Year Two


~*SEVERAL WEEKS LATER*~

Mom, Bethi and I are at the Burrow. We have seen so many impressive things. I love their kitchen clock which instead of numbers which has places and have spoons that have pictures on them instead of hands! I asked them if it came in watch form, so we could pool our allowance and buy you for Christmas, they said it doesn't an it would take us until we've graduated to afford the full size. Oh, Bethi is out playing with the twins asked me to tell you hello. She really gets along better with them then the boys at school. Of Ginny's family I only dislike Percy. We got to meet the elder two yesterday, when they came for a visit. Bill took our money to Grigotts to change it for us, and yes mom, we thanked him. I spoke to Charlie while waiting for Bill to get back. He works with REAL dragons, he showed me pictures of them and they moved like video! Brandi PS: I meant the fire-breathing sort from fairytales, not the Kamodos or bearded ones they are just lizards that muggles like to call dragons.

Dear Brandi, I didn't know I had to still pay you to do the chores that you won't be home to do, very well, consider it a BRIBE to keep me in the loop, remember to keep writing and tell Bethani, she is to do the same. Stay out of trouble, and I MEAN behave for Mr. and Mrs. Weasley It's good of them to take the two of you in after all you where strangers to them. Also since they are being so generous and nice to you it wouldn't hurt you both one bit to help them out with some chores. I have enclosed your first month’s allowance. For BOTH of you, so make sure you give your sister her half! Make it last. Mom

Mom, It's good you agreed to continue our allowances because the day after I sent the last letter to you, or Hogwarts letters arrived. We are both going to school with Ginny and our school supplies where expensive! We could hardly afford to buy our wands. Mine is Ebony and Dragon Heart String while Bethi's is Cherry and Unicorn Hair. Both are eight inches long. Harry Potter, who arrived the morning after the older boys, offered to buy our things for us but we didn't let him. We got separated from him in the Floo Network on the way to buy our books and stuff, when Hermione found him we and the Weasley's where already in Florish and Blotts (the book shop) meeting another celebrity who behaved more like you'd expect. (Ginny has a crush on Harry but her Mom and Hermione where in awe of the other guy but they like Harry) With the first of our allowance's we bought the animals we are allowed at Hogwarts. Bethi was going to buy a Great Horned Owl to send our letters but thought better of it when the twins told her the school has 1000s of owls to loan out. So she got a white ferret with eyes to match hers. Ashe said she'd bribe the principle with Lemon Drops? I don't get it but I assume the boys tipped her off that it's a way to get around what’s allowed animal wise at the school. I got a fluffy, black kitten with pumpkin orange eyes. I named her Sunni because she is as bright as her eyes. She loves everyone and listens better than you say I do. Bethi however hasn't come up with a name for her pet yet. She's called her every female name she can think of insisting that our wands chose us so she's smart enough to choose her name. As of now I think it's between Lucy and Phoebe since she looked at Bethi when called those names but she wouldn't come to them yet. I was just poking her with my wand and telling her she'd better write home soon. I miss you! Brandi

Mom, When Brandi last wrote you, she didn't know the unicorn wand didn't work well enough so after trying every other eight inch cherry wand in the store and finding the three fills all didn't work well for me (the other is phoenix feather) the shop keep Olivander said he'd write the French Wand maker and have him make me a eight inch cherry and veela hair wand. Olivander's doesn't carry Veela hair wands because they are too temperamental and I think that'll be perfect for me. I am supposed to pick it up tomorrow. I can't wait to try Occulus Repairo on my favorite shades which I sat on. As for my ferret, she never came to any normal girl names or corny pets names but she finally answered to Isis! Also Fred and George didn't tell me to bribe Dumbledore! Harry told me Dumbledore likes them so I asked Mrs. Weasley to take me to a muggle sweets shop and I bought him a large bag to thank him for accepting us in his school. I knew he'd accept my ferret because Ron has a rat that he and his brother Percy both took to school and RATS certainly aren't on the permitted pets list! (cats, toad or owl) Love, Bethani

Brandi, I finished your letter just before your sister's arrived clearing up a few mistakes in yours, so I guess your 'poking' really worked. Its great you girls are going to school with a new friend are making more friends before your even get there. Oh and send me a picture of Sunni! Hugs, Mom

Bethani, Thanks for finally remembering you have a mother, your sister is the one who was writing these people and you can't tear your self away long enough to write. Well, be good, have fun and send me a picture of Isis. Hugs, Mom

Mom, The school is just as the guys told us. The sorting was pretty stressful since the stupid hat put me in with Ginny, Hermione and the boys, but it put Bethi in with the Brainiacs! Gryffindor is the brave group , Ravenclaw is Bethi and many of them still say Hermione should be there also. Hufflepuff is the sort who work best with there hands, and the last "house" Slytherin, they are just trouble! Each group has different dorms for guys and girls and each grade. They have Quidditch teams (I'd try to explain but you have a hard enough time with muggle sports), colors, a ghost, a story about the founder it’s named for and a Professor who is in charge. I enclosed a picture of me and my kitty sorry it's a muggle shot. Brandi PS- A girl, Loony Lovegood, we met on the train is a bit nutty but Ginny and Bethi made friends with her so that means I have to put up with her too. (She's a first year Ravenclaw.) The Patil's are set of twin girls also split between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw, they are very nice.

Mommy, Of course I remember you, its just fascinating here. Harry and Ron missed our sorting ceremony because the gateway at the train station locked them out! Ron drove them both here in his dad's flying Ford and his mom was furious. I asked Dumbledore if I could switch to Gryffindor because of my sister and our friends. He said I couldn't but he will let us visit each other in the house common rooms anytime we wish as long as we aren't supposed to be in class or in bed. The Patil twins get the same deal, they are in Harry and Ron's year. Ginny and I made friends with another first year Ravenclaw (her bed is to the left of mine) whose father owns The Quibbler. Brandi thinks that Luna is Loony cause she wears radish earrings. I attached a picture I paid a muggle born first year boy named Colin a Knut to take of me and my ferret. In the Great Hall at Dinner Harry Gave me a Sickle for distracting Colin who was bothering him all morning for a signed photo! Bethani

Dear Charlie, Hey, what's going on in Romania? Hope you still have your arms so you can hold the quill to write me back! I am loving Care Of Magical Creatures but we aren't studying dragons yet could you recommend some books for me to pick up in the library? The Liberian scares me so I thought it would be safer to ask you instead of her. Oh and speaking of books did you ever see Ginny with a diary? Since she got it she's behaving weird. Like she only "talks" to it now. Thanks, Brandi

Bethani, Good for you baby, I see you are getting more comfortable there already. Do you any favorite classes yet? The Weasley's already wrote to tell me about the Daily Profit and I am currently subscribing to learn more of this world my girls are now in. Mom

Brandi, That’s life honey but you are going to be ok. Beth told me Dumbledore will let you and the other split twins see each other practically whenever you want. Mom

Dear Brandi, Hello there how is it going at Hogwarts? My eldest brother, Bill was Head Boy and I was on the Gryffindor House's Seeker last I heard Potter has that position. As for my sister don't worry she probably just brought it to vent about her crush on Harry. My younger brothers like to pick on her about that. And dragons, if you promise me this isn't like what Hagrid did last year, I will send you my own copies of From Egg To Inferno A Dragon Keepers Guide and Dragon Breeding For Pleasure And For Profit. Since I already have them basically memorized. Mind you this is just for research. This sort of thing, as your textbook will tell you, is not only illegal but very dangerous. I don't want to be responsible for you getting in trouble or hurt. So for now I will just send you Dragon Species Of Great Britain which has much more info than Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them. Charlie

Charlie, Thank you so much and I promise I'll be good. What did Hagrid do? I tried asking him but he just sniffled, offered me some treacle fudge and changed the subject, "so you fancy Care Of Magical Creatures 'twas always my best subject". As for Ginny even though her bed is next to mine on the right she hardly speaks to me any more, I'm worried. Especially since Halloween when there was a nasty prank. Some one righting on the wall about a secret chamber and doing a full body bind on Mrs. Norris. Brandi

Mom, Brandi told me she over heard someone calling Hermione a Mud-Blood, she won't say what it means just its a horrible name for someone like us. Do you know what it is? Also, in transfiguration, I turned a match into a needle on my first go! Miss You, Bethani

Bethani, Hmm, she didn't write me lately I guess she's upset at this. Mud is dirt and water so it sounds like some idiot believes the three of you are biracial that’s their issue so just let them look stupid. Even if you were, there’s nothing wrong with that. Mom

Brandi, Your sister told me you are upset by some jerk calling you and your friend Muddy Bloods or something. I don't get why people do that or what gave the fool that idea. Write me baby soon baby. Mom

Mom, Sorry. No the mud blood thing isn't why I hadn't written you. I was writing Charlie Weasley and his reply came right after yours and he sent me a book. I started reading it and completely forgot I never wrote you back. Also Bethi showed me your letter to her this afternoon and I asked Harry if you where right about what MudBlood means. He said, 'No, it's worse, it means dirty blood, a person with non-magical parents' also told me not to worry because 'no decent wizard hates muggle borns'. He himself is a half blood, cause his mother, Lily was a muggle born and his father was a pure blood named James, who was a Gryffindor seeker like him, married her. Brandi

Brandi, Never mind what Hagrid was up to last year. Your intentions seem innocent enough. I will have to use a stronger owl if I send them at the same time. Would you rather I send one at a time or wait till Christmas when Dumbledore does a powerful sort-of-summoning spell but not exactly. He orders the presents for his students staying at the school over the holidays to jump from the givers house to the foot of their owner's bed. By the way I wouldn't feel no badly for Mrs. Norris that old cat is trouble. Charlie

Charlie, I'd be ok with waiting. I was just thinking that last year Ron, Hermione and Harry going for that Sorcerer’s Stone got in about as much trouble as I can imagine they came out of it with out a scratch and the whole school was still buzzing about it until the chamber thing which I now here is a school legend and the teachers are just telling us its a rumor so we won't panic. I doubt how a book could cause that much trouble but if it did maybe I could finally prove I belong in Gryffindor. My sister of course has proved many times she is worthy of her house! Brandi

Brandi, Are you sure you want to stay there? Please show this letter to your sister to so I don't have to waste paper writing your each the exact same letter. Mom

Mom, Brandi said she was going to write you back right after lunch, but since I'm quicker with a quill I'm writing our reply for her. OF COURSE we want to stay we love BASICALLY everything about this place besides a few stuck up pure bloods. Also would you mind terribly if, just this year, we could stay over the Christmas break and see how things are done in the wizarding world? Bethani

Brandi, I know that sounds like fun to you now but ask them, they where terrified but they did what had to be done. BUT, that isn't the only way to show bravery. I'm sure the hat knew what it was doing with you, even though it separated you and Beth, maybe it thought you needed your friends around for support to truly be your best and if they where in danger you would realize how brave a fight you could put up. Maybe your sister would rather study and be left alone. Though I hear she gets into some mischief with my brothers, I doubt many would expect that. Charlie

Charlie, Thank you. I finally saw my first Quidditch Match today. Gryffindor beat Slytherin, but a possessed Bludger broke Harry's right arm just as he caught the Snitch. Also I heard a girl in the common room say yesterday that a teacher said that legend has it the chamber of secrets is real and Slytherin built it to get rid of muggle borns because, at least in those days, muggles were very dangerous and the families couldn't be trusted with the knowledge of the magical world. Do wizards still believe that? Harry told me no decent wizard hates muggle borns, but, I was wondering if they are still feared? Brandi

Brandi, First and fore most. Please, do me a favor? Put it out of your mind, no wizard with half a brain stem still fears muggles, we simply don't want to be found out because then muggles will be wanting wizards to solve all there problems with magic and we deserve to have our own lives. Now, sorry your first game had to end with a friend being hospitalized. (Ron wrote and told me 'that git' Lockhart deboned Harry's arm like a chicken) Other than that did you like the game? I'd have loved to see Slytherin beaten myself. The memories on that field, it's just amazing. I know you had to of at least learned to fly a broom by now, will you be trying out for house team next year? Charlie

Charlie, No, I won't be playing quidditch, I'm not a good enough flier and I'd expect you'd have to be very comfortable on a broom to go up there and risk being knocked off and taking hands off the broom to hold a ball. No, I'm not into that, but I will watch every game, at least the ones Gryffindor plays in. Brandi

Brandi, Is it true you both wish to stay for Christmas because I was wondering what to do for Christmas. You know I finished the shopping already its a shame they are to large to send by owl, how will you get them before summer? I am sure they will do almost as much as the birthday present, sending you across the country to see your friend alone. Mom

Mom, Yes we both want to stay, Charlie told me there is a present summoning spell Dumbledore does. We are sending yours a few days early so it will arrive in time. Brandi

Brandi, Hey, I have a question for you that has been bugging me since you started school. Ginny told me your sister can Apparate better than Bill and I. Taking your cat as a passenger at 10!? Also if Ginny was with you when you bought your kitten,Sunni, than what happened to this one? Charlie

Charlie, Hehe, oh yeah, I forgot! That was a stuffed animal of mine. (not a real one, its a muggle toy) Brandi Mom,

Merry Christmas! This owl is not from the school's owlery, she's your present! Her Name is Nascha it means OWL in Navaho! Love, Brandi

Mom, Merry Christmas! We couldn't go to the Hogmeade village at our age and certainly not to London so I asked George Weasley to go to Eeylops for us and we gave him he money. Hehe same deal as when he goes to the village and we send him to Honeydukes to get us candy. I love you! Bethani

Brandi, I know what a stuffed animal is, you aren't my first muggle born friend. So how are our sister's doing? Charlie

Charlie, Thank you for the books! My sister is still best in every class, same as Hermione. Yours finally tossed the diary and is being Ginny-ish again. Brandi

Mom, Thank you, I got the polariod camera, and concidering what my friends got me, you had Mr. Weasley alter it a bit? Ginny got me a jug of the liquid that wizards use to make pictures move, Ron gave me a card with a Duplication Charm written inside! Harry got me membership in the Honeyduke's Sweets Of The Month Club (first up was a case of Chocolate Frogs, one for everyday til the next shipment) and Hermione got me a Dragon Stationary set! Love, Brandi PS- Bethi got me a Remembral cause I am always forgeting things.

Brandi, Yes, Arthur did a stronger version of that spell Ron gave you on the film so it will never run out, and installed a little tray with a sponge for the formula in the base so as the come out they got a bit of it. Then if anyone wants a copy of the picture just preform the spell and make another! Mom

Brandi, Why didn't you tell me of the attacks!? Dad just told me several muggle borns were perified, Dumbledore was suspended and Hagrid was taken to Askaban!? Charlie

Charlie, Yes, I'm sorry, I didn't even tell mom yet cause I didn't want her to worry and order us home. Just after your dad wrote you Ginny was taken in the Chamber and Harry rescued her and killed the monster before anyone outside our dormitory and the faculty even knew she was gone! Hermione was also recently petrified, but she is back to normal and Hagrid is home also. All is well and we are going home soon. Brandi

Bethani, Did you get petrified!? Cause I can't imagine any other excuse you girls can have for not telling me of the attacks o writing me so I know you are ok! Mom

Mom, We're sorry. At first we didn't wasnt you to panic. Then the TEACHERS did! So we had to be escorted to each class and then stay in our common rooms. So Brandi and I have only seen each other in one class all week. Even meals are served in the common room. Since then Harry Potter saved the school, Dumbledore & Hagrid are back and the petrified people are better. I was just going to write yo when Nascha dropped the letter on my head. I didn't write you after Christmas like Brandi, because I was studying hard for the finals... which have now been CANCELLED! Bethani
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