Dear Harry,

How are things at the ministry? Are you starting to hunt for dark wizards yet? How's Ron really doing? I wrote to him a few days ago, he hasn't replied but I have a feeling he'd want to save face and tell me everything is all right even if their not. You'll tell me the truth right?

It weird being back at Hogwarts after everything. It's exactly the same you know. I thought it would at least look newer after all the repairs, you know like when a room looks new with a fresh coat of paint. Here the cracks that have also been there just magically appear again. I suppose that's the word, magic, unlike how in the world we grew up in, we repair walls with new bricks, they repair walls with the rubble left behind.

Speaking of our world, have you heard anything form the Dursleys? My mum and dad were really upset with me when I returned and told them what happened. Ron told me to just charm their memory to make it so that they won't remember that I wasn't with them for one year but I couldn't do that. That year is significant for me, I'm sure it was for all of us, I don't want them not to know. Besides how was I to explain to them about Fred? This way I got to tell them about Tonks, Lupin, Dobby and the rest. I didn't get to leave the house for the whole summer as you might know, I think they are still angry with me. Sometimes I think they may even fear me a little because of what I can do. What do you think? Should I have listened to Ron?

There weren't many new students at Hogwarts this year. I think some of the parents have sent them to Dumstrung or Beauxbaton or some other school seeing as how Voldermort only attacked Hogwarts. Professor McGonagall is excellent as the new headmaster, even though I do still miss Dumbledore It's really not the same here without him. By the way, I'm sure you know Ginny is captain of the Gryffindor Quiddich team this year, we won the first game with Hufflepuff. Beat them by 50 points even when they caught the snitch. Ginny said the team is worried because they lost their best seeker, you. Their not sure how well they will hold against Slytherin. Ginny is doing a great job, there are some moves I have never seen before but that's not really saying much since I can't tell the good moves from the great moves.

I think I will stop here. Have lots of homework to do. Hope to hear from you soon. Take care Harry.

Love,

Hermione