Harry Potter Contest Entries

Prompt 1

This is for ColaRiddle and her contest. My judge is Little_Mickey I hope you both like it.

Thursday, October 14, 1995

Dear Diary,

I finally made my first friend at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Guess what her name is, Diary? Oh you can't talk so I'll just tell you. Her name is Ginevra Molly Weasley but she doesn't like her name much so people call her Ginny. She has six older brothers and she says they are all obnoxious but she loves them anyways. One of her brothers, Ron, is in the year above me here at school. Maybe I can make another friend with him and Harry Potter and...... oh! I must've forgotten the other girl's name. Oh well it's the other girl for right now.

Now, back to Ginny, do you want to hear how we met, Diary? Well you've got no choice I'm going to tell you anyway. We were finishing our potions lesson with Professor Snape and I was heading to Defense Against the Dark Arts with Remus Lupin. However, on the way out of class I got caught up with some of the Slytherins. They were giving me a hard time and were calling me names and things like that. As usual I kept walking but they followed and one knocked my books out of my hand and they went toppling down the staircase.

That is we're Ginny comes in, Diary. She was at the bottom of the stairs and she actually stopped and helped me pick up my books. I didn't know people were that nice most just tell me to not be so clumsy then push me again. Are other people nice like Ginny too? Maybe some day I could meet more of them. Oh my Rowena! Maybe I could get together a whole group of people who are nice. I could ask Ginny, Ron, Harry and......Hermione!!! That's her name Hermione.

Note to self: other girl = Hermione Granger.

I can't wait to meet more people. I really wish it was easier to make friends. I don't know why people don't like me. I thought that I was nice to people I met. I really wish that people weren't judgmental about me being a little weird. I do admit I am not the best with social matters but that's what makes me me. Diary, why is it so hard to make friends? I just wish I knew the answer to that question. So far my total of friends counts to one.

Sometimes, Diary, I just wish that my mum was still here. She was great at making friends and more importantly she was the best friend I could have. She always knew what to say to make me feel better. We used to do everything together and I really miss that, Diary. It's not that I don't love my dad it's just he isn't the same as mum. She understood exactly what I felt because she was like me. Dad isn't the same but we have gotten closer since mum moved to the next world.

I do miss my mum a lot like more than you could imagine but I have dad and now I have Ginny as well. However, no matter how thankful I am for friends and believe me I am eternally thankful for a friend, Diary. I do wish it was easier to make more friends. It is so difficult because people don't like me for who I am. People don't like me even if they don't know who I am. Once they spend even a half an hour with me then they decide to go on their way and never come back. Ginny is the first to ask to be my friend and I am overjoyed that it actually worked. I hope we can go to Hogsmeade together once we are old enough which will be next year.

I do hope I can meet some more people that are incredibly kind like Ginny. I wish it was a little easier for me to make friends, Diary. However, what my mum always said to me, if things were easy they wouldn't be as fun. I guess she is right. If things were easy I would have friends but I would not have the fun memories of making friends. I hope to meet friends in the most fun ways possible so I can keep the words of my mum living. Just like I wish my mum was living.

Diary, I wish you could talk because I know we would be the best of friends. I hope that one day I can learn magic to have you, if not talk to me at least write back to me. I know that I should not be hoping that inanimate things can talk. I shouldn't wish for the help of things that I know will never be able to help me. All I know is that I need the love of my dad and the love from Ginny and any other friends I happen to make along my next five years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I especially need the love of my mum even if it is in spirit. I need her to be there to guide me through right and wrong and to show me what way is the right way.

Being in Ravenclaw I know that I must be intelligent in my choices along with the choices of whom I choose to be friends with. I need to be careful in my choices but my mum taught me to be humble so I also need to give people second chances. If they aren't the best people I will give them chances and forgive even the blonde boy oh what is his name, Diary? Oh right his name is Draco Malfoy. I will agree to give everyone chances even if to others they might not deserve them.

Now, Diary, it is almost dinner time and I think I will really like to go down and eat some pudding. I think this entry will be one I look back upon and use to remind me of how my mum wants me to act. If things are easy then they won't be as fun.

Luna Lovegood

(Without this note and the one at the beginning I have 1027 words. I hope you like this!!!!)