'Time is Making Fools of us Again

Time is making fools of us again.

Hey there readers. Prongs here bringing you what I hope you will find to be a very special post. As I am sure those of you who are not living under a rock know, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince comes out in theaters next week. In case you are not living under a rock, but maybe had one fall on your head... you shouldn't be surprised to hear that Padfoot and I are borderline obsessed with the series. So we were trying to think of something special to put up before the movie came out. Hopefuly you will enjoy this post as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Below you will find a letter/note I wrote the day before the last Harry Potter book came out. Now I know not every one out there is crazy obsessive like we tend to be, but at least for a large majority of my generation... Harry Potter has given us quite a few memories to hold on to. This note was the best way I could think of to word every thing I felt when the series came to an end. I know you will not get the reference to my friends in the letters, but hopefully the names will be interchangable with some of your own friends who have been a big part of your lives as well.
Hope you enjoy it, and look for a special movie post up next week!
Have a magical weekend everyone!

"It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness... Nothing More"
This quote has been haunting my thoughts for the past couple of weeks, as the final book of Harry Potter has approched. It is the unkown that is most bothering me about the upcoming book opening. The unkown fate of the character that I have come to know and love, the unknown feeling of having finished a story that has been such a crutial part of my life, and the unknown 'Harry Potter-less' future that is now quickly approaching.

For the past 9 or so years I have laughed, cried, sobbed, and even thrown things over the series Harry Potter by J.K Rowling. When I first began the books I was quite young and knew only that the story I was reading, was one that made me feel comfortable and sparked my imagination, something I think most authors hope to accomplish in children. Throught the 7 books I have become incomparably attactched the main characters, dreaming and hoping with them, even holding my breath in times of their crisis. The happiness and the loss that they felt, I felt as well...as did thousands of readers all across the world. Even though it has never been my burden to rid the world of Lord Voldermort, I have felt the tradgedy of being a teenager, a time that Harry and his books definitaly helped me though. The end of this book, and of Harry Potters story honestly has brought forth the feelings of loosing a best friend. One that I have shared so much time with and who will be greatly missed.

These characters have not only provided me with empathy twords their stories, but have given me countless stories of my own to tell. I will never forget watching the 3rd movie with Abby and giggling about 'Harry looking hot when he hides behind pumpkins.' J.K. Rowling has as also been cause for countless hours of debate and talk amoungst my best friends. Some of the best nights that I can rember have involded sitting around Kyle's hot tub untill 3 in the moring discussing past and future books and reminising over our similar loves. Or going to midnight book openings running around with all of the other fans, and not having a care in the world. The bond between Harry and his friends has truly only strengthend the love and connection that I feel for my own real friends. It is sad to think that there will never be a time again when I can speculate and dream with them about what lies ahead for our hero. For all of these moments, I am truly thankful.

Finally, the ending of this series is not only the ending of a great piece of literary history, it also (for myself) comes with a heavy burden of something even greater ending. The ending of a story that has been such a large part of my childhood, is also the marker of the ending of that childhood. I must now look forward to my life with out these books, and with out the comfort of the security that I had when I was young. I am soon to be a sophmore in college, and it is time for myself and Harry Potter to grow up and face the real world outside of our friends and familys. It is breaking my heart, but I really do know that now is a good time for the book to be coming to an end."Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young" Let us never forget what it was like to be young and invincable. The character that I have grown up with is now grown, and so am I. Scary isn't it?

I will close with saying thank you to all of those friends who have made these last few years with Harry so memorable. To any one who thinks that these stories are just childish tales and we are stupid to think any more, it is for you that I feel sorry.
Ill leave you with some wise words of Dumbledor,

"From this point forth, we shall be leaving the firm foundation of fact and journeying together through the murky marshes of memory into thickets of wildest guesswork."

Time is making fools of us again.