Lily Evans: Letter Written to Alex Bone

Dear Alex,

What to say, what to say? I already miss you like crazy. Pht Mic, oh, that is Porter's House for Teenage Mothers and Illegitimate Children. They do have a nickname. Anyways, Pht Mic seems like a nice place, there are 12 mothers here, muggle and magic. Five, well four (one just graduated), go to Hogwarts (the magic school I'll be attending) and seven go to a muggle school called Spratton Hall. There is a boy named Remus Lupin (14 years old and going to Hogwarts) who is trying to become friends with me I believe, and I want to be friends with him, really I do. He is really nice and funny to, if not a bit odd, but who am I to judge. But there is a twinge in the back of my head reminding me of Dad, Daniel, the twin's dad... I'm trying to do what you said and keep an open mind; I keep trying to remind myself that not every guy is out to hurt me. Maybe now I've written it down it will be easier to accept that he isn't trying to hurt me. He's actually really sweet. He's grown up his whole life at Pht Mic, around hormonal pregnant chicks. He's probably seen what being hurt is like. I guess it makes sense to trust him, and try and make friends with him. Oh, I am so stupid I just spent a whole paragraph convincing myself to make friends with a person.

Anyways, Remus told me all about Hogwarts. Apparently it's a boarding school. Something Ms. Kate neglected to mention when we talked about transferring. When he told me this I started freaking out. But one of the other moms that go to Hogwarts (Emma Knight) told me that we are allowed to 'sneak out' whenever we feel the need. I say that in quotations, because, according to Emma, the teachers know we are sneaking out but aren't legally allowed to approve of it because of the stupid school board or something like that. So all I have to do is find an empty room with a fire and floo back to Pht Mic whenever I wanna see my girls. But of course if I make friends at Hogwarts I'll have to come up with an excuse to be disappearing. So, Emma telling me that calmed me down a lot.

More about Hogwarts: Apparently it's a huge ancient castle with lots of secret passage ways. Fire or natural light is used instead of electricity (weird I know) and not only that but students have to use quills and parchment. I think I'll only use them for papers we have to turn in; I'll still take notes with pen and paper. I've heard mixed reviews of the teachers from all the mothers and kids that go to Hogwarts here (there are 4 mothers and 6 kids, well even the mothers are kids still so 11 kids). But I've been told the only arts classes they offer are painting and band. The have an extracurricular choir, but no dancing or anything like it, and no theatre, what am I going to do!!!! Oh well, I'll just practice on my own I guess. But that makes me sad.

Oh, I almost forgot to write one of the most interesting things. When you get there for the first time you are sorted into four different houses. They are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Gryffindor is for the brave, daring, and those who value chivalry. Remus said they also tend to be the most hotheaded and a lot of them don't think things through. Though there are always exceptions. He is a Gryffindor, along with four of the other kids: Emma (16, mother), Taylor Oskins (17, mother), Bridget Reid (17, mother), and Olivia Thomas (12). Hufflepuff values hard workers, loyalty, and tolerance. Remus says that they are often brushed off as pushovers and idiots, but a lot of them are really cool people. There are two kids in Hufflepuff: Tatiana Dib (13) and Cora White (15). Then Ravenclaw values intelligence, creativity, and wit. In other words the smartest people around. According to Remus this is the house that has the most personality diversity, there are the quite bookish nerds and then others that like to be showoffs and tell everyone even those who don't really care. But in majority they are nice study buddies and are really helpful when you're looking for an intelligible conversation or help on homework. We have two kids there: Annie James (16, mother) and Marc Bailey (13). Then the last house Slytherin is those who value ambition, cunning, and resourcefulness. They also are obsessed with blood purity (I know weird, instead of racism they have bloodism…). Remus says most of them are a bunch of gits (British synonym for jerks), but every now and again you get a decent one who is a bloodist like the only pht mic kid in that house John Chapman (13). So, I'll tell you more about Hogwarts when I get there in a week.

Umm… The twins are doing great. You will never guess what they turn out to be. They are metamorphmagui, ya I know totally crazy right. I totally freaked out when Roselynn started to turn blue but then her hair turned pink and I really started freaking out. Mimi Porter came in and calmed me down and we went to the doctors turns out the are metamorphmagui. For the next year they are only allowed to play with magical children because they will keep changing colors and forms until they can control it. Well that's baby news.

I'm doing just lovely. I'm going school supply shopping today. Tell Cali, Jamora, Vivian, Will, and everyone back home I love and miss them.

Lots of Love and Homesickness,

Lily, Roselynn, and DaisyJane Evans

I rolled up the letter and tied it to the owl Remus had let me borrow. Then I watched it fly into the distance. Oh, I miss them like crazy.