The Diary of a Witch, Volume II

THE DIARY OF A WITCH: VOLUME II

CHAPTER 6: FEBRUARY

Monday, February 1, Breakfast, Great Hall,

            Granger just came in from the infirmary completely de-felined. All the Gryffindor second years applauded her when she got back and Potter dragged her and Weasley into a three way hug. Weasley turned bright red. I’m beginning to think Hannah’s right about him having a crush on her. You know there’s a pool going around all the houses about which one of them she ends up with? I put money in for Weasley.

Tuesday, February 2, DADA,

            Uh oh.

            I just heard Lockhart talking to McGonagall (whose first name is Minerva, by the way. Pretty cool name there, way better then Jubilee). Listen to this:

            “I don’t think there’ll be any more trouble, Minerva. I think the Chamber is locked up for good this time. The culprit must have known it was only a matter of time before I caught him. Rather sensible to stop now, before I came down on him.”

            At this point I was starting to gag, but that is not what has me worried. THIS is:

            “You know, what this school needs now is a moral-booster. Wash away the memories of last term! I won’t say anymore just now, but I think I know just the thing.”

            Lockhart wants to try and cheer up the school?

            We are so screwed.

Thursday, February 4, DADA,

-Mandy, what do you think he has planned?

            -You’re not still on about that, are you?

-Hey, I have reason to be worried. It’s LOCKHART! Look at the last stunt he pulled.

            -The dueling club was not so bad.

-Hello! Justin nearly got bitten by a snake!

            -Oh yeah. I’m sure it won’t be that bad though.

-An optimist. I like that.

Saturday, February 8, Dorm Room,

THINGS TO DO:

1) Memorize Tooth Growing Solution for Tuesdays quiz.

2) Equations at end of ch. 15 for Transfiguration.

3) One foot essay: Medical Uses of the Dancing Dandelion.

4) Notes for ch. 19 of A History of Magic

5) Read book on water animals for Firenze next week.

6) Astronomy essay: Birth of a Star.

7) Return library books

8) Order more owl treats for Gandalf

9) Make valentines for everyone and get chocolate to go with them

10) Perfect charms from ch. 10 of The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 2)

Monday, February 8, Great Hall, Breakfast,

            Well, I’m going to be busy this Easter.

            I just got a letter from Gerard and Giselle:

Dear Jubilee,

            Thank you so much for agreeing to be our bridesmaid! Easter holidays are coming up for you soon, right? Do you think you can arrange to come home that week? All the people who are participating in the wedding ceremony have to come at one point for fittings. Your Grandfather hired this amazing wedding coordinator for us along with a dress designer. It’s his wedding gift to us. He also said we can use the back gardens for a reception! Isn’t that nice?

            Well, tell us when you can come because we need to make appointments with the designer who is very busy. We hope you’re having a great time at school! Write back soon.

                                                                        Love,

                                                                                    Gerard and Giselle

            So I’m going to be spending my Easter holidays standing on a stool and getting measured.

            Yuck.

Tuesday, February 9, History of Magic,

            I don’t see what’s so funny about the idea of me in a formal dress. Okay, so the only skirts I actually own are my uniform skirts, one short denim one that is frayed and has doodles of flowers on it, and one short black skirt. But that’s still no reason for Owen and Terry to laugh their heads off when I told them about how I was going to be spending my vacation.

Thursday, February 11, DADA,

-Mandy, is it me, or does Lockhart look extremely pleased with himself?

            -He ALWAYS looks pleased with himself.

-Well yeah, but he looks even more pleased then usual.

            -And here I thought that wasn’t possible.

-I’m serious. He DID something.

            -J, You’re not still on about him wanting to cheer us up are you?

-YES. If you were smart, you would worry too.

 

-I’m sure Dumbledore wouldn’t let him do anything. He’d have a whole staff full of professors handing in their resignations if he did.

-Yeah well, Dumbledore isn’t exactly playing with a full deck right now, is he?

            -JUBILEE! He’s our Headmaster!

-So? He’s still a loon!

            -You have no respect for authority at all do you?

-Hey, I totally respect him. I just think he’s a loon and we really shouldn’t trust someone who thinks Lockhart would be a good choice for a professor.

            -You kind of have a point.

-Thank you.

Friday, February 12, Library,

            Peeves is a very weird poltergeist.

            From what I’ve read, most poltergeists just rattle doors, flood sinks and generally make nuisances of themselves on poor people trying to sleep. Not Peeves though. Oh no. He has to take it one step further and play pranks on students and professors.

            Take today for instance. Today, he somehow froze all the doors to the classrooms and greenhouses shut. None of the professors can get in no matter what spells they use. Now they’re trying to find him so they can get the doors open. Professor Sprout is madder then I’ve ever seen her because she has plants in the greenhouses that she needs to watch over everyday.

            The students are also pissed at him. While we are happy for a day off, the staff didn’t want to get behind on their lessons or skip anything so they decided that we will have classes on SUNDAY to make up for not having classes today. Which blows any couples’ plans for dates that day or any partying unless we have it at night.

            Peeves is so annoying.

Sunday, February 14, VALENTINES DAY, Breakfast, Great Hall,

            OH. MY. GOD.

            I think I’m going to be sick.

            Dumbledore has now officially gone from insane to evil. He has totally joined the dark side. That’s the only explanation I can come up with for him letting Lockhart do...THIS. Cause it just has to be Lockhart. He’s wearing pink robes for crying out loud. It can’t be anyone else. It sure isn’t Snape. He looks like he wants to murder someone. I’ll cheer him on if it’s Lockhart he wants to murder.

            Hold up, Lockhart is standing up.

Sunday, February 14, VALENTINES DAY, Charms,

            THAT was sickening. You want to know what Lockhart did? He ruined the Great Hall.

            I’m serious. He covered the walls with these ugly large fake pink flowers and made it so there was HEART SHAPED CONFETTI falling from the ceiling. It kept getting into my food.

            If that wasn’t enough he got dwarfs, DWARFS, to carry around valentines to everyone all day for anyone who wanted to send one. He himself got fifty-two cards. One of which Hannah sent. So much for her crush on Justin.

            If that’s not enough, MANDY got sent a valentine!

            I’m serious. She swears she doesn’t know who sent it and blushed bright red when the dwarf came into Charms just now and recited a rather good poem about how Mandy stole this guys heart and she doesn’t even know it. It was signed a secret admirer.

            Mandy has a secret admirer! Who knew!

Later Sunday, February 14, VALENTINES DAY, Transfiguration,

            Mandy isn’t the only one with a secret admirer. A dwarf just jumped Harry Potter in the hallway (because he was trying to run away before it was recited, can’t blame the guy for trying) and recited this valentine to him:

            His eyes are as green as a fresh pickled toad,

            his hair is as dark as a blackboard.

            I wish he was mine, he’s really divine,

            the hero who conquered the Dark Lord.

            Oi. Someone’s got it bad.

            Uh oh, McGonagall’s coming this way. Better start taking notes.

Tuesday, February 16, History of Magic Notes,

-Hey Mandy, still no idea about who sent you that valentine?

            -DROP IT, Jubilee.

-Oh come on. Where’s the fun in that?

                        -Besides which, we’re very bored.

            -Padma, not you too. I expected this from Jubilee. But YOU?

-Hey!

                        -It’s a mystery. I love mysteries. And again: very bored.

            -I’m getting new friends.

Wednesday, February 17, Lunch, Great Hall,

            If someone sent you a valentine wouldn’t you be curious to find out the sender? I know I would. Not because I’m nosy like Mandy says. I would just like to know who’s affections I’ve stolen or whatever you want to call it. I can’t believe Mandy is not the least bit curious about this, the guy wrote a POEM for her for crying out loud, and sent it! That takes guts.

            She says it was probably a joke or the guy was dared to or something. I’m sorry but that valentine was no joke. It was serious. So Hannah, Padma, Susan, and I have taken it upon ourselves to find out who it is. Without Mandy knowing of course, because she would kill us if she knew.

            The only person I know who isn’t the sender for sure is Owen, because I went right up to him after History of Magic and asked him right out if he sent Mandy a valentine, and he looked at me like I was nuts and then asked, “Why would I do a crazy thing like that?” I know he was telling the truth too because he didn’t blush or stutter. Owen is a terrible liar.

            So he’s off the suspect list.

Friday, February 19, Dorm Room,

            The Slytherin v.s. Hufflepuff game is tomorrow!

            Finally, something interesting going on. Mandy found out about the little investigation we were doing about her valentine sender and she told us to leave it alone or else. Now Mandy may be a bookworm but she’s a scary bookworm when she’s mad. She knows curses and hexes that no one else in our year (save Hermione Granger and possibly Draco Malfoy) and well...we decided not to take our chances.

            My only hope is that admirer decides to reveal himself because I’m dying to find out who it is.

Saturday, February 20,

            Slytherin won. Damn.

            Diggory put up a good fight, I’ll give him that. But in the end a Bludger (annoying things that they are) hit his broomstick and as he went flying Malfoy caught the Snitch. The final score was 150 to 10. Good bye Quidditch Cup.

Sunday, February 21, Kitchens,

            Firenze is insane.

            For our lesson on fish he made me go into the lake! Do you know how freezing the lake is right now? I mean, hello, it is February. I can’t wait until Spring comes then we can move on to plants. We can’t do anything with my plant powers now because well, all of them are gone pretty much, except for the ones in the greenhouses. Besides, I’m pretty much learning all I need to know about them in Herbology.

            Oh, hot chocolate. Thank God for house elves.

            How soon until spring?