This diary is in possession of Kathy Adams.
Dear Kathy, this school will be a wonderful and precious time in your life. As a gift to the future you, we want to give you this diary so you can chronicle your experience and relive your Hogwarts days more detailed later on.
Your loving,
Mom and Dad
1990
September 1
Dear Diary, I guess
I am writing this from the one and only Hogwarts express, I got lucky with my own compartment. You won't believe how nervous I am, what house will I be sorted in, will I make nice friend, have nice classmates, will I be any good? I am almost scared, but Mom went to Hogwarts too, and Dad says I can do it, so I should be fine. I should be fine.
I'm in Gryffindor! Shortly after I stopped writing two boys came in. They're brothers, twins, Fred and George Weasley. They are funny and in Gryffindor too. They spent the entire trip with me in the compartment until we arrived at the station. We were brought to the school with little boats because we're first years. When we arrived in the great hall, the ceiling is beautiful, we were sorted by the sorting hat like Mom said. He sang a song about the founders and the qualities of the different houses. Slytherins are ambitious and sneaky, Fred says not to trust them, Ravenclaws are very smart, Hufflepuffs are very nice, George called them just boring but I think he was just trying to be tough, and Gryffindor is for the brave kids. Mom was in Gryffindor too so I think she will be proud.
But I'm going to bed now, goodnight.
September 2
Dear Diary, I should give you a name
Today we had our first lessons. We had transfiguration with Professor McGonagall, it's really complicated but I think I did okay. Professor McGonagall is really strict but Professor Snape is downright scary. He teaches potions and is head of Slytherin House, McGonagall is ours. Luckily I found everything okay, the castle is huge. Fred, George and Lee were not so lucky.
I haven't written about my classmates haven't I? Well there's Fred and George and their friend Lee Jordan. They all seem nice and funny but they like pranks so I'm going to be careful around those three. Then we have Angelina Johnson, Sarah Malone and Isabella Stone. They all seem nice, I had some really nice chats with Sarah.
September 21
Dear Diary
I have taken to write in the common room. Fred and George made a bit fun of me at first but Percy and Charlie stopped it. Percy and Charlie are the older brothers of Fred and George, Charlie is in his seventh year and Percy is in his third. Probably should have written that down sooner.
Fred and George make fun of me a bit, but they are all right really. Just this morning one of the Slytherin boys Marcus Flint was being really mean to me. He said that I was trying so hard to make up for my Dad not being a wizard, I'm not! I just want to do good! Make Mom proud and become the best witch I can be. Flint really upset me, but I didn't let him see me cry I didn't. Fred and George got really angry and threw dungbombs at him. The poor boys got detention because of me, Filch saw, and still they were the ones comforting me and raging on about how Flint was an idiot. It was really sweet in a way, but it didn't really make me feel any better.
October 11
Dear Diary,
I'm starting to become quite good at charms, I think, well professor Flitwick gave me some really nice compliments. I have been practising a lot as well. Mom and Dad sent me a letter today wishing me well and sending me pictures of Reggie. He actually got stuck on top of the wardrobe, silly cat.
Fred and George tried to steal my diary today. They failed, naturally, that doesn't mean they will stop trying.
November 18
Dear Diary,
The first quidditch match of the year is today. Gryffindor against Slytherin. The Slytherins don't stand a chance, we've got Charlie and Oliver on the team. The best seeker in years with a wonderful keeper. Flint was boasting that he'll be on the Slytherin team next year, like that will make an improvement.
They won! They won! Not that I expected anything else of course. Percy was especially happy, I swear the boy has a betting problem. He told me he only gambled because his brother was playing and he knew Charlie would win. At least he has faith in his family.
I would describe the game, but I am still confused at some of the rules so I'm afraid it would be no good. Lee tried his best though, he's really good at commenting he seemed to see everything.
January 16
Dear Diary,
I have noticed that Fred and George seem to get everywhere so much quicker than everyone else. And they always know where I've been for some reason. I have no idea how they do it and they won't tell me. They showed me some shortcuts but not even close to everything they know.
February 14
Dear Diary,
It's Valentines day today, and it's making all the girls really fussy. All the boys are suddenly acting all tough as well. It's really funny. The amount of girls flocking around Charlie and Oliver, I think Percy is a bit jealous of his brother, I know Fred and George are. Lee was looking at me funny during dinner, when I asked him he quickly looked away. Sometimes I don't know what to make of that boy.
March 5
Dear Diary,
Second Gryffindor match today, against Ravenclaw. Everyone is really excited and Lee has spent days explaining the game to me. I only needed the first session, but he seemed to enjoy talking about quidditch so I let him talk. Fred, George and Charlie joined as well, even Oliver couldn't resist. At some point it was just them talking while I wrote, they didn't even notice.
They did it again, it was a landslide really. Oliver didn't let anything pass him and Charlie caught the snitch right under Jackson's nose. It was so beautiful, George actually hugged me.
The only downside was that Flint tried to let out his anger by making me trip and fall. The ink bottle in my bag broke and if it wasn't for Percy everything from my bag would be ruined. Fred, George and Lee tried to go after Flint but the moment Flint saw Charlie and Oliver he fled.
Fred and George managed to steal some food from the kitchens, while I write this the party is still going on. George is even telling me that I should stop writing and enjoy myself.
April 12
Dear Diary,
Professor McGonagall praised my work today with a tricky spell. Off course the boys had to bug me about it, so I just with Sarah at lunch and dinner today. She asked me for help with the spell, so I gave her a few pointers. It helped a bit, I hope. It's one thing to understand something yourself, another to explain it to someone else. To be honest Sarah wasn't paying any attention anyway, too busy with the latest gossip. Turns out our friend Isabella has a little crush on Oliver. Poor thing, he's in his third year, he'll never go for someone from our year.
May 25
Dear Diary,
Exam stress is kicking in, not so much with me as all he fifth and seventh years. Fred and George don't understand. To them nothing could be as important as to have as much fun as possible. I have to admit their latest joke Percy was really funny. They bewitched Percy's canary cream so that it exploded when he took a bite. One of their best I'd say, Percy wouldn't.
June 8
Dear Diary,
Last quidditch match of the year today, Gryffidor vs. Hufflepuff. Let's just say it's tense around the common room. Hufflepuff has been doing really good this year and we need a lot of points to get the cup. Fred and George keep saying they can't wait to be on the team next year. I think thay actually have a fair shot. One of the current beater is graduating this year and the other one is, let's just say he's not all that great. So it's very likely they could be picked to be on the team, I mean they're almost a pair of bludgers themselves. Charlie thinks they have a shot as well, and if even Charlie thinks so…
They did it! They won the cup. I'm so proud of the team. There's a big party going on in the commonroom right now, though I think we're missing Charlie somewhere. Eh, he'll turn up.
June 30
Dear Diary,
This is the end of my first year of Hogwarts, I'm exited for our vacation, but I'm going to miss this place over the summer. Mostly my friends. Fred and George honoured the moment by a last attempt to stealing my diary, again they failed. I'll miss those red headed trouble makers. Charlie said he's going to Romania to keep studying dragons, sounds great and very dangerous. So when we arrived at platform 9 ¾ I gave him a big hug, after that I had to hug Fred, George, Lee, Sarah, George again and even Percy got a quick hug because at that point I just felt like hugging everyone. Anyway, see you next year.