The next great adventure...
July 15th, 2011 12:01am. Is this really the end?
I am reminded of July 27th, 2007. The day Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was released at Books A Million. I remember the party, && dressing up. I remember talking to other fans about is Harry was really going to die. I remember coming home and staying up ALL night even though I had work the next day to finish it before anyone else. I read the entire book in less then seven hours. I cried, I threw my book across the room, && I even screamed. I knew this wasn't the end though, because I had the movies to look forward too.
Now, Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2: The Final Chapter is here. I have been mentally preparing myself all year for this day. However, nothing will be able to stop the tears that flow from my eyes every moment something big happens. I will be there with my two best friends who understand my love for the series. At the credits we will all raise our homemade wands and scream "Mischeif Managed" through our tears.
I love Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Luna Lovegood, Neville Longbottom, Albus Dumbledore, Severus Snape, Minerva Mcgonagal, Rubus Hagrid, Draco Malfoy, Bellatrix Lestrange, and of course Voldemorte as if they were real people and not fictional characters. Why? Simply, because I have grown up with the books.
I first read Harry Potter and the Sorcecer's Stone when I was 9 years old. I was in 4th grade. I had finished my work early and my teacher Ms. Nash handed me this book and said, " I just got this in and I thought you would like it." I sat at my desk all day reading and even skipped recess. I was hooked. Harry, Ron, and Hermione were people just like me! Especially Hermione, my favorite character. Hogwarts was wonderful. No amount of words can describe the fieeling I had after reading the first book.
Fast forward two years, I just started sixth grade, the year was 2002. I had read and reread each book several times. I read them with my mom, my grandma, even my dog! This is the point that my life became extremely difficult. Harry Potter became an escape for me. Harry, Ron, and Hermione became my real friends. I often did things and wondered how they would handle the situation. Call me a loser if you want, I honestly do not care. I did what I had to do to get by. I wanted to be like Hermione, so I started working hard in school. I did all my homework, and thus began my life long devotion to education. Thanks, Hermione! (AVPM reference =P)
These books opened a whole new world to me && gave me the confidence to get through life. I have no idea who I would be right now if I never read the books. Hogwarts, Diagon Alley, and Hogesmade are all part of my world. I will NEVER grow tired of reading the books, or my much beloved fanfiction. I know many people believe that Harry Potter is just a passing fad but for me it is not. My life is magical and will always be. Do not challange me to a duel about this because I am a Slytherian and Death Eater and will not refrain from using Unforgivables.
Obessed? Addicted? Perhaps, I am but i stopped caring what people think a long time ago. I am dressing up as Bellatrix for the premier tonight while my two best friends, Georgia & Taylor will be Luna and Hermione. We will laugh and cry and have the time of our lives. I will take tons of pictures and put them on Facebook. It will be totally awesome!
Back to the question posed at the beginning; Is this really the end? Not for me. I believe that this is but the next great adventure. I have so many thing to look forward too. I still havent gone to the Magical World of Harry Potter in Florida. I cant wait for Pottermore to open up in October. I have awesome tattoos in the works which will honor this lifelong devotion. I can't wait to get pregnant and read the books to my unborn children! I have harry potter conventions to go to the rest of my life. Hopefully, JK will write more books; perhaps Hogwarts, A History?
I, Alanna Janelle Wells, twenty years old declares my undying devotion to the world of Harry Potter!
"Of course it's happening in your head, Alanna, but why on earth does that mean it's not real?"
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