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Chapter 9: The Only Things That Understands Me20 August
7:09
Mum and Dad took us all to Diagon Alley yesterday. Fred and George wanted to buy me something (I think they know how I feel about Phlegm). Hermione suggested a book (could've seen that one coming) and Dad suggested a new wand. I like my wand even though it's old. Olivander said it's willow and excellent for charms and I like charms. I wanted an owl but Mum and Dad said they were too expensive. So F and G got me a blind turtle instead. The shopkeeper (who would sell blind turtles anyway?) said he didn't know the gender.
15:18
I decided to ask everyone what I should name my new blind turtle. (I sent owls to Bill, Percy and Charlie; Fred and George are home for today.) These are the data I collected:
Dad: Bonnie (seeing as I don't know its gender it might be offended.)
Mum: Bellecanterous (where on earth did she come up with that one?)
Bill: Ebenezer (not a name for a blind turtle, is it really?)
Charlie: Elijah (ditto.)
Percy: ------------------------------------------ (The prat didn't mail me back.)
Fred: You-No-Poo (very funny. Besides, what if it does poo?)
George: Ginny (are you talking to me or the turtle?)
Ron: Pig 2 (so not my fault I was in a weird phase when I named his owl Pigwidgeon.)
Harry: Sirius (what would Sirius think if we named a blind turtle after him?)
Hermione: Ulopian the Ugly (she was doing HOM homework – stupid goblins.)
Phlegm: Gabrielle (for some reason she wanted a blind turtle named after her sister, which, in my opinion, is kind of weird, but why would anyone ask my opinion about sisters? Oh, right. I don't have any.)
15:24
It's name is Kiwi.
15:25
Yes, Kiwi. I love fruit, so why not name my new pet blind turtle after a kiwi? It's perfectly logical.
15:27
On second thought, it's really not logical at all. It's not even logical that I have a pet blind turtle.
16:05
I miss Sirius.
16: 07
Sirius wouldn't be Sirius if he was serious.
16:09
Wait…Sirius wouldn't have been Sirius if he had been serious. There.
16:57
Decided to take Kiwi out for a walk on a leash while no one was watching. Wow. I just realized how dumb that sounds. I took my pet blind turtle for a walk on a leash. No wonder Harry doesn't notice me. He doesn't want to.
21 August
13:26
Played wizard's chess with Harry. I won! Whoot.
13:27
Ouch. Just pumped my fist into the air and nearly broke my arm because I'm under my bed.
19:23
Another EM. I was doing so well and now I've embarrassed myself again. Typical me.
21:54
Mum made me set the table for dinner and then we ate so I had to stop writing for a bit. Here is what happened: I was walking down the stairs with my nose stuck in a book (Wuthering Heights) so I couldn't see (rather like Kiwi, huh?. Of course, I had to walk straight into Harry and break his glasses. But it was all good because Dad did a repairing charm on them. This is EM #13. I never knew that simply walking into someone could break their glasses. Now I know what to do next time McGonnagall fails me. MAWHAHA.
22: 03
Not that McGonagall ever fails me. Except for the T she gave me on one of my essays last year. Seriously. It wasn't that bad. Well, OK, I did write something along the lines of "Transfiguration is a thing where you transfigure certain things so they become certain other things." Which is the basic gist of it, if you really think about it. Telling the truth again – that gives her no right to give me a T.
23:41
My blind turtle is the only thing that understands me.
23:43
I think I'll put an add in The Quibbler for a new life. Mayhap Luna's dad can find me one. Although, on second thought, I don't know if it'd want a life from the editor of The Quibbler, who's daughter is a wee bit wacko.
23:46
Come to think of it, I'm a wee bit wacko myself. Hey – maybe Luna and I have more in common than I thought. Mental note to talk to her more once school starts. I could use a new friend.
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