Hogwarts Letters

Dezzie,

I can see you; one row down, two seats over. I don't know why Binns split everyone up. I think he's finally lost it. Or maybe it's because of those wet-start fireworks...

Sirius Black is making eyes at the back of your head. I blame him and James Potter for the separation of everyone. Damn those "Marauders". And Damn James Potter, the big-headed buffoon. Don't ever fall for Black, Dez, or we'll have to hang around with them. And if we have to hang around with them I'll Advera Kedavra myself.

Potions next. Joy of all joys; 2 hours with the Slytherins! Yuck. D'you think maybe we could skip the class? Go to Hogsmeade through the "Witch Tunnel"?

Write back

Lily

Lily

Sounds fine with me! I am not about to go through 2 hours sitting with all those Slytherin idiots. I hate them. No, I don't hate all of them, but I can't stand Cheryl and Salome. They smirk and gossip and pick on everyone for no reason at all. Every time they talk to me I just want to whip out my wand, and zap them with something nasty, painful and banned.

Anyway, who cares about 'them' right? Point is, yes, I want to go to Hogsmeade.

As for the "Marauders", I don't want to talk about them. It is their fault. Gor, I wish they would stop trying to save the world or something. They really think they are the best things that ever arrived at Hogwarts. Big headed fools.

Geez, Lily, that's gross! I should never have told you I think Sirius is good looking. I mean, he is, but I don't like him, and he doesn't like me and I am glad of that because I don't want to go so low as to befriend a Marauder. He wasn't making eyes at the back of my head. Oh yuck.

Anyway, meet you at the witch

Desdemone

Dezzie,

Good, it's a plan then! I've some money with me, so we can go to the 3B's. Butterbeer- 5 sickles on Mondays & Wednesdays!

Remus Lupin isn't so terrible. At least he's polite. Potter is by far the worst! Him and his broomstick obsession, his belief that he is better than everyone else. I cannot STAND that boy.

Imagine if any of them ever found your letter?! Sirius would never let you hear the end of it! Potter would discover that not everyone likes him! It's almost worth it....hmmm...

Naw. Potter knows I hate him, and you know a few more hexes than I do.

Anelia Logan is sitting beside me, reading a love letter from Magnus Radcliffe. Gag me. What does that girl see in him?!?

#1- He's a Slytherin

#2- He is mean

#3- She is so nice

#4- she's a Ravenclaw (isn't she supposed to be smart?)

#5- Radcliffe isn't exactly a prize pick! It's as bad as it would be if she were dating Potter!!! For Merlin's Sake, he's Lucius Malfoy's friend!!!!!

Did Binns just mention writing a parchment on Uric the Oddball???

Lily

p.s. He was too making eyes at you!

Lily

That was so fun!

Sneaking off to Hogsmeade was great and we didn't even get caught!

What is it with those people? And don't those waitresses at 3 Broomsticks ever wonder why younger girls like us are stopping for butterbeer on school hours? Honestly, I think she thought we were older. We really should have tried ordering a pint of ale each. I've heard so much about the Chickory root ale. We should try next time.

I never responded to the letter you wrote me yesterday, so I will do that now.

Sirius doesn't like me! I don't like any of them and that's final! He was not looking at me. Really. Don't even think of letting one of my notes slip or leaving one around. I know you wouldn't do it intentionally, but try to keep them safe. I don't want the whole school to know what I wrote in there. Not as though Sirius' looks aren't common knowledge or anything., though, so that's part wouldn't be so bad. Dry gossip.

Poor Anelia. Yes, Lily, I agree. Magnus is such a creep and Anelia of all people doesn't deserve him. She is so sweet and accepting. Pretty naïve too. She has to stop being so nice to people. She doesn't have to be so nice to everyone. If Magnus really likes her, he should be nice to her. I can't see this resulting in good. Potter is a better pick than Magnus, though. At least he knows how to be nice.

Now what is really spooky is I think that Severus likes me! This morning he stopped me in the hall and said

"I noticed you weren't in Potions. You missed an important lesson, do you need notes to copy?"

So I just looked at him and then I said

"No, I got them from someone else."

He looked kind of struck and said "Oh, I see. Well, if you need any help with it, just ask me." And he left.

Like I said, spooky. He was trying to be nice or something. I don't actually have those notes, I don't know why I lied about it. Eveline better have been paying attention!

Desdemone

p.s. He wasn't!

Dezzie,

Professor Zambini came to talk to me in Divination today. He lectured me in responsibility and attendance AND gave me a bloody detention! I told him that you were ill yesterday, and I was nursing you back to health, but he told me that nursing was what Hogwarts employed a school nurse for. So I get D.T, which means quality time with the Wonder Boys. How do I know they will be there? Because the "Marauders" always are.

I am sure that he likes you! He's always staring at you! I agree that Sirius is good looking- if you like the shaggy-dog look! Honestly, that long hair is AWFUL!

I asked Anelia how was yesterday. That girl is a lost cause! She sighed & turned red! I wonder if she knows that he beats up first years?

SNAPE LIKES YOU?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

DISGUSTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe you should join some kind of service that will hide you somewhere?!? Or just use a forbidden curse on him...

Potter is not better than Radcliffe! Both are absolute prats!

Admittedly, Potter is better looking (and that will never again be mentioned) But both are absolute PIGS! They should be hexed to DEATH!

Oops, time for detention.

Later,

Lily

Lily,

So, they think I am sick do they? Nobody asked me where I was during Potions class yesterday. So sorry that you got a detention and I didn't. No, really, I am so sorry. Don't expect me to blow my cover though. I am not about to spend an hour with the twats. You'll survive, don't worry. Besides, you have Potter's face to gaze at. (ewwwwww!)

There's nothing wrong with his hair! Shaggy dog! HA! It's because of the hair that I think his looks are extraordinary. But yuck, I'm talking about a Marauder here. Something is really gross here, notice how we've been talking about them more than anyone in these letters lately? It's a bit sickening. Let's not.

Yeah, he likes me. I kind of knew it already. About a week ago, just when all of the Gryffindor and Slytherin Quidditch teams were being formed, I started to notice. He started to look at me, and stand up for me. This one time, for instance, we were sitting around in the green house and Cheryl was really loudly talking about how stupid the Gryffindors were. Then she got specific and began picking on individual Gryffindors. Such as "so-and-so is so fat she can't sit on a broomstick without snapping it like a twig" and "so-and-so is so ugly, the mirrors hide from her".

So I told her to shut up and stop picking on us

"You only say that because you know the hat put you in the trashy house, and you think that bringing others down will make Slytherin look better." I said. Then they glared at me, and started to make fun of you and I and Eveline and Ursula and the other girls. I got really angry and said

"Oh, this is so stupid! For Merlin's sale. You are 6th years! Act like it and stop being so childish already."

This is when Salome knocked over my devil's snare onto the floor, cracking the pot. The thing started to writhe around and grab at people's ankles. Everyone (almost everyone) screamed and jumped up onto their stools. Severus pulled people out of the way and those brainiac Marauders too over and Peter (quick thinking for once in his life) used the lightening charm and it worked; the plant huddled into a ball and remained curled up there. Professor Vildermin and the class applauded. Then Severus turned to the girls and said

"Really, that's wasn't a perfect example of childish?" he said sarcastically "Take some of Desdemone's advice and start showing your house some pride."

Then he turned to me and said

"Sorry" and he nudged the other girls, and they apologized too. Then the Slytherins cleaned up the mess. This was humiliating because they weren't even told to, they just did it because Severus wanted to make himself a leading example. I was really annoyed, and to top it off, Remus turned to me and said

"Looks like you have a few Slytherins under your thumb, way to go" I sort of half smiled, but I was embarrassed. To top it off, Sirius blurted out

"Except Severus, that's different. Dezzie, you don't just have respect, you have that wizard wrapped around your finger, don't you?"

I turned red. Then Vildermin gave house points to the Slytherins and the Gryffindors and dismissed the class and there was a big commotion over it and the houses hated each other again and then they brought up Quidditch and then it was all upturned and it was hell. Since then I've noticed that they were right, Severus does talk to me more often. I hate advanced Herbology night classes.

And I hate the Marauders. What is up with the name? It's so goofy. They are such a pack of idiots. Do they really think that giving themselves a name is all that smooth? Idiots. They aren't just super wizards, now, they're super wizards with a name! Ooooh!

Know what we need? We need a name for our group of friends! Try thinking of one while you are in detention. We could be like a gang or something.

-Later

Desdemone

Dezzie,

My hands are so sore! We scrubbed trophies for 3 hours tonight! You'd think that the Professors would be able to come up with more creative punishments- at least more creative than trophy scrubbing!

The usual suspects were there- Remus, Peter, Sirius and Potter. I walked in Mid-Zambini lecture.

"Miss. Evans! So nice to see you, sit your lovely self down!" That wasn't Zambini (thank goodness). It was Potter.

Have I mentioned how much I hate that boy?

Zambini frowned, and explained to me that I would be helping clean trophies. No explanation needed. He took our wands and left. I looked at the 4 boys. They looked at me.

"Why are you in here, Miss. Evans?"

"Stop calling me that" which was the wrong thing to say, because Potter's eyes lit up.

"Why are you here?" that was Remus

I didn't answer. I never answer any "Marauder" questions. Instead, I grabbed some cleaning solution and a rag. I went over to the trophy given to Tom Riddle for special services to Hogwarts, and began to polish it forcefully. Eventually, the Wonder boys joined me, and it was silent for awhile as everyone worked. Then Peter brought up the subject of paths, and it took me a minute to realize that they were talking about OUR witch statue. I began to laugh, but shouldn't have, because they all demanded to know why I was laughing.

"Because Dezzie and I have known about that particular passage since 3rd year!" I exclaimed laughingly. "I guess you 'Marauders" aren't as debonair and exclusive as you thought!"

Potter positively smoked. He glared fiercely and said

"Well Miss. Evans, I'll have you know we've found plenty of secret passage ways! So before you tell us who's the least capable of finding them, think again! How many have you found? The witch, #1. How about the one in the 2nd floor boys toilet, or the one behind the portrait of Cleopatra on the 3rd floor, hmmm?"

Sirius then jabbed him and he shut up. I took out my quill, and wrote it down on my arm- for future reference.

The rest of DT was a huge bore.

Oh! Sirius was talking about the Halloween ball. Actually, I got roped into their discussion. Sirius laughingly asked if you were going with Snape. I replied that of course you weren't, then, as an afterthought added

"Why, are you jealous dog-boy?"

All 4 of them stopped smiling and stared at me.

"D-dog boy?" Sirius asked squeakily.

"Mmm...you know, Sirius, the dogstar, rises every year in Egypt. The Egyptian muggles based their calendar on it..."

"O. Riiight. Dog-star. Sirius. Ha ha ha." Remus said, the color returning to his face.

"So it was a bad joke. So what. I can't help it if you guys are uncultured." I said angrily.

Then I noticed that Sirius had effectively changed the subject when I'd asked about you. The sneak! I'll bet he does like you! Too bad he'll have to fight Snape for you! Hahahahaha!

I should stop writing & finish my Potions essay...

Lily

p.s. A name....hmmm...good idea

p.p.s I am leaving this on your school books because we have early morning Quidditch practice. See you in Herbology!

Dez,

I am just writing for the hell of it, because I saw you reading another letter at brekky. How are you?

Where is everyone today?

I count 10 out of 30

Bye

James Potter

p.s. James love's you, he wants you ba..

Sorry, that was Sirius.

Dez,

Do you need my Potions notes? You can have them at lunch if you do.

I was thinking- we should all (you, Lily, Ursula, Lavinia, Phoebe, Cloë, and I) go shopping for Halloween costumes Saturday. No sneaking out, it's a Hogsmeade Day!

Has anyone asked you to the Ball yet???

Eveline