AMELIA BONES : 1 September, 1963

[justbonesofgold]

Dear Mother and Father (and Edgar & Oliver, by association),

Hogwarts is, well, nice. A bit larger than I expected, but I guess these things happen, don’t they? I know that the stories you always told, Dad, made Hogwarts out to seem positively massive, but I’ll confess, I did doubt you, but now that I’m here, I don’t think you were lying at all.

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[brave_phoenix]

*sticks out his tongue*
*crosses his eyes*

*laughs*
So you're in Hufflepuff, huh, Mealy Sue, huh, huh?

I love your first letter! So glad you're here! *hugs*

[justbonesofgold]

*frowns*
*looks around to make sure no one is watching, then makes a face back*

So what if I am, Eddie? It's not...that bad. And...at least I'm not a squib, like you could be!

Glad to be! *hugs*

[brave_phoenix]

*splutters indignantly*
I. Am. Not. A. SQUIB!!
*glares*

*grins evilly*
Besides, everybody knows, being a Hufflepuff is just a step up from being a squib...

My goodness, he's being a bratty little brother!

[justbonesofgold]

*smiles self-satisfied*

Are too a Squib. See? Not a drop of magic in you!

*jaw drops*

*sticks out tongue*
No! Well..I was almost in Ravenclaw! Stupid, ruddy Hat. How about bed wetting? Think of the stories I can tell, Eddie!

Yes, he is being quite the brat, but she's not being much better!

[brave_phoenix]

AM NOT!

*blanches*
*hisses*
I was little! Practically a baby! Everybody wets the bed once in awhile when they're little! Oliver did! And I bet you did, too!
*pauses*
*quietly, uncomfortably*
Oliver's nearly five and he did just the other night, actually...

[justbonesofgold]

ARE TOO!

*crosses arms*

You're still a baby and so is Oliver, so it's not his fault. Sometimes those things happen to little kids.

[brave_phoenix]

I am NOT a SQUIB and I am NOT a BABY.

*suddenly perfectly calm*
I know it's not Oliver's fault...
*shrugs*
He said he had a bad dream and that's why...
*looks away, uncomfortable*
...you know...
*quietly*
...he wet the bed.

[justbonesofgold]

Yes you are; you're a bit of both if not one or the other.

*sighs and nods*

Yes, that tends to happen, poor Ollie, it's not his fault, he really is a baby. As opposed to you, who just acts like one.

But I'm sure Mum took care of him and rocked him back to sleep.

[brave_phoenix]

*pouts*
*huffs*
I am not.

And I do not act like a baby...

*sighs*
Yeah, Blinky cleaned everything up while Mum rocked him back to sleep. And Mum told him that he didn't have to worry, that a monster didn't have you, that you'd just gone to school and that you'd be back...
*bites his lip*
*quietly*
I think you're just going to have to write home a lot, so we... *clears his throat* ...he won't miss you too much, you know?

[justbonesofgold]

You do sometimes.

*sobers up*

Oh, really? Poor Oliver, I..well, I'm not gone, I'm just here and I'll be back at Christmas holidays, but I'm sure Mum said that, didn't she? Poor him.

*sighs and nods*

I'll write home loads. I promise. For...Oliver.

[brave_phoenix]

*haughty*
I never!

*nods seriously*
Yeah... Mum told him all that...
*brightens a bit*
She said we could make a calendar, so we, I mean, he can mark off the days until you come home.
*adds quickly*
But you should write loads in the meantime...