Spike looked over her parchment. Short
and sweet, she thought, fingering the Highest of Merit badge she had earned
in History of Magic with her study of a wizarding fashion icon, and the
fetching hat she had produced for the practical part of the homework. But not
too shabby, for all that.
Spike
Slytherin House
Inspired by a Wizarding Style Icon
Ulric the Oddball’s jellyfish was deemed passe by the
Mannerists, especially those influenced by the Durmstrang school of Wizardry
(the Ill Mannerists, as they were styled). One of them, a Zen monk as well as
an artist, Rinpoche Kumi Himo, was said to have found enlightenment while
swimming in the ocean and encountering a violent, orange cephalopod.
He was able to reason with the beast, and ever after they
were found in communion, with the octopus riding the monk. I have created this
fascinating hat in Rinpoche Himo’s memory.
In the immortal words of the master, “I have an octopus on
my head. Your argument is irrelevant.”
She folded the parchment and pictures of herself into a
small package to send home for Matya and Atyets. They'll
be so proud of me. The award would hang on the wall of her dormitory, and
go home with her later, at break.
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