The Triwizard Tournament {Repost}

[spirit_queen]

"Um, it's from a Muggle tale; a girl living with her stepmother is treated like a slave. Her stepsisters get invited to the ball, but she ins't allowed to go, even though she stitched her own gown herself. The stepsisters tear up the gown, and when the girl -Cinderella, so called because she was so dirty from house work- cries, a mystical being labeled a 'fairy godmother' appears.

"She looks like a sweet little old lady. She sings a song full of nonsense words like 'bibidy bobidy boo', and does some pretty cool magic, turning a pumpkin into a full carriage, some mice into fine stallions, an old dog into a driver, and Ella's rags into a new gown and glass slippers. She goes tot he ball and dances with the very eligible prince, but when the clock strikes midnight, the magic begins to fade, and she hurries out of the castle before the prince can even get her name. The only clue he gets is that she leaves behind a glass slipper, which somehow doesn't fade away.

"The prince searches the whole kingdom, but the shoes is so small no one can fit it. On the day he arrives at Ella's house, her stepmother locks her away, telling her she's not fit to see the prince. The stepsisters can't fit the shoe, but when Ella escapes, of course it fits hers, and the prince frees her from her lowly life of slavery and marries her.

"What I meant when I said those nonsense words is that Muggles would expect us to mumble nonsense, wave a wand and fix all their problems the way the godmother did."

[Miranda_]

"When there's a lot more to it than that," Draven replied.

"That's a Muggle fairy tale, right? I never heard of anything like that when I was growing up. I heard different stories."

[spirit_queen]

"The Tales of Beedle the Bard are my favorite," Wendy said. "My mum got me a book of them when I was little and learning to read."

[Miranda_]

"Yeah, those are what I heard, too."

[spirit_queen]

"I heard both kinds of tales growing up," Wendy told him.

[Miranda_]

"Well, your father's a Muggle, so you would have."

[spirit_queen]

"Some fo the Muggle tales about magic are silly," laughed Wendy.

[Miranda_]

"Ones mentioning instantly appearing items, or changing someone's shape without drinking a potion?" Draven asked.

"I hear a lot of Muggles believe that they can use magic to change their shape. Unless that person happens to be a Metamorphmagus like you, they have to brew and then drink Polyjuice potion."

[spirit_queen]

"Or an animagus; lots of Muggle tales involve magicians taking an animal form of some sort. Sometimes I wonder if that's a diluted memory of the truth; Wizardkind and Muggles used to mix, until Muggles feared us and tried to *****cute us."

[Miranda_]

"Or choosing their animal form; that doesn't happen with Animagi," Draven replied.

"You can't choose your animal form; what you get reflects your personality. Same as casting a Patronus."