Harry Potter's sister ~~~ Fanfiction

Letters from siblings part 79

Harry and Emma were both up early preparing for the swimming party that was to take place later that afternoon. Unlike Hermione's birthday, they weren't planning on a huge dinner but they did bake a couple simple carrot cakes and they had the basic party foods such as chipolatas, chips, chicken wings, garlic bread and so on. As they wouldn't be eating until later it was more important to make sure these things were available and that they had the oven space. They also put both the cake tins in to make the sponge.

They left it in the oven to bake for an hour and a half while they went down to join everyone else for Breakfast. As it turned out they arrived in the nick of time.

"Oh God." Said Demelza, as they sat down. There was an owl heading straight for her.

Unlike Hedwig, Hogwarts owls do not wait around for long periods of time and the owl Demelza sent to her brothers came back empty handed. This was not so unexpected, if they were previously unaware of what her father had done, then they may have tried to confront him first. But if they did, then any other reply would have to be sent through the Muggle Post Office to Hogwarts and that, added with the Christmas mail, meant that a reply would take a considerable amount of time to get through the system.

A Magical Post Office Owl landed in front of Demelza and held out an envelope.

Demelza's hands shook as she took the letter from its leg.

"I… I don't know if I want to read this." Said Demelza. "What if they're angry?"

"I highly doubt that." Said Emma. "They've been very supportive so far."

"But…" said Demelza.

"Finish eating, then take it either up to the Dormitory or the Practice Room." Said Emma.

Demelza and Emma privately commandeered the Girl's Dormitory, Harry having told Emma that he would take care of the cakes for the party. The envelope contained three letters, one from each of her siblings. Demelza read each one then passed them to Emma.

Dear Demelza

I am really, really sorry for what Father has done to you. I never expected him to go this far, but I never expected him to pull that stunt with your letter last summer either. I don't think I can face him or mother, who by the way both knew and supported his decision, right now and I'm not sure I will be able to. I'm spending Christmas in my flat in Exeter and I think I'm going to be spending far less time at home in the foreseeable future.

Max is really mad to on your behalf, since he can't leave home yet, he's going to continue the cause on both of our behalves. Eilidh is a bit confused though. She doesn't quite understand the concept of disowning but she really misses you and she's really worried. I've talked to her about telling our parents about her magic but I'm worried they'll try something regretful.

I would personally like to wait, I spoke to Mrs Creevey over the phone and thanked her for taking you in. But I can't ask her to do the same for Eilidh. I've received an offer for an engineering based job at the navy base in Plymouth. I won't go into details but I should start earning more money soon, if needs be I can take Eilidh in, but not right now. For the moment there is very little I can do for either of you, which is why I don't want to give my parents the opportunity to try and brainwash Eilidh, after everything they've tried to do with you I don't think I can trust them anymore. Can we wait until the summer, I should have moved into a larger flat by then and can take Eilidh with me if necessary.