Thanks to those who have read this so far. I thought it would be an easy one to write, so I started eagerly. By the time I worked out how to get it on the site, I felt it was too easy – anyone can work out what Harry was thinking, so it probably isn't interesting for anyone else to read. Please let me know if it's just a waste of space. Dudders and I can keep it offline.
So far (as at 3/3/11) two readers have kindly told me they'd like some more. I'm having trouble getting corrections/new chapters uploaded.
As at 19/03/2012, another kind reader has helped, by pointing out that I had mis-spelled GRYFFINDOR. However, my efforts to update have simply wiped out Chapter 1, and re-labelled Chapter 2 as 1. Chapter 2.
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Chapter 2
First Day at Hogwarts
Nearly everyone wants to look at my scar. Surely there are better things to look at. Aunt Petunia called it ugly, and even left a little bit of hair to hide it when she cut all the rest off. Nobody seems to think there's a me underneath the scar, except for Ron. Oh, yes, and Percy. And Hagrid. After their first look, Ron's twin brothers are prepared to talk to me as if I really existed.
It's lucky Ron seems to like me. He's used to moving and talking paintings, so he'll find it easier to get to the places where we should be. That caretaker seems to be a mixture of my aunt and uncle; but at least he seems to hate us all, and not just me. His cat is the first one I've met that doesn't wind around my legs and purr. It seems to be a magic cat: if ever you don't want to be seen, it appears suddenly, then disappears, and comes back with Mr Filch.
The clever girl said she wanted to start Transfiguration, but it seems impossible to do. You say the words, wave your wand, and nothing happens, at least for all of us except Granger. It's the same in the Charms lesson; only Granger can make it work. When Hagrid said, 'This boy knows nothing about anything', he was really right. The Hat seemed to think I could do well, so I must have messed things up by not going into Slytherin; after all, it knows more about magic than I do, than I ever will.
I hope they don't send me back to the Dursleys!
Professor Quirrel doesn't seem to be a good teacher, although what he'd be like if he didn't stutter so badly could be quite different. I wonder how he got a job as a teacher? Surely not being able to speak clearly would count against you.
Ron seems to be the only full-blooded wizard in our class. Neville said his grandmother is, but his parents must be dead, too, since he lives with her. Seamus's mother is a witch, but his father is a muggle. Dean's mother is a muggle, but his father left them before Dean showed any magic, so they don't know about him. Someone said most of the Slytherins are full blooded wizards, and the few who aren't pretend that they are.