Originally Posted by *cribble!letter* Cody Mr Barnard,
I've never written a letter like this and I never did think I would ever have the need to. I tried the 'turn up on the doorstep' approach before, and that didn't work. So, my words will be jumbled, and you may need to sit down to read this. So, please do. I don't want you fainting or anything.
My name is Lorelai Bristol, and I attend Hogwarts right now. I'm in my seventh year, and i'm a Hufflepuff. That's nothing to do with why i'm writing to you, but you might aswell know who I am, really. Two summers ago, I found my birth mother, her name is Dakota Bridges, and she gave me away three days after I was born. When I met her, for the first time, she told me about my father. My birth father. Not my adoptive father, who wasn't/isn't much of a father to me anyway.
My birth father, is you. In a later letter, she confirmed you were my father, and gave me your full name. Then admitted she lied to me, when she told me you didn't want me. What i'm trying to say is, you're my dad. And.. well, I don't know.
I don't want anything, I assure you of that. I suppose I just want closure on this chapter of my life, on this... on everything I've been through. More than everything, I just want you to know that I do exist, and I hold nothing against you. Absolutely nothing. I'd like to one day say I know atleast one of my parents, but I know that one wouldn't be Dakota. I already got her six other children taken away from her, during that summer. Now, I only have rights to see my brother Donovan.
I know this is going to be hard on you, and you're probably just going to want to throw this letter away, and trust me, I won't mind if you do. Just as long as you've read it, and know .. that i'm out there, if ever you want to come find me. I wouldn't mind if you didn't, but I would love to meet you, I guess. Find out where I came from, because I know it's from you that I get my magical powers from, and I hope that it's you I get my heart from, because I sure hope I won't turn out like Dakota. I aim not to be a failure in life, I want to make something of myself, whether it's in Quidditch, or in writing, just to make something of myself.
The thing is, when people get letters like this, they expect people to be wanting stuff, like money. I don't need that. I was adopted into a family with money, and i have a lot saved up. That, was good for me I suppose. Not everything in adoption was good, being a witch made me a 'freak' according to my adoptive parents, and very recently I moved out, and moved in with my boyfriend. All I need right now, is support, I don't expect you to provide it, of course, just that the offer is there for you.
I do hope this letter finds you in good health, and the rest of your family in it also. I know I probably sound like a deranged loony, and I make no sense. But I really, quite honestly just want you to know I exist, and harbor no bad feelings about you.
Yours,
Lorelai Bristol.
Hufflepuff Prefect.
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