The Werewolf's Daughter

Letters from a loved one

Maya and Professor McGonagall arrived back at the school at 5.15pm.

'We should go straight to the Great Hall' McGonagall said, 'Is that ok?'

'Of course – I am quite hungry!' Maya said, as they left the office. 'Professor – thank you very much for coming with me today.'

'It was no problem Maya; I had a nice time looking at those photos and remembering your mother.'

Maya looked down; she wasn't quite ready to talk about her mother again. Instead they walked to the Great Hall in silence and when they got there McGonagall headed straight to the staff table as Maya sat down next to Hermione at the Gryffindor table.

'Maya! Where have you been?' Hermione asked.

'Oh, I had some personal things I had to deal with. I'll catch you up later. How was Hogsmeade?' she asked.

'It was ok, to begin with.' Hermione answered slowly not looking at Harry or Ron. 'But then-'

'But then, I found out that the murderer Sirius Black is my godfather!' Harry muttered.

'What?' Maya shouted.

'Keep your voice down!' Harry said, sending a death glare Maya's way.

'Sorry!' Maya said sheepishly. 'He's your godfather?'

'Yes. Oh, and also, he is the reason my parents are dead. Dirty traitor!'

Maya couldn't even ask what he meant as Harry stormed away from the table. Ron and Hermione both stood up to go after him.

'Maya, I'll speak to you about it later!' Hermione said, as they sped away.

It took a minute for Maya to wrap her head around what had just happened; once she had she decided to eat and then go and try to help. She would not be able to do anything on an empty stomach.

Maya was halfway through her tea when she felt someone watching her. Looking up, she saw Malfoy staring at her...again! 'What is his problem?' she muttered to herself. No longer hungry, Maya finished what she had in her mouth and left the table. She made her way to the common room first but there was no sign of the trio there; she went up to the girl's common room, but no one was there. Unsure where they would be, Maya decided to head to the library to look over her mother's letters. She still had the ones she had found in the house in her robes and she found the others at the bottom of her suitcase.

Once in the library, Maya found a small table right in the back corner, hidden behind a bookshelf. Hopefully no one would bother her here!

Before she started, Maya checked the letters – they all had dates on, so it was easy enough to sort them in to order. Once she had done that, Maya picked up the earliest letter – it was a letter from her Mother to her Aunt Lyra. The date was 12th September 1971.

'Dear Lyra,

I hope you're well and not missing me too much. I miss you every day – I wish you were here! Next year though! I hope everything is ok at home and you and mum aren't fighting too much!

I love Hogwarts; I was sorted in to Gryffindor House "Where dwell the Brave at heart!"; I've made friends with loads of people – Lily Evans is one of my best friends – and my classes are all going well. My favourite is transfiguration – the Professor can turn into a cat! It's so cool! I hope one day I can become an Animagus.

Write to me as soon as you can to let me know you're ok – if I don't hear from you within 1 week, I will speak to the Professors here and get someone to come and check on you!