Adventures of Beatrice the Basilisk

Article 1: Meet The Editor!

In the middle of the page was a large photo of Onika Tanya Maraj. It looked like a school photo.

Hey students!

My name is Onika Tanya Maraj and you're reading the 'Hogwarts Morning Herald'!

Don't worry, the name is changeable.

To introduce you to this newspaper about everything happening inside Hogwarts, I'm first going to introduce a bit about myself.

My experience being a hatstall...

If my name sounds familiar, it's probably from the sorting ceremony this year, that is, if you could even remember my name after how long it took to sort me! The sorting hat was completely stuck between all four houses for over five minutes.

According to the hat, it stated that each of the houses would be of near equal use to me. I'm brave and love to be brave- especially with fashion! I'm loyal to my friends (even if they don't always reciprocate the feelings back) and would do anything for my parents. I love to learn new facts and concepts that I can incorporate into my lyrics (I'm a rapper!) and I'm super ambitious, especially when it comes to this newspaper. Eventually, the sorting hat decided that I would need a lot of connections to succeed, along with the fact that some competitive competition wouldn't hurt my ambition. Hence; I was sorted into Slytherin.

My passions...

I am a very passionate rapper, all my friends know this. Now that you all know who I am, I would like to share an original, personal rap with you guys... the lyrics are inspirational. They're meant to be read for a confidence boost and are words to live by in my opinion!

Yo, ayo tonight is the night that I'ma get twisted

Myx Moscato and vodka, I'ma mix it

Roll that spaceship, we about to get lifted

Live in the present, that gift is for the gifted

This what you came, this what you came for

You get what you buy, this what you paid for

So make sure the stars is what you aim for

Make mistakes though

I never worry, life is a journey

I just wanna enjoy the ride

What is the hurry? It's pretty early

It's okay, we'll take our time

The night is still young

The night is still young

The night is still young

And so are we

The night is still young

The night is still young

The night is still young

And so are we

Ayo, drinks on you or the drinks is on me

We ain't going nowhere like tanks is on E

We still getting money, which bank is it gonna be?

If he sexy, he planking on me

So when them big boys want all of that

Tell the bartender, say my order back

It's bottle service, he ordered that

Might let him take it home and slaughter that

He got friends for all of my friends

They ain't leaving 'til we say when

And we gon' hangover the next day

But we will remember this day

So drop the pop and get low

Or we can drop the top and just cruise

We fresh to death, down to the shoes

My only motto in life is don't lose

I never worry, life is a journey

I just wanna enjoy the ride

What is the hurry? It's pretty early

It's okay, we'll take our time

The night is still young

The night is still young

The night is still young

And so are we

The night is still young

The night is still young

The night is still young

So are we

We're just getting started yeah yeah

We're just getting started yeah yeah

Can't you see the night's still early

And we gon' get wild and crazy?

We're just getting started yeah yeah

We're just getting started yeah yeah

Can't you see the night's still early

And we gon' get wild and crazy?

The night is still young

The night is still young

The night is still young

And so are we

The night is still young

The night is still young

The night is still young

So are we

How dare we sit quietly

And watch the world pass us by

How dare we sit quietly

And watch the world pass us by

Thanks for taking the time to read this. If you are interested in helping to write the newspaper, in any way (photography, editing, being a columnist), send a letter of intent to Onika Maraj, Slytherin First Year, Slytherin Common Room. Any suggestions on improvements would also be greatly appreciated!

Double upload- sort of. You're welcome x

- barbieque_swine <3