The Diary of a Witch, Volume III

THE DIARY OF A WITCH, VOLUME III

CHAPTER 9: MAY

Sunday, May 1, Great Hall, Breakfast,

THINGS TO DO:

1) Finish DADA, Herbology, and Potions essay (no HoM essay! Yippee!)

2) Transfiguration equations at the end of chapter eight

3) Paragraph about your family in Latin

4) Practice Charms for quiz on Friday and oral quiz in Latin Wednesday

5) REALLY study for finals this time

6) Try talking to Gandalf and Rowena about this little feud of theirs.

7) READ SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT RELATE TO SCHOOL!

Monday, May 2, Great Hall, Breakfast,

 Way to depress us all Professor Flitwick. He just handed all the Ravenclaws their exam schedule, here’s mine:

Monday, June sixth:

Charms: 9AM-11AM

Ancient Runes: 1PM-3PM

Tuesday, June seventh:

History of Magic: 8AM-9:30AM

Potions: 10AM-12:30PM

Herbology: 1:30PM-3PM

Wednesday, June eighth:

Astronomy: midnight

Transfiguration: 9AM to 11AM

DADA: 1PM-3PM

Thursday, June ninth:

Latin: 9AM-11:30AM

Divination: 1PM-3PM

Wait, why does Owen look like he’s about to hurl?

Later Monday, May 2, Divination Notes,

-Owen, why did you look like you swallowed a cactus this morning?

 -I got an owl from my Mum.

-Bad news?

 -Kingsley asked her to marry him. She said yes.

-AWESOME! Wait, why would that make you green? I thought you liked Shacklebolt now.

 -I do.

-So why am I the only one thinking congratulations to your Mom are in order?

 -I don’t know.

-You don’t know? Okay, usually you know why you feel stuff like this.

 -Well I’m a guy, Jubilee. We aren’t as in touch with our feelings as you women.

-No comment. Hey, have you EVER seen anything in that stupid crystal ball we had to buy at the beginning of the year?

 -Nope. You?

-Nada. It’s a nice doorstop though when I put it on it’s stand.

 -Really? I’ve been using mine as a place to drape my ties.

-We should make a book: One Hundred Uses for the Crystal Ball That Do Not Have Anything To Do With Divination.

-It’ll be a best seller.

Friday, May 6, Latin Notes,

-Mandy; Padma; you two are good at the psychology thing and Owen has been too preoccupied to ask so I will. You know how Owen’s Mom and Mr. S are now engaged? Well, he’s not entirely happy about it even though he likes Mr. S and thinks they’re good for each other. Any ideas about why he’s feeling this way? DO NOT TELL OWEN ABOUT THIS! HE WILL KILL ME IF HE FINDS OUT I ASKED YOU!

-Jubilee, we’re in LATIN CLASS. Exams are FIVE WHOLE WEEKS AWAY! Let Owen deal with his issues on his own and pay attention!

-Jubilee, ignore Mandy. She’s been uptight since exam schedules came out. I find this intriguing however. Sort of a look into the teenage male psyche. Could you give a little more info later on out of class?

 -I HAVE NOT been uptight.

-No offense, Mandy, but yes you have. Padma, we’ll talk more about this during lunch, okay?

 -Sure.

 -I HAVE NOT BEEN UPTIGHT!

Saturday, May 7, Common Room,

 Padma thinks that Owen’s problem is that he doesn’t like the idea of someone possibly replacing the memory of his dad. That kind of actually makes sense. When I was nine, I was afraid I was forgetting my Mother. Somehow my mind blamed Angela for it since she has pretty much been my guardian since I arrived here in merry old England. Hey, I was a kid, okay? I had weird ideas back then. I thought I wanted to be figure skater once for crying out loud.

 The result was that I acted sort of bratty to Angela for awhile. Luckily she kind of figured it out and we sorted it out. But maybe that’s what Owen is afraid of. Though I doubt he’ll act like a brat. Probably just act all sulky and listen to the Dracula’s a lot (he listens to them a lot when he’s in a Mood).

Not that he’s going to admit that’s the problem of course. Owen may be well, OWEN. But he’s still a GUY. I sort of gently suggested that this might be the problem to him (without mentioning Padma because if I had I would be dead right now) and he just sort of snorted. “That’s stupid. As if Kingsley can replace the memory of my Dad.:”

 Whatever. I think Mandy is right (don’t EVER tell her I said that), this is something Owen needs to work out on his own. I on the other hand have Transfiguration equations calling my name. I swear math exists for the single purpose of torturing me.

Sunday, May 8, Great Hall, Breakfast,

THINGS TO DO:

1) Finish HoM, Charms, and Transfiguration essay.

2) Read chapter for DADA and summarize/answer questions at the end.

3) Feed plant in greenhouse, sketch it out for stage three of growth process chart.

4) Make up study schedule for exams. STICK TO IT!

5) Come up with bogus ideas for prediction book.

6) Update Potion record book and Astronomy record book.

7) Finish The Land of Oz.

Monday, May 9, Great Hall, Dinner,

STUDY SCHEDULE:

Mondays: Potions, Astronomy, Transfiguration

Tuesdays: Divination, Ancient Runes, Latin

Wednesdays: Charms, Latin, History of Magic

Thursdays: History of Magic, Herbology, DADA

Friday: Thirty minutes on each subject.

Friday, May 13, Friday the 13th , By the Lake,

 Well, THAT was rude.

 I went to give chicken to Padfoot like have been for every two weeks or so and he totally brushed me off! Here’s what happened:

[I see Padfoot laying down. He’s not sleeping just looking all glum.]

ME: Whoa. You look down.

PADFOOT: [Jerks up sharply] What are YOU doing here?

ME: [confused] Uh...bringing you food? Like I always do?

PADFOOT: Oh. [Glomps down on grass again and looks away.] You better go now.

ME: [feeling a little annoyed at brisk tone] Fine. Here. I’ve got exams to study for anyway. [I walk off.]

 THERE! See! Total brush off! What was that about? It wasn’t me, I didn’t do anything to him. I’ve only been bring food to him from the house-elves every two weeks so he doesn’t starve. At the risk of expulsion, may I point out.

Ungrateful jerk.

 If I didn’t know any better I’d say he’s an Animagus and that’s really a guy sulking in the forest. But I’ve seen the list of registered Animagi and none of them turn into dogs. So Padfoot is a dog. A weird dog who needs to learn how to say thank you, but a dog nonetheless.

 Whoa...I just sounded like Angela for a minute there...

Saturday, May 14, Library,

 Owen says that I probably just caught Padfoot at a bad time on Friday.

 That still doesn’t excuse him from not saying thank you.

Sunday, May 15, Great Hall, Breakfast,

THINGS TO DO:

1) Finish Potions and HoM essay

2) Read chapter nine and answer questions at the end for Transfiguration.

3) Rune translation

5) Latin paragraph

6) STUDY FOR EXAMS

7) Practice for Latin quiz on Friday

8) Take a break from schoolwork

9) Start The Bell Jar.

Monday, May 16, Great Hall, Breakfast,

 A Hogsmeade weekend!

 YES!

 Just the break I was looking for! Now, how to tear Mandy away from her precious study table...

Friday, May 20, History of Magic Notes,

-Mandy, you are coming to Hogsmeade with us, RIGHT?

 -Jubilee, I have a TON of stuff I need to do. So do you, for that matter.

-Girl, do the words MENTAL BREAK DOWN mean anything to you?

 -What?

-It’s a Muggle term. People can seriously crack if they have too much stress. Once when I was 10 Grandfather had this important business party that he asked Angela to plan. By the time the party came she was THIS close to losing it. You, my friend, are showing the same symptoms she did.

 -Oh I am, am I?

-Yup. You’re more irritable then usual, you have a twitching eye, headaches, and random blow-ups.

 -My eye is SO NOT twitching.

-It was earlier.

 -It was NOT.

-It was-oh, I am NOT getting into to this. The point is YOU NEED A BREAK. I’ll drag you by force if I have too. I’ll get the guys to help me. You know I will.

 -Oh fine. I’ll go. But I’ll glare at you the entire time.

-Whatever makes you happy.

Saturday, May 21, Hogsmeade, Three Broomsticks,

 We did it!

 We managed to get Mandy here for a drink of Butterbeer . Of course it was only after Padma, Owen, Hannah, Terry, Anthony, Susan, and I all ganged up on her and bugged her to death. Yes, I called in reinforcements. I’m adult enough to admit when I need help.

 The music had another one of those sales going on. One Knut for one CD. So Owen and I went a little nuts with our spare change. It was worth it though. I got HOURS of study music. Most of which are groups I’ve never even heard of. Of course those are usually the best kind. We’re listening to one of my finds right now thanks to some charm Padma knows, remind me to ask her to teach it to me. It’s by a group called the Hobgoblins. They sound sort of garage bandish mixed in with sixties soul music if that counts as anything.

Sunday, May 22, Great Hall, Breakfast,

THINGS TO DO:

1) Keep Mandy from losing it before exams.

2) Finish DADA and HoM essays

3) Transfiguration equations.

4) Perfect Charms for chapter 19 quiz

5) Practice for oral quiz in Latin

6) Astronomy record update

7) Study for exams.

8) Try to keep brain intact for exams.

9) Go on homework strike the minute classes end.

Friday, May 27, Common Room,

THINGS THAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK:

-Rowena pounced on Gandalf when he was perched quietly on my desk chair. Had to break up their fight and got scratched accidently for my trouble. Next time I’ll just let them kill each other.

-FINALLY finished The Land of Oz and The Bell Jar. Bell Jar slightly depressing but good. Land of Oz much better then annoying movie.

-Decided that the Hobgoblins have a good study vibe; got yelled at for playing them too loudly in the common room and lost five points for Ravenclaw.

-Owen’s Mom sent letter saying she and Mr. S aren’t getting married for at least a year because they want to wait and see what happens with something about Mr. S’s job. Owen now cheerful again.

-Mandy yelled at me for no apparent reason twice this week. People are avoiding her now.

-Professor said my Latin accent sounds decent!!!!! I may get an E in class after all!!!

-Studied. A LOT.

-Finished pastel drawing of Great Hall interiors.

-Got postcard from Jessie who went on family trip for a week in Paris. Spellotaped below.

Bonjour, Jubilee!

 Paris is wicked! Mum, Dad, my sister, and I went up the Eiffel Tower yesterday and saw EVERYTHING! I also had the french version of the hot dog: poking a hole in a long baguette, putting the hot dog inside it, and then pouring ketchup and whatever inside. Very interesting.

 Hope your exams go well and that you’re not studying TOO much. You’re young, have some fun for crying out loud.

 I’ll see you when you get back from school in June.

 Au revoir, Jessie

When I graduate I’m getting out of England and going on a trip around Europe. Paris is going to be one of my first stops.

Sunday, May 29, Great Hall, Breakfast,

THINGS TO DO:

NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 I finished my homework Friday night and I am taking today through Saturday off. No studying for exams in that time. I’ll then do a review on Sunday and then each night and morning before my exams.

So this week NO STUDYING! ONLY HOMEWORK.