Diaries of Hogwarts Past

These are the diaries of James Potter and Lily Evans when they attended Hogwarts, and sometimes the Diary of James' friends; Sirius, Lupin, Peter and Lily's friends; Kelsey, Savannah and Severus. Also, I'm not sure if you can make dedications, but I'm going to anyway. This is for my friends; Amys (yes, plural), Cassie, Claire, Courtney, Ella, Emily, Georgia, Grace and Lara. They're awesome. Also, most of the dates here are true. If you read the seventh book it tells you when Lily and James were born so I have the right dates for them starting school (I hope). This is my first story so please be nice and review! I'm always open to constructive criticism.

Chapter 1 - 1st Year at Hogwarts

Severus' Diary, 10:49am 1st September 1971:

Finally, I'm going to Hogwarts!

I'm so excited.

Mum's told me quite a bit, but of course dad doesn't like her talking about it.

She explained all about the four houses, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Gryffindor.

I hope I'm in Slytherin; it seems by far the best.

I know everything thinks that it's an evil house, but it's really just for people who are ambitious, which is a good trait to have.

I hope Lily's there too.

I don't know what I'd do if she's in Gryffindor.

I know everyone makes it out to be the best house, but really it's just a stuck up group of people who think they're the best just because they stay behind to find and end up getting themselves killed.

How smart.

I guess Lily could be in Ravenclaw.

She's really smart.

And I wouldn't mind being in Ravenclaw that much either.

If we were together.

Because Lily couldn't go into Slytherin.

She'd be known as the 'mud-blood Slytherin', but of course I'd never call her that.

But I guess we'll just have to wait and see what the sorting hat sees inside our heads.

I'm so glad I'm finally coming though.

I couldn't stand being around Mum and Dad fighting any more.

They never agree on anything.

I'm sitting here right now in the indoor waiting room – there's too much noise on the platform.

And the fact that any of my chances of making a friend will be destroyed if they see me writing in a diary.

I can't wait for the train to come.

Mum's outside, talking to Abraxas Malfoy; Lucius' father.

Lucius is going into 6th year at Hogwarts.

He's a prefect too!

We're great family friends.

Lucius has promised that he'll look out for me.

So no one's going to like pick on me much.

I hope.

I'm already in my robes.

My normal clothes are too shabby to wear in front of everyone.

Then again, my robes are shabby too, but not as shabby.

And I don't really want to wear a blouse on my first trip to Hogwarts.

Oh I can see Lily arriving on the platform.

Write later, Severus.

James' Diary, 8:06pm 1st September 1971:

Ok first of all this is a JOURNAL.

Not a diary.

Diaries are for girls.

And I am a very masculine person.

Anyway.

I'm so excited to be finally at Hogwarts!

Mum and Dad have told me so much about it.

I just knew I was going to go be in Gryffindor.

My whole family has been.

Apart from one of my Aunts.

She was a Hufflepuff.

But anyway.

I started the train ride sitting in a compartment with another boy.

I asked him what his name was, and he replied,

'Sirius Black'

It took me a while to figure out that this was his actual name.

Even though I knew the Black family.

Not well, of course, but my family has mentioned them a few times.

I told him my name, and then there was this long awkward silence as neither of us could figure out what to say.

Then I said, 'So... what Quidditch team do you support?'

So then we had a heated and quite loud discussion over who was going to win the Quidditch world cup this year.

Puddlemere United all the way!

Then two more people entered our compartment.

One of them was a scrawny black greasy haired boy, and the other one is a pretty girl with red hair and sparkling emerald eyes.

Whoa, did I just say that?

I'm getting very poetic.

But she's very pretty.

I really don't like the boy.

Sirius and I ignore them after we say hi, and get back to Quiditch.

But then the boy said he wanted to be in Slytherin.

Then it turned out all of Sirius' family have been there.

I told him that I thought he seemed alright, and he laughed.

I get the feeling he's not like most Blacks.

Sirius and I teased (in Lily's words) 'Sev' for a bit, but they got annoyed and walked out to sit somewhere else.

I guess I could kind of feel bad if a concentrate really hard.

Maybe… no.

I lost it.

Oh well.

It was fun anyway.

Sirius and I are so doing that again sometimes.

He got into Gryffindor too.

It was really interesting, because he's a Black, and all the Blacks are in Slytherin.

Except Sirius.

He's the exception to the rule.

I like exceptions to rules.

It's like the rule that you can't go out past curfew.

But that's only if you get caught going out after curfew.

Haha.

But anyway, I'd better go unpack.

Later, James.

Lily's Diary, 9:11pm 1st September 1971:

Today was amazing!

Sev and I got off the train and stood there for a while, not sure where to go or what to do.

Then we heard a big voice calling,

'Firs' years! Firs' years over here!'

We trudge our way through the crowds of older kids to get the voice, and suddenly we both bump into a man who I swear was three of four times my height; at least three times bigger than Sev.

He was MASSIVE.

He looked down at us and Sev and I took a step back.

Then he smiled.

''Ello!' he said. 'What's your name then?'

I looked up at him, terrified, unable to do anything but squeak out,

'Uh... um... L-lily Evans sir.'

He laughed, a booming sound that made everyone turn and look.

'Don' worry, I won't bite! 'Ello Lily. My name's Rubeus Hagrid. Call me Hagrid.' He turned to Sev. 'And you are...?'

'Sev-Severus Snape...sir.' Sev stuttered.

He smiled.

'No need to call me 'sir' Mr Snape, I'm only the gamekeeper 'round here.'

He chuckled (rather loudly) and continued calling out to the first years.

Soon all the first years were gathered around and Hagrid took us all to the lake, where there were a fleet of small boats lined up along the shore.

'All right, everyone in a boat! No more'n four to a boat! All right everyone, hop in!'

Sev and I hesitantly got into a boat that already had two other people in it.

We struck up a conversation as we crossed the lake.

I found out the girl was called Kelsey, and the boy was called Remus.

They were both really nice.

Then we passed the bend and got our first full look of the castle.

Even travelling on the lake you could hear all the 'wow's and sharp intakes of breath as we saw the giant stone walls rising up above us.

It would've looked so forbidding if it hadn't been surrounded in lights and with lights on inside.

Soon all the boats were floating away along the river and all of us first years were standing on the bank, next to a pair of massive doors.

Then Hagrid lifted a giant fist and knocked twice on the door.

Almost immediately it was opened by Professor McGonagall, the same lady who had come to talk to my parents about Hogwarts.

'Got the firs' years for yer here Professor' he said, and Professor McGonagall nodded sharply (pretty much everything she did was sharply) and told us all to follow her.

She turned around and walked back up the corridor with all of us following eagerly behind her.

Except it wasn't the type of eager that said, 'Wow I'm so excited for this I'm going to right up there and do whatever I have to do!'

It was the type of eager that said, 'Ahhh don't leave me behind in this gigantic castle!'

She took us all around the castle, up and down corridors and stairs until I was so confused I couldn't even tell you the direction of where we had come from.

Then we arrived at another pair of large doors, and she turned back to all of us.

'Now, if you would all line yourselves up, we will be heading into the Great Hall for your Sorting. Just know that whatever house you get sorted into is what's best for you. Each house has released magnificent witches and wizards in history, and no house is superior to any other. While you stay at Hogwarts, your house will be like your family. If you do the right thing, you will be rewarded; however any misconducts will be punished accordingly.'

Then she stretched the sides of her mouth in what I think meant to be a smile.

'Good luck to you all.' She said, and then tapped the doors with her wand.

They open, but not as slowly as you would've thought, and we all followed her inside.

There was an old hat sitting on a stool, but I could tell - I don't know how – that it was special somehow.

Then it blinked.

Yes, the hat blinked.

Then it sat up, cleared its throat, and started singing.

I was too amazed to tell you what it sang, but it sang and it was awesome.

I mean, a singing hat isn't what you see every day.

It sang stuff about what each house was like, and I have to say I'd like to be in Gryffindor or Hufflepuff.

I don't know why, but Slytherin just seems to... I don't know, make me uneasy.

It just doesn't seem like the type of house for me.

And although Ravenclaw is a cool house for being like smart and stuff, Hufflepuffs still seem nicer and more accepting.

Then Professor McGonagall pulled a scroll out of nowhere and started reading out names.

'Avery, Aidair' was the first person to be called, followed by 'Anderson, Charlotte'.

The both got into Slytherin.

The first Hufflepuff was 'Barrel, Taylor' and her brother 'Barrel, Joshua' went there too.

The first person I recognised was, 'Black, Sirius'.

As he stood, I saw him look over to the Slytherin table, where I could see a blonde haired girl and boy – the girl looked related to him in some way.

His facial expression became... determined? And he strode up to the stool and jammed the hat on his head.

We all waited – evidently there was some debate about where Sirius was going.

And waited.

And waited.

Then, after a minute, we heard the Sorting Hat shout, 'GRYFFINDOR!'

Sirius came out from under the hat, a huge grin across his face and a scowl across the blonde girl's face.

Applause came from the Gryffindor table, and Sirius went over and sat next to a 6th year prefect.

More names whizzed by, and before I could comprehend it, the words 'Evans, Lily' were being heard across the Great Hall.

I gulped, straightened my back and... took a tiny step.

And another tiny step.

I felt a nudge from behind me and saw a girl was there smiling, urging me up towards the hat.

I smiled back weakly, and took a few more steps.

Eventually, I was sitting on the stool with the hat going through my head.

Hmmm, where to put you? I heard it say. Quite kind, but fiercely loyal, oh yes brave too I can see...

It was muttering all this stuff about me that I didn't even know, but I thought, 'What about Sev?' without even meaning too.

Oh yes, Friendship. Loyal I see, definitely, but you're not a Slytherin, definitely not. Quite intelligent and hardworking too, but I guess it better be... 'GRYFFINDOR!'

He shouted out that last word out loud to everybody.

I smiled in relief, and stumbled over to the Gryffindor table.

I sat down and turned to the person next to me, only to find it to be Sirius Black.

I was shocked for a moment, and then glared at him and turned to the person sitting on the other side of me.

I talked nonstop to the prefect next to me, she just smiled and nodded back as if realising how nervous I was, but I tuned back into the sorting to see the girl who had smiled me go up.

The hat only had to wait a few second before deciding 'GRYFFINDOR!'

She looked thoroughly relieved as she came to sit down next to me.

I smiled at her and held out my hand.

'Lily Evans' I said, forgetting that she probably knew that already.

She smiled back.

'Savannah. Savannah Groebacke' she replied, which was lucky because I had been so busy talking I had missed it.

A few more people went up.

'Hent, Jasmine' became a 'RAVENCLAW!', 'Jules, Thomas' became a 'HUFFLEPUFF!', and then 'Lupin, Remus' who I had met in the boat became a 'GRYFFINDOR!'.

The names just whizzed through, with only the people I knew making a lasting impression.

'Maglens, Kelsey' was also a 'GRYFFINDOR!' and 'Eugine Mulciber' (a boy who was rather mean to me on the train) became a 'SLYTHERIN!' too.

Then 'Potter, James' became a Gryffindor, and I made sure to leave no room next to me.

'Snape, Severus' was called too, but after they put the hat on his head it took quite a while for it to decide.

Finally, it yelled 'SLYTHERIN!'

My face fell, and Sev came out looking slightly confused.

He gave me a small smile, and then walked over to the Slytherin table to sit next to Mulciber (what!).

The sorting finished with 'Yew, David', who was put in 'RAVENCLAW!'

The whole Hall started talking hurriedly, but as soon as Professor Dumbledore stood up it was silent again.

He smiled, and spoke loudly.

'Welcome, all of you to Hogwarts. Whether you are returning for another year, or starting your first one, I am sure that your year will be filled with fun, challenges, and most of all, magic. I have a couple of announcements, but I am sure you are all hungry and they can be delivered tomorrow. Enjoy.' His eyes twinkled for a moment, and then all the tabled were suddenly filled with food.

It was amazing.

But I'm shattered, and I have to be up in time for breakfast tomorrow.

I'll write again soon,

Love, Lily.

Ok, do you like it? I have to admit, it's a LOT better than what i had before. Reviews?