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I wish to draw your attention to the fact that today it is the birthday of our good friend Mr. Remus Lupin. I have been friends with Remus almost since the moment I arrived at Hogwarts, and today I declare it is the start of Remus Appreciation week. So everyone MUST be nice to Remus. That means you Sirius.

In that vein, here are some reasons why I love Remus.

- He is the most flawless study partner the world has ever seen. His organised Charms notes are the 8th wonder of the world.

- He is the perfect person to confide in, because he is completely selfless, and always wants to help, even if the problem is stupid and pointless.

- Remus is the most generous person in the world. I have eaten more of his own chocolate than he has.

- He respects books.

Remus, your present is on your bed. You're the best friend a girl can have. I hope that we will still be studying and putting up with our men together when we are 65.

I am back at Hogwarts safe and sound. It's very cold up here, I thought we were going to have to tunnel through the snow to get in! It was all cleared aside in beautiful sculptures by the time the carriages drew in, though. I love it here.

Anyway, everything is fine-

Ugh James! Will you please unpack your stuff and put it away? Your wizard set chess is attacking my charms dissertation!

Thanks dreadfully to all worrying about my honour.

However, I shagged James under no illusion that he was anything other than a bit of a moron. And used my own protection.

So all is well and baby free! And my arm is almost better. James has been very attentive.

I saw your doppleganger again today- he was running around looking very distracted. He gave me a very strange look- and when I asked him if he was ok, he just mumbled something about Halloween and sobbed and ran off. He didn't even say TTFN.

He seems awfully emotional. Do you have any further clues as to why he is here?

Well, it's halfway through my first term as Head Girl, and Hogwarts is turning into a mad house. James' doppleganger is still wandering around, and despite hours and hours of research, Remus and I have got no closer to working out who or what he is!

And we have apparantly have a new DADA professor, although the class this morning was still taken by Professor Spodgekins. When I asked him, he said he had no plans to go abroad as he 'hated foreigners' and 'caught a disease from one once.'

Anyway, there has been blessedly little rulebreaking this past week, perhaps because the workload is so heavy- but don't forget all you would-be prankers, I am watching you all very closely.

You especially James.

Watch out everyone. James Potter has gone even more mad than he already is and is running around blethering about contacts and ttfn and his eyes are green. I think he might be possessed.

If you see him- petrify him first and ask questions later!

Remus! I need your help. You have a lot of experience of James being a moron.

I got my Hogwarts letter today. GUESS WHAT?

HEAD GIRL.

TAKE THAT MARLENE MACKINNON, I ALWAYS KNEW YOU WERE TOO LOOSE TO BE HEAD GIRL.

Oh. . . sweet sweet Merlin. This year is going to be amazing. I am going to be the best Head Girl Hogwarts ever had. I have the badge right here and it's so shiny! My mum went beserk. She said she would get me new robes and everything, and I'm so excited- I have to go to a meeting before the feast and- THIS IS SO EXCITING.

I still don't know who head boy is, though! Probably one of the Ravenclaws.

Wow, this diary disappeared and I was afraid that I had lost it, quite frantic actually, but then I found it in my sister's handbag. I mean- what? The idea that she might read it weirds me out a little, but only because my sister hates it when I talk about school and everything that goes on (even when it is non magic stuff) so I don't know why she would subject herself to basically what is a catalogue of all the crazy things that happened last year.

Anyway nothing has happened here. Still on for London Remus? I know we don't have very long left, summer feels dead already, but that might just be the heat. I want to get a nice set of day robes actually, because I only have school robes, and I will need a set for interviews and stuff.

The closer I get to the end of the summer, the more terrified I get of the rest of my life. What do I do without Hogwarts to go to? I feel so disconnected from the wizarding world when I'm not there- I'm scared that when I leave I will lose contact completely.

I'm about to start my last year. It feels like yesterday that I got the Hogwarts letter. I want to get another one saying that actually they made a mistake and you can stay at Hogwarts your whole life.

I have to hide all my wizarding newspapers from my parents now. It is better that they think of all these explosions and fires as just normal muggle accidents. Sometimes I think about taking my wand when I go into town with mum for groceries, but what would I do? I can duel, throw hexes, but how much use is that against . . against curses so horrible they give me nightmares.

Sometimes I think the wizarding world doesn't want me.

I miss James.

It is getting to the end of term, and everyone is lounging around in the sunshine. It isn't very warm or anything- but it is really bright and sunny. I am feeling sort of sad- I guess I don't really want to go home.

I love my mum and dad, and summer is always fun, but I have to- go back to the muggle world. Loads of people talk about meeting up at Diagon Alley or taking the floo to Hogsmeade and I can't really do that. I mean, it will be good to have a break but. I will just miss everything.

It is like the whole wizarding world disappears for a summer.

Oh well, all i can do is study for next year. Maybe I can send owls.

Now exams are over it seems like everyone is back to being idiots again. I had to spend three hours this morning evacuating hufflepuffs. A small group of first years manages to get trapped under the rubble and were too terrified to move!

James. I'm just. Not going to say anything.

You're a big prat.

By the way, I still have your jumper, you know- the blue one. I hope you don't mind that I slept in it.

Well I don't feel so bad about exams now. I feel like I have got Transfiguration much more sorted in my mind. James didn't get round to helping me with my wandwork, but it is ok, because we talked about other stuff instead.

I feel good this evening. It was my favourite pudding, treacle tart. And yeah, I just feel good.

Charms: 100% revised, 50% post revised revision, 90% final notes drafted.

Potions: 90% revised, 0% post revised revision, 100% final notes drafted.

Transfiguration: 75% revised (MERLIN), 0% post revised revision, 80% final notes drafted.

The big three are nearly there. Apart from transfiguration! I need to start revising that NOW.

Well at least this diary is useful for something.

In other news, I got a letter from my sister. She almost never sends me anything unless it is to gloat. This time she is gloating about her boyfriend. Like I care whether she has a boyfriend or not!? My exams are more important. Well everything is more important than that.