The Diary of a Witch, Volume II

THE DIARY OF A WITCH, VOLUME II

EPILOGUE: JUNE

Tuesday, June 1, 1 AM, Dorm Room,

            Finally have a chance to write. The school has been celebrating nonstop since Sunday. Ravenclaw just had a major party because we found out last night that all exams have been cancelled! Seriously! Dumbledore so rocks.

            Okay, I promised to explain, now I will. I’m just a little hyped up from all the sugar I’ve consumed. By the way, Chocolate Frogs on top of Butterbeer? Yeah, not a good idea. Trust me. So where was I? Oh yeah, why the school was celebrating. Here’s the deal:

            Late Saturday, just as I was starting to reluctantly pack to leave Professor Sprout and Flitwick came up to my dorm room. Which was kind of embarrassing because my room is...well, not a disaster area like Mandy and Padma claim, but it’s not exactly neat either. Particularly my desk which I haven’t seen the top of for... how long now? So yeah, it was kind of embarrassing having Flitwick and Sprout see my messy room and me in my rainbow tye-dye Pjs. The frog slippers probably didn’t help either. But when there was a knock on my door I was expecting it to be one of the girls, not two professors. Besides, it was like at eleven at night then, I wasn’t expecting anyone to come.

            But they did. Sprout told me she wanted me and Neville to continue helping her with the Mandrakes. Which was kind of a surprise but I went because at least it was a way I could help out. I got to say, I seriously like Sprout. She actually lets me help out and doesn’t call me a child or whatever and makes me sit around. Unlike certain centaurs who shall remain nameless.

            So I told her wait five minutes, pulled on the only pair of jeans I could find quickly, the ones with the flower doodles on em and with holes in the knees, the Quidditch Gal t-shirt my friends gave me, and my black converses. Hey, I was in a hurry.

            The majority of the night was spent cutting up the leaves, persuading Mandrakes to give up some of their bark, and then carrying it up to the infirmary where Madam Pomfrey, Professor McGonagall, and Professor Snape were waiting. Snape was there to brew the potion and had the cauldron pretty much ready. Neville gulped when he saw him but maintained his cool. Though he steered clear of him throughout the night. Considering the way Snape sneered at the two of us when we entered I don’t blame him. I tried avoiding him too but I had to tell the Mandrake we brought with us to give up the tree sap and that happened directly over the cauldron.

            Finally, around three thirty in the morning or so, we were able to un-petrify the students and Nearly Headless Nick. It was kind of creepy because they all woke up screaming, well except for Mrs. Norris who just meowed and then prowled off. Presumingly to find Filch or find a troublemaker. I helped Professor Snape wake up Justin and after he got it into his head that he was fine he kind of looked at me and said, “Jubilee, weren’t your bangs gold earlier?” They were when HE was petrified.

            Just as we were getting everyone out of bed Dumbledore and the Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, walked in. I don’t think I’ve ever seen McGonagall smile so hard when he walked in. You know, there’s this rumor going on in school that they’re an item, I wonder...

            Whatever, he told us all the best news: Lockhart is GONE! The Basilisk has been defeated by Harry Potter and Hagrid will now be freed! Funny thing is, I’m not even really surprised that Potter killed a Basilisk. I mean, he’s POTTER. You kind of expect it. Remind me to mention to Firenze that Potter is my age and he killed a Basilisk just fine and he doesn’t have Wild Magic. So there.

            So now Lockhart is no longer our DADA professor and we get a new one next year. Maybe we’ll actually learn something from this new one. Ha ha.

            There was a huge midnight feast which was why was in the Great Hall so late at night and why I was eating doughnuts. That feast was a blast. Gryffindor won the House Cup because of the points Potter and Weasley (who was there, apparently) earned helping out Ginny (who is NOT dead and perfectly fine, though she kind of looked a little pale), killing the Basilisk, and pretty much saving Hogwarts from closing.

            Then just last night at dinner McGonagall got up and said all exams were cancelled as a end of the year treat. I guess they realized we would probably all fail them anyway. Besides, what would the petrified students do? They’ve been in basic comas for months. There would be no way they could pass them. True this means I did all that studying for nothing but who cares?! There are no exams this year and Hogwarts isn’t closing.

            Life is good.

Wednesday, June 2, Great Hall, Breakfast,

            Guess what?

            Malfoy’s dad has been sacked as school governer! Apparently he blackmailed all the school board members into getting rid of Dumbledore. Malfoy’s been going around with a shocked look on his face and is completely silent.

            It’s a beautiful sight to see.

            Almost makes up for the fact that we still have to go to classes. Should’ve known there was a catch.

Monday, June 7, Charms,

-Why is Flitwick even bothering? NO ONE is paying attention.

            -I AM.

-No offense, Mandy. But of COURSE you’re paying attention. You’re weird.

            -This coming from the girl who dyes her bangs.

-What’s your point?

            -Never mind.

-Hey, want to go get some snacks from the kitchens after this?

            -You just ate!

-Two HOURS ago! Plus it was only eggs.

            -And bacon, and toast. Your cholesterol must be horrible.

-What are you, my mother? Are you coming are not?

            -Coming. I refuse to answer the mother question.

-Good, because I would’ve teased you no matter what answer you gave me.

            -Why do you think I refuse to answer it?

Friday, June 11, Great Hall, Dinner,

            Now classes are over.

            It’s about time.

            Things are pretty much back to normal around here. Mrs. Norris is prowling the corridors looking for unsuspecting students to tattle on and now Filch is no longer being a major jerk, he’s just being a jerk. I accidently walked through Nearly Headless Nick who thanked me for working on the potion. Never walk through a ghost if you can help it, it’s slightly disturbing.

            Yesterday I saw Colin Creevey going around with his camara as usual only he was now chatting to Ginny Weasley when I saw him. Ginny looks okay, though her brothers seem to be hovering over her now. Even the twins have been treating her differently. Guess thinking their sister was dead gave them a chance to really appreciate her. Across the Great Hall over at the Gryffindor table Weasley and Potter are chatting with Granger.

            Justin is also okay and Hufflepuff is estatic that he’s back. Hannah as well, though she confided in me, Owen, and Mandy that she has now realized that she only admires him now and is not in love with him like she first thought. She now just feels a great respect or something like that. So I guess this petrifying thing did some good. Not much, but some. Hagrid is also back and thanked me for looking after Fang the other day. It’s funny though, I never mentioned to him I did, hmm...

Sunday, June 13, Great Hall, Breakfast,

THINGS TO DO:

1) Laundry

2) Pack up cloths

3) Pack up books and mags

4) Clean off desk and pack up stuff found

5) Learn Dusting and Sweep Charm for room.

6)Take down all paintings, posters, sketches, etc. off walls.

7) Clean Gandalfs Cage

8) Return all library books

9) Send info of arrival to Angela.

Monday, June 14, Great Hall, Dinner,

MY GRADES:

Potions: E

DADA: A

History of Magic: O

Charms: O

Herbology: O

Transfiguration: E

Astronomy: O

            Okay, I’m sorry, how did I get an O in History of Magic??? Don’t care about the A in DADA because that class was a joke.

Wednesday, June 16, Courtyard,

BEST MOMENTS OF THE YEAR:

1) Finding out Lockhart wasn’t coming back!

2) The day everyone was unpetrified and we had the feast.

3) McGonagall cancelling exams

4) Potter kicking Malfoy’s butt in Quidditch

5) Me and Terry making the House team.

Friday, June 18, Common Room,

            Well, commencement just happened for the seventh years. That means I am now officially a third year. Cool.

            Owen, Mandy, Hannah, and I watched the ceremony from the Astronomy Tower like last time but we were joined by Susan, Padma, Terry, and Anthony this year. We passed around a bag of Bertie Botts, Licorice Wands, Pumpkin Juice and chatted about everything from who would win the Quidditch World Cup this year to describing the look on Malfoy’s face when he found out about his dad being sacked. We all did impressions of it.

            It was a blast.

            So another year here has ended. This one was even crazier then the last. Who knows what will happen next year. I can’t wait!

THE END OF VOLUME II