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[alt_harry]

It's good to be back at Hogwarts.

We get Quidditch again, which will be ace. The distance flying and the club this summer really got me looking forward to it this term, and I think we'll have some good matches.

And it'll be nice not having to work on triwizard stuff. I mean, I learned a lot. And we'll have OWLs this year. But I think it'll be good, because we'll all be getting ready for it, so we can study together. Which can be fun, sort of. And OWLS will be about lots of different things, and if you don't know the answer to one, it'd be okay, mostly, you know, but with the tournament it was like, oh, guess what, now you have to learn how to breathe underwater in a day or you're probably going to die.

Anyways.

I hope everyone else is enjoying their first week.

And I have an extra copy of the Peverell book if anyone wants to borrow it. It's not the 1821 copy, but it has footnotes that talk about how it's different, so it shouldn't be hard to follow along.

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[alt_harry]

Antonin Nokolaevich;

I just wanted to let you know that we had our meeting. I'm pretty sure everyone from Gryffindor was there, and there were people from the other three houses who talked about what their classes were like. They had lots of questions, the Gryffindors I mean, but they were mostly just curious about the differences between the practical and theoretical tracks and the books everyone else had and stuff things like that. And we all talked more about the definition of Dark Arts, and what we thought were spells that were obviously Dark and spells that weren't and why.

Thank you,

-Harry Marvolo

[alt_antonin]

Very well done, Mr Marvolo, and my further thanks for keeping me informed of your results. I shall look forward to seeing the results of your discussion as reflected in class, particularly as we will continue to debate the question of definition next week.

Meanwhile, if you happen to become aware of any struggles among those of your fellows who are starting at a slight disadvantage in experience levels, do let me know, or send them my way. I have some additional study materials I couldn't use in class because of the difficulty in sourcing adequate copies of them (yes, believe it or not, there were several titles even harder to obtain than the ones I assigned) and I would be happy to lend copies to anyone who is at a loss; the individualist nature of the Noble Arts mean that someone who struggles with one explanation may find another to be the key that unlocks understanding.

Regards,
Antonin Nikolaevich