Friends - Year 1

George Henry - Bunk Buddy Georgie I think is the funniest kid I ever met, and maybe the smartest too. He's as smart as a second year and he even writes for the newspaper. He teaches me a lot about the world. He sleeps in the bunk above me which means that we're bunk buddies, and I think I have to do what he says except on Thursdays. He sometimes picks on me but I know now that he doesn't really mean it. Sometimes he hurts my feelings but I don't think he does it on purpose, and if I cry he usually says sorry. He's really nice to me sometimes too. I think if anything bad happened I could always trust him. He makes me feel a lot safer, especially at night. I think this is maybe what it's like to have a brother, but I won't tell him that in case he laughs at me.

Jack Warren - Sensei He's really strong and tough and brave. I don't think he's afraid of anything at all. He said he's my sensei like Mr. Miyagi, who's somebody from a movie but I don't know which one. He tries to teach me things but I think I make him disappointed. He says a lot of bad words, but he's not bad. I think he just doesn't know better. If anybody ever bullies me I know I can tell him, except i'm worried that if I do he might try to hurt somebody so I maybe wouldn't. Me, Jack, and George are all friends ever since we sent on a secret mission together but it was really scary and I'm not going to go on anymore secret missions especially after bedtime.

Willow Anderson - Friendship Queen Willow might be the nicest person in the whole school! She likes stuffed animals like I do. She has a stuffed squid named Gerald who comes from Atlantis. She likes Disney movies and when she hugs you she'll make your problems go away. You can probably go to her whenever you need to talk. When we met she gave me a friendship bracelet that I can touch whenever I need love. I wear it wherever I go and never take it off. She probably doesn't know how many times I touch it.

Saskia Nicholson - True Friend Saskia was the first person to ever be nice to me at Hogwarts, and I'm never gonna forget it. I was scared of the dark but she made a light and she walked me to my room and let me hold her hand. We have been friends ever since then. She doesn't always tell me everything I think, but I think she's really strong and brave. When the masquerade happened, she helped me feel better which I didn't think was even possible.

Mildred Wilson - Stuffie Buddy She is one of Willow's best friends who I met in the common room when she had her stuffed alpaca Chicken. I'm really happy I met both of them. She was super nice and funny and offered me cookies which were really good. One day Chicken and Freddie are going to go to Atlantis with Gerald. She's never ever seen a Disney movie so this summer me and Willow are going to change that with a Disney movie night with all three of us and I'm really excited! I don't get to have playdates very often.

Alan Vanes - Resident Grownup Alan is fourteen, which means that he's practically a grown-up. He's really nice though and doesn't care that we're kids. I rode the train with him. He kind of caught me after I was crying because I didn't want to leave my Mum and Dad. It was embarrassing because I was crying a lot and didn't want to let go. Then I was crying on the train. But then he found me and he let me show him Freddie and by the end I wasn't crying anymore. He has a really cool trunk with lots of animal stickers on it, and this really awesome lion figurine that's sort of like a toy but also sort of art. He let me hold him. He even has a stuffed animal too, just like me, and he wasn't even scared to show me. But most important is that he's really nice and I like being around him. The first birthday party I ever went to for a friend was one half his.

Lamik Fillestar - Sleepover Buddy Lamik was one of my first friends at Hogwarts. He's one of the nicest boys you'll ever meet and he never makes you feel bad about anything. I think he might be nice to everybody. He's older than me but he never makes me feel like a little kid. I had my very first sleepover ever at Lamik's house! I was so nervous at first, but it was really fun. I babysit his stuffed lion Pringle sometimes: he's Freddie's best friend.

Ruka Tan - Role Model Ruka is so cool! I found a bunny on the lawn that hurt his leg. I didn't even know what to do. Then Ruka came along. He showed me how to make a bunny splint and together we fixed up Hopper. Ruka said I'll be a great magi-zoologist one day but I think maybe a little he was just being nice. He knows what to do when animals are in trouble without getting scared and even though he's small like me he seems really grown up too. I think Newt Scamander was probably just like Ruka when he was our age. I really hope that when I get a little bigger I'll be like Ruka too.

Ruthie Greer - Flying Instructor Ruthie is really awesome. She is so brave even though she's just a first year. We met one time when I was crying after flying class. She didn't bully me about it, just said she could help me learn to fly. I was scared, but I said ok because she promised I wouldn't get hurt. I'm still not very good at flying but I can do it really low down without crying now. That's all thanks to her. She seems to know when I'm afraid and looks out for me. She has a stuffed puffin named Blair.

Breana Oliveire - Smaller Girl The first time I saw Breana I was just shocked because she was the first person I ever saw at school that was even smaller than I am. I felt a little bad because it made me think like everybody probably thinks about me. Well, once we got in the pool and played a chicken fight I found out she isn't just small, she's really scary too! Still, she's really nice and I think I'd like to be her friend if she wants that too. Just maybe no more chicken fights.

Santario Martin - Complicated Santario is really nice and kind and helpful. We both like plants, which is what we talked about when we first met. I think she really wants what's best for me. But...then some things happened that I don't want to talk about and I told her something I shouldn't have and since then I haven't talked to her very much. I hope she doesn't think I hate her, because I miss her very much.

Jack Burnett - Book Fort Builder I accidentally stole his book fort one time, but he didn't get mad at me. He was hiding from bullies too. He told me a lot about them, and how bullies sometimes are people that are scared to make friends, and that they're maybe more miserable than everybody else. I didn't really get it, but I did try. He talks a lot and I usually only understand maybe just half of it. He's a lot different than me, and he makes me think of things I never would have thought of before in a million years. I think maybe that's a good thing. He calls me Little Badger, but it doesn't feel mean or anything, it actually feels kind of nice.

Dan Palmer - Mask Savior It all started at the masquerade ball. I didn't know what a masquerade was so I came dressed up as a pumpkin because I thought it was like halloween. Everybody was looking at me. It was really embarrassing and I really wanted to cry. That was when Dan came and he made me a mask so I wouldn't be the only person who didn't have one. I will always be thankful because of that. He has a kitty named Loki who might be the best kitty in the world.

Animal Buddies

Cadmus - Nephew Cadmus is Georgie's owl, and probably the best owl in the world. George got him for Christmas and I was so excited because I never had a pet. He's such a good owl, so long as you are gentle with him. George said that he bites, but I don't know why because he's never bitten me. George sure looked at me weird when I pet him.

Hopper - Bunny He's a bunny that lives in the forbidden forest. Ruka and I saved him one time when he hurt his leg. Now I always walk by the forest so I might see him sometimes. He seems to remember us. I think he's probably a Gryffindor because he was very brave when we worked with him, and you have to be brave to live inside of the forest.