I've started planning a bookstore to be located in the lower level. I heard there was one located on the upper level, but there are so many who can't access the store. If anyone has any books they do not use and would like to donate, that would be greatly appreciated. I'm afraid I simply just don't have the money to pay others for their books at the moment, but I will in the future.

Ron? I was wondering if perhaps you'd like to go do something today? We've both been spending so much time working, we haven't had time to really sit and talk.

Ron, I know you're going through a rather... complicated time at the moment, and I do hope that everything is going alright.

And I'm sorry for sounding like a wretched old nag, but have you found your wand yet?

It's quite a strange thing to be settling in here. Accepting the fact that I'm most likely going to be stuck here. It almost feels as if I'm giving up.

Does anyone in the city think opening a bookstore would be a good idea? A place where you could borrow or buy books, or even have writing of your own published? In a couple of weeks, I'll be able to use a spell that can turn a leather bound journal into a book in hardly any time at all. It would provide everyone with a wonderful chance to get to write about their home worlds, so that others can learn more about them.

Things should be quite interesting now.

( Private to Ron. )

Is there some sort of library or bookstore here, by chance? I do realize it's a bit strange of me to be asking if there's a place for books in what is essentially Hell, but I need something new to read. Things to use for research. And I think that I'd very much like a job at either a library or a bookstore.

Instead of living with others, I've found a small house on the outskirts of town. It needs a great deal of repairs, but I'm confident that I can make it tolerable. If I'm going to be here for a while, I should have a decent home to sleep in at night.

Ron, I forgot to ask earlier. Would you like to get together and explore the city? I would go by myself, but I've already come across some monsters, and I know you have some magic. That, and I would enjoy your company.

The happiest day — the happiest hour
My sear'd and blighted heart hath known,
The highest hope of pride, and power,
I feel hath flown.


Oh bother... is it sear'd or seared? I never can remember properly, especially not when stressed.

In any case, how am I supposed to go about asking the Gods here for my wand and defensive spells to be returned to me?

It's very strange, to be in a place like this. Hell, it seems to be. A purgatory of sorts. There's still hope of being able to get back home, which is exactly what Ron and I are going to do. If we work together, we'll be able to return to Harry and our mission in no time. I'm positive of that. Except when Ron returns he'll be returning to a week before Bill and Fleur's wedding, and I'll be returning to Godric's Hollow.

After reading some of the things that other people here have posted, I realize this place is more dangerous than I had initially thought. Kidnappings, killing, and other random acts of violence...

It reminds me too much of things going on back home, to be honest. People are just more open about it here. It's still the same, however. Entirely too much mayhem, too many terrible things happening to people who don't deserve it.

Well. This is certainly interesting. I'd say that I found a portkey. Bathilda Bagshot really should be more careful about what she leaves laying around her house. I should be more concerned with where I am, but I'm honestly only worried about getting back to Harry my friend. I wish that Ron was still with us. He would be annoyingly optimistic in this situation.

I regret ever going to Godric's Hollow in the first place. Now I'm separated from Harry, Ron will never be able to find either of us, and I'm entirely lost in the most dreary place I've ever seen. None of this would have happened had Ronald Weasley not run away in the first place.