Dear Father,

I'm having a great time here at the burrow. Al's and Rose's cousins are all staying here, and it is a bit too loud at times. I am even allowed to call Mr. and Mrs. Weasley Molly and Arthur. The have all grown accustomed to my presence and have even begun to accept me as Al's and Rose's friend. I still look very much forward to come home and introduce Rose and Al to you and Mother.

Staying here at the burrow has caused two questions to appear in my mind. Rose's Dad – I believe his name is Ron- was not amused to see me. Something about me makes him glare at me. His brother George told me not to take it too seriously and went to tell him, that "he was not the only one who has lost someone.". What exactly did that mean? It puzzles me.

The other matter is much more trivial, I suppose, but I still wonder about that. There are many couples here. Molly and Arthur, Hermione and Mr. Weasley, Harry and Ginny, and all the others. They look at each other very differently from the way you look at Mother. Is there a certain reason behind that?

I hope my questions don't make you feel too uneasy. You don't have to answer, if you don't want to.

Say hi to Mother, Grandfather, and to Grandmother from me.

Love

Scorpius

Dear Son,

Thank you for your letter. It's great to hear that you are well and having fun. Your mother was overjoyed about your owl. I believe she was a bit crestfallen when she realized it was only meant for me.

To answer your questions: Granger, I mean Mrs. Weasley, Weasley, Potter and I were enemies at school. We fought a lot. I said a lot of things, I did not mean, and behaved in a way I shouldn't have. Adding to those childish bickers was my shameful role in the War. I suppose Ronald still bears a grudge against me, which I have accepted. He probably is right. But you are not me, so he should really let it not out on you.

Now to the other question. As you may know, many have died in the War and before it. The Weasleys, being part of the Order of Phoenix, lost many close friends, such as Alastor Moody, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Nymphadora Tonks, and even a family member. Fred Weasley. Ronald seems to think that our side, the evil side has lost no one. Or at least the ones who died deserved to die. Maybe he is right about that. But in fact I lost someone important to me as well.

Which leads me to your last question: I look differently at your mother than all the Weasley/Potter couples. I know that. It's not like I don't love your mother, I really do. But not as much as I am supposed to, not as much as she deserves.

Responsible for that is a woman that I met several years ago.

Charlotte 'Kitty' Franz...

I believe this takes place between Scorpius', Albus' and Rose's second and third year. He spends some time at the burrow with his friends and notices some things. So he asks his father. I really had my problems not picturing Ron to bad in Draco's response. And I guess it is weird for Draco to not refer to them Granger, Potter and Weasley (he does at one point ;) ), so he sticks with writing 'Ronald' later on.

Next time:

Charlotte was born in Germany. Her mother was a French witch, her father a German muggleborn. Her parents met through the respective ministries, and fell in love. They married and soon after Charlotte and her twin brother Carsten were born. Due to the second Muggle World War, Germany's Wizarding School was destroyed. They had to go elsewhere for magical education. While Carsten went to Durmstrang, Charlotte visited, like her mother, Beauxbaton. The first time I saw her was in 1994, at the Triwizarding Tournament... [TBC]