I believe I have said this in the last chapter, but for those who don't remember, I planned to write this chapter as letters between Harry and Margaret and possibly Severus. Of course, I still plan to do that, all through the first five years. There will be changes to how the story goes, mind you, but I will point that out in the letters when there are changes.
To all those that commented: Thank you very much for your wonderful opinions. And I am extremely grateful to those that told me about the issue of fighting in a case against Dumbledore for the Sorting. Thank you to adenoide and Katconan for the idea of fighting that injustice. (I realize the reasoning for putting Harry in Gryffindor like that was stupid, but I really can't come up with anything. If anyone has a good idea on what to do, please pm or comment.)
I would also like to thank Artemis Sparks for her idea of being sorted in to a different House than Gryffindor. I actually had it planned for Severus just go and support Harry as he goes into Gryffindor, but her idea had me thinking that it could make Dumbledore seemed more...mean and controlling. But anyways, THANK YOU TO ARTEMIS SPARKS.
This chapter is only the first and Second Year, I'll place the Third, Fourth and Fifth year in the next one.
Read on!
Harry's Letters: all in italics
Margaret's Letters: In bold
Snape's Letters: Underlined
Anyone else's, I will write the names of and write their letters in normal text.
FIRST YEAR
Hullo Maggie! I believe you've heard word about my Sorting and how...confusing it was. Either way, I am now a Gryffindor and plotting my revenge against Dumbledore. I found some friends in Gryffindor (although many just want to be friends with the Boy-Who-Lived), their names are Neville Longbottom, Elizabeth Hazed, Fred and George Weasley (they're twins and their younger brother is in my year). Draco and Blaise and some of the other Slytherins like Pansy Parkinson and Theodore Nott are still friends with me eventhough I'm in Gryffindor, although that causes for some dispute in the Slytherins and Gryffindors. I have made friends in the Ravenclaws as well; Hermione Granger, David Raidburn, and Padma Patil (her sister is a bit shallow, even she agrees to that.) I'm glad that Gaila can pass the wards and such, at least then the chances of sending mail to you is less likely to be searched. Will write again soon.
Sincerely,
The Boy-Who-Lived-for-revenge-against-Dumbles
Dear Ms. Torrent,
It has come to my attention that your son was Re-Sorted in to Ravenclaw as his true House, however was misplaced in to Gryffindor by the headmaster. It is not justified to defy the Sorting from the SORTING HAT and it comes to question the choice of bringing this case before the Board of Wizarding Education as well as the Board of Governors. This can be done with the help of Lucius Malfoy, whom I am sure you met at Kings Cross train station.
Sincerely,
Potions Master and Head of the Slytherin House
Severus Snape
PS. I heard from my godson, Draco, that you insulted Lucius enough that he simply glared at you...good job.
Dear Severus,
Thank you, I definitely agree to the case, infuriated with Dumbledore, so definitely agreeing. Perhaps a suggestion or tip to that annoying, pesky reporter? Ask Harry about it, it's entirely his decision after all. Unfortunately, it's not a good idea for me to send letters to Mr. Malfoy right now. He's still trying to hit me with a Stinging Hex after I did when I went over for tea with Narcissa. Perhaps...you should send it to Lucius, considering you are his son's godfather and all...
Sincerely,
'Ms. Torrent'
PS. Please, call me Margaret. We're the same age and yet you make me feel so much older.
It's good to hear you're doing well Harry. I trust that none of your friends are in on your pranking? Either way, be careful around Dumbledore, he manipulates everything in his power to get what he wants, and from what I hear it's something very destructive. And where in the house did you hide my earrings? I can't find my emerald ones anywhere.
Sincerely,
Your confused mother
No worries Mum, I'm the only one, wouldn't want them getting in trouble or anything. Professor Snape told me about the case, and I would like to say that yes, I do agree. Oh and ummm...about your earrings...they were kind of...broken...last I saw them...so I tried to glue them back but...I don't know. I'll tell you when I get back...
Sincerely,
Harry
...I am not replying to that until you get back young man. I placed the case for Sunday, so you won't miss any classes.
Signed, The anxious woman that finally killed the rooster
I HATE THAT MAN! The bloody devil has supporters in the board, plus he managed to chalk up som evidence or whatever to say that the hat was under charms to not place me in Gryffindor. I can't believe Dumbledore wasn't even put under this Truth Serum that Severus kept grumbling about! Since he's claimed innocent enough to go back. Guess I have to continue with my plan... Oh, and don't forget to give the newspapers a tip on this.
PS. So you finally killed him hum? Good job, I suppose.
Harry James Potter, you and I both know the stupid little hellion had it coming. I'll get the newspapers on it, they should be out with that by tomorrow. You know Dumbledore's going to lose some credibility for this.
PS. Good luck with your plan, and please don't get into TOO much trouble.
(Skip a couple of letters from Maggie that Harry doesn't answer to the point where she charms a Howler at him. About the prank, use your imagination because I can't tell you anything but one fact: IT REALLY HURTS)
Alright, so I haven't answered your letters because I've been busy. You cannot blame me for that! After my prank against Dumbledore, all he did was assign more homework on me from the rest of the teachers. Fred and George or Gred and Forge as they like to be called now, have given me this amazing map that tells where everyone in Hogwarts is. It's absolutely brilliant!
Ron's been getting on my nerves lately, asking me to work with him or at least talk a little more. I think he's becoming desparate, and I must say, it looks absolutely delightful. I should probably get back to the Common Room before Ron freaks out again. Thank Merlin, Neville is a good liar!
Sincerely,
The Boy-Who-Lived-to-Secretly-Torment-Ronald-Weasley
PS. I think Gaila's been spotted by Dumbledore, might be time to get a new owl.
Alright Harry, I'll probably send my letters with Jemi now. You know her, of course, as that Spotted Owl that you kept saying glares at you. I kept telling you her eyes are just grown like that.
Don't forget, you can't let Dumbledore find out too much about you or your status in the war. You might want to tone down misbehaving. Wouldn't want you to end up with a dose of that Truth Serum, would you?
Signed,
The mother-who-is-annoyed-with-your-hyphenating.
Dear Hypocrite,
Maggie, I know what I'm doing so don't worry about it. I'm actually stuck in the hospital right now so...yeah. Before you start sending Howlers again, listen. I ended up meeting the Dark Lord the other day and...it was terrifying to say the least. But then again, that could just be because he was stuck to the back of another man's head.
I ended up sneaking to this mysterious hallway with Draco and Hermione and there were this three-headed dog and plants and flying keys and chess and potions and black fire and this mirror that looked very strange. I looked in to it before, but I saw you and my friends, and a whole bunch of strangers all sitting together for something. I think I saw my real mum and dad in there too. We were all so happy and laughing and just...it felt so pleasant and peaceful.
Anyways, I didn't really plan for anything to happen...it just sort of did. Professor Quirrell came at me with Voldemort on his back and...HE WAS JUST UP IN MY FACE! I tried to push him back with my hands and I somehow ended up burning the teacher and the Dark Lord to a crisp. It wasn't my fault he found my touch revolting!
Considering how I'm stuck in the hospital now with Dumbledore congratulating me on defeating the Dark Lord, I'm not in the best of moods and definitely would feel better if I had some treacle tarts...preferably strawberry.
I'm guessing I haven't told you much about the wards and what not, but Dumbledore already knows where you live, but he feels it's not so hard to get you under control. However, I'll explain more about this later when you get home but for now, Professor Snape is coming to live with us out of complications of a potions disaster in his home. Needless to say, his house is now a black hole and will take a while to be fixed. Please, don't try to kill each other on the way back.
Signed,
Margaret Torrent
Marie,
Take some precautions. If you start getting careless, Dumbledore will find you faster. I heard he's got your address from sending your son to Hogwarts, feel lucky he still doesn't know it's you. You're going to have a harder time getting out of his grasp this time around. He's going after your sister's magic as well as yours now, better be careful and hide yourself well. I feel guilty, having my son and his fiancee spying for the rest of us. I understand that the Savior of the Light has now appeared and will make short of the war, let's cross our fingers.
PS. My son's in the same House as you once were.
La Fontaine
I trust you to make your own decisions, and am grateful for warnings as always. However, if you no longer wish to put your son and his fiancee in danger, I suggest you stop. They will get hurt if they continue and Aberforth is already in his brother's presence, although in doubt. My son is similar to a rogue wolf, doing what he must in order to live, to survive just as everyone tries to do. I can't explain the feeling, but I believe this war is going to last a little longer.
SECOND YEAR
I can't believe I'm saying this, Mum. But that was actually a great summer. Not that I would let Professor Snape know about that... It was actually pretty fun with all the messing around in his potions lab and everything. I'm glad we set him straight so that he wouldn't be so annoying with the comparing me to my father thing.
It was great to have Draco come over, although I don't understand why you had to floo to their house and Apparate the Malfoys here. Couldn't they just have gone by Floo themselves? I personally think that having Blaise come too was great, although I can't say the same for Mr. Malfoy.
PS. The lamp in the living room was meant to be broken.
I knew you would like Severus after you got past his ability to be cold. I swear it was so chilly with you two for the first few weeks, I felt like I should have worn a winter coat. I don't understand why you hate your father so much though, he was under Dumbledore's control. Stupidly, yes, but he loved your mother so much he'd tried to protect her.
Draco is, unlike his father, far more polite than I thought. Frankly, I think Blaise is beginning an obsession...don't tell him I said that. The Apparition was because of certain precautions I'm taking. You do realize Mr. Malfoy isn't just upset with Blaise because he might have accidentally shot him with a tanning charm. But it was you who kept calling him a vampire when he didn't want a suntan.
PS. You are buying me a new lamp the moment you turn seventeen.
Dear Severus,
I believe you are now forever named Uncle Sevvy by my son. It's nice to see you two get along, so stop acting like you have a stick up your arse everytime you see him laugh. I know you're laughing with - or at - him on the inside, I can see it in your eyes.
Signed,
Margaret Torrent
Dear Margaret,
I curse the day you told him the stories about Lily and I. And your crude language is not welcome in my letters. I have agreed to my end of the bargain and now it is time to finish yours.
Signed,
Severus Snape
Maggie, I feel as though I'm being watched now. It's getting me so paranoid, I'm snapping at everyone I see. Draco thinks it's possibly a stalker, Ron seems to be pretending about something and Ginny...Ginny is Ron's little sister my possibly my most obssessed fan. As shallow as she is, I know I don't like her anymore than I do Ron. She might be following me, but I'm not sure anymore. There's been a murder in the school, and the rest of the students are getting scared, something about killing mudbloods. Blaise and Draco don't think so much about it, but Hermione, and Elizabeth are terrified. Thank Merlin that the new student, Luna Lovegood, managed to keep everyone's mind off the horror for a while.
Ron keeps grumbling and now that Elizabeth snapped at him, he's finally started shutting up when we glare at him. But he keeps going on about me being a hero so I should have saved the other students and go after the killer. Considering as Uncle Sevvy says, even I'm not stupid and naive enough to do that! Who would even go after the killer for a death sentence. I'll bet you a tracle tart that they're going to push me to save them again.
I think I'm hearing things again. Got to go.
Harry
Harry, if you honestly feel like you're going insane, you know I can demand the headmaster send you home. Of course, he'd be a little suspicious, but if you truly need that peace, I'm willing to take this small risk. About that girl Ginny, she's probably obssessed you being the Savior and a guy therefore equalling fresh meat for her to eat or in this case marry later on. I doubt she's a cannibal, what with the purity of the light and stuff like that. About the mudbloods issue, purebloods are not exactly the friendliest of people as I'm sure you've seen from Mr. Malfoy. They consider Muggleborns, wizards or witches born to a family of muggles, to be much lower in ranking to themselves. I'm sure Blaise and Draco have already taken to this normally as all purebloods do. Hermione and Elizabeth are most likely terrified because they are Muggleborns that feel threatened by the murders.
Don't make me send a Howler at you! Because I will if you even consider going after the killer on your own. You bet me a treacle tart just because you want one. If you're going for Hogsmeade weekend, I'll meet you at Fortescue's and buy you some if you want. I'm warning you, you're going to get sick of eating those sweets one day, so watch yourself.
Dear Severus,
About my bargain, my mother died at the hands of my father and he tried to burn us all in the Torald manor. With our grandparents dead, Maeve - my sister - and I had gone to an orphange, where we were adopted by a power-hungry Muggleborn.
That's more than enough information.
Sincerely,
Maggie
Maggie, I think something's wrong with me. I discovered a black diary in the Girl's bathroom, I was trying to hide from Ginny and Ron so don't scold, please. There is someone that continues to answer me as I write in it. He's in my dreams and I can't seem to get him out of my mind. I feel...safe with him around. He's so handsome and beautiful, I don't know how to describe it. If there were words to describe him, I would definitely say two: Dangerous and beautiful. I think it's a sickness I've developed. Hermione simply laughs when I tell her and replies that it's nothing to worry about. I mean yes, I've felt attracted to people before but not like when I'm talking to the boy in the diary.
Oh child, I believe you like the boy. Not to worry, your absolutely fine. However, I would like to know the name of whoever it is that has caught my son's gaze. It's rather strange of you to be meeting him in diaries and dreams, but I suppose that's not strange either.
Tom Riddle, but I doubt that he likes me, mum. I might like him but he has so many admirers, I'm simply just another. Besides that, I can't find the book anymore, it's completely disappeared from my room. Seems like someone else already took it.
Dear Ms. Torrent,
Your son, Mr. Harry Potter, is commended for his excellence and heroic deed in destroying the dangerous monster in Hogwarts. He has saved a young girl by the name of Ginny Weasley and has been awarded greatly. Ms. Weasley is ever greatful as she would like to thank him by asking for you for his hand in marriage in the future. I trust you will make the right decision as Ginny is a very smart girl with great Gryffindor courage.
Sincerely,
Heamaster of Hogwarts, Albus Dumbledore
...HARRY JAMES POTTER! WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT GALLIVANTING AROUND AND CHASING MONSTERS! BE LUCKY I'M SENDING THIS HOWLER BY MY PERSONAL OWL OR YOU WOULD RECIEVE THIS DURING DINNER!
I didn't mean it mum! I didn't mean it! I honestly thought Hermione was the one in the Chamber of Secrets and that the Basilisk was going to kill her! I mean, I saw it slithering around with Hermione and I just had to act! I never knew it was Ginny...
Come to think of it how did you know I killed a creature?
Harry, if you don't hurry, you're going to be betrothed to the young and shallow fan girl you have. Do hurry up and reject her before I tell Draco what's going on. And I know. HE. WON'T. LIKE. IT.
I'm going! I'm going! Just please don't tell Draco! He'll skin me alive and feed me to dungeon rats! He already said that when he thought I was friends with Ron. That blonde is pure evil! PURE EVIL I TELL YOU!
Narcissa,
It's Marie. For the break-out in Azkaban. Would you mind helping me break out one other?
Of course Marie, but it depends on who you need.
My betrothed, Sirius Black.
EndOfLettersEndOfLettersEndO fLettersEndOfLetters (Yea, that's the end)
Lesson 536: There are questions you will need to ask others besides me, Harry. Because I won't be able to answer them.
It's not Sirius/Maggie! Just know that!
Third, I've decided to write the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Years in the next chapter the same way. And I know, you guys are seriously hating on Ginny and Dumbles right now!
Fourth, The lesson at the end...well yea, you'll understand later.
Fifth, NEW POLL IS UP!
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO COMMENTED:
adenoide
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Katconan (Sorry, but I'm not taking Harry out of Gryffindor until Sixth Year, when I shall wreak havoc on all that Dumbledore does.)
Tally Jennifer Youngblood (Thank you so much for the good idea! But I'm not sure I can write that with Harry as an eleven year old...)
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Questions for the people who want to comment:
Is Sirius going to die? or will he happily live with Remus?
Bellatrix, friend or love rival?
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~Wings Over Wealth
