This is a collection of notes passed and conversations made by various characters during Harry's years at Hogwarts. Many of these are "missing moments" from the books, a.k.a. scenes with other characters which could have happened but were left out of the book. Also, a lot of these are meant to be humorous. This chapter contains notes and conversations from Harry's first year at Hogwarts. This is my first fanfic (I have written original fics before this) so please bear with me.
Notes
Chapter 1
(Note passed between Lavender Brown and Parvati Patil.)
So what do you think of him?
Of who?
You know who I'm talking about! Him!
Harry Potter?
Yes!
I dunno. It's only October. I don't even know him at all.
I think he's cute.
You think every boy's cute.
Do not! Only the really cute ones.
Oh, sure. I guess he is sort of cute.
Sort of? He is like the cutest boy in our year!
Lav, how can you say that when we barely know any boys in our year?
Because it's true. Have you seen his eyes? They are the most amazing green!
Oh, please, Lav. You sound love struck. Besides, when would I ever get a chance to look in his eyes?
Anytime! You just say hi to him in the corridor and look in his eyes.
That's not really as easy as it sounds.
Sure it is. You should do it!
I don't think so. What if I trip or stutter or something like that?
You won't, Parv. All right, after class you are going up to him and saying hello. You are going to look into his eyes. Ooh, you should check out his scar while you're at it. People say it's shaped like a lightning bolt!
No, I don't want to. His scar is always covered by his hair anyways.
So? You'll still see it. Come on, you have to!
Fine! I will. Happy?
Very! If it makes you feel better I'll come with you.
Of course you're coming with me! You would never miss something like this. But you have to say hello, too.
Sure. It won't be hard. I'll do my hair flip trick.
What hair flip trick?
The one where I flip my hair over my shoulder. All the guys love it.
Have you actually tried this hair flip trick on a guy before?
No, but Teen Witch Weekly said it's guaranteed to work.
Okay, I'll believe you. But I really doubt Harry would fall for it.
How do you know?
I just don't think a guy who survived a killing curse from You-Know-Who would really care about things like hair flip tricks.
You never know. I think it'll work.
What are you expecting him to do? Start staring at you?
No, it's just to get him to notice me.
I doubt he'll notice you. He probably likes someone smart, like Hermione Granger.
I dunno about that. Hermione says he doesn't really like her. She told me she wants to be friends with him and Ron Weasley but they act like they think she's just a bratty know-it-all.
Well she kind of is a know-it-all. I'm not surprised Harry and Ron don't like her. I wonder how come Harry became best friends with Ron anyway.
I dunno, but I would have picked someone else. Ron Weasley's a bit stupid if you ask me. He probably bribed Harry to be his friend just so he could have one!
Haha. How come you hate Ron so much? I've never known you to hate a guy.
I don't hate him. But I would never ever fancy him.
You just watch, in the next year or two I bet you'll really like him.
Ew. I don't think so. He's not my type.
Since when have you had a type?
Since now. Anyways, I still think Harry will notice me, I don't care what you say.
I highly doubt it. Hey, when did you talk to Hermione about that anyway?
Three days ago. I asked her during Herbology. You were sick, remember?
How come you never told me?
I forgot about it.
Sure you did. Well I still don't think Harry will notice either of us.
Does this mean you're backing out on me?
No, I'll do it. I just think it will probably be a waste of time.
You're wrong about that. You better get ready, though, because class ends in one minute.
I will.
Okay, I'll wish you luck! You'll need it!
We'll both need it.
(A note passed between Seamus Finnegan and Dean Thomas. Note is in the shape of a paper airplane and charmed to fly around.)
Hey Seamus
Hey, how did you get the parchment to fly?
I saw some fourth or fifth year make a bird-shaped piece of parchment fly and I asked how they did it.
What did they say?
You just fold the paper how you want it and then say some spell.
Well don't you remember what spell it is?
Yes. Sort of. Well not really.
Then how did it work this time?
I have no idea. I can't remember what I said. It was something like the levitation spell we learned in charms. "Wingardum Levisa" or something like that.
"Wingardium Leviosa" you mean. But that spell only makes it levitate, not fly around.
Yeah, you're right. I don't really understand it either.
Well then how did you do it!
How am I supposed to know?
Never mind. Just forget it.
Sure. Hey, I know! I'll just find the same person who I asked the first time and ask again!
Alright. After dinner. I want to see what they say.
That works for me.
Good.
Hey Seamus, I think Lavender Brown just winked at me.
Haha. She probably fancies you.
Ugh! Girls! Sometimes they just drive me mad. They can be so complicated.
Since when do you know anything about girls?
The same guy who showed me the flying trick told me that. Apparently, he was in a fight with some girl at the time.
Oh. Yeah. Well I think Flitwick's noticed us by now so we should probably stop.
Yeah alright.
(A note passed between Fred Weasley and Oliver Wood.)
George, guess what!
Hey Oliver, George isn't here right now. You can leave a message with me though if you want.
Oh, shut up Fred. I'm sorry for calling you George.
You should be. Now, what's this you wanted to tell me?
You'll never guess what just happened.
I probably couldn't and I don't plan on it.
McGonagall's found us a seeker!
Already? We haven't even held tryouts yet.
Yeah, I know! Apparently she saw his first flying lesson and thought he'd be perfect.
Are you saying he's a first year?
Yes! The youngest Quidditch player in a century!
Well who is it already?
You might have seen him around. He's got dark hair and glasses…
Wood, just cut to the chase for crying out loud! How am I supposed to know who it is? I don't fraternize with first years!
Well I doubt you would mind "fraternizing" with this one.
Not unless he happened to be someone worth it, maybe like the Boy Who Lived.
Heh, well, you'd be surprised.
God damn it, Wood! Who is the bloody kid?
Calm down, calm down. It actually is none other than Harry Potter.
You're fucking kidding me.
Language, Weasley! I'm serious, though. McGonagall came and got me out of class to tell me!
Oh my god. We might actually have half a chance at the cup this year.
That's what I'm hoping for, too.
Does Potter know yet?
Yes, McGonagall took him out of his flying lesson. He obviously doesn't need any.
This is bloody brilliant! Does anyone else on the team know?
No, I'm leaving that job up to you. Can you handle it?
Do you doubt the great Weasley twins?
Not in a million years. I'm sure the team will know by lunch.
More like the whole school, but same thing, more or less.
(Note passed between Angelina Johnson, Alicia Spinnet, and Katie Bell.)
Hey Alicia we're doing a three-way with Katie alright? Pass this back to me and then we'll go in a circle, me, Katie, you.
Why am I always last? Alright. What's up?
Well, during Herbology I was talking to Fred, you know…
Ooh, Angelina! I knew you fancied him!
I figured that out ages ago, where have you been?
Well I'm sorry I haven't been paying full attention to your love lives, I have homework to worry about.
What are you talking about? You never do your homework! You always copy off me and Angelina!
Yeah you do! Hey, Alicia you're supposed to pass it to me, remember? And I do NOT fancy Fred!
What a liar you are. Of course you fancy him. And I guess Alicia decided to pass it back to me instead. Just because she likes me more doesn't mean you have to whine about it, Ange.
Yeah. What a whiner. Go whine to your boyfriend, not to us.
I was not whining. AND HE IS NOT MY BOYFRIEND!
Ooh, she's yelling now! She definitely fancies him.
Well, it doesn't matter anyway. Ange, what were you and Fred talking about?
Quidditch, actually. He said we had a better chance of winning the Cup this year.
And I'm sure you told him to shut up and stop channeling our beloved Quidditch-obsessed captain.
Haha. Besides, how could he say that when we don't even have a full team yet. We still need a seeker.
Oh, but this is where the exciting part comes. He told me we do have a seeker. An extraordinary one, in fact.
We haven't held house tryouts yet though.
Yeah, how can Wood already have picked someone?
Oliver didn't pick him. McGonagall did.
Since when does she pick our new members?
What happened to the whole tryouts concept? Doesn't the whole team need to fly with them first?
Well, that's what I thought, but apparently, this kid's good enough to make the team after his first flying lesson.
Flying lesson? This kid is taking flying lessons? I though only first years took flying lessons.
Maybe they're an exchange student from some other school that didn't have flying lessons. Or maybe they're from another country, like America.
No, he isn't an exchange student. He's more exciting than that.
Who could be more exciting than an exchange student?
A circus performer? A monkey? Ooh, maybe he's one of those trained chimpanzees that Muggles are so fascinated with!
He is not a chimpanzee! He is an 11-year-old boy who happens to be famous.
Famous? I don't know any famous 11-year-old boys! Who is this kid?
That's what I would like to know!
Alright. Well you won't believe me, but then again I didn't believe Fred either.
Angelina Cassandra Johnson! Just tell us who the hell is the new seeker on the Gryffindor Quidditch team!
Please! Before Snape catches us!
But the suspense is the best part! Fine, I'll tell you. It's Harry Potter.
Oh my God! Harry Potter? You can't be serious! Fred was probably just joking! He and George do have the weirdest taste in jokes.
No way! Harry Potter, as in the real Harry Potter! That's impossible, I mean he is just a first year.
But McGonagall saw him fly and took him to Oliver and said he was on the team. That's what Fred told me anyway. He seemed totally serious.
Fred Weasley, serious? Now that's funny. That's definitely not in his nature.
(Fred Weasley, whose cauldron happened to be next to Katie's, intercepts the note in between Katie and Alicia and reads the last line. Then he whispers to the girls.)
"Now, Katie, really, I can be quite serious, you know. But you're right, it's not in my nature. Let's see what else you've written in this little note of yours."
"Frederick Weasley! Give us back the note this instant!" Alicia tried to grab it out of his hand but missed.
"Or what?" he counters.
"We'll tell on you to Percy!"
"You wouldn't!" Fred replies in mock horror.
"We would." said Katie.
Angelina pulled out her wand behind Fred's back. "Accio parchment." Fred desperately attempted to hold on to the note but it soared over to Angelina's outstretched hand.
"Fred," Fred's head whips around to see Thomas Graves, a guy in his class he's never spoken to. "is it true that Harry Potter is the new Gryffindor seeker?"
"Yeah, did George tell you that?"
"No, actually Oliver Wood told our whole Transfiguration class. McGonagall didn't seem too impressed, though, considering Harry Potter is on her own house Quidditch team."
"That's because McGonagall already knows. She's the one who decided that he should be on the team. He's the youngest Quidditch player in a century according to Wood."
Professor Snape glided over to Fred's cauldron and raised his eyebrows. "Well well well, it seems Mr Weasley can't seem to keep something quiet over here. Would you care to…share it with the rest of the class, perhaps?"
"Sure, Professor. I was just telling Tommy boy over here…"
"My name is Thomas." said Thomas.
"Yes, well, I was telling Thomas about the new seeker for Gryffindor…"
"That's very…interesting, Mr Weasley," Snape interrupted Fred again. "but my class is neither the time nor the place for Quidditch discussions. That's ten points from Gryffindor for disturbing the class."
"But—,"
"There will be no buts about it, Mr Weasley, or it'll be detention."
"Greasy git." Fred muttered.
"Mr Weasley, that's twenty points from Gryffindor and detention on Friday. Be in my office at eight o'clock."
Fred spent the remainder of the class glaring at Snape. Meanwhile, Angelina had passed the note back to Alicia one last time.
I guess Fred wasn't kidding after all. Here, just pass it on to Katie and have her keep it. We don't want to risk losing any more house points.
Yeah, you're definitely right about that. Katie, keep this until break, then we can talk.
(Katie nods at Alicia and Angelina before continuing work on her potion.)
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