unfamiliarly familiar (f.w)

ch. 6 - the summer of 1993

july 1st 1993

another year at hogwarts completed and it felt like it started only yesterday. i'm sad to leave school, and i wish i could say i'm excited to go home but i'm not expecting my summer to go any better than it did last year. seeing mum will be nice but that is the only thing that makes me feel okay about another summer away from my friends and locked up in my dark house.

hermione and i are still looking into ways for me to communicate with them without being noticed, still no luck but hopefully by next summer we figure something out. i really can't spend  6 summers alone with no communication. fred and george haven't stopped whining about how they wish i could join them for the summer, i wish i could but obviously going anywhere is off the table.

i really didn't think that 2nd year could get anymore exciting than 1st but of course, harry ended up in some crazy situation that i eventually got dragged into. i swear danger follows him everywhere and this time i had to get involved. the chamber of secrets was opened by ginny, lovely girl, but merlin's beard it was a mess. hermione ended up petrified for almost the entire part of spring term, while i helped ron and harry figure out who might be the heir of slytherin. i had to talk to draco about it which of course raised suspicions but i never really thought he was the heir to begin with. little did i know i would end up in the chamber helping ginny weasley while harry had it out with the basilisk... the twins wouldn't stop thanking me after we got ginny back safe. freddie even kissed me on the cheek a few times... 

nev and i were so lost without hermione when we studied but i got to know nev even better and he and i have become closer than i imagined. i also spent most days with the twins which always was eventful. one day they came running into the great hall, huffing and puffing because they hexed filch's cat, leaving her hairless. when filch came running behind them, freddie reached out and dragging me with them as they ran away. those bloody idiots will be the death of me one day.

harry and i have been spending quite a lot more time together. when everyone learned he was a parselmouth, no one wanted anything to do with him but i knew there was nothing evil about harry. he's more loyal of a friend to me than my own brother. 

draco and i still don't talk much since we're at school, but considering how things were last year, i'm sure we'll be just fine once we're home.

here's to another summer of boredom.

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august 31st 1993

i really didn't think this summer could have lasted any longer and i didn't think it could get any worse than last year. thank merlin i was going back to hogwarts tomorrow. i can't wait to see everybody.

father said i think a total of 10 words to me all summer and they were mostly hateful remarks. he heard about me helping ginny in the chamber with harry and i can hear him call me a "blood traitor" under his breath sometimes. i never thought he would use that word with me. he feels less and less like family every day. mum also quieted up with me a lot once father caught onto her bringing me sweets and chatting with me for a bit. what made everything even worse was that draco barely spoke to me at all this summer too. he acts like i don't even exist. i've never felt so lonely before.

i don't even know what to write anymore. nothing good came out of this summer and all i can hope for is the opposite at school...

a/n - hi loves! i know this one was a bit short but in all honesty i am trying to get these journal entries out soon so i can get back to the main plot and start on their 4th year. thank you all for the love and support, i am really loving writing this and i hope you all continue to enjoy it xx