A Letter for a Friend
Author: Sugar Quill
Date: Monday, November 25, 2002
Disclaimer: I do not own HP & Co.; all I own is the little letter.
Summary: Arabella Figg writes a letter to her dead best friend Lily Potter on Lily's birthday.
A/N: This is a really short little letter that I thought of a few hours ago, and it's meant to be short. I'm not good at writing mushy, cry-cry stuff. It has grammatical errors, like I told Cathy so it doesn't really need to be read by her. And now onto the story…
A Letter for a Friend
Dear Lily,
It's Arabella. You probably already knew that, but that's not the point. It happened, Lily. He's back. He's back and he's bigger than ever. He even...he's tried so hard to get Harry. But I won't let him come near him. I promise with my life. I swore to you that if something ever happened to Sirius I'd take his place and be your Secret Keeper. Wish Sirius'd known.
But that's all in the past now. We've got to think about Harry, Lily.
Oh, how he's grown into be such a fine young man. He's got a beautiful young fiancée, Hermione Granger. I bet you see her everyday, just admiring her from your fluffy white cloud. We all know you're watching over us. You should see her in person, Lily! She's got these really dark brown eyes. Almost chocolate like. And her hair is bushy, but he loves her all the same.
He graduated last month. Bet you and James came. It was almost like old times. You, me, Remus, Sirius, James, and Peter. Well, maybe not Peter... Oh, Lily, he gave such a speech. He thought of you and James and included you in it! Harry's such a charmer! Guess he gets that from James...
Well, Sirius has been freed. In my last letter (three years ago), he was on the run, but he's free. And we're getting married. Married, Lily. Just like I always wanted. Except...you and James won't be there. The space for best man and maid of honor will not be filled. Even though Sirius'd like Remus as his best man, he feels James should be there. You two will, won't you? We'd love that.
Lily, I love you so much, and what you did for Harry was so heroic. I know how you hate being called a hero, so that's there to get you. We wish you and James were here, but you had to do what you had to do. Even though we all hate it.
Oh, dear, Harry will be getting back from the tuxedo shop soon. Once again, do come to the wedding! Both weddings.
Love,
Arabella Figg-Soon-To-Be-Black
P.S. Happy Birthday, Lily
Arabella Figg nervously walked to her best friend's grave. She shuddered at what she knew was under the green grass. Arabella looked back at her fiancée and smiled. She turned back to Lily's grave and knelt down.
"Happy birthday, Lily. I love you."
She placed the letter on the grass, muttered a charm to make it stay, and stood. She sniffled and blinked back tears. Arabella slowly walked to back to Sirius who wrapped his arms around her.
"Let's go, Bella. She needs time to read it."
Arabella nodded as Sirius Apparated to her house and turned back one last time before she apparated.
"Bye, Lily," she said and then apparated.
A soft wind ruffled the trees leaves and the letter moved and disappeared.
So…was it good? Bad? Terrible? Let me know, and please R/R!!