September 25th

ARRGHHHH! I hate school! Professor Dunderhill hates me – all she does is criticize me and make fun of my potions! It's not fair! She won't even let me work with James anymore. No, She figures I suck so badly I have to work with a student from her house – Slytherin. I was open-minded at first – but Severus Snape is a filthy, dung-eating eel! He's also Dunderhill's favorite student! And She hates Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs. She only likes her own house or Ravenclaw because they're smart! James has to work with Lily – who's become somewhat of a nag since we started loosing house points for sneaking out at night.

I lent Peter my favorite quill on Monday and now he's lost it. I'm not talking to him – I just glare at him instead. I suppose it's not really his fault. I'm just mad about Potions class.

Flying lessons were all right until Remus lost control of his broom and veered into me. I ended up in the hospital wing with a broken arm. I was sulky and prepared to be angry with Remus but then he showed up with a huge bar of Honeydukes Chocolate and a get-well-soon card. He was so apologetic that I had to laugh and tell him to forget it. It's not as if my arm hurt that much.

Our Map has been put on hold, James and I have detention for being caught out of bed after hours and Remus has started looking a little ill. He missed Charms yesterday and says he not sure he'll be well enough this weekend.

Well I have more potions homework to do. I guess I had better finish it now…

October 3rd

Remus got really sick last week. We went to see him in the hospital wing but the matron turned us away. She said we should be in bed and that he needed to be left alone so he could sleep. I think she's a bit stuffy if you ask me. I left a bar of Honeydukes on Remus's pillow for when he gets back.

October 31st

Last week I found a letter written on pink parchment with purple ink. It was this really sappy love letter and it didn't say who if was for (just 'To my Dear') and it didn't say who if was from. Of course I did find it on my desk in Transfiguration…

James and I went spent last weekend exploring. We took Remus with us but Peter had heaps of homework and had to stay in the tower. The three of us found the Hufflepuff entrance. I'm so glad we took Remus with us – he's really smart!

"Here give the parchment to me," and I handed it to him curiously. He took out his wand and the piece of charcoal we were using to writing and did something then handed it back. It looked neater to me.

"What did you do to it?" James asked, watching a group of Hufflepuff girls leave their common room.

"I spelled it so that the charcoal doesn't smudge – and so that it stays in proportion. What's the point in having a map if it's not completely accurate?"

"I'm glad you're will us Remus, Sirius and I would never have thought of that." James said, staring at the new and improved map (which was still rather uninformative and confusing if you ask me).

The Halloween feast was great! The great hall was filled with real bats and pumpkins – all the decorations were in orange and black and the headmaster was dressed up to match! When the feast began there was so much good food I didn't know where to begin! Lily was sitting near us and she was perfectly nice, her friends were nice too. James and I got to telling jokes and making them laugh. I had completely forgotten that I didn't always like Lily (or most of the girls as they were too giggly).

We finally headed up the stairs to the Gryffindor tower, I was soooo full I thought I would burst.

"Hey, where's Remus?" Peter suddenly asked. I turned around, looking, but he wasn't with us anymore. When had he slipped away?

"Maybe he just went to the lavatory." James suggested half-heartedly, there was after all, nicer washrooms in the tower. We stood there, looking rather confused and out of place, then finally James shook his head and started up the stairs once more. Peter and I followed, I was too tired and too full to really think about it. He had been with us at dinner right?