1 September 1969 – 21:45 (Monday)

Dear Diary,

It's the end of my first day away from home. I'll try to catch you up on what happened since this afternoon. The train pulled up to the station at about 16:00. Between my last entry and when the train pulled in, Amelia and I talked about everything. We talked about our lives and our families. We talked about our old friends and I told her about my old school.

After the train pulled into the station, we got out and this giant of a man was yelling for all of the first years to follow him. I've learned that his name is Hagrid and he is the keeper of the keys. When all the first years were surrounding him, I think there was about thirty of us, he lead us to a group of boats. The boats took us across a massive lake and it was from the boats that we got our first look at Hogwarts. I can't even describe it right now. I guess I could try but words aren't enough. It is a castle but it's larger than any castle I have ever seen before. And there is something about it that when you see it you know that it has a magic of its own. But that doesn't make any sense does it?

And the outside just gave you a taste of what was going to happen. We were all standing in a small room before the sorting ceremony and a ghost came through the wall. He introduced himself as the friar and said he was Hufflepuff's resident ghost. I learned later, from Sir Nicholas the Gryffindor ghost, that he tries every year to be one of the first to greet the first years. He thinks that it calms us down to meet a friendly person straight off, even if it is a dead one. Though I must say it didn't work for me.

The sorting ceremony wasn't at all as I had pictured it to be. There were a lot of rumours going around about what we would have to do. Some of them had us fighting trolls. Others said that we had to hold our breath underwater. The actual ceremony had us trying on a hat.

It's not as bad as it sounds. We were all standing up in front of the school when one of the teachers brought forward a stool and an old dingy hat that my mother wouldn't have let anywhere near our house. There was a tear along its brim and it sang a nice song about the different houses. I wish I could remember it but it was rather long. All I can remember is that it said that Gryffindors are brave, Ravenclaws are bright, Hufflepuffs are loyal and Slytherins are ambitious.

We were called up in alphabetical order to try on the sorting hat. I am very glad that my last name is Evans. I was one of the first called up. I had a very nice chat with the sorting hat. He is very nice. Told me that I seemed very bright and that it was a hard decision between Ravenclaw and Gryffindor. In the end he chose Gryffindor because I am apparently very brave. I don't see that because I was absolutely terrified that I would put the hat on my head and he would tell me that I have no magic and I need to go back. That would have been horrible.

Amelia was sorted into Hufflepuff but we have promised that we will talk and study together when we can. I just know that we are going to be great friends.

Unfortunately for me, James Potter was also sorted into Gryffindor. I just hope that he doesn't bother me too much. I don't have the highest opinion of him.

Do you remember the boy that I met at the robe shop? Well he was also sorted into Gryffindor. His name is Sirius Black and I don't think the Slytherins like him. They kept on shooting him dirty looks all through dinner.

Speaking of dinner. That was an experience all of its own. All of the plates were empty and then Professor Dumbledore said a few random words and the plates were all full of so many different types of food you could eat something different for every meal of every day of the year. And it tasted so good. I wonder who cooks the food. Or do they use magic to make it?

After dinner, one of the Gryffindor prefects lead us to Gryffindor tower. We have a portrait of a Lady guarding the door and she will only let us in if we have the password. The password at the moment is Soprano. Once we were in the tower, the prefects warned us that the Lady believes that she is a soprano though she can hardly hold a tune. I consider myself warned.

The girls' dormitory is up the stairs on the right hand side when you enter the common room. Our bags and trunks had already been brought up. I suppose that was done while we were all eating.

I had intended to get to know the girls I am sharing a room with a bit better before we went to sleep but it seems as if I am the only one up. I should probably go to sleep myself. Tomorrow is set to be a big day as well.

Good night.

Lily Marie Evans

2 September 1969 – 21:30 (Tuesday)

Dear Diary,

Today we got our class schedules. Our first class was Transfiguration. The professor is nice enough though she is rather strict. We are going to be starting out with some very simple transfiguring. Turning matches into pins. To be fair it is a rather difficult subject to master. I have heard some of the older students say that they still have trouble with some of the simplest of transfiguration spells. I hope that I don't have that problem, though I did have a hard time turning the match into a pin.

The other two classes that we had today were History of Magic and double Herbology. I think that I am going to like Herbology. It was the only class that we had today with the Hufflepuffs. Professor Sprout partnered us up with someone from a different house and she put Amelia and me together. The teacher is a bit rough around the edges as if she doesn't care about her looks but you can tell that she knows what she is talking about and she loves plants.

Professor Binns, the History teacher, is very, incredibly dull. He speaks in monotone. His voice is flatter than a pancake. As much as I love school and learning, I almost fell asleep in his class. Some of the students did actually fall asleep.

Speaking of students, I should tell you who the other Gryffindors are. As I mentioned yesterday, James Potter and Sirius Black are two of them. The other boys are Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew. The other girls are Kathleen Rogers, Sarah MacMillan, Courtney O'Keefe and Annabelle Robins. They seem to be more interested in boys and fashion than they are in school and books. At least that is what they are talking about at the moment. The conversation doesn't interest me much though I hope that we can be friends. Even if all we can talk about are the latest fashions, it would be nice to have a friend in my own house. I only get to see Amelia when we have classes together or if we are both on free periods.

I should probably get to sleep it has been a long two days. I will write again soon.

Lily Marie Evans

3 September 1969 – 21:30 (Wednesday)

Dear Diary,

Today I had my first Charms class. We have it with the Ravenclaws. It was a double class meaning that we had it for two periods in a row. We also had Herbology and Potions. Professor Slughorn, the potions instructor, seems to have his favourites in the class. Most of them being pureblood and Slytherins. I am going to try and change that. I was the only one who could answer all of his questions. He seemed to be impressed by that especially since he asked me some questions that we weren't suppose to know until closer to the end of the year. Professor Slughorn said that he hadn't expected anyone to read the books past the first two chapters.

I wish I could say that it was the best day ever but I would be lying. It would have been if it weren't for James and Sirius. They have decided that they are going to be the newest and best pranksters in Hogwarts history. Sounds innocent enough doesn't it? But guess who they chose as one of their first victims? Yeppers. They chose me and another first year named Severus Snape. He's a Slytherin and in my Potions class. At dinner time they put "Gotta Go" into our drinks. Just for your information "Gotta Go" makes you need the bathroom, badly. It is what people take when they can't go.

Needless to say that I didn't leave the bathroom until the potion wore off several hours later. Severus wasn't as lucky as I and didn't get to the bathroom in time. Poor boy. I don't think that anyone is going to forget that. I heard about it when Amelia and Kathleen came to find out what was wrong. It was Kathleen who told me what James and Sirius had done. She had heard them bragging about it. They had chosen Severus because he is in Slytherin obviously. I have only been here for two and a half days but even I have noticed the rivalry between the two houses. I just wish I knew why they pranked me. I have done nothing to them. I'm in their house. What reason do they have? I can't think of any. Maybe it will be clearer in the morning. I hope so.

Lily Marie Evans

5 September 1969 – 21:30 (Friday)

Dear Diary,

I am sorry that I didn't write yesterday. We had Astronomy last night. I got to gaze at the stars all night... well alright... Professor Sinistra was telling us how to find certain stars. Apparently it is her first year teaching. I think that she is doing a brilliant job so far. Though she did give us homework. We have to be able to point out at least three different stars and constellations by next class. I am going to meet Amelia tomorrow night to work on our homework together. The Hufflepuffs are in our Astronomy class so she has the same homework as me.

The only interesting things that have happened over the past two days were the new classes. We had Defence Against the Dark Arts yesterday. Other that that we had Transfiguration, History of Magic, Potions, Charms and, of course, Astronomy.

Guess what Professor Slughorn said in Potions today. He said that next class we would be studying our first potion. Figuring out the proper ingredients and then, next Friday, we will be brewing it. He didn't tell us what potion it would be but I have an idea. I think that it might be a very simple healing potion. One that you soak over mild burns to cool them down. I heard that he always starts the first years with that potion. I can't quite remember the name of it though. Oh well... I really have nothing else to write about so I will leave you for now.

Lily Marie Evans

7 September 1969 – 12:00 (Sunday)

Dear Diary,

Tomorrow I will have completed my very first week at Hogwarts. I can't believe it. I feel as though I just arrived today. Diary, it is so much better here than I dreamed it could be. The girls in my dorm are wonderful. Well, alright, Courtney and Sarah seem to have one track minds. They are always talking about boys and the like. But Annabelle and Kathleen talk about other things. They all grew up in the wizarding world. Kathleen and I have a lot in common, I think that we are going to be great friends. Annabelle seems to hang out with boys more than girls. She is very much a tomboy. You should hear her talk about quidditch. I think that she will become a close friend in the future.

Courtney and Sarah may become close friends but they seem content with just each other and then having fair weather friends in the rest of us. They knew each other before Hogwarts. Apparently their mothers are best friends. I don't really mind that they don't want other close friends. To be completely truthful, the conversation gets a bit boring when all there is to talk about is the latest cute boy.

They have even begun a list of all the cute boys in school. They have listed the boys by grade, house and "cuteness" level. The boys are rated on a scale of one to ten. Ten is the cutest and one is the ugliest. There are even rules to the list, which Courtney says will be rewritten every year. The first rule is, for a boy to be included in the list he must either be in our year or above, or he must have a cuteness level of seven and over.

I admit, helping make the list was fun. I had never done anything like it before. Not that there was much chance to back home what with only two boys in my year and, not including my year, six in my primary school. That wouldn't make a very long list. In fact all of the boys would have to be on it to even call it a list. Here at Hogwarts there are 16 boys in my year and, again not including my year, and almost a hundred boys in the school. That is not even including the teachers themselves. The list for this school needs to be narrowed down immensely. And I am not just saying that because the five of us spent all day yesterday getting to know one another and going boy watching. Though that was fun. We have decided to make it a tradition. Every year, on the first Sunday of term, we will spend the day boy watching and making The List. I should go, Kathleen, Amelia and some of her friends have decided that we need to go exploring. I love this castle.

Lily Marie Evans

Disclaimer: I do not own the Harry Potter world, Hogwarts, Lily, James, Siruis, Remus, Peter, Dumbledore, McGonagall, Flitwick, Hagrid, or any of the other characters that live there. I just like to play with them. They all belong to the wonderful brilliance that is JK Rowling.

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