THE CHRISTMAS BREAK WAS OVER. Students returned back to the school. Amelia and Estella included obviously , as soon as Amelia step foot back in Ivormorny she was grabbed by Lory and had to depict what all happened at Estella's house.

    Lory was satisfied by knowing that Amelia liked it there, and gifted her birthday gift to her, cute snow globe and a watch. Everything was again going same, normal.

   But life has its ups and downs.

    "Este can I take your radio?" Amelia asked to Estella as she had been craving really badly to hear her godfather or someone else' voice again after that day. Estella simply nodded handing her the radio, Amelia thanked her going straight to her room eager to listen anyone's voice.

     "Hey Potterwatchers!– I welcome you to the show again– and this time we have reports by our new correspondent and inveterate jokester– Mr. Rapier" Lee Jordon started, Amelia eagerly waited to hear who was Mr. Rapier, and as soon as he started speaking Amelia couldnt help but feel overwhelmed.

     "Thanks River– I must say I am grateful to be here and also I have some great news and a really devastating news too" Amelia's heart was drumming at its full speed hearing that voice.

    Because it was Fred's.

    "How about you begin with the great news" Lee Jordon suggested. "We have tracked down a vast number of death eaters and we are nearing so close to our goal"

     "Thats great!– and what about the bad news?" Lee Jordon asked. Amelia waited eagerly calming her pounding heart on what could the bad news be.

    "Mr. Ted Tonks was killed in that process" Fred said in a small voice and Amelia's mouth parted in disbelief. Ted Tonks was dead.

    "He was the father of Auror Nymphodora Tonks, and we are in grief to inform it but he died like a hero, even though he was a muggle" Fred continued. Amelia's throat went dry, people of her family were dying there and she was here not having a clue about them.

     "Okay that will be all for today– Thankyou so much Rapier" Lee Jordon said and with that the line was disconnected.

     Amelia let out a shuddered breath coming out of the instant grief. No one knew how much she still wanted to go back but she trained herself to not show it. She pretended that she was not at all affected by whatever happened in their lives.

     A few days passed since the day she got the information about Ted Tonks' death. She was silently minding her own business until she heard someone yell after her. Turning around she saw Jo approaching her.

    "What happened Jo?" Amelia asked frowning.

    "You've got—a letter" Jo said panting and handing her the letter, Amelia's stomach dropped, she got a letter.

    Who might it be from?

     Her hands trembled slightly. What if it was from someone from her family? Or maybe someone was pranking on her? She never received a letter ever since she came to America, not even one.

     "Come on open it" Jo urged with a little smile and tiny bit of excitement, she knew how much Amelia craved to hear from her family in her starting months. Only if she knew the hope of getting a word from her family diminished withing her months ago.

   Amelia nodded exhaling sharply and tore the envelope instantly her heart pounding loudly on seeing whose name was on it.

    It was from Remus.

    Jo could see Amelia was biting her tongue and cheek very badly to not breakdown in the middle of the corridor, heavy tears already clouded her vision. Jo offered her a small smile making her look up "Are you happy now?"

    Amelia didnt know what to answer to that question. Was she suppossed to be happy when she got a letter after almost two years of being ignored by every single member of her family?

    Amelia ignored Jo's gaze and started reading the letter with a wrenched heart, one part of her wanted to scream and tear the letter int piece while the other part wanted her to clutch to the letter and cry as loud as possible.

   She didnt know what to do, so she simply did what normal people might do. She read the letter. Just the first word was enough to make her spill her tears out.

My Dear Amelia,

I wont ask how are you and neither will I tell how am I. In your opinion I might be the worst godfather ever, trust me I think so too.

I am sorry, not that it will justify for what I did and didnt. But still I am sorry, its your choice if you want to forgive me or not. I am fine with either of them.

You might be wondering why I wrote to you after all this time, I dont know myself, but I am doing it.

Everything here is a chaos Amelia, we are all at danger, everyday we face hundreds of deatheaters, dark creature, over lives are always at risks, there's no surety of life here at this moment.

Harry and his friends are down with the horcrux hunt, and I havent a clue where they are right now, or whether they are alive or not. We are just living in hope that everything will be fine.

I wish I could tell you this in person but couldnt– Tonks and I have married each other, you predicted right Amelia,  but right now I dont know how you will react, we are both expecting, Tonks' due is in april.

Sorry again.

Ted Tonks, Tonks' father was murdered by deatheaters, Tonks is devastated and it has become very difficult to take care of her because of her and my condition.

You might have heard the news about Dumbledore's demise and also that Severus killed him. It is true.

I dont know what else I can put together in this piece of parchment because there too much. But the most important thing is– We miss all you.

Each and everyone of us misses you dearly– Severus too, you might be mad at us for everything and you should be, you have all the rights too.

But let me tell you from my side– No day passes when I dont miss you or think about what you might be doing, I wish you were here Amelia, but its good you are there, you should be there because you are safe.

I am sorry again,
Remus.

      Amelia was a sobbing mess by now, the letter in her hand was covered in her own tears also there were dried stains of tears already on it causing the ink a bit slurry. 

     "I miss him– Jo!– I miss– all of them– I want to go– back to my home– I want my family back!" Amelia cried desperately collapsing on the floor.

      She hated the fact that just a single letter from Remus melted all her coldness for her family which build up in these two years.

      Jo comforted her letting her cry as much as she wanted on her shoulder, Amelia's head hurt fron crying so badly, but she couldnt help it– the tears wont stop. She had been in the same condition earlier too when Cedric died. Similar ache stricked her heart.

    After her little breakdown Jo helped Amelia back to their dorm, Amelia kept the letter in her small extendable bag which she had since Hogwarts times. She couldnt let that piece of parchement get lost.

     Digging her hands in that bag her heart wrenched even more as she felt a few familiar things which were deeply connected to her heart but she never looked back at them, they just stayed buried in her bag the whole time.

      Cedric's snitch, Harry's snitch, necklaces gifted on her birthdays, charming quills which she stole from Sev's office, small crackers and candies from Fred and George's inventions, everything which had the capability to make her go weak was stuffed mercilessly in the bag.

      As she started digging everything out, a few confusing things came out too, a book, a glass vial, and a passport size photograph. Her mouth parted on seeing a familiar name on the blue jacketed book.
    
     The life of Aryl Hale

     Her head spinned, her heart pacing at an abnormal rate, this was the book she found at Grimmauld place in her fifth year. It had Estella's mother's name on it! What The Hell!?

   With her wildly trembling hands she picked up the passport size photograph, she was now going to faint, It was Aryl Hale's picture. She remembered she found this faded yellow picture in Remus' house in an old book.

    What was this doing there!?

    What was this book doing in Grimmauld Place!?

    Aryl Hale said she grew up in America, all these things were found by Amelia in England!– Holy Shit!

    "I am going to faint– Gosh–" Amelia breathed out to herself clutching to her head.

    "What?– what happened?" Lory asked worried who just happened to enter the room.

    "Nothing Lores– I just have a lot of ancient runes work to do– I am going to get some air– then we will do it together?" Amelia asked putting up a sweet smile, Lory nodded smiling.

     Amelia gulped getting up hastily and left carrying the book and other things with her, she found an empty corridor, and took out the book starting ro read it, but most of the pages were badly damaged, nothing really clear. Just a few words.

     Flowerpot? Marauders? Dorcas? Moonstar?

     Her head spinned even more, what the hell did these words mean!? She slammed the book shut with a clenched jaw. Nothing made sense. She groaned loudly clutching to her hair.
  
     She knew what to do right now, she buckled herself up and ran straight to where she would find Estella. With a hundred questions going inside her head she thankfully found Estella soon in her office, alone.

    "Hey Ame–"

    "Where are you really from?" Amelia asked sharply. Estella stared at her confused furrowing her eyebrows. "What!?"

     Amelia shook her head, she knew she was going to sound totally insane, but what to do? Shall she tell Estella everything? Her head was going to burst because of the pressure.

     She remembered she had a glass vial too, with the other things. She dug her hands in her pocket taking it out, it had Ms. Black written on it! She was going to throw up, every cell in her body felt sick.

   That glass vial was a memory, and to see it she needed a pensieve. "Estella do you a place where a pensieve is?"

    Amelia swore the look on Estella's face said – 'Is your head okay?' but Estella nodded reluctantly. Amelia exhaled in relief. "Okay take me where it is, Quick!"

     "Okay- Okay" Estella said raising her hands in surrender and rushing outside with a haste Amelia only to collide in a figure harshly.

     "Ow girls!– where are you both hurrying to?" Professor Sutcliffe exclaimed.

     "W-We – uh– infirmary– Amelia's got a stomach bug" Estella lied quickly. Professor Sutcliffe squinted her eyes both the girls, Amelia mentally groaned as she now had to prove it to the professor, she clutched to her stomach making painful noises.

    "Please Professor– My stomach hurts– let us go please" Amelia whined very dramatically in Estella's opinion.

      The professor shook her head pursing her lips in disappointment, and what she said caused Amelia to feel really extremely sick.

     "I sometimes wonder you both happen to be related by any chance– you both have the same mischief running in your bloods"
 
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