I'm taking advantage of being home on a break to send a letter to my aunt, Andromeda. Since Christmas I've been waiting for a moment to reply to her letter and thank her for the present, but with everything that's happened at Hogwarts I've forgotten to write.

I sit down at the desk in my room one afternoon, grab some paper and a quill and get to work on the letter.

𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙩 𝘼𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙖,

𝙄'𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙗𝙮 𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄'𝙢 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙣𝙤𝙬. 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙤𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙩 𝙃𝙤𝙜𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨, 𝙄 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙪𝙥 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙡𝙮. 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙞𝙛𝙩! 𝙄 𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠.

𝙈𝙪𝙢 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙚. 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 (𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙚), 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙜𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 (𝘼𝙪𝙣𝙩 𝘽𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙭 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪). 𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝. 𝙄 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙗𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙈𝙪𝙢 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚.

𝙄 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙂𝙧𝙮𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙧, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙩 𝙣𝙤 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚, 𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙄 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙎𝙡𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣, 𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙂𝙧𝙮𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚. 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮, 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖 '𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙧', 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙡𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙈𝙪𝙢 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙬𝙖𝙮, 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙗𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤. 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧... 𝙖𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙖 𝙇𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 (𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙪𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙬).

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