Hi!
I hope all of you are doing okay.
We're having fun here.
We haven't gone to the wizarding village in Sydney yet. I think we'll go in a few weeks. I'm excited for the wizarding stuff and the Muggle Sydney stuff. We might stay a few nights there.
Yesterday was Australia Day. There were lots of people on the beach.
Julia and I took a walk in the morning and we met someone. It was kind of funny...well, because Julia was carrying her wand. She was kind of quietly practising with it. It was a bit early and we didn't expect anyone to be around. Anyway, this guy walked past us and he was very friendly. He asked us if we were staying at the holiday park. We said no and asked him the same thing. It was that kind of conversation. Then he asked about Julia's wand. My heart kind of stopped.
Guess what Julia said. "I'm a witch. This is my wand. We're from London, but we're hiding here in Australia because there's an evil wizard who has taken over the Ministry of Magic. It's a huge mess and we're waiting for the great Harry Potter to save the day".
I thought Julia had lost her mind. But she didn't. She just knew that no one would believe it. The guy laughed and said she was very creative. He then said he came from a distant planet and had mind-reading skills. Okay, call me gullible but for a moment I believed him. We tested him though and he said I was thinking that all three of us should go swimming together later. That proved to me he didn't have mind-reading skills because what I was actually thinking is I need to use the loo.
Anyway, we did go swimming with Jason later. That was a lot of fun.
He asked for our phone number and we might get together again today.
I hope he calls.
I think hanging out with him is making Julia feel happier too. She says she will never let herself fall in love ever again, but I think Jason just wants to be friends with us. Anyway, he's leaving in a few days to go back to Sydney. The school holiday is ending soon.
So, that's what's going on in our life. What about all of you?
I heard Luna Lovegood is still missing. I hope they find her and she's still alive.
27 January 1998
21 January 1998
Changes
My family is changing, and I'm trying to keep up with all of it.
Julia never showed much interest in magic. Right? I hardly ever saw her open a school book. She's been studying them like crazy the past few days. And she's practising! I have to admit it. I'm impressed.
Since she wasn't kicked out of Hogwarts for bad grades, I'm guessing she knew how to do them at least a little bit. My guess is she didn't have enough confidence before. Maybe?
Anyway, she's become really good at Accio. She thinks it's hilarious to pull things out of my hand. "Accio book!" "Accio toothbrush!" "Accio chocolate bar".
She practised Diffindo on one of her old dresses several times. She had no success. She tried it on my shirt as a joke, and it worked. To Julia's credit, she was very apologetic....well, at least when she was not laughed. I think she was actually proud of herself. I have to admit. I was proud too. And it's not like I really loved that particular shirt.
She's practised flying a bit with the new broom that Proud Mudblood gave her. She's a bit scared of heights though. And I get scared as well, so I probably end up making her even more nervous. There's a lot of "Be Careful! Be Careful! Hold on tight!" Okay, and you'll probably laugh...but she's only flying in the house. So, it's not even that high. We're too nervous to do it outside because the neighbours might see.
Don't worry. We always make sure to turn off the ceiling fan during practice time.
Julia isn't the only one who's changed. I thought the incident would make my mum even more paranoid and overprotective. I was wrong. It's totally changed her. She says there's no use hiding. If someone wants to find us, they'll find us. So her new thing is to be prepared for confrontation. We're all soon going to be signing up for self defence courses. Is there any type of martial arts that will work against a wizard? I don't know. But I guess we're going to try.
My dad is pretty much the same. He's still a huge Harry Potter fan. Now that my mum has relaxed a bit about hiding, he wants us to seek out other wizards here in Australia. He did some research and found out there's a small wizarding village in Sydney. We might go there soon.
I hope all is well with you guys.
Julia never showed much interest in magic. Right? I hardly ever saw her open a school book. She's been studying them like crazy the past few days. And she's practising! I have to admit it. I'm impressed.
Since she wasn't kicked out of Hogwarts for bad grades, I'm guessing she knew how to do them at least a little bit. My guess is she didn't have enough confidence before. Maybe?
Anyway, she's become really good at Accio. She thinks it's hilarious to pull things out of my hand. "Accio book!" "Accio toothbrush!" "Accio chocolate bar".
She practised Diffindo on one of her old dresses several times. She had no success. She tried it on my shirt as a joke, and it worked. To Julia's credit, she was very apologetic....well, at least when she was not laughed. I think she was actually proud of herself. I have to admit. I was proud too. And it's not like I really loved that particular shirt.
She's practised flying a bit with the new broom that Proud Mudblood gave her. She's a bit scared of heights though. And I get scared as well, so I probably end up making her even more nervous. There's a lot of "Be Careful! Be Careful! Hold on tight!" Okay, and you'll probably laugh...but she's only flying in the house. So, it's not even that high. We're too nervous to do it outside because the neighbours might see.
Don't worry. We always make sure to turn off the ceiling fan during practice time.
Julia isn't the only one who's changed. I thought the incident would make my mum even more paranoid and overprotective. I was wrong. It's totally changed her. She says there's no use hiding. If someone wants to find us, they'll find us. So her new thing is to be prepared for confrontation. We're all soon going to be signing up for self defence courses. Is there any type of martial arts that will work against a wizard? I don't know. But I guess we're going to try.
My dad is pretty much the same. He's still a huge Harry Potter fan. Now that my mum has relaxed a bit about hiding, he wants us to seek out other wizards here in Australia. He did some research and found out there's a small wizarding village in Sydney. We might go there soon.
I hope all is well with you guys.
17 January 1998
Out To Sea
Julia didn't change her mind about throwing her stuff out to sea. We pleaded a bit, and we even asked if maybe she could sell or donate the stuff instead. She says she would never give anything to a wizard because how do we know they won't use it to kill a Muggle someday.
My mum stayed home, but I went with them. I pretended to myself and everyone that I was there for moral support. That's a lie though. I really was there because I was hoping somehow I'd get Julia to change her mind.
My dad hired a fishing boat. That was a bit scary because he doesn't really have boat experience. He claims he used to go boating with his dad around here. But that was over twenty years ago! And he was just a teenager. So I wasn't just sad. I was terrified. I figured we'd either drown or get eaten by a shark.
We went out to sea just before sunset. My dad kept us moving. I think he hoped if we didn't stop, Julia couldn't drop the trunk over the edge. But then she asked him to stop and we did. She opened the trunk and slowly threw each thing overboard. She dropped her books, her robes, a cauldron, her Hogwarts uniform, a dragon stuffed animal, a small book of photographs, the trunk, and then her wand. Each time she dropped something she said I hate him. I hate him. We just watched. When she was done, she stared into space like she was in a trance. My dad and I put our hands on her and tried to be comforting. Then she started sobbing. She cried and cried, like a small child. I didn't cry, but I felt this dark hovering cloud over my whole life.
My dad started the boat up again and we headed back to the dock.
It was depressing.
And then....
It all came back. Well, not the dragon stuffed animal. That stayed in the sea. But suddenly everything else was back in the boat. We all stared at it, wondering what to do. Then Julia slowly reached down and picked up One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi.
She whispered. This... is mine.
"Yes", my dad said. "It's yours."
"It's all mine," Julia said. She picked up her wand and held it close to her chest. Then we headed back home.
My mum stayed home, but I went with them. I pretended to myself and everyone that I was there for moral support. That's a lie though. I really was there because I was hoping somehow I'd get Julia to change her mind.
My dad hired a fishing boat. That was a bit scary because he doesn't really have boat experience. He claims he used to go boating with his dad around here. But that was over twenty years ago! And he was just a teenager. So I wasn't just sad. I was terrified. I figured we'd either drown or get eaten by a shark.
We went out to sea just before sunset. My dad kept us moving. I think he hoped if we didn't stop, Julia couldn't drop the trunk over the edge. But then she asked him to stop and we did. She opened the trunk and slowly threw each thing overboard. She dropped her books, her robes, a cauldron, her Hogwarts uniform, a dragon stuffed animal, a small book of photographs, the trunk, and then her wand. Each time she dropped something she said I hate him. I hate him. We just watched. When she was done, she stared into space like she was in a trance. My dad and I put our hands on her and tried to be comforting. Then she started sobbing. She cried and cried, like a small child. I didn't cry, but I felt this dark hovering cloud over my whole life.
My dad started the boat up again and we headed back to the dock.
It was depressing.
And then....
It all came back. Well, not the dragon stuffed animal. That stayed in the sea. But suddenly everything else was back in the boat. We all stared at it, wondering what to do. Then Julia slowly reached down and picked up One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi.
She whispered. This... is mine.
"Yes", my dad said. "It's yours."
"It's all mine," Julia said. She picked up her wand and held it close to her chest. Then we headed back home.
14 January 1998
Proud Mudblood
We moved into our new house. It's lovely, but small.
The bigger news is Proud Mudblood came to visit! It was so exciting for me. I couldn't get over the fact that there was a real wizard with us. Yes, I know Julia is a wizard, but it's different when it's your own sister. And she doesn't want to be a wizard anymore, anyway. So it's a bit depressing. Actually, it's a lot depressing. I was hoping seeing Proud Mudblood would be helpful to Julia, but it wasn't. She was sort of polite, but kept her distance. She didn't even want to see the inside of his tent...which was fantastic, by the way. I am amazed by the whole Undetectable Extension Charm thing. I also loved seeing Proud Mudblood transform from a bird into a human. That was fantastic. You know, it's probably not a big deal for all of you. But for me....well, it's the type of things I read about. It's not like I often get to see it.
Anyway, Julia was not happy to have him around, and didn't keep her feelings especially hidden. That's probably why Proud Mudblood didn't stay very long.
Oh well.
Proud Mudblood put protective charms on our house. That made us all feel a lot better.
My Mum and I cooked him lunch one of the days, and we took him out to a Muggle Chinese restaurant. I hope he enjoyed all that.
We wanted to swim in the beach a bit, but there were too many blue bottles. We all took a walk on the beach...well, all of us except Julia. She stayed home. I hope she feels better someday.
Thank you, Proud Mudblood!
P.S-Julia said to tell you sorry and please don't take it personally. She just doesn't like any wizards period : (
The bigger news is Proud Mudblood came to visit! It was so exciting for me. I couldn't get over the fact that there was a real wizard with us. Yes, I know Julia is a wizard, but it's different when it's your own sister. And she doesn't want to be a wizard anymore, anyway. So it's a bit depressing. Actually, it's a lot depressing. I was hoping seeing Proud Mudblood would be helpful to Julia, but it wasn't. She was sort of polite, but kept her distance. She didn't even want to see the inside of his tent...which was fantastic, by the way. I am amazed by the whole Undetectable Extension Charm thing. I also loved seeing Proud Mudblood transform from a bird into a human. That was fantastic. You know, it's probably not a big deal for all of you. But for me....well, it's the type of things I read about. It's not like I often get to see it.
Anyway, Julia was not happy to have him around, and didn't keep her feelings especially hidden. That's probably why Proud Mudblood didn't stay very long.
Oh well.
Proud Mudblood put protective charms on our house. That made us all feel a lot better.
My Mum and I cooked him lunch one of the days, and we took him out to a Muggle Chinese restaurant. I hope he enjoyed all that.
We wanted to swim in the beach a bit, but there were too many blue bottles. We all took a walk on the beach...well, all of us except Julia. She stayed home. I hope she feels better someday.
Thank you, Proud Mudblood!
P.S-Julia said to tell you sorry and please don't take it personally. She just doesn't like any wizards period : (
10 January 1998
Life Goes On
Sorry for my depressing post the other day. I was being a bit dramatic...well, because I was feeling a bit dramatic. I'm a little better now.
We left our holiday park, and we're staying in a hotel right now. We won't be there long though. We're moving into a house. It's lovely and near a beach. The only problem is it has only two bedrooms so I have to sleep with Julia. Maybe that's not a problem though. I've been kind of scared to sleep alone lately.
Julia's not doing so well. I don't know if I can blame her for that. She really loved this Rhyden guy. It's bad enough to be rejected from your boyfriend, but to have him try to kill you? I keep trying to cheer her up, but sometimes I think to myself, what's the use? If that happened to me, I'd be really depressed too.
She's put all her books and her wand into her trunk. She says she wants nothing to do with the wizarding world ever again; and she asked my dad to take her out on a boat so she can drop all her stuff at the bottom of the sea. That makes me feel so sad. I know it makes my dad feel horrible too. He loves the wizarding world. Still we want to respect her wishes. We just kind of hope she changes her mind. My dad said to give it a week, and then if she still wants to do it, we will.
How are all of you doing? I've been kind of wrapped up in my own life. Sorry about that.
We left our holiday park, and we're staying in a hotel right now. We won't be there long though. We're moving into a house. It's lovely and near a beach. The only problem is it has only two bedrooms so I have to sleep with Julia. Maybe that's not a problem though. I've been kind of scared to sleep alone lately.
Julia's not doing so well. I don't know if I can blame her for that. She really loved this Rhyden guy. It's bad enough to be rejected from your boyfriend, but to have him try to kill you? I keep trying to cheer her up, but sometimes I think to myself, what's the use? If that happened to me, I'd be really depressed too.
She's put all her books and her wand into her trunk. She says she wants nothing to do with the wizarding world ever again; and she asked my dad to take her out on a boat so she can drop all her stuff at the bottom of the sea. That makes me feel so sad. I know it makes my dad feel horrible too. He loves the wizarding world. Still we want to respect her wishes. We just kind of hope she changes her mind. My dad said to give it a week, and then if she still wants to do it, we will.
How are all of you doing? I've been kind of wrapped up in my own life. Sorry about that.
06 January 1998
Pain
Well....so....I can now say I've had personal experience with the Cruciatus Curse. That was fun.
No, actually it was not.
It turns out that unfortunately my dad and Julia were wrong. Rhyden did send the hateful horrible note, and he did not simply ignore Julia's next owl.
He appeared at our cabin while I was eating breakfast with my parents. And he wasn't alone. He was with his sister and mother. They were very scary. I can't get their faces out of my mind.
I will admit that Rhyden was pretty hot, but not so much so once he opened his mouth and said "Hello soon to be dead Muggles". Then he waved his wand, said something, and broke pretty much everything in the kitchen. His mother and sister helped.
While they were breaking stuff, Julia came out of her bedroom. Was she scared or angry to see these wizards terrorising us? No, she happily ran to Rhyden. I think she planned to give him a hug.; but the hatred on his face put a stop to that. I knew then that she knew that Rhyden had really sent her the note. And the look on Julia's face was the worst thing I have ever seen in my entire life.
Rhyden's sister then said to Julia.. "Before we give you up to someone who will have a lot of fun with you, we're going to have our own fun." (Note: This might not be the exact dialogue that occurred. It's not as if I had a pen and paper for transcribing all the melodramatic interactions. But I think I've captured it fairly well.)
Rhyden laughed and said, "we're going to kill your whole family. You get to watch."
Rhyden's sister said. "Who gets to go first?"
Julia started crying. Seeing her cry made me cry.
My dad said, "Please don't do this. We'll give you anything you want".
Rhyden's mother said, "You should have taught this piece of worthless rubbish that it's wrong to use love spells".
Julia said she didn't use a love spell. I believe her.
Rhyden's mother said, "Of course you did, you little liar. It's impossible for a Pureblood Slytherin... whose family can be traced back six generations.... to even be friends with a filthy mudblood." (it might have been five generations. Or seven? I forget)
Rhyden said, "I could never love anything like you." Oh, I hate that guy.
My mum then went crazy brave. I won't try to write what she said, because I couldn't even begin to give it justice. But it was something along the lines of magic doesn't make all wizards superior to muggles. It makes some of them very inferior. She said anyone who can't manage to break up with someone, without resorting to murdering them and their whole family, is pathetic.
The sister got very angry and she raised her wand. She started to say you-know-what at my mum. I thought that was the end. It's not a nice feeling to think you're about to watch your own mum be killed.
Then the mother stopped her and said, "No, kill her children. Let her watch".
I waited to die. I really don't know what I was thinking at this point. It all happened so fast.
Anyway, as you can guess I'm still alive....obviously. We're all alive.
For some reason, we were shown mercy. I don't know why. Did they have a change of heart at the last minute? Did they never plan to kill us? Maybe they just wanted to scare us?
They pointed the wands at us and I waited for the end of me. Instead I felt horrible horrible horrible horrible pain. Then it was all over and they vanished. I was so happy to have no pain. And I was happy to be alive. But then later I was less happy because I started thinking what's the point of living in a world where people can be so mean to each other. Maybe it would be easier to just die. And what if they come back to hurt us again? Or what if someone else comes back to hurt us?
I'm okay I suppose. Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Right?
I don't know.
It turns out they did it to my mom and dad too, so we all got to experience the exciting Cruciatus Curse. What did my mum say about it? It was almost as bad as childbirth. Okay. Yeah. I think I'll be adopting my kids.
In other news, we're being kicked out of our holiday park. My dad paid for the damages, but they don't want us around anymore. Lots of people heard our screams, so they say we're too disruptive.
Anyway, I hope all of you are okay. I can't say I've been in the best of moods lately. There are moments where I wish they had just killed us. That's probably a stupid thing to feel.
Oh well.
No, actually it was not.
It turns out that unfortunately my dad and Julia were wrong. Rhyden did send the hateful horrible note, and he did not simply ignore Julia's next owl.
He appeared at our cabin while I was eating breakfast with my parents. And he wasn't alone. He was with his sister and mother. They were very scary. I can't get their faces out of my mind.
I will admit that Rhyden was pretty hot, but not so much so once he opened his mouth and said "Hello soon to be dead Muggles". Then he waved his wand, said something, and broke pretty much everything in the kitchen. His mother and sister helped.
While they were breaking stuff, Julia came out of her bedroom. Was she scared or angry to see these wizards terrorising us? No, she happily ran to Rhyden. I think she planned to give him a hug.; but the hatred on his face put a stop to that. I knew then that she knew that Rhyden had really sent her the note. And the look on Julia's face was the worst thing I have ever seen in my entire life.
Rhyden's sister then said to Julia.. "Before we give you up to someone who will have a lot of fun with you, we're going to have our own fun." (Note: This might not be the exact dialogue that occurred. It's not as if I had a pen and paper for transcribing all the melodramatic interactions. But I think I've captured it fairly well.)
Rhyden laughed and said, "we're going to kill your whole family. You get to watch."
Rhyden's sister said. "Who gets to go first?"
Julia started crying. Seeing her cry made me cry.
My dad said, "Please don't do this. We'll give you anything you want".
Rhyden's mother said, "You should have taught this piece of worthless rubbish that it's wrong to use love spells".
Julia said she didn't use a love spell. I believe her.
Rhyden's mother said, "Of course you did, you little liar. It's impossible for a Pureblood Slytherin... whose family can be traced back six generations.... to even be friends with a filthy mudblood." (it might have been five generations. Or seven? I forget)
Rhyden said, "I could never love anything like you." Oh, I hate that guy.
My mum then went crazy brave. I won't try to write what she said, because I couldn't even begin to give it justice. But it was something along the lines of magic doesn't make all wizards superior to muggles. It makes some of them very inferior. She said anyone who can't manage to break up with someone, without resorting to murdering them and their whole family, is pathetic.
The sister got very angry and she raised her wand. She started to say you-know-what at my mum. I thought that was the end. It's not a nice feeling to think you're about to watch your own mum be killed.
Then the mother stopped her and said, "No, kill her children. Let her watch".
I waited to die. I really don't know what I was thinking at this point. It all happened so fast.
Anyway, as you can guess I'm still alive....obviously. We're all alive.
For some reason, we were shown mercy. I don't know why. Did they have a change of heart at the last minute? Did they never plan to kill us? Maybe they just wanted to scare us?
They pointed the wands at us and I waited for the end of me. Instead I felt horrible horrible horrible horrible pain. Then it was all over and they vanished. I was so happy to have no pain. And I was happy to be alive. But then later I was less happy because I started thinking what's the point of living in a world where people can be so mean to each other. Maybe it would be easier to just die. And what if they come back to hurt us again? Or what if someone else comes back to hurt us?
I'm okay I suppose. Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Right?
I don't know.
It turns out they did it to my mom and dad too, so we all got to experience the exciting Cruciatus Curse. What did my mum say about it? It was almost as bad as childbirth. Okay. Yeah. I think I'll be adopting my kids.
In other news, we're being kicked out of our holiday park. My dad paid for the damages, but they don't want us around anymore. Lots of people heard our screams, so they say we're too disruptive.
Anyway, I hope all of you are okay. I can't say I've been in the best of moods lately. There are moments where I wish they had just killed us. That's probably a stupid thing to feel.
Oh well.