12 April, 2015
Hey Mum,
We (Victoire, Dominique, Louis, Molly, Lucy, Freddie, Roxie, Hugo, James, Albus Lily, Brendan and Emily Jordan, the Muggleborn girl named Leah Goldberg, Simon Tate, Basil and Lauren Wood, Evie Moss and Abigail Benedict, Aidan and Bryony Finnigan, Allie Longbottom, the Muggleborn girl named Belle Harrison, Lorcan and Lysander Scamander, Teddy, (surprisingly) Scorpius (please don't tell Dad his last name is Malfoy, he's different. Teddy got him out of Malfoy Manor, though I suspect whichever of the Patil twins it was that married Blaise Zabini helped), and I) moved into the renovated Grimmauld yesterday. Teddy plans to call it the Barracks, since we already call ourselves Phoenix Army and soldiers (some anyway) live in barracks. Really Number Twelve and Grimmauld Place just felt too past-like and creepy. And Lily still bursts into tears every time she goes into the kitchen, though that could be because the house elves are using a lot of onions in our food. Thank you for sending Winky and Dob, by the way. We already have Kreacher because of Jay, Al, and Lily, but I wasn't sure he could cook for twenty-eight people on his own. Winky and her son are perfect, and you've still got the Longbottom twin elves, Plinko and Reenie, plus the MacMillan elf, Lebbie because of Aimee.
Lily found Severus Snape's old potion lab as well, and has barely left the place since. I think she'll be a great potioneer, which is good because no one else is. James and Dominique transformed one of the old sitting rooms into a training room for destructive spells. I have a feeling they, Brendan, and Molly will be spending a lot of time there. Al, Evie, and Abigail found the old library, so they're fine. Emily and Hugo are spending a lot of time together, and I'm not sure how I feel about that. On the one hand, they're only eight (she's still seven actually), so they're still kids, and things will most likely change. On the other, he's my little brother, and I don't want him to get hurt. Help! Better yet, get Dad. I feel like this is a field he'd be good in, for once. At least their beds are rather far away from each other.
On the topics of rooming, however, let me show you a general list of who's rooming with whom.
Teddy/Hugo (1)
Victoire/Dominique (2)
Louis/Fred (3)
Molly/Lucy (4)
Roxie/Allie (5)
Rose/Belle (6)
James/Aidan (7)
Albus/Scorpius (9)
Lily/Emily (8)
Lorcan/Lysander (10)
Brendan/Simon (11)
Leah/Bryony (13)
Simon (12) We don't know how he ended up with his own room, but I guess he did.
Evie/Abigail (14)
And there you have it. Kreacher, Winky, and Dob are sharing Kreacher's old boiler cupboard, which Victoire kindly expanded for them. We offered to give them an actual room, but Winky and Kreacher insisted that good house elves did not sleep in the same conditions that masters did.
For a group of kids and one adult living alone, I think we are doing quite well. Oops, I spoke too soon. I have to go, Mum. A crash just sounded from the kitchen, and I have a bad feeling that Victoire's trying to help the house-elves make dinner. How long will it take her to realize that it's Lucy, Fred, and Hugo who inherited Gran Molly's cooking skills. I'll write again to you soon. I hope this letter reaches you swiftly, and that you and Dad, and the rest of the Order stay safe.
Your loving daughter,
Rose
16 June, 2015
Hey Mum,
It's me again, you know, your daughter. My name is Rose. I think you're a bit sleep deprived, as your past two letters had three spelling mistakes, five grammar mistakes, and at one point, you told me to ask Auntie Ginny. I can't exactly do that anymore Mum. Sorry.
Anyway, I'm here to give you an update. Teddy and Victoire finally got together. I won two weeks of no dummy cleanup from Belle. She was convinced that it would happen back in May. How many bets did you Order members have? And don't give me the we-are-adults-we-wouldn't-do-things-like-that speech, because Dad, Uncle George, Uncle Charlie, Uncle Bill, Dean, Seamus, Lee, Alicia, Aunt Angelina, Katie, and Oliver at the very least would totally bet on something like this. Probably Aimee MacMillan, Dennis, and the Patil twin that isn't married to Blaise, too. Well, maybe not Uncle Bill. It is his daughter we're talking about here. Even you would bet on this, Mum. You bet on Uncle Harry and Auntie Ginny, after all.
Sorry this was so short. Nothing much is really going on here at the Barracks. Lily invented her sixth potion this morning, Dominique and Brendan came up with another Charm, but Teddy won't let them use it until they create a counterspell, and Bryony's half-birthday was two days ago.
Your very happy daughter,
Rose
31 October, 2015
Hey Mum,
It's Halloween today. It seems to be an unspoken rest day here. James, Albus and Lily vanished this morning, presumably to visit Petunia, Dudley, Peter, and Helena Dursley. You know what happened to the Dursleys a couple years ago. Turns out there was more to the story than just Death Eaters attacking a family (grandparents, parents, and two kids) of Muggles, and killing two of them. Apparently, they waited so many years because they wanted the Order to think they were never coming, and then they struck. I hate Wormtail. He's the only one who knew that Lily Evans Potter had a Muggle sister. Also he brought back Voldemort, and all that bad stuff. It's also his fault the first James and Lily Potter are dead, and he pretty much guaranteed that Uncle Harry would have little to no actual childhood.
Anyway, I think Belle might have known the Dursleys. She mentioned one of her neighbors having a son and a daughter 2 years apart. And, yes, I know that a lot of families are like that, but she also mentioned that the granddad and mum died "unexpectedly", and then the gran, dad, and kids moved away right after. So, maybe she did. Or not. Muggles are weird (no offense to Gran Melinda and Granddad Curtis).
Leah's still having nightmares, but she won't tell us what they're about. Louis totally fancies her, by the way. They seem to have formed an unexpected friendship. Maybe he can change her opinion of herself. I'm serio not joking, that girl is extremely self-deprecating. I hope that with all of us Weasleys we can make her a bit more of an extrovert.
I hope you and Dad are doing okay. I always forget that it wasn't just our uncle that died today, he was your best friend too. Maybe you guys can share embarrassing stories about him. You're all bound to have at least one. You and Dad probably have dozens. Even Aimee MacMillan might have a few. Oh, and Hugo says hi.
Your rather worried daughter,
Rose
19, June, 2016
Hey Mum,
Lily cut her hair this morning. She claims that shorter hair doesn't fall forward into cauldrons as easily, but I think she wants to be different. We all know what it's like, being the kids of war heroes (or, in Scorpius's case, war villains) but she, Jay and Al feel it more strongly than the rest of us, even Fred and Molly. Not only are they Harry and Ginny Potter's children, they're all named after war heroes as well, and Al's the only one who has a living namesake. Plus, Lily is the spitting image of her gran Lily, except for the eyes and freckles, both of which she gets from her mum. Al looks just like their dad, but Jay is just an odd mixture of both of their parents. Well, I wrote a letter during wartime about genetics. Can cross that off of my bucket list…
Your more-than-a-little-worried daughter,
Rose
12, November, 2015
Hey Mum,
Well, we're all alive. That last attack almost sent us to Uncles Harry and Fred and Auntie Ginny the hard way. Scorpius thinks they're after him. Lily told him (read shouted at him) to "Stop being a self-absorbed prat, they're after all of us, because we dare to defy them". That girl is going to be a real spitfire.
Mum, it seems like Jay and Al are keeping a secret from the rest of us. Teddy doesn't know (I asked him, and he's horrible at lying), and they won't tell us. I'm worried Mum. We're trying to be like you, Dad, and uncle Harry, but it's hard. We're kids, Mum, but I don't want this to be our war someday. I'd rather it end-and soon. Please share some motherly advice, Mum. We need it.
Your desperate daughter,
Rose
Well, here you go. I hope you like it. These 'Letters' chapters are going to be more, 'here's the information in a way that's easier to process', and they will occur every few chapters, just to go over what we've learned. They also won't just be Rose to Hermione, the next one may be Fred II to Angelina, or Aidan to Seamus (I haven't decided yet), but they will all be child-to-parent.
Next chapter will be the first time travel chapter. *yay* It will be titled 'A Bet Won', and will be published by April 30.
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Swanglade37