Easy Mistake ; Harry Potter

O N E H U N D R E D A N D T W E N T Y S I X | The Swamp

Dear Ellie,

Sorry if this letter is a bit on the short side, I want to give it to Hedwig as soon as possible so you all know that I'm okay.

I didn't get caught. Sorry if I frightened any of you. It was extremely close, but luckily I had the cloak on me. But you probably guessed that already, otherwise the Order would be loosing their heads.

You're probably thinking why I'm writing all this as I warned you about how Umbridge is monitoring all the letters. Well I think I'm safe for this letter, the new Headmistress has been extremely busy so I think she'll overlook this one letter.

You've probably heard by now about the twins. Well if you haven't, I'll give you a quick run down.

When I heard that noise, I thought it would be Umbridge, after all I was in her office using her fire to communicate with you. Anyway, it wasn't Umbridge, it was Filch. He was scouring the office, mumbling something about getting the permission to whip.

After he left, I followed him. I stayed under the cloak until I got a safe distance away from Umbridge's office and thought it would be safe to make an appearance again. As I was following Filch, I heard a commotion up ahead in the corridor. A large crowd had gathered, and there in the middle stood Umbridge and the twins.

Fred and George had turned the corridor into a swamp. They were meant to just buy me 15 minutes alone so I could talk to Sirius but you know the twins, they always loved the extremities. Plus I think they'd had this planned for a while. Everyone was going up against Umbridge, even the Professors, it's no surprise that the twins wanted to go out on top of everyone.

Well Filch came running up with the permission for whipping, he was practically wetting himself in excitement, the greasy slimeball.

Umbridge was mad but you could tell she, like Filch, was excited now they had permission to use more extreme punishments. Anyway, Umbridge started to lecture Fred and George about what would happen to wrongdoers but the twins weren't having it. They Accio'd their brooms, told Peeves to give Umbridge hell and flew off, just like that.

I'd hate to think what Mrs. Weasley is saying about it all, but the twins are following their dreams and that's all that matters. It was pretty awesome how they left though, people are still talking about it now and you can tell it really pisses off Umbridge.

Let me know if you see Fred and George because you might see them more now that they've left Hogwarts for good.

Despite that Fred and George are no longer at Hogwarts, I'm glad they managed to give such a good distraction because I really needed that chat with Sirius. I feel a bit better about what I saw in that memory now. It's still not right but at least I know that my father turned into a better person, and that my mum didn't actually always hate my dad.

Right I'd better sign this off. I'm writing this in the owlery just after everything has happened. I need to be quick though and go back to the Common Room otherwise Umbridge will use my dissapearence to her gain.

Sorry it's short,

Love,

the boy who got his answers.