harry potter and the mysterous ticking noise

[u][b]Potions, Spells and Magical Objects[b][u]

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Accio (Summoning Charm) - Latin for "I summon."
Alohomora (Spell that opens locks) - Derived from the Hawaiian "Aloha" meaning "goodbye," and the Latin word "mora," meaning "obstacle."
Amortentia - "Amor" is the Latin word for "love," and "tentia" is derived from "tentare," which means "the handling of," "the making of an attempt," or "the attack on." Hence, "the handling of love," "making an attempt to love," or "the attack on love."
Anapneo (Spell that clears blocked airways) - In Greek, "anapneo" means "I breathe."
Aparecium (Spell that...

~ Fred and George, however, found all this very funny. They went out of their way to march ahead of Harry down the corridors, shouting, "Make way for the Heir of Slytherin, seriously evil wizard coming through..."

~ Harry's fine, he's down in the Chamber of Secrets having tea with his fanged servent...

~ "No - no - no!" someone was shouting. "No! Fred! No!"
And Percy was shaking his brother, and Ron was kneeling beside them, and Fred's eyes stared without seeing, the ghost of his last laugh still etched upon his face.

~ Ron: “Sure you’re not thinking of Gorgovitch?”
Harry: “Who?”
“Dragomir...

Neville Longbottom:

- Neville inherited his father's wand when he was 11.
- After the Battle of Hogwarts he briefly worked as an Auror. Later he became Professor of Herbology at Hogwarts.
- He kept his D.A. coin as a badge of honor.
- He married a former D.A. member, Hannah Abbott, and they life together at the Leaky Cauldron, where Hannah is the landlady.
- In the originl drafts of Harry Potter Neville was supposed to have blond hair and his last name was 'Pupp'.

Luna Lovegood:
- After the Second Wizarding War Luna came to realize the tuth of her father's treachery and she accepted that some creatures,...

Tom Marvalo Riddle / Voldemort:

- Voldemort's real name, Tom Marvalo Riddle, is an anagram for 'I am Lord Voldemort'.
- In the movies Voldemort's wand's handle appears to be made of bone, even though the books says nothing about this.
- J.K. Rowling has later revealed that the crouched human child-like form in Kings Cross when Harry was talking to Dumbledor, was actually Voldemort.
- There were rumors saying that the actors Rowan Atkinson and John Malkovich were considerd for the role of Lord Voldemort for the 4th movie. Both of these proved to be false.
- In 2001 Christian Coulson was cast for...

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Without further ado, here’s our list of the top 10 alternate endings to Deathly Hallows:

10. Scooby Doo ending - Voldemort is captured, and is revealed to be Filch wearing a mask. As he is hauled away, he shouts, “And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for you meddling kids!”

9. South Park ending: After defeating Voldemort, Harry and Ron address the audience, saying, “You know, I’ve learned something today.” Suddenly, Ginny is run over by the Knight Bus, prompting Ron to shout, “They killed Ginny!” Harry responds, “You bastards!” Neville...

“Take it…take it…”
    Snape struggled to give Harry the memories that explained what had happened, why he had had to do what he did. He held on as tightly as he could, trying to filter into Harry just how important it was for him to see them. Snape felt himself drifting. He knew that he was about to die, after all these years he would finally get his wish. For him, life had been fueled by the dream of Lily loving him as much as he did her. She had been his one true friend, and though she didn’t know it, his whole world. Severus knew that he wasn’t easily liked...