05/05/05 Challenge Options

[McGonagall's Cat]

Please note: The way the Board is set up, it appears that I, alone, am the one responsible for this challenge, however at least 90% of the blame - er - credit
for this bit of fun should be placed upon the valiant shoulders of Zymurgy.

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Today, if you have not yet noticed, is a day very dear to our hearts.

05/05/05

As Harry Potter fanatics, we realize at once that this is the number of currently available books.
In fact, we have been cursing this number for quite some time now, wishing it would raise itself to a more acceptable level. (come on HBP ) ~

You are, therefore, challenged to a festival of five-ness!

And also, a celebration of those who do not quite make five on the Most Popular Character Scale.
Those characters we forget about.
Those relagated to the periphery of our Potter consciousness.

Take a moment, to take Five of these Forgotten Few, and fwoosh them into Ferret Fandom!


In under 5555 words,
describe how your five, either separately or as a group,
influence the world of Hogwarts more than their diminuitive status would suggest.


These poor neglected foundlings tend to appear in one scene, perhaps five,
and then they are lost to the pages! Bring them together by choosing one from each book and using these five special characters in your story.


Your submission may be strictly cannon, or a parody
...but you must be done and posted within five days, by the Ninth of May- in other words, one less than twice five.


You must use at least five, (but please, feel free to use more, or Merlin forbid, all) of the words in the following list:

quinquefoliate - Having five leaves or leaflets
quintessence - the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
quintessence - the purest and most concentrated essence of something
quintessential - the most typical example or representative of a type
quincentennial - 500th aniversary
pentamerous - devided into five parts
pentameter - A line of verse consisting of five metrical feet.
Quintuplet - 5 children born to the same mother at the same time
Quint - One of a set of quintuplets Also a Quin
Quintet - group of 5 musicians, pieces writ therefor
quintillion - 10^18 (5 groups of 3 zeros after 1000)
Quintation - fifth operation in sequence, addition, multiplication, etc.
Quintilis - the fifth month of the early Roman calendar
pentathlon - an athletic contest, in which each participant competes in five track and field events,
pentatonic - a scale that has 5 notes.
pentomino - a figure made out of 5 squares.
pentagram - a star with 5 points.
pentagon - 5 sided
five
five o'clock shadow
five-star
high-five
Gimme five!
take five
nine to five
five o'clock world
put two and two together and make five
fifth
fifth column
fifth wheel
Cinco de Mayo
demi-deca - half ten = five
fivefold
five-finger
pentad - 5yrs
pentahedron - five-sided solid
pentarchy - a government in the hands of 5 people
pentastich - a composition of 5 verses
quincunx - 5 objects in a square (one in middle, other four at each corner)quincunx -an astrological aspect of 150 degrees separation
quintan - recurring every 5 days, or every fifth day


5 in various root languages:
Anglo Sax.= fif
Gothic=fimf
Icelandic=fimm
Swedish & Danish=fem
utch=viff
German=funf
Lithuanian=penki
Welsh=pump
Gealic= coig
Latin=quinque
Greek=pempe/pente
Sanskrit=panchan