THE DIARY OF A WITCH, VOLUME V
CHAPTER 2: OCTOBER
Tuesday, October 1, DADA,
This is such a waste of TIME. I'd rather sit through another History of Magic class then go through this. I can't wait until Saturday. I bet I'll learn more in this group then in class.
Wednesday, October 2, Divination,
Today's Fake Dream: I made up an elaborate dream about me floating down a river on a large bar of chocolate (Hershey's in case you're wondering). I had to fight to keep a straight face as Trelawney not only bought it, but said that the dream meant I would be going on a journey of sorts and the bar of chocolate represented the "sweet results" of said journey. Do you know how hard it is not to laugh when your friends are sitting there snickering behind your professor?
Thursday, October 3, DADA,
FIVE TOP THINGS TO DO WITH THIS TEXT BOOK:
Use it as a cover to hide what you're REALLY doing in class.
Doodle on the margins.
Read it as a way to fall asleep.
Use it in class as a pillow (as demonstrated by Terry Boot across from me)
Chuck it out the window.
Friday, October 4, Ancient Runes,
-Hey Hermione, why are we are meeting at the Hogs Head?
-JUBILEEཀ We're IN CLASSཀ The teacher could catch usཀ
-The professor is standing at the other side of the room and is too caught up in the "fascinating use of the Ankh symbol", we're fine. Now, answer please.
-Oh fine. We're meeting there because there's less chance of someone overhearing us and going to Umbridge.
-Okay, I get the not wanting it to get to Umbridge, but you couldn't have picked a better place then the Hogs Head?
-I know it's a bit…rustic, but it'll have to do.
-Okay. But if I end up getting a poisoned Butterbeer or something, I'm blaming it on you.
-If you're worried about that then don't order Butterbeer.
-Go to Hogsmeade and NOT GET BUTTERBEER?ཀ Blasphemyཀ
-Sorry, I forgot about your Butterbeer obsession.
-It's not an obsession. It's mild worship combined with appreciation.
-Right…
Saturday, October 5, Great Hall, Breakfast,
God, I'm sore in places I didn't even know I HAD. Last night's Quidditch practice was BRUTAL. Davies made us Chasers do this one move about ten thousand times because he was convinced that the move could help us beat Hufflepuff when we play them in November. I was so drained last night I couldn't even summon the energy to rant in this journal up until now. Fred and George insist that they've got it bad with Angelina as the new Gryffindor captain but I personally would trade Davies for her any day. Oh thank God, COFFEE just appeared. Bless you, house elves.
Later Saturday, October 5, Dorm Room,
Well…that was interesting.
First off, we had the meeting for this group that Potter is forming at the Hogs Head. It's this really seedy dive that is on one of the side streets off of the main road of Hogsmeade. The interior of the place is fascinating. You know all those English pubs that get described in books like Oliver Twist? This place reminds of me of those.
An interesting group of people showed up for the meeting. Owen, Mandy, and I kind of showed up late because we made a brief stop at the One Sickle Books and we all know what I'm like around book sales…Anyway, as I figured Potter, Weasley, Hermione, and all the Weasley siblings were there. But Dean Thomas, Neville Longbottom, Lavender Brown, Padma and her sister Parvati, Chang and Marietta Edgecombe (which really shocked me to tell you the truth), Luna Lovegood, Katie Bell, Alicia Spinnet, Angelina Johnson, Colin and Dennis Creevey, Ernie, Justin, Hannah, Susan, Anthony, Terry, Michael Corner (who was probably only there for Ginny), Lee Jordan, and Zacharias Smith (of all people) were there as well. Boy, can Hermione get the word out or what?
The meeting was kind of awkward at first, what with us all being from different social groups and houses. It got really awkward when Hermione actually said Lord Voldemort's name and Smith kept opening his big mouth (surprise, surprise). He made Potter a little angry at the beginning to tell you the truth. Has Potter gotten a lot more vocal over the summer or is it just me?
But Susan, wonderful peacemaker that she is, came to the rescue and asked Potter if the Patronus story that her aunt told her (and that she later told us) was true; after that, the mood lessened somewhat as we started bonding over mutual hatred of Umbridge, and Smith shut up after Fred and George threatened him with Dungbombs.
Long story short: we're going to be having private lessons about once a week to go over spells we REALLY need not only for the O.W.L.s but in the coming fight that is sure to come against Voldmort. We aren't going to have set meeting times as all of us have different schedules and between all of us we have to work around three Quidditch team practices. Hermione said she'll let know as soon as possible.
This should definitely be interesting…
Sunday, October 6, Library,
THINGS TO DO:
1) Start reading pile of books Dumbledore gave me
2) Finish HoM essay
3) Memorize potion recipe 510 for quiz
4) Latin translations
5) Transfiguration and Charms practice
Monday, October 7, Ravenclaw Common Room,
Oh crap.
SHE KNOWS.
I don't know how but somehow, Umbridge KNOWS about our group. That is the only explanation for what is on the bulletin board. I'll put down a copy of it here:
-by order of-
The High Inquisitor of Hogwarts
All Student Organizations, Societies, Teams, Groups, and Clubs are henceforth disbanded.
An Organization, Society, Team, Group, or Club is hereby defined as a regular meeting of three or more students.
Permission to reform may be sought from the High Inquisitor (Professor Umbridge).
No Student Organization, Society, Team, Group, or Club may exist without the knowledge and approval of the High Inquisitor.
Any student found to have formed, or to belong to, an Organization, Society, Team, Group, or Club that has not been approved by the High Inquisitor will be expelled.
The above is in accordance with Educational Decree Number Twenty-four.
No way is this a coincidence. Damn. What do we do NOW?
Later Monday, October 7, Great Hall, Breakfast,
Double crap.
I just realized that Umbridge is including QUIDDITCH in this latest bought of tyranny. Davies is LIVID. He's called Umbridge so many bad names that I'm vaguely impressed by the extent of his vocabulary. Mandy is equally pissed off because Charms Club has been disbanded and we were just about to vote on who was going to be club president this year; she was in the running.
Why is it always the bad people who get the power? Why can't a nice SANE, non-tyrant wannabe get power and be able to use it for good. But no; that only happens in movies.
Later Monday, October 7, Divination,
Wow.
Professor Trelawney is actually mad. No, not the psycho kind of mad, though I do stand by my feeling that every teacher in this school is just SLIGHTLY insane…Anyway, she's been stomping around the room, shoving books at people (Neville fell off his chair when she handed him his book) and has been muttering about how horrible, narrow-minded, etc. Umbridge is. It's really kind of fascinating to watch. I'm also rather disturbed that I actually agree with Trelawney on something.
Later Monday, October 7, Great Hall, Dinner,
Okay what, does Dumbledore think we're pen pals now or something? Plus, what was up with the way he delivered this note? As I was eating breakfast Rowena came up and jumped on my lap. This is not unusual for her, she tends to do this a lot, particularly when I have fish of some kind on my dish and she wants a taste (cats...). What was odd about today was that when I started to pet her she said "Look at my collar; act natural while doing it."
You can't blame me for being confused can you? I mean Rowena barely acknowledges that she even HAS a collar and it's not exactly a regular one, it's just a piece of ribbon (that I charmed not to break, tear, or get damaged in any way) with a circular silver medallion on it saying Rowena and then has my name on the back in case someone finds her. You wouldn't believe what I had to go through to get her to even WEAR one. So I glanced down and then immediately saw what she was talking about. Spellotaped to the back side of her medallion was a small piece of parchment.
Well by this time I was dying of curiosity (but did my best to hide it) and took off the parchment. Rowena then looked at me and said "Tell your Headmaster that I am not a delivery service; that is what owls are for." With that, she snagged a piece of my ham before I could stop her and went on her way. I've just opened the parchment and here it is:
Ms. Johanson,
Please meet me at my office immediately after dinner. The password is Cauldron Cakes.
Is it me, or are all his passwords some sort of candy?
Later Monday, October 7, Dorm Room,
Okay, Dumbledore clearly doesn't know the meaning of the word SECRET. But then, to be fair, I never really told him I wanted this whole Wild Mage thing to be kept quiet though you would think it would be obvious considering I haven't told anyone except Owen for FOUR YEARS. Plus, when I found out that he knew I didn't exactly say "Tell anyone about this and I'll beat you up." Not that I could ever or would ever beat up the Headmaster but you get the idea.
But seriously, you would think the guy would at least ASK me if wanted a whole bunch of adults to know I'm a Wild Mage. But I guess it's my own fault for not letting him know. Maybe it's just as well that this Order of the Phoenix know about my powers. I mean who knows, maybe sometime down the road I can help them out with Voldemort whenever he decides to make his presence known. Though I doubt they'll ask for my help. The ones that were there were looking at me rather skeptically, even after I healed Hedwig, (Potter's owl apparently) who had gotten herself injured thanks to some jerk, right in front of them.
Do you know how hard it is to heal an animal with a lot of adults (several of whom are your teachers) STARING at you? Especially when one of those adults is Professor Snape. I seriously do NOT want to know what was going on through his head during this, but I'm sure it was something along the lines of "This girl who blows up cauldrons in my class is a WILD MAGE? Has the world gone mad?"
So now this group of adults knows I'm a Wild Mage and probably expect me to be some major help in this upcoming war. Great. Just great.
Early Tuesday, October 8, Great Hall, Breakfast,
I just talked to Davies and found out that our team was given "permission" to reform. The Charms Club however has been delayed due to Umbridge needing to "investigate what goes on in meetings". HELLO. We talk about CLEANING charms. What is the harm in that? But no, she needs time to think it over. Hope she doesn't hurt her brain while trying to think. Actually I kind of hope she does, it would serve her right the little uptight, vindictive, little control-freak.
Later Tuesday, October 8, Charms,
Well, at least Professor Flitwick isn't treating me any differently. He's a part of this "Order of the Phoenix" thing so I wasn't sure how he would treat me after learning about the Wild Mage thing. But so far no wierdness.
Later Tuesday, October 8, After Transfiguration,
Huh. Professor McGonagall asked me to stay after class today. Professor McGonagall and I have very little contact outside of class. She's not my head of house, nor is she supervisor to any club I belong to. Plus, I'm not all that interested in Transfiguration to begin with so I'm not like Padma, who loves the subject and is always discussing recent articles in Transfiguration Today with her. While I'm not all that great at the math part, I'm not horrible enough that I need extra help in it either, so the two of us don't interact much. I liked this arrangement because quite frankly, she intimidates the hell out of me.
But thanks to Dumbledore, she saw the need to speak to me after class and make sure I didn't have a problem with transfiguring animals in class. I assured her, there wasn't a problem which there isn't. The animals in her classroom are so used to being turned into stuff by now that they see it as a daily part of their lives. Though I have to block out their voices a bit because sometimes they keep asking me stuff like why we bother to learn this at all. Which I have to say I've wondered myself. I mean, when in my life am I going to need to know how to know how to turn a tortoise into a teapot?
I left this part out of our conversation though. After that was out of the way she bombarded me with questions about my shape-shifting ability. It was actually kind of fun after that; believe it or not, she can actually joke. She's actually kind of cool...for a teacher.
Wednesday, October 9, Great Hall, Breakfast,
Ugh, more rain. Yuck.
Later Wednesday, October 9, Latin,
Mandy, Padma, and I just talked to Hermione and found out that the first meeting of our defense group is tonight at eight o' clock. For some reason it's on the seventh floor near the tapestry of Banabus the Barmy. I thought the only room near that thing was a restroom? I used it once when I had to go really bad.
Later Wednesday, October 9, Dorm Room,
SO the meeting went off without a hitch. The place that Hermione was talking about was indeed there, I guess I was thinking of another restroom. It's entirely possible; I mean the architecture here is like a maze sometimes.
Anyway, Hermione suggested we come up with a group name before I said anything and it was decided that we would be henceforth known as Dumbledore's Army, or D.A. for short. It's appropriate since as Ginny pointed out, that's what the Ministry fears is going on here. Personally though, I liked both Fred and Angelina's suggestions which were 'The Anti-Umbridge League' (Angelina) and 'The Ministry of Magic are Morons Group' (Fred).
First off, Potter decided we should start with some basic spells first which was rather smart on his part. We practiced the Disarming Charm first. I twas just as well since some people were rusty. I'm happy to say I managed to disarm Owen three times, despite being distracted by how adorable he looks when he gets concentrated on a certain task.
We're meeting next Wednesday and I can't wait because it was actually kind of fun. Though as we Ravenclaws walked back to our dorm Marrietta started to complain about how we didn't learn anything and Chang told her to shut up. I'm not sure who was more shocked, Edgecombe or the rest of us. Maybe Chang is finally starting to grow a backbone.
Thursday, October 10, After Quidditch Practice,
Okay, is it me, or is Davies being really unfair? I mean, he works all of us to the bone even though we're not having a game until the middle of November, but when CHANG arrives LATE he doesn't say boo. Me, if I arrived late, I would get a lecture about being punctual.
We all know why he's not being tough on her of course. He has a crush on her. The whole team knows it, hell all of Ravenclaw knows it, just because we read constantly doesn't mean we're blind. Now I can relate to having a crush. I mean, come on, I crushed on Max in my second year didn't I? But I didn't let it get in the way of our team. I acted normally, passed the ball to both him and Terry and didn't make a fool of myself. I'm also grateful I never said anything, because I'm sure things would have gotten embarrassing for both of us.
Davies however, is letting this interfere with our team which kind of pisses me off to tell you the truth. Both Maria and I are kind of irritated at Chang too because she's soaking it up big time. I take it back about her growing a back bone. She's still kind of shallow.
Friday, October 11, After Charms Club,
I'm going to hurt Mandy. Painfully and slowly HURT HER.
Charms Club has recently been started back up again and the President elections have taken place. No surprise, she won by a landslide. I'm not angry about that, hell I voted for her. What I'm angry about is today she told everyone who she picked for her fellow officers (all of whom were approved by Professor Flitwick). Guess who she chose as vice president. Go on, guess. Yup; yours truly.
I am aware this is not a bad thing but well...for me it is. I've got ENOUGH things going on, I don't need this to add to it. I mean, what, it's not bad enough that I have:
-Quidditch practices five days a week
-Charms Club meetings every Friday afternoon BEFORE dinner and Quidditch practice
-Schoolwork where I average about three essays per week
-Magic lessons with Dumbledore (to be started once November begins)
-the D.A.
Oh, no, apparently, Mandy has decided to drag other people into her madness. I am aware that she feels this need to stay busy in order to try and get over her break up. That's fine, but does she HAVE to drag me in with her? Some best friend.
Saturday, October 12, Library,
Mandy refuses to appoint someone else for the vice president position and she seems to have brainwashed Professor Flitwick into thinking that the people she's chosen will be the best officers yet. Suck up. I tried though, boy did I try. But somehow, she managed to counteract every single argument I had with a logical solution. So now it seems I am the vice president of the Charms Club. Damn her.
Sunday, October 13, Great Hall, Breakfast,
THINGS TO DO:
1) Ignore Mandy so she gets that I am NOT happy with her.
2) Essays for Runes and History of Magic
3) Remember that shift to feed plant in greenhouse is six PM, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Remind Goyle that as my partner, he has a part to perform also, ask plant to make sure he's actually DOING said work.
4) Charms and Transfiguration spell practice
5) Rune and Latin translations
6) Write home to check up on Giselle and baby which is due any day now
7) Finish reading Magical Properties of Minerals, Stones, and Gems for Headmaster D.
Monday, October 14, History of Magic,
You know this mineral book is kind of fascinating. I mean who knew there were over one thousand kinds of minerals in the world? All of which can form to make up different sorts of stones. The geology part of it is a bit over my head (I mean who really cares about the atoms that make up the stone) but it's kind of cool seeing how I can use different minerals to create different effects. Apparently I can even etch in runes to stones and put magic spells into them. Cool. Way more interesting then the Giant War of 1925.
Wednesday, October 16, After D.A. Meeting,
Well we got a lot more done at this meeting that's for sure. Neville successfully disarmed Hermione (which was kind of fun to see, I got to admit) and then we started working on the Impediment Jinx. Our next meeting will be next Thursday.
Thursday, October 17, DADA,
I'm so bored, I'm so bored, I'm so really, really bored.
You know Jessie told me in her last letter that during the long class lectures she has at her university she comes up with haikus during class sometime to keep herself awake. Supposedly it's a good practice for her lyric writing or something. Well, I don't write lyrics for songs like she does (no musical talent whatsoever) but maybe this haiku thing will keep me preoccupied, or at least keep me from throwing my DADA book at Umbridge.
Wilbert Slunkhard
You suck
Your book sucks too.
Hmm...I don't get the appeal...plus this one is not good at all, though it is true. I'll try another one.
Face like a toad
Her tyranny knows no bounds
Umbridge must go down.
Clearly my haiku skills need work.
Friday, October 18, First Official Charms Club Meeting for the Officers,
OFFICIAL CLUB OFFICERS:
President: Mandy Brocklehurst
Vice-President: Jubilee Johanson (under much protest)
Treasurer: Lisa Turpin
Secretary: Vicky Frobisher
Faculty Supervisor: Professor Flitwick
GOALS OF MEETING: To discuss topics and plans for each meeting up until at least December
PLANS: Have at least two guest speakers come in from the Ministry Charms Development Department (Professor Flitwick says he knows some people).Start planning out ideas for end of the year fund-raiser.
SUGGESTED TOPICS FOR MEETINGS:
Charming everyday objects
Charms to use in a pinch
New charms in development
House cleaning charms
Whatever charms people have read about or discovered on their own
SUBJECT FOR NEXT FRIDAYS ACTUAL MEETING: Alteration Charms. Remember to meet fellow officers in library over the weekend to research some innovative spells (SEEཀ More workཀ THIS is why I did not want to be an officerཀ)
Sunday, October 20, Great Hall, Breakfast,
THINGS TO DO:
1) Finish Potions and HoM essays
2) Rune and Herbology drawings
3) Latin worksheet
4) Transfiguration problems at the end of chapter 26
5) Update Dream Diary and Astronomy record book
6) Finish The Ancient Magic of Earth for Headmaster D
Tuesday, 12: 01 A.M., October 22, My Birthday, Dorm Room,
As of now I am officially fifteen years old. In two years I'll be an adult in the wizard world (it's seventeen here, eighteen in the Muggle world), kind of scary huh? I don't FEEL this old. I also don't think I act any older. Sure I don't think boys have cooties anymore (hence my crush on Owen) but I think I'm generally still the same as when I was ten.
Okay, I'm a full fledged witch now, but I still doodle when I should be taking notes, I still belt out the lyrics of my favorite songs when I study (despite my horrible voice). I guess I might of changed a LITTLE. But it's mostly in appearance. Ah well, I'm still pretty comfortable with who I am, though I kind of wish this Wild Mage thing would go away sometimes...because it's seriously more trouble then it's worth.
Later Tuesday, October 22, My Birthday, Great Hall, Breakfast,
This morning when I got up there were a bunch of gifts from home in the owl post. As I walked into the Great Hall Owen, Terry, Anthony, and Justin all embarrassed me greatly by singing happy birthday loudly and very out of tune. It's okay though, I can get them back on THEIR birthdays, it's somewhat of a tradition among us to sing happy birthday in front of everybody. The gifts I got from home were:
From Angela: art book
Jessie: a band t-shirt
Jacob: a framed picture of my dad when he was my ageཀ I'm going to send a big thank you note, I don't have many pictures of Mom and Dad.
Giselle/Gerard: apple tartsཀ Also a plant book
Grandfather: cash (going towards the new Black Cauldrons CD coming out, a few books I've been eyeing, and some art supplies.
Later Tuesday, October 22, My Birthday, Dorm Room,
GIFTS I RECEIVED FROM FRIENDS:
Owen: a print of my favorite Monet painting. Going on my wall for inspiration, maybe it will get me out of this art funk I've been in.
Mandy: a book on Egyptian runes. She's trying to get me to forgive her...I guess I do...
Padma: Careers for the Creative Witch or Wizard
Terry: pin that says 'Chaser girl and proud of it'
Anthony: a wizard Rubix cube
Susan: sparkly hair clips
Hannah: funky cat ring
Max: renewed subscription to Quidditch Weekly
Justin: candy assortment bucket from Honeydukes.
Team and other friends: miscellaneous items ranging from nail polish (Ginny) all the way to a box of Fred and Georges latest product (from the twins of course).
Wednesday, October 23, Ravenclaw Common Room,
Boy, Snape really did it this time.
He somehow managed to book the Slytherin team up on the Quidditch Pitch on up until like eleven PM all the way through until the Gryffindor/Slytherin match. This makes it near impossible for any other team to practice which I'm pretty sure was his goal.
Davies is livid of course because now we can't practice until after the game. I'm kind of relieved though to tell you the truth because I've got about five essays I need to work on.
Thursday, October 24, After D.A. Meeting, Dorm Room,
We practiced the Reductor Curse tonight at the D.A. meeting and Parvati Patil did one that reduced the table holding the Sneakoscopes to dust. It was great. I however accidently shrunk a bunch of books, I was aiming for the foe glass thing on the wall. Hermione wasn't happy with me because some of those books she was reading.
Friday, October 25, During Ancient Runes, Outside Steps,
So why am I outside now instead of in Ancient Runes? No, I didn't skip; come on, it's my favorite class after Charms. I'm here because I'm waiting for transportation to the Hogwarts Express stop. GISELLE IS HAVING HER BABYཀ She is now currently in labor at the local hospital in our town (coincidently the ONLY hospital for miles) and Angela somehow arranged it with the Headmaster for me to at least be there to meet the baby. This explains where my owl has been all week.
However, I'm not going alone, Dumbledore arranged for Kingsley (hey, I remembered to call him that) and his partner Tonks to come with me on to the stop and then Apparate me to the hospital and back. I can't wait to try out this Apparating thing, I can't learn it until my sixth year so this can sort of prepare me for it. The reason we're not Apparating now is because you can't Apparate or Disapparate on school grounds, so we have to wait until we're out of the boundary line.
Oh, here's the carriage, time to go.
Later Friday, October 25, Hospital,
Why do hospitals smell weird?
I haven't been to many Muggle hospitals. Mostly because I frankly do not like them and avoid them at all costs. I went to one after the car accident so the doctors could fix up the broken foot I got from tumbling out of the car. I was still kind of in shock about the whole thing so I only remember two things: the funky smell, and the doctors telling me how lucky I was to have survived the crash. Considering I survived but my parents didn't, I didn't feel so lucky at the time.
The second and last time I was in the hospital was when I was nine years old, two years later. Sometime during school my appendix burst and I had to be taken to the hospital for immediate surgery. I sort of remember being lifted into the ambulance (though I was fighting pain at the time so that's a little fuzzy), I remember the awful food later on after the surgery, and I remember yet again...the funky smell.
This is the same hospital and it still smells weird. Kind of like stale coffee mixed in with cleaning supplies.
Giselle is still in labor which I could have figured out without Angela telling me because I can hear her all the way out here screaming curses that would make a sailor blush. Most of those cursing are aimed at Gerard who the nurse kicked out of the room and who is now pacing back and forth muttering in French. So much for that theory that having a kid is supposed to be a blessed event.
WHOA. THAT was loud. This is why I'm not really sure I WANT to have kids...it sounds really painful.
Early Saturday Morning, October 26, Local Hospital, Around 3 A.M.,
At precisely 2: 45 in the morning on October 26, Antoinette Maria Renoir was born. Nice name huh? I pointed out to Giselle and Gerard that if they switched the order of the girls name and changed Maria to Marie her name would be Marie Antoinette. No one seemed to get it. Apparently Antoinette is a family name from Gerards family and Giselle really likes the name Marie for some reason. Poor kid.
Later Saturday, October 26, Hogwarts, Dorm Room,
I think the hospital smell followed me here...Rowena swears to me that she smells stale coffee on me which caused Gandalf to go into a lecture about inhaling too much caffeine. I hate it when he lectures me on my health. None of the other owls ever do. Of course none of the other owls ever once belonged to a healer who had to sell him after a year either so maybe that has something to do with it.
Big stuff was happening while I was in the hospital listening to Giselle terrorize the nurses in Spanish; Mandy got asked out on a date! Or what passes for a date here at Hogwarts. Some Gryffindor guy asked her out, McCrimmon or something like that. According to sources (Padma and Parvati) he asked her yesterday if she wanted to spend the next Hogsmeade weekend together which happened to also be announced while I was away. It is the weekend after the big Gyffindor v.s. Slytherin match on which I have already placed a ten Galleon bet with Lee Jordan.
I think this date will be good for Mandy. She's been burying herself in work (and dragging her friends along with her might I add) lately which Padma claims is her way of dealing with the break up. Whatever, all I know is that it's gotten me into another activity that I had no desire to be involved in because thanks to this vice-president gig, I have to do yet MORE research. Like I don't do enough of that for school and for my Wild Magic. Maybe her going on dates will get her back to normal and prevent her from wanting to start a school newspaper (something I heard her say once that this school needs).
Sunday, October 27, Great Hall, Breakfast,
THINGS TO DO/REMEMBER:
1) Finish Ancient Runes and HoM essays
2) Research assigned potion (paper due November 15)
3) Transfiguration equations
4) Confer with officers about this weeks contest question and prize
5) DA meeting Tuesday
Monday, October 28, History of Magic,
Of all the nerve!
On the way to class just now, Bletchley (one of the Slytherin Teams Quidditch players) hexed Alicia Spinnet. That hex was DISGUSTING too! There were at least ten other witnesses there besides myself who saw him do it, but Snape insisted that it was Alicia's own fault and didn't give out any punishment at all. Man, that guy is a piece of work.
Tuesday, October 29, After DA Meeting,
Wow.
Hermione is a freaking GENIUS. She has devised a fantastic way for us to know when the DA will be meeting from now on. She did a PROTEAN Charm to do it too! Do you know how hard a Protean Charm IS? Like Terry said, why isn't she in Ravenclaw?
Anyway, thanks to the charm and these fake Galleon things, Hermione came up with a way that got the serial numbers on he Galleons to change into the date we'll meet next. This way we don't all arouse Umbridge's paranoid little head during meals trying to work out a meeting time.
Like I said, GENIUS.
Wednesday, October 30, Dorm Room, After Dinner,
I don't believe this.
I seriously do not believe I AGREED to this! Of course Mandy asked me to do this after the cheesecake because she knows that's my favorite dessert and I'm always in a good mood after dessert and much more likely to agree to things that I normally wouldn't do. Like go on a BLIND DATE. It isn't even really a blind date, it's me keeping McCrimmons' brother occupied while he and Mandy make googly eyes at each other. Apparently, McCrimmons' brother goes to another school and is visiting his brother in Hogsmeade and he has to keep his brother happy or he'll hear about it from his mother. I suggested to Mandy that they just reschedule or tell the brother to go shop somewhere because it's not like Hogsemeade is boring but apparently that didn't occur to her or McCrimmon.
She would've asked Padma to do it but she's going on a date with Anthony (when did that happen?). Hannah is too obsessed with Ernie (though God knows why) to even consider dating anyone else. Susan claims she's been forbidden to date until she graduates (which I fine horribly convenient). Which leaves little unattached old me. Yippee.
I was GOING to say hell no. Believe me, I was! But somehow I found myself saying sure, why not? I blame it on the cheesecake. The House Elves must of spiked it or something. Who knows, maybe this won't be so bad. I mean I did say I was going to try and find a guy besides Owen to crush on, so maybe this guy will be it. Or maybe Owen will get horribly jealous and realize he's been in love with me all this time and we'll end up getting together by the end of the date.
YEAH RIGHT.
AUTHOR NOTES: Sorry this took so long. Finals caught up with me (but my GPA was worth it). Plus I have limited access to a computer right now since mine is being a pain. But rest assured this WILL be finished. I'm hoping to have faster updates now that I'm on Summer break.