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Err I think I read the activity wrong. When it said "a scandal from Slughorn's youth" I took it to mean a scandal about one of Slughorn's youths and not about Slughorn himself, but then reading the other entries they had a different interpretation. Does my entry count or should I redo it?

Sorry I never replied to this. I was tracking it but never got an email o.O It counts!

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Clue 12: William//Slytherin

Link: http://hh-clubs.livejournal.com/1863630.html?thread=67002318#t67002318

Name: Colleen
House: Ravenclaw
Link: http://hh-clubs.livejournal.com/1863630.html?thread=67002830#t67002830

Christa / Slytherin
http://hh-clubs.livejournal.com/1863630.html?thread=67003342#t67003342

scarlet/ravenclaw http://hh-clubs.livejournal.com/1863630.html?thread=67003854#t67003854

Name: Phoebe
House: Slytherin
Link: http://hh-clubs.livejournal.com/1863630.html?thread=67011022#t67011022

Emma
Hufflepuff
http://hh-clubs.livejournal.com/1863630.html?thread=67012302#t67012302

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Fran/Gryffindor/http://hh-clubs.livejournal.com/1863630.html?thread=67015118#t67015118

Mia/Slytherin/http://hh-clubs.livejournal.com/1863630.html?thread=67016910#t67016910

Steph
Puff
http://hh-clubs.livejournal.com/1863630.html?thread=67064014#t67064014

Mindy
Ravenclaw
http://hh-clubs.livejournal.com/1863630.html?thread=67081422#t67081422

lindsay puff
http://hh-clubs.livejournal.com/1863630.html?thread=67050446#t67050446

http://hh-clubs.livejournal.com/1863630.html?thread=67104718#t67104718

Crystal//Hufflepuff

http://hh-clubs.livejournal.com/1863630.html?thread=67114446#t67114446

Allison//Ravenclaw

The biggest scandal in Horace Slughorn's life occurred towards the end of his final year of Hogwarts, ruining all of the carefully laid plans he had made. One day in June, upon seeing his ex-girlfriend snogging some younger Gryffindor Weasley, he threw up several times, very publicly, between the first and his second NEWT exam. Taking that exam, Arithmancy, in a state of delirium, he ended up getting a Troll on the exam (yes, you heard me right: a Hogwarts Professor getting a Troll) when he started appealing to "imaginary numbers" that the professor did not believe even existed. Even though he recovered enough over the next few days to salvage most of the rest of his Newts to a low Exceeds Expectations average, his Troll not only caused both of his employment offers to be rescinded, but caused Gringotts to close his bank account and forbid him from ever opening or holding another account there - or at any other British wizarding bank - again. This is why, even to this day, Horace Slughorn uses fancy bottles of alcohol such as firewhisky and the famous oak-aged mead as a store of wealth: he can legally posess and consume alcohol!

William//Slytherin [200 exactly!]

Newly appointed Potions Master Horace Slughorn may be revered as a legend, but during his time at Hogwarts he stole ingredients from the potions stock, using them for recreational purposes.. The mystery was solved when Nearly-Headless Nick wandered into an otherwise empty bathroom where Slughorn had set up with his cauldron and was in the process of brewing. Among the missing ingredients were gillyweed, wormwood, octopus powder, and Acromantula venom. When discovered, Slughorn was in possession of crudely mixed batches of Polyjuice Potion, Calming Draught, and Love Potion. Other students interviewed, who wish to remain anonymous, verified that he had been selling his potions to others for five galleons each.

When the story broke, students at Hogwarts were mostly impressed by their Potion Master’s gall, looking at his actions as something to be emulated. “If he could do something like that, why couldn’t I?” a fourth-year Slytherin boy asked. “It’s not as though I couldn’t use some pocket money.”

For his part, Horace Slughorn showed little remorse or shame for having been found out. With a small shrug and a sheepish smile he said, “I needed the money for the upcoming trip to Hogsmeade. I never thought I’d be caught.”

Colleen//Ravenclaw

Extra, extra, read all about it! Horace Slughorn, longtime Potions Professor at Hogwarts is revealed to have a deep secret he's kept hidden in his past. While on a trip to a tropical island recently, one too many glasses of his famously favoured mead resulted in some loose lips -- and he has spilled more than just his drink!

He started out his story time with some drunken mumblings about his "big party of '32". Further research by one of our staff writers revealed that the party he may have been speaking about was one that revealed his part in what was practically the shindig of the century.

Outside sources confirmed that a much-younger Horace Slughorn (before his professorial days at Hogwarts) hosted a gigantic party, alongside a few of his Slytherin housemates. There was live music and a band (one of the members was actually a relative of one of the member of current popular band The Weird Sisters). Honeydukes supposedly catered the event, and eyewitnesses (difficult to track down, but our amazing staff managed it) claim Slughorn gorged himself on crystallized pineapple and had a strange reaction to it -- he stripped himself of all his clothes and jumped into a nearby lake, prompting the rest of the party to follow suit.

Since this discovery, his class enrollment has increased by 200%, and Honeydukes has seen a spike in crystallized pineapple sales as well.

Christa / Slytherin

Horace Slughorn, a respected educator, tutor and potioneer is perhaps not all he might first seem. Despite being one of the greatest potion masters of his generation, it has emerged that in his youth Slughorn may have done some things with his talents that no one should be proud of. It has been alleged that Slughorn administered a brain adling alcoholic potion dosage to three members of an opposing quidditch team the evening before the final match of the season. Furthermore, during his final year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry there was also a very suspicious incident concerning a bout of memory loss among those outperforming him in various classes. Never caught and never punished, this professor is a crafty one with eyes only for himself. We suspect foul play, we suspect the word of the quietest evil genius we know. You'd better watch out before you get on the wrong side of him else you might find yourself in a foreign country with no idea how you arrived there. Horace Slughorn, the monster behind the man.

scarlet/ravenclaw

Cormac McLaggen Comes Out of Hiding Looking Gaunt

Since the Battle of Hogwarts, the handsome former-Gryffindor nephew of Tiberius McLaggen has been something of a recluse. The only exception to this was his two year affair with his Hogwarts housemate, famous Falmouth Falcons Chaser Katie Bell. The once-promising McLaggen was a member of Horace Slughorn's famed "Slug Club" due to his well-connected uncle. However, since graduation McLaggen has led a very private life mostly devoid of fame.

This ended when he was seen at Hogwarts' classmate Cho Chang's wedding. Chang married a Muggle last month in a very private ceremony in Surrey, with only family and friends in attendance. Among the small group was Cormac McLaggen. He drew a lot of attention for his appearance-- he seemed very thing, barely a shell of his former muscular self. Speculation on the cause has ranged from illness to illegal potions. Does Slughorn know the cause? If he does, he's mum on the haggard appearance of his former star student.

Perhaps the most popular explanation is that McLaggen is using the new and very dangerous potion known as "Heroin". This has been a well-known drug in the Muggle world for hundreds of years, but a recent breakthrough just last year has caused this drug to work more effectively for Wizards than even it does for Muggles, and to be ingested quite painlessly as a sweet-tasting blue potion. It's quite expensive but McLaggen has a family fortune so that is not likely to be a barrier to him.

Jess | Gryffindor | 251

Article Title: Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Potions Master and the Head of Slytherin House at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Horace Slughorn Caught Snogging Photo of Teacher and Head of a Rival House!
Article: Horace Slughorn is definitely not someone you'd ever expect to see disheveled in any way; he cares much too much for his reputation and appearance, in pure Slytherin fashion! We had a nice little chat (and maybe a little too much firewhiskey, but that's beside the point) with a certain very disgruntled Hogwarts janitor who spilled the beans on old Slughorn! Apparently while mopping up some pretty nasty foot prints leading straight to Slughorn's classroom door (like a muggle, the poor squib) his mop brushed the door knob and it creaked open, exposing Slughorn seated at his desk and snogging a photo of none other than Minerva McGonagall! Despite the cliche yet long-standing rivalry between their two houses it seems Slughorn just can't resist the saucy fox, and who could blame him? Does Minerva McGonagall feel the same way? Only time will tell, but in the meantime I'm sure our trusted Hogwarts janitor will keep us posted on any new developments in this situation! Stay tuned!
Phoebe // Slytherin // 200 words.

It was during his time at Hogwarts as a student when Horace Slughorn developed his notoriously large sweet tooth, especially for his favorite, crystallized pineapple. However, the original reason as to why he got such an appetite for sweets is a bit scandalous and controversial, considering the reputations involved. You see, young Horace found himself in a state that many young men at Hogwarts find themselves in—hopelessly fancying a young woman. You know, the sort of thing that begins with a few little shy smiles across the classroom, in the library, going to and from the Great Hall, but then it flourishes into more than that. It was good luck for him, though, because she fancied him right back. But her name was Patricia Pifflethorne and she was a Muggle-born student in Hufflepuff. This did not go over well with Horace’s housemates. Patricia and Horace, therefore, were forced to conduct their relationship in secret. Hufflepuff’s proximity to the kitchens made Patricia able to bring Horace sweets every time they planned a clandestine rendezvous. Crystallized pineapple became a symbol of their courtship, which, though short-lived as many teenage romances are, brought Horace much joy. He occasionally keeps in touch with her to this day. But, he doesn't usually tell his students or anyone else about Patricia. A man's got to have his secrets, right?

Emma//Hufflepuff//224 words

Edited 2012-08-06 03:13 (UTC)

NOW JUST IN! The Unshared Past of Horace Slughorn- Scandal at a Deathday Party
Horace Slughorn, a respected professor at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, has had some interesting stories from his past that may not have been known to others. When Slughorn was a student in Hogwarts himself, one of his incidents occurred during his fourth year, when he was invited to join a deathday party for his house ghost, the Bloody Baron. Slughorn had never attended a deathday party before, so he had no idea what the common etiquettes were. He therefore showed up with a scrumptious strawberry cake, as well as several antique knives for the cake carving. He had no idea that ghosts could not eat normal, living food, and required rotten food because the smell was strong enough, therefore he was quickly surrounded and chastised by the crowd of ghosts who attended. “What were you thinking?! Trying to taunt us with living food, and weapons that we could no longer use, which also remind us of our deaths? Go apologize to the Bloody Baron at once!” An angry ghost screamed. Slughorn immediately turned red and decided to leave the party while he still had some dignity, so he attempted to sneak through the door. However, he did not see a spare wand lying on the floor. Slipping over the wand, Slughorn fell headfirst into the cake he brought, and proceeded to exit with the zero grace he had left, with the ghosts laughing at him, and the Bloody Baron shaking his head at Slughorn for being so disrespectful and disappointing.

Fran/Gryffindor/267

Slughorn’s Scare

It is no secret that Horace Slughorn tries, time and time again, to prove that he’s better than a lot; that his connections and his ‘knowledge’ of people see him through a lot. Admittedly, it does help. But, recent events have brought to light the fact that these connections have cost him a little more than he’d thought. One time, on a hunch, Slughorn followed a few of his fellow influential students (who shall remain unnamed for the sake of their privacy) out into the woods – even at a young age, after all, he’d started collecting names.

It was there that they stumbled across a group of centaurs. In case anyone doesn’t know, centaurs are not too friendly with humans. And a man like Slughorn, unfortunately, doesn’t know when to shut up. He said something not-too-wise and, within minutes, they’d gotten fed up with the young man who commented on centaurs like he knew them (oh, the gall of the boy) and started to stamp their hooves. Finally recognising the danger of things, he ran – leaving his friends behind – and stopped only when he stopped within castle walls. This little danger might raise a few brows and a few whispers of cowardice, but it did lead to a lot of cheers within his students then as he gave an amended version of what happened.

Mia/Slytherin/226 words

It has come to the attention of everyone that one of our Hogwart's professors, Professor Slughorn may not have been the best student back in his day. I regret to inform you that Sluggy himself cheated on many of his exams as a student. Sure, he was a real ace at potions and he did that all on his own but Sluggy seriously struggled with some subjects apparently. Astronomy? History of Magic? Ancient Runes? Our Slugmeister retained little to nothing on these subject. Alas, he was determined to still get top marks. I'm unsure of how it all started, but apparently he figured out how to cheat on his exams. They must have been more lenient and trusting in his day because you know that shizz wouldn't fly no, McGonagall or Snape would be all over us like white on rice. Anyways, Sluggy beat the system and started cheating on his tests to achieve top marks all around. So what does that mean for him now? Pretty much absolutely nothing actually. No one really cares that once upon a time Slughorn was a cheater. He's retired anyways. His company is still as prestigious as ever and he's as content and he'll ever be.

Lindsay Hufflepuff 203

Scandal at Hogwarts

Yes dear readers there another scandal at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. This reporter has found out that Professor Horace Slughorn had a youthful indiscretion that up until now was kept totally hush hush by all who were aware. Its well known that Professor Slughorn, founder of the infamous Hogwarts Slug Club, has penchant for friending and inviting those that can further his cause of being well known. If you have a famous or connected relative you are surely guaranteed a spot in his club. So it would seem that Slughorn has used these connections to keep his little secret from seeing the light of day. Now dear reader what could this scandal be? This reporter has found out that Horace Slughorn was both married and divorced and while this is not normally cause for scandal it is when the person in question is only 17! Yes Professor Slughorn met and married another Hogwarts student (whose name has been omitted for anonymity), this woman has confirmed with documentation that she and Slughorn for married for all of two months, the summer before their seventh year. All parties seemed to realize the mistake before the two came back for their final year and the married was dissolved but why was this kept a secret and more to the point how was it kept? Honestly is this who you want teaching your children potions? I'll leave that up to you dear reader.

Steph//Puff//243 words

Sex Scandal Shakes Slytherin House
By REETA SKEETER
For The Daily Prophet
HOGSMEADE — Recent developments have brought to light a scandalous incident involving one Evangeline Orpington, late headmistress of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Sources tell us of the recent discovery among Orpington's papers of a bundle of love letters, written between herself and a student of hers at the school, one Horace Slughorn, who is now a professor himself at the esteemed institution and Head of Slytherin House.
According to the letters, which were found by Orpington's granddaughter, Nerys Orpington, while rummaging through her parents' attic one morning in search of an owl cage that had gone missing, the elder Orpington carried on a torrid affair with Slughorn, often meeting with the then-young, innocent lad for trysts in the dungeons of the castle while most of the school had emptied out for weekend outings to Hogsmeade. The letters describe, in sorrid detail, how the powerful, older witch seduced the wide-eyed young Slytherin student, shamelessly carrying on with illicit meetings with the child, while providing him with perks such as a place as a beater on the Slytherin Quidditch team and special access to the restricted section of the school's library, all in an effort to buy the boy's silence.
The Orpington family is understandably traumatized by the discovery of this information, though members of the family declined to discuss the matter specifically with this reporter.
As for Slughorn, he would neither confirm nor deny any of this information, saying only that "it was a very long time ago, and it's impractical to dwell on the past at this juncture."

Mindy//Ravenclaw

It has come to this reporter's ear that a certain Hogwarts professor with a prestigious club may have quite the little embarrassing secret or two in his youth. This rotund fancier of crystallized delights may appear quite the respectable gentleman on the outside, but his nighttime dealings are another matter entirely.

Word in the air has it that this man used to frequent the seedy underground in days of yore, sneaking into the battered basements of, shall we say, witches for hire. To even speak the name of such a place fills this reporter's heart with a dreadful disgust; I shall take it that you understand my meaning, dear readers.

Could it be that the gentleman was truly unable to secure a woman for himself on decent terms? And is it perhaps possible that he may still attend a sordid rendezvous or two by the moon's mysterious glow? I myself cannot say, but it may behoove all good, respectable witches to keep their distance, lest they be infected with the touch of a wandering lecher.

Crystal//Hufflepuff

Some of our readers may remember the great pineapple heist of 1900. It remains the largest scale crime perpetrated on the wizarding community to this day. But now, over 100 years later, the aurors have finally discovered the identity of the mastermind behind that crime. They alledge that it is none other than long term Hogwarts professor Horace Slughorn.

Students of professor Slughorn have long known the man’s attachment to pineapple base confectionery, but few would believe the lengths he has gone to in the past to attain that pineapple. As those who were alive at the time may remember, a tropical drought led to a poor pineapple crop in the year 1900. The drought, coupled with difficulty of transporting the fruit over long distances, led to drastic price increases. Putting Mr. Slughorn’s favorite sweet well beyond the reach of a beginning teacher, so he took matters into his own hands.

Aurors allege that Mr. Slughorn and a small group of associates erected a series of port-key blocks which allowed them to divert two months worth of pineapple shipments into a private storage facility. Sources close to the plot say that the pineapples were then divided into groups to either sell on the black market or to be given over to specially hired candy makers. Somewhere, it seems, there may still be a warehouse full of a personal stash of candied pineapple. Mr. Slughorn has refused comment on these allegations.

Allison/Ravenclaw/239

Horace Slughorn is known all over the Wizarding World as being a man with many connections — maybe even the man with the most connections. After all, if someone is anyone, there is a good chance he and Sluggy are on good terms, and if someone wants to be anyone, that someone had best be getting into Sluggy’s good graces.

However, what isn’t as well known — and has just come to our attention — is that these connections almost landed Slughorn himself in Azkaban.

Yes, you heard that right!

It seems, quite a few years ago, a certain would-be future Minister of Magic thought Sluggy was trying to get a little too close for comfort, and set about telling everyone he could that Slughorn was stalking him.

The tales are quite outlandish! Sluggy showing up in the middle of the night with mead and crystallized pineapple. Sluggy Apparating to outside this fine young man’s house. Sluggy just happening to have dinner and be out drinking at the exact same places. There is even talk of Sluggy inviting himself to stay the weekend as this man’s guest!

Apparently, Sluggy became so obsessed with being around this young man that the young man started to tell people Sluggy was trying to kill him. And next thing you know, rumors were flying that Sluggy was on his way to Azkaban.

Now, what’s even more shocking is how all these tales seemed to disappear overnight, and if you ask anyone about them now, they will say no such thing ever happened.

So did Sluggy himself cover it up, or is there more to this than we know? Let’s just say we will not be stopping until we uncover the truth!

Kristine | Puff | 284 words

PINEAPPLE THIEF FINALLY CAUGHT BY PSYCHIC DETECTIVE

It has recently been brought to light that Hogwarts Professor Horace Slughorn is none other than the notorious pineapple thief of 1978. Shawn Spencer, known pineapple enthusiast and psychic detective confronted the professor in his quarters last week with some startling information. Mr. Spencer had been scouring the "internet" for various pineapple paraphernalia (to add to his already extensive collection) and discovered that it was almost impossible to obtain pineapple related objects from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. His sleuthing led him to the door of none other than Hogwart's own Horace Slughorn. Unable to produce any solid evidence besides "spirits...telling [him] Slughorn's pants [were] on fire" connecting Slughorn to the pineapple crimes, Spencer tailed the professor for several days in order to locate his stash of stolen pineapple paraphernalia.

Once the pineappley objects were located, Slughorn agreed to accept a settlement deal to get out of some serious prison time and legal fees. He donated all of his pineapple items to a newly instituted pineapple museum, conveniently located in Mr. Shawn Spencer's hometown. Spencer agreed to get them to the museum safely and took them from Slughorn's possession. Luckily for Slughorn, his reputation has not been tarnished or affected in any way, because he and Mr. Spencer seem to be the only ones who care about pineapple objects at all.

Katie//Hufflepuff//229

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