9 September
Zoya,
You bet your ass you're jealous! I could probably take pictures if you sent me a camera. I don't have any technology here!
Yeah, Bertie Botts are jelly beans, but with some really interesting flavors. It's really funny because People play games with them. And yes, there is an armpit flavor. When they say "every flavor beans" they mean EVERY flavor. Let me just tell you, it is not delicious.
Yes, we are separated into the four houses. Four tables in the Great hall, Four common rooms, four head teachers, four house ghosts, four founders of the school.
Helga Hufflepuff thought that loyalty, honesty, and hard work were the most important things. They are represented by the badger. Their colors are yellow and black. Godric Gryffindor believed strength and bravery was most important. Their house animal is the lion and they are red and gold. Rowena Ravenclaw favored wisdom and intelligence above all else. Their animal is the eagle and their colors are blue and grey. Lastly we have Salazar Slytherin. He valued cleverness and ambition. Our house animal is the snake and our colors are silver and green.
The hat sings a song, but evidently this year's song was lacking the flair of the songs in previous years. All the upperclassmen were pretty disappointed. The way the Sorting Hat works is they put him on our heads, and I guess he reads our minds, looking for signs of the traits favored by each of the houses.
The common room isn't cold. There's a fireplace in each room. Like you are walking down the hallways in the dungeons and you can't tell where the entrance to the Slytherin common room is. The only thing that gives it away is the two torches that sit a bit too close together. They are actually on either side of the door. You say a password and the wall slides open. You walk in and straight ahead is this gigantic fireplace. There are candles that float by the ceiling to give light, though the light is tinged green because of the light filtering in through the lake. In front of the fireplace there is a huge overstuffed green couch and two matching chairs on either side. To either side of the fireplace there are long desks with multiple chairs each. Tables are littered across the rest of the room.
Off to the right is the entrance to the boys' dormitory and the girls' is to the right. There is a swirling staircase around the center of the tower that holds the actual room. Each year in the school has its own floor. So there are seven total levels to each of the towers. When you go into each room there are five beds all against the walls, across from the door there is a smaller fire place. Each bed has a nightstand/dresser thing to store stuff in. We also have storage under the beds.
I share my room with four other first year Slytherin witches. They all seem pretty nice, but we aren't really close. My friends are both boys. They are also Slytherin. The same two I sat next to on the train.
Of course the boys at school were jerks that's just their normal state. If it makes you feel any better, wizard boys aren't really all that better. Other than my two friends of course. Especially the one... The other is kinda moody sometimes. Maybe I'll tell you more about them later.
I miss you too! I've got to run, I have transfiguration homework to do!
~Morgan