Ch. 11 The Letters
That night, Bethany sat up until 2 in the morning trying to think of a plan that would help them be able to find out what was causing the attacks. Around 1 in the morning, a shiny silver owl flew in her window and perched itself on the end of Ruby's 4 poster bed. She recognized the owl, to be her mother's.
Quietly, she got out of bed and tip toed to Ruby's bedside. She picked up the owl and brought it back to her bed. She untied the letter attached to its leg, and read it.
Dear Bethany, How are you? Derik and I got a divorce. I know you liked him, but we just don't get along anymore. I have a new boyfriend now. His name is Sean. He is very nice and he was in Hufflepuff when he went to Hogwarts. I know it's a change seeing as how none of my last boyfriends went to Hogwarts since your father. We are moved to a different apartment in London, but it's not far from the old one. Mummy misses you. Hope you are having fun!
Love,
Your mother
Bethany cringed and threw the letter on the floor. Her mother had had 5 boyfriends in the last 3 years. Mark, Jonathan, Derik, Harold, and, Anthony. She had married two of them. Jonathan and Derik. Derik was the latest. Bethany didn't know why her mother thought that she liked Derik. He was a death eater and Bethany despised him. It was he who had wanted to pull her out of Hogwarts the year before and send her to Durmstrang. Bethany had protested and her mother had actually agreed with her. Bethany also hated him because her father had been murdered when she was 10. By Lord Voldemort. Derik was in the inner circle of Voldemort's followers and she hated it more than anything in the world. She wondered if Sean was like what her mother told her he was.
Just then she noticed that the owl was still there. She figured he was waiting for her to give him another letter in reply to her mother. So she pulled out a quill and an extra piece of parchment, and wrote a letter back.
Dear Mum, I miss you too. I don't know why you think I liked Derik. I hated him. Caleb did too. Did you think it was an accident when he kicked him in the shin that time? There wasn't really a bee there you know. You think that getting a new boyfriend solves everything. Well it doesn't. It just makes it worse. I'm tired of having a dysfunctional family. I haven't liked almost any of you boyfriends in the past so this one shouldn't be any different should it. Can't you just pick one guy and stay with him. As long as he's nice, not a death eater, and he doesn't wear pink cloaks like Mark did, I wouldn't mind him.
Love,
Your daughter
She didn't even bother re-reading the letter. She quickly tied it to the owl's leg, threw it out the window, and went back to bed.
She lay there and kept trying to think of a plan. When she couldn't think of any, she decided to write to the boys, and Kiara and tell them they had to meet the next day to think of a plan and tell Ruby about it in the morning.
She pulled out 4 more pieces of parchment and wrote:
Guys, we need to meet about plan. Come to secret passage on 2nd floor. You know the one.
Bethy
She tied them all to Fivel's leg and he reluctantly flew out the window. She once again climbed back into bed and fell asleep.
That night, Bethany sat up until 2 in the morning trying to think of a plan that would help them be able to find out what was causing the attacks. Around 1 in the morning, a shiny silver owl flew in her window and perched itself on the end of Ruby's 4 poster bed. She recognized the owl, to be her mother's.
Quietly, she got out of bed and tip toed to Ruby's bedside. She picked up the owl and brought it back to her bed. She untied the letter attached to its leg, and read it.
Dear Bethany, How are you? Derik and I got a divorce. I know you liked him, but we just don't get along anymore. I have a new boyfriend now. His name is Sean. He is very nice and he was in Hufflepuff when he went to Hogwarts. I know it's a change seeing as how none of my last boyfriends went to Hogwarts since your father. We are moved to a different apartment in London, but it's not far from the old one. Mummy misses you. Hope you are having fun!
Love,
Your mother
Bethany cringed and threw the letter on the floor. Her mother had had 5 boyfriends in the last 3 years. Mark, Jonathan, Derik, Harold, and, Anthony. She had married two of them. Jonathan and Derik. Derik was the latest. Bethany didn't know why her mother thought that she liked Derik. He was a death eater and Bethany despised him. It was he who had wanted to pull her out of Hogwarts the year before and send her to Durmstrang. Bethany had protested and her mother had actually agreed with her. Bethany also hated him because her father had been murdered when she was 10. By Lord Voldemort. Derik was in the inner circle of Voldemort's followers and she hated it more than anything in the world. She wondered if Sean was like what her mother told her he was.
Just then she noticed that the owl was still there. She figured he was waiting for her to give him another letter in reply to her mother. So she pulled out a quill and an extra piece of parchment, and wrote a letter back.
Dear Mum, I miss you too. I don't know why you think I liked Derik. I hated him. Caleb did too. Did you think it was an accident when he kicked him in the shin that time? There wasn't really a bee there you know. You think that getting a new boyfriend solves everything. Well it doesn't. It just makes it worse. I'm tired of having a dysfunctional family. I haven't liked almost any of you boyfriends in the past so this one shouldn't be any different should it. Can't you just pick one guy and stay with him. As long as he's nice, not a death eater, and he doesn't wear pink cloaks like Mark did, I wouldn't mind him.
Love,
Your daughter
She didn't even bother re-reading the letter. She quickly tied it to the owl's leg, threw it out the window, and went back to bed.
She lay there and kept trying to think of a plan. When she couldn't think of any, she decided to write to the boys, and Kiara and tell them they had to meet the next day to think of a plan and tell Ruby about it in the morning.
She pulled out 4 more pieces of parchment and wrote:
Guys, we need to meet about plan. Come to secret passage on 2nd floor. You know the one.
Bethy
She tied them all to Fivel's leg and he reluctantly flew out the window. She once again climbed back into bed and fell asleep.