Chapter 37: The Letters.
Minutes became hours, hours became days and days became weeks and James didn't even open the letters he had received. Until it was one weekend and Ash and James were alone in the common room, everyone had gone for dinner and Ash and James had an early dinner so they were bored in the common room.
'Well what do you want to do?' Asked James
'I don't know, nothing to do these days at Hogwarts' Ash said as she played with her hair
'Meh, this is stupid' James slouched on the sofa
'Oh my god' Ash stood up
'What?' James got worried
'Do you remember those letters?' Ash asked
'What letters?' James replied
'Those letters, the ones we got from the owlery, the day Sid was admitted into the hospital wing?' Ash said
'Oh yeah, what about them?' James was confused
'You didn't open them, and there were many letters for you that day, don't you still have them?' Ash replied
'You had them, not me!' James sat up properly
Ash sighed and then went up to the dorms and went through her bag to see if there was anything there, there wasn't anything in her muggle bag so she went through her suitcase and there still wasn't anything there. She then looked under the bed and she saw a blue and white striped bag, she quickly grabbed it and went downstairs back to James. When she opened the damp bag, there were many letters in there, all addressed to James Potter, James got up when he saw her and then Ash emptied the bag on the table and both Ash and James sat on the floor to go through the letters, the first letter they picked looked very formal, it had neat writing on front and some type of logo on the back, James opened the letter and then read it out, the letter said:
Dear Mr Potter,
We are writing to inform you that you have won the competition that you entered and you will be going to see Wizard Direction next March, we have enclosed 4 tickets for you and your friends and one adult ticket for a parent or guardian accompanying you, we hope you enjoy the show! We have included the VIP tickets as well for them for a special meeting with the boys and we hope you enjoy your day when you meet them next year, we wish you all the best and see you next March.
Signed: Wizard Management.
'YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WIZARD DIRECTION?' Shouted Ash
'Lower your voice a little and yes I am with some friends as well' Smiled James
'IM SO JEALOUS, OF YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS, BUT WHO ARE YOU TAKING?' Ash was very excited
'I'm taking you, Sid and Rhea' Smiled James
'Who's you- MERLINS BEARD, ME?!' Screamed Ash
'Yes Ash, you' James laughed
Ash then had a half heart attack and then sat down again to read the other letters. The next 5 letters were all junk mail, just some silly ad's on pink hair dye and offers in Honeydukes. Until they came to another letter, James recognised the writing straight away and quickly opened the letter, the letter said:
James,
You went to the boathouse eh? And you found a skeleton, I may know what you're talking about but I don't think I can tell you yet, writing it through a letter isn't very safe and could get into the wrong persons hands, so I'm afraid we'll have to wait until Christmas when all of you are round, and yes I knew Romilda, of course I did. I knew a lot about her, me and your mum were talking about her the other day as well! And just tell me everything about your arm at Christmas! These days sending owls from here to there isn't very safe, how's everyone? Mum says hi and so do the Weasleys.
Lots of Love, Dad.
'So he does know something about the skeleton then?' Sighed Ash
'Well it seems like it' James replied
'I guess we'll just have to wait till Christmas then' Ash looked down
'Don't be sad! It's October now, its only 2 months away!' Smiled James putting his arm around Ash
'Yeah but I really want to find out about that skeleton…' Sighed Ash
'You've been waiting for a while I'm sure you can wait longer… Promise you'll know soon' James held out his pinky
Ash smiled and then they made a pinky promise, since the unbreakable vow was too big for this kind of thing.
'You do pink promises as well?' Smiled Ash
'Yeah course I do!' James smiled back
'It's cute…' Ash whispered
'What?' James didn't hear Ash
'I said it's cool' Ash smiled
'Aw thanks Ash' Laughed James
'No problem!' Ash smiled 'Now are there any more letters?'
'There are a few, but they all look… Weird' James looked worried
'How?' Asked Ash as she looked down
'Well in one, they haven't spelt my name right and then there's another one where its all old and then the last one, well it doesn't look right to me…' Sighed James
'Open the old one first' Ash said
James nodded and grabbed the old looking one and opened it, there was a smell of old parchment and then he opened the letter and there was nothing on the piece of paper…
'There isn't anything on here!' James said
'What? Really?' Ash had a look at the piece of paper 'Well that's strange'
'Why would someone send a blank piece of paper?' Asked James
'Maybe its not blank… It could be invisible ink' Ash said
'Maybe! But how can you make it not invisible?' James was confused'
I don't know, we would have to go to Hogsmeade or ask someone who knew about these things, so I think we'll have to keep this to the side for now' Ash replied
James nodded and then grabbed the next letter, the letter with his name spelt all wrong on the front, James opened the letter and then took the letter out, the letter said:
Its too dangerous… Too dangerous
Shes coming… THIS IS TOO MUCH. YOU have been warned… CHLOE CHLOE CHLOE.
It made no sense to James or Ash and some of the letters couldn't even be read properly because of the bad parchment and the bad ink, it looked like it all had smudged, the small writing was even harder to read.
'What's this supposed to mean?' Ash was shaking
'I don't know… This is really scary…' James sighed
'Are you going to keep the letter?' Ash asked
'I have to… I need to show my dad, even if its dangerous to keep it, I have to keep it' Sighed James
'Well… First we need to figure out what this means' Ash said
'How is everything dangerous? Nothing is dangerous… Nothing bad has happened…' James said
'Well…' Ash looked down
'Well what Ash?' James asked
'Well there was that time with Priya… She disappeared and she hasn't been seen since then, I don't even know where she went and what happened but then… I don't know…' Ash said
'You think its her that's dangerous?' Asked James
'No… What danger would some Hogwarts student cause? It's nothing bad…' Sighed Ash
'Shall we open the third letter now?' Asked James
'Yeah sure… Also just keep that other letter safe, don't let it get into someone else's hands' Ash looked down
James agreed and then got the third and last letter, he opened it and then saw the letter, it was short… But it was disgusting… The letter said:
BLODD HSA BENE SPILT…
The writing was written in blood and there were marks all over the piece of paper, Ash and James didn't know what this was supposed to mean…
'Who writes things with blood?' Ash was scared
'I don't know, but this blood… Is familiar' James recognised
'Rhea and Sid are vampires… Lets ask them what type of blood this is!' Ash said
'Wait… It says 'blodd hsa bene spilt' Why have they spelt it wrong?' Asked James
'They must be retarded or something?' Ash said
'No, this is different, they've done it on purpose, but we'll wait for Sid and Rhea to get back' James said
Ash agreed and they started packing away all the other letters when everyone started coming back from dinner and they saw Rhea and Sid coming back..
'RHEA!' Ash said
'Oh hey, whats with the excitement?' Smiled Rhea
'You're a vampire I need your help!' Ash said
'Well I never knew that I was a vampire and okay, here to help' Rhea said
'I need you to tell me what kind of blood this is, I know you aren't a fully trained vampire but just tell me!' Ash was so worried
Rhea nodded and took a look at the blood, she did everything she could but she didn't know what kind of blood it was, then Ash tried Sid and asked him everything… He did the same as Rhea and then he knew immediately what kind of blood it was..
'Owl blood' He said
'OWL BLOOD!' Ash looked at James
'Owl Blood…' Sighed James
'Wings…' Ash held James' hand