To Lily

[Angelo Cremona]

Dearest Lily Flower,

Do you have any clue at all about this homework Professor Hewer gave us? I am this close to giving up and I terribly need your help.

How's your summer going, by the way? Tell me everything and spare me no details.



Angelo

[Lily Potter]

Dear Angelo,

'Lily Flower', really?

I haven't looked at it yet. What was it again? Or I could just go and find it and find out.

It's going okay, thanks! Nothing very exciting to tell though. I bought some books, and read them, and had ice cream with Zaira. That's about it. I'm boring, I know. What have you been up to?

Lily

[Angelo Cremona]

Dearest Lily Flower,

Why ever not? It has a nice flow to it, really. Are you sure no one else calls you Lily Flower? It really does flow so well.

We're supposed to be reading the chapter about non-verbal spells, I think. I could very possibly be wrong. (I really hope I am, because I am absolutely hopeless at it. Do I really lack the mental strength to do non-verbal spells? I tried tripping Anthony at home without him noticing and all he did was scratch an itch on his back.)

Oooh, do tell me about the books you've read so far! I've done no reading besides the ones for homework and I'm feeling a bit deprived. Let me live vicariously through you. And that doesn't sound boring, silly, any outing with Zaira is bound to be ecstatic.

I've been up to absolutely nothing fun. Just reading for the new year and taking Angelo out wherever I can and telling him stories about Hogwarts. He's turning eleven soon and I'm crossing my fingers that he'll get an owl for Hogwarts, too. That'd be great, don't you think?


Angelo

[Lily Potter]

Dear Angelo,

No, they don't, but it's fine. Just a bit over the top. I never saw a ginger lily.

Yes, you're right, I found where I wrote it down. But it only says we have to read it, not that we have to be able to do them perfectly by the time we get back. I assume that's what Professor Hewer's planning on teaching us? I've never managed to do anything non-verbally, in any subject, but honestly, I don't see why it matters. Unless you're planning on being an Auror or something - I suppose you need to be able to cast spells quietly then. I plan on going my whole life saying every spell I cast, though.

Oh, they were mostly just silly stories. Though I did get one on Muggle literature, that was interesting. I can lend you some if you want something new to read though? And yeah, it was fun with Zaira, but we just sat and ate ice cream and chatted...

What are you talking about? Angelo is you, and I'm pretty sure you're not turning eleven. I assume you're talking about your brother - if so, I hope he gets his letter! Is his birthday before the start of term?

Lily

[Angelo Cremona]

Dearest Lily Flower,

Ooh, you've just given me another idea! How about Tiger Lily? Or possibly Fire Lily? I personally prefer just Lily Flower, but an argument could be made for either of the others

That eases my poor troubled heart a little, but not so much - you realise we have to learn this during the year? I'm terrified already. I dunno, I think it'd be handy, really... And I'm planning on becoming a Hit Wizard after school so I might need it then! But really, Lily, how about for example if you're eating something and a piece of buttered toast or a slice of pizza or lasagne falls off the table and you can just instantly levitate it back on the table without a word!

Do go on, I love silly stories. Much better than textbooks, anyway. Muggle literature? And sure, if you've got anything magical, I'd love to read them and pass them on to Anthony, too. Ah, I'm sure the chatting part would have been quite spectacular, yes?

I am so terribly sorry, I paused in writing the last letter to write my name on a piece of parchment to start working on my essay and I was just so distracted and Merlin, I shan't be doing that again. What an embarrassment. Yes, I hope Anthony will get his letter soon, his birthday's just before September and I'm very excited for it. You'll finally get to meet him


Angelo

[Lily Potter]

Those are both weird, Angelo. I'm nothing like a tiger.

Well, you can't expect to be able to do things before you've been taught them, silly. Of course you can't do it yet. You'll get there, wait and see. And personally, I'll be quite happy picking things up the normal way, but you can do what makes you happy.

Yes, Muggle literature. You know, Shakespeare, Dickens? Except neither of them were in my book, because it started with the 20th century. George Orwell though? Sylvia Plath? I've attached two of the books (the stories, not the one on literature, though you can borrow that too if you want). So long as I get them back eventually, that's fine.

Don't make excuses. You just forgot your name and your brother's - no getting out of it. He should be getting his letter any time then, surely? Half my family have July and August birthdays, and they all got their letters before they even turned eleven. What house do you think he'll be in?

Lily