December 26th,
Diaries, who even came up with that term? Now journal sounds a lot better to me, at least that is what my brother calls it. He says the term is way more masculine than diary. You see, my mother bought three of them on sale from the book store a few days before Christmas, so she gave these 'diaries' to us on Christmas.
"Diares? What are we going to do with diaries?" Was what my brother James said when we got them. "What is Albus and I going to do with these? They are for girls"
As I said, James wasn't really happy to get this 'journal'. To be truthful, he is only keeping his now because mum got upset when he asked her why we even got them. I wasn't thrilled to get mine either, but after hearing its more masculine name I guess you can say I decided to give it another shot.
I am Albus Severus Potter, and this is my thoughts. How official huh? Oh man I sound like my mum already!
To start off, I am the middle child my family. The one who has to battle in order to survive in this crazy family I live with. Who am I kidding, I love my family. I should explain who they are first though before I start ranting.
My parents are Harry and Ginny Potter. My dad is the head auror at the Ministry of Magic and is the bravest man I know. To me and my family, my dad is not just Harry Potter, he is the very man who taught me how to fly at the age of four, he taught me what it means to be a Hufflepuff. He is my dad, not the boy-who-lived, which is how everyone who first meets him thinks of him as. My mum is a sport columnist for the Daily prophet, and does her own family life column for the Prophet as well. James is my older brother, he is a year older than me, and he never lets me forget it. Thankfully we don't share the same room any more, or otherwise we would have killed each other years ago. He is a Gryffindor, and plays Beater on the house team. Lily is two years younger than me, and three years younger than James. She is also a Gryffindor, and she thrives on all things pink. If it was up to her, her school robes would be pink, believe me when I say that she is one hundred percent girl. One of the only things that James and I agree fully on is our sister Lily. We already made a pact to protect her against any guy who takes interest in her. I mean any guy who talks to her that aint family.
As for me, well, I am a fourth year Hufflepuff, the only one in my family as you can already guess which feels pretty cool actually, because I am not related to half of the house in any way. I play chaser on the house team, and I have to say I am pretty good at it. My birthday is on December 23rd, I have my dad and Grandmother's emerald green eyes, and blond hair. I know, a blond Potter, how weird right? Well my dad says my great Aunt had blonde hair, and so does my great-grandmother on my mother's side. I love Transfigurations, Potions, and Herbology, I am the best of my year at those subjects (and believe me when I say that is no small accomplishment since my cousin, Rose is the best in all of our classes, much like Aunt Hermione). As for my worst classes, that has to be Defense Against the Dark Arts. Yes I am fully aware how bizarre that sounds, but my dad easily doesn't mind. He says that he is proud of my accomplishments anyway.
Any who, enough said of this sh— over emotional stuff.
As I said, I am Albus Potter, a Hufflepuff fourth year.
-Albus-
