Dear Andromeda, Sirius and Regulus,
It’s your uncle Alphard here and if you all are reading this letter, I will probably be dead.
You three are the most important thing of my life, and I could never imagine living without having ever taken care of you.
But now I can’t, and after this, I will probably be an old memory in your minds.
Sirius, I know what you are doing, stop screaming and crying, tears are normal but you don’t have to think it’s your fault in any possibility.
Reggie, you can cry if you want, that's nothing wrong with it.
Andy, my little woman, take care of these two dudes like if I were there, and don’t forget that you three are a family after all.
I’ve decided to share my things with you.
Andromeda you will have my house, your daughter needs a place to live with her parents, and I would be honored if you will choose my house for that.
Regulus all my jewels are yours, all my clocks and all my bracelets.
I’ve decided to give Sirius one of the things that I love the most, my motorbike, yes dear, all yours.
My money will be shared with you, I’ve already done it.
Andromeda will have more because she’s got a family, Sirius more than Regulus just because he does not have any money now that he was dishonored, please, Reggie don’t blame me for this.
I’d like to tell you something about my life, because I’ve noticed that it has always been a mystery for you.
I was born in a weird century, the second muggle war had just ended and the first wizarding war too. The world was at peace but the people were still close to the news.
I’ve spent my childhood in the house of my grandma, my mum was always sick so she decided to take care of me. I’ve never met my grandfather, her husband, because he was dead when my mum was born, but I think that he’s not important at all because I’m pretty sure that my grandma was a lesbian.
In fact, she used to live with her best friend, Dolly. I’m not sure about her name, maybe Dolores?
She was kind of weird, she was silent and peaceful, too quiet for me. But she wore beautiful pink dresses and I used to steal them, I think she knew it. She was much younger than my grandma but they used to stay well together.
They used to share the bedroom and when I asked my grandma why she told me that simply we don’t have other bedrooms, but I’m pretty sure that there were a lot of rooms where it was nothing and that if they wanted to, they could have used it like a bedroom.
At Hogwart, I was a Slytherin like the rest of our family except for Sirius, good one Sirius!
During my first years I didn't have a lot of friends, yes, I spent a lot of time with my roommates but we were not really close.
It was in my fourth year when all it changed.
During the summer I had found out that I'm gay and when I came back to school I realized that I had an enormous crush on a ravenclaw boy.
He was clever, kind and really determined.
If he wants something, he will have it.
Because none could ever say no to Lyall.
That's the reason why that night in my common room, at a party, I decided to kiss him and he kissed me back.
The day after I thought that he would probably not talk with me anymore but it was not.
He came to me and told me that he was actually hetero but he wanted to try, he said sorry to me.
I was confused because I'm a Black after all, and you know, in our childhood, we must say sorry but none says sorry to us.
We started talking and then, we became friends.
Mates.
He's my best friend today too.
I think I will always be in love with him but it's ok because we are actually friends.
Our friendship is totally platonic and I can accept it.
After Hogwarts I decided to start a new life in the muggle world.
I became a singer.
It was the 60th and it was just me and my guitar in pubs.
I started being famous, I was actually pretty famous, I started dating a person that you probably know, David Bowie.
Yes Sirius, I know that now you are jumping and screaming "my uncle hung out with Bowie!!" and your obsession with him is the first reason why I've never told you about it.
We stayed together for three years and it was all amazing.
Dating a star is incredible.
To be honest I was his Starman.
After him, I dated other men but nothing important.
And then I came back to the magic world.
I met my sister Druella and the first time I saw little Andromeda doing the “bad daughter”, I thought that I had to take care of you.
Because everyone needs a gay relative who's always there for you.
The month after, my sister Walburga decided to marry Orion.
And to be honest I was not really worried about it because Orion was too stupid to be important.
If I had understood first that he was too stupid to help my sister with her issues.
Because my sister has always been a bit crazy, probably she's mentally unstable and probably she's got a mental problem but 'hey it's a magical world and we hate muggles medicine!'
She hated children and when she found out she was aspecting Sirius I was terrified.
I knew that she would never be a good mum.
And she wasn't.
She hated you guys because you were the proof that in her life she was born just to make an heir.
I tried to do my best to help you guys and I will do it again if I could.
Now I'm here with my boyfriend Ludo and we are going to sleep but I don't even know if tomorrow I'll be there.
Because I'm sick guys and I'm sick to an illness that no magic can heal.
Lyall was here yesterday and I told him this, but he won't believe me. He said that I'm just the same dramatic guy I've always been.
But in his heart he knows that I was serious, he just doesn't want to suffer anymore.
After Hogwarts he became a worker for the ministry and he used to do things with wolves.
He married a nice muggle and they were happy. They had a child, I don't remember his name but it's not important at all, and then all his life was ruined.
First his son was bitten by a werewolf, and two years later the poor Hope died because of an illness that I don't know. After her death he usually comes here to spend a pair of days there with me, like a vacation from his horrible life. Here in the last four years I've met a man, a beautiful man, he's called Ludo and he's a muggle-born, that is the reason why I decided to step away from our family, I'm gay and I stay with a muggle-born, dishonor!
I've written the list of my invited to my funeral. If you would like to send the invite to them I'll be glad.
To say goodbye to you the last time I'd like to tell you something.
Andromeda, you are the bravest woman that I know and you should continue to fight for what you believe.
Sirius, you have to figure out who you are and understand that you are not that poor child anymore, you are just a handsome guy who can love and be loved like the others. You are gay and you should be proud of that, if doesn't really matter if you are in love with that one Potter or that other who I don't remember the name, you should came out just because you need it.
Regulus, it doesn't really matter if you don't like anyone at all. Love is not the most important thing in this world, at your age it could seem like that, but believe me, it's not.
But you three have to remember something really important: you are always a family.
I won't be there to tell it to you anymore so you have to understand that.
And fight guys, fight for your rights, it doesn't matter what you are fighting for, the important thing is fighting for what you believe in.
I'm going to bed so I have to say goodbye to you.
Please tell Ludo that I loved him and go to find Lyall Lupin and tell him that he's always been my best friend and my favorite person.
Please don't forget me at all.
With all the love I can feel,
Alphard Black.