October 1st

Eureka-type moments in the middle of the night: 1

1.59am - I've got it! I know what Snape was up to! Oh my... He was... he was... He was dancing?

2.03am - Have dragged Ginny out of bed to tell her my revelation. Cannot believe that was so stupid before not to have worked it out! Is v. strange. What is stranger is that when told Ginny, she also could not understand how neither of two supposed v. bright and intelligent witches could have worked it out. Must go back to bed, and think about it in morning.

Strange situations getting even stranger: 1
Thickness of plot: Crabbe and/or Goyle

7.52am - Situation gets stranger and stranger. Apart from refreshing nightmares about evil wizards dancing Swan Lake in pink tutus, am now finding that cannot clearly remember any details of what happened yesterday afternoon. Indeed, only things that can be sure about are those which were recorded in diary. Am taking it on faith that did not deliberately mislead self by writing false statements, so therefore can only conclude that there is something stranger going on here than waltzting potions masters. Must find Ginny.

7.59am - Is definitely something else going on. When found Ginny, could not get her to believe that had been anywhere near Snape's office at all yesterday. Showed her pages in diary, but she still refused to believe it. Insists on getting Luna to collaborate own story.

8.45am - Cannot find Luna anywhere, and have promised to meet Harry and Ron in fifteen minutes. Must abandon search for now and continue later.

12.30pm - Lunchtime, and still no sign of Luna. Where has she got to?

2.20pm - Finally found Luna outside Great Hall. Is v. inconvinient not being able to find people when one is looking for them. Is alright for Harry, because he has Marauder's Map. Sadly not all of us are fortunate enough to have v. clever and v. rule breaking wizarding parents. Anyway, Luna claims to have had a dream about being near Snape's office, which is good enough for me. Have dragged Luna to Gryffindor Tower and must find Ginny to prove to her that am not mad.

2.56pm - Now cannot find Ginny! Is v. bad day.
3.00pm - Have given up for now. Have made Luna promise to come to Gryffindor table at tea time, when will grab Ginny and force her to listen (and prove that am not mad).

5.30pm - Tea time! Have finally managed to get Luna and Ginny together.
5.45pm - Ginny agrees that would be v. odd for Luna and self to have same dream about Snape's office, and also have it occur in own diary. In v. unhelpful fashion, Luna has decided to blame it on wrackspurts, which she claims must have been around Snape's office. Both Ginny and self are worried about apparent memory loss, so have decided to be as thorough as possible about recording all future dealings with Snape, or around area where Snape is. Am v. troubled. What if sudden memory loss went as far as to erase all knowledge gained at Hogwarts? Would be awful! Would fail all exams! Would never be able to show face in world ever again!
5.50pm - Have tried to calm down, but is not going v. well. Cannot bear thought of losing all precious, hard-earned knowledge. Something must be done.

6.02pm - Ginny and Luna agree that something must be done. Unfortunately cannot decide what.

6.25pm - Have decided to make three copies of all notes from diary pertaining to incident. Have also signed piece of paper, saying that these things did happen, and that we are to believe whichever of the three of us comes to us with aforementioned declaration. And have now decided to go to library in search of answers.

10.02pm - Have just been thrown out of library. Though further research may be required, it seems that some sort of memory charm may have been responsible for strange goings on. Am not sure that is anything that can be done about the situation though, as if we tell anyone about it they will require proof, which we do not have. Hmm, requires careful thought.

AN: Sorry that this isn't long, but it's only a midweek installment. Besides, I'd like to hear what you think about this new piece of 'plot' before I get too far with it...