Essential Anthems for a Higher Education. It had begun as a list of songs we wrote down in freshman year. We being Albus, James, Hugo, and of course myself. The one and only Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy.
Its beginnings were harmless enough. We were working a Tuesday night shift at The Alternative, but the bar was dead. So, out of boredom, we scribbled down some songs on a crumpled napkin that were essential to any university student's academic career. James anonymously posted it on the bulletin board, and people actually read it. More than that, they liked it. Soon enough, we were posting other things. It sort of became a how to manual for not just surviving university, but enjoying it. Best places to eat on campus, how to throw a great party, even how to execute the perfect break up.
After posting these tips for a while, we resolved to compile our findings and make a book. Complete with pictures, instructional diagrams, quotes, and personal experiences, we decided to keep the name we had originally titled the napkin with: Essential Anthems for a Higher Education.
Needless to say, we couldn't post an entire book on our trusty bulletin board, nor could we admit to writting it at all (due to some of the less than legal content). Still, we felt the need to get it out to our fellow scholars. We've spend the past three years doing so. Now, in senior year, I can't help but wonder if we should have written it at all. It's allowed for some laughs, I'll be the first to admit that, but it's brought several close calls. The most recent of which being the worst blow, for me at least. Now, for the sake of the Anthems, I risk loosing one of the most important people in my life. But this story is one best told from the beginning. So, let me take you back to my freshman year at Hogwarts University.