I can't believe another school year is over . . . So many things have happened this year, too . . .

The Carnival was a success! I'm so glad my grandmum was able to get us the carousel--I hadn't been on one in ages and I think everyone else enjoyed it as well. Oh, and I saw unicorns! I went on Hagrid's tour of the Forbidden Forest and we came ( Read more... )

One week of exams over, one left to go . . . .

I'm quite sure I did well on Muggle Studies and Transfiguration. The Jane Austen unit in Muggle Studies worked quite well to my advantage--she's always been one of my favourites . . . and I was quite surprised how much easier Transfiguration was than I thought it would be. However, I think it's ( Read more... )

I'm still so overwhelmed . . . one minute we were waiting and praying . . . and then I saw Stacey's journal message saying the clouds had disappeared in Nottingham. I ran to look out the window and they *were* gone! I've always thought the night sky beautiful, but stars have never seemed lovelier than they did that moment. And then Daddy my dad ( Read more... )

( Private to Stacey )

I’m home. It feels so strange to be here, but I’m glad I’m with my parents right now. As I was telling Stacey earlier, King's Cross was right depressing, with everyone coming to get their children . . . my mum couldn't stop crying when she and my dad picked me up . . . . this is going to be so hard on her, especially losing my dad--I really don’t ( Read more... )

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." ~Ambrose Redmoon

I was looking through the book of quotations my parents gave me last Christmas and found the above quote--it's strangely fitting for what's going on . . .

I think Hermione's right--if we give up, then he's already won ( Read more... )

Merlin . I don't . . . I don't know what to say . . . I can't stop shaking . . .

[Private]
What's going to happen to all of us?? How can someone be so evil?? I don't want to die--I don't want *us* to die . . . Is there anything we can do? Is there anyway to stop this? How can we do anything without Dumbledore?
Merlin, I'm so scared.
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And I'm quite glad I talked myself out of writing in for advice--what was I thinking?Things seem to be going along rather well for the Charity Carnival--and it's a good way to keep my mind off of certain things . . . as well as provide me with breaks from studying and revising and such. I spent almost the whole evening in the library again last ( Read more... )

Well, I suppose being in DA fourth year and now has started to pay off--I've finally managed my Patronus. It's an eagle--specifically a golden eagle. I looked it up in Magical and Nonmagical Birds of the United Kingdom after dinner. It's rather pretty, actually . . . though when I first saw my psuedo-Patronus had wings a few weeks ago, I was hoping ( Read more... )

I've just read the Prophet . . . . I don't know what to say . . . Merlin, this is more horrible than I thought . . . I feel like crying, but I'm too shocked to . . .

Merlin .

What is this world coming to? What are we supposed to *do*?

~Lily

[Private to Marietta Edgecombe]
Please tell me Louisa's alright.
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