A/N: This is a series of letters between Amelia Bones and her brother Edgar during the peak of the first wizarding war. Submission for the Hogwarts Houses Challenges. This letter is a submission by Lily Fae in the House of Ravenclaw.
The Owlery. Amelia Bones and her brother Edgar during the peak of the first wizarding war.
Drabble Club: Silence
Quidditch Pitch: Hopeful
Final word count: 515
Dear Edgar,
I hope this letter finds you well, brother. I'm not sure if you've been following the news, but I have some terrible news to share with you. Mother is dead. Her body was recovered during a raid on a suspected death eater home. I still feel sick to my stomach from the sight, and I had to identify her body. I barely could though. It was just so gruesome. I will only tell you about it if you really desire to know.
That's not the only bad news though. Father has been missing for a week. He went to work one day and never showed up the next. I've sent so many owls with no response that I fear the worst. I can only hope that he's not tortured the way mother was.
I'm beginning to lose faith in the world. I know that it's wrong to only now write to you. I was just so angry at you for abandoning your family in such hard times. And now I can't understand why you didn't try harder to get us to go with you. I regret not talking to you all these years. I miss the bond we used to have, but you were right to have taken your wife and fled. I lock my home down and enchant it every night, yet I'm afraid it won't be enough. I am tempted to set a spell that will block out the sounds of anything outside my home. They've been so close. I think they're looking for me because I work for the ministry. I sent in a owl, claiming to be ill. I barely leave my home.
What is it like in France? Is it beautiful? Is it peaceful? How is your family? Are you safe? Merlin, I hope so. How are the kids? Have you heard from Edward? He took Laura and fled. She's pregnant you know. I can't believe he married a muggle given the circumstances and the status of our family. We are being hunted, and I'm afraid we're not going to survive.
I feel so alone and trapped. I cannot bear the thought of losing anyone else. I want to hold a service for mother, but the Death Eaters have been targeting funerals. Nothing is sacred to them. Nothing! I heard about a wedding that was attacked, and everybody was killed, tortured, raped, or both. Even the children. What kind of monsters could do something like that?
This is not a world I want to live. I'm tired of living in a cage. I'm tired of living in fear, but I can't decide if I should fight or surrender. Some days death seems like such a valid option. Other days, I feel as if I could cast a thousand unforgivable curses. I felt that much rage at seeing mother's body. I can't imagine what she went through. I promise when this is all over, we'll give her the service she deserves.
Some days I miss the pure silence. I am hopeful that some day it will return, and I am hopeful that you will too.
Your loving sister,
Amelia