Diary Entry Number One: 31/8/1991
Dear Diary,
Hello! I'm Emily, I'm eleven and a bit years old, my favourite subjects are maths and history and my favourite animal is a parrot! I didn't teach Jack's budgie across the road all those naughty words, no matter what Mrs Sweeney thinks - she just dislikes me because I beat Jack in that mental maths test last week and he went home crying because he's a bad loser. I don't even know any naughty words, and Mummy knows that, because she would know if I knew them because I would have said them by now, because I like talking.
My big sister Adie says that I'm annoying. But she's just jealous because I'm a witch! I got a visit from a funny little old man called Professor Fillstick or something like that on my birthday back in May, who gave me a letter and said that I'm magic! Mummy thought he was lying at first but then he gave her a flowers which came out of NOWHERE and she was happy. SO I'M GOING TO MAGIC SCHOOL TOMORROW!
I've already got all my stuff, me and Mummy went to get it all last weekend. Professor Fillstick came with us, to show us how to get in, and he tapped a special brick on a wall behind a pub and there was a street behind it! It was so exciting! He was telling us all about Hogwarts (that's the name of the school, sorry for not telling you before) and how AMAZING it all is. I hope I'm in his house, he's nice. But I won't know what house I'm in until tomorrow night!
That's such a long time to wait, it's really mean! But anyway, I've got all my books and stuff, and my wand (which is 10 inches, holly wood and dragon heartstring. I know because I got Mummy to write it down on a piece of paper so I didn't forget, because I knew I would. I'm SUUUUUUPPPPERR forgetful. I remember the wood though, because it sounds like that place in America where they make all the movies. The man in the wand shop was weird too, he called me a something or other and said that I was short, even though I'm NOT SHORT AT ALL! I don't like him, he didn't even talk to Mummy, unlike Professor Fillstick, who was very helpful and got us all sorted). I also get to do Potions! I asked if that was like cooking but Professor Fillstick wasn't sure, and Mummy was too busy looking at everything there was to see!
I met some cool people in the street too - like Justin! He was super nice, he didn't know what was happening either! He was going to go to ETON, which is a very posh school somewhere far from where I live. But we've promised to meet up on the platform (I GET TO TAKE A STEAM TRAIN TO THE MAGIC SCHOOL!), along with Padma and Parvati, who I met too! They're twins - identical ones, and they're really nice and helped me and Justin out - their parents are both magicy so they knew about everything. I can't remember what they said though, I'll have to ask them on the train.
They don't do maths at Hogwarts, though. Which is weird, because Mrs McLachlan said that everyone had to do maths. I guess Mrs McLachlan isn't magic though - I'm not even allowed to tell my friends that I'm magic! Mummy told them all that I got a place at a school in Canada (I don't know where that is, but it sounds very exciting!). But I'll miss everyone though, just not Jack, because Jack's mean.
OOOPS! It's almost 9PM! I have to be up really early tomorrow so I promised Mummy that I'd get to sleep and not spend all night writing in this diary that she brought me! She works in a big stationary store and she picked this up for me today, so I could have some way to tell her everything about MAGIC SCHOOL!
I won't even sleep tonight! I'M TOO EXCITED! I can't wait! I know Justin's really excited too, I know because he sent me a letter which I'll stick in here at some point, and although he's got much neater handwriting than me I KNEW he was excited.
I CAN'T WAIT!
THE NEXT TIME I'LL BE WRITING IN THIS DIARY I'LL BE IN HOGWARTS! I'LL KNOW MY HOUSE! I'M SO EXCITED!
Emily
I've been meaning to write a story like this for ages, and I finally found a way to start it off. So, look who's back. With another fanfiction. I hope you all enjoy this, i'm trying to make Emily as real as I can, so the maybe somewhat disjointed writing style will improve as time goes on, I promise. It's all intentional.
But anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and I'll try to upload the next one as soon as possible!
