Lily's Diary - 6th Year

Chapter 4 - September

Tuesday, 7^th September 1976

Well not much has happened since Friday. The monotony of school has started to sink in and the novelty of our new rooms and classes and being back here has worn off. I got a letter from mum today she said that she got the letter alright and that everything is going well at home.

Jacqui is still tormenting me and insisting that I love James, which I most certainly don't. She thinks that I like him because I'm always yelling at him and never the others. I only yell at him because he's the ring leader of the group, the others just go along with it. Maybe if he grew up a little more I might like him but not now noway. She's been on about it ever since this morning when James and crew turned all the water in the bathrooms green. It didn't do anything really, didn't smell or anything it was just coloured water, but it was a shock. I'd gotten dress straight away and walked over to the study room and there they all were laughing. I screamed at James and told him that if he didn't turn the water back to its normal colour right then I'd tell Professor Mart and that he'd lose his prefect privileges if he wasn't careful. Don't know what would happen if he did lose them though. I mean he was second choice in the first place. Remus was originally the other Gryffindor prefect but at the end of last year declined the offer to be prefect this year. I'm not sure why though. I guess he just found it too difficult. Plus he got sick quite often, about every month he'd be off sick. Maybe it was something to do with that.

Thursday, 9^th September 1976

I had my first proper magical medicines lesson today. Up until today we'd only been doing half lessons and going through what was involved in the subject. The subjects pretty full on and involves heaps of different forms of magic so the first week of lessons we just went over it all. It's taught by Professor Blaine (our DADA teacher) and Madame Drell (the nurse at the hospital wing). It's really interesting. We're only doing theory work at the moment because we need to understand how all the fields of magic work together. Professor Blaine teaches us the theory stuff, and Madame Drell supervises us when we do practical work.

There was a notice on the board today saying that all sixth years would have a meeting with there head of house next week to discuss there OWL results and Career options. We had one of these last year - though last year it was basically to explain what we needed in our OWLs. Anyway I'm on Tuesday when I'm off lessons. I think they've tried to organise it so that were not missing lessons because everyone I've talked to seems to have there's when they haven't got a class.

Saturday, 11^th September 1976

I got an owl from Grace today. She says she's enjoying being back at school, and that 7^th years a pretty full on year. She told me a bit about her school too like I asked. I'm really interested in what other wizarding schools are like. She said it's pretty much a mini version of Hogwarts. They have houses, but their not sorted by a hat. They have a prefect system but it's not as big as here. They only have one prefect from each house and they don't have heads. She also said they can learn some muggle subjects there too because there aren't so many students. Some students do Chemistry to help them with Potions, and they can do muggle Ancient History and Ancient Runes. Grace does that. She said it's really interesting to see how close the muggles are at working some of the stuff out. I think I'd like to study both but obviously with Hogwarts being so big it's difficult. Maybe I can do that at Uni.

Monday, 13^th September 1976

Well I got that careers thing tomorrow. It's in the afternoon after my Ancient Runes class. I'm not sure what I'm gonna say though I suppose just the same as I did last year - Healer or something. I might travel for a bit. Oh I don't know. Why do they want us to make these decisions now? It's not as though we're leaving yet. This whole careers thing scares me a little. I don't know maybe it's just the uncertainty about my future, but everyone goes through that don't they?

Ancient Runes was really fun today, though it always is for me I love the subject. Maybe I should think about doing something related to ancient runes. Anyway we got our major project for the year. We have to choose a civilisation and research how they developed, how wizards/witches helped/hindered them and how magic developed in the civilisation. It's actually really interesting. I'm doing Thera. We did that in fourth year. I found it really interesting, I think it's because I'm muggleborn and had grown up hearing the stories about Atlantis. I never thought it was really though, even when I found out I was a witch I still just thought it was a story. I guess he wizarding born ones have heard it so many times that it's a little overdone on them. Some of them have even been there.

Tuesday, 14^th September 1976

Well the careers thing was today. It was just with professor Mart as it was last year. That was alright though because I can talk to him pretty easily. There's some teachers I can't talk to very easily like our potions professor, he's really kindda mean and he doesn't like me anyway because I know a lot. Snape likes him, though Snape is that sort of person. James and crew hate him too (Professor Loccan by the way did I mention that) I think that's about the only thing I have in common with that lot. They used to always pull pranks on him all the time, though seeing as there not all in the class this year so I guess James has started to behave himself a little bit.

Anyways back to the careers thing. Professor Mart said if I am really interested in Ancient Runes there's this special uni. I could go to, to do stuff like that. I told him about Grace's school and how they do some muggle subjects too. He told me that at that Uni I'd be able to study both the muggle and the wizarding subjects. He said if I was really interested in it he could organise for me to do some courses there next year. My marks are good enough. I can count it as a NEWT subject and it'll be credit towards uni. I think it sounded really interesting. I told him I'd think about it and tell him later. I actually think I might do it. I'll send Grace an Owl asking her what she thinks.

Friday, 17^th September 1976

Well not much has been happening around Hogwarts. There's a new bunch of pranksters in third year. They associate with James and crew and I think there training them up to take there place. I wish they wouldn't encourage the younger kids but there's not much I can do about. I keep telling James he shouldn't encourage them but he always acts like he doesn't know what I'm talking about. I can't prove that he's doing it but I'm so sure he is. Why else would a sixth year associate with a third year, especially James Potter. James is so arrogant. That's what I hate about him. He's cute, you'd have to be insane not to think that but he's so bloody arrogant. I know he likes me because he keeps trying to impress me when he's away from the rest of the group. I guess if he just grew up a little I'd go out with him, but at the moment he acts like a twelve year old.

Anyway I sent that owl to Grace about doing Muggle and Wizarding Ancient Runes. I've looked at the stuff Professor Mart gave me. The uni sounds pretty good. I can do heaps on Atlantis too. They have this whole thing on the muggle analysis of it. I don't know though. We'll see what Grace says.

Monday, 20^th September 1976

Well I got a letter back from Grace today. She says that course is what she does. Apparently her school was the first to participate in it. She said it was really good and that you can chose what civilisations you want to study. She told me if I'm interested in Atlantis to have a look at doing Crete because there Minoan too and the muggle and wizardry comparisons are really interesting. I'd heard Crete mentioned in passing in my stuff on Atlantis but I don't know much about it. Apparently the muggles are yet to translate the texts of that society, the wizardry world have translated it but she said it's really interesting. I might have a look into it and decide what I think about doing it.

Wednesday, 22^nd September 1976

I got another letter from Mum. She says the system is working well and that everything is going well with Petunia and Melissa is good. She said Petunia likes her new school, though I had no doubt she would. She's now going to school with her boyfriend Vernon. I hate him he's so rude and he's ugly too. I don't know why Petunia likes him I mean he's worse then James.

Charms was interesting today. We were learning how to play music on CD's instead of records. They've had CD's in the Wizarding world for a while now but we're learning how to play music from a record on a CD because there smaller. It was one of the occasional cross culture things we do with the muggle and wizarding worlds. A lot of the full blood kids think there stupid. I guess they think that Muggles are primitive but I think it's really interesting learning how we can incorporate both the wizarding and muggle world. I mean essentially we all have to deal with both worlds at some stage. That's Dumbledore's reason for doing them - to teach us about both worlds. Even those in Hogsmeade have to go outside the village every now and then. That reminds me we should be having a Hogsmeade visit sometime soon. I haven't heard anything about one yet. I guess it'll be next month sometime. It might be Halloween - we normally get to go then or just before. Oh well it's up to the teachers really anyway. I just hope we get one soon. I can't wait to go to all the shops again. It's been so long.

Monday, 27^th September 1976

I've been thinking about that muggle and wizarding Ancient Runes course that Professor Mart mentioned. I talked to Jacqui and Alice about it. Alice said that I should do it because I like all that stuff. She's right though - I do love Ancient Runes. I do so much extra research in the subject because I'm interested in it and in this course I get to chose what I study. Jacqui said it'd be a good opportunity if I want to go into that sort of field after school. I think I might I'll talk to Professor Mart about it later.

James third year gang pulled another prank today. I hate how James does that. I reckon if he knew how close he was to me liking him he'd stop. I'm not gonna let him know that though. He has to work it out on his own. He's been after me for a while now and all he needs to do is grow up and I'd go out with him, but until then I won't. It's mean but he's gotta grow up at some stage and I don't want to go out with a little kid.

Friday, 30^th September 1976

Well it's the end of another week, and another month for that matter. This month has gone by fast. I guess it's just being back at school and having heaps of stuff to do. I wish I didn't have to go chasing up James for all the pranks his third year group are doing.

Hmm what else? Oh yeah I spoke to Professor Mart about that ancient runes course thing. He said he'll send off for some stuff for me. He told me I can start up in January if I want. That sounds pretty cool, I think I will.

Well schools back to the ordinary now. Everything's just the way it always is. It's good to be back.