Easy Mistake ; Harry Potter

O N E H U N D R E D A N D T W E N T Y N I N E | Things Can't Get Worse

Dear the boy who might be an Auror,

I'm actually really glad to hear you say that you won't go back. Let's just hope you stick to it.

We've made some positive progress since the last time we spoke. The twins mentioned the words 'joke' and 'shop' and Mrs. Weasley hardly reacted. She tutted but that was it. She didn't go on a rant or say anything, she just tutted and let them get on with it. I think we might have broke through to her. You should have seen Fred and George's faces though, they wore looks of such shocked astonishment it was hilarious.

I told Fred and George what you told me about how the Hogwarts students are using their escape as almost like a catchphrase and they just grinned. They did say that they have a spare swamp if ever you wanted to escape. Let's hope Umbridge or her Inquisitorial Squad doesn't read this. We have been getting away with a lot in these last few letters so maybe we should stop pushing our luck and go back to talking in code.

I have no idea what you're insinuating, Potter, I'm postively golden.

I've dialled it down on causing trouble, everyone seems under a lot of stress and I'd hate to add to that by acting like an idiot. Plus, after everything everyone's done for me and my family, I'd hate to make anyone upset.

Also I'd rather not get on Mrs. Weasley's bad side, I'll leave Dung to do that. I have seen Dung hang around a lot with the twins though. I think they're trading things, I can't count the times I've seen the twins give Dung money. I just hope Mrs. Weasley doesn't catch them. I think the house would become a literal war zone.

I'd hate to think what would happen to poor Dung.

Oh, you didn't even have to mention her name and I knew instantly who you were talking about. That speaks volumes. Honestly is this women obsessed with you? I hope she sat in on the other students too and didn't just single you out. Because that's wrong...and weird.

It's alright that you panicked. Just because you told Professor McGonagall that you wanted to be an Auror, doesn't mean its set in stone. You still have time to change your mind and think about what you really want to do in life.

If I'm being honest, I think they put too much pressure on us from a young age. We're 15, nearly 16, and we're expected to know what we want to do with the rest of our lives. Like what if we change our minds, or we don't always love the job we choose?