This post has not been vetted or endorsed by BuzzFeed's editorial staff. BuzzFeed Community is a place where anyone can create a post or quiz. Try making your own!Buzz·Posted on Oct 6, 2015Excuses All Hogwarts Students Have Used For Missing AssignmentsMy owl ate my homework...by ali51Community ContributorLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. Charms practice backfired, sending my entire bag into flames. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 2. I dropped it and the wind carried it under the Whomping Willow Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 3. I spilled invisible ink on it. 4. Peeves stole my bag and hid it in the Room of Requirement... 5. Professor Trelawney said that if I turned it in, it would start a series of events leading to my death. 6. I had an accident at Professor Lockhart's dueling club. 7. I was practicing memory charms when my wand suddenly backfired. It wiped my memory of what the assignment was. 8. My Monster Book of Monsters tore it up Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 9. Ron Weasley coughed slugs all over it after his wand backfired. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 10. I thought homework was cancelled because there was a murderous creature on the loose around campus. 11. A House Elf threw out my homework when he was cleaning the common room. 12. I got hit with a bludger during quidditch practice. 13. I let Neville borrow my notes and he forgot where he put my notebook. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 14. The giant squid attacked me and my homework got wet. 15. I dropped my bag when I was practicing how to apparate. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 16. The Weasley twins cast a vanishing spell on my notebook. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 17. I dropped it while running from the troll that attacked the girls bathroom.