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Letters…

Dear Mum,

Well, here I am, sitting in the common room at the school for magic. Hogwarts. That's a cool name, don't you think.

I got put in Gryffindor house. Apparently that's meant to be a good house. I suppose that each of them say that though, don't they, when you get into them? I don't know, cant know for sure I guess. Anyway, it's the house for bravery and friendship and stuff like that. I was told that (if you will believe me) by a talking hat! Yes mum, I know what you are thinking, hats don't talk, but this one did. It sung, actually. It put everyone into houses.

I hope that you aren't disappointed, I didn't get into the smart house, which is Ravenclaw, but I do think that I prefer this, even though I don't know if you do! There's also Slytherin, which is sort of like Gryffindor's enemies here. I guess that the personalities don't mix; they sort of rival each other, the grudge goes back centuries, to the schools founders. I read about it in this book, it's pretty cool, it's called Hogwarts; a history. I've been reading it, got it when we went to Diagon Alley. I know that you thought it was weird there mum, but here, you have no idea! The staircases move, and so do all the pictures, and the great hall seems to have no roof…I could go on for hours, I have fallen in love with this place, and it's so big that I think it's going to take me much more than seven years if I wanted to discover all of its secrets!

I do have some help though…I probably shouldn't be telling you this…her dada said not too…

Oh well, I had better start off by telling you about my train trip here, or else you wont really understand about the map…I am getting ahead of myself again, aren't I? Oh well, I guess it's the excitement.

So, I was on the train, walking up and down the isles, and I come across a carriage that only had one girl in it. At first, I thought that I was looking in a mirror (isn't that weird? It was only for a split second!) But then I looked closer, and saw that it was probably just because this girl had the same hair as me. Same colour, really, hers was straight and a little messy, as opposed to mine, which is thick and curly.

I went in, and asked if I could sit, and she said yes, and we got to talking. She's from a pureblood family. (Basically, her dad's half blood) anyway, it was quite interesting, and we looked at the candy on the sweets stand, and she told me about her little brother, and all the things that he gets up to. Her name is Jade Potter, and she's really nice. She pulled out this map, that her father had given her! It has the whole castle, and all it's secret passageways, and on it, is moving pictures of people walking around. I should be telling you this, Please don't be mad. I was just so fascinated, that's all. It even has secret ways out of the school!

Don't worry mum, I wont go sneaking out of the school! I just love looking at the old pages of the thing, has so much history.

There's one problem though. I don't show up on the map. It's as though a spell is stopping my name from appearing, the page looks whiter there. I don't know, do I belong here mum? I was so scared for a while that I wouldn't even get put in a house, I would get sent right on back home.

I am so different. The Slytherins already hate me, because I'm a muggle, and my accent makes me stand out quite a bit, though I don't mind. I like that actually.

I don't know, I just hope that I am good enough when it comes to the classes tomorrow.

And another thing, you know Jade, my new friend that I was telling you about? Well, she's sort of famous. Well, not really famous, but she gets stared at quite a lot, and all the professors seem to know her, family friends of old McGonagal and all. You see, her dad defeated this dark wizard; apparently there was this big war. It's so strange. I had never even heard of him, though it does explain a little. Remember years ago, when there were people dieing all over the place? Yeah, well, that was them, the dark wizards. You have to believe me mum; I swear that it's true.

Anyway, Jade and another boy, a second year, Daniel, they're my friends here. Gryffindors too. Daniel's cool, and guess what? He can change what he looks like whenever he likes! He only has to think about it, doesn't need a wand or anything! It's called being a metamorphmagi. Wish that I were one, it looks like fun. Daniel Lupin.

I hope that the owl doesn't startle you! I think that he's cute. Write a reply and then give it to him, he'll fly it back to me, don't worry. That's how we send post! You taking all this in mum?

Missing you, even though you're a muggle, (just joking, I love you mum!)

Love Jessie. XXx

Ps. can you please send me a plug? Like, an electric wire or something. Jades grandpa collects them! Haha.

Hermione looked up from the letter, and groaned, She had, despite all her years of worrying, met Jade Weasley. Jade seemed nice enough, but it was just so risky…Hermione shivered to think what Ron would do to her if he found out that he had a daughter…

And now they had the map…that was dangerous. Harry was witty to remove Jessie from it; when a girl with the last name Weasley appeared where she was standing it would have been the source of many awkward questions, but all the same, the girls with the map couldn't be smart. The trouble that it got them into when they were at school!

Daniel Lupin…the metamorphmagi…Hermione laughed. That must be Tonk's son. She knew that Tonk and Remus had been expecting a child, but she had never found out anymore than that. She and Harry rarely spoke of the people she used to know, and that was the way that Hermione liked it. Thinking and talking about it made her more homesick for the wizarding world than anything else, with the exception of the tiny crumpled picture of Ron that was squashed in the back of a photo frame of Jessie when she was born.

The letter, delivered by owl, made her yearn so hard for the life that she had left behind that tears blew up into her eyes, and she had to press the balls of her hands to her eyes to prevent them coming spilling over her face and onto the letter.

Three young Gryffindor's, running around Hogwarts with the marauders map.

Hermione gave a tiny grin, and folded up the thick parchment, placing it on her dresser.

Dear Mum and Dad. (And uncle Won Won.)

I got into Gryffindor! I am so proud. It might not seem like a big deal to you three, but I was so worried that I wouldn't be put there, I know how brave and all that you three were at school, I didn't want to let everyone down I suppose. Were you unsure about it? Or did you know that you were going to be placed there? You've never really spoken about that before.

Anyway, I have made one great friend, even though it's only my first night here. And thank god she got into this house too, I don't think that I could hardly having to find a whole knew group after getting to know Jess on the train. She's got the same colour hair as me, really pretty. She's a muggleborn, really nice. I feel like I have known her for ages, though that's not possible, she grew up in Australia, has a cool accent and everything!

Daniels had been hanging around a lot too. I don't mind as much as I thought that I would, he's all right I guess. Show off, but he's ok. He's looked out for us a fair bit today. Some Slytherins were giving Jess a hard time when we were leaving the hall, and he told them right off, brought out his wand and everything. It was pretty cool of him. He's here now. Jess too, we're writing home. Lots of people are, sitting in the common room and writing away, scribbling with their quills. Thanks for the map too dad, it's brilliant!

I have transfiguration first tomorrow, and I am pretty excited. And also, guess who is here? Hagrid! Did you know that he was going back to teaching this year? Pretty strange, don't you think? He says that Grawp'll take care of the shop by himself this year! I'll believe it when I see it, you two had better check up on him a bit, I'm a little worried…

Anyway, that's about all, I hope that you are all well, even though I saw you all this morning. Say hello to James for me!

Oh, and tell grandpa that I'm getting Jessie's mum to get him a plug for him collection. She's a muggle!

Love you all,

Jade xoxo

Harry smiled, and watched as Ginny read the letter.

"Harry!" she exclaimed, hitting him over the head hard. Harry cringed.

"Ow! What was that for?" he asked her, laughing. Ron looked over from the other lounge chair, James sitting on his knee.

"You gave her the map? She's going to get up to so much-"

"You gave Jade the map? Good on you!" said Ron, laughing and getting up off the lounge to go and peer over Ginny's shoulder at the letter, laughing.

Ginny gave him a swift wallop over the head as well.

"Harry! The map!" Ginny suddenly exclaimed.

"Um, Gin, you just said that…"

"No! Harry you idiot, it'll show-"

"Don't fret, I'm not that thick. I altered it a little. It's safe, trust me." Ginny relaxed again, and Ron didn't ask questions. He was too caught up in laughing at the comment about his father and the plugs.

Dear Mum and Dad,

Well, it's another year at Hogwarts. It has been a little weird here without Mark, but it isn't as bad as I thought. I have been with Jade the most of the day actually. Little Potter's actually pretty cool. Don't worry mum, I haven't been giving her that bad a time. She's all right, really. Potter's got this map, it's so mad, you tap it, and it has the while castle, like, spread out, and you can see people walking and all the secret passageways. It's gonna be great to give the Slytherins a bad time!

Remus groaned, and handed the letter to Tonks, who skimmed over it, her eyes widening.

"Bloody Harry! Giving the kids the map! They'll be in trouble this year…"

"Remus-"

"I thought that he would have known, after two generations of landing in detentions and getting hexed by Slytherins, I thought that he would have known what that map can do…"

"Remus didn't you-"

"All the secret passageways out of the school!"

"Remus would you look at this! Would you read the rest of the letter!"

She's got this friend too. Jessie Granger. She looks kind of like Jade, red hair, pretty. Really nice. They seem cool enough, even though they are little first years.

Anyway, I'm gonna go. Not that much to tell, except that I am all right.

Hope you two are well.

Love Daniel

Remus Lupin stared at the name, and the description that came after it.

"It can't be…" he breathed. Digging his hand into his pockets he pulled out a tiny bag of floo powder, and threw it into the flames of the fire.

"Godrics Hollow!" he roared, and stepped into the flames, confusion bubbling in his brain as he spun through the warm breathe of the fire.