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And any such person who's
Unlucky or foolish
Enough to approach it
Meets a fate that's quite ghoulish

For the Squid will
Swallow that person alive
And then to the depths of the lake
It will dive

And in the Squid's belly
The victim will suffer
Until the Squid makes a new limb
From the duffer.

Some six times before
Had this horror ensued
When the two stupid students
Picked up with their feud.

But the soggiest dueler
Just kept right on smirking
When he saw that the Squid
Was the one who was jerking

His ankle so roughly and
Stirring the water.
And slowly, so slowly
He was led to his slaughter.

So slowly, in fact,
That they neither did notice
A giant black beak opening up
Like a lotus,

And just when it dawned upon
Victim the First
That his leg was in pain
Did it all get much worse.

For the pain in his leg
Became much more acute
When the Squid ripped it off,
Raised it up in salute,

And then gobbled it up
Like a nice, tasty treat.
And poor Victim the First
Found he couldn't retreat.

'Just curse it, or hex it!'
The First Victim cried
And the other boy, bless him,
He certainly tried.

But all was in vain,
They soon were to find,
When Victim the Second's legs
Both were entwined

In the Squid's slimy tentacles,
Squeezing him tight
Until he was shaking
And trembling with fright.

He pleaded and prayed
That he'd not end up dead.
The kind Squid let him finish
And then bit off his head.

And with one Victim twitching
And the other one squealing
It swallowed them both
Since they both were appealing.

It ended badly, however,
For all those in question
For the poor Giant Squid
Suffered great indigestion.

The two disappearances
Raised some alarms
Until someone noticed
The Squid's two new arms.

'It is sad,' they all said,
'And a shame that they died,
But how foolish they were
To have dallied outside

On the dark grounds of Hogwarts
On Halloween night.
What a pity they perished,
And all for a fight.'

Now…
Halloween's curse
Lasts just 24 hours,
But do not forget that this
Old school of ours

Holds many dark secrets
And has life of its own,
A changeable nature
In unchanging stone.

So Scorpius Malfoy,
Whilst up in your tower,
Just you keep in mind
This capricious power.

And you, Albus Severus,
When you sleep 'neath the lake
You must always remember
The poor Victims' mistake.

One can hardly decide
Which of two is the winner
When both of them end up
As some monster's dinner."

After each of the boys had been
Given detention
Headmistress Pennycook
Turned her attention

To Severus's portrait
And asked with a smirk,
"Just what did you tell them,
You naughty ol' berk?"

Snape only sneered
And edged out of his frame
But his voice from the darkness
Rang out just the same,

"'Twas nothing of import,
So give me a break.
Just don't be surprised
If they both fear the lake."