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5th January, 1999
Gryffidor Common Room
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Dear Ron
Here we are again. I feel a bit foolish writing, when I know full well that in a few hours I'm going to speak to you through the mirror – but I miss the letters, and it's nice to have something solid to look back on.
The trip back to Hogwarts was ... interesting. A couple of Hufflepuff first-years got into a fight with a group of third year Slytherin's. Naturally a few Gryffindor's and Ravenclaw's got involved ... and the whole thing was a great big mess.
Honestly Ron, I really hate that there is such ill-feeling between Slytherin and the other houses. Didn't anyone learn ANYTHING in the last few years?
Neville and I decided that because it was on the train, term really hadn't started. We've told the lot of them that we'll be keeping an eye on them from now on, and that we wouldn't hesitate to report them to their heads of house if we heard even a hint of a repeat performance. I don't know how much attention the other kids payed to us, but I know the Gryffindor boys all like Neville ... so hopefully it'll be OK in the end.
I don't really have much else to say yet. The beginning of term feast was lovely, as always, and tomorrow we start on our classes again.
I'll send this now, and you should get it by morning tea.
I miss you,
Love
Hermione