Disclaimer-All Hogwarts characters are owned by J.K. Rowling, and if I were her, I wouldn't be writing on fanfic. However, all Ziriat characters and places are mine.

Chapter 3- Exploration

Dear Kilo,

You didn't even notice that I signed my letter Parvati? Well, I guess you did, since you wrote back to Parvati, even tough you wrote Padma on the envelope. So, I won't blow up at you, since I now have it straightened out that you were just playing along.

Ziriat actually has over 60 extra-curricular activities?! It seems you have quite a reputation at your school. Alyce has just informed me that you are one of the smartest 9th graders in Ziriat. You also have a tendency to cause chaos in Mr. Mazer's class. Is he really that awful? That is just what I need, Snape's clone. Oh, well, you can't have everything in life, right?

Parvati and Neville are both in Hawk, and Lyle is in Unicorn. Too bad none of them are in Salamander.

Alyce has introduced me to some of her friends, and it seems that Aaron is her little brother! You really seem to enjoy keeping information from me don't you? Anyway, I've met Marie Delacour, remember I was telling you about Fleur from the Triwizard Tournament? Well, her family has moved to the States, it seems. Now Fleur has graduated, of course, and now her sisters Gabrielle and Marie are in 6th and 9th grades here (Marie is the 9th grader). She seems quite nice, actually.

Parvati, Lyle, and Neville are all doing well, though I have no idea what his grandmother was thinking when she sent Neville here. I mean, he's already lost Trevor about seven times already, and managed to stumble into a girls' bathroom twice! And all in two days, mind.

Alyce, Marie, and I have already decided to sign up for drama and softball. I don't know why they don't offer Muggle classes at Hogwarts, they seem quite fascinating if you ask me.

You Friend,

Padma, not Parvati!

Dear Padma, not Parvati!

They don't have Muggle Classes at Hogwarts?! I was only joking when I said, unlike you we have them. Oh, my gosh, I'll be a whole year behind when I get back there! Are you people crazy?! What about the kids pursuing Muggle professions? I have to tell the others about this. How do think Professor Dumbledore will respond to my request for Muggle classes? Do you anybody who can help me?

Okay, I'm trying to calm myself down now. I'll write about a different topic. Yes, that's what I'll do. Can you remind Aaron to give me a blow-by-blow account of the rug races? That's another thing you don't have at Hogwarts, isn't it? Gosh, you people are nuts! Write quickly.

Shocked,

Kilo

Hey Kilo,

Remember me, Aaron, your friend that just manages to keep you sane? I wish my parents would let me go on an exchange trip. You'll be back in May, right? Yeah, that's right. But the Hogwarts bunch won't go back till June. Can't see how they'll stand being stuck with Rankle and Mazer. They're gonna be dead in a matter of weeks.

Anyway, that Padma told me that you would dare think I'd forget to tell you all about my marvelous vanquishing of other houses in the rug race? You have mortally wounded me. Today is Tuesday, and classes have started. Padma, Alyce, Lyle and I will all be in Drama. This year the theme is Shakespeare. We'll be doing King Lear, and if we have time, make up our own Elizabethan plays.

Dashingly, Stunningly, and Dazzlingly Yours,

Aaron

P.S. Please don't start you letters "Dear." That just creeps me out.

Pizza. Dear Aaron,

Ha, didn't start my letter with "Dear" That was the second word.

Well, I'm finally at Hogwarts. It's not as big as Ziriat, of course, but pretty massive all the same. Also, it is much more magical and old fashioned than Ziriat. Can you believe, this is the first time ever they've had foreign exchange students in their school? Dumbledore seems a whole lot better than Rankle. I got sorted into Ravenclaw, supposedly where the brilliantly precocious people (like me) go. Uh, oh. I'm writing this in class and Professor McGonagall has spotted me.

Kilo