Dear Andi
I can't believe it! I actually can't believe it! I haven't heard from you in months! Andi, it's fantastic to finally receive a letter from you! How are you? Where are you currently living? Can I come and visit you this Christmas? Yes, please do come and see me off next September, and every September after that! Why didn't you write more often, Andi? Was it because you were afraid Mum would intercept it? Very wise, Andi – she's always wanting to read our mail before we do. How are you and Ted? Will you have any children? Can I babysit them? Sorry if I sound like I'm babbling, but I am so excited! I'm in Gryffindor, by the way. Please say you're proud of me – I'm sick of all these letters from Mum and Dad and Aunt Walburga and practically every member of our highly annoying and frustrating family, going on and on about how I've disgraced the Noble and Most Ancient House of Black. Did you hear about Bellatrix's wedding? Apparently, I'm invited. That surprises me, Andi. For one thing, Bella hates me. For another, I've disgraced their precious pureblood family. I guess they didn't want to have to explain to guests why I didn't turn up. And apparently you aren't invited, which is a pity. I'll be bored to death at that stupid wedding, Andi. If you were there, things would be so much better. Oh well…maybe I'll just bring a book or something, and concentrate on that. But it really is fabulous to hear from you, Andi! Please write more, I want to hear absolutely everything about your married life! And I'll write back loads, of course. Yeah, I've got some new best mates – James Potter (apparently his mum, Dorea Potter, used to be a Black – the poor old dear, I can understand why she left, ha-ha), Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew. They are all cool. There's this Muggleborn, Lily Evans, who James has already got his eye on. But she hates him, for some reason. She's got this greasy slimeball of a friend named Severus Snape (we call him Snivellus) and I can't for the life of me understand why she likes him! People these days, they're so strange…
PLEASE WRITE BACK SOON, ANDI! I BEG YOU!
Lots of love, your highly overexcited cousin Sirius