7 November
Zoya,
I'm sending you the memory card with all the pictures I've taken. I took a ton on Halloween! I'll talk more about that in a bit. Make sure you print me three copies of the pictures so I can give some to Allie-pooh and Sunshine! (He really doesn't like the nickname, but he's getting used to it. Now he just sighs and rolls his eyes. Resistance is futile!)
You're Halloween sounds like it was a blast! I'm glad you were able to get so much candy! It's a good thing Kevin got ditched too, huh? I would be pretty jealous if you hadn't sent me some candy, and if my Halloween hadn't been as fantastic as it was. This letter did arrive with a large sack of candy. I saw Perseus flying towards me with it and I knew instantly what it was. Sunshine and Allie-pooh must have seen my excitement because they were curious when the huge bag landed in front of me. I handed each of them a peanut butter cup. Neither of them had had one before. You should have seen their faces when they bit into them. It was priceless. I had to beat them away from my candy bag the rest of the day. Thankfully I taught myself this charm to enchant bags and make them bigger inside. I had this little coin purse I brought with me and I put all the candy in it so I could carry it around all day without anyone noticing what was inside. Mu hu hahaha!
Anyway, onto my Halloween: it turns out most of the school had heard about the costumes. Nearly everyone dressed up. The only ones who didn't were a couple of seventh year kids who are "too cool" to dress up for Halloween. I could tell they were jealous of everyone else's fun though. Sucks for them. It was hilarious walking through the hallways and seeing costumes. There were a bunch of ghosts and vampires that I could tell had been thrown together last minute. Sheets with holes cut for eyes. Raspberry syrup, flour, and hair gel for the vampires. Plus robes tied on like a cape. Princes and princesses scattered here and there. There were also a bunch of "Muggles" Those costumes were a hoot. These people have no idea how muggles really dress. Allie-pooh, Sunshine, and I stuck together all day, and we got a ton of compliments, it was so awesome.
I have to remember to go talk to McGonagall. Maybe I'll bring my boys and see if we can't make this a tradition.
No, you wouldn't be able to do potions without magic. Even if you had enough patience for it. Every potion needs a touch of magic to finish it off. Without magic a potion would just be a cauldron of goo. Disgusting goo. I can't even tell you how gross. I wish I could show you! I wish I could show you the magic I've learned, but I can't. No magic outside Hogwarts until I'm over 17. It's no faaaaaaair.
I suppose that's true, if I stay at Hogwarts you wouldn't be able to show up randomly, but what if I don't find anything else I want to do? Would you just die?
I can't wait to come home either! So looking forward to the gifts. Though I'm most excited to see you and to shop for gifts for my boys. What do you think I should get them?
~Morgan