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New Resolutions III
Chapter Four- Letters from Hogwarts
By: Abbie Haven Snape

"Tommy!"

Tommy pocked his head out of his room and looked at his mother down the stairs

"Yes Mum?"

"Letters from Lily."

Tommy was down the stairs in less than a five seconds. Leah laughed. "Your father has the letters." He made is way into the kitchen, almost tripping over one of Logan's toys, not to mention Logan him self.

"Tom!" he said looking at him.

"Sorry Loggie didn't see you. Letter from Lils! Have to get it," he said quickly going back and gave him a kiss on top of the head before continuing into the kitchen.

"Mum says you have a letter from Lily?" he said looking at Harry.

"That's got to be a record for you coming down the stairs," he said smiling.

"Dad! Can I have my letter?" he asked.

"Yes, yes, here."

Harry handed him the letter but he didn't open it right away. His name was written in curve on the outside with two lines underneath it. He knew not to open it then because whatever Lily wrote, she didn't want Harry or Leah to know. They had set up a system before she left.

Curve writing meant that something inside of it she didn't want parents or somebody to know. Print meant it was okay to show them. Then the number of lines meant something. One meant nothing important. Two meant that he should read it soon. Finally, three meant for him to open it then and there. That went for his letters too. All the same, instead of telling parents, she wasn't to tell Severus or Jade.

"What did she have to say in yours?" he asked looking at Harry.

"I will read it when Leah gets in here."

Right then, Leah came in, followed by Logan. "Let me hear it," she said sitting Logan in one of the chairs and getting him some lunch.

'"Dear Dad, Mum, and Logan,

Hey everyone! I am here and in my dormitory after I visited with Papa and Me-Me. I am a Slytherin! But I guess you could have guessed that."

"Told you she would be," said Leah.

'" Hogwarts is great! The students in my year seem pretty cool. I met a boy and girl on the train, Austin Blaine and Cooper Wood. Dad, Cooper is Oliver Wood's daughter. Isn't that cool. She is so hyper all the time. Right now, her and Sierra are practically jumping around the room. Oh, that reminds me…Nathan, Christian, and Sierra are all Slytherins with Austin, Cooper and me. Can't wait to see what Uncle Bill is going to say when he finds out or Oliver for that matter.

"Classes start tomorrow! Can't wait for that! I probably won't write until the end of the week so I can tell you all about my classes and teachers.

"Oh, did you notice the owls that brought the letters? He is my new owl from Papa and Me-Me as a welcome to Hogwarts I guess. I named his Blanche I think that they like giving pets."

"I agree with that," said Tommy smiling and petting Hook, who was sitting beside him.

'" I better be getting to bed now. I have to get Erra and Cooper to do that too. My other two roommates, Summer Morgan and Erin Heywood, think they are crazy. I can tell by the look they are giving them. But I got the same look when they saw Nyx and Hades, so they might just be scared.

Thanks for the necklace Dad…I loved it! Love you all and missing you!

Lily

P.S. Sierra has something to say. "Hi Everyone! I will keep Lily straight and out of troub-" I think that is enough from Sierra because we all know she will do more damage then I would. (HEY! From Sierra) Later!'"

Harry folded the letter smiling. "Sounds like she is already having fun."

"The Trouble Makers, all in the same house. I do feel sorry for Sev," said Leah.

Tommy laughed. He actually felt sorry for the whole school. "I will be in my room," he said getting up.

"Do you want any lunch?" asked Leah.

"Maybe in a little. I want to finish my model," he said smiling.

"Okay honey. Just tell me or get Ivy."

Tommy nodded and went back up the stairs. His model of a snitch was already finished but he needed to read Lily's letter. The two of them were close. How could they not be with everything they had been through together? It was Lily that Tommy went to when he was five and had nightmares remembering that night. It was Tommy that Lily came to if she just needed to talk about anything. They night before she left, they two of them stayed up until two in the morning talking about how she was scared to go and how he was going to miss her.

He closed his door and took his favorite seat by the window and opened the letter, knowing he would get more than his parents did.

Tommy,

Hey little bro! How are you? Everything at the house in order? I am good here. A Slytherin, so that makes it even better. The castle is great, as we both already know. The gang is here with me as well. All Slytherins.

I've met a lot of new people. Bit overwhelming meeting everyone. On the train here, I met Austin Blaine and Cooper Wood. Cooper seems like an insane person. More insane than just talking to things that aren't capable of speech. Remember Daddy's caption when he made the Gryffindor Quidditch team, Oliver Wood? Well, she is his daughter. She seems to know a lot about Dad, mostly just his Quidditch career. She seems like a person that I could get along with really well. She is different than Erra. Cooper is more of a tomboy than Sierra. It will be good to talk to her about something like Quidditch without someone agreeing with me on everything.

Austin has me thinking. He comes off shy but I don't think he is. He is very intimidating. Like the first time you met Papa, that's what it was like for me a little to give you a picture. It might be a bad thing but I am like drawn to him for some reason. I am still trying to figure out what is up with him. When he found out that I was Harry Potter daughter, he was looking at me funny. Maybe just because I am his daughter. I don't know but when I mention him to Papa, he looked at me oddly. Erra describe him best when she said that he had secrets that he would rather die than tell. I don't know what kind of secrets he could have but I plan on finding out.

Guess who else is here? Timothy Nott, small Nott's son. I don't know what is going to happen with that. He told me that it should be an interesting year. I didn't tell Daddy and Mum about that. They don't need to know yet. He has some followers here, go figure. I am sure that they are death eater sons too. I am not scared of him but scared of what he knows. Not that many students know about what happen to us four years ago. I am sure he will bring up you and Jorie in a matter of time. I will have to put up with that when the time comes. Don't tell Daddy and Mum about him or anyone else. But you already knew that.

Slytherin is neat. Everyone is independent. Seems like a good thing to be. I was in the common room before lights went out and the some of the older students were telling us what people think about Slytherin. Daddy said that when he left that all the houses were friends but I guess that wore away. Slytherin and Gryffindor hate each other. Mandy Lowe, the Head Girl this year, told us that no one trusts us besides Slytherins and that this is the most hated house. A bit old if you ask me but I guess that is true, considering most death eaters came from this house and Voldemort himself. Mandy said that if we needed help, ask the seventh years and they would help. It seems that we are suppose to stay together. Might pay later to do that.

Headmaster's opening speech was interesting. He told everyone to stay away from the left side of the castle, at the edge of the forest. I've checked the Map. It didn't have anything there about it. What ever is there must have been put there or whatever after Grandfather and Grandmother left or after Siri, Remmy, and Grandfather made it. Papa and Me-Me told me not to go trying to figure out why we can't go near there. They should have known not to say that. That just makes me want to find out even greater. See if you can get anything out of Daddy or Mum about it. Check our copy of Hogwarts: A History in the library and see if it says anything for me. I have to be careful checking things around here. All the professors will know what I am looking for.

I better be getting to bed. Classes start tomorrow. I will write you tomorrow night and tell you about my first day. I don't know what classes I have until the morning. I will send you a copy.

Blanche is my new owl from Papa and Me-Me. You can send your letter with him. Daddy and Mum can use one of the others. Blanche can be ours. Write soon.

Sierra says Hi and tells you to make sure you make up for the trouble I caused at home.

Love you, Lily.

P.S. TOMMY! Oh my Merlin. It is three o'clock in the morning now. I just had a dream that was really weird. It had Jordan as a ghost at Hogwarts. If only it could be true. But it can't be true because Papa would have said something and why would she be at Hogwarts? I guess it was just one of those dreams that you might want to be true. I don't know. Well I am going to try to go back to sleep. –Lils-

Tommy laid the letter down after he read it twice. She was worried about a lot that she didn't tell Harry or Leah. He looked out the window, pondering each thing before getting up and writing his letter back to Lily, telling her his thoughts on Austin, Nott, Slytherin and the dream.

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"We have a Slytherin!" said Harry walking into work after his lunch break.

"Lily is a Slytherin?" asked Draco.

"Yup!"

"Like she would be anything different," said Tonks, who was leaning, back in her seat.

"Agreed," said Draco who was leafing through the Daily Prophet.

Harry sat down looking around the table. No one was during anything. Now that they had all the death eaters caught, their workload was light. Basically the work was just paperwork. All but one thing was that boring though.

"Anything new from Hogwarts?" he asked.

"Nope. Headmaster hasn't sent anything. Should we be worried with that thing?" asked Blaise.

"I don't know yet. As long as everyone listens to Albus, I don't think so," said Harry.

"Can everyone be protected from it?" asked Noah.

"That would depend on us," said Harry.

"I still don't know what we can do," said Draco. "Besides some Repealing Charms, that is it. It's not going to stop it."

"At least we can try not to mark anyone," said Evan.

"Its weird. Five hundred years would have to be when Lily goes to Hogwarts. Seems like she is taking after her father more than she knows," said Bryan. He had joined Auror Training with Harry taking him in his command during the middle of his training, something that wasn't done often.

Harry looked at him. "More than anyone knows."

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A/N- I am not just going to give it away! You have to read keep reading to see what is actually going on! And thanks to Starangel2106 who gets forty points for giving me the name Blanche for Lily's owl and guessing at least two things about Austin.

A special BIG hug to, Kyki Rivera, HecateDeMort (I am glad you like them Slytherins! I also agree…I could so see Hermione and Harry a Slytherin!), starangel2106, shirriez, and opal ( well, Christian's mother didn't go to Hogwarts and he has hung out with Lily for too long not to be a Slytherin.)

Love From,
Abbie Haven.