Chapter 23
The next morning the Dursley's along with their in-laws were again sitting at the table-hopping for another letter from their girl.
They were so excited that they didn't consider the fact this was the first time they had spent so much time together seeing as both older couples hated each other but all four loved their grandchildren so they tolerated each other.
When the silence was becoming too much for Carter, he hated that his grandparents didn't get along but he hoped now that his family secret was out his grandparents would have a better relationship he was about to speak when he saw his sister's new owl at the window and smiled now, he had an excuse.
"That's Vi's owl." said the youngest Dursley getting everyone's attention
Getting the letter was easier this time and everyone was excited to read it.
Hi everyone!
Hope you are at grandma and grandpa but if you aren't there tell them I love them very much.
I'm sorry I didn't write last night but I was so excited and decided to do my homework according to Lils (Lily said I could call her that) it will pass as soon as the excitement runs out, I don't think so but I didn't really know.
"I agree with that girl," said Natalie knowing her daughter
I had two classes yesterday one was Transfiguration and it was amazing did you know that witches and wizards can transform into animals It's called Animagi and it appeared very difficult to do.
The Headmistress can do that and when we entered the class, she was a top of the teacher's table as a cat and when she transformed was so amazing to see it, I want to do that when I grow up.
"Well, if my sister turns into an animal does that means I'm allowed to have a pet then?" asked Carter smiling at his mother
"No even then you are not allowed to have a pet you are not responsible enough." as she said that the owl screeched" I'm sorry Strawberry I didn't mean to forget about you."
Apparently, both of Lils and Allie's grandfathers were able to do that very young so was James Sirius' namesake.
The teacher is really nice too he was a Hufflepuff and is now the head of the house you know he fought in the war too and he has a big scar over his eye from that he also has a limp.
Allie said that her dad told ger that the scar over his eye was because some of the bad guys who were teaching at the school didn't like what he had to say and used a dagger over his eye and if it hadn't been for Allie's mother, he would've lost his eye and that's why she becomes a healer (a doctor) aren't they amazing.
I also met Lils' godbrother he is my DADA professor and his name is Edward Remus Lupin (Lily told me his middle name I think it's cool cooler than mine at least) but he told me I can call him Ted. His dad was a teacher too he taught in 1993 but from what Antonia she's a Slytherin I know his parents died during the war.
"What was his name?" asked Petunia
The youngest Dursley looked at the letter again and said," Edward Remus Lupin why grandma?"
The blond woman took a box from her cupboards and looked through the pictures it held inside showing one of them to her son and grandson" My sister gave it to my parents after graduation when she moved with her boyfriend."
"It's moving," said Natalie as she looked over her husband's shoulder
And she was right the photo was really moving it showed a number of people in different positions and gathered in groups of two. One Dudley was sure were his aunt and uncle with the man that looked almost identical to his cousin and for some reason reminded him of someone else was lying on his aunt's lap with his eyes closed while his aunt was looking at him with the same eyes, his cousin had while her hand moved over his hair.
The other was also a couple the man had his arm over the woman's shoulder and he moved to kiss her cheek making her blush.
The two other girls in the picture were giggling at each other while looking at their friend's blush.
The last two were two boys one was the most handsome man Dudley had seen with amazing grey eyes he was laying on his stomach and he smirked ever so often looking at all of his friends, the other one was reading a book but he raised his eyes ever so often to looked at those around him.
Dudley looked at his mother confused" Turn it around" and that he did on the other side it was written with handwriting he had come to know very well 'Me and my friends James Potter, Alice, Frank Longbottom, Dorcas Meadowes, Marlene McKinnon, Sirius Black, and Remus Lupin getting ready to graduate. Peter is taking the picture'.
"The name is the same," said Natalie reading what was written," Partially at least."
"So, one of Violet's teachers is either a friend of your aunt who goes by his middle name or related to him." said Liam looking at the young children there" And I think that other couple is the parents of Violet's other teacher. The one that came to tell us she was a witch."
"I think he his son." said Petunia" I remember him the year Harry's godfather died…" she stopped and looked at the picture again" that one with grey eyes. He came along with his other friends to tell us about it."
"Wait," said Dudley" I remember now Hestia" at his wife's look he explained" Hestia was one of the ones that put us in hiding." when she nodded, he continued" she mentioned a couple named Lupin who had died."
Dudley looked at the picture again they looked so young he couldn't imagine that at least one of them would die for a cause.
Carter continued reading his sister's letter
He is a Metamorphmagus which means he can transform whenever he wishes apparently, he has inherited it from his mother, he even did it a little bit during the lesson which was so cool.
I even had a nice talk with him before he remembered he had a meeting but I still don't know why Lily smirked when he said that they won't tell me.
You know I met Lily's other brother, to I was right he was nice too and had such pretty green eyes too.
"Should I be worried?" asked Dudley when his son read that part no one answered him
I have to go I have lessons again today Herbology and Charms and you know the Charms professor has taught during the time great-aunt Lily went here maybe he would talk about her too.
Talk to you all soon can't wait to come home.
Love you, Vi.
