From the Diary of Lily Marie Evans
Year One
Chapter 3
November 4, 1971
Dear Diary,
I haven't heard from Mum and Dad in a while, I hope they're alright. But just this morning I got a letter from Petunia. It was mostly the same as last but her best friend is mad at her. OMG! That reminds me! Lisette! I haven't spoken to her in ages! I'm gonna go send her a letter right now.
Ok I'm back! I just wrote Lis a totally long letter and sent it out with a cute snowy owl! I hope she doesn't freak when an owl flies into her house.
It's getting cold here. Well it is November that should be expected, but this castle isn't exactly pleasant when it's cold. The corridors are drafty and the dungeons, for Potions, are hell. Well not really cuz hell is hot but what ever they're a really cold hell! At least the class is not bad. The teacher's really cool. Her name is Professor Masenelly, she's head of Gryffindor house, and real nice.
My last flying lesson was yesterday and I've totally improved! At the start of the 1st one my broom wouldn't even come off the ground. Now I'm a pretty good flyer! Brooke's really good. She was zooming around the quidditch pitch before I could even get on mine. Sirius and James are good too. They said that they've been flying for years and I don't doubt it. Remus had the same problem as me; his feet didn't seem to want to leave the ground either. Oh and now for a James Update! *Official sounding music* This just in James is now seeing Amanda Francisco. She's a Gryffindor 2nd year. We'll keep you posted on further updates. *Giggling* Brook just told me! Hang on! . . . Yup they're sitting way to close together on that couch.
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P.S. Sirius and James' (and now Remus' too) detention count is at 11! Don't ask me how!
November 11, 1971
Dear Diary,
Ok well I just read over my last entry and I just noticed that I totally forgot to tell you about Halloween, and on account of the fact that I have nothing else to write about today, I'm going to tell you now. Ok so Halloween was on a Tuesday this year so of course we had classes. I was totally excited, I told Brooke about the muggle Halloween custom, you know dressing up, trick-or-treating, etc. She thought it'd be fun for all of us 1st year girls to play a trick on the guys then go trick-or-treating around Gryffindor tower. So in Potions that day we asked Professor Masenelly how to turn our skin green for a couple of hours and how to grow wart on our noses. We spent the evening making the potions in our dorm. Then at 11 when the common room had finally cleared out we took our potions. We went trick-or-treating to all the girls' dorms first. Most of them were confused, but the muggle-born ones thought it was hilarious and gave us candy. When we got to the 1st year boys' dorm we crept inside. They were all sleeping. We each stood over one of the guys. Brooke was over Sirius, Farah over James, Meg over Bryan, and me over Remus. On the count of three we poked them all awake. They took one look at the 4 of us with our green skin and warty noses. They all screamed bloody murder. It was hilarious, and James has a very girly scream. We were still laughing about it a week later. The guys have lightened up to us now! They all think it's hilarious too! Well that was Halloween, very exciting!
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November 18, 1971
Dear Diary,
Guess what! My birthday is only 2 months away! Yay! I got a letter from Lisette today. She's doing really well. Her "boring public school" is actually pretty fun it sounds. She's actually together with Micky now. I am shocked. And I think I'm kinda jealous. Well, I mean he did like ME first. But I'm also MILES away! That sucks. Well the second quidditch match of the season is in like 15 minutes and I'd better get going. Brooke's yelling at me to get my butt down there. They're all waiting for me and they don't wanna miss the kick-off!
P.S. Slytherin just beat Hufflepuff 190-60! Oh and James and his current girlfriend just broke up! She just chucked a book at his head in the common room!
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November 25, 1971
Dear Diary,
It snowed! On Thursday night the heavens opened p and they didn't close again until this morning. So now we've got a good foot and a half of snow! And I've got a good foot and a half of snow down my robes. Me, Brooke, Sirius, James, and Meg just had a huge snowball fight. Farah didn't want to come. It was something about her hair. I dunno! But it was totally fun! And I'm soaked. Brooke's in the shower now, but I get it next. Thank god! I could really use some hot water right about now. Oh here comes Brooke.
Yeah I feel a lot better now! So yeah, I'm really worried about Remus! He left again last Sunday night. He said he was visiting his mum again, but I don't understand why he would go on a school night. I just don't get it. I mean he was back in class Monday morning but he didn't look to good. And James once again has another girlfriend. I think he'd gonna try and date the whole school by the end of the year. Hee hee! No but he's with Farah now! I saw them kissing in a corner of the common room this morning.
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December 2, 1971
Dear Diary,
Winter holidays are in 2 weeks. I dunno if I wanna go home for the holiday. I kinda wanna see what Christmas is like here! There's a Yule Ball but I can't go! It's only open to 4th years and above! But they're having dinner for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd years that can't go. Brooke's staying here and so is Sirius, but James, Remus, and Meg are going home. I think I'm gonna write home and ask if I can stay here!
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December 9, 1971
Dear Diary,
So I got a letter from my parentals this morning. They told me that Daddy has to go back to New York City for work again over Christmas. So they told me that it was ok if I stay here over break! I'm so excited! I got this catalog from Brooke and I'm gonna order all of my gifts for people from it. As long as they get here before Christmas it's all good. Well my teachers have noticed that the holidays are coming too, I guess. They've loaded us with so much work for the next like 2 weeks, I'm gonna go insane! I think my hair is falling out!
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December 18, 1971
Dear Diary,
Winter holiday has finally started! Thank God! I've got like three 3-foot long essays to write, BUT I've got 2 whole weeks to do them! A ha ha! James, Remus, and Meg left this morning
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December 25, 1971
Dear Diary,
This was one of the best Christmases I've ever had. I woke up this morning and there was a pile of presents on the foot of my bed! I got all kinds of fun stuff. Lisette sent me a bracelet to match the necklace she gave me earlier. It is gorgeous. And I got a lot of chocolate frogs and other candy from most of my friends. My parents sent me this gorgeous silver ring! It looks really old and it's got carvings of flames that look like they're real fire and moving. My mum said her father gave it to her when she was 11 and now I should have it. Christmas lunch was amazing! There were hundreds of fat roast chickens and potatoes every way! It was amazing. Well, yeah I already said that, but still. And then, I just spent the last 3 hours in a large classroom on the 3rd floor. I wore those green robes that Mum bought me in Diagon Alley. The party was totally fun and I met some cool new people. Like this one 3rd year, Molly Brackshire, she's short and kinda pudgy girl with curly brown hair. She was totally nice and she introduced me and Brooke to a bunch of her friends from other houses. Me and Brooke just got back up here like 15 minutes ago and I'm exhausted!
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