some of draco's letters to his mother
Mother,
Sirius said this might prove to be therapeutic, or at the very least, make me worry less about you. I know I cannot send any of these to you. I suspect that if I tried, they’d never reach you anyway.
I hate not being able to talk to you. I have so much to tell you.
I suppose the first would be that I’ve somehow managed to fall for the boy who lived (I can practically see the disappointment on your face Mother, but trust me, I’ve double checked, I really have fallen for him). He’s kind, he listens to me when I explain the contents of the book I’m reading, he lets me ramble about things without interrupting me.
He understands loss, and grief. He knows it’s all rather difficult, and stressful and he is patient.
It’s sweet, really, how much concern he has for my well being - you’d like him.
The second would be that I really don’t see how you are related to Sirius - nor I for that matter. Andromeda says we’re alike - even Harry agrees - but I don’t see it. Sirius says I’m more like his brother than him, but as I’ve never met him, and Andromeda only met him once, I can’t really confirm this. Am I similar to Regulus or Sirius? I suppose you would know who I’m more like.
The Order is annoying. I know they’re going to help stop You-Know-Who, but you’d think they could do it without screaming at each other constantly - they barely remember to put silencing charms up, it’s becoming tedious.
Love,
Your Dragon
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Mother,
You’ll never guess - really, you will never guess this. Apparently, Harry can cast a fully corporeal Patronus!
I know he went to the Ministry because he cast a Patronus, but no one told me it was corporeal! That’s an insanely strong and impressive piece of casting for a fifteen year old. I remember you telling me that it usually takes a wizard years to be able to cast a Patronus that strong. They have to fully understand their emotions, their happiness and their fears.
Not for Harry though. He doesn’t follow the rules of magic apparently.
I am rather jealous, but I think it’s brilliant.
Love,
Draco
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I hate this, I hate it here.
I miss you.
Why can’t you just leave Father? Sirius insists you have a plan, but why couldn’t that plan have included you leaving?
I’ve been left in the dark, and all I want is to know you are all right.
Draco
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Mother,
I realised after my last letter, that I’ve been treating these letters as a diary of sorts, rather than like letters I’m sending to you.
It’s easier to write if I assume someone is a recipient, but I cannot write these letters as if they were genuine letters to you. I fear it would lead me down a path of denial, which I’m sure neither of us want. Writing to you in the way I’ve been told might help me... it’s as if I’m being told to mourn you.
You’re not dead, I’m sure I would know if you were. I’m just unable to send you a letter.
Love,
Draco