Letters from no-one
Luna walked into the owlery nervously, the note folded carefully in her hand.
She looked around the owlery for Amber. She had Amber when she was in her fourth year and hadn't seen her for years. She had wondered what had happened to Amber. Maybe she was still in here.
"Amber!" she called out into the tower.
Down swooped a small brown owl with bright amber coloured eyes and perched on her shoulder.
Luna stroked the owl softly.
"Have you missed me?" she asked it softly. It hooted in reply. Amber was a very gentle owl and had always treated Luna nicely, it surprised her how much she realised she missed Amber.
"Well don't worry. Luna is out of prison... for now." she whispered. "I have a note for you to take."
Amber hooted excitedly and flew of Luna’s arm high into the tower and back down to her. Luna looked down at the note she held in her hand that she had written in the Slytherin common room.
I have important information pertaining to the case of the ex-Azkaban prisoner. Luna Moore. Please reply to this owl if you wish to learn more.
"Take this to the Auror office in the ministry then wait until someone replies to it. Then I want you to fly back down to the house then back up to here. Just incase you're being followed."
She tied the note to the owl's leg and watched as the owl flew away into the sky.
Luna walked into the Slytherin common room and threw herself into the nearest chair she could find. She couldn't get her mind away from the letter she had sent. She was due a reply any day.
Luna had no idea what they would say. They could take the note seriously or they could simply laugh it off, it was their choice, and Luna was giving them this one chance to discover the truth. If they didn’t take it up then it was their fault, not hers.
She jumped when there was a loud tapping sound on the window.
"Amber!" she exclaimed leaping out of her seat and running over to the window.
She opened it and a gust of wind blew through the open window as Amber flew in. Amber hooted softly and dropped a letter onto Luna's head. She smiled as the owl flapped around outside the window waiting for Luna.
Luna walked back to her seat and opened the letter slowly. There was no address on it as she ripped open the envelope.
Glancing around the common room to check it was empty she unfolded the letter and read it.
Dear Anonymous person,
we are interested in any information you can give us about anything that may concern the wizarding world. If you give us your name and address we can contact you more directly.
Corona Powell
Head of magical law enforcement
Luna's stomach lurched as she read Corona's name, she hadn't seen her for a long time. She sighed and took out her quill and a spare sheet of parchment.
I am afraid that it is not possible for me to tell you who I am but I assure you I have authentic information about Luna Moore. She hid with a boy in Sweden for the ten months between her disappearance and her arrest.
She scribbled out her note, making sure that her handwriting was different from what it usually was. Walking over to the window where Amber was still fluttering around waiting for her she pulled Amber down and tied the note to her leg.
“Same as last time, okay?”
The owl hooted in reply and flew out into the night sky.
Last edited by Racheya : 03-30-2007 at 08:47 PM.
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