Talked out of hell, he was.

By the greatest man he knew.

Meet with an old acquaintance, he did.

Who knew his father and mother all too well, too.

Eavesdropped a rival at school, he did do.

When the fumes of something evil brewing reached his nose, his companions knew it too.

Half a prince earned him the luck, but he didn't knew who should he express his gratitude to.

The cursed jewel, the poisoned drink all got finished in the hands of the people they weren't meant to, all too soon.

A look in the past gave him the answers to some of his questions, but some remained unanswered too.

The fateful night came when in the search for a piece of soul, the greatest sacrificed himself for a young blood, yes he saw the greatest fall too.

It was the most trusted one who stabbed when the back was turned, but saved an innocent from the guilt of a lifetime.

Old friends joined hands together again, old heroes fought again too.

With luck at their side they attained success too.

But the great old wizard gave up his life n kindled the fire of valour in the hearts of the young ones.

Gave them the courage to stand up and fight for what's right and virtuous.

The world saw the uprising of the dark and the evil;

But there were our heroes, too.

This is a poetic tribute to Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince written by JK Rowling. Feel free to drop your suggestions here :) .

Think you just outmanoeuvred your destiny? Think again. You'll never know when and where you'll meet it. Sometimes, it seems easier to follow your destiny rather than making choices of yours; after all, you'd have someone to blame if you fail. Letting destiny show you the way is good until karma pops in. Karma almost always has a way of shutting off your destiny, but in some countable instances, it's the other way around.

I've faced a myriad of types of people in the last 14 years of my existence. I've faced them all- Fake-friends, publicity seeking people, those cringe worthy show-offs, tricksters, people with fake personalities et al. But, the ones who've caused the most damage to my life are the ones who show themselves as my friends in front of me but stab with a- no shoot me with a rifle when my back is turned. These people pop up whenever I'm trying to follow my destiny; I don't know if it's my fate or one of karma's evil doings that these people mess up the night sky when I need the stars to be in my favour the most.

I was concentrating on my question paper, trying to recall the synonym of 'muzzle' when I heard a 'psst' sound, I didn't pay any heed to it then. After sometime, I heard that sound again, it was a friend of mine (well, a publicity seeking, backbiter kind of fake friend) who was sitting behind me, trying to seek my attention. when she realised that she had succeeded in her puny attempt, she asked me to shift my answer sheet a little bit to the side so that she'd be able to copy them, I did not. Two months later, the results came out; I was the top of the class, she ranked in second. I was horrified and devastated, this was the girl who gets B's and C's in English in class tests. I had prepared day and night not for some cheater to get an advantage. I came to know that she was able to copy all but 20 questions which she was not able to see, which was why she asked me to shift the paper a bit to the right. Karma shut my destiny off.

Another exam was coming up and this time I was not going to let her take advantage of my skills again (not to boast or anything, but I take a lot of pride in my English language skills). I left no stone unturned in my preparation and finally, the day arrived. I reached the examination centre early, occupied the first bench and asked a trustworthy friend of mine to sit behind me. The exam went extremely well and the results got out after a month or so. I scored 93% and got a medal of excellence while she did miserably, managing a meagre 39%. I was really happy, karma had played her game on her. What I didn't realise then was that the unthinkable had happened, destiny had shut karma off. That girl's best friend, who was just like her, got the same marks as me and also a medal of excellence, all of my happiness was sucked out when I recalled that she was sitting in the place adjacent to mine and she had copied my answers with just a little effort, which she later confessed herself.

So, in the end I learnt a major lesson- You cannot escape your Destiny nor you can free yourself from the dirty plays of Karma.