25th of November 1996,
I solemnly swear that I am Harry James Potter Evans.

Sweet Merlin and Morgana, this is almost too big! I learned whom Helga Hufflepuff married. She married a Wizard by the name of Aldrinius BONES. I can't believe this, or I couldn't. Susan is the Heir of Hufflepuff, the honest to magic, real deal heir. I went into the bloodline instantly and found one rather intriguing detail. Susan is, with the exception of her mother, the descendant of every first born in the Bones family. Had Amelia had any children, they would have been the heir, but as it stands, Susan Bones is the Heir of Hufflepuff!

But a near perfect, direct line of descent to Susan from Aldrinius Bones and Helga Hufflepuff. This is big. As in political world shaking big. With two out of four heirs now found, that means that she and I could, if we want to, take over Hogwarts legally as more than 50% of the heirs are accounted for. This is massive, and I need to contain it for as long as possible. I'm a little worried about hiding it from Susan, but at the current time it is best if she doesn't know. If she knows, Hannah knows. If Hannah knows, her mother knows. If Hannah's mother knows, then the world knows. And the world isn't ready, or rather the rest of the heirs aren't. I still have to find out about the heir of Slytherin and Ravenclaw. My next target will be Ravenclaw, mostly because I might get access to that knowledge through the Ravenclaw house Ghost, Helena herself. Though I have heard she doesn't talk a lot.

Though there is also the matter of how the line of succession works with the founders. They outlined very specific laws about it, thank you Salazar's Diary, that clearly states how an heir is chosen. I'll share the details with the other heirs once I find them, but for now I best just keep my head in the books and keep looking.

My best bet for starting with Ravenclaw is to, first of all, learn the truth behind Helena's death. If she was truly killed by the Bloody Baron, then that is an area of topic I need to stay away from if I wish to speak with her. Aside from that, I'll need some more accurate information about this other child between Slytherin and, frustratingly so, this unnamed Witch. Again, something that I hope the Gray Lady can help me with if I manage to convince her to talk.

As for how the day went. We started with DADA, and by Morgana, Snape is the worst teacher of the subject I have had so far. Yes, even worse than Lockhart. His constant berating of students for not knowing the material, his standoffish tone and remarkable arrogance on the subject, all make for a very poor teacher. I dread going into the NEWTs with him as my teacher.

Runes went as one would guess. I've surpassed the material much quicker than I should, but when each rune holds some form of historical importance, was there every any real doubt that I wouldn't throw myself into it sooner or later? Professor Babbling certainly wish that I hadn't, but that isn't really my problem.

Artihmancy wasn't terribly hard today. It was mostly revision of last year and a few new formulas to look over and memorize in preparation for next month's mid-terms test on the subject. I reckon by the end of the year I'll be a decent hand at it. For now, I still have trouble with a few of the more advanced terms, but Daphne is there to help me through most of it, and Anthony is always good to bounce homework off.

Potions with Slughorn. It is hard to put a correct assessment on his teaching style. On one hand, I have learned more from this man in the past few months than I have in the years with Snape. But his personality and familiarity with his students is also a bit jarring. My entire life I have been used to teachers and professors keeping a certainly level of distance between a student and their own private life, Professor Slughorn certainly doesn't have such an idea. The very notion of going to one of his parties makes me slightly sick. Good on Daphne and Anthony for finding a way out. Tracey is, of course, just mocking us senselessly since she acquired her apprenticeship in the art.

I'm going to bed. The coming week is going to be a long one, I have almost every night put off for research on the founders. I hope that by the end of February to have found the heir of Ravenclaw, at the least.

Harry James Potter Evans.