September 1
Okay, well mum gave me this journal in the hopes that "I will learn how to express my feelings in a non-condescending way." Honestly, having a teacher as a mum is extremely annoying sometimes. Anyway, the short and short of it is that she wants me to write in here so that I can learn to say what I think without insulting anyone while doing it.
Personally, I don't think that I have much of a problem in that respect, except around my parents. It's not like I'm going to tell her the details of my personal life, so I act as annoying as possible so that they will leave me alone.
All that aside, I might as well introduce myself because I am "supposed to treat the journal like an equal." My god, does she think I'm three years old? But just to make her feel better, My name is Lily Marie Evans, and I'm sixteen years old. I go to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry because, obviously enough, I am a witch. I have awful red hair that I cut to just below ear length this summer. My eyes are bright green and they are basically the only part of me that I like. My parents are muggles (non-magical folk) and I have an annoying sister named Petunia who is also a muggle.
But that is the boring bits, and if you really want to know more about my background, then I'll have to tell you that you are insane. The present is much more interesting than the past.
So, right now I'm sitting on my bed with the curtains drawn. I'm in the sixth-year girls' dormitory in Gryffindor Tower. It's late right now, and I can hear snoring coming form one of my friend's beds. It's probably Wyn.
Crap, I just forgot what I was going to write about. Never mind, I remember. Okay well, today on the Hogwarts Express, I was sitting with Wyn and Erica. We were having a great time talking about what we did over the summer. Wyn went to Greece over vacation because her mum is Greek. It sounds like she had an awesome time. I wish I went somewhere like that. I just got to go to the Isle of Mann with my stupid parents. Honestly! What normal teenager wants to spend their valuable summer in a place that still in the 1800's?
Anyway, we were having a wonderful conversation, when who comes barging in but James, Sirius, and Remus. What a wonderful way to start a day! Well, maybe Erica and Wyn enjoyed it, because I happen to knop that Erica thinks Remus is hot, and Wyn is practically in love with Sirius. I make it sound worse than it actually is though, I think. James is extremely hot. And I mean hot. But he is such an arse! And a player! I mean, I guess he is a friend, but I'm mad at him half the time.
If you did a comparison between him and his friends, he would definitely be the worst. Below I've done a little numerical analysis of James, Sirius and Remus.
Name: James
Hotness: 9
Niceness: 2
Brains: 9
Talent: 7.5
Total: 27.5
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Name: Sirius
Hotness: 9
Niceness: 6
Brains: 9
Talent: 8
Total: 32
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Name: Remus
Hotness: 7
Niceness: 7
Brains: 7
Talent: 7
Total: 28
So as you can see, James is by far the worst. I left Peter out for obvious reasons. His score would be so low that you couldn't get a good comparison. Sirius, of course, has the best score. I have already noted this and acted upon it. For a year.
That's right, I, Lily Evans, went out with Sirius Black for an entire year. But then he dumped me because he liked some other girl. I didn't really care though, because it was third year and I wasn't exactly in love. I just enjoyed the snogging. ;) We're still really good friends. Well most of the time. Half the time I want to punch him in the face for being a wise-arse. It gets kinda annoying after a while.
Anyway, getting back to the Hogwarts Express. So the three boys came waltzing into our compartment. Right away James decided that he had to make some incredibly stupid comment to me. He takes one look at my shirt and loudly says, "You know, Lily, if that shirt was any tighter, you'd be dead."
Well, I just so happened to be wearing a new shirt that I bought the day before and I liked it very much. Naturally I stood up and slapped him hard. Not on the face though, 'cause for some reason I refuse to slap anyone there. I did, however, slap him on the arm, and judging by his reaction it hurt. A lot. Perhaps now would be a good time to mention that I used to take karate for two years, and if I want to hurt someone, I will.
Yes, so after that, James retreated to the farthest possible seat in the compartment away from me. He is such a baby. The rest of the trip passed fairly well. Remus and I left a few times to take a quick walk through the corridors. Soon after, we all changed into our robes and got off the train.
The feast was the same as ever, with Dumbledore making his customary speech. Surprisingly James and co. didn't bother pulling off a prank like they have every year at the welcoming feast. I guess they are going to pull it at breakfast. Even though I've never actually said anything to anyone, I actually really like the pranks that those boys pull. It takes a lot of skill to do what they do, and anyone who has ever seen one of their better pranks should understand instantly why James and Sirius are the top students in the school, with Remus not far behind.
I hope that it doesn't sound like bragging if I say that I am at the same level as James and Sirius. We all excel at different subjects thought. I'm the best at Potions, Charms, and Arithmancy; James is best at Transfiguration, and Defence Against the Dark Arts, and Sirius is the best at pretty much everything else. We three are always the top three students in every subject, even though we almost never study. We're always busy doing other stuff, namely Tidal Waves.
What, you may ask, is Tidal Waves? Well, Tidal Waves is that name of the unofficial school band, consisting of James, Sirius, Wyn, and myself. We have a practice almost every night and were getting and better always. We even have a few gigs lined up in Hogsmeade for this year, and Dumbledore has agreed to let us go down and play provided a professor accompanies us. Sirius is the lead singer of the band, and he is really good. He's never taken a singing lesson but he's the best I've ever heard. James plays bass, and Wyn plays guitar, with Sirius sometimes backing her up. I, as you can probably tell, play drums. Always have, always will. For some slower songs I do the vocals, but it's mostly all Sirius. He's a talented guy, what can I say?
So we have our practices in the room of requirement with instruments and equipment that is magically powered, because obviously electricity doesn't work at Hogwarts. When we started the band in fifth-year, it was kind of a joke. None of us really knew how to play, but the more we practised, the better we got. Now, we are one of the better bands out there, if I do say so myself. (Note the gigs lined up in Hogsmeade.)
So when I'm not doing band stuff, I'm either reading, hanging out with my friends, or doing a minimal amount of homework so that I keep my grades up and stay out of detention. It's weird, but most of the people that I know think that I am some goody-good, teacher's pet, know-it-all, but when I hear that, I have to laugh.
Seriously, what good girl plays the drums? Let alone is in a band? None, I'll tell you. None.
So that's the story of my life. I'm going to go throw this book in my bottom drawer now, and you had better hope that I remember to write in here again, because if I don't, it's going to get pretty dusty.
Night,
Lily