Hermione's Diary

by Wingardium5

Hermione starts to write a diary. Set at the start of her sixth year Half Blood Prince , and keeping loosely to the plot. She focuses on how she controls her feelings for Ron and the pressure to do well whilst sticking by Harry.

1. A Fresh Year

Sunday September 1st – A fresh year!

This diary writing thing is going to take some getting used to, but I suppose it's a good idea. The train ride today was pretty uneventful. I passed the time thinking about my targets and resolutions for this year. I suppose I better write them down, otherwise I'll just forget and break them in an instant.

Number 1: Study harder than ever. I need to get good NEWTs and I'm not going to get them if I continue at the rate I was going at last year.

Number 2: Stop being so concerned about my physical appearance. Ron doesn't care if my hair is bushy and I'm not wearing makeup. Well, that's what I'm going to tell myself.

Number 3: Keep temper under control. It won't resolve anything. I've got to keep a cooler head. Something tells me this one is going to be the hardest to live up to.

I'm sure these will get me through the year, if I can just keep them! I can't wait for the start of lessons tomorrow. I just hope I can keep up. I've been reading NEWT textbooks for over a year now, but probably in nowhere near as much detail as is really needed. Oh god, I've got a lot of work to do this year.