Order Only: Private message to Alice Longbottom and Draco Malfoy

[alt_selwyn]

Dear Draco,

It's me, Arista. Do you remember me from when you helped save my life? (And my brother's.)

Sarah told me you got in a lot of trouble and had to run away from Hogwarts, like she did, and that you might need to come live here for a while. (At the sanctuary, I mean.) So I just wanted to let you know that it's nice here, if you want to come, and people will be glad to see you.

I was actually worried when I first came because I thought maybe people would be awful to me because of my father. My father was a Council Wizard, like yours, and no one here says Council Wizard, they say Death Eater, and also they don't say 'Our Lord' (ever) they call Him him other things (mostly nasty ones) and since everyone here is a traitor I was worried they wouldn't like me but really it's fine here. (They actually DO sometimes say they're all traitors! I think they think it's funny.)

Anyway Sarah says you're a brilliant dueler and if you came here you could teach us all to fight, a lot better. She says you're actually rather brilliant at almost everything. I hope you at least come to visit?

I'm sorry about what happened to you. It sounds utterly awful and terrifying.

They always told us we were safe because of who our parents were, but they lied. (They lied about a lot of things but I guess you worked that out yourself. I felt like a complete idiot when I started to realise how much I'd believed was a lie.)

Your friend,
Arista Selwyn

Comments

[alt_draco]

Yes, I remember you.

I'm not afraid of people not liking me. Most people don't.

Did Sarah tell you to write to me, or something?

[alt_selwyn]

No, she told me you might be coming, though, and I thought you might be worried, because I was really worried. So I asked Mrs Longbottom if I could use my Daddy's diary again to write to you with the special ink. But she said the special ink wouldn't work anymore and she'd have to write who the message was for and oh it's very confusing but she seemed to think it would work.

[alt_draco]

I don't know where I'm going.

I'm not really worried about it, though.

[alt_selwyn]

Well I think you should come here for a visit because I'd like to see you.

[alt_selwyn]

But maybe you're busy I heard you were busy last night.

[alt_draco]

Why do you want to see me?

[alt_selwyn]

Because you saved my life!

[alt_selwyn]

And because you're kind of like me and there's no one here who's like me.

Even though I like it here.

And I don't mean we're both purebloods, I mean

oh I have to go, they're calling us for supper

[alt_draco]

Well it wasn't just me who saved you.

I don't think you'll find me very much fun right now. Maybe in a while, though.