Cracking open my brand new journal

[alt_luna]

Well, I'm in Ravenclaw! I'm not surprised much, since my mother was, although my father was a Hufflepuff. I was looking through some of the books on the shelves and at some of the plaques on the wall in the Common Room last night, and I've found quite a few admirable people were Ravenclaws. (And also a few not-so-worthy ones, like Urquhart Rackrarrow, who invented the Entrail-expelling Curse. That's not the sort of thing Ravenclaws really like to boast about very much.) I'm sorry the friend I knew best before coming here isn't in Ravenclaw, too (although it's not much of a surprise either that she's in Gryffindor, since all her brothers are, too) but Celia and Portia seem like they'll be quite nice as dorm-mates. Portia even might buy a subscription to the Quibbler.

I think I will like Herbology the best, at least until we start Care of Magical Creatures our third year. I wish it were a first year class.

One of the Prefects said there's a giant squid that lives in the lake. Would anyone would like to walk down there between the end of lunch and the beginning of classes this afternoon to try to look for it?

Comments

[alt_molly]

Congratulations on your Sorting, dear, and good luck starting your first year. May I say that I know your mother would have been quite proud. I know that your father certainly is.

[alt_luna]

Thank you, Mrs Weasley. Oh, and thanks for the owl this morning! It was a lovely surprise to get mail at breakfast, and you were very kind to send along tea since you know that I like it. They don't have raspberry tea at Hogwarts.