Well, here's another chapter for your entertainment. Hope you enjoy, and I hope Ginny's character is improving.
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4th October 1998
Dear Bill and Fleur,
Hello, my dears. How are you both? How's the pregnancy going? Fleur must be getting bigger now, if you're five months in by my reckoning. Thank you for your last letter, it's good to know you're getting on fine in Shell Cottage. You'll have to floo me when you want to start decorating the nursery – as you might imagine, I have plenty of experience at that!
Ginny and Siria are getting along much better now. Siria looks exactly like Ginny, except she's got Harry's bright green eyes. I'm guessing that you'll have heard what's happened by the time this gets to you, so I'll just explain how it happened. They caught Harry. Someone must have told them about Siria, because they used her and Ginny as bait. The Ministry said that they were going to take the pair of them away because they were worried that Harry would be a danger to their safety. Apparently he might want to kidnap Siria, her being his daughter, and might harm Ginny in the process.
Complete codswallop, of course. It seems as if we've just swapped one corrupt government for another. So anyway, Harry came back to the Burrow to see if it was true and they caught him here. Ginny and Siria were released, but Ginny's completely traumatised now. She won't let Siria out of her sight (which, although better than her indifference before, I wish could have been caused by different circumstances) and is desperately worried about Harry. So am I, for that matter. After all he's been through, that poor boy is now being held in Azkaban. I guess only time will tell what will happen to him. Kingsley is going to be his lawyer and goodness knows some of the things they're charging him with are ridiculous.
Thank you for the money you lent us to help pay Ron's fine. We managed to scrape together enough to pay it in the end, but Ron promises as soon as he gets enough he'll pay us all back.
Have you heard about George's new job? He's the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts! I'm so proud that Minerva offered the job to him, with only three OWLs. He's being let in on experience grounds. He was looking for another job anyway – he's finding it so hard without Fred. We all are. Ginny's completely ignoring the facts at the moment and is doing ok. Her and Tonks have been meeting regularly, so Teddy and Siria can play together and they can talk. Kindred spirits, I suppose. Both have lost the father of their child.
Anyway, I need to get dinner ready so I'd better go. You must come to see Siria again – she liked playing with Fleur last time.
Love to you both,
Mum x x x
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