Miss. Isabella Swan,

Imagine my wonder and surprise that at my new school they have this lovely pen pal program! Its just my first week in you see and my has it been something to see! All these new classes and all these new face's to see! Oh silly me! Allow me to introduce myself my name is Hermione Granger I'm 11 years old and am in my first year at my new boarding school for the gifted, as you can tell this is my first week here and for my class we are expected to interact with a pen pal throughout the duration of our stay at the boarding school.

My first day was quite the scary experience however informative it was, it started with a train trip to our school where I was quickly introduced to another first year student Neville Longbottom who had lost his pet toad named Trevor, I offered to help him find his missing toad and quickly started out on my trip to find the toad. Along my journey I encountered quite the interesting duo one was introduced to me as Ronald Weasly and the other one as Harry Potter… who really has a lightning bolt scar on his forehead! Oh it was truly the sight to see I mean really in all my day's I never…. Oh silly me I've gone off topic haven't I? As I was saying I was also introduced to a rather angry young man with blond hair that called me a rather rude name that will not be repeated in this letter. I later learned his name to be Draco Malfoy… a freighting name to go with a freighting boy… When we arrived at the school (the toad being found by the groundskeeper Hagrid) we were then ushered into the Great Hall to be sorted into the houses that would be our homes for the next seven years, the house that I got into was a very nice and that nice young boy Neville is in it with me as well as Ronald and Harry!

The first week of school has been tough it's a pretty big school and its really easy for us to get lost in this maze like school so I find myself leaving very early for each class so that I will not be late, who would want to miss all the information that the teacher give out in the few minutes that you miss?

Well I hope to get your response soon… have a nice day Miss Isabella!

Thank you,

Hermione Granger.

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Hey Hermione,

That' s a funny name. Hermione. Why did your parents name you that? Then again, my parents named me Isabella, so I don't really have room to talk. I'd rather go by Bella though, if you don't mind. It's kind of cool that you just started at a new school. I'm at a new school here too, in this town called Forks. I'm used to living in Arizona… I don't know if you've ever been there before, but it's infamous for a dry heat, and then Forks is pretty much the opposite of that. It's cold and rainy, and wet… and let's just say I'm having issues getting adjusted.

Your school sounds so formal… I've never been to a boarding school before. What's it like living with all of your teachers and classmates? It would be weird for me. I like being able to escape. And you have some… interesting… sounding new friends. Does that Harry guy actually have a lightning bolt shaped scar? That's pretty hardcore. Is your other friend Ronald's last name actually Weasley? Poor kid. It must be different there, because if that was his last name here, he'd get his you-know-what kicked. And don't even get me started on Hagrid…. Hagrid? British people have the strangest names sometimes.

At least the great thing about your new school is that you aren't the only new one. In Forks, I'm like the shiny new thing that everyone is fascinated by. I can't go anywhere without people staring at me and talking about me, and trying to talk to me. Maybe someone…. Maybe you would like that, but I take a while to open up to people so it's weird for me. So I have all of these new friends like Jessica and Angela… and this weird guy named Mike Newton who follows me around everywhere.

There's also this guy named Edward. And I don't really know what to think about him… all I know is that there's something about him. I just want to know more. Sorry for laying that on you, I know it's awkward since we don't even know each other but it's not like I have any good friends here… at all. And I can't exactly mention this to my dad or anything.

Anyway, I hope your second week of school keeps going well. You seem like a smart girl, I'm sure you'll do fine.

Bella

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Miss Bella

Are you sure that its alright for me to call you that? It just seems so informal… I guess this is a new experience for me I usually always call people by their full name. My name is not funny it is actually a very popular name for children in Britain and I certainly don't think the name Isabella is anything to scoff at; your parents must have put a lot of care into giving you that name!

Living with all my teacher and classmates is, well tough I guess is the way to put it… I really don't have any friends. That young man Neville is very nice to me but really he seems to be the only one. Everyone here seems to avoid me in anyway that they possibly can from darting down the opposite hallway when they see me coming to moving closer to the friends that they made so that they wont have to talk to me. It's kind of lonely.

I just finished having the last of each of my first classes, one of those classes happened to be my… chemistry class with the teacher professor Snape teaching us. The class did not start well I must say with two of the students rushing in late (they would be Ronald and Harry) and making the professor very angry at our house (they are in the same house as I am). Then the professor started asking Harry all these questions that he did not have the answer to and when I raised my hand to answer, I was ignored and then chastised for it. Then we ended up taking all these informative notes that I have only had time to go over 3 times in the last two weeks and I'm afraid that I am woefully unprepared for his next class… what happens if there is a pop quiz!

Yes Harry Potter really has scar on his head that is shaped like a lightning bolt, however I have been unable to get to know him better because Ronald and himself are two of the people that seem to stick together like glue when I pass giving me the feeling that I really don't want to intrude.

Its sounds positively horrid, your experience at your new school, I would be positively frightened if I had to be in your shoes, you see I really only seem to excel in academics… everything else is really quite the struggle for me… Even sports. I mean I am able to do them when asked by a teacher but none of the sports ever show any promise. What about you, what do you excel at? Don't worry I really don't mind that you have written all that down I really don't mind hearing about your experience and I will try to help in anyway that I can…well as much as an 11 year old can in these kinds of situations. I have been told, however, that I am rather mature for my age.

How did your second week of school go? Did everything finally manage to calm down for you? Also did things finally resolve themselves with Mr. Edward?

Good Luck

Hermione Granger.