Strife at Hogwarts (Larry Stylinson)

-Louis' Letter-

The next two months went by in a blur, the two boys went to new places and had a ball. It was the night before school started when Louis remembered something. Leaving Harry to finish his dinner he walked up to his room. He sat on the bed and opened the letter that had his name in an elegant violet slanted handwriting.

He hesitated on opening it. he breathed to himself and ripped it open.

Dear Louis

 If you’re reading this it means that the worst has happened to us, we are so sorry to have left you all alone precious. We loved you so much, and only ever wanted to protect you,

There are a few things you should know, these may seem quite big and we suggest that you sit down before you continue to read.

Your father and me were both aurors, that means we were bad wizard catchers, (a lot like the muggle policemen) you’re eleven now, I wish I could have seen you grow up. We were catching a mean man, He-who-must-not-be-named, or you-know-who. That is what many people called him. He did some very bad things and killed a lot of people.

He had followers called ‘Death eaters’. This was our job to catch Death eaters. Often there would be a fight until death. We went after two Death eaters, they were his closest supporters, and we killed them. But their son is searching for us, he wants revenge, so we went in to hiding with the fedilius charm, you’ll learn about those in time.

I’m writing this letter to you and leaving you these things because, your father has trusted his best friend to be our secret keeper. He is weak, I’m not sure he can hold out.

The second thing you must know is that you have a cousin, your aunt and uncle were drove to insanity in an attack and much like you he has grown up with out them around to much, he is a year older than you, and I hope you and he can get on. he doesn’t know about you.

So if you wish for him to know, show him the photo in the envelope. His name is Neville Longbottom his mum is my sister. Poor Darling Alice, she doesn’t recognise any of us.

I Love you so much darling, and so does your father, with all our hearts. We may be gone from the earth but we will stand by you forever and protect you, Good Luck at Hogwarts my little prince,

You will find two rings in with the envelope. One of them is your father’s. It is the family crest. And one was mine, the lion, me and your father were both Gryffindor's, as were the rest of our families, we are both pureblood and so are you, trust me, knowing it will help you with some aspects at Hogwarts. Wear them if you wish. Stay safe angel.

With all the Love in our hearts,

 Johanna and Mark Tomlinson, your loving parents, x

Louis stared in shock at the letter, a tear falling down his cheek, his parents had known they were going to die, and he had a cousin? Louis decided that he wanted to get to know him become his friend, and tell him when he thought the time was right.

‘I wonder if we are alike?’ he whispered into the silence. He looked down at the envelope and pulled out another smaller envelope,

he opened it and found a few photographs of his parents standing smiling with him, and the one that must be him with Neville, and their parents, her aunt and uncle. he put the photos on his bedside table.

he went in to the enevelope again and pulled out the two rings, one of them had a lion with a ruby incrusted in it, he smiled and put the ring on his finger,

it changed to fit the size of his finger, His eyes opened wider for a second but didn't stop to contimplate before turning the other ring over in his palm.

it looked like it was his dads ring, it had a crest on it. He put it on his little finger and like the other ring it adjusted itself to fit his finger, 

He put the letter and photo's away just as the door of the room opened and harry walked in.

'You alright, Lou?' he asked with a yawn

'Fine' Louis nodded not feeling like talking 'i'm going to go to sleep, can't wait for hogwarts tomorrow' He smiled

'Yeah, me too' Harry agreed slipping into the bed. The both sank into it and closed their eyes

'Whatever house we're put in we'll always be friends?' Louis asked

'of course'

'Promise?' 

'I promise' Harry chuckled

'Night' Louis said sleepily

'Night, Lou' Harry yawned as they both drifted off to sleep.