Hello, this is Magnolia Fidel.
Tom was getting on our nerves. I mean, we just came back to Hogwarts and he starts lecturing us about safety already. Tom really is a cool guy. He's tall, nice, handsome, and a great friend. But sometimes he can really be annoying.
October, yay, FINALLY! Quidditch season's starting VERY soon, and it's about time, I love quidditch! Tom seems sort of nervous. Probably because of Quidditch beginning. He's the Slytherin Quidditch Captain, and also the Keeper.
YIKES, I had forgotten about the dance on the 12th! Anna, Rosemary, Lila and I reached an unspoken agreement NOT to even THINK about the dance until October. We might have broken that agreement, but anyway.
Who am I going to ask?
Who even wants to go to the dance with little old me?
Well, I've decided to wait until Tuesday the 10th. If no one asked me then, I'll have less than two days to find someone myself. Very risky plan, because finding a date in two days when most guys will already have a date is going to be difficult.
What about quidditch?
I'm one of the Hufflepuff Beaters, so my job is to protect my team from Bludgers and hit the Bludgers in the other team's face.
The first game is to be on October 14th, and it's Gryffindor Against Slytherin. Rosemary's a Gryffindor Chaser, and her little sister is the Seeker.
I'm really worried about the dance... what if nobody at all wants to come with me?
I'm not worried about Quidditch, because the Captain says I'm very good, a natural, at flying and hitting Bludgers.
And I'm not worried about school work because THAT'S going as great as ever.
Last night, we went into the forest and found four unicorns. Since unicorns like the woman's touch, it was easy to gently climb on their back and ride them through the woods. They didn't mind, in fact, they liked it.
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This is October the 9th.
Anna, Lila, and I were all talking about the dance, minding our own business, and going to Potions class. Double Potions with the Slytherins, like last year. Only Rosemary's in Gryffindor and didn't have to spend the whole afternoon with Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle.
I hate Potions for two reasons: Professor Snape is getting worse than ever, very annoying, and even takes points off our House if we're breathing too loud. And Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle keeps throwing insults at us but Professor Snape just lets them do that without giving them detention, or even a lousy point off Slytherin.
The only reason I like Potions a bit is because Tom is there with us.
Okay, anyway, where was I? Oh yes, we were in Potions.
Snape was making us do a Healing Potion.
Tom, Anna, Lila, and I sat at the same table, and were filling our cauldrons with the ingredients.
"So, Anna, found a date yet?" Lila asked.
"Yes, Amos Diggory, Head Boy." she answered.
"My date is Poseidon Griswold, Ravenclaw Prefect." Lila said.
They all looked at me, waiting for me to tell them who I was going with.
"Humm, Rosemary told me she was going with the Gryffindor Prefect, Silvanus Fowler." I said.
"But... who are YOU going with?" Anna asked. Tom looked away and started mushing rat brains for the potion again, for an unknown reason.
"No one asked me." I said quietly.
"I'm sure someone might ask you soon." Lila said.
We started working on the Potion again. I was thinking about what Lila just said. Would anyone ask me at all? Do I have any chance at getting a date? Tomorrow, I might start asking a guy myself. All my friends have dates... wait a minute -- Tom never said who he was going with!