CHAPTER 2: LETTERS
The month of July would soon be ending. School would be starting within about a month and I couldn't wait! I was working on my history of magic essay on my desk. Boy it was hard! I hate when they give us all this work! Why do we want to know what happened then? Shouldn't we be paying attention to what's happening now? As I thought this, a tapping could be heard from my window. I looked up and a huge tawny owl was perched outside. Wait! Tawny owl...? This means it's probably a letter from the school! I immediately jumped up and opened the window. As soon as I took the letter, I tore the envelope open and found that there were two letters. I read a loud the first letter:
Dear Mr. Potter,
I, Minerva McGonagall, am pleased to inform you that the staff of Hogwarts School has voted you to become one of our school prefects for the school year. As a prefect you of course hold some responsibilities: You are to show a good example to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd year students and will behave in an appropriate manner. You are in charge of the Gryffindor1st year boys and will therefore help them if they need any assistance. If any student misbehaves in any way, when a teacher is not present, you have our permission to deduct house points. Or you can simply warn a teacher about this certain student. But if you deduct house points unfairly, you will suffer the consequences. You, and your fellow prefects, will take turns going on night patrol to make sure all students are in their dormitories at the right hour. Also, all the school prefects are to have weekly meetings held by the Head Boy and Head Girl to report any news.
But if you break any rules, behave in an inappropriate manner or don't show a good example, I will take away your place as a prefect. All prefects are from 5th, 6th and 7th year. There are six prefects altogether in each house and two prefects per year. The following students are the prefects of each house:
GRYFFINDOR: 5th Year: Harry Potter & Hermione Granger 6th Year: Joshua Lighter & Katie Bell 7th Year: Fred Weasley & Angelina Johnson
SLYTHERIN: 5th Year: Draco Malfoy & Millicent Bulstrode 6th Year: Owen Darius & Tessa McPherson 7th Year: Marcus Flint & Rebecca Parsons
RAVENCLAW: 5th Year: Terry Boot & Mandy Brocklehurst 6th Year: Christopher James & Cho Chang 7th Year: Shaun McGrady & Anna Smith
HUFFLEPUFF: 5th Year: Justin Finch-Fletchley & Susan Bones 6th Year: Ross Dawson & Georgina Sanchese 7th Year: Andrew Bilbadore & Marina Murry
HEAD GIRL: Alicia Spinnet HEAD BOY: RogerDavies
All the prefects in your year, including yourself, will all be sharing separate living quarters from all the other students. You will all have your separate rooms and will share a common room.
The staff and myself are sure you will make a good prefect in the next school year.
Yours Sincerely
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
COOL!!! I'm a prefect!!! I can't believe it! Me, Harry Potter, a prefect! My head was filled with excitement. This means I can take house points from people! Maybe I can take points from Slytherin. They're always causing trouble anyway. I then took out the second letter. It read:
Dear Mr. Potter,
As a fifth year student you are required to have these appropriate books:
The Standard Book of Spells Grade 5 by Miranda Goshawk Advanced Transfiguration Care Of Magical Creatures Volume II Potion Concocting
You can of course find all of these books at Flourish and Blotts located in Diagon Alley, London.
Yours Sincerely
Minerva McGonagall
(Deputy Headmistress)
The tawny owl flew off again as soon as I read the both letters. Great! More books to buy! But how the hell am I able to get to Diagon Alley? Maybe I can meet up with Ron again later and we can go to Diagon Alley together. I took another piece of parchment and wrote:
Hey Ron! How are you doing? Haven't heard from you in a while! I want to ask if I can meet up with you again. As you probably know, we have to go to Diagon Alley to get our school stuff. But the thing is I don't know how I can get there. I can't use magic and it's not like I can walk to London! Let me know soon. From Harry
I again told Hedwig to give the note to Ron and she again flew off. I hope I can meet up with him. I carried on with my homework and impatiently waited.
In the late afternoon, I received a reply from Ron, it said:
Hey Harry! I'm doing good! Hope you're well! I'm really sorry Harry, but I can't meet up with you this year. My family and I at the moment are in France for a holiday, and then we're just going straight to London to Diagon Alley. Maybe you can ask Hermione to meet up with you? Write back to me if you don't have any way to get to Diagon Alley. From Ron
Of course! I can ask Hermione to meet up with me! I took again another piece of parchment and wrote a note to Hermione:
Hey Hermione! How are you? I need to ask you something. Can I maybe meet up with you so we can go to Diagon Alley together to get our new schoolbooks? I don't have anyway to get there because Ron is in France at the moment and I'm pretty sure my Aunt and Uncle will not want to go to Diagon Alley. Write back soon! From Harry
I then told Hedwig to take the letter to Hermione and again she was on another journey, I made sure the window was open for her return. Later as evening arrived, I took my glasses off, got undressed and climbed intobed and fell asleep.
*
The next morning, Hedwig was waiting on the windowsill with a note in her beak. I took the note...YES! She agreed to let me stay! I just have to reply answering when I can come. Excellent! It's Wednesday, so I can leave on Saturday! I immediately replied with my plan.
Later, I raced out of my room and went to the living room to tell Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon. They seemed pretty happy with the idea, probably because I'll be out of their house and out of their way. I hated the idea of me leaving and them not missing me even a little bit. I know they treat me as if I'm a dog, but they're still family. Well, at least I'll be spending the rest of my summer with Hermione. I would actually be staying with people who actually don't mind me being around.
*
Wednesday came quickly. I packed all my things in my trunk: my clothes, wand, books etc. I had my firebolt also ready to go. I put on a pair of beige baggy trousers and a long-sleeve black shirt. I applied some hair gel into the style as before. To make sure I didn't get hungry on the journey, I sneaked some sweets into my trunk from Dudley's huge jar of sweets. I'm sure he wouldn't notice. I also packed some bread for Hedwig. The sound of a car horn blew, that was probably my taxi. I gathered all my things and went downstairs.
I said goodbye to my Aunt, Uncle and cousin and said thank-you. Uncle Vernon looked puzzled by this and I told him 'Thank-you for having me'. I wasn't lying when I said this. I'm grateful that they let me stay here and put up with me even though they didn't want to. I think this shows that they have some kindness in their hearts. I climbed into the car, gave him the address and we were on the way. I waved back to my Aunt, Uncle and my cousin and surprisingly they waved back. This made me smile.
The month of July would soon be ending. School would be starting within about a month and I couldn't wait! I was working on my history of magic essay on my desk. Boy it was hard! I hate when they give us all this work! Why do we want to know what happened then? Shouldn't we be paying attention to what's happening now? As I thought this, a tapping could be heard from my window. I looked up and a huge tawny owl was perched outside. Wait! Tawny owl...? This means it's probably a letter from the school! I immediately jumped up and opened the window. As soon as I took the letter, I tore the envelope open and found that there were two letters. I read a loud the first letter:
Dear Mr. Potter,
I, Minerva McGonagall, am pleased to inform you that the staff of Hogwarts School has voted you to become one of our school prefects for the school year. As a prefect you of course hold some responsibilities: You are to show a good example to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd year students and will behave in an appropriate manner. You are in charge of the Gryffindor1st year boys and will therefore help them if they need any assistance. If any student misbehaves in any way, when a teacher is not present, you have our permission to deduct house points. Or you can simply warn a teacher about this certain student. But if you deduct house points unfairly, you will suffer the consequences. You, and your fellow prefects, will take turns going on night patrol to make sure all students are in their dormitories at the right hour. Also, all the school prefects are to have weekly meetings held by the Head Boy and Head Girl to report any news.
But if you break any rules, behave in an inappropriate manner or don't show a good example, I will take away your place as a prefect. All prefects are from 5th, 6th and 7th year. There are six prefects altogether in each house and two prefects per year. The following students are the prefects of each house:
GRYFFINDOR: 5th Year: Harry Potter & Hermione Granger 6th Year: Joshua Lighter & Katie Bell 7th Year: Fred Weasley & Angelina Johnson
SLYTHERIN: 5th Year: Draco Malfoy & Millicent Bulstrode 6th Year: Owen Darius & Tessa McPherson 7th Year: Marcus Flint & Rebecca Parsons
RAVENCLAW: 5th Year: Terry Boot & Mandy Brocklehurst 6th Year: Christopher James & Cho Chang 7th Year: Shaun McGrady & Anna Smith
HUFFLEPUFF: 5th Year: Justin Finch-Fletchley & Susan Bones 6th Year: Ross Dawson & Georgina Sanchese 7th Year: Andrew Bilbadore & Marina Murry
HEAD GIRL: Alicia Spinnet HEAD BOY: RogerDavies
All the prefects in your year, including yourself, will all be sharing separate living quarters from all the other students. You will all have your separate rooms and will share a common room.
The staff and myself are sure you will make a good prefect in the next school year.
Yours Sincerely
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
COOL!!! I'm a prefect!!! I can't believe it! Me, Harry Potter, a prefect! My head was filled with excitement. This means I can take house points from people! Maybe I can take points from Slytherin. They're always causing trouble anyway. I then took out the second letter. It read:
Dear Mr. Potter,
As a fifth year student you are required to have these appropriate books:
The Standard Book of Spells Grade 5 by Miranda Goshawk Advanced Transfiguration Care Of Magical Creatures Volume II Potion Concocting
You can of course find all of these books at Flourish and Blotts located in Diagon Alley, London.
Yours Sincerely
Minerva McGonagall
(Deputy Headmistress)
The tawny owl flew off again as soon as I read the both letters. Great! More books to buy! But how the hell am I able to get to Diagon Alley? Maybe I can meet up with Ron again later and we can go to Diagon Alley together. I took another piece of parchment and wrote:
Hey Ron! How are you doing? Haven't heard from you in a while! I want to ask if I can meet up with you again. As you probably know, we have to go to Diagon Alley to get our school stuff. But the thing is I don't know how I can get there. I can't use magic and it's not like I can walk to London! Let me know soon. From Harry
I again told Hedwig to give the note to Ron and she again flew off. I hope I can meet up with him. I carried on with my homework and impatiently waited.
In the late afternoon, I received a reply from Ron, it said:
Hey Harry! I'm doing good! Hope you're well! I'm really sorry Harry, but I can't meet up with you this year. My family and I at the moment are in France for a holiday, and then we're just going straight to London to Diagon Alley. Maybe you can ask Hermione to meet up with you? Write back to me if you don't have any way to get to Diagon Alley. From Ron
Of course! I can ask Hermione to meet up with me! I took again another piece of parchment and wrote a note to Hermione:
Hey Hermione! How are you? I need to ask you something. Can I maybe meet up with you so we can go to Diagon Alley together to get our new schoolbooks? I don't have anyway to get there because Ron is in France at the moment and I'm pretty sure my Aunt and Uncle will not want to go to Diagon Alley. Write back soon! From Harry
I then told Hedwig to take the letter to Hermione and again she was on another journey, I made sure the window was open for her return. Later as evening arrived, I took my glasses off, got undressed and climbed intobed and fell asleep.
*
The next morning, Hedwig was waiting on the windowsill with a note in her beak. I took the note...YES! She agreed to let me stay! I just have to reply answering when I can come. Excellent! It's Wednesday, so I can leave on Saturday! I immediately replied with my plan.
Later, I raced out of my room and went to the living room to tell Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon. They seemed pretty happy with the idea, probably because I'll be out of their house and out of their way. I hated the idea of me leaving and them not missing me even a little bit. I know they treat me as if I'm a dog, but they're still family. Well, at least I'll be spending the rest of my summer with Hermione. I would actually be staying with people who actually don't mind me being around.
*
Wednesday came quickly. I packed all my things in my trunk: my clothes, wand, books etc. I had my firebolt also ready to go. I put on a pair of beige baggy trousers and a long-sleeve black shirt. I applied some hair gel into the style as before. To make sure I didn't get hungry on the journey, I sneaked some sweets into my trunk from Dudley's huge jar of sweets. I'm sure he wouldn't notice. I also packed some bread for Hedwig. The sound of a car horn blew, that was probably my taxi. I gathered all my things and went downstairs.
I said goodbye to my Aunt, Uncle and cousin and said thank-you. Uncle Vernon looked puzzled by this and I told him 'Thank-you for having me'. I wasn't lying when I said this. I'm grateful that they let me stay here and put up with me even though they didn't want to. I think this shows that they have some kindness in their hearts. I climbed into the car, gave him the address and we were on the way. I waved back to my Aunt, Uncle and my cousin and surprisingly they waved back. This made me smile.
