October 9th – Yom Kippur

October 9th – Yom Kippur Hogwarts

Charms Classroom

Dear James,

Did I ever tell you that I'm in my third year? I heard Prongs talking with his friends in the common room last Tuesday. They were talking in code, I think. I heard enough to know who had what nickname. Prongs is his nickname. Padfoot is a guy named Sirius (long black hair). Remus Lupin is Moony. Peter Pettigrew is Wormtail. Peter is kind of strange. He gives me the creeps. Oh well. It's kind of like the chills around Snape, Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle.

Speaking of goons, I saw the funniest thing happen to them the other day. Crabbe and Goyle are like bodyguards for Malfoy, and Snape hangs around them, even though they're four years ahead of them. He's so skilled in Dark Arts, and I guess that makes up for it. Well, Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs were walking to the Great Hall for dinner when the Slytherin Creeps bumped (sort of) into MWP&P. I was laughing with 'em and they called me a … you know. Prongs got really upset and started cussing them out. Malfoy (who's a Quidditch member of the Slytherin team. Prongs is one of ours. He's a chaser.) finally couldn't take it anymore (besides, he was running out of names) and pulled out his wand. MWP&P were faster though and hit all four of the S's square in the face with some awful hexes. It was practically fifteen minutes until a teacher came and performed the counter curses. MWP&P got detentions, despite my pleas with Professor McGonagall. I tried to apologize, but they wouldn't hear of it. "It's our pleasure," Prongs told me. It makes me wonder if he would do anything for me …

Lily Evans

P.S. –

The reason I'm writing here is because Flitwick made us try the Hiding Charm on something personal. You went down Prongs's shirt! He didn't even feel you! I had to explain to him why I was sticking my hand down his back. He seemed thrilled that I was writing in you.