5 Dec 2024, 23:16
Arrived!
Dear Mom & Dad & Grandma,
I arrived at Hogwarts. It's very big and very grey and very pointy! How many towers does it have, really? I will try to count them tomorrow.
The hat put me into Ravenclaw. I am happy because there is a nice view from my window in the Ravenclaw tower. I heard some girl say she feels like Rap Punsell. She said it's the name of a Muggle princess who had very long hair and could climb in and out of her tower with it. Is Muggle hair really that strong? Did they evolve to have magic hair because they can't use magic otherwise?
I miss the kneazle. Please give her kisses from me. And I miss you too, Mom, and Dad, and Grandma.
Love,
Amaryllis
I arrived at Hogwarts. It's very big and very grey and very pointy! How many towers does it have, really? I will try to count them tomorrow.
The hat put me into Ravenclaw. I am happy because there is a nice view from my window in the Ravenclaw tower. I heard some girl say she feels like Rap Punsell. She said it's the name of a Muggle princess who had very long hair and could climb in and out of her tower with it. Is Muggle hair really that strong? Did they evolve to have magic hair because they can't use magic otherwise?
I miss the kneazle. Please give her kisses from me. And I miss you too, Mom, and Dad, and Grandma.
Love,
Amaryllis
Amaryllis repeated the address to the owl over and over again, until the bird snatched the envelope from her hands with an agitated shriek before taking off in a flurry of feathers. Amaryllis blinked, mouth agape, hands curling into fists by her side as she resisted the urge to call the owl back.
It was fine. The letter should reach its destination, she told herself. And even if it didn't, she could always try again next week.
As she watched the owl get further and further away, Amaryllis hugged herself tight against the breeze that passed through the owlery. She had never felt so alone in the world, with her family so far away and no friends yet to call her own at Hogwarts.
She wondered if, by next week, she'd have any good news to share with them, or if she'd feel even more alone than this.
Perhaps, she reasoned with herself, she ought to go back and ask to learn more about Princess Rap- Punsell. That sounded like a fun way to pass the time...