July 28th
I can't believe I am writing in this thing. Pansy Parkinson gave this to me for my birthday today. A little late considering that my birthday was July 6th. Well my name is Draco Malfoy, I am twelve years old. I don't have any siblings that I know of. I wish I did though being an only child really isn't as much fun as it may seem. My friend Ron Weasley has five older brothers and one little sister. He says that it isn't as great as I think it is. I have a mother and a father. Their names are Narcissa Malfoy and Lucius Malfoy. Mother is awesome, honestly. I would do anything for her. Father . . . well, you know I don't think he likes me too much anymore. See I go to this school called Hogwarts and there are four different houses that people live in for seven years. Slytherin, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Gryffindor. Malfoys are always sorted into Slytherin but I ended up in Gryffindor. Father was not pleased with this information at all, it's like I disappointed him. I think he would have been more disappointed if I had ended up in Hufflepuff but whatever. My father isn't too pleased with my friends either. Their names are: Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Father seems to like Harry but he doesn't like Ron because his family is poor and they are muggle lovers. He doesn't like Hermione because she isn't a pureblood wizard, she was born from muggle folk. She is an only child like me. Harry would technically be an only child but he lives with his aunt, uncle and their son. They are very unpleasant people.
Well I better go. Father wants to talk me. Gee I wonder what that is about?
August 16th.
It's Draco again. I am completely bored out of my mind in this manor, I wish I could do magic outside of school. My friends and I need to find ways of seeing each other more over the summer. I got to see them about a week ago. We went to get our supplies for school. Father was really disappointed that I was hanging around with the Weasleys. He even went as far as humiliating them in public and he put something in their daughter's book but I don't know what. Thank god, he doesn't know that I offered Mrs. Weasley money.
Sept 8th.
Can't sleep- Quidditch tryouts tomorrow. Not for Gryffindor though, it's for Slytherin. Sometimes I wish I was in Slytherin instead. The Slytherins need a new seeker and I bet I could have made it on the team. Father bought me a new Nimbus two-thousand and one, but the broomstick is pointless really. What am I going to use it for? Harry is so lucky! He got on the team last year and first years never make the house teams.
Sept 12th
Father has sent me a howler. Remember when I said that I offered to give Mrs. Weasley money? Well father found out from Ron's father. Luckily I was alone in the dormitory when I got it. I had been looking for a book in my trunk when our family owl flew in. Howlers are letters that yell at you. It goes a hundred times louder than the persons usual voice. Here is what mine sounded like:
DRACO MALFOY! HOW DARE YOU GIVE THOSE WEASLEY SCUM MONEY! YOU WERE NOT RAISED TO HELP PEOPLE OUT LIKE THAT! I FOUND IT OUT FROM ARTHUR WEASLEY WHEN WE GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT AT WORK! HE TOLD ME THAT I SHOULD BE LIKE MY SON WHO WAS GENEROUS ENOUGH TO PAY FOR HIS DAUGHTERS SUPPLIES! YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF! YOU ARE NOW A TRUE MALFOY!
The letter went into flames and then burnt up. I should have known father would find out but I don't regret it. I think Ginny Weasley is very cool girl. Well anyway I have to go Harry and Ron have come in looking for me.