Dear Diary
I had the most amazing day ever! It feels so good to finally turn eleven. Mum and Dad threw me the most awesome surprise party (not much of a surprise, really), with a beautiful big cake shaped like a Swedish Short-Snout, a series of really fun games (all on broomsticks of course) and for the grand finale, a fireworks show with some of Uncle George’s finest! And my favourite part - the WHOLE family bustling around, arguing and making a total mess of the lawn. Of course, Uncle Percy had to rush home in the middle because there was an owl from the office about “that bloke” who kept sending gift hampers of vomit-flavoured moisturizer to his desk despite his repeated appeals to stop them. I wonder when he’s going to figure out that they’re all from Teddy and James. Even I figured it out all by myself, and I’m just a little girl! Apart from that, it was a great day! Lots of really cool presents – a beautiful brown owl from Mum and Dad, a hand-made birthday card from James and Albie (bewitched to look like a dragon that spurts birthday messages from its mouth – although they said it was supposed to spurt fire until Mum threatened to douse it in water), another brilliant book from Aunt Hermione (the next one the in The Witch Chronicles series), and a lot of other great stuff. And the best part! - I FINALLY GET TO GO TO HOGWARTS THIS YEAR!!
But that's not why I'm writing to you. I've been a little worried about something. Lately, Dad has been telling me all these stories about his childhood that he thinks I should know before I go off to Hogwarts. He told me about all these great things he did in school, and about how there was this really really mean man who killed Grandma Lily and Grandpa James and tried to kill Dad too!!! And Dad says he escaped with just a scar although he was just a little baby! And you're not going to believe this, but he saved Mum from the same guy in his second year at school!! And finally killed him five years after that. Oh and he says he had to tackle a dragon for a tournament once! Why don't they let me participate in such things, they know how much I love dragons! Apparently Dad is some big famous hero in the wizarding world, and that's why they're telling me before I go off to school, where everybody already knows all this. I really don't know what to make of it all. Don't you think it all sounds a bit far fetched? I mean, he claims that he could talk Parseltongue, but when I ask him to show me, he says he has lost it. And this scar that he keeps mentioning.. he lost that too! And when I ask him to explain, all he says is - "that's a story for when you're older". Something isn't adding up, but I don't want to mention it because I don't want him to feel bad! I suppose I should take James and Albie's word for it, since they've actually been to school and heard all this from others. But what if this is like the whole Santa scandal?! Did I tell you that he isn't real and that all my Christmas presents have been from Mum and Dad? I mean, why make up that story, why not just give me presents? I dunno, ever since that and the tooth fairy incident, my faith in their stories has been seriously shaken. But I think I am just going to go to school and find out like my brothers did.
Oh and I have news. Teddy is going to ask Victoire to marry him as soon as she leaves Hogwarts. It's no surprise really, but I'm excited that he's going to really be a part of our family now. I only wish Grandma Molly could be around for the wedding. She was so active right till the end that we were certain she would outlive the whole lot of us! I am still not certain what happened, though. The healers are looking into it, they think it's some muggle condition that was left unchecked for too long. They called it "blood pressure" or something. I wonder how Grandma caught the germ, she always kept The Burrow so clean and tidy!
I absolutely cannot wait to go to Hogwarts. You know, for all the fights that James and Albie have had, they seem to have become really close after Albie went to school. And what's worse, I think they have secrets from me now! They better start including me in all of it once I join! And this is strictly between you and me, but I overheard one of their whispered conversations the other day and it seems Rosie's spending too much time with that prat, Scorpius. I could barely believe it, I mean, he's a Slytherin!! And imagine if Uncle Ron found out, oh how his ears would redden!
Anyway, once I get there, I am going to follow the Potters' rules for survival at Hogwarts, that have been collectively formed by my folks over the years -
1. Get into the quidditch team in your first year.
2. Never tell Hagrid that you love dragons, or he might just get you one.
3. What happens in the forbidden forest STAYS in the forbidden forest.
4. When Headmistress McGonagall glares at you in disapproval (which she very often will), DO NOT look directly into her flared nostrils.
5. And the most important one - Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus.
Until next time
Lily the Second
I had the most amazing day ever! It feels so good to finally turn eleven. Mum and Dad threw me the most awesome surprise party (not much of a surprise, really), with a beautiful big cake shaped like a Swedish Short-Snout, a series of really fun games (all on broomsticks of course) and for the grand finale, a fireworks show with some of Uncle George’s finest! And my favourite part - the WHOLE family bustling around, arguing and making a total mess of the lawn. Of course, Uncle Percy had to rush home in the middle because there was an owl from the office about “that bloke” who kept sending gift hampers of vomit-flavoured moisturizer to his desk despite his repeated appeals to stop them. I wonder when he’s going to figure out that they’re all from Teddy and James. Even I figured it out all by myself, and I’m just a little girl! Apart from that, it was a great day! Lots of really cool presents – a beautiful brown owl from Mum and Dad, a hand-made birthday card from James and Albie (bewitched to look like a dragon that spurts birthday messages from its mouth – although they said it was supposed to spurt fire until Mum threatened to douse it in water), another brilliant book from Aunt Hermione (the next one the in The Witch Chronicles series), and a lot of other great stuff. And the best part! - I FINALLY GET TO GO TO HOGWARTS THIS YEAR!!
But that's not why I'm writing to you. I've been a little worried about something. Lately, Dad has been telling me all these stories about his childhood that he thinks I should know before I go off to Hogwarts. He told me about all these great things he did in school, and about how there was this really really mean man who killed Grandma Lily and Grandpa James and tried to kill Dad too!!! And Dad says he escaped with just a scar although he was just a little baby! And you're not going to believe this, but he saved Mum from the same guy in his second year at school!! And finally killed him five years after that. Oh and he says he had to tackle a dragon for a tournament once! Why don't they let me participate in such things, they know how much I love dragons! Apparently Dad is some big famous hero in the wizarding world, and that's why they're telling me before I go off to school, where everybody already knows all this. I really don't know what to make of it all. Don't you think it all sounds a bit far fetched? I mean, he claims that he could talk Parseltongue, but when I ask him to show me, he says he has lost it. And this scar that he keeps mentioning.. he lost that too! And when I ask him to explain, all he says is - "that's a story for when you're older". Something isn't adding up, but I don't want to mention it because I don't want him to feel bad! I suppose I should take James and Albie's word for it, since they've actually been to school and heard all this from others. But what if this is like the whole Santa scandal?! Did I tell you that he isn't real and that all my Christmas presents have been from Mum and Dad? I mean, why make up that story, why not just give me presents? I dunno, ever since that and the tooth fairy incident, my faith in their stories has been seriously shaken. But I think I am just going to go to school and find out like my brothers did.
Oh and I have news. Teddy is going to ask Victoire to marry him as soon as she leaves Hogwarts. It's no surprise really, but I'm excited that he's going to really be a part of our family now. I only wish Grandma Molly could be around for the wedding. She was so active right till the end that we were certain she would outlive the whole lot of us! I am still not certain what happened, though. The healers are looking into it, they think it's some muggle condition that was left unchecked for too long. They called it "blood pressure" or something. I wonder how Grandma caught the germ, she always kept The Burrow so clean and tidy!
I absolutely cannot wait to go to Hogwarts. You know, for all the fights that James and Albie have had, they seem to have become really close after Albie went to school. And what's worse, I think they have secrets from me now! They better start including me in all of it once I join! And this is strictly between you and me, but I overheard one of their whispered conversations the other day and it seems Rosie's spending too much time with that prat, Scorpius. I could barely believe it, I mean, he's a Slytherin!! And imagine if Uncle Ron found out, oh how his ears would redden!
Anyway, once I get there, I am going to follow the Potters' rules for survival at Hogwarts, that have been collectively formed by my folks over the years -
1. Get into the quidditch team in your first year.
2. Never tell Hagrid that you love dragons, or he might just get you one.
3. What happens in the forbidden forest STAYS in the forbidden forest.
4. When Headmistress McGonagall glares at you in disapproval (which she very often will), DO NOT look directly into her flared nostrils.
5. And the most important one - Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus.
Until next time
Lily the Second
