Letters - Year 1: A Post Potter Fan Fiction

Marian - September 7th, 2014

September 7th, 2014

Darian Blyth
Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry
Slytherin Common Room

 

To my brother Darian,

I can’t believe one month has passed since we started school. It seemed only yesterday I sat down on my bed in dragon eating princess room. Mom and I were rather shocked you made friends with Severus’s children. She said she had their dad as a potion’s master when she attended Hogwarts, and was scary as can be. Mom also said there was a soft side to him, if you knew how to look, and was deeply loyal to those he gave his friendship to.

Bellatrix Black… Mom says that name sends chills down her spine. She was at school as a teacher’s aid for some classes. She was only a year graduated when they attacked Hogwart’s astronomy tower. Bellatrix's laugh would give her nightmares.  She wants you to be careful and is proud that you’re standing up for those children. It’s not their fault who their parents are.

Mom is quite shocked that Bellatrix named her child Lily of all things. That’s Harry’s mother’s name! There was rumors that Professor Snape was in love with Harry’s Mom. Why would the crazy woman name her daughter after the lost love of Snape? Could it be that she did it to spite him? Or maybe she did it because somewhere inside her crazy head she wanted to do something nice and assume that would be what he would have named them? Did Bellatrix somehow deduce this and after their forced affair, she made room in her heart for Severus? It’s way too hard to think that crazy.

I told Mom you got put into Slytherin. She about died of laughter. She feels bad for Dad, he hoped you would follow in his footsteps and become part of the Ministry. I knew you had it in you to become the next Dark Lord. All I ask is you stay on your side of the world, and I’ll stay on mine. We can divide it equally, just install one of your generals to do all the work. I want to be ruler in name only and bask in your limelight. I don’t want to actually do any of the conquering. I’m lazy!

When we visit for Christmas, I’m sooo going to have to meet Lucy! TWIN POWER!

With Mom already in tears about your sorting hat experiance, I told her about the blond Hufflepuff and that sent her over the edge! The thought of a Hufflepuff Greengrass!

So, anyways, Here’s what happened to me! I must exclaim Tracy is going to be my bestest BFF in the whole world!

We were in Spanish going over conjunctions (¿dónde está el cuarto de baño?) and Mr. Row was rolling his ‘R’s in just that way when the bell rang. I was getting up to leave when Professor Dreamy asked me to wait. Tracy was grinning ear to ear and winked at me as she left.

 “Marian” he said in a deep rich European voice. I wanted to melt right there. “Tracy told me she is having some trouble in class and asked for some assistance. My schedule is quite full, but since you’re getting top marks, I’d like you to assist her in some tutoring for an hour. I have a block free where I correct papers and will be available for questions.”

 “You want me to help… Tracy?” I said with a stupid look on my face. He gave a cute smile and nodded.

 “We at Alderwood feel students should help lift each other up. Faculty’s plates are quite full, so we tend to rely on our more promising students to help those falling behind.”

“And… you’ll be there… correcting papers?” I asked. I was being stupid, but I just realized what Tracy did. She landed us an extra hour of study with Mr. Row. Tracy was just as good as I was, but I didn’t understand why her marks were slipping when she studied with me anyway. She is quite the devious muggle… sorry, non-magical!