Dear Teddy,

Please knock some sense into me. I want to murder James. He is the most annoying little boy ever. He won't stop teasing me every chance he gets about us. I guess everyone in the family knows now.

Hogwarts is bland with out you. The classes are all the same, but now I can't see you in between them. You might have been a distraction, but you were a good one. Now I have no excuses and tons of homework.

Henry Prigard keeps on hitting on me. Remember him? That ginger in my year that isn't a Weasley-Potter. Annoying bigot. I've rejected him every time, of course, but he's really annoying about it. His favorite reason for me to go out with him is that he has his own room as Head Boy. I've told him that it's not that special, as I know for a fact that the teachers check up on the room after curfew to make sure nobody else is in there. He thinks that he can get away with it because, and I quote, 'with this smile, I can get away with anything'. He's so conceited.

I've heard of Okteberfest, actually. A Muggle-born in my year is from Germany (Angelika. Do you know her?) and she was telling us about it. Don't drink too much beer and forget you're dating me. Is Germany pretty? Send me lots of pictures!

I loved Amsterdam when we went, years ago. It was amazing. I vaguely remember me coming back and bragging about it to you for hours. The Flying Pig? We didn't stay there. We stayed at the Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky and to this day, I think it was the grandest thing I've seen. The name is fitting.

You should go to France. My grandparents live Toulouse and it's an amazing place. Definitely go there. Don't make me list all of the places I want you to visit, because that's everywhere in France. When we went on a tour two summers back, I fell in love with the country. You can't go to Paris, though. You have to go with me. City of Love and all that (this would be an appropriate time for that eyebrow wiggle). If you want some select places in France, I would suggest Nice, Cannes and Lyon.

Us seventh years have decided to prank McGonagall as a goodbye present from us. Any ideas on what we should do? There has also been a rumor around that she retiring. I can't believe it. She's been at Hogwarts forever. She even taught Grandpa Weasley, and he's super old. I think she's had enough of James and Fred's pranks. They threw one at the very beginning of this year where they spiked the teacher's drinks with Amortentia. McGonagall ended up kissing the new Muggle Studies teacher, Professor Antinous.

Albus got into Gryffindor, along with one other boy (their year seems very small, only thirty people). Scorpius Malfoy. The son of Uncle Ron, Aunt Hermione and Uncle Harry's old enemy. I think everyone here was pretty shocked; the Malfoys have been Slytherins for generations. He seems okay, though, from what I've seen of him. I feel bad for the poor boy; he must feel like he doesn't belong. I hope Albus makes him feel welcome.

Rose got into Slytherin, another shock for everyone. I see her at meals and she seems almost glowing. I'm really glad she's happy, because Weasleys and Slytherin aren't exactly a perfect match.

I'm going to end now because Alisa really wants to sleep and can't sleep a wink if there's light.

Write back soon. I miss you loads.

Love,

Victoire

For the Owlery Challenge on HPFC. ShalWright has Teddy's letters on her account, in the collection 'One-shots for Hogwarts Houses challenges'

Also for the Quidditch pitch using 'With that smile, he could get away with anything. ' (I tweaked it a bit)

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