Post & News (Prisoner of Azkaban)
This summer was different from the last two, shortly after coming home Terra, Oliver and Rolf where packing the bags again to head to Norway with Newt and Tina for two weeks, the trip was fun and when she got back to the UK it was back to normal in the Scamander house, writing letters to her friends to see how they are doing, Ron was going to Egypt with his family after his dad won the raffle from the Daily Prophet. Hermione was also going abroad to France with her parents, while as for Harry was stuck at his muggle relatives, she only seen them twice and just like the first-time seeing Harry’s Uncle his rude and disrespected attitude towards her dad and Mrs Weasley made her understand why Harry hardly speaks about them and how Ron and the Twins mentioned what happened to him when he was not writing to them last summer. What his own family did to him, locking him up in his room like a prisoner, after that it begin to put two and two together, his normal clothes that where three times his size against his thin body that made them look even bigger. She knew his birthday was coming up soon so, she knows just what to do.
Harry was in his bedroom writing his essay under the bedcovers in the middle of the night when he realised it was his birthday he was about to call it a night, when he got owl post, from Hagrid, Ron, and Hermione, along with his third year Hogwarts letter, he had opened each card and presents, when he was about to close the window he saw another silhouette getting bigger head right towards the window, stepping back like he did with Hedwig, Errol and a Hogwarts Owl, but this time Arch landed on Harry’s bed, along with another owl he has never seen before he could only guess that it belongs to Terra’s father, both owls had several packages, which made him wonder why so many, he unties them from the owls, Arch hand a letter in his beck, he was looking at the boy who lived, bobbing his head up and down in a way to say ‘read it, read it’.
Harry takes the letter from Arch, the two newest arrived Owls flew up onto the wardrobe so Harry can sit on his bed, he opens the letter finding a birthday card and a letter; after opening his birthday card he begins to read the letter.
Dear Harry,
Wishing you a Happy birthday, hope your summer is going well, glad to hear about Ron and his Family taking a trip to Egypt, I've came back from Norway a few weeks ago with my Grandparents, got new creatures to look after.
So about the many presents from Arch and my Dad’s Owl Bob, see my Great Auntie Queenie was popping over to visit and she could not help herself to add a few things, then my Grandma too added something too and then Great Uncle Jacob added a gift too.
Anyway me and Rolf will be spending the last few days before term at the Leaking Cauldron, Dad and Grandfather are going to Africa, I’ll tell you more about in person, hope to see you at Diagon Ally if not see you on the train.
Happy Birthday again.
From Terra.
P.S. don’t worry if the gifts from Aunt Queenie are too big it will sort themselves out.
“Sort themselves out?” Harry muttered with a raised eyebrow.
Speaking of which, he begin to open the said packages, the first one was a small birthday cake for one, frosted in red scarlet and the icing in gold saying ‘Happy 13th Harry’, the second was a several shirts and a hoodie, he found a little note whom handwriting did not belong to Terra, it read ‘Dear Harry, try them on, and the charm will be set - Auntie Q x.’
Putting that to one side he opened the last one for a new pair of quidditch gloves and googles. Smiling Harry placed the quidditch wear on his bedside table, his attention drawn back to the clothes, he tried on the plain black hoodie first, when he got his arms into the sleeves and poke his head though, it was just one size bigger then the clothes he wore from his cousin, suddenly he felt it shrinking then stopped fitting him perfectly. He had to cover his mouth with both hands from letting out of laugh to avoid waking the Dursleys, he carefully removed it, and it did not change size, he tried on the shirts, and it was the same, once they were big then they fit him like a glove.
“I love magic,” Harry whispered to himself.
The next day, Terra woke up early attending to her magical creatures, she prepared breakfast for family and herself, he dad had been running around like a headless chicken making sure she had all the paper-works for traveling to Africa, he got a letter from the Wizardry School of Uagadou to take a year of teaching Magical Creatures from other countries, and her grandfather was joining him to check up on the Sanctuary.
The morning rain passed, shortly after 12 noon, Terra was in the kitchen tending to the dishes then putting them away in the cupboard, when the last utensil was out of sight, she heard the flipping of wings entering the kitchen, turning around to see her own Owl and a Unmistakable snowy Owl.
“Hedwig?! What are you-”
Wham! Thud!
“What the-,” she hurries to the window looking out and saw what hit the closed window. “Oh Errol,” she hurries to the back door to enter the garden, the kitchen window and picks up the poor Owl from the wet ground and hurries back inside.
After putting the old owl on the stand, near a dish of water, Errol hooted in thanks before gulping down the refreshing water. Terra turned her attention to the Snowy owl who was waiting patiently, a letter in her beck, she outstretch her arm out and Hedwig flew on to it, Terra takes the letter, and Hedwig climbs up onto her shoulder, while Arch flew towards the window.
She opens the letter and begins to read.
Dear Terra,
Thank you for the gifts, there brilliant, your Aunt’s charm work is amazing, and your Uncle’s baking is incredible, can you give them my thanks when you see them next.
Anyway, I’ve sent Hedwig to you because my Aunt Marge my Uncle’s sister is staying for whole week, and in order for my form for Hogsmead signed I've got to be a Muggle.
If all goes well, I’ll see you at Diagon Ally, thanks again.
From Harry.
“Oh I see,” she looks at Hedwig. “Well your more than welcome here Hedwig, now let get you, Errol and Arch something to eat.”