Author's Note: I don't remember if I promised no more of these. If I did, oh well, my bad.
Interlude: Letters Four
Italic - Harry
Dear Fleur,
I wanted to tell you congratulations for getting your Bueaxbatons acceptance letter! I can tell from your letter that you're really excited and I'm excited for you. I can't wait until I start magic school and I didn't think about how lonely I will be when you all go away until a few weeks ago. Did you realize that out of you and Maxie and Keyo, I'm the youngest? You all get to start school before me and I know it isn't but it feels really unfair. Not totally though. Papa says that he'll be sending me to muggle school for a little while so I can see what it's like. He says that I've been home schooled up until now and I guess I have even though I never really thought about it. I never sat down and took lessons like you do with your Mama or went to a hedge witch school like Maxie. Keyo went to primary and a hedge witch school but her Papa didn't make her go back. She says 'make' like he decided she didn't have to but the way she smiles when she says it makes me think she's not allowed to, but Papa didn't want me to ask.
I think I'll like school but it makes me nervous because I've never been around a lot of other kids before. Papa says that a muggle school can have an average class size of at least 30 and that seems like a lot to me. The only time I played with even close to that many kids was when we were in Canada. Papa says he just wants me to try it out and I don't have to stay but I think I'm going to, even if I don't like it. I don't want Papa to think I'm being a baby or selfish. I don't have to stay home with him all the time. A lot of kids go to school right? Even if I do just want to stay home with him I think it would make him feel bad if I didn't give it a real try. He tries really hard to make sure I'm happy and he knows I was when we were traveling but he's not sure now even though I am. I'm always happy with Papa. But I have to make sure he knows I'm happy, even if I end up not liking school.
I'm sorry I won't be able to see you off. We're going to be in England still in September, but Papa says we'll be back for Christmas and Yule. I know Bueaxbatons gets breaks for the holidays so you'll come home right? And I'll see you then.
Maxie wrote to me the other day and he's really sad that we won't be back and France for a while too. He says he has no one to play with but really he just doesn't want to play with anyone else. It makes me feel special. He's had to play with his sisters but he doesn't mind as much as he used to. He also says that his Papa wrote him to, asking him to come and visit on his birthday. Did you know about that? He was really excited because he hasn't seen his Papa in a long time but he doesn't know if his Mama will let him go all the way back to Germany by himself. I hope she lets him because I think Maxie would be happier there.
Keyoshia, when I told her we weren't coming back, was mad at me. Not really mad but just sort of irritated. But she's always just sort of irritated so it didn't bother me. She says that when I'm not in France she's not allowed to visit as much. I think it's because there's no one there to really play with her. She and Maxie don't get along at all and even though she likes you, her Papa doesn't know you're family very well, so there's not a lot of reasons for her to come all the way to France except to visit tante Maribell but she's usually in Russia on business so that means there's no real reason at all. Keyo likes France better than Russia I think. She says at least it's warmer there.
My friend Skylar called me earlier today and I was really happy for him because he and him Mama are finally going to Egypt after Yule. He says they'll be spending the New Year there. He's always wanted to go because he wants to work there when he's older. I was a little sad though because where they will be staying for a while they won't have a lot of muggle things around, so he won't be able to call me on the phone anymore. That's the only thing I dislike about letters, they feel like they take forever to get somewhere and back, but I was always able to call Skylar but I won't be able to soon. He made me promise before that I would visit when he finally got to Egypt so that we can go to all the places he's read about together, but that was before Papa wanted us to take this break so I have to ask again if we still can. I think he'll say yes. He likes Sky and his Mama, Miranda. I think they are his favorite people out of everyone we've met traveling. I know they are mine. It is funny though. We haven't actually seen them since meeting them a few years ago but Sky is still one of my best friends. I miss him all the time like I do you and Max and Keyo.
I miss Gran a lot too, even though I saw her not even a whole month ago. She calls a lot to check up on us but it's different not seeing her and knowing I won't be seeing her for a long time. Tante Lianna and Oncle Leverett are the same. Tante Maribell made a surprise visit though, right after we got back here because she was on her way back to Russia. I don't really know how that works because Russia is in the opposite direction but that's what she said and Papa didn't argue with her. We got up late one morning after I we had visited with Mr. Severus (we stayed late because they started talking about something called a Wolfsbane potion, I think. Have you heard of it?) and she was sitting in the kitchen. She gave Papa a fright but she made us breakfast too. It was really good but I didn't even know she could cook. She always says she has minions for things like that. She also charmed my bedroom ceiling to look like the night sky, she says it's the same type they use at Hogwarts in their Great Hall. Every night I look for constellations but the only ones I'm really sure about are the North Star, the Little and Big Dippers and Sirius, the dog star. I don't know much about astronomy but those are easy enough to find on a clear night.
Will you take astronomy at Bueaxbatons? If you do maybe you could help me find more?
Tell your Mama and Papa I say hi and give Gabby (1) a hug for me, okay? Remember to write, even when you do start school and I hope you make a lot of friends.
Love, Harry
A/N:
(1) Gabrielle. She's about nearing a year old if she isn't already. It depends on her nonexistent birth-date.
Also, before you guys read into anything, as some of you are prone to do, there is no reason Harry is writing to just Fleur other than the fact that I think Fleur is a very reasonable person to write to. There's no secret romance between the two, okay? They're not even teenagers yet, control your hormones people.