Dear Diary

by Mangoosegirl

We follow the life of Kathy Adams as she writes in her diary about her life at Hogwarts, or at least parts of it. What makes her diary more interesting than any other teeenage diaries is that Kathy was in the same year as Fred and George weasley and was able to chronicle the progession and growing up of the Weasley siblings and their famous friend Harry Potter.

3. Chapter 3

Chapter 3

1993

1 September

Dear Diary,

I can't believe I'm a third-years already. We're leaving for the train in a few moments, I just had to write something before we had to go.

I'm on the train now, and Fred and George reckon they met Harry Potter. Mom had told me stories from when I was little, of this horrible wizard called Voldemort and how a little baby had stopped him. And now that baby was old enough to go to Hogwarts, it's weird to think about it. I don't believe he's already best mates with Fred and George though, they're likable but not THAT likable. I did surprise them with a big hug, they both hugged me back after they had gotten over the first shock of being hugged in the first place.

So he was on the train, Harry Potter is in Gryffindor! And so is Fred and George's little brother Ron. I've never seen them so proud, Percy was over the moon. Speaking of Percy, he's a prefect now. Of course a more perfect candidate for the job has never walked the corridors of this school. He reckons he can stop Fred and George from causing trouble, so cute.

September 5

Dear Diary,

I swear our defence against the dark arts teachers are getting stranger and worse every year. Professor Quirrel is practically afraid of his own shadow, It'll be a miracle if he makes it to the end of the year.

Percy has really taken to his new role as prefect, it suits him, making people follow rules. Harry Potter has become best friends with Ron, he's really nice. Turns out he was raised by his muggle aunt and uncle who didn't like him too much, poor thing.

We've also started with some new subjects that we chose last year. I'm taking Care of magical Creatures and Arithmancy. Care of Magical Creatures is fun, it's outside and very interesting, the teacher doesn't have that many limbs left though so I might not make this my job. Arithmancy is difficult but I think it'll be very useful.

September 18

Dear Diary,

Fred and George have started training again, and we have new seeker. Harry Potter is apparently a natural but we're keeping it secret from the other houses. Usually first-years don't get to on the quidditch team, but they made an exemption for Harry.

Oliver is extremely pleased with his new seeker, he's so cheery it's almost strange. The other girls are noticing him as well, and not just Gryffindors, his four years of quidditch training is very clear to see.

October 31

Dear Diary,

It's Halloween today, so basically it's stay-as-far-away-from-Fred-and-George-as-possible day. So far they tried to steal my diary, throw paint over me, send me to the other end of the castle instead of class and to top it all off, they scared me half to death by making a loud BOOM when I was walking past a statue of this ugly witch. Not that bad really, I was prepared for worse.

After dinner note, A troll managed to get out of the dungeons! Everyone was in state of panic it seemed. Poor Professor Quirell was the one to find it, he is already permanently trembling and a troll won't help. Percy was almost pleased when the prefects were charged with leading their houses back to their dorms, I followed Oliver though, he inspires more confidence.

November 20

Dear Diary,

Quidditch match today, the traditional Gryffindor against Slytherin. The first time the whole school will get to see Harry as our seeker. The poor thing is clearly nervous for his first match.

They won! With Harry making the most spectacular catch I've ever seen! He nearly swallowed the snitch, but that counts as a catch. The rest of the team played wonderful as well. Fred and George knocked the Slytherins back time and time again. Angeline, Katie and Alicia just kept scoring while Oliver hardly let any quaffle pass. I think we have a real shot at the cup this year.

Something funny happened with Harry though, at some point his broom actually tried to throw him off. He almost fell down.

December 17

Dear Diary,

Almost Christmas and I'm staying at home this year. Mum and Dad are visiting my great-aunt and uncle in Denmark this year. My great-aunt and uncle are very rich but don't really like teenagers. So to keep them pleased and our family in their will I'll be spending my Christmas dodging snowballs from a certain set of twin brothers and keeping those same twins from getting in trouble by their older brother the prefect. Wonderful.

December 25

Dear Diary,

It's Christmas morning and I had some really nice presents. Mum and Dad got me a beautiful quill and ink set with all sorts of different quills and colours of ink. Fred and George got me a lot of chocolate frogs, Sarah a lovely necklace and so on. Harry and the Weasleys all got homemade sweaters, which makes even Fred, George and Percy look cuddly. Something I tried out by giving both twins big Christmas hugs, and yes those sweaters are really soft and warm, and the boys are really good huggers. Mental note: hug the boys more often. Mental note 2: don't ever, ever, let them read this. Mental note 3: hug Percy tomorrow for comparison.

December 26

Dear Diary,

So far Percy has been able to avoid being hugged, but I'll get him eventually. For now I'll settle for Fred and George hugs, they have taken to my hugs quite well it seems. Harry and Ron are acting strange since last night, they won't say a word about it though.

January 23

Dear Diary,

Arithmancy is hard, like very hard. Fred, George and Lee are laughing at me every time I bring it up. Luckily Percy is willing to help out a bit, however his explanations, though well meant, are not very helpful. Sarah is taking both Arithmancy and Ancient Runes so I can't really complain.

February 14

Dear Diary,

We had a Hogsmeade day this week and all around people are making dates for a Valentines trip. Girls are acting like crazy everywhere, poor Oliver is being chased all over the castle. The next quidditch match is coming up as well so that does help with the appeal of talented players. Fred and George are suddenly getting more female attention than before. Not that they're complaining, it's just a pity that it's all they talk about and don't seem to see me anymore. Sometimes I don't like it that they are on the team.

February 26

Dear Diary,

Match against Hufflepuff today, Harry is looking far less tense this time around. The number of girls flocking around Fred, George and Oliver is higher than ever. Oliver is used to it after a few years of being in the spotlight and knows how to handle it, and it's not hard to see why. I mean, smart, team captain, strong build and he's quite handsome. Fred and George will get there too, I just hope it takes them a bit longer so they can be my friends a bit longer, or is that selfish?

So off course they won again, I mean it's Hufflepuff it's not that hard, but still it's nice. I think Lee has noticed my decreasing enthusiasm for quidditch, he asked me if I was okay. It was really sweet of him and he sat with me all night. He even put his arm around me for comfort, and since I was getting tired he let me use his as a pillow for a while. I almost fell asleep if Percy hadn't woken me up and made me go to bed. So yeah, goodnight.

March 12

Dear Diary,

So the castle is back to normal, at least as normal as it gets. Our house points have dropped with 150 points overnight a few weeks ago. Apparently Harry, Hermoine and Neville were caught out of bed last night. I don't know what they were doing but they must have had a reason. The rest of the house is still really mad at them though, even the Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs are mad because now Slytherin is in the lead again like the last few years. Tonight is their punishment, I have never seen poor Neville this nervous.

March 27

Dear Diary,

I caught George looking staring at me today during lunch, he looked away really quickly when I caught him. The boys have stared at me before but that was usually when they were planning something and it would be both of them. This seemed different but I sat next to Sarah just to be sure over dinner. Nothing exploded in my face though.

April 1

Dear Diary,

Today was even worse than Halloween, luckily this time the twins didn't target me as much. Flint had been talking trash about their quidditch playing so they went after him most. Well Flint and Percy, they would never let an opportunity to mess with Percy go to waste. I tried to keep them at least a bit civil, the boys did not take that kindly and kept turning my pumpkinjuice into tomatojuice as a punishment.

May 5,

Dear Diary,

Urgh, I am starting to really dislike Arithmancy. Especially with the exams coming up, every teacher is on edge. Quirrel more than anyone else, that man is really stressed. The boys have been practising a lot again, they say it helps keep them from exam stress. I don't really believe them for a couple of reasons. For starters, Fred and George don't stress out ever. Secondly, there are a lot more and better reasons they like quidditch for. Thirdly, and most importantly, there were a bunch of cute girl complaining about exam stress within earshot when they made their quidditch statement in slightly louder voices than usual.

Their little trick worked, I just saw Fred and George hanging out in the courtyard with those same girls hanging in their lips. The upcoming match helps I think.

May 14

Dear Diary,

Harry has been in the hospital wing for two days now, no-one really knows what happened but the rumour is that he stopped Professor Quirrel from bringing back You-Know-Who! I hope he is okay, Fred and George sent him a toilet seat for some reason. I think it was to show that even though they lost the match today, they still care. Why they used a toilet seat for that beats me.

Oliver took it hard when he heard about Harry, he cares about Harry's wellbeing of course but it also meant that the match against Ravenclaw was as good as forfeited. I tried cheering him up but it didn't really work.

June 6

Dear diary,

It's our last day already. My trunk is mostly packed, just a few little things. I decided to have a break and join Fred and George in the common room. We played chess for a bit but we were too tired to finish the game. We lost the cup to Slytherin again, and the fact that we will have to say goodbye soon. The boys are finishing the game after all, they are letting me write for a change.

We Won, We Won! We won the cup! Professor Dumbledore gave Harry, Ron, Hermoine and Neville a load of points at the feast, we were last but now we won!

June 7

Dear Diary,

So today we're going home. At least I have the whole trainride with my friends to look forward to.

I'm home now and I want to finish this right. During the train ride we were bothered a bit by that Malfoy kid, but we accidentally transformed him and his two baboons into giant slugs, woops. The goodbye hit me harder that I thought it would have. I gave the boys a big warm hug and they hugged me right back really tight. I'll visit over the summer few times I think, but it's still a long time to go without my two favourite troublemakers.