Dear Buffy, Dawn and Xander,
I hope the owl didn't scare you. If you give him a letter for me, he'll straight to me.
How are you all? I'm fine. And I'm living in a castle!! A real, honest to God, castle! I'm going into the village, Hogsmeade, in a couple of days and I'll buy a camera and take loads of photos to send you then.
My lessons are going well. Minerva (Deputy Head. Teaches Transfiguration) actually gave me a compliment yesterday! She's really nice but really strict too. She doesn't show much emotion, but she's really nice.
There's a totally creepy teacher here too. His name's Severus Snape and he's the potions master. He's like a cross between Snyder and Angelus without the physical violence. He's uber menacing and he wears this black capes and folds his arms up in it. It makes him look like a bat!
Lessons with him aren't as bad as they could be however. Darcy's also taking lessons on account of she didn't get to come here when she was a kid because her mom was afraid that her dad would find her if she did. Although Severus seems to hate me the most Darcy sticks up to him a lot so she takes more of the heat than I do.
By the way, she says hi and wants to know if Xander wants her to send more crumpets?
I'm disturbed to hear about the new Sunnydale High. Any chance Xander can build the foundation wonky and make it fall down?
It's a joke Xand!
I'm trying hard to figure out a way to get my laptop to work here. I may have to resort to asking some of the more advanced students to help me in return for extra credit.
The Headmaster here is really nice. His name is Albus Dumbledore and he's really powerful (you can sense the power coming off of him from two rooms away).
They have a massive library. Unfortunately the librarian is ultra possessive over her books. I swear she'd sleep in there if she could.
Darcy and I are sharing an office. The previous Divination professor seems to have been a bit of a fraud. Anyway, her office reeks of incense and it gives Darcy migraines so she's sharing with me.
Anyway, I've got to go to a potions lesson now. I'll write as soon as the owl (his name's Las) returns!
Take care.
Love,
Willow
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A/N Las is Gaelic for Light.
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Dear Giles,
Hi from Hogwarts! Lessons are going well, but they'll be much harder to continue with once the students arrive next week. Minerva (who says hello by the way) gave me a compliment yesterday!
I can't believe you didn't tell me I'd be living in a castle!
I got the letter you passed on from Wesley. I'm sending him one back to let him know that Darcy and I have managed to pinpoint Angel's location down to a rough area and hope to hear back from him soon. Hopefully he'll be able to find Angel. I can't believe that Connor did that to his own father!
Take care of Las for me. He has a long flight across the Atlantic coming up.
Love,
Willow
P.S. Darcy and Swift say hi! We're sharing an office now so she's staring over my shoulder as I write this.
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Wesley,
Darcy and I have managed to pinpoint Angel's location to a rough area, which we've marked on the enclosed map. We hope that this is of use and that you'll be able to write back soon to tell us that you've found him.
I can't believe that Connor would do that to Angel. I know that Holtz raised him, but Angel's still his father and that should surely count for something.
Darcy is particularly appalled. She and Angel were so close. He was the one to buy Swift for her after Basil's death. They had a true friendship and she found it difficult to understand when he went missing. Now that she knows who's responsible all she wants to do is go to LA and beat the crap out of Connor.
I haven't told the LA and Sunnydale groups what you told us because as you pointed out, it's safer for them if Connor doesn't suspect that they know.
Please take care and write back soon.
Love,
Willow
P.S. My owl's called Las.
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Wesley,
Find him. Kill Connor.
Hope the map helps.
Love,
Darcy
P.S. Swift sends his love.