REGULUS BLACK: 7 January 1973
Bella!
I got him! I got my Winky Puss! You were right - he was in the attic, just like you said he would be. You’re so clever, Bella. Mother didn’t burn him like Sirius said she would. I thought she might. I hate him for saying that. It was very a bit scary tricky but I got away when Mother was screaming telling off a house-elf and I managed to sneak upstairs to find him when no one was looking. I hadn’t been up there for ages not since Sirius left started at Hogwarts. We used to hide up there all the time when we were little but now he but I remembered all the creaky stairs and I didn’t make a sound. I smuggled him back downstairs underneath my robes and hid him in my wardrobe so no one would find him and no one even knew I was gone! Sirius only cares about his new friends now. Why can't I be his friend anymore? Mother says he's Are you proud of me?
Sirius said I was being weird and twich twitchy for the rest of the holidays but I told him he was stupid. He is stupid, isn’t he Bella, he’s I bet he was just making it up anyway. I hope no one thought it was strange when I said I wanted to do my own packing for school. They wouldn't, would they? I’d never done it before and it was hard. I think I’ll let the house-elves do it next time.
You won’t tell Mother will you? Please don’t tell her. You know you’re my favourite cousin and you did tell me to do it.
Your favourite cousin,
I got him! I got my Winky Puss! You were right - he was in the attic, just like you said he would be. You’re so clever, Bella. Mother didn’t burn him like Sirius said she would. I thought she might. I hate him for saying that. It was very a bit scary tricky but I got away when Mother was screaming telling off a house-elf and I managed to sneak upstairs to find him when no one was looking. I hadn’t been up there for ages not since Sirius left started at Hogwarts. We used to hide up there all the time when we were little but now he but I remembered all the creaky stairs and I didn’t make a sound. I smuggled him back downstairs underneath my robes and hid him in my wardrobe so no one would find him and no one even knew I was gone! Sirius only cares about his new friends now. Why can't I be his friend anymore? Mother says he's Are you proud of me?
Sirius said I was being weird and twich twitchy for the rest of the holidays but I told him he was stupid. He is stupid, isn’t he Bella, he’s I bet he was just making it up anyway. I hope no one thought it was strange when I said I wanted to do my own packing for school. They wouldn't, would they? I’d never done it before and it was hard. I think I’ll let the house-elves do it next time.
You won’t tell Mother will you? Please don’t tell her. You know you’re my favourite cousin and you did tell me to do it.
Your favourite cousin,