Disclaimer ~ J.K. Rowling owns all the Harry Potter Characters and Hogwarts and stuff. The style of this story is taken from Rachel Flinns 'I Hate Fridays' series. All the undeveloped characters in Harry Potter, their personalities are invented by me. I also totally own the plot lines!
The Journals of Magic
'Significant, Memorable, Honest' By Hermione Granger
Professor Dumbledore has had this idea that we should all write memories of out final year of high school into little stories which will be complied into a book at the end of the year. I personally think this is a wonderful idea. I've always have loved writing and having a goal to work towards is fantastic.
So not everyone will have to be writing, so, we have made up a committee of students who will write.
The members of the committee are
Hermione Granger (me)
Lavender Brown
Terry Boot
Hannah Abbot
Draco Malfoy
Vincent Crabbe
Justin Finch-Fletchley
Lisa Turpin
I, of course, was trilled at the opportunity to write, and for my fellow students to read these stories, and jumped at the chance to be on the committee. Lavender was very interested in this too, as she apparently loves writing too. I must admit, this surprised me a bit since I thought she would prefer silly subjects like Divination.
Ron only joined because I forced him to put his name down. Writing is a very important part of making the most out of out final year of school, and he really should take full advantage of this opportunity.
I really have no idea why Malfoy joined. I mean he gets high marks in Subjects too, but I just thought writing memories of Hogwarts wouldn't be his type of thing. Oh well. And Crabbe. Why him! I think Dumbledore must've made him join, because there is no way he would've volunteered. I really don't know how he's going to actually write anything, as he has the brain capacity of a troll. Oh well. I'll see when the stories are complied.
Professor Dumbledore also said we should be perfectly honest. "Just write significant events that has made seventh year memorable of you" He said. I'll have no trouble being honest, however Ron exaggerates constantly, Lavender will have to add glamour to her stories, and I'm sure Malfoy will disgrace us muggleborns, and make Harry out to be anything but a saint, and himself to be a fantastic wizard. Yeah, Malfoy, dream on. Well significant, memorable, honest here we go.
One thing that is certainly memorable about seventh year for me is becoming head girl. My parents were certainly proud of me and I think all my friends were pleased too.
One person who was very displeased was Malfoy. He was going on for days about how mudbloods should never be accepted at the school, let alone become heads. It was then that Justin Finch-Fletchley hexed him with the Bat-Bogey Hex.
Malfoy hasn't changed one bit since we first started Hogwarts. He was an arrogant brat then and arrogant brat now. He was also very cut out about Harry getting head boy instead of him. I really don't know why he was surprised. Harry's 100 times better a wizard than he is.
I really can't get over the fact that this is my last year of school. Hogwarts seems like it's such a home now. I mean I've been here for over 6 years. When I leave school, I hope to work for the ministry of magic which means I have to get really good marks this year in the NEWTs. It will be a lot easier by having a dormitory to myself to study this year. The prefects sleep down stairs and share a common room with us heads, so we do have company.
I've got quite a large amount of homework to night, only a few weeks into to school. It is good the teachers are getting into this program so early, as we have a lot of work to get through in time for the exams. Defense against the dark arts was the only subject we didn't get homework in, possibly because of the chaos a few students caused in today's lesson.
Aragog the spider from the forbidden forest is our replacement Defense teacher while Remus's brother Romulus is sick because of the full moon. Now this was quite amusing as Ron is petrified of spiders, and it didn't help that this particular spider had nearly purposely killed him in the second year.
Ron isn't quite used to Aragog yet, even though he takes our class each full moon. So he is quite prone to randomly screaming when he remembers a giant spider is teaching him, and he is sitting in the front row.
When Ron screamed for the third time in today's lesson, Lavender rolled her eyes and call out "Oh just shut up Ron"
This really is fair enough. I've wanted to say that for a long time as it is really hard to concentrate on counter-spells for curses which 'damage the human body' with him around.
However, I'm very pleased I haven't ever said this, because for what happened next really interrupted my learning.
Ron suddenly stood up, and with a look of great fury reflected in his bright blue eyes, He pointed his wand at Lavender.
"Skinucuhag mirobreakofie" He called waving his wand
Unfortunately, Ron snapped his wand again trying to hit Aragag in one of his panic attacks a few full moons ago, so the hex missed Lavender, and hit Neville instead.
Ouch! Ow! Arh! Neville had yelped as seven small cuts appeared on his body, spilling a little blood onto his robes and his desk.
"Class, class, Quiet down." Aragag said motioning with three of her eight legs. Suddenly, his eyes glazed over, and in a trancelike state, he turn so she was looking straight at Neville.
"Human blood… fresh meat…must eat…must crunch up…Come to me blood. Come come now my precious" He repeated, ever advancing toward Neville.
"Oh Ron, now look what you have done!" Shouted Patil, annoyed
However, Ron was already screaming again
"Zippery Lipda" Lavender shouted
Ron gasped. In place of where his mouth had been, was a zip
"Now that should shut you up Ron" Patil stated firmly
If Ron had been paying attention in class, instead of being scared of the relief teacher, he would've actually known how to counter the 'zipped lips curse'
"Um, People, over here" Neville squeaked to bring peoples minds back to the task at hand.
Everyone at once turned around and looked as Neville's terrified face was being squashed by Aragog's spinndle.
"Stupefy!"
"Petrificus Totalus"
"starzrounddehead" Every one was calling out stunning hexes, body binding curses, and spells which make you 'feel like you've run into a brick wall' all at once, however, Aragag, like any good Defense against the Dark Arts teacher would, was blocking them all.
I knew there must be a curse to use against spiders. I read it once in a book called 'Mega Advanced, Mega Complicated, Extended Spells, Which you Must Only be Reading if you REALLY Don't Have a Life'.
I remembered the spell, just in time really, as Aragag had his fangs inches from one of Neville's numerous cuts.
"Kunyofcek Osubt Shpmifdvedr" I yelled, as I carefully aimed my wand at Aragag, not wanting to make the same mistake as Ron.
There was a flash of blue light, and silver sparks exploded out of my wand. Red and green bubbles came rushing out and covered Aragag. He stumbled, loosening his grip on Neville who ran very quickly out the door. After Aragag had collapsed, the bubbles floated upward, forming the words 'More Smart, More Safe Mortein'
I felt like I was I shock. I killed a teacher" I whimpered. Even when I think back now, I could I do something so terrible. I was going to fail Defense against the Dark Arts for certain. I looked around the class room at all the smiling and relieved faces. Everything felt it was in slow-motion, with no sound. I couldn't breath
"I killed a teacher" I kept muttering to my self. However, when Professor McGonagall came in to see what all the noise was about, she said I did the right thing.
Luckily, with Hargid, Professor Grubbly-Plank, Madame Pomfroy, and Professor Snape, Aragog was revived and says he doesn't have any hard feelings towards me. He also said he was very impressed with my curse, also 'not many seventh years would be able to perform that one'
And Ron is currently reading over my shoulder as Harry has let him into our common room.
"What do you mean 'Luckily those teachers were able to revive him? It was very very unluckily! Do you actually want a great big stinking spider for our defense teacher, who has demonstrated today that he has no problem drinking the blood of students?"
"So someone gave you the counter-curse for that zipped lip, did they? Pity."
(A/N) I hope you enjoyed that. Please review! I think the next chapter will be Hannah Abbot's first contribution, which I've already started writing at my dad's office this afternoon. And if anyone has any ideas for plot lines for various characters, please tell me. And it doesn't matter if the character isn't in the committee, because another character can write about that character, or the committee can be altered. And there are going to be many plot lines running through this story involving different characters.
Love Marion