Half of a Whole pv Closed

28 Oct 2021, 01:49

Backdated 19th of August
Continued from| here

@Thomas Lestrange

Summer was coming to a close, and it had given her a lot to think about, too much, really. Her head felt muddled with everything she couldn’t say because she didn’t have anyone she wanted to talk to about it. Or, perhaps, more importantly, the one she did want to talk to about it all was absent. Ever since that night, they had been distant, and that was probably mostly her fault. She had not pushed him away, but she hadn’t given him any more than she already had either. It was a regret that she thought about almost every day as summer ticked by, and she needed to send him an owl telling him that she would meet him in Hogsmeade instead of Diagon Ally anyway since she went to summer camp.

However, when she walked into her room, there was already an envelope sitting on her bed. There was only one person she could even think of that would have sent her just a letter, and her thoughts were confirmed as she rushed over and ripped open the envelope. San took in his familiar handwriting, which was confirmation enough, but he had signed it Reaper, and a smile formed on her lips as she brought it over to the desk to actually read it.

Dear Santario,

Disregard our typical meeting place in Diagon, I won’t be on the train this year. I apologize I could not deliver this face to face, my mother insists I need time away from Hogwarts…and all connected to it. She very well may be right this time, but don’t worry, I’m still pretending to take the medication. I haven’t lost it. The school approved my leave for the first few months, hell… I bet they encouraged it, the way things have gone.

Which leads me to ask a favor: Can you cover the assignments and study sheets for our classes? I’ve already purchased everything off the memorandum, I’ll just need the content of each lesson, and homework. Doing everything I can to avoid study sessions with….god, I bet they pin me with Mr.Paine when I return. I’d rather not play guess who every weekend.

Check in if you can, I’d like to know what events lead the school ablaze this time.

Reaper

It wouldn’t take long before an ache in her heart would cause her to smile to fall. Would not be on the train? Time away from Hogwarts? In his mother’s defense, she probably wasn’t wrong. Hogwarts was dangerous, and Thomas had the battle scars to prove it. They both did. Santario read his letter three times over to make sure that she understood everything correctly before grabbing her own paper and penning her reply in her usual hunter green ink. Wait, she couldn’t call him Reaper in this letter… What if his mother read it? In fact, she needed to assume that his mother would read it regardless of it being delivered directly to Thomas via owl. If his mother was keeping him away and still wanting to medicate him, it should be decided that she was also going through his things. That is what her grandmother would do. So she did it in French, assuming his mother wasn’t a French speaker. Any attempt to look up what it meant through free or bad translations (google translate) would make it look like she called him a lawnmower. If she decided to assume it might look like My Friend.

Mon Faucheur,

I was about to write to you telling you that I would be meeting you in Hogsmeade instead since I went to summer camp this year. However, I cannot hide my disappointment that you will be gone. I feel like you have already been gone, but perhaps that is my fault. I care about you, so I agree with whatever is best for you, so long as it is not forever… I could not bear it.

Of course I will send you your assignments. I will send a parcel off every Friday after classes for you, so I would think you should have it by Sunday or Monday. Let me know if this works for you. While it does not really pertain to school Du my sport took the championship this summer and I go into next year undefeated.

As far as school is concerned, it is my hope that things will be calmer this year, but I will keep you updated. Our friend still is not feeling so well. I do not think she is getting better, but I am helping to watch over her.

Tell me about some of the things you do to pass your time, okay? I miss you.

Toujours là pour toi,
Santario

Mon faucheur - My Reaper
Toujours là pour toi - Forever here for you

Thomas Lestrange

Seventh year, Slytherin

463 204

28 Oct 2021, 19:48

Santario,

I understand your disapppointment, but I assure it will be short lived. I won’t lie, being home and getting to play ice hockey again has me feeling better than I can remember. Yes, that’s right, I’ve rejoined the team for the fall semester. But my coach understands I may not stay. I don’t think he’s doing this for my skill anyway, I think he genuinely wants me to get better.

It’s more carthartic than any therapy session has given me. Not sure why mother continues to insist on that. It’s not like I can actually speak on what happens at Hogwarts with a muggle shrink. I think she still believes the core of my problems are from father’s absence. She’s probably right.

Look out for yourself, San. If you need someone to trust, @Bridget Collins is the one. And look out for her as well, would you? She knows things about me that could endanger her, if it was to come out. Not that anyone is safe anyway.

Your dueling success comes as no surprise to me, I don’t think many can hold their composure like you in tough situations. I hope to make it back in time to see your first match. If not, let me know how it goes.

Our friend, and who would that be?

Please do send the assignments, when you can. Thank you.

~Reaper

28 Oct 2021, 20:14

23rd of August

Mon Faucheur,

Thinking about you playing hockey makes me think about the first time I went ice skating with you. You were truly fantastic and definitely held back by me looking like a fawn trying to walk for the first time. How embarrassing. You should strike that and erase it from your memory now that I think about it. It sounds like your coach really cares about you then. It warms my heart to know that he is looking out for you.

I cannot really speak about muggles or how their therapy works, but it is true even if you were allowed to talk about our school there, they would certainly think you were actually insane. Which you most certainly are not. I have no place in speaking about your father, perhaps, we can talk more about that when you come back to school? Unless you are comfortable putting more in writing.

@Bridget Collins was my partner all year and we have bonded in ways not many people can. I would never willingly allow anything to happen to her and you have my word that I will have her back just as I would have yours. As for myself, well I know what it would do to you if I ever let anything happen. I will do my best to take upmost care in all my decisions.

First competition should be somewhere in mid-October if we follow suit like last year. You will not hear me complain if you are back that early, but I am prepared for you to be gone longer.

Our friend, Erin. Her illness has progressed since you last saw her. I’m working on it, with not much luck, but if anyone can figure it out surely it is the daughter of Head Healer Isabelle de Clairmont.

I’ll send them as often as I can.

Toujours là pour toi,
Santario

Thomas Lestrange

Seventh year, Slytherin

463 204

30 Oct 2021, 19:52

Santario,

It was your first time, and you didn’t fall. More than I could say. I can show you a few things over the winter, when the lake freezes over. Hoping I have my mother’s blessing to return by then.

I know I have been overdue to level with you about him. I’ll tell you about it someday, when I feel ready.

Bridget has proven her worth on a few occasions. She has a critical mind, no surprise to see the two of you having so much success. I know it wasn’t that insufferable captain of yours who’s name I will omit, I don’t want to stain your letter with vomit. The owl wouldn’t appreciate that either.

Keep writing me, and I will be in touch about when I can return. As for Erin, there’s nothing to be done for her until she lets go of her theories and seeks help. That’s what I am doing…and I think it’s getting better.. Even if my mark likes to remind me it’s there from time to time. Future reference, any gift you give me.. let’s make sure the surface is not reflective. Tell me about Erin’s symptoms, would you? I’ll see if it sounds familiar.

Regards,

~TL

30 Oct 2021, 20:25

Time Skip to: 31st of August

Mon Faucheur,

It took longer to reply than I intended I apologize. You know I will always be here for you no matter what. I will never push you to talk about him just say the word when you are, and my undivided attention will be yours for as long as you want it.

It is more than that with Erin, if people had just tried to listen to her, we might have known sooner. She is running out of time. She is changing soon from her illness. We would call it here, going to go live in the forest with two others. I think I have figured out a way to stop it!! I might be wrong, but I must try. It will take some time to get everything into play, but I will update you before we go do it. One way or another the problem will be fixed. She talks about feeling things moving inside of her and called Gray delicious smelling. I am hoping that if we get her to expel the parasite and then destroy that we can stop this. Especially before it infects anyone else.

School starts tomorrow. I will write as often as I can. I have a lot of new responsibilities coming into the new year.

Toujours là pour toi,
Santario

Thomas Lestrange

Seventh year, Slytherin

463 204

31 Oct 2021, 17:14

Santario,

Your compassion shows, believing Erin can overcome her illness. What ails her is deeper than any hag manipulation, she is deprived of feeling. For all I know, this is the outcome she would want. Just to live. Meddling with Erin will only bring us more hardship. I know this is not what you want to hear…but we have to let her go.

I won’t tell you what to do, but if the roles were reversed…would she do the same for us?

Let me preface with an apology. I am not well, Santario. I’m losing control, I’m angry all the time. Last night, a boy spoke on my father during my hockey game. He now has a concussion, and I have been suspended indefinitely from the EDHL. Later that evening, I was given a portkey that leads to my uncle’s house. What I learned there I cannot write… You will have to wait until you see me again.

I’ve informed my mother I will return to Hogwarts at the next opportunity. Which should be the 15th of October. We have not spoken otherwise, I cannot face her. Just in time to witness your duel, it will be nice to see your face again. I will not write you until then. Take care of yourself.

~TL

31 Oct 2021, 18:50

Time Skip to: 07th of September

Mon Faucheur,

No she would not, but some people have made me learn that sometimes I need to care more than just about myself. After all, if I did not start to learn that lesson, I would not have you. Caring about you has easily been one of the best decisions I have ever made. Sometimes we just must take chances and if they end up badly, we will adapt and overcome that is what we are good at Thomas.

If I fail, I promise you I will not try again, you have my word.

I am so sorry about what happened words cannot adequately express how much I wish I was there for you right now. I wish I could have been there with you, but I know better than most that some journeys have to be solo. I swear it to you Thomas. I swear it on everything that I am that I will work to make things better for you, one way or another. I swear it no matter what I might have to sacrifice.

Keep your mind on your assignments I will keep sending them even if you do not respond. Look for them every Sunday. Just breathe you’ll be back here soon, and we can figure this out together.

Toujours là pour toi,
Santario