Dear Dennis,
I DID IT! I'M A GRYFFINDOR! YOU HEAR THAT DENNIS! I MADE IT! I'M A GRYFFINDOR! I'M ONE OF THE BRAVE! GRYFFINDOR! GRYFFINDOR! GRYFFINDOR! AND YOU SAID I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT!
Okay, I'm done I had my rant. I'm a Gryffindor. We had the sorting as soon as we got to the school. The castle was beautiful. All the first years, gathered around this giant of a man-I actually think he was a giant, you really never know anymore-named Hagrid. We all went in these little boats. I was surprised they could hold Hagrid. It's a sight I'll remember to my dying day even without a photo. As soon as my film finishes developing, I'll send the picture. Professor McGonagall, my new head of house, took us into the middle of the Great Hall. We all had to sit with this really large hat on and it talked! I wasn't sure what I thought it was going to do. But the hat just started talking, saying things like "such a curious mind" and "brave, never knew when to back down." Alex was sorted first. He's a Ravenclaw, so I'm not sure how often I'll see him. Ginny's a Gryffindor too.
Harry and her brother came in with a bang. They drove a flying car! We're going to have to find something exciting for you when you get here. Because Dennis you're coming to Hogwarts, just wait two more years! I wonder if they have any magic carpets, like in the stories we read when you were little. Though whatever we do, Mum can't catch us, but if we did we'd probably get off easier. Ron got a howler, which is like a letter that magnifies your voice but first it explodes! Ron's mum was really giving him the proper scolding and the whole school could hear it.
I got to meet Harry Potter too. Well not really meet him, but I got to introduce myself to him and I got that picture. I must have sounded like a babbling baboon. Though I did talk to him so that must count for something. He was going to even autograph it. Then this ferrety boy showed up. He was flanked by two of the ugliest people I'd ever seen. They were acting like the bodyguards in old spy movies, except they might have had one brain cell between them. Harry started yelling at ferret boy, to shut up. I might have said something incredibly-well I said something because all of a sudden everyone was staring at me. I was only saved when Professor Lockhart walked in. It was the three of us in the photo. That's another one you'll have to see after I figure out how I'm going to develop my film here.
Class is interesting, although Professor Snape looks like he swallowed a vial of poison, whenever he sees me. Though he could just look like that in general. Professor McGonagall changed into a cat right in front of us. And the food, Dennis is a whole lot better than anything Mum could dream up.
I should be going. If I want to send this letter out tonight, I have to leave now so Filch the demented caretaker doesn't catch me.
Your brother,
Colin