I have to go back to school today. I don’t want to, but I have no choice. I don’t have a lot of friends at school, but I have a feeling that when I get back that I will have a lot more friends. I don’t want to make friends because they feel bad for me, I want to make friends because they like me. These types of thoughts run through my head as I pack my bag for school. I packed my uniform, my tie, my black flat shoes, and some of my necklaces into my trunk. Once I had finished packing, I closed my trunk and put my trunk by the door. A few minutes later, I am sitting on my bed looking around when my godfather came into my room, 

“Hey Willow. You ready?” He asked me to pick up my trunk. I stand up and walk over to him holding my bag full of my books and homework, 

“Yes, I am ready,” I say looking around my room. Once I turned around, I saw that Professor Black was gone, I turned off the lights and closed the door. 

Once I am finally at school, I am walking down the brightly lit halls of Crystal River Academy on the way back to my dorm. Luckily, everyone was in class, so I didn't have to see anyone. I don't know how I did this, but somehow, I avoided all of the classrooms and had made it to my dorm without seeing anyone. I set my trunk down on my bed and opened my trunk. I sigh and unpack all my stuff, hanging my robe then putting it in my closet. I fold my white blouse and my skirts and put them on the floor of my closet. I look in my trunk and see that the only thing that is left is all my jewelry. I pick up the box and start to walk over to my closet when all of a sudden I feel that the box was heavier than usual. I slowly open the box to see a charm bracelet, a charm bracelet. It wasn't there a few hours ago when I packed it… it just appeared. I pick up the charm bracelet curiously, looking at all the charms on the bracelet. I looked around the room, thinking the person who gave this to me was in the room. Of course, no one was in the room, just me. After looking at the charm bracelet for like 20 minutes, I put it on my wrist admiring it. It was a very beautiful bracelet, a gold bracelet with little gold charms, I just wonder who gave it to me. Two things bothered me about this bracelet though, who gave me this bracelet and why do I recognize these charms, it's like I've seen them before. I just don’t know where I have seen the charms. I thought for a long time then decided to forget about it, I’ll figure it out later. I put everything away and left my dorm to go down to the library. curiously, looking at all the charms on the bracelet. I looked around the room, thinking the person who gave this to me was in the room. Of course, no one was in the room, just me. After looking at the charm bracelet for like 20 minutes, I put it on my wrist admiring it. It was a very beautiful bracelet, a gold bracelet with little gold charms, I just wonder who gave it to me. Two things bothered me about this bracelet though, who gave me this bracelet and why do I recognize these charms, it's like I've seen them before. I just don’t know where I have seen the charms. I thought for a long time then decided to forget about it, I’ll figure it out later. I put everything away and left my dorm to go down to the library. 

Once I get into the library, I am greeted by the smell of old books, which smells like cinnamon and coffee. It wasn't till the moment I stepped into the library that I realized how much I missed this library. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I love it at Professor Black's house, but the library was my home away from home when my family was still alive. The library is the one place I can go to the school that I can be alone, I won't have people bothering me, I can be alone. I could spend a whole day in the library if I didn't have classes to go to. The school’s library is A huge room with rows and rows of books to the back of the room and because the bookshelves were so high, there is a ladder at every bookshelf. The library was two stories, the first story had the bookshelves along with the librarian's desk that was in the back of the library. On the 2nd floor, there are a bunch of tables that the kids could study at, along with bookshelves against the wall. I walk up the long hallway of bookshelves up to the librarian's desk in the very back of the library. The librarian's desk is a huge rounded desk that took up most of the space in the back of the library. Once I got up to the counter, the librarian, Mrs. Filly came out from the other side of the desk. As she sees me, her face brightens and she exclaims, “Miss. Granger! Welcome back! How are you doing?”

“I’m doing better Mrs.Filly, still a little shaken up, but I am better,” I say smiling a little bit.

“I’m so sorry for your loss Mrs. Granger,” Mrs. Filly said sadly looking at her, “I know it won't bring your family back, but I did make you some of my famous Honey Wildflower Cookies just for you,” She said handing me a bag of the cookies.

“Oh thank you Mrs. Filly!” I exclaimed, my eyes lighting up when I saw the cookies. I talked to Mrs. Filly for a little bit longer before I headed up the staircase to the 2nd floor and walked to the back to my corner table. The table I always sit at when I am in the library is a table at the very back of the tables by the huge window. The reason I choose this table to sit at is that for one, I just love looking out the window and imagining things. Second, because of where the table is placed, no one knows that I am sitting there almost all the time. I love to be alone, I mean, I don’t love it but I would rather be alone than with a group of people. 

After I sat in the library for an hour doing homework, I gathered my stuff and made my way down to Grand Hall for dinner. I knew there would be no way I could avoid the staring eyes or the whispering, the best thing I could do was keep my head down and try not to draw attention to myself. Once I reached the Grand Hall, I put my hand on the door handle and took a deep breath. I was going to have to get through dinner, there was no way of avoiding it. I open the door and step into the Grand Hall. The Grand Hall is a huge room, one of the biggest rooms at Crystal River, with a domed ceiling. The whole room is decorated with white and light blue. White tables with blue tablecloths, light blue curtains with the Crystal River logo on them. I find a table at the very back of the Hall and sit down. A few minutes after I sat down, the other kids started to come into the Grand Hall, talking to each other very loudly. I have always been the biggest rooms at Crystal River, with a domed ceiling. The whole room is decorated with white and light blue. White tables with blue tablecloths, light blue curtains with the Crystal River logo on them. I find a table at the very back of the Hall and sit down. A few minutes after I sat down, the other kids started to come into the Grand Hall, talking to each other very loudly. I have always been the “shy kid” in school, so nobody notices me almost all the time. Today seems different though, today I see everyone look at me for a second then turn away to whisper about me. I sigh and pull out my brown leather journal with a purple butterfly on the front of it. My journal is the one thing I can go to to escape. Escape from this school. Escape from the other kids. Escape from reality. Anytime that I have been upset or anything like that, I can always count on my journal to be there to help me escape.  

As I start to write, I can’t help but look at the bracelet I found in my jewelry box. Where did this bracelet come from? Who put it in there and/or who gave it to me? I can barely focus on my writing because I am so intrigued by this bracelet. I finally close my notebook and put it away. I put my arms on the table and stare at the bracelet and run my fingers over each of the charms, trying to figure out where the bracelet came from. I am snapped from my thoughts by a voice who said, 

“Miss. Granger. It’s good to see you back,” the voice said. I look up and see that it's Headmistress Astrid! 

“Professor Astrid,” I say standing up, “It’s nice to be back”  

“I see you finally inherited the family bracelet,” she said, noticing the bracelet on my wrist. I looked at her confused, how did she know this was my family's bracelet? My family had a bracelet? How did I not know about this? I wanted to ask her all these questions, but before I knew it, Professor Astrid was gone. I sigh and sit down, What did she mean? What was she talking about? 

After dinner was over, I get up and walk out of the Grand Hall and down the hallway to my dorm. My dorm is located on top of the West Tower and overlooks The Crystal Sea. The Crystal Sea is what the school is known for, the sparkling blue sea that you could see from 5 miles away. Even though my dorm has a stunning view of the sea and is a spacious room, no one seems to like my dorm. It’s not the dorm that nobody wants to get, but it's the dorm that's not the most popular to get. I guess it was this way because of how secluded the dorm is. The dorm was the only dorm in that tower, meaning that the closest interaction you could have with another student you would have to walk down the winding staircase and the hallway. Honestly, I don’t get it, I love that there are no other students around to bother me, but I guess other people have to be around other kids or they will die. Since there are only 700 beds in the whole castle (100 beds for each year) getting into Crystal River is very difficult. Most of the students that get accepted, I included, have had parents or have had multiple generations in the school. With that, it can be challenging to ‘be your own person’ say because you will always be living in your parents, grandparents, or sibling shadow.

I sigh thinking about this because my mother was the most talented witch of her time, so now I am expected to be this… amazing witch. Don’t get me wrong, I am at the top of my class but I just don't feel I could ever live up to my mother… Once I am at the top of the stairs of the West tower, I walk over to the door of my dorm and pull out my wand. Each dorm has its special lock that only the person staying there knows. Willow’s dorm could only be opened by her tapping the door in a pattern. Willow tapped the wand on her door, three times on the top left of the door, then three times on the bottom left, and three times in the middle. That was the pattern. Once Willow heard the familiar click of the door unlocking, Willow put her hand on the doorknob and turned it till the door opened. Willow walked into her familiar dorm room and sighed. It was dark in the room so she couldn’t really see her dorm. Even though she couldn’t see anything in her dorm because it was dark, she knew where everything was in her dorm. Willow went over to her closet and changed into some comfortable clothes. Willow folded her uniform and put it back into her closet before crawling into bed, drifting off to sleep.

Once Willow heard the familiar click of the door unlocking, Willow put her hand on the doorknob and turned it till the door opened. Willow walked into her familiar dorm room and sighed. It was dark in the room so she couldn’t really see her dorm. Even though she couldn’t see anything in her dorm because it was dark, she knew where everything was in her dorm. Willow went over to her closet and changed into some comfortable clothes. Willow folded her uniform and put it back into her closet before crawling into bed, drifting off to sleep.