Dearest Diary
August 28, 1966
Yesterday I received my acceptance letter to Hogwarts. I was so happy. So today we went to Diagon Alley to get my school supplies. Mother bought me this diary because she said I would like something to remember my time at Hogwarts with. She also said that while she was at Hogwarts she also kept a diary. I asked if I could see it, and she said someday. I wonder when someday will come. It probably never will. So we went to Gringotts first and then Mother and I went off to get my school robes at Madame Malkin's Robes for All Occasions. After the school robes we went to Flourish and Blott's to get all the books a first year would need. We stopped at Ollivander's and I got my wand. It took forever to finally find one that was perfect, but I have it now. It is 12 ½ inches long and made of ash wood. It also has a unicorn hair. Then we went to Eeylops Owl Emporium, and I got an owl. She is so beautiful. She is brown and white and her eyes shine yellow. Finally our last stop was The Apothecary where I got my potion ingredients. Finally we were finished and we came home. So now I am sitting on my bed in our beautiful big house. Mother said there are many ways to write in a diary. She said one way is to every night write in it, or once a week and recap the week or you can just write when something very important happens. I think I will do the last way when something really important or special happens. So goodbye for now…
Narcissa Black