New Contest: Write your own last sentence.

[Haggridd]

No: HPFGUIDX 18549

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Jamieson Wolf Villeneuve <crowswolf at s...> 
wrote:
> 
> 
> Haggridd wrote:
> 
> > This idea belongs to T.G. Malfoy (eggonmyhead at h...), who was
> > kind enough to allow me to post it here.  As we all know, the last
> > word of the seventh book is supposed to be "scar."  The contest is 
to
> > write that last sentence, and state the rationale that would make 
it
> > the one to end the HP saga.  Winner(s) would be chosen by 
acclamation.
> > Any takers?
> >
> > Haggridd
> >
> > ___
> 
> I'll have a go....
> 
> "They sped along the grounds of Hogwarts, the night sky above them a 
glorious black; the colour of a ravens wing. Harry, Ron and Hermione 
stopped to catch their breathe, the danger over, the moment passed. 
The stars above were beautiful.
> Shining beacons of magic hoisted up in the air and held there by 
some unknown force. And the moon.
> 
> The moon hung above them, father to all the magic stars A pale 
lightning bolt of a moon, hidden behind misty clouds. Hermione would 
often wonder later on where the thought came from, but the moon, it's 
magic bidding them to follow, looked
> just like Harry's scar."
> 
> 
> Okay, that's pretty good if I do say so myself for 1:30 in the 
morning. How'd I do?
> 
> 
I think you did pretty well, but you wrote far more than the requisite 
last sentence.  I think you still do well if you use only the last 
paragraph, and substitute a semicolon for the period.

Haggridd
p.s. and shouldn't it be "Wesley", not "Westley" in your signature 
quote from "The Princess Bride?"