Disclaimer- I disclaim all that is not mine, but all that is mine, I claim
A.N.- If anyone has any ideas, please e-mail me or send review, even if you don't please review, otherwise I will feel rejected and miserable. You don't want that, now, do you?
Also, I realize Parvati, Padma, and Neville probably would not be going to school in 2005, but it was the nearest calendar to my computer.
Chapter 2- Arrival
Dear Kilo,
We have arrived! Can you believe it? I feel the same way I did when I first arrived at Hogwarts, a little nervous, but undoubtedly very, very, excited. Your school is amazing! I got put in Salamander House, room #7, with a girl called Alyce Kincaid. She is also a 6th year, which means 10th grader, I believe?
We have the weekend and Monday to explore and get used to the campus, which only the fifth graders and the foreign exchange students really have to do. Ziriat is enormous! Even bigger than Hogwarts, since you take kids at the beginning of fifth grade, and keep them 'till twelfth. And why didn't you tell me that Silence is an entirely magic-aware town? Even the muggles here know about our magic. Even some of your teachers are muggles and nonhumans! You could have told me some of these mind-boggling facts! By the way, Salamander House is on the fourth floor of Galileo Building. We have the most perfect view of Fairy Grove. Is it true that it's inhabited by fairies, phoenixes, and unicorns? A griffin lives right in the forest? You have Carpet Races? Oh, and I've met a friend of yours, Aaron. He says hi, and will also be sending you letters.
You friend,
Parvati
Dear Parvati,
So sorry I did not enlighten you with that information, but I did not want to sound like I was bragging. However, you also need to send me information about Hogwarts. We're still in London, though quite busy poking around Diagon Alley. The shops are pretty amazing. Is Professor Snape really as horrible as I keep hearing? Is it true he hands out detention just if you make the littlest mistake in your potion?
Yes, everything you asked about Ziriat is true, except I believe there are two griffins, and some dragons as well. But Principal Rankle is awful. It's a good thing the deans have a lot of influence over him. Otherwise, he'll probably manage to be worse than even this Snape person. You're Salamander? Good for you. Ms. Turtistole is pretty nice, in addition to being the dean of Salamander, she'll be teaching Astronomy to the Upper Grades (9-12). Watch out for Mr. Mazer though. He's the dean of Fox, and Herbology for the Upper Grades. He and Rankle are the evil ones. The other teachers are all right, though I don't know much about the Lower Grades' teachers.
Yours 'till Niagara Falls,
Kilo