and felt weird going into other peoples lives if he didn't know them directly, but his heart sunk when he saw his sisters face. Why were they talking about his big sister? She had enough to worry about without this magazine saying nasty things about her. Sammy frowned at what it said about her, everyone acted as if Tamalia was a bad person, but she wasn't, well, Sammy didn't see her that way, and she wasn't a big trouble-maker, she just happened to get into fights, argue with Professors and go out of bounds. She didn't go looking for trouble, sometimes she just stumbled across it. Sammy nearly slapped himself when he read that Annalie and Tamalia were having a sort of rivalry, it was more of a huge feud, whenever Samual was near Tamalia, she'd go on about how much she hated Annalie. To make Samual feel worse, he knew it was all his fault they hated each other so much, not that he was saddened by the fact that Tamalia didn't like Annalie, but he didn't want her fighting with the Ravenclaw, it was scary.

Samual sighed and moved on, he briefly looked around, hoping to see his sisters green hair, but he couldn't find her anywhere, and so he became worried. He was already a little upset and disheartened, but now he was worrying about his sister, just fantabulous. All hopes of having a good day had crash and burned the second he entered the Great Hall and realised what was going on. He was starting to wonder whether he should actually eat at the Great Hall these days, maybe he should start going straight to the Kitchens or something and live the life of a hermit. Samual wasn't even going to finish the magazine after reading the part about his sister, it wasn't fair to target Tama like that, she was a good person, even if RHI didn't seem to like her, (they didn't seem to like much of anyone) it didn't mean that they could be so mean to her, and even if Annalie was the worst person alive that Samual knew, they didn't have to write about her either, it wasn't very nice at all. When he put the magazine down, he noticed something the avoided his emerald eyes, and he nearly burst into tears before he even started reading. Was that his picture. Sighed deeply, Samual reluctently read the article about him, it was about him, he sort of needed to know what it was saying about him. Sammy frowned slightly when it mentioned that he liked hugging people, he didn't understand what the big deal was, a hug was a hug and that was it, it wasn't like he was attacking people, he was just giving hugs. Nobody cared, well, that's what Sammy thought, but apparently RHI cared enough to be creeped out by it, was there so much wrong in being nice? Sammy didn't very much think so. Sammy's jaw dropped as he read further, not only was RHI calling him Baby Sammy (and he wasn't quite sure why he was given this name) but they were going on about how he took Kate and Nadia to the Yuleball. What was wrong with that? He was taking them as a friend, because even though Nadia and Samual had the same name, they were friend and not really related at all, Nadia was adopted by Samual's much older sister, making her his adopted, totally un-blood related niece. But that didn't really matter anyway, whether Nadia was actually related to Sammy or not, he wouldn't date her., and Sammy wasn't Kates 'arm candy', he was her friend, and as a friend he spent time with her, like he did with any other friend he had, it was really upsettting to be mentioned all the time, simply because he was nice to his friends. Apparently too nice for RHI. He couldn't believe his bad luck though, not only was he mentioned, but Kate was mentioned, and his two family members that attended Hogwarts with him, and he couldn't help but think that it was his fault. Sammy put the magazine back in the middle of the table and poked what little food he had in front of him, he wasn't in the mood for eating, in fact, he doubted anyone was in the mood for eating when they were silently crying. This day was most certainly not going to be fantabulous.
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[Jeremy Thorne]

Jeremy had been in a rather sore mood the past few days that had seemed to grow worse each day. He knew exactly what was causing it too, but there was little he could do about it. March was already upon the students, and pretty soon it would be April and then May and still the Head Boy had not been able to write one sentence of his speech. And, boy had he tried. For the past week, Jeremy had sat on his bed, in the library, in the prefect's lounge and in the Headperson's lounge attempting to write his speech. Several times, he had been disrupted to help another student. Since he was making little progress, Jeremy had eagerly put aside his own work to help. Pretty soon, he had realized that he was using the other students as an excuse to not get anything done on his speech. It seemed that he was purposely going to places where he knew he couldn't get anything done so that when he didn't get anything done, there would be a reason for it. That excuse had died though. The prefect's lounge and especially the Headperson's lounge were notoriously empty and quiet areas, but still the words had not come to him. Jeremy was slowly beginning to panic, wondering if he would be standing in front of his classmates on graduation day in silence because he had nothing to say. He'd had a dream about that the night before.

With dark smudges under his blue eyes and bedhead, Jeremy had entered the Great Hall slowly, hoping to grab some oatmeal and juice. He had Muggle Studies today and he knew he'd need to feel more awake since they typically did group work or went on trips. The room sounded unusually loud as he stepped in and Jeremy saw more than a few eyes turn his way. A sharp curse escaped his lips, which went to show how annoyed Jeremy was. He never would have done so if he was more himself. He knew exactly what all of the commotion was about even before his eyes landed on the copy of the latest magazine. Stalking over to the Ravenclaw table, the Head Boy snatched a copy of the magazine up. Before he had even opened it, he knew several of the people who had been mentioned simply by looking around the room. His eyes drifted around, noticing just as many people openly upset as there were people enjoying the magazine. His eyes drifted to Briar, but she seemed to be reading the magazine. Taking a seat, Jeremy ripped the magazine open and saw his own face staring back at him. "You've gotta be kidding me" he muttered to himself, wondering what he had done this time around. It turned out that it was more of the same except he was now being called shallow for liking two girls who happened to be part-veelas. Rolling his eyes, the Ravenclaw read a few more articles. There were several particularly scathing articles about some of the girls. They were being called whores and other, worse things. Jeremy was appalled. It was one thing for him to be mentioned for having tons of girls after him, but intimate details about a person was another thing. He looked around the room for Sapphire but he spotted Ostensia Romanes. He didn't know her well, but he knew of her. A sympathetic expression crossed his face as he realized she was crying. Before he could get up or anyone could console her, she was gone from the room.

With a heavy sigh, Jeremy looked around the Ravenclaw table as a Hufflepuff boy he knew from the quidditch field only, stopped next to a Ravenclaw. It was nice to see friends consoling one another. Raking a hand through his hair, Jeremy pulled a bowl towards himself and served himself some oatmeal. He had just eaten a spoonful when he heard Briar's voice. He turned to her and shrugged. "About this? Yea, I'll get over being called shallow by the time I'm done with my oatmeal" he stated with an eye roll. He listened, eating as she continued to speak. Merlin, he'd forgotten how close it was to the full moon, and of all days this magazine had to come out today. He knew he'd spend most of the day breaking up arguments and fights and consoling younger students. "It's fine" he sighed. Jeremy was so not in the mood to deal with any of this today. All he wanted was some sleep...and to write his speech. But, he would have to suck it up and perform his Head Boy duties. And Merlin help anyone who annoyed him today.

 

[Andrea Kelize]

Andrea's eyes were still drowsy. Even if it was already 7:30, she still felt like climbing back into her sheets and go back to her sweet sleep without any disturbance. But as much as she wants to, she has to wake up. Classes would be starting in a few hours and she would not want to be late. A yawned escapes her lips as she blinked her eyes softly. Maybe just for a few more minutes , she told herself. No, I have to wake-up , she argued with herself. After a few seconds, she decided to follow her second option so she forced herself to sit up on her bed. A loud yawn escaped on her lips as she rubbed her dusty eyes. She quickly covered her mouth when she noticed that some of her roommates were still sleeping. She silently went out of bed and neatly folded her sheets and arranged her bed. She noticed the beautiful spark of the sun on the old crystal window. She went towards it and inhaled some fresh morning air. A smile crept on her mouth for she thought that this day was going to be great. She, then, closed the crystal window and went to the bathroom to take a hot bath. When she finished her long, refreshing bath, she clothed herself and prepared all the things she needed for the day. She put notebooks, quills, parchment, ink and especially her wand on her small red backpack. She also added a water bottle in case her mouth gets dry while walking the labyrinth of Hogwarts's stairs. After doing everything she needed to do, she grabbed her bag and went off of the dorm in the quietest way possible. She felt refreshed as she climbed all those exhausting stairs. It was a normal exercise for her and weird as it may sound, she got used to it.

While she was still walking, she already knew where she was heading. To the Great Hall of course. She wanted to consume a hundred pumpkin pies first before heading to her first class. When she entered the Great Hall, she was welcomed with a bunch of intriguing looks. She shrugged it off. She thought it was another remembrance of reaction on what happened on the previous semester. The pie match did nothing good to Andrea's reputation and she cursed her actions for it. For the past months, she learned to control her temper for a few seconds not like the person she was before the fight. She could burst out any second someone insults her. She carelessly flung her bag into the Gryffindor Table and took out a plate. She looked around curiously as the looks become sharper and the whispers louder. Andrea narrowed her eyes. Things were odd. She knew something was up. True, the whispers about the fight didn't stop but it become a little slower for the past months. Andrea thought it was rather okay than the previous whispers so it was okay with her but this whispers that were occurring now were different. She looked around and found a magazine. Another Rumor Has It magazine to be exact. She rolled her eyes at the sight of it. "Another one? Who's the victim now?" She said to herself, as she rolled her brown eyes. She opened the magazine and saw some pictures of Hogwarts' people and the rumors about them attached under their photo. She looked bored as she flipped through the pages. She knew they were all nonsense. When she saw Damien's photo, she was filled with curiosity. 'What on earth was Damien doing in this magazine?', she thought. She read through the attached article and her heartbeat stopped.

'Wh*re' and 'slut' surprised Andrea. She heart sank as she read through the article. Never in a million years did she imagine herself to be called by those definitions. Her jaw dropped as her brain calculated what the magazine said. Humiliation filled her as she continued to read. She did not expect herself to appear on the magazine. She gritted her teeth as she read along the lines that said she and Damien was an item and that she dropped love potions on his drinks. Her breathing became unusual. She shivered as she continued on reading. She never imagined herself with a boy especially Damien. She considered Damien as a closed friend of even a brother. What they were doing for the past days were clearly nothing that involved the word 'loves and fling'. Damien was simply teaching her how to play the guitar that's all. When her eyes finished reading the last word, she threw the magazine as far as she can. It hit the wall near the Slytherin Table. Young and sensitive, she is, she felt truly hurt by the hurtful and insulting words that described her. Hot tears flowed down her bright red cheeks as her face carved the expression which indicated that she was overly mad. "LIES!" She shrieked as she stormed off the Great Hall, heading to her dorm and intending on locking herself there forever.

 

[Alliyah Jackson]

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<COLOR color="#000"> The morning was good. Not entirely, but enough for Alliyah Jane to be contented about it. She hummed happily as she skipped out of the common room, appearing to be a little childish. A few looked up and stared at her oddly and the rest just sulked and whispered. A few people came in the common room with ashen faces, looking dull and sad about the morning. The second year only glanced at them and walked out of the common room, looking forward to what breakfast in the Great Hall would be like. The variety of food always pleased her, making her morning bright and lively. The food that they served brightened up the mood of some students, making them exit the hall in a satisfied manner. Although the day was good, a few people continued the whispering and some even laughed boisterously. Something intriguing was going on and she ought to find out sooner or later. Alliyah wasn't a digger for new gossip, but she knew that the news would eventually reach her ears. It always did that, in a span of three to four days. But now was different. People seemed to carry a magazine around, with girls huddling in their own groups to talk about it. It was strangely familiar and it nagged Alliyah badly. She was quite sure that the cover was nothing new to her, except that it was a bit different from the last one she saw. The magazines were covered from her view, even though almost the whole school seemed to carry a copy. Curious and unsettled, Alliyah quickened her walk to the Great Hall to find out what was wrong. Living in a school that had hundreds of people was difficult, especially when a petite body would like to get through the mob. Alliyah squeezed herself through the older students, who did not pay any mind to her. She soon jogged to the opening of the Great Hall and gasped when she saw the four long tables in front of her eyes.

People were actually crying. Not all, but some of them. The rest of the lot comforted those who were crying their eyes out whilst the others just stayed quiet. Alliyah nodded a greeting to the Slytherin table where her sister was eating among her house mates. The Slytherins looked shaken and irritated about what just happened which Alliyah found interesting. The Gryffindor found copies - that were numerous - all around the hall that was entitled 'Rumor Has It'. She found a space in the Gryffindor table that had a clean plate and some utensils. Alliyah got a wafer and ate it quietly whilst she flipped through an unopened copy of Rumor Has It. The details of it were the usual, but the author talked harshly without any care of what the feelings of the students would be. Alliyah finally went to an article that involved two friends of hers - Andrea and Damien. Foul words were hung on them and Alliyah's expression softened into sympathy when she finished the article. Cautiously, she looked at Andrea Kelize who wasn't so far away, and her expression looked like she was going to cry. Alliyah stood up from her seat and slowly approached the fellow blonde and asked, "Andrea? Do you want to talk about it?" Alliyah applied the best sympathy she muster into her voice, but it was rewarded by an empty answer from Andrea. The thirteen year old watched as her roommate stormed out and called out after her. "ANDREA!" The name of her friend escaped her lips and Alliyah wanted to catch up with her. Instead of running after, she sighed sadly about the article and returned to her seat, wishing for company to come by.
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[Riley Sparkles]

It was just another day for the Gryffindor Prefect, but every day was a special one, Riley treasuring it the more the day went on. The red head couldn't believe that she would soon be graduating, it felt like she had only just started. Quite a few things had happened since Riley transferred to Hogwarts, her favourite definitely being meeting Jerrod. After their break-up, they had finally gotten back together, and Riley was stoked. She nervous as to how life would be after school, especially if she and Jerrod moved in together. She was pretty sure that Jerrod hadn't yet told his sister, or anyone in his family that they were dating again. They were both scared of how Lily would react.
Shrugging it off, Riley made her way into the Hall for breakfast, noticing a rumble of chatter from every table. Her brown eyes quickly scanned the Hall and noticed some people snickering, but others looking upset; some running from the Hall. Riley immediately knew it was the horrible magazine again. Shaking her head, Riley made her way to the Gryffindor table, patting a few people gently on the back as she passed. She had seen a Slytherin girl break down the last time RHI was out, so it was with nerves that Riley opened the magazine. She skimmed through the magazine, not wanting to take in any detail of anyone else's life. She didn't find it fair that the magazine ruined so many people and spread such nasty stories about them. Riley breathed a sigh of relief when she didn't see a picture of herself. But it didn't seem she was off the hook yet, as her name caught her eye. It wasn't much, but it pissed her off. What was wrong with them being back together? Someone was obviously jealous of what they shared. And now Lily would definitely know about the two of them. Oh the joy. Riley shoved the magazine aside, and looked around the hall to see if there was anyone around that needed a comforting word.