OUR DARLING D

Chapter 2

October 17, 1992

F & Ker,

Forgive me for not writing back immediately. I had a hard time trying to convince myself you both were merely bored and decided to reply. My sincerest apologies for starting your experiment early. Quite a bit of a mystery owls are sometimes, I must admit.

I suppose I am quite curious why you both replied, I was quite surprised that you did. Did your mother ever told you about the dangers of communicating with a stranger? I thought every mother did that. Though, i digress, with me writing back go to two complete strangers I am being a complete hypocrite. It would be most helpful if you could help provide me with a believable excuse rather than just say, "I was curious".

I express my thanks for replying to my letter, I intended to incinerate it when it came but I had to keep the letters since I care very much for the environment. Can't have all those paper go to waste, won't you agree?

Yours,

D

 

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October 22, 1992

It seems letters like to come and go when Draco was having his early morning walk along the halls before breakfast. He does always wake up early during this season, if only to appreciate the falling snow by the open hallway. It was a different owl this time, bearing only one letter. Once Draco opened it though, his disappointment cleared when he saw two sheets of parchment. Reaching the library, he hid himself away on a comfortable nook by the windows and began to read.

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D,

You are quite a sarcastic git when you want to be huh? Guess that's what we get for thinking you were a gentle being. If I must say, I feel like we have to defend ourselves for this, we were not bored when we wrote to you. We were simply half awake and misplaced the letter when we were scrambling for our things! It is not and never will be our fault your letter was so thin it fell under the F's bed.

There is no mystery thing about owls either, Darling D! Merlin! They are vicious with their nipping! Sure they lure you in with their pretty downs and all that but when you get close, it nips you like your fingers were the treats! See, Darling D, we go to such lengths to send you letters.

We were almost hurt when you told us you were going to incendio our friendship away! Oh, such foolishness astounded us! We care for the environment as well, so we are happy to inform you we're saving envelopes and cramming our letters in one instead of two. Proud of us, yet?

Xo, 

Ker

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Barely stifling a laugh, Draco moved on to the next letter.

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D,

darling, your letter is quite a joy to read. Note the sarcasm, will you? Especially when it is filled with such explosive energy we would normally encourage though this time, darling D, we'd like to fully inform you that we were not bored when we received your letter. We're serious! We even solemnly swear it!

We would also like to tell you that we love surprises as much as we love to surprise people! Maybe that's why we wrote back, don't you think? ;) And ooh, yes! You sound very dangerous indeed. Me and my brother best be careful about communicating with you. You best be careful too, darling D! We know more about you than you know about us! As for a more appropriate excuse, well... We can't help you with that too. How about we brainstorm about it first? Our primary excuse is, "We are pranking a student in a different House", what's yours?