Hiya, book.
I'm learning a new spell these days, something Feargus taught me. It'll be good to protect me against things that make my mind all funny. Would have been useful earlier tonight, but, I'll get to that. Also, I was able to finally show Feargus my Patronus. Turns out, he has the very same one! He seemed pretty shocked about it; I thought it was pretty cool. Spent some time that night chit chatting with Feargus and Jack. They were whispering all sneaky like and I think they were talking about me. I'll have to ask them what they were saying. Jack's got some funny nicknames for Feargus, but, I still like Feargus best. I went in the pool for the first time in the Commons, too! I even went and bought a proper swim suit the next day.
Oh! Ha ha! Feargus bopped Dominic over the head! I told him about the time when Dominic told me I wasn't as stupid as he thought I was. Anyway, nice of him to stick up for me! Of course, I think Dominic tolerates me a little more every day these days.
I'm going to be writing for the school newspaper with Micah and Tom. Micah's starting one up, the Hog's Heart. I like Tom, he's a really nice guy. Anyway, that should be fun, and I'm sure we'll find plenty of interesting things to write about.
History class yesterday was wildly entertaining, and not because of the course materials! Jennie, Feargus' girlfriend, choked on her sandwich and left early to see Pomfrey. Styx collapsed, bleeding all over the place in the corner. Caitlyn fell asleep, -twice-, and was talking and sleepwalking all over the place. Binns was his usual boring self, seeming to be even more so for some reason. I guess I'm just tired.
Later during curfew, Matty, Cait, Feargus and his girlfriend hung out in the Claw Commons. Didn't talk to them much, I was reading and, well, not feeling so great. Plus, Feargus acts a little different around her. Not as... well, free. For lack of a better word. They left anyway after Matty and Cait went to bed, and Micah hung out for a bit before he went to bed. When I went to head up to my own room, there was a cat on the stairs. I could swear I've seen that cat before. Jennie was just... standing at the top of the stairs. Nikolai came up to bring Caro to bed, since she had fallen asleep on the couch, he thought he should help her to her room at least. Jennie freaked out about that and tried to stop Nikolai from taking her to her room. Nikolai went anyway and Jennie freaked out even more, "I'm so sick of all of this!" she said. Whatever that means. She should really feel very lucky and happy. Slept for a bit then went back down to the common area and Jennie'd been attacked by something and was knocked unconscious on the ground. When she was revived, she said it had been bats. She accused Nikolai but I defended him anyway... Micah and I know he did it... he ALWAYS does it.
At breakfast, Micah and I talked about what we'll do after Hogwarts. We've had to rule pirates out for several reasons. As well as musicians. We've ruled that one out, too. Afterwards, we took a trip to Diagon Alley to the Live Wire to watch Jacob Green perform and get some CDs signed. That was the WEIRDEST performance ever. I think I'm going to write an article about it for the paper. And this is where that charm Feargus is teaching me would come in handy. The audience was REALLY really into the performances... like, to the extreme! I can't even explain. They were almost in a trance. Micah said he knows some about hypnotising and said that it seemed like that was what was going on. We managed to keep our own wits for a couple of songs but then we were sucked into it, too! Thing is, not as badly as the others. For me it was like... I knew I was doing what I was doing, but I couldn't stop it. Figure we'll try to get down to the bottom of that.
After the day was done, I went back to school, to the Duel Hall and summoned my Patronus. I remember looking at it, really looking at it... and crying. I cried for at least an hour. I'm glad nobody came in. I don't know what I'm going to do.
For now, I'll sleep.
Night, book.
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