Dear diary,
I did what I needed to do and now I'm ready to do it. As I near the middle of my fourth year here at Hogwarts I've made my desicion. My parents want me to join the dark lord and I refuse. I told Stephanie that I love her and I wrote her a note in case I die. It's dangerous to put this type of stuff in writing, but as tonights the night...theres really no turning back. Tonight my parents are coming and I am going to get the dark mark, tonight...tonight I will refuse. Tonight I will try to kill him. The purification of pure bloods is wrong, my friends helped me to see that, and I can't go on living while others die at the hands of the dark lord. Also I can not bear to stand aside and become a follower, I AM NOT A FOLLOWER and I will do whatever it takes to stop this madness and stop this killing. I feel it is my sworn duty as I have always secretly had one aspiration, to hunt and stop all of those who oppress and hurt innocent people. Tonight I will refuse to step into the fire and recieve the dark mark, I will turn upon the dark lord and try to end his reign. I do not expect to suceed, and I do not except to come back, which is why I will send Stephanie a letter and hide this diary away where it will not come to harm anyone but me until the time is right that the truth be revealed. It's late now, and it is not lightly that I write this... if I turn back I shall never be able to live with myself. I have a chance and I must take it. For Jessie and for others that will perish because of...Lord Voldemort. This I promise.
Mark Williams.