Dear Dad,
Hogwarts is great so far, I really love it here. Lessons are pretty difficult, especially Transfiguration, and McGonagall is really strict. I wish she would go easier on us Gryffindors like Snape does with Slytherin. I still like her though, she's a good teacher. And the Gryffindor common room is amazing! I had no idea it would be so cool. Our dormitory is on the third floor of the tower, so I guess that'd be the tenth floor of the castle? It's hard to tell because all the staircases keep moving. I think I'm getting the hang of it though.
That family that we met at Kings Cross? The Weasleys? They seem pretty wonderful. Ron's my best friend now and he said one of his older brothers remembers you and Mum. It must have been a long time ago. He has five older brothers and a younger sister, and he hates it, but I think it must be wonderful. The other boys in my dormitory are pretty cool too. Neville Longbottom is a little clumsy and forgetful, but he's a nice boy, he just needs a little extra help in lessons and stuff. Dean Thomas and Seamus Finnigan are best friends, just like me and Ron, so they're pretty much inseparable, but they're both really funny. Seamus has a habit of setting things on fire by accident, which is always a good laugh. There's only three girls our year in Gryffindor. Lavender Brown and Parvati Patil are nice enough, but they're both huge gossips. And then there's Hermione Granger. Dad, you would not believe this girl. She's the biggest know-it-all you've ever seen, always her sticking her nose where it doesn't belong, and super bossy too. I don't like her much, but Ron really doesn't like her.
She's nowhere near as bad as Draco Malfoy though. I really hate that kid. He's a stupid, slimy git, and he thinks that he's better than everyone else because he's pureblood, but I think that's dumb. We've got a little bit of a rivalry going I guess. Only the other night he tried to get Ron and me in serious trouble because I stopped him from bullying Neville. It was alright though, we managed to get away just fine. He's got these two cronies too, Crabbe and Goyle, and they're dumb as trolls, but everyone's intimidated by them because they're so big and mean.
Snape is pretty bad too, he's the Potions master. He really seems to hate me for some reason, but I don't know why. I asked Hagrid about it, but he just brushed it off and said that I was probably imagining it, only I don't think I am. He took points off me because Neville messed up his Potion and I didn't prevent him, only Neville wasn't even my partner! And I get this funny tingling in my scar when he looks at me.
Anyway, that's all I have to tell so far. Say hi to Sirius and Remus for me!
Love you!
Harry
P.S. I made the Quidditch team! I'm the Seeker. Youngest player in a century.