Scorpius

Hi, my name is Scorpius and you will never believe what just happened! Albus my best friend told me he had feelings for me! can you believe it? it so happens that i feel the same way about him, so i told him so. his face lit up like the sun!

we now have to figure out what this means. are we boyfriends, friends with benefits or what. i just realized we need to tell papa and father! will they be angry at us?

Aquila my twin, already knows and has since first year, that day on the train in fact. so when i tell her that he feels the same way, she'll know without a doubt what i mean.

the only person apart from Aquila and papa that i trust is Grandma. she was there for me when aquila wasn't and before we left for school that day she whispered that if i ever needed to talk, all i had to do was write to her and she would be there. i miss her now that we live at Nettle stone with dad Harry and my siblings. when I've finished writing here I'm going to ask if Albus and I can have adjoining rooms.

it's lovely here at nettle stone, the grounds gently slope down to a large pond where we have wild waterfowl living. the gardens are neat, with clear paths. my favorite place is the bird aviary. its a large glasshouse type building with lots of post owls similar to the owlery at school. every time i send a letter or parcel I use Jethro a large brown and grey hawk owl. his eyes are deep amber and his feathers are so soft, that they tickle every time they brush past me.

as has become the usual, James has played a trick on Aquila. Dad harry, Aquila, Albus, Phi and I had gone to Diagon Alley to get some quidditch supplies and when we returned, Aquila's room was Scarlet. gone was the usual deeply calming blue of her house.

it was mayhem. she screamed for hours straight, until papa returned home from visiting Grandfather. when he saw what had happened to Aquila's room he sighed and then visited James' room. to this day i don't know what was said or done and i don't want to.

when papa came out he had that Malfoy smirk on his face and James was actually genuinely sorry. he turned the scarlet back to blue, and all was peaceful for a day. but woe to anyone who messes with my sister! in her usual fashion she let it go until James let his guard down. then like a viper, she struck.

i can still see the sight of James' room all decked out in emerald and gold. usually i don't like to use my house colors for senseless pranks but this time i didn't mind, neither did Albus or Cassie and we are the only Slytherins apart from papa in the family.

it took papa and Dad harry five days to try to undo the damage, but by then it was too late. Aquila informed them that the spells she used were time limited and if their counters were not cast by the end of the first day, they were permanent. Papa swore she was a Slytherin masquerading as a Ravenclaw, but Dad harry merely laughed and told James to live with it.

it still makes the rest of us laugh when we think of it. i caught Aquila confessing to James' girlfriend Samantha Prince that the spell isn't permanent, and will change back at the next full moon. i cannot wait to see the reactions of papa, Dad harry and James.

until next time good diary