The world was turned upside down. There was no question about it. Where happiness and joy once resided, there was now only fear. Voldemort brought that about in the world. There were some who didn't believe. They preferred to stay ignorant. To believe the lies that the Daily Prophet published. Then there were those who knew. They knew You-Know-Who was back. Unless something was done, he would rise to power again. The Meier family was one who believed Harry Potter. As soon as he returned that June day, with poor Cedric's body in tow, Letti, Dessi, and Elia did more than believe; they knew.
Now, the summer of 1995 was upon them. Instead of the usual party at the beginning of the Holiday that was used to celebrate the mid-June birthdays of Letti and Dessi, there was a family meeting. Minister of Magic Fudge had refused to believe that He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named was back. Wilhelm Meier, head of the family, did. He couldn't remain aligned with a government that would make such a crucial flaw. The family supported his decision to resign as Minister of Muggle/Wizard Business Relations. Other decisions were made at that time as well. Wilhelm, as well as his wife Susan, would rejoin the Order of the Phoenix. They knew doing so put their family in grave danger so the three daughters were sent to spend the summer in Germany with Wilhelm's brother Fredrick who was currently serving as the English Magic Policy Expert to the German Minister of Magic. It was also decided that the girls would return back to Hogwarts for their schooling after deciding that Hogwarts is still one of the safest places in the known Wizarding World. The girls' objected to this, however even Dessi's persuasive nature could not convince their parents to allow them to stay.
Dessi hated being at her Uncle's. It wasn't that she disliked her father's brother, or his wife and darling 2 year old daughter named Helga. It wasn't even that she hated Germany. What she hated, an opinion that both of her sisters shared, was the fact that they had been sent away. They wanted to help. They wanted You-Know-Who destroyed as much as any member of the Order of the Phoenix. They also felt guilty. They were in a beautiful German Mannor, spending their days with family that loved them, playing games and studying for the upcoming school year while those they love faced atrocities at home. People were dying and disappearing and all the Meier sisters could do was send their love back to friends and family.
Letti was even more melancholy than the rest. While Dessi and George had carried on their relationship through the school year and were writing each other as much as possible, Letti had decided to end her relationship with Percy. The two had a good relationship. It was filed with understanding. Percy could open up to Letti and Letti could be her over achieving self with Percy. The problem, like the rest of the problems facing the world at the moment, started on June 24, the day You-Know-Who returned. Percy, however, refused to believe it. If that had been all, Letti could have accepted it. She would wait until Percy saw the light and go on with life until then. Percy, however, went farther than that. He separated himself from his family. To Letti, that was unforgivable. To abandon his family in a time of great uphevel showed Percy's true colors and Letti could not abide by that. As soon as he wrote her to tell her that he had severed ties, Letti wrote back, fighting back tears, that she was doing the same to him. She ignored his letters and refused any presents. She was not to be convinced otherwise. Still, her heart was broken. Several nights, Letti would leave her bed and come across the room to Dessi's. Elia would soon follow suit and the two younger sisters would lie on either side of their sister and hold her while she cried.
Dessi felt bad about carrying on her relationship with George while Letti was so broken. For a while, Dessi would only write George while her sister was in town with her Aunt Hilda. One day, Letti found an unanswered letter lying on Dessi's bed. She discovered that it had been two days and Dessi had not yet responded. Letti then yelled at Dessi telling her that this was a time of war and not to be stupid: WRITE HIM BACK!
Elia sometimes felt out of place with her two older sisters. There was no doubt that they loved her, supported her, and would fight He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named for her, but Elia still felt like she was just a little left out. That, however, changed while they were in Germany. Sharing a room, and sometimes a bed, meant that everyone knew what exactly was going on. It caused some tension, but it allowed them to grow closer and the bonds that had been fraying while they had been at Hogwarts to rebuild.
One sunny afternoon, Dessi sat in the garden by herself. Her sisters had gone into town with Aunt Hilda and little Helga. Uncle Fredrick was at work. Dessi had poured herself a cool glass of pumpkin juice and sat out there with Hogwarts: A History in her lap. All of a sudden a screeching noise was heard from the sky. She looked up to see a familiar owl flying towards her. Her owl Bennett had arrived. She had sent him a few days ago with a message for George as well as orders to stay until George wrote a reply.
Dessi,
I hate writing letters. Part of me wishes your bloody parents would have let you stay in Appleby so I could just apparate over and see you. Another part wishes they just would have brought you hear like the bloody rest did. I could show you how much I missed you then. Then again, I have to admit that part of me love your bloody parents for this. They are keeping you safe. I don't think I could do anything if I thought you were in danger. We are doing things, by the way. The mail order business is up and running, got a few orders. Hermione and Ron were made perfects, maybe now that they will have alone time they will finally get on with it. I assume you weren't made perfect. Sorry about that. I shouldn't have let you drop that dungbomb on Filch, although Letti's face when she found out it was you was priceless.
I miss you.
George
Dessi immidently went up to their room to write back. She first stopped and gave Bennett some food, water, and a treat. She knew it would be a few days before she could send the letter since her poor owl would need a rest, but there was a chance that Elia might use Bingly to send a letter to Ginny or Letti might want to send a note of congratulations to Ron and Hermione via her owl Darcy and she could send her letter along with it.
George,
I hate writing letters to you. Whenever we are actually together, words can't stop flowing out of our mouths, but writing you feels like trying to describe the feeling you get Christmas morning. It should be easy, but trying to put words to it is impossible. I am sure if my parents would have brought me to where you are, certain people (ahemLettiahem) would have made sure there was no way for you to show me how you missed me. So far my greatest accomplishment of the summer has been reading Hogwarts: A History…twice. I am getting nervous about my OWLs. Letti just got her results back, she got 11 (which she told me to make sure I tell you and Fred), but she studied so much and she's much more brilliant than me to start out. As for the Perfect thing, I am pretty sure me putting Veela hair in Snape's Unicorn hair tube might have had something to do with it because let's face it: who hasn't tried to get Filch with a dungbomb. I suppose I will just have to be known as the Meier sister with the hot boyfriend.
Dessi