Invisible String | A Harry Potter FanFiction

A Letter From Cadence Willowword

I got back from celebrating with Ginny. She snuck me and Lilian into the common room to party for the Gryffindors. When we got there there was a combination of cocky Gryffindors and Gryffindors that would praise me for the game I played.

"Man Winnifred you had us down 100, if it weren't for Ginny y'all would've definitely won."

"Suck it Ravenclaws, we rule!"

But it was a great time. After a while I got tired and went back to my dorm. Ginny and Lilian were talking still, probably about George. I walked back, I was so tired from the game the thought of my bed made me almost faint. When I got there there was a letter on my bed. My owl had turned in for the night and I could tell that he had just brought it in. I expected it to be from Fred, so you could imagine my shock when I turn the letter round and it's from my mother.

I furl my eyebrows and sit down on my bed. I slip my shoes off and get comfortable. Throw my hair up, take a deep breath and open the letter.

Winnifred,
I feel like I owe you years of explaining. Really it's all hard to explain. But in order for you to understand I'd have to take you to the very beginning. Bear with me. If you were ever wondering, yes, me and your father were once very in love. I had gone to Scotland for a bit, taking some out of school studies. I was fresh out of Hogwarts and wanted to know more about the muggle world. That's when I met your father. Charming young man, he had a mustache. Apparently he was stationed somewhere in Kingston, but he was going there for college. When we met it was love at first sight almost. He had asked for my number, which I couldn't really give him so I gave him the address to the place I was staying. He thought I was mysterious, how I didn't use a cellphone but really I was just a witch. Coming from a pure blood family, obviously I couldn't tell my family about it. Trevor was livid for me, seriously. He wouldn't give up even when I went back to London. He told me that he knew who I was. He saw me sometime when he was 17, thought I was the most beautiful girl he'd ever met...

I saw a tear stain on the parchment, her handwriting was getting more and more sloppy, it was kinda hard to read. I squinted and carried on.

...when we finally started dating it wasn't all cupcakes and rainbows. We fought a lot, why you may be asking, cause of our future. Trevor wanted a family, wanted to settle down. But I didn't want that. My career was just setting off, I had just gotten an internship at one of the best places. So we split. He wasn't my first lover, I'd dated plenty of boys during Hogwarts, just like you, but this one hurt the most. Even though I understood why it ended, I still wanted him. But once he was done with college, I found out he had a girlfriend. This girlfriend made him happy, but not the kind of happy I gave him. The kind of happy where's it's full of pure lust not love. That's when I found out I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. No magic could fix it. I did some digging. The Benson family was a family of Marine Veterans. Trevor was there before college. I found out that marine wives get free medical treatment, and more money. As someone who was pretty poor muggle wise, I couldn't afford the treatment for me to live. So I swooned him again. He left his girlfriend and got back with me. We got married, one sided obviously. I had lost feelings and this was purely for the sake of my physical wellbeing! Let's just say, when we got married Trevor wanted what he wanted. He got me pregnant, I didn't want it. Let's just say during this pregnancy the truth came out. He found out about the trick and he wasn't happy. I told him that if he broke up with me I'd go through with getting rid of the baby. If he went to the MP I would misconstrues the truth. I told him to stay married to me, in order for me to still get the free medical treatments. I also told him that I'd have the baby. He'd gain something and I would to. So when you were born, I went away. He got back with his old girlfriend and just turned out she's his mistress. I'm telling you this because even though I never wanted you, id like to let you know that i I never wanted any of this, I wanted to explain myself fully. Your father wanted to go to the MP, but I wouldn't keep the baby. If he stayed married to me, and stayed quiet, I would have the kid. Winnifred you're special, but you're not for me. I'm not for you. So all those times I was out working, I was doing what I wanted to do. Your father ended up finding out I had a curse on him, and then obviously he found out that I was a witch, he found out about Hogwarts and the Wizarding world. You were 5. He wanted to become apart of it, to be there for you, but it wasn't for me, it was all for you. The longer we were married the more we fell out of love. It was to the point where I forgot why I even loved him. So if I wasn't there all the time, it was also because of that. Now there's Joseph. Winnifred, don't tell him this till he's older. He won't understand. I never wanted either of you, that's the truth. To be honest your father forced me into it. And when I wanted to get rid of it and all that the deal came up. Joseph was our attempt of trying to rekindle our love. One Valentine's Day, Trevor's mistress was nowhere to be seen and I was back for the weekend. We talked, drank, and we were stupid. We thought that if we slept together again it would rekindle our youthful love. It didn't, and we got Joseph out of it. I know I should've told you this a long time ago, but I was afraid. So I shut you out, and now you know the truth. So it was about time I left your father. I told him the deal was off, he got what we wanted and so did I. So obviously he went to the MP. I whipped their memories, it wasn't hard. Memory spells are my specialty, if you didn't know. I mean it's pretty obvious, how do you think I got your father to agree with everything I was putting out? I'm sure I'll find some way to stay alive, it's how I've survived my whole life. I'm sorry that this was how you had to find out, but once you two left it was over for me, I was out. You have to learn this about me, I'll run away, and it's unavoidable. You'll turn out just like me with your little Weasley. My advice, don't, just don't. Your father's a good man, I'm sure he's back with his mistress, she'll be your step-mommy probably. Joseph will understand with time, just like you will. So bye forever Winnifred, you won't remember me in a few years, and you'll live perfectly fine for the rest of your life. Enjoy sweetheart. You've got a bright future ahead.
Cadence Willowword

I folded the letter up and was about the rip it all up and burn it. Tears were forming in my eyes but I won't let them fall. I folded it up and placed it back in the envelope. Joseph will hear about it one day. I resealed it and put it in my trunk, in a special place.

I laid on my bed, whipping my eyes. If my mother thinks that, then fuck her. Whatever. I wasn't gonna end up like her, I just wasn't. Whatever she might think, I won't. I got the letter back up and labeled it with the address of the twins. I sent my poor tired owl back out and went to bed.

And I knew from then on that Cadence Willowword was a poor excuse of a human being, and a poor excuse for a mother. I rolled my eyes and rustled around in my bed. I mean what kind of person does that? Her letter was condescending and had such evil undertones.

I used to look up to my mother. She was the reason I thought not every Slytherin was bad. But now this solidified it. Sure there out there, good Slytherins, but Cadence, she wasn't, she was morally wrong. Whatever, if that's how she wanted it, to leave her kids behind, it's fine. She didn't even want us in the first place anyways.