The Diary of a Witch, Volume II
Author: fantasylover12001
Rating: PG
Summery: Jubilee returns to Hogwarts for her second year. Lessons with Firenze, keeping her growing powers a secret, whispers of the Heir of Slytherin being at Hogwarts, and an annoying Defense teacher are just some of the things she has to deal with...
Disclaimer: I'm not JKR, I'm not that brilliant. I'm not the WB, I don't have that much cash. Therefore I do not own Harry Potter and am not making any money off of this. Which is a shame really, cause I could use the cash...I do however own Jubilee, Owen, and Mandy's personality so I'll be very upset if anyone borrows them without asking and takes credit for the characters. So upset, I'll sic Fluffy on you if you do...
PROLOGUE: SUMMER, 1992
July 15, 1992
Dear Jubilee,
How's it going? I don't know about you, but I'm definitely ready to go back to Hogwarts. For one thing, not being able to do magic stinks. I live in a wizard complex in London with Mum and Dad and there's this family in the townhouse next to ours that has triplets who are five years old. The brattiest kids you'll ever meet.
If I couldn't get expelled for doing magic in the summer those kids would have been cursed a long time ago. But the Ministries got something against that sort of thing even though it would teach them a lesson. My only consolation is that I'll be a seventh year by the time they go to Hogwarts and hopefully a Prefect. Ohh...I can't wait to dock points from them if they talk back to me...I can only hope none of them get sorted into Ravenclaw.
Have you done that essay Professor Snape assigned yet? I can't believe he expects us to fill up three rolls of parchment on such a small subject...the man is unbelievable sometimes. I hope he didn't get the Defense Against the Dark Arts position this year, because if he did, we're in trouble.
Write back soon!
Love, Mandy
July 16,
Dear Mandy,
I'm going NUTS!!! I'm so over the muggle world. I like not having to go to classes and everything but I miss magic like you wouldn't believe. Plus, I'm the ONLY kid here at the manor. Do you know how utterly boring adults can be??? Or how nauseating? Remember Gerard and Giselle, the people I told you about? Well Gerard finally got the nerve to ask Giselle out while I was at school and they've been dating for over six months now.
They act like those making out couples we saw on Valentines Day, the ones that kept springing apart when Snape or McGonagall would catch them. I can barely talk to Gerard now, he's always got this dreamy smile on his face. I hope to God I don't act like that when I fall in love. I'm pretty sure they are in love too, if that ring Gerard is keeping in his pocket is anything to go by.
I have been keeping up with the Daily Prophet though, so I'm not completely in the dark about what's been going on in the wizard world. Not that much has been going on. By the way, have you been reading Witch Weekly lately? Who is this Lockhart guy they keep gushing over?
I've sort of just started on my summer homework and haven't actually gotten to Potions yet. I don't know if it would be so bad if Snape got the Defense position. If he wants the job so badly (though why he would is beyond me)maybe he won't be so grouchy if he finally does get it.
Maybe.
Write back soon (PLEASE! I need something to keep me occupied).
Jubilee
July 20,
Dear Jubilee,
What's up in the muggle world? Haven't been too bored, have you?
I feel sorry for your family if you have been because I know what happens when you DO get bored. So I've been following Quidditch for you and just thought I'd let you know that England hasn't been doing so great, America just got bumped out of the running for the Quidditch Cup and Ireland is actually doing very decently. Mum and I went to the Ireland V.S. France game and I'm happy to say France got pummeled.
The game was fun except for the fact that Mum invited her new boyfriend. That one she got when I was at school. My Mum is dating someone. That sounds wrong on so many levels. At least this bloke is decent and not like the other idiots she's dated in the past. This one actually likes me (surprise, surprise) and doesn't try to act like a Dad right a way or replace him. His name is Kingsley Shacklebolt, and get this: he's an Auror. My only problem is that when the two of them get together my Mum acts like a giggly schoolgirl. It's slightly sickening.
At least he's not another Ministry idiot.
Write back soon!
Owen
July 21,
Dear Owen,
You want to talk sickening? I'll give you sickening.
Yesterday morning I woke up, got dressed and went downstairs to the kitchen to get my breakfast only to walk in on Gerard and Giselle MAKING OUT ON THE TABLE! WITH TONGUE! I have officially been scarred for life. I will never be able to eat at the kitchen table ever again. I would avoid the kitchen all together but I need to eat. At least you haven't walked in on your Mum frenching this Shacklebolt guy. I hope you haven't anyway, if you have, my sympathies and I suggest lots of repression to forget the memory. On the bright side, it sounds like your Mom is happy so the guy can't be all bad.
I also know about England's' defeat, I read about it in the Daily Prophet when it happened and had to explain to Angela why I cursed at the breakfast table. By the way, I got permission to get a broomstick this year when I go to Diagon Alley, any ideas what kind to buy? Unfortunately I don't have enough for that Nimbus 2001 that they're advertizing, which is a shame because they look awesome.
Write back soon.
Jubilee
P.S.: What do you mean? Nothing bad happens when I get bored. Honest.
July 24,
Dear Jubilee,
Hi! Thank you for that birthday gift, I loved the earrings you made (you DID make them right?), the card was wicked too. My Mum wants to frame the cover because she says it's pretty. I think you have your first fan.
I finished all my homework except for Snapes' essay which is a nightmare. I hope you have better luck with it then I did, a lot of it was just rambling and I'm pretty sure Snape will give me a P. But at least I did it and won't get detention.
Can you believe England is out of the Quidditch Cup running already? Shame isn't it? My Dad (who is crazy about the game) wouldn't speak to anyone for a day after they lost. Of course that might of been because my Mum put a Silencing Charm on him so she wouldn't have to hear him complain.
Owl me when you get your Hogwarts letter, will you? I'm hoping the four of us can all get our school supplies together.
Love, Hannah
Dear Hannah,
Yes, I made the earrings and your welcome.
Don't get me started on Snapes essay assignment. I finally started it and lets just say it's not my best essay. Your mom cast a Silencing spell on your dad? Interesting relationship they have. I was pretty upset when I found out about England losing. In fact I cursed at breakfast and got a lecture from Angela about taking the Lords name in vain which is something she's very touchy about.
Write back soon.
Jubilee
July 25,
Dear Jubilee,
I DID NOT NEED a mental image of my Mum and Shacklebolt snogging. Really DID. NOT. NEED. IT. Now I'm off to repress as I've never repressed before all thanks to you. And don't give me that innocent nonsense. You know you tend to annoy people just for the hell of it when you're bored. I know, you've done it to me dozens of times.
I got an owl from Hannah who wants to meet up to get our school supplies together. I was planning on going the nineteenth with Terry and Justin (Anthony can't make it that day), think Hannah would mind going that day with us? This is said with great sarcasm because I know she has a wicked crush on Justin (for some reason I can't fathom). So can you make it?
Owen
August 12,
HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
Dear Ms. Johanson,
We are pleased to welcome you back for another year at Hogwarts. As a second year you are allowed to now bring your own broomstick, however you are expected to take care of it yourself.
Please note that the term begins on September 1 and the Hogwarts Express leaves on the same date from Platform 9 3/4 in Kings Cross Station at exactly 11:00 A.M. sharp. Enclosed is your train ticket and supply list. We hope you have a wonderful year!
Sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
SECOND YEAR STUDENTS WILL REQUIRE:
The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 2 by Miranda Goshawk
Break with a Banshee by Gilderoy Lockhart
Gadding with Ghouls by Gilderoy Lockhart
Holidays with Hags by Gilderoy Lockhart
Travels with Trolls by Gilderoy Lockhart
Wanderings with Werewolves by Gilderoy Lockhart
Year with the Yeti by Gilderoy Lockhart
Wednesday, August 19, 1992, the Leaky Cauldron, Room 21,
I finally have a diary to write in! I never realized how much I wrote in it until I went to write in it and it was no longer there. This is a magic diary too so the pages will never run out, it's password protected, has a built in Privacy Charm, and has a cool cover that is rainbow marble that swirls around and comes with a matching rainbow colored quill. I found it at Parchment and Ink, which is this wicked store in Diagon Alley.
It's so great to see all my friends again. I like Angela, Jacob, Gerard, and Giselle. Really, I do. But they're adults and...well, I really can't relate to them much. It's even worse now that I've been gone for nine months and have this totally different view on things. Of course I haven't really been able to talk to Gerard and Giselle anyway as they're now fully immersed in couple-hood. I still can't go near the kitchen table. I've taken to eating out on the patio with Jacob who actually talks to me more now.
I used Spellotape to put a few of the letters and my response to them (I copied those down by memory) in here. I couldn't tape in all of them because then I would run out of Spellotape. I did actually get a few owls from Firenze who somehow got all this information on Wild Magic for me to read. He's been sending me rolls of parchment and books on what my gifts are, how to use them and so on. He even said I could keep them. I wonder where he got them all? I looked at the Hogwarts library for two months and only found like five books that even mentioned the gift.
So except for owls from my friends and Firenze, summer homework, and chats with animals and plants here and there my summer has been pretty pitiful. I was actually kind of glad I got that lifetime subscription to the Daily Prophet thanks to Grandfather (who was around a total of three weeks this summer) so I could keep up with the wizard world. I'm still a little disappointed about England and the United States being out of the Quidditch Cup running but I have hopes for Ireland.
Anyway, today was a blast. Angela and I got here last night by car and met Owen, Terry Boot, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Mandy, and Hannah along with their parents here at the Leaky Cauldron this morning. Hannah flirted shamelessly (or tried to flirt, she was taking tips from Witch Weekly) with Justin who I could tell had no clue what she was doing. Boys. I think Angela was a bit intimidated about being the only muggle (and the oldest adult there) at first but after she met Justin's parents who are also muggles she started to relax and talk with them a bit and gradually the others.
We all went to Gringotts and either withdrew or exchanged money. I exchanged some of the money Grandfather left Angela then put whatever I didn't need into my account. I still have a pile of galleons in there from last year so I'm okay for now and will hopefully have enough to buy my own place when I get out of school (I know that's a long ways away but it never hurts to save up early).
The adults decided we would be all right on our own for awhile and let the six of us wander around getting our stuff on our own for about four hours. We went into Parchment and Ink first where I got this diary, seven new notebooks for note taking, a box of different colored quills, some more ink including invisible ink which only showed up with a Revealer (a red eraser thing) that I also bought.
Then at Owens insistence we went into the Apothecary to get refills on our potions kits and the Potion Master's Store which had all sorts of potion making tools and books. He got two books, one with potion recipes for healing and one on myths about potions. After that we went to Quality Quidditch Supplies and I got my very own racing broom! True it's only a Nimbus 1900 and isn't as fast as the Nimbus 2000 or 2001 (which just hit the market two months ago) but it's fast enough for Quidditch which is important since I'll be trying out for Chaser this year. Just because I got a new broom though didn't stop me from joining Terry, Owen, and Justin and drooling over the Nimbus 2001. Hey, that is a quality racing broom. You cannot blame me. Mandy and Hannah practically had to drag us out of there so we could go the Things You Might Need store then we went to Gambol and Japes Wizarding Joke Shop and ran into Fred and George Weasley and Lee Jordan who, like us, were stocking up on Filibuster Fireworks and Dungbombs.
We then stopped and had some lunch at a place called the Witches Cauldron which was at the end of the alley and a café type place. The food was pretty good, I was able to have a hamburger for the first time in a long time. After that we dropped off our stuff at our rooms in the inn because the bags were getting heavy, we went back out to Flourish and Blotts. Us and every witch in town.
Apparently Gilderoy Lockhart was there doing a book signing. I don't get why people are making such a big deal of this guy. From what I saw he was a arrogant glory hound. He was handsome, I guess. He has blonde hair, blue eyes and that smile is nice, though it seemed a little faked to me. Especially when he saw Harry Potter (who was there getting his school supplies, I guess) and pulled him out of the crowd for a photo from the Daily Prophet (can't they find more interesting news?).
The reason I think he's a glory hound is that when he took that photo with Potter he said, "Ladies and gentlemen, what an extraordinary moment this is! The perfect moment for me to make a little announcement I've been sitting on for some time! When you Harry here stepped into Flourish and Blotts today, he only wanted to buy my autobiography-which I shall be happy to present him now, free of charge." the crowd applauded at this (can you BELIEVE THAT? Did it ever occur to Lockhart that Potter came here for his SCHOOL BOOKS?) Lockhart then continued. "He had no idea that he would shortly be getting much, much more than my book, Magical Me. He and his schoolmates will, in fact, be getting the real magical me. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I have great pleasure and pride in announcing that this September; I will be taking up the post of Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!" Then the crowd cheered.
So Lockhart is our new DADA professor. I think I would have preferred Snape.
Monday, August 24, the Manor, Gardens,
Nothing much has been going on. I spent most of last week finishing up my summer homework because Angela noticed that my new wizard watch was pointing to procrastinating (it has stuff like that along with being able to tell time) and asked if I'd finished all my homework and of course I've been putting off Snapes essay something fierce, so I finally finished that.
I've also been practicing on my new broomstick outside. I can't really fly too high because muggles might see so I fly low to the ground and race away in the small maze that is in back. The maze has always been my favorite part of the manor. Jacob said my Grandmother had it put in so she could have parties and stuff in the center of it which is this nice patio place with a fountain. He told me my Grandmother threw wicked parties that were not at all like the stuffy business parties my Grandfather throws when his colleagues badger him into be more sociable. He says my Grandfather was different when my Grandmother was alive, more happy and was actually here for more then two weeks. According to him they loved each other very much.
It's hard to imagine Grandfather loving anyone. Maybe I should try to understand him more. If he'll let me understand him more. Can't exactly do that if he's never here.
Monday, August 31, London, Leaky Cauldron (yet again),
The innkeeper, Tom, was surprised to see me yet again but happy to make arrangements for me and Angela. I get to go back to school tomorrow and can't wait! I've been bouncing off the walls all day and driving Angela crazy (at least that's what she said). I just can't wait to get back to Hogwarts and start learning more magic.
I made a deal with Gerard before I left though. He's been trying to get the nerve for a month now to ask Giselle to marry him but has always chickened out at the last minute (coward). So before I left I pulled Gerard away and told him that if he didn't ask Giselle to marry him by the end of September then I would write a fake proposal to Giselle in his handwriting and purposely mess it up worse then he ever could. He kind of looked at me warily and said, "you wouldn't." I just raised an eyebrow and he sighed. "You would. All right, I'll propose by the end of September."
Why can't all adults be that agreeable? It would make things a lot easier.