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Post by Katrine Treft on Sept 28, 2008 6:45:10 GMT -7
((Katrine's diary is a small, plain looking notebook, which could be easily tucked into a large pocket. The cover is dark blue stiff cardboard, and the pages unlined. She keeps it in a variety of places, which she claims are 'handy'.))
August 22nd 2008
Hi.
Or should that be 'Dear Diary'? If I'm going for traditional diary writing, I guess it should be, but it seems rather boring, really. And - oh, forget it, I hardly think it matters!
Anyway, why have I suddenly out of the blue decided to write a diary? It's all my dad's fault. This morning, while I was still trying to decide between apricot and raspberry jam, he said, really pretty randomly, "You know... My Hogwarts years were some of the best of my life. I always wished I'd kept a record of them." And then, while I was still looking kinda confused, he handed me this diary, and told me I should consider recording some of the said best years of my life.
So, here I am, considering it. Though I've gone beyond considering, really, and have actually started. It's been a whole lot of fun so far, I can tell you.
Hmmm - most exciting thing last week - I went to Diagon Alley to get my new school stuff. The best bit was either getting my wand (which I keep looking at to just make sure it's real!) or my books. I managed to convince my parents to let me get some extra books as well, so I should have plenty of reading material at Hogwarts. Met this friendly boy called Michael Chiang in the bookshop, who was in a wheelchair. I didn't even know they had wheelchairs in the wizarding world! And his parents had just died of the summer, so I felt really pretty sorry for him. Life just sucks sometimes, huh? He was really friendly, though, and we talked about a bunch of stuff.
All those books made my trunk really heavy though, so my dad had to put a lightening charm on it so I could actually lift it without killing myself!
I can't wait until I get to Hogwarts. I know some people don't like school, but I - and this is going to sound so incredibly nerdy - actually rather like it. Maybe I won't by the time I have to do exams, and stuff, but at the moment, I do. And my dad's waxed so poetical about Hogwarts that I feel I can't help but love it! All the magic sounds so wonderfully... well, magic! And I can't wait to meet some new people.
And that's a really weird thing for me to say. I mean, here, at Poynton Primary School, I'm the quiet kid, the one who doesn't socialise very well, the one who isn't good at making friends. I admit it - I'm not very good at being social and stuff. But I have to wonder how much of that is because it was expected of me - everyone knew I was the quiet kid, so I was the quiet kid. Maybe at Hogwarts where nobody knows me, I won't have to be the quiet kid anymore. Though I suspect my shyness'll still cut in.
Wow, I'm really starting to ramble, but I guess I can kinda see my dad's point about having a diary, now!
Hmmm. I'd probably better stop, now. I need to let Shepsit in - I can hear her meowing even in my room!
Only nine days until Hogwarts!
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Post by Katrine Treft on Sept 29, 2008 6:40:56 GMT -7
September 1st 2008
Hi! (Which is the greeting I'm sticking with.)
Guess where I'm writing this from? My new dormitory - Hufflepuff, just as my dad suspected!
So far, Hogwarts has been amazing! Okay, so I've only been here for a few hours, but I've enjoyed those few hours. The Great Hall is beautiful, and I could stare at the ceiling for ages! And the Sorting Hat was actually pretty friendly, for, you know, a hat. You could pretty well have a real conversation with it. And from the outside, coming across the Lake, Hogwarts looks incredibly impressive. All big and grand with lots of turrets and little fiddly bits on it!
And the train was beautiful too! Though something pretty scary happened actually on the train. See, I'd found myself a compartment with Michael (the boy I met in Diagon Alley) because I couldn't find any empty carriages or other first years and he was the only Hogwarts person I knew (I've met more know, though!). And there was this other girl in there, asleep in the corner - I didn't know her name, then, but it's Olive - and then another girl, who was Michael's girlfriend and who is called Jai something, came in.
We were talking about our cats (Shepsit was doing her cute act) when suddenly Olive seemed to be having some sort of fit. We couldn't wake her up, and it was pretty scary, so I went to go get some help from some older students. When I brought them back there was blood everywhere - or at least I thought so - but the two older girls managed to stop the bleeding and we sent an owl off to the nurse and by that time we were near the station already so it was okay. The nurse met us at the station and took Olive off to medicate her, or something.
Talk about a start to school, huh! I hope she'll be okay, but the nurse didn't seem majorly stressed out so I think she'll be fine.
Apart from that, though, everything else has been great! I think I love Hogwarts already! And I think I'm going to be happy in Hufflepuff - I mean, I know people think it's kind of a lesser house, but I think everyone just doesn't know much about it. And people are supposed to be friendly and hard-working and stuff, so I think I'll fit in nicely.
I even met Michael's sister, Lucy, in the common room after the feast, and she seemed really friendly - I hope I'll see more of her around.
Anyway, I'd better be off, otherwise I'll have to wait for ages to have a shower.
Toodles!
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Post by Katrine Treft on Oct 2, 2008 2:33:46 GMT -7
September 5th 2008
Hi!!
Hogwarts is still wonderful.
Well, a minute by minute account of my days here would probably be pretty boring and, to be honest, I don't really think I can be bothered to write it. So I'll just go for general impressions.
Is it a little sad that the first thing that comes to mind is that I've enjoyed my lessons so far? Herbology, especially, was really interesting - Did you know that the house elves here put leaping toadstools into soups?! I knew there was a reason I didn't like mushrooms! What else...? Transfiguration's hard, and my stupid matchstick really, really likes being a matchstick and absolutely refuses to become a needle! But McGonagol didn't yell at me, or anything - she actually gave me some tips on how to do it better. Which kind of worked.
Potions... seems good so far, there's definitely some interesting reading in it. it's a big class, too, with five year groups in it! Not quite sure how that's going to work, but I'm assuming the Professor can handle it. From what I've heard about him, anyway, he can.
Oh! And in History of Magic, I actually earned some house points! Five of them!! It was for knowing some stuff about the International Confederation of Wizards and when it was set up. Am I glad I read anything I can get my hands on! You never know what might be useful. So far, I think this has been my most interesting lesson, but then I always was a history addict, so maybe that's not all that surprising!
The Charms teacher seems pretty nice so far, though a bit absentminded. I think she actually forgot she had a class, so I sort of bumbled in and we had a rather awkward conversation. I know - my brilliant people skill strike again!
Flying lessons aren't quite as great. My broom definitely does not like to listen to me. Clearly I have severe dominance problems - I can't even get a broom to do what I want it to! Or maybe I'm just not really cut out for flying.
Huh, I think I should really stop rabbiting on about classes, now. What else has been happening?
I've talked to Lucy a few more times, now, and some other people in older years as well. I keep running into her, which is pretty weird. I'm sort of seeing her as a friend, now, and I hope she returns the sentiments. I don't really have much to do with the rest of my year, for some reason. I guess we just don't really have anything in common. That doesn't bother me that much, though, as most of the classes are mixed years anyway. And I've always got Shepsit to talk to in my dormitory. She does seem to be liking it here, though I've no idea what she gets up to at night.
Anyway, I've really written in here for too long, and I'd better go and do that reading for Transfiguration! I have to say, I'm glad I'm not in a higher year - they seem to get absolutely tons of homework!
So, until next time!
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Post by Katrine Treft on Oct 4, 2008 7:03:59 GMT -7
September 24th 2008
Hi!
Well, everything's ticking along nicely so far. Classes are pretty much the same - I finally, finally got that matchstick to become a needle, and nothing terrible has happened in any other class, so I'm happy.
Hum, other news... Oh - I definitely consider Lucy a friend, now, what with all the times I've talked to her. And I think she returns the sentiments, as she alughs and relaxes around me. Which is a nice feeling, to know that you can help a friend in a good way.
And, oh, wow, I met this fifth (I think) year Gryffindor yesterday called Aviana. She's fun to be around, though it's a bit hard to keep up with her thoughts, sometimes. I started off showing her and Lucy how to skip rocks - which apparently neither of them had done before. I thought everyone knew how to skip rocks! - and it ended with her trying to attract the attention of the Giant Squid by throwing rock at it! It was really fun, and me and Lucy had an interesting little talk about kelpies and the Loch Ness Monster (which is one, which is why muggles have no hope at ever managing to find it. Unless it want to be found, of course.). So I enjoyed that.
I'm having problems of thinking of things to write back in my letters to my parents. I mean, there's only so many ways I can think of to say 'Yes, everything's still going great and I'm fine'! And there's so much else to do here that my letters are getting shorter and shorter. The first one I sent off was a two page monster, and they've been shrinking ever since. By Christmas they'll only be about a paragraph long. But at Christmas I'll be able to babble away to my parents about everything anyway, so that won't matter.
Gosh, I find it amazing how I can waffle on about nothing in particular for quite a while! And I wonder why people sometimes say I can't write anything without going majorly overboard about the subject?! Well, I wonder no longer...
Well, I can't really think of anything else to say (write) so I'll be off now. Maybe I'll head down to the common room and see if Lucy's there, or something.
Bye!
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Post by Katrine Treft on Feb 17, 2009 6:02:29 GMT -7
October 11th
How time flies when one is having fun... Or, at least, when one is very, very busy! And mostly having fun.
I had an 'interesting' meeting yesterday with an older Ravenclaw girl - I never found out her name; she didn't say much - and Hagrid, who is Hogwarts' Ground Keeper and Care of Magical creatures teacher (that's a class I can't take until I'm in third year - my dad say it's the best! But then he would, cos he's really into animals and all). Anyway.
So, I was wandering around on the edge of the Forest - not actually in it, so I wasn't really breaking any rules. There's nothing that says you can't look into the forest... you just can't go into it! - when I ran into this Ravenclaw. I was thinking she was going to tell me off for being so near the Forest, when suddenly Hagrid appeared!
Well, he actually ran across the grounds, but it still shocked me: it's only when he gets close you realise how big he really is! And his voice is really loud too! I thought he was going to shout at us, then, for breaking rules and stuff (though we weren't really) but he just warned us that the centaurs were being funny and we should be careful.
I wonder what he meant by being out of sorts, but he wouldn't tell us. Well, if I see a centaur, I'll ask him. Except he or she probably won't tell me anything either, because no-one ever tells children anything! That's a good thing I can see about growing up, as well as being able to do more things - adults start treating you like you actually have a brain!
Other than that, life's just been ticking away as normal... the next big thing is the Halloween feast - which is supposed to be quite spectacular - so I'll write more when that's happened!
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Post by Katrine Treft on Feb 18, 2009 2:42:57 GMT -7
October 23rd
Not such a great day today. I mean, it was fine, but some not-so-good things happened as well.
See, I was just in the library, wandering around, when I heard a voice that sounded like Lucy's. I went to investigate, and it was. The person talking to her was Olive (you know, the one that had that strange fit thing on the train) which was why I didn't know who she was. She was looking wierd, all red and out-of-breath and really unhappy looking even though she was in the library. But Lucy was looking worse, actually, because she'd been whacked on the head with some books (I'm a little fuzzy how that happened, but it had something to do with Summoning spells, I think).
Olive didn't seem to be doing anything useful, so I helped Lucy up to the Hospital Wing, where she promptly collapsed (but on a bed, though, so that was alright). Luckily the Nurse was there, and she said Lucy was fine, and just had some cracked ribs and a concussion which she sorted with some spells. I was really glad, as I was worried that Lucy had seriously hurt herself.
I then mentioned Olive to Nurse Johnson, and she looked all worried and said that, yes, she was concerned about Olive, but the girl was going through a hard time so I had to make sure not to bother her. I would never bother someone like her, anyway! She's obviously pretty unhappy (maybe she hates school, or her friends are being mean to her) and bothering her would just make her more unhappy. I hope Nurse Johnson does something, though, because it's not right that someone should be unhappy like Olive is.
So, I suppose it wasn't a bad day for me, but Lucy certainly didn't have a very good day and I'm not sure if Olive ever has a good day. I think I might go up to the Hospital Wing to check if Lucy's okay... Mum sent me some chocolates with her last letter and I still have some left, so I think I'll go bring her some. That's what you give to people in hospital, isn't it? Flowers and chocolate and fruit. But I don't have any flowers and I think fruit's pretty boring so I'll just settle with the chocolate.
Anyway, I'd better be off if I want to do that before curfew...
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Post by Katrine Treft on Feb 18, 2009 3:32:11 GMT -7
November 3rd
Well, Halloween was good! I've never 'celebrated' it before (I've never even been trick-or-treating or to a Halloween party... my parents aren't big on it) so it was pretty exciting. the castle was decorated beautifully - I don't know who did it, but they should get a prize! There were silvery cobwebs in corners, and little bats that fluttered around really cutely (I asked Professor Rose whether they were real, and she said that they weren't, they were just a spell. It's a really good one, though!) and these absolutely giant pumpkins all over the place (one of the other First Years actually hid in one!) and lots of orange and black cloth and sparkly streamer things, especially in the Great Hall.
The actual Halloween feast was really good too. The House Elves had made all these little themed foods, and they tasted great! I wish we could have more feasts... We've only had the Start of Year one and this one so far, but they've both been really good! I mean, normally the food is great at all the meals, but on feast nights you get a much wider variety of stuff.
In the dorm afterward, we all told scary stories (just to be in the spirit of things, you know!) and Marie (one of the other Hufflepuff first years) had all these Halloween sweets that her parents, who are very into Halloween, had sent her, so we shared them out. It was really fun - definitely the most fun I've had with any of my dorm mates so far this year, and so far we've been much friendlier with each other than we were before Halloween. I don't think I'm ever going to become best friends with them, but it's nice to be getting on well with them!
Anyway, I'm writing this before breakfast, so I'd better go if I ever want to get any!
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Post by Katrine Treft on Feb 20, 2009 8:37:50 GMT -7
November 20th
Ho-hum... For some reason, this week I've got lots of homework. All the teachers seem to have decided we weren't working hard enough, and I've got homework for every subject I do. It's better than some of the older students, though, who do more subjects and get more homework for each subject, as well!
But anyway, I was struggling with my transfiguration homework - not really struggling, as I'm sure I could've gotten it done, but I was a bit confused - when Heath turned up. He's the Hufflepuff prefect, and I've met him a few times before around the school. Anyway, he was really nice and helped me with it all. Transfiguration's difficult, though, or at least I think so. All the theory seems designed to totally confuse poor students!
In other news, I think Shepsit's liking Hogwarts. She usually sleeps on my bed, like she always has done (this can be not so good in summer, when it's hot, and we're both trying to strecth out on the bed!) but she often comes in quite late. I've seen her a few times prowling around in the gardens, and I think she has made friends with some house elves - sometimes when I feed her, she acts like she's already eaten. Maybe she's found her way into the kitchens, and has done her cute act to convince them to feed her!
I'm glad she likes it here, I was worried she wouldn't. You know how they say you should put butter on cat's paws to make them stay in a new home? I wondered about doing it to her, but I thought it would be really messy and she doesn't like butter anyway, but she's settled in fine. I'm really happy that I won't have to consider leaving her at home after Christmas.
Which reminds me, only just over a month until Christmas, and less than that until the Christmas holidays begin. Oooh, it will be funny going home!
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Post by Katrine Treft on Feb 20, 2009 8:54:52 GMT -7
December 4th
Something more serious to write about today.
Lucy's suddenly decided that werewolves and vampires deserve to get a better deal in life. Yeah, I was kinda surprised when she came out with that, too. I'm not sure whether she was talking with someone about it before she talked to me, or whether she just suddenly started thinking about it, but she seems very serious.
I ran into her in the bathroom before dinner, and was all like "Hello, how are you?" kinda thing, when she goes "I was thinking about some of my father's ideals." This rather confused me, I admit, but I think that that statement, coming out of the blue, wuld've confused anyone! Anyway, she did explain what she was talking about - this whole vampire and werewolf equality thing - and I sort of agreed.
I mean, when you think about it, it is quite unfair that they have to put up with the sorts of laws they do... But I can see why the laws are in place, as well. No-one wants to become a werewolf, after all - at least, no ordinary person! - so it is unfair that just because someone is a werewolf we assume they're going to kill everyone. And then vampires... well, not all of them kill people and drink their blood and stuff, just some of them.
Oh, I don't know, really, I can see why there should be laws against them and why there shouldn't be, too, and I really don't know. Maybe if I give it some more thought I'll come up with something, but I doubt it. It is a very knotty problem, in my opinion.
Lucy is very determined, though, and very convinced about the right and wrongs of it all, and she was so convinced that I sort of agreed to help her. I'm still not quite sure how that happened. I mean, I don't mind helping her write letters to the Prophet, and stuff - I'm always ready to help a friend, and this is for a cause, as well - but I'm not so convinced as she is, I guess.
But of course I'll help her, even if I won't get so passionate about it as she will. I'm more than happy to be on the sidelines while she is the visible one fighting for werewolf and vampire rights. I think she is right, after all, and that werewolves and vampires should get a better deal in life. Well, actually, I think the ones that won't kill anyone deserve a better deal, but the ones that do want to hurt people deserve to be discriminated against!
And I'm not really sure if we can do anything - though Lucy seems totally convinced of it all, so I guess she knows more than I do about it (I've never thought about it before!) - but she suggested to professor Torlen. He is a Wizengamot member, so maybe he'll be able to give us ideas. And I think Lucy is hoping he can use his influence to do something.
I guess we'll have to see how it turns out. But as of now, it appears I'm a member of Lucy's 'Rights For All' Club! I hope we do manage to do something, at least, even if we just raise some awareness in the school... But I think Lucy will manage to do something. She is very determined, after all.
Wow - after all that serious stuff, I think I need some food! I think I have some biscuits in my trunk... Lemme go find them...
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Post by Katrine Treft on Feb 21, 2009 2:45:17 GMT -7
December 11th
Well, our talk with Professor Torlen did not go as we had hoped. It wasn't at all good. Basically, he told us we shouldn't do anything active to help werewolves and vampires. He got quite angry about it, actually, and said we'd totally wreck our futures if we did anything and that two students at Hogwarts couldn't do anything.
I can see his point, actually, as it was sort of the same thing I was worried about before. After all, I'm sure other people have tried to give everyone equal rights, and it's never worked before! What can we do?
He did say that doing research and observing people and getting our facts straight and preparatory stuff like that would be good... And he gave us this absolutely huge book called Flaws of Evolution which is a bit complicated. We've read the first chapter, though, and it seems to have some really good stuff in it!
Lucy's not going to give up, I don't think, despite what Professor Torlen said. I don't really think she's one for waiting until we're older - she sees it as unfair, and she wants to change it, now! So I think she's still going to be doing stuff, and I guess I'll be helping her. I'm not sure quite what we should do next, but maybe we should get some other students interested. Oh well, i hope Lucy has some sort of plan! (Not that I think we can do anything until we read this book, and it's so big that we're going to be reading it for about six years! Well, maybe not that long...)
And then, to really complete a day that wasn't going so well, we ran into Finch from Ravenclaw on the way back. He's the boy that harrasses Lucy, and I think he was going to try something on me, but Lucy cast [i Silencio [/i] on him before he could do anything. She was in a really bad mood after our talk with Professor Torlen (I was really scared she was going to break thing) so she had no patience to do with Finch! I'm just glad she didn't hit him...
She says he'll probably keep bothering me, so I'm going to avoid him. Or try to, anyway. it's a big place, Hogwarts is, and I'm sure I'll be able to avoid a boy who's not even in my year!
So, yeah, not the most hopeful day in the world. Lucy's still pretty annoyed that professor Torlen took such a passive view of it all, and I think she's planning a new attack. I guess I'll have to see where that takes us!
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Post by Katrine Treft on Feb 22, 2009 3:33:31 GMT -7
December 25th
Christmas Day!!! And snow! Only a little bit, but me, mum and dad still went out to the nearby moors and messed around in it. We had several snowball fights, and there wasn't enough snow to make a snowman, so we made snow-animals, instead. A dog, a cat, and a mouse (the cat went a bit wonky, though, and its ears kept falling off.) It was really nice walking through the snow, and great fun playing with it. Having snow on Christmas Day is just perfect!
After our walk in the snow, we went back home and had Christmas lunch. Lunch was a strange combination of muggle and wizarding cooking - mum did the turkey and stuffing and vegetables and things like that by hand, but dad used this complicated, traditional family spell to make the Christmas pudding. Everything turned out really well, though - and I got the horse-shoe charm from the pudding! Good luck for me!
I got some really nice presents, as well. Several books I've been wanted for a while, and some fun magical things (ever-spinning tops, and those fireworks that don't burn anything, and a radio that doesn't use electricity but runs on magic) and some non-magical things (a watercolour set and some little lucky china horses) and some not-so-fun useful things (new jumpers, and some slippers). And my parents really liked the presents I gave them, which were these little glass charms that changed colour depending on the weather (one shows what the weather was like, one what it will be like, and one what it is like). I got them when I was in Diagon Alley before school started, and I'm glad they liked them.
I sent off some chocolates to the Chiangs (Lucy and Michael) because I wasn't quite sure what to get them, but I wanted to get them (especially Lucy) something because they've been so nice and friendly. I hope they liked them, and the Christmas card that went as well.
So, overall, it's been a really good Christmas. It's really nice be home. I mean, I do love Hogwarts, but it's nice to see my parents, and Heah (our owl) and the garden, and the house, and everything. I've told my parents a lot about Hogwarts - so much that I think they're getting fed-up, now! I can't help it, though - I've got so much to say!
Only a few more days until New Year, now, and then it's back to Hogwarts for another term. I hope the rest of my holidays go as well as they have so far, as I've really enjoyed them. Tomorrow we're all going for a long walk in the Peak District somewhere - we need to, after all the food we had for dinner!
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Post by Katrine Treft on Feb 27, 2009 20:49:28 GMT -7
January 7th
Well, back at Hogwarts now. All the Christmas decorations have been taken down, which is a bit sad, as they were really pretty (icicles and snow that didn't melt and lots of trees) but I think I preferred the Halloween decorations. The bats were just so cute!
There's still snow on the ground outside, and it's really cold. From what other students have told me, it'll remain like this for a while because we're so far north. Which is good in one sense, because snow and all that is nice, but bad in another, because sometimes it doesn't snow, and it's just really, really cold. or, worse, it's cold, but not cold enough for snow, and it rains or sleets. Sleet is always miserable.
Me and Lucy are still pushing onwards with Flaws of Evolution , which has gotten more interesting now we're past the introduction. It's kinda weird, though, because I don't really get why someone would write all this down and then not do anything about it. Maybe he did, though, and failed. Or died before he could do anything about werewolves. Oh well, his book is very useful. Even if the diagrams are a bit icky and disturbing.
Doobly doo... What else is there to write about?
Not a whole lot, really. Ummm....
Oh! it was Marie's birthday yesterday, so her best friend (Rebbecca, but we all call her Becky) had gotten her a cake, and decorations, and so involved us all in decorating the dorm. I think it must be kinda depressing to have your birthday in January... so soon after Christmas and New Year. It can't feel very special. But Marie seemed to enjoy it, and liked the present we'd banded together and gave to her (it was some owl-ordered chocolate, which seems to be the only thing I give to people these days!). And the cake was nice, too. I have no idea where Becky bought it... but maybe I should ask?
Well, I'd better go now. I'm writing this sitting on my bed before classes start, but I can hear people moving about in the dorm (I have my curtains closed so I can't see them). Guess I'd better get myself sorted!
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Post by Katrine Treft on Mar 6, 2009 2:30:28 GMT -7
January 20th
Lucy's going to teach me Quidditch!
Well, not proper Quidditch, yet, but she said we could do some Quaffle practice together this Saturday. Or, at least, she's going to help me get some practice, as we'll be doing pretty basic stuff I really don't think she needs to practice.
So, at breakfast today (where I was feeling kinda blue, because it's a Tuesday and I don't like Tuesday's very much, and the weather was all sort of grey and boring) Lucy came over and we started talking. We first talked about secret passages, but had to stop that because the Head Boy was nearby and overheard us (but Lucy says we can't get in trouble for just talking about it) and then our cats (Shepsit's sitting here right now, in fact, purring away like mad!) and then flying.
And when I told her my flying was getting better, and that I was actually starting to enjoy it, she came out with this whole Quidditch thing. Of course, I said yes, and that it would be a great idea! So, that's my plans for this Saturday!
It's weird, though, as when I came to Hogwarts, I don't think I'd ever considered actually playing Quidditch. Dad is so against flying because of his fear of heights, that I kinda felt the same was as well. And my first few flying lessons were kinda nerve wracking, especially when we had to stay in the air for longish periods of time. But then, I began to actually enjoy them. I guess I was less nervous one I hadn't fallen off in a few lessons, and when the brooms actually began to listen to me, it really all got pretty cool.
So - Quidditch next? Lucy said we'd go out and throw a Quaffle around a bit, so I guess I'll find out how I manage then. I mean, if I'm really, really terrible at it, I probably don't have a chance at the sport, but I really hope it goes okay... Oh well, it's flying, which is fun, and with Lucy, who's nice, so I don't think it'll be too traumatic...
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