That night, I dreamed of invitations to
Slytherin and
Order of the Phoenix. I got an owl from Ginny relatively early:
"
Slytherin!"
I owled back my congratulations and flooed to check on my invites. Sure enough, there it was:
Slytherin!
Though I never got to see Ginny that day, she and I owled excitement back and forth. She went to
Slytherin and had a great time! I was still performing various fun enchantments when I received an owl from Parvati:
"
Hufflepuff and
Slytherin 
"
The idea that the three of us could be sisters hadn't quite hit me, but I realized that it was a distinct possibility and decided that we would have a ton of fun.
Anyway, I rocked out to the newest Weird Sisters song, checked out the Daily Prophet to see the scores of the most recent Hollyhead Harpies game (they defeated Puddlemere United. Go Harpies!), and thumbed through a copy of the Quibbler Cissy'd bought on a recent Diagon Alley trip. Oh, my, do I need a trip to Diagon Alley! I need a few more books at Flourish and Blott's.
Ooh, and here's another story: apparently, all houses have something called a water heater. This is a muggle invention and I'm not exactly sure why my parents have one (when they could just as easily have a spell to do the work for them, right?). Well, this "water heater" broke. Lovely indeed. As soon as it was fixed, the muggle healer left, but my father discovered that his shower was running uncontrollably. No spells could stop the onslaught of water! For a second, I was sure that Peeves the Poltergeist had managed to apparate along during my side-along apparition and created an uncontrollable mess. Either way, it was an unnecessary mess and I feel for all of the muggles who have these kinds of fun situations on a more frequent basis!
Alas, it came time to floo to
Slytherin. I was nervous, all right.
If yesterday opened my eyes, today sealed it for me. This is where I'd fit best. Wow. It was such a relief to have such a great time! We talked about things we had in common-it almost seems as though there were too many exciting "OMG!" moments to list! I was ecstatic when I left that party. I was actually the last witch to get to the portkey!
I told Penelope how excited I was, and she joked that she had a "sixth sense" to figure out when i was coming (she and I really get along so well!). I told her that I couldn't wait until the next day.
And then I hopped a Nimbus 2001…to Grimmauld Place. Yes, we were going to go visit with my Uncle Orion and Aunt Walburga, not to mention Sirius and Regulus and a variety of other cousins at Number 12, Grimmauld Place.*
*This is part of the story because, well, it basically happened. My mom was having 15+ relatives over for brunch the morning of pref. And, of course, they were going to be at a shared "family" home, not my actual residence.
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