Because I'm a lovely(ish) person - here's the second chapter! So, in case you missed what I wrote a chapter ago - my first name is not Joanna and my last name is not Rowling. Good talk. Also - enjoy!
If you haven't realised it yet, I go to Hogwarts Academy for Wizards and Witches (no points for figuring that one out). Which means... I'm a witch (no bonus points for that one either).
I've been going to this school for four years now, along with my two best friends Marley and Hestia, only the two coolest gals you will ever meet.
What's life like as a witch, you ask? Pretty amazing - I mean, except for some of those fancy tricks like turning a frog into a teacup and back again (why anyone ever came up with a need for such a spell beats me), magic has definitely expanded the limits of what we can achieve in life.
I could go to Paris in the morning, travel to Sudan, and still make it home for lunch. I could buy one dress, transform it into a bag, then spell the item back into the same dress but with a different colour. I could brew a potion that changes my appearance completely (and believe me, I've been pretty tempted lately what with the Potter hazard going around).
Magic is more than petty spells and funky charms. It's part of who I am – it's my whole life. It's everything to me. I couldn't imagine life without it... but I didn't always have magic - a fact that some people just can't forget.
Cue in: The Slytherins.
They're not actually that bad, when you look underneath the thick layers of competitiveness and contempt, and their gloomy demeanour, not to mention the angry scowls... I'm sure they're pretty friendly people, right?
Just kidding, one of my best friends is actually from Slytherin. Sev's great - many people just don't get him (yes Marauders, I'm looking at you) because he's kind of different, but he's really really intelligent. I mean, if we had to have a competition to see who could brew the best Amorentia potion, he'd probably win (Mind you, I would come a close second - I don't mind though, Charms is more my forte.).
I reckon that he's gonna be a teacher one day, even if Severus claims that he wants to do some sort of potion research for the Ministry. It's just a hunch, but then again, I'm rarely wrong. I can just imagine him terrifying the first years, before patiently explaining to them what they're doing wrong... Yeah, Sev's a great guy.
Although recently, he's been acting a little strange. I've seen him talking with Mulciber more often (This really nasty guy from Slytherin - I tried talking to Mulciber once, you know, just your standard chit-chat and he just hexed me! I mean, who does that?!) - and it's just... I feel like Sev's been hiding something from me, yet whenever I ask him, he gets angry or changes the topic. It's probably not important - I know Sev will come through.
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