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September 5th
I'm back in school and classes have begun. McGonagall's speech wasn't exactly up to the level of Dumbledore's. And our new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher is Lupin. Most were surprised that McGonagall is actually letting a werewolf teach. I wasn't. I figured that the Order made her take him so that we could have as many Order members there at all times.
Most people seem to believe the story that Harry, Ron and Hermione are dead. So many people have come up to me saying 'I'm so sorry to hear about your brother.' It's getting really annoying. A few guys have asked me out now. I've turned them all down. My friends seem to think that it's because I'm still mourning Harry's death. Why doesn't anyone believe me when I say that they're still alive? I think I know how Harry felt in his 5th year now.
September 8th
You'll never believe who I saw at school today. Draco Malfoy. Apparently since he didn't actually kill anyone he'd been forgiven and is at Hogwarts because they feel that it is the safest place for him at the moment. He does seem like a changed person. He's completely ignoring the rest of the Slytherins. I've had a few classes with him since he's repeating a few 6th year classes since he didn't he didn't really get to finish them last year. He actually sat next me in potions the today. I've been sitting alone for the most part, except for the few classes that I have with Luna. I'm usually late to show up for classes and then I purposely sit away from my friends. But today Draco showed up even later than I did and took the seat next to me. Potions has never really been my thing, I only took it because I have to in order to become an Auror. I think that those that know that I want to be an Auror think it's just so that I can work with Harry and well, they're right. I know that Aurors have to move around a fair bit and I don't want to have to be away from Harry for extended periods of time in the future. But anyways, back to what happened in class… So I think that Draco, who at first I was disgusted to be sitting next to, realized that I was struggling with the potion. He had already finished so he offered me a hand. I was amazed at how good he was at potions. As far as I knew he never did that well in school. But he said that it was just because he'd done this potion last year. So we began talking about things, no we didn't talk about Harry, and I started feeling rather sorry for him. He said that after Dumbledore's death Snape brought him to You Know Who, who wasn't at all pleased that he had failed to kill an old man. He said that he was fortunate to have left with his life. Well, as soon as he had left his mother had taken him to the Ministry begging them for protection. So all summer he got moved from place to place in order to make sure that You Know Who, or the Dark Lord as Draco kept calling him, didn't know where he was. I think the whole experience has scared him beyond belief and I don't think that he wants to continue living a life like that. I never thought I'd say this, but I really feel sorry for Draco.
September 23rd
Wow, I haven't written in ages! It's mainly because of all this homework I'm getting. Now I know what Harry, Ron and Hermione meant when they said that the teachers really give you more in the 6th year. Guess what? McGonagall has made me Griffindor's Quidditch captain! Harry was supposed to be but since he didn't come this year the job was given to me. I'm our seeker, since we no longer had one and I was truly better than all those who tried out. I was lucky to find a good keeper. A Griffindor girl named Annick. She's even my age. I think I've seen her around a few times before, other years. Apparently she only came in her fourth year. She's from North America and apparently the Wizarding School that she would have gone to closed down the year that would have been her first. She's a muggle born to so until the age of 14 she had no idea that she was a witch. It's amazing how quickly she caught on to magic though. She's really bright and seems good in everything! Well, not everything but everything that she takes. I'd say she was a Hermione type from her dedication to her studies but she really isn't in behavior. She's a bit of a tomboy like me. She's in my Care of Magical Creatures class, and honestly I only took it because I felt sorry for Hagrid. In that class there are only three of us, me, Annick, and this Hufflepuff boy who really reminds me of my brother Charlie. He even has read hair! I told Annick about this and she laughed. I havn't been talking to my other friends much. Especially not Maria, she's dating Dean! So long to the thoughts of going out with Dean again to make myself feel better about how I can't be with Harry. Oh, and today, Draco asked me to have a picnic with him tomorrow. I said yes but I think he realized that I expect this to be a friendly meeting not a date. At least I hope so…
September 24th
My picnic with Draco was so much fun. We talked and enjoyed the great food that Dobby and Kreature supplied. I kind of got them to do it because, no offense to Draco, the food that he brought was terrible. After lunch I held our first Quidditch practice. Draco wanted to watch, claiming that he had nothing better to do, but I shooed him away and told him that he was on an enemy team. I do wish that Katie we're still at Hogwarts. The only Chaser that I have from last year is Demelza Robins. Well, I suppose you could count Dean since he was our back up last year. I had to take Maddie Brookes, a fourth year girl, as our third Chaser. I was glad that I could still use Ritchie Coote and Jimmy Peakes as our Beaters. Our team doesn't seem too bad, except Chaser wise. Annick is a really skilled Keeper and I truly believe that had she tried out last year she would have been better than Ron. But she told me that she hadn't wanted to because she wanted Ron to make the team since he had won the last game for us the year before. She thought he deserved it. She said that she would have waited until her 7th year to try out. I think maybe she truly just had a fear of competition. But I swear she was born to play Keeper. She says that in some muggle sport, soccer or football, she says that back home in North America the muggles call it soccer but here they call it football, well anyways she says that she was always good at playing keeper for that and that she just figures that her skills were transferable. I just hope that I can do well as Seeker. I know I'll never live up to Harry's level. Hmm… I hope he'll send me an owl sometime.
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