Dearest Ted,

It's only been a week since I left Hogwarts, but I miss you terribly already. I don't understand why I can't just stay in school until Lyra is born, then go home. I still have two more weeks until she's supposed to be here. Headmaster Dumbledore said it was simply too dangerous because eighty percent of the Slytherins want me dead, I had to hide in my dorms and the library half the time. It isn't like I chose to have Lucius' baby, the fucking bastard raped me for Merlin's sakes! I really hate how pureblood snots view women. I just hope that maybe one day it'll be different.

Your family really saved my life you know, if you didn't convince your mother to let me come stay with you I don't think I would have survived all of last summer. My father wouldn't allow me to have a baby out of wedlock, and I wouldn't have allowed him to lay a finger to her, so he probably would've beaten me to death. Looking at your family and the way you interact with each other makes me sad that I couldn't have that growing up. My mother and father are not loving people, they love me and my sisters, sure, but they have never said it. Not once. I refuse to let Lyra grow up like that, she will grow up knowing that I love her more than anything in the world, the way children should grow up.

You and your family are simply amazing. Your mother took me shopping the other day and we got everything we needed for Lyra's arrival. The nursery is perfect, I'm going to send you a few pictures so you can see for yourself, but it's a Winnie the Pooh theme. Your mother had to spend a good fifteen minutes trying to explain what Winnie the Pooh was to me. Sometimes I feel so stupid when it comes to Muggle things, I really don't know much about it at all.

Doing the nursery made me realize how close she is to getting here and I simply can't wait. When I was at Hogwarts I could focus on school and staying alive in Slytherin, but now that I'm here there's nothing to do but watch telly and think about her. I wonder will she look like me at all? I really hope she doesn't look like Lucius, I don't want to be reminded of that night when I look at her.

Are you as excited as I am? You'll be coming home when she's born, right? Even just for a day or two? I'm not sure when I'll be coming back to Hogwarts, I'm keeping up on my studies but I can't do any magic here because I'm underage. I think that's the only thing I miss about my parents' house. Who would've thought that there was a good thing about being in a pureblood family?

How is Cissy doing? I know you're a Hufflepuff and the Slytherins aren't exactly welcoming to you but do try to check up on her every now and then, okay? I worry about her a lot, I hate that I had to leave her behind.

Make sure you do everything in your power to destroy Slytherin in your final match, okay? Lucius was furious when you guys beat him in the first game against Slytherin, he wouldn't stop bitching about it in the common room. I couldn't stop laughing, serves him right.

It's late and I haven't been sleeping the best these past few days so I'm going to give my letter to Tawny so you can read it in the morning. She really is the best pet anyone can ask for… Funnily enough your mother still finds it funny that I have a pet owl.

Until tomorrow,

Andromeda

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