Reality Bites Harry Potter

Finally getting Back into the Swing of Things

I'm so happy to have Salazar. I got a lot of weird looks from Ron, but he never said anything. Fred and Shay FINALLY told Mrs. Weasley about them dating. Surprise, surprise she already knew about it. I feel like that's just a mom thing. I can't wait until they have to tell Minnie. Yeah, I feel like Minnie would be okay with it, but she'd be very protective of Shay. I believe Shay and Fred are planning on going to see Minnie today and talk to her about it. I saw Shay and Fred before they left and wished them good luck. They were gone for an hour and when they came back, it seemed like everything went smoothly. But Shay didn't tell me about it when I asked. So I guess she'll tell me when she wants to. Anyways, I want to write to Theo, Pansy, and Blaise, but I'm going to wait until after this school year before doing that so that Salazar can get used to them. Salazar is so freaking cute though! I never thought I'd ever think that about an owl of all animals, but he is. The only thing I'm really not looking forward to is dealing with Professor Blockhead and his antics or Dobby's antics for that matter. Plus I'm really not looking forward to the Basilisk and I hope that Shay or I don't get petrified. That would be just terrible. I also feel bad about what Ginny and Harry are about to go through and all the grief Mr. and Mrs. Weasley are going to feel at the end of this year. I know we can't change the big events like people who get petrified or Ginny getting the diary, but I really want to though. All the people involved in this year are really good people and it really sucks that we can't do much about it.

"So why do we have to read these again?" George asked one afternoon. He was referring to Professor Blockhead's books.

"I don't know about you, but I plan on not reading any of them. Mostly just because they sound like exaggerated bedtime stories." I said rolling my eyes.

"Try telling that to Mum." He said grinning.

"Yeah, no thanks." I said not really wanting to make her mad at me after she just apologized to me for treating me coldly from before. I mean, I don't think she'd be that mad at me. We're going back to school tomorrow so Mrs. Weasley is rushing us around to get our trunks packed and making sure we don't forget anything. I made sure that I got plenty of owl treats for Salazar and got him a cage that he'll be comfortable with, but I had to remember not to splurge too much as it wasn't my money. Even though Minnie said she didn't care how much we actually spent. Shay and I neatly packed our trunks, but I get the feeling that it won't stay that way for long as the year goes on.

"I can't wait to see Hannah, Susan, and Alex!" Shay said excitedly as she packed her clothes and books. She also got cat toys for Merida.

"Yeah, we'll definitely need to have a Gingerpuff meeting at the beginning of the year." I said thoughtfully. "We'll have to gather everyone. We need to figure out a better way to contact everyone."

"Yeah, I do like our code word but the more people we initiate, it'll be harder to go around the castle just to tell everyone." Shay said frowning.

"Now that we're registered Animagi we can get around the castle a bit easier so we shouldn't have too much of a problem getting to people." I said thoughtfully. "I'm sure we'll figure it out eventually."

"Who should we initiate this year?" Shay asked excitedly.

"I don't know, but we should discuss this at the meeting." I said shrugging. "I guess we could work on an itinerary for meetings."

"That's a good idea!" Shay said grinning. She grabbed a piece of parchment paper and quill. "So we should discuss initiations. Anything else?"

"Halloween party ideas." I said figuring that she'd want to do it again.

"Oh yeah! I almost forgot with everything that's happened so far." She said shaking her head before writing it down on the parchment paper. "I can't think of anything else, can you?"