Dear Charity,
I know we don't know each other well but I think this would be great. Some aunt-niece bonding time. We could get to know each other. I remember when I got my Hogwarts letter. I too could not wait to go to Diagon Alley. A whole wizard street. Being Muggleborn I wanted to know everything about the wizarding world. Proffesor. Nott took me to Diagon Alley. He wouldn't be there anymore. There was Ollivander's, the greatest shop ever to me, there. It was where you get your wand. Mr. Ollivander always said 'The wand chooses the wizard.' My wand was unicorn hair and oak. The other place you need to go to is Florish and Botts. It is the bookstore. It has bookcases going to the ceiling. It's three stories tall. There's the Apothecary. It has everything for potions. It smells terrible! The most important place is Gringotts. It's the wizarding bank. At school there is a variety of classes. Transfiguration, Charms, History of Magic, Potions, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Herbology and Astronomy. There is also Flying lessons. My favorite by far was Charms. Proffesor Binns has always taught History of Magic. That class is the worst one. I was terrible at flying. When you get to third year you can take more classes. Word of advice, don't take Divination. The whole class is baloney. Care of Magical Creatures is always fun. Also in your third year you can go to Hogsmeade. It's the only all-magical village in all of Britain. Enough about Hogwarts. I'm sure you already knew most of that from your mum and sister. How has life been for you? I shall pick you up on Tuesday morning next week.
Lots of love,
Aunt Diana.
P. S. Your owl is beautiful.
Dear Aunt Diana,
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you! I can't wait to go. I think Cracker is beautiful too. Thank you for telling me more about Hogwarts. I told mum and she thinks it's an excellent idea. We have to take Hope though. Hope has told me tons about Hogwarts. Is there really moving staircases? Hope also said she heard about a class called Muggle Studies from an older student. I want to take that. It sounds interesting. Muggles do things way differently then house were you in? I want to get into Ravenclaw. I want to try potions. I read one of Hope's book and there's this one potion I want to get. It's liquid luck. I don't think I'll join the Quidditch team. I want to get the books so I can read them. I want to get a phoenix feather in my wand. Do I have my own bank account at Gringotts? Life's been okay. I miss dad though. See you Tuesday.
Hus and kisses,
Charity
Dear Aunt Diana,
I know you are taking Charity to Diagon Alley. May I come?
Love,
Hope
Dear Charity,
I was a Ravenclaw. Yes, there is moving staircases. And your family has an account at Gringotts. I didn't join the Quidditch team either. Your sister sent me aletter asking if she may come to Diagon Alley with us. Tell her I say yes. You girls will side-along apparate with me. When you do it might be a little uncomfortable. It feels like you are being squeezed through a tube of toothpaste. As I said, Professor Nott brought me to Diagon Alley. He tapped the brick that was two up three across. As he tapped it with his wand the wall opened and it appeared before me. It was magical. I never understood then why the muggles don't see the Leaky Cauldron. I understand now that there is enchantments on it so they can't see it, only we can. I don't know if you know but the Leaky Cauldron is a pub. In the back there is a brick wall that leads to Diagon Alley. I went straight for Florish and Bott's. I wanted to pull out every book off the shelves. I never had seen so many books! Piles of books were on the floor. And they were all about magic. There was curses and enchantments of all sorts stuffed into the books. I just couldn't wait to read a book. Any of them! I remember that I started pulling books off the shelf. Professor Nott grabbed my arm and said that I only needed the books on my list. I frowned because I want to get everything there. After I got all my books we went to the Apothecary. The smell was terrible. You would think they had a spell to make things smell better. I quickly got my materials and we went out. Next we stopped at the ice cream parlor, Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor. After we went to Ollivanders. I went in while Professor Nott stayed behind. I tried about twenty-three wands until I got the right one. A power surged through me. I knew it was the right one. That was my experience in Diagon Alley. Hoped you enjoyed it!
Love you and will see you soon,
Aunt Diana
Dear Aunt Diana,
Wow! Your experience at Diagon Alley sounded great! I can't wait to apparate. See you tomorrow. Can't wait!
Love,
Charity