Letters From Hogwarts

by PenPals1327

Two best friends growing up, closer than sisters... Until one of them receives an acceptance letter from Hogwarts! As one of them is whisked into a world of magic and adventure, the two keep in touch. They send letters back and forth, documenting their friendship and the ways each of them grow through the separation. New friends, new experiences, but they maintain their friendship.

1. Chapter 1

1st of September

Zoya,

Can you believe I'm here? I still can't even believe that magic is real and that I'm a witch. This is wicked. It's like a real castle and everything! There are merpeople and a giant squid in the lake. Who knows what's in the Forbidden Forest.

The Hogwarts Express was cool, I'll have to bring you some Bertie Botts every flavor beans. This one guy in the compartment I sat in on the train got a vomit flavored bean! He almost threw up, it was hilarious. I'll have to bring you chocolate frogs too...

We got off the train and this HUGE guy led us to the boats. You know how much boats scare me. I almost had a panic attack.

We were all shuffled into a little room to wait while the upper levels got settled into the Great Hall. Then we were led into the Great Hall by Professor Longbottom. (He's evidently a war hero from the Battle of Hogwarts!)

Professor Longbottom lined us up along the front of the Great hall in front of four giant tables. He set down a stool and held a hat. He started calling off names and everyone took turns sitting on the stool. He would place the hat on your head and it would start talking! He sorted you into the different houses. There are four of them, hence the four tables: Slytherin, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw. When I got up to the stool, the Sorting Hat was torn between Slytherin and Ravenclaw. In the end he decided on Slytherin. The Slytherin Table erupted into cheers as I sat down with them beside two equally nervous-looking first years. The two I sat with on the train.

After the feast (and my god do I mean a feast. Like multiply Thanksgiving by two and you come close to the amount of food there was.) We were led to our common rooms by our prefects. Ours is in the dungeons, it's actually under the lake. So cool!

It's time for bed now, the rest of my roommates are already asleep. I'm writing by candlelight with an actual quill on fancy parchment. This is still so unreal. Anyway, I have class in the morning! I'm looking forward to Potions.

~Morgan