Letters - Year 1: A Post Potter Fan Fiction

Darian - Augest 17, 2013

August 17, 2014

To: Marion Blyth
Alderwood Academy
Whatever Room (I’m sure this dumb owl will find you)

 

Marion,

Heya Sis! It's your most awesome twin brother in the whole world. I'm writing this on the Hogwarts train as we speak! I was hoping to see the famous Potters this trip, but Dad said I would be a fourth year before any Weasleys or Potters will be attending.

Dad told me he worked with Harry Potter in the Ministry and that he was a quiet and reserved man. I saw him once when I went to work with Dad, Harry seemed to have a haunted look in his eyes. I was too scared to go up to him. Dad was always impressed that he never used his fame to increase his position. The Potters have a seat on the Wizengamot, and there's talk they want Potter to head it. Dad says Potter may take the position, but reluctantly.

I'm sitting in the cabin with a strange red head girl that's not one of the famous Weasleys. Her name is Amelia. She said she's named after her grandmother. We met on my trip to Diagon Alley (not diagonally, doof!). When I was shopping, Dad got me an Owl. I named him Doomcracker. He’s all black with wicked claws. Dad said it's a 'great horned owl'. I wanted to train him to swoop down and attack on command, but Dad said there is some law against using owls for combat, and if there isn't he'll go file the motion the next morning.

Doomcracker gazes at everyone like they are a piece of meat. I love it. Doomcracker and I headed off to Ollivander's to get my wand. That's when I ran into Amelia. She had some tiny pygmy owl with her. Somehow this crazy girl put a pink bow around its neck and painted its talons purple. The thing was hideous. I doubt the owl knew what had been done to it, it looked like it was proud of the pampering.

We both laughed at the collision. Amelia pointed to her Mom over at the robe shop. She was talking to Dad. I think they work together. Amelia and I went to Ollivander's to get our wands. I asked if he knew Trueheart and asked if he knew that there's another wandmaker around here called Orvilredenbacher.  Ollivander said he knew of this man, and gave me a bag of popcorn! Ollivander said he was proud of Trueheart's success in America, and they exchange core material as often as they can.

Ollivander ended the pleasantries and indicated Amelia should go first. It took her thirty wands to find hers. The wand she did get was rather cool looking. It wasn't normal and smooth, but had a spiral going up the shaft. Ollivander congratulated her on the choice. It was aspen wood with unicorn hair. Ollivander told her it was a wand he'd made when he was an apprentice, and he wondered if it would ever find its owner before he died. This moved Amelia to tears and she hugged her wand.

I was excited when it was my turn. Ollivander laid out the boxes of twenty or so wands. I took my time and tried as many as I could. The one I found was wickid cool! It was all black with an ivory handle. Ollivander said it was African Blackwood and had an Ukrainian Ironbelly Dragon Heartstring. Doomcracker nodded in approval. Ollivander said it was well designed for duals and curses.

With this wand, my path has been chosen; I shall be the next dark wizard and rule this puny country! Muahahahaha!

Ok, I promise I'll wait till my fourth year to strive for world domination. Amelia said my evil laugh needs work anyway and if I became an unspeakable blight upon humanity, it was her duty from the most ancient and noble house of Bones to stop me. I asked if her last name is Bones, why she won’t join my evil ways and rule by my side... I have cookies.

Amelia punched me in the arm and said my cookies were not temping, and stop trying to corrupt her. Girls are weird. There's nothing wrong with my evil cookies.

All in all, we got my spell and are on the train now. Amelia is weird, but nice. I like having a new friend for the term. You know how Dad is about meeting new people, so I didn't have anyone my age I hung out with. Now that I'm gone, I hope Dad starts socializing more. He seems lonely and I'd like him to meet someone. Not that I wouldn't love for you and Mom to come back, but I think that they would legalize dragons as pets before that happened.

Train's close. I need to change my robes and get going!

You're loving brother and aspiring dark lord,

Darian Blyth
Soon to be Hogwarts Attendee
Hogwarts