August 12, 1991

Dear Diary,

I am so glad! I have just been accepted into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! I am a witch, it turns out. Mum and Dad are amazed. So am I, I must say. I am to depart the 1st of September. Oh, I can't wait! I got my letter yesterday. An owl brought it. They are so clever! There is just so much to learn! Mum is taking me to a place called Diagon Alley tomorrow. Best get all my books as soon as I can, so that I can practice and find out a bit more about the wizarding world. I have to get a wand! Imagine the spells and enchantments I'll be able to perform someday! Oh, I must go, dinner's ready.

August 13, 1991

Dear Diary,

Mum and I got my stuff. I also bought a few books for some background reading. One of them is called "Hogwarts, a History". It's supposed to be all about the school I'm going to. The others, "Modern Magical History" and "The Rise and fall of the Dark Arts" are mostly all about a boy named Harry Potter. He defeated Lord Voldemort when he was just a baby! I also bought a handy little spell book. I am going to try a few of them now. My wand is made out of vine wood and dragon heartstring core.

Wingardium Leviosa: Levitation spell

Alohamora: Unlocking spell

Reparo: Repairs broken items.

I just broke a bowl, to test the Reparo spell. It worked! The bowl is no longer in pieces! I'm off to do some reading.

August 15, 1991

Dad is going away for a while. He said he had a client in Whales with a severe toothache. Mum and Dad are dentists, you see. I'm reading "Hogwarts, a History" now. It's fascinating! Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Ruena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin founded Hogwarts. They each formed a house. Later on, Slytherin was against admitting muggle borns, such as I, into the school because he wanted the school to remain "pure blooded". That was the name used for wizards who had not a drop of muggle blood in them. It's an awful prejudice that some wizards had. It was awful, just like the segregation in the United States, which we learned about in school. Slytherin supposedly built a hidden chamber in the school called the Chamber of Secrets. It held a monster within it. That monster was supposed to get rid of all muggle born students. It's terrible! Bye!

August 30, 1991

Oh, I can't wait! Only two more days left until I board the Hogwarts Express. I am very excited! I've read that, to muggles, Hogwarts just looks like an empty castle in ruins with an "Enter at your own Risk" sign. I just finished reading through my Transfiguration book.

August 31, 1991

Dad came back last night. His patient is cured. Mum told me not to, but I've stayed up anyway. It's almost midnight. But I reckon I should get some sleep because the train leaves at 11. Goodnight!

September 1, 1991

That's today! I am leaving for Hogwarts in two hours. I'm nearly packed. Oh dear, I'm going to look awfully silly on the platform! I have so many packages and they're in such strange shapes. I wonder how I'll find platform 9 ¾…Oh, wait, the instructions are here! "Run towards the intersection between gates 9 and 10." It's quarter to ten. We're leaving in five minutes. I'm on the train now. I'm in a compartment with a boy named Neville Longbottom. He seems rather forgetful… Oh dear, Trevor, Neville's toad just escaped. I'll go look for him. Holy cricket! You'll never guess whom I just met. Harry Potter! He was in a compartment with a boy called Ron Weasley. He attempted some spell, an obvious joke made by his two older brothers. They said they didn't see Trevor. Oh well. He'll find him, I hope. We're nearly there. I suppose I should change into my robes now. I can see the castle. It's humongous! And beautiful! I am in the common room. I've got so much to tell! Well, when we first arrived, a giant man, Hagrid, greeted us. He put us all into boats and we the boats rowed us over to the castle. When we got in, a witch was waiting for us. Her name is Professor McGonagall. She said we were to be sorted into the four houses, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff or Slytherin. Personally, I hoped for either Gryffindor or Ravenclaw. When we went into the Great Hall, all the other students above 1st year were sitting at four large tables, watching us come in. Next to the door was a stool with an old hat on it. Opposite it was the table where the teachers sat. In the middle of that table was a large chair, rather like a throne. The man sitting there I recognized as Professor Albus Dumbledore! Professor McGonagall called us up in alphabetical order and made us all sit down there and place the Sorting Hat on top of our heads. I was very nervous when my turn came. When I put it on, it took a second to think and then yelled: "GRYFFINDOR!" I was so happy! Then I went over to the last table and sat down next to Percy Weasley, who I took to be Ron's brother. A while later, Harry Potter was sorted into Gryffindor, followed by Ron Weasley. When all were seated, Dumbledore got up and made a little speech. The forest, outside the school is forbidden. So is the Third floor corridor. I wonder why. He said if any of us was to venture there, we would meet a most painful death…Anyway, when he finally sat down, the Feast began. It was really delicious. Tomorrow we're starting lessons! I simply can't wait! The password's Caput Draconis. Goodnight!

September 2, 1991

Wow! I can't believe how amazing magic is! I had Transfiguration today. Professor McGonagall turned into a cat! Then I had Potions. The teacher is Professor Snape. I don't like him at all. He is so unfair! Today he came into the class and started asking us questions, aiming them at Harry Potter. I knew every single answer and raised my hand every time, but he simply ignored me! We had History of Magic this afternoon and our teacher is a ghost! He came flying through the blackboard! During his lesson, I was the only one who paid any attention. He didn't even notice that half the class was sleeping! He talks in a monotone voice; I guess that's why everyone found it so hard to concentrate. But the things he said were fascinating! He talked a bit about goblin rebellions. Though it's the first day, I'm laden with homework! I'll go finish it off. Our first Astronomy lesson is tonight.

September 12, 1991

That's it. I've already broken a school rule. I just got back from the most frightful experience! I was walking up towards the common room when I saw Harry and Ron going somewhere. He was going to some duel with Malfoy. Oh, we shouldn't have gone there! Actually, Malfoy probably tipped Filch off that we would be out of the common room tonight. He wasn't planning on having any duel with Harry at all! We went up to the banned third floor corridor! We heard Filch coming and hurried up the corridor. We came upon a door and hid inside there. There was a three-headed dog, standing there and drooling over us! We rushed out as soon as we could, but stayed long enough to notice that it was standing on a trap door! Oh, I would like to find out what is under there! To think of what could have happened if we'd been caught!

September 19, 1991

It's my birthday today. I got a gift from Mum and Dad. It was a new toothbrush, some sugar free mints and a new sweater. I also got a letter. Astronomy today. We're learning about the different circulations of the planets. In Herbology Professor Sprout was telling us about Devil's Snare. It hates sunlight. Happy Birthday to me!

September 26, 1991

Sorry I haven't written. It's getting harder to because of the mounds of homework they've given us. Today, in Potions, I was the only one to brew the potion correctly, but Professor Snape didn't even look at it! Neville said that any normal teacher would have given me 20 points. Defense Against the Dark Arts is rather hard to understand because Professor Quirrel stutters with every word! Our first flying lesson was today. Madam Hooch taught it. Neville accidentally took off before she said OK and crashed into the wall. He broke his wrist. Then Draco Malfoy took his Rememberall and threw it high into the air. Madam Hooch had told us all not to fly without her permission, but Harry leapt onto his broom and flew off to get it. We all thought he was going to be expelled, but Professor McGonagall appointed him Gryffindor Seeker in Quidditch! His father was Seeker in his time as well. Astronomy tonight

October 17, 1991

Halloween is getting closer. There's supposed to be a feast! And Hagrid is growing out pumpkins. They're huge! The first Quidditch match of the season is coming up soon. I can't wait! Quidditch is said to be a very dangerous sport played on broomsticks. I am going to read a bit more about it in "Quidditch through the ages".

October 31, 1991

Halloween today! I had Charms today. We were doing the Levitation Spell. We were paired up and I ended up with Ron. Harry was with Seamus Finnegan. Seamus blew his feather up! I levitated mine. Everyone was saying it wrong. Ron was waving his wand around like a maniac. Later, after class, he said something very mean. He said, imitating me, no doubt: "It's Leviosa, not Leviosa-a! No wonder she hasn't got any friends!" That caused me to burst into tears and I ran to the bathroom. Hours later, a troll came into the bathroom! I was mortified. It was so scary; I think I lost my mind. Then I saw Harry and Ron burst in and fight the troll! They were so brave to do that! Harry stuck his wand up the troll's nose and it's covered with troll bogeys. Then Ron, amazingly, did the Wingardium Leviosa charm and the troll's bat flew up and hit him on the head! He twirled once and fell over. I thought he was dead, but he'd only fainted. Professors McGonagall, Quirrel and Snape burst in and stared at the troll. Professor McGonagall gave Gryffindor 10 points and took 5 away. I lied, saying that I had gone after the troll myself, thinking I could handle it. She seemed disappointed with me.

November 3, 1991

Harry got a new broom! It's the best there is, a Nimbus 2000! Dumbledore sent it, I'm sure. I hope Harry catches the Snitch in time. He's got practice tonight at 7. There was something in the newspaper about Gringotts. The paper said that someone attempted to break in and steal something valuable. It was in vault number 713. The article said that the item had been removed earlier that day and that nothing was stolen. Harry said that he and Hagrid had emptied that vault! He reckons that what that dog is guarding must be that package! Astronomy tonight.

November 5, 1991

First Gryffindor match today. Everyone's going down there to see it. So am I, naturally. I really hope Gryffindor beats Slytherin. We won! But something very strange happened. Around the end of the end of the match, Harry's broom did something funny. It started twirling around and nearly threw him off his broom. Ron and I are positive it was Snape. I saw him. He was muttering something under his breath, not taking his eyes off Harry! I snuck up there, to the teachers' benches and put fire to his robes. I though I'd be caught, because I knocked Professor Quirrel down. He didn't see me, luckily. Anyway, Snape was distracted and Harry caught it! Hagrid said it was preposterous that Snape enchanted it. He said that Snape was helping protect Nicolas Flamel's… He stopped and said: "I should not have said that, I should not have said that." I am going to look up everything I can about him.

November 24, 1991

Happy Thanksgiving! The feast was great. I had so much turkey that I feel that I'm going to burst! Nothing about Nicolas Flamel so far, but we'll find something, I'm sure.

November 27, 1991

It's nearly Winter Break. I'm leaving with Mum and Dad to go skiing. Harry is staying here, with Ron. His brother Charlie tames dragons in Romania! That's amazing, isn't it? I wonder how come muggles don't notice a huge, fire-breathing dragon? Well, I suppose the Ministry of Magic takes care of that. Harry and Ron are going to try to find something on him while I'm away. History of Magic is getting rather dull. Professor Binns drones on about rebellions. It's rather hard to pay attention. And the homework load is huge! I'm not complaining but at school before Hogwarts, we had much less! It's raining a lot now, too.

December 23, 1991

You should see the amount of snow here! It's so much! I'm leaving for London in an hour. It's already the holidays! But there's a lot of work to do. Transfiguration is my favorite subject. I love how one moment an object is something, the other it's something else. Actually, I successfully managed to transfigure my needle into a toothpick. I wrote to Mum and Dad and they're expecting me around 7 o'clock. Harry and Ron are in the common room playing wizard's chess. It's barbaric! It's ordinary chess, but when one piece wants to seize the other, they smash each other! Anyways, They're going to look up Nicolas Flamel.

December 23, 1991

I'm home! We're leaving for Austria in 10 minutes. I'm not that good of a skier, actually. Dad loves Austria. So do I. It's got a beautiful landscape. Well, see you now!

December 24, 1991

Christmas Eve! We skied for a week and we're back home now. I got a letter from Harry. Hedwig, his owl, brought it. He said he didn't find anything yet. They're keeping up the search, though. I sent Ron a new quill and I got Harry "Quidditch through the ages". He'll enjoy that. I'm staying at home until the 5th of January, when the Hogwarts Express leaves.

December 25, 1991

Happy Christmas! Mum just made pancakes and hot chocolate. I got Mum a scarf and Dad a book on magic. It fascinates him! I got a bag of wool and needles. I'm going to learn to knit! Oh, by the way, Harry got an Invisibility Cloak!

January 1, 1992

Happy New Year! It's 1992! Bad news. Harry went to the Restricted Section and tried to find something, but almost got caught! He found a shrieking book, instead. I wrote back to tell him not to wander around the castle at night.

January 6, 1992

I'm back at school. Everybody is. Harry just showed me his Invisibility Cloak. It's amazing. They had a Welcome Back feast not long ago. I'm full of treacle tart! Ron looks taller.

January 10, 1992

Oh dear. Hagrid's got a dragon. We went to visit him one night and he seemed reluctant to let us in. Turns out he was taking care of Norbert, his dragon cub. No offence to Hagrid, but Norbert looks like an ugly, black umbrella. It's illegal to have one. But he can't keep him! What if Norbert burned the house? And he can't tell anyone! Personally, I think Hagrid should just send him off to Romania to Ron's brother Charlie. Astronomy tonight.

January 29, 1992

That's it. Ron was down at Hagrid's and Norbert bit him! There's no way that Madam Pomphrey is going to think that a dog bit Ron. Oh no. It's swelling. It's bright green now. This is bad. Ron wrote to Charlie and asked him to help smuggle Norbert out of the castle tonight. We are going to use Harry's Invisibility Cloak. Oh, what will happen if we are seen? Ron's unconscious, I think. We didn't bother to tell him what we're doing. It'll only worry him. Got to go. Harry says we should go now. Wish me luck! We were caught! That scumbag, Malfoy, ratted out on us. And Filch found Harry' s Cloak at the bottom of the Astronomy Tower's staircase. Well, at least Norbert was given to Charlie and his friends, who flew down here. Harry and I foolishly left the Cloak at the bottom and mounted the stairs. It gave me quite a jolt when I saw Filch down there, with Mrs. Norris trotting faithfully at his side. Neville was caught too. He was wandering around for some reason. Filch led all of us, Malfoy included towards Professor McGonagall. She took away fifty points each. That's 150 from Gryffindor! And we're in her house! But I suppose she had to. Gryffindor won't be too happy with us. Well, at least Malfoy is in it too. You should have seen his face when McGonagall said "the four of you"! He looked like we'd just canceled Christmas! We have detention, too. In the Forbidden Forest. Funny, because I thought it was forbidden! She said we'd be serving detention with Hagrid, at least.

February 2, 1992

Detention today. Ron's out of the hospital, but he has a bandage. He was surprised when we told him that, for detention, we'd go into the forbidden forest. He called Malfoy some really dirty names and, sorry to say, I agree. What a scum ball! Gryffindor didn't look too happy when we came to breakfast. You'd think the shock of losing 150 points would have worn off by now, honestly! We're last in the league now. Ravenclaw' s first, Slytherin's second and we're last. I heard Angelina tell Katie that if Gryffindor wins the next Quidditch match, we might come up a space, but otherwise, we're hopeless. We still know nothing about Nicolas Flamel. Astronomy tonight.

February 3, 1992

I can't stand the thought that You Know Who is at Hogwarts. I told Ron and Harry that it's preposterous, because we're where Dumbledore is. And he's the one You Know Who's ever feared, but they don't listen! Right, detention was last night. It was scary. We were to track down a hurt unicorn. Hagrid had found one dead and one was wounded. We found its blood. We devided into trios. Hagrid, Harry and I went in one direction, Malfoy, Neville and Fang in the other. We had to switch because Malfoy kept on scaring Neville, so Harry went with Malfoy and Fang. I don't know what happened, but next thing we knew, red sparks came from a corner of the wood. Harry was in trouble, or Malfoy was. It turned out to be Harry. A caped thing was trying to attack him. And he found the unicorn. It was already dead. We were all led back to the castle. The thing is, Harry felt his scar burning the whole time. He thinks he's coming closer. And I think he's right.

March 1, 1992

Ron's birthday today. I gave him some mints and a copy of "Wizards Chess: A Guide to Glory". He got a cake from his mum and gave us some. Astronomy tonight.

March 18, 1992

Exams are soon. I'll be doing a lot of studying. I've got to pass the exams! I'm going home for Easter holidays, which are soon. I can't write that much anymore because of all the extra studying I have to do. Transfiguration is getting more complicated. Less and less people are able to do it. I am one of the only ones left who is capable now.

March 27, 1992

Quidditch match at 11 today. I hope it goes well. It's against Hufflepuff. Harry's been practcing very often lately. And Ron isn't studying very hard. I keep on telling him he's got to stop playing wizard chess with Seamus and Neville. Now's not the time to relax! We won! Harry caught the Snitch five minutes after it was released! He's an amazing Seeker, just like his father, I suppose. Harry's the youngest seeker in a century. Ron just told me that I didn't need to study because I'm already a walking dictionary.

April 1, 1992

Happy April Fools! Fred and George tell the funniest jokes! They had the whole common room cracking up! The only one not to join the fun was Percy. He's studying harder than ever. He's taking his N.E.W.T.'s this year. He got 12 O.WL.'s

April 19, 1992

Happy Easter! Mum and Dad sent me a chocolate egg.

April 23, 1992

Percy gets very angry when someone disturbs him, so all of us just leave him his corner of the common room. It'll be a really big disappointment if he fails something. We've almost given up on Nicolas Flamel. Astronomy tonight.

May 4, 1992

I am so incredibly stupid! All that time when we were searching up Nicolas Flamel, I've had the book all along! It turns out that Mr. Nicolas Flamel is currently the only owner of the Sorcerer's Stone! It provides the Elixir of Life. Nicolas Flamel is reaching his 600 something birthday. That's what Fluffy's guarding. That's what's under the trap door. That's what was almost stolen. The Sorcerer's Stone. And You Know Who's trying to get it.

May 29, 1992

Sorry. Exams. Studying. I haven't been able to do anything but study. I just had my Potions Exam. Tommorow's Herbology and Astronomy. Then Transfiguration and Charms. Then History of Magic and Defence Against the Dark Arts. Everybody's getting ready. Everybody's tense. Except for, of course, Fred and George. They are simply never serious!

June 9, 1992

Hagrid. Hagrid got the dragon egg from a stranger in the pub. How many people go wandering arund with dragon eggs in their pockets? This person was hooded. He kept on buying Hagrid drinks. Hagrid spilled about Fang. About how all you needed to do is play a bit of music to him. Harry figured it out. He thinks it might have been Snape. We have to do it tonight. Dumbledore's gone to the ministry. You Know Who might attempt to seize the stone. We've got to stop him! We're leaving the common room in a few minutes. Harry's getting the Cloak. We're leaving. Oh dear, I'm sweating so much. Ok, Goodbye. Mind you, we're breaking about a dozen rules by doing this... I can't believe it! I really can't. He was using Quirrel! Of all people! I don't know all the details because Harry's still unconcious. It was very brave of us. And I had to jinx Neville. That was unpleasant. Dumbledore is very proud of all of us. He came strait after he got our letter. Here's what happened. Harry, Ron and I went down to the third floor corridor and slipped into that room. Fluffy was asleep, because of a harp playing softly. We took the Cloak off and left it there. Snape must have been here, we thought. So we went under that trap door and dropped down. That was quite risky, because we didn't know what was there. It was Devil's Snare. That must have been Professor Sprout's "enchantment". Then I remembered that Devil's Snare hates sunlight! I did the Lumos charm and the whole room lit up and the plant let go of us. It had almost killed us! Then we saw a light down the corridor. It led into another chamber with little insects flying around. A moment later, Ron realized that they weren't insects, they were little flying keyes! A broom floated in the middle of the room. Harry walked over to it and just stood there for a minute. I told him to just get on and get the key to fit the door. We'd tried Alohamora on it without results. "It's a big fat one, a bit rusty on the side..." Ron told him. Then Harry got on that broom and caught the key! Ron opened the door as fast as he could, for the other keys were chasing Harry. Ron opened the door and closed the door in time for Harry to get out of there. Flitwick's department, I'm sure. The next room was even stranger than the first. It was a giant chess board. There were two missing pieces. When we attempted to cross the board, the white pieces didn't let us. There was no choice but to play our way over. We were white. I substituted a tower, Harry a bishop and Ron became a knight. He got up onto the great big marble horse and sat down, giving us all orders. We played our way through, but white was winning. Ron had a crazy idea then. He wanted to sacrifice himself for a stupid stone! And he went forward. He faced the white queen and she, being a piece from wizard's chess, crashed down on him. I sceamed and started to go towards him, but Harry stopped me. We hadn't finished the game yet. We played until the end, and lost. I hurried to Ron. So did Harry. Thank goodness he wasn't dead. I would never have forgiven myself. Reluctantly, we moved on. That had been Professor McGonagall's work. The next room held an unconscious troll who snorted loudly as we came in. Quirrel's doing. Next came Snape's chamber. It withheld seven potions and a piece of parchment. It had the instructions written out on it. A few minutes later Harry vanished through the purple flame and I hurried back to Ron. He had started to move, but feebly. I wondered if he was strong enough to make it back out. I dragged poor Ron back to Flitwick's room, mounted the broom and flew back to the third floor corridor. I played the harp, really badly, and got us out of there. I grabbed the Cloak too. I took Ron to Madam Pomphrey and ran up to the Owlery to send Dumbledore a letter, telling him briefly what had happened and asking him to come as fast as he could. He did. He went down, got Harry and brought him up to the Hospital Wing. Ron's all right now and Harry's better. He's unconcsious. Turns out that it was You Know Who, possessing Quirrel. He died. Quirrel, I mean. Ron stated that it would have been better if You Know Who snuffed too. I had to agree. The stone was destroyed and You Know Who got away. Hagrid keeps on saying that he would have taken all the blame if Harry had died. That's twice that Harry slipped through You Know Who's fingers. Anyway, it's almost the end of the year and we've only got three more exam days, I think.

June 11, 1992

We lost the last Quidditch match today against Ravenclaw because Harry's still in the Hospital Wing.

June 14, 1992

All exams finished! Every single one! And I'm pretty sure I've passed all of them! And only about a week of school! I'm going to miss Harry and Ron a lot. And Hogwarts, too. Harry just got out of the Hospital Wing. I've got to go see him.

June 20, 1992

The Feast's tonight, tommorow everyone is going home. Oh well, we're probably last for the House Cup. WE WON!!! We beat Slytherin by only a few points! I got 50, Ron got 50, Harry got 60 and Neville saved us by being awarded 10 extra points!!! The Feast was delicious! I've got to go and pack my bags.

June 21, 1992

I'm back home, back from school and we can't do magic outside of school. Oh well, I suppose I could use a break from magic. We're going to Ireland to see the sights. Mum and Dad are so happy to have me back and I'm very glad to be home, too.

July 3, 1992

Ireland is beautiful! We just rode some Shetland ponies. Luck of the Irish, I didn't fall off! I'm doing my homework now so that I don't have to worry about it later. I only have to write four essays. Ireland has some interesting magical history. Especially the leprecons. They're such lively little creatures!

July 16, 1992

We're back in London. Ireland was beautiful and my homework is finished. I'm writing to Harry to wish him Happy Birthday. It's a bit in advance, his birthday's the 31st.

July 18, 1992

Harry didn't write back. I'm writing to Ron to see if he's had any luck.

July 19, 1992

He hasn't. He too, tried to wish Harry a happy birthday. Mum says it might be because he went on vacation. But Harry told me enough about the Dursleys that I'm sure that they didn't take him on holiday.

July 21, 1992

I wrote Harry another letter, hoping he'd answer. I wonder why he ignored the first?

July 24, 1992

Ron says that he too hasn't heard from Harry lately. I wonder if his mail is being stopped.

July 27, 1992

I am very surprised that Harry hasn't answered. Ron's going to ask his dad if the ministry's been stopping Harry's letters.

July 31, 1992

Harry's birthday today. I wrote to him once more.

August 1, 1992

No, the ministry isn't stopping Harry's letters. I'm getting rather worried. So is Ron.

August 4, 1992

They got him! Fred, George and Ron got Harry from the Dursleys by FLYING CAR! Don't they know how dangerous that was? What if they were seen? Not many muggles are accustomed to seeing FLYING CARS! I understand Mrs. Weasley is angry with them. They better not do that again. Actually, a house elf was stopping Harry's letters. His name is Dobby. Harry and Ron think maybe the Malfoys sent him. Anyway, Harry's at Ron's house and he's staying there.

August 7, 1992

I am so happy! Mum and Dad said that we're going to France next year, if I wanted to. I said yes, of course! France has got such a history of witches and warlocks, it's amazing! And they have wonderful food there, I think. Anyhow, I'd love to go.

August 11, 1992

Letters from Hogwarts are here. Nearly all the books are by Gilderoy Lockhart. Mum and Dad are taking me to Diagon Alley to get my stuff in a week. I am going to get them signed by Lockhart! He is said to have done a zillion brave things and he's got an Order of Merlin Third Class and he won Witch Weekly's most charming smile five times in a row!

August 14, 1992

I just got a letter from the Burrow. It's from Harry and Ron. Ron says that Lockhart's most charming smile is just rubbish and that Ginny and Mrs. Weasley are also going on about Lockhart, but honestly he was very brave! Even though Ron refuses to admit that. Harry asked when I was going to get my books. I said in a week.

August 15, 1992

Ron replied that the Weasleys, and Harry, are going to Diagon Alley the same time as I. That's tomorrow. Bye!

August 16, 1992

I got my books. My day started off like this: I had some cereal, brushed my teeth, got ready and we left. Then we got on the metro and got to Diagon Alley. Mum and Dad left to get some money while I looked around for a nice new quill. When I came out, I saw Harry and Hagrid standing in the middle of the street. Hagrid was brushing Harry off. A moment later, the Weasleys turned up. Mrs. Weasley tried to dust Harry off a bit more. Turns out he was in Knockturn Alley! He got there accidentally by Floo Powder. Then Hagrid found him. Hagrid said that he was looking for Flesh Eating Slug Repellent. We all went off to Gringotts except for Hagrid. There we met my parents. Mr. Weasley was delighted. He loves muggles. He took them to the bar to have a drink. Harry got his money and the three of us went walking around. Ron was completely jealous of Harry. "We were never allowed down Knockturn Alley! How is it?" I should think not! That's a bad place to be! Mum, Dad and Mr. Weasley came back not long after that. We all went into Flourish and Blotts to get our books. The line was huge! All for Lockhart's signature, no doubt. Well, we waited there for a little while and then Lockhart saw Harry and called him up. "Nice big smile, Harry!" he said. Mum was amazed at the state of his teeth. They're beautifully white and straight! Harry got all his books free of charge! He gave them all to Ginny and said he'd get his own. Guess who turned up then? Malfoy. "Famous Potter. Can't even walk into a bookshop without making the front page!" he sneered. I just wanted to take out my wand and swipe his nose off! Just then his father walked in. He looks just like Malfoy. He had the same blonde hair, cold grey eyes, and pale skin. He looked at Harry and then at Ron, then at me and his eyes finally fell upon Ginny. Then he looked back at Harry. His gaze fell on Harry's scar. He nodded to himself. Then Mr. Weasley came over. He started to say something but he stopped when he saw Mr. Malfoy. They started talking and finally they broke into a fight. As he was leaving, Mr. Malfoy picked up one of Ginny's books and I think he slipped something in there.

August 26, 1992

I'm off to Hogwarts in 6 days. I'm packing already. Here comes another year of magic! Dad's coming with me to the tennis court, where I'm going to practice.