Long Time No T A L K [ANGEL]

[BENJAMIN SAMAEL THORNTON]

Hey Georgie!

How long has it been since we last saw each other, or even spoke to each other? A few months? I think the last time was... end of August in London, right? Probably my fault, really. I was the one who said 'I'll write you soon!', right? Sorry about that... things have kinda been busy for me lately, what with Lyra in her seventh year and work and all of that. Oh well, at least I'm writing now, right?

So, anything interesting happened to you in the last few months? There hasn't been much going on that's noteworthy on my end. Catch a few bad guys, track down a few others, spend a few hundreds of hours at a desk or doing research... I bet the Harpies have been working hard on training, eh?I'm trying to track down tickets to the Quidditch Cup this summer, hopefully to see you guys come out victorious, so you'd better not disappoint me.

Anyways, spill about the last few months. Every last detail, I want to know it. And we should plan some time to meet up, too. I miss you.

Write back soon!
Benji

[GEORGINA ANGEL HARPER]

It has been a long time since we’ve talked. I’ve been looking out the window everyday waiting for your owl to swoop in and drop of a letter. That’s about two months I had to wait Mister! Just kidding, as I don’t actually sit by the window to wait for any sort of letter, though I have been curious as to why it’s been so long since you’ve told me you were going to write me. But I can understand, having to take care of your sister and all seeing as it’s her final year at Hogwarts. Boy does time fly by! Does she know what she’s going to be yet? I remember you telling me that she made captain for the Hufflepuff team; you should mention to her that the Holyhead Harpies captain was also a captain of the Hufflepuff team. But she probably already knows that as most people do.

Don’t worry about trying to get a Qudditch World Cup ticket. I’ll give you a couple so that you and Lyra can go, or should I give you three, just in case she has a boyfriend by the end of the year? Or maybe four, in case you have a girlfriend by then? It’s up to you on how many you get, I get my own personal box room just for my closest friends and family, perhaps the best seats in the pitch!

As for what’s happened to past couple of months, not a whole heck of a lot. I’ve been training hard with my team of course; after all we want to win that World Quidditch Cup. Though I decided to stop off at Hogwarts in October to check out the Gryffindor vs. Slytherin match, and guess who I ran into of all people up in the trophy room? Seyton Greyback. I never expected to see him there, Benji. My heart just froze when I saw him; I honestly did not know what to do at the time! I stood there looking like an idiot when he didn’t even recognize me! How can you not recognize the girl you hurt so many years ago? Oh Benji, I’ve been wanting to go back and watch Quidditch matches for ages, but since he’s working there I’m afraid if I do I’ll run into him again.

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[BENJAMIN SAMAEL THORNTON]

Hey Georgie!

Awww, I already said I apologize, Georgie. Don't make me cry from guilt! I promise next time I won't make you wait so long, even if there are about a billion dark wizards out there that I need to track down, I'll tell them to wait on the killing curses while I send my friend a letter. Sound good?

Actually, get this, she's kind of looking for a career in Quidditch. I know she liked you, back when we were together, and she loves the Harpies... maybe I could make some subtle hints to push her your way. -Wink- Not too much pushing, though. She might get kinda irked at me if I try to force her towards a certain team, but who knows what could happen.

Really? That would be fantastic! But I just can't take tickets from you, Georgie... I'm sure you've got lots of other people who would love to come and cheer you on. Surprising Lyra with tickets would be an awesome thing to do, though... I'd love to see her face. And yeah, she does have a boyfriend these days, so maybe she will in the Summer, too. His name's Will... he's two years younger than she is. It's not really conventional... but he makes her happy, and as long as he does I can't have an issue with the kid.

Really? Seyton? How the hell could that guy not recognize you after everything he put you through? That's just... messed up. Everything about the guy is messed up. But... don't let him push you away from Hogwarts. If you want to go there for matches, go there for matches. He's already done enough to control and ruin your life, Georgie. Don't let him control you even now; it isn't fair to you. And if he tries to mess with you, I could uh.. go 'talk' to him.

Write back soon!
Benji

[GEORGINA ANGEL HARPER]

Yes those Dark Wizards should put their killing curses on hold so that you can write me a letter! Where are their manners? Benji, I hope you are teaching them some manners when you are going after them, if you aren’t well I would be ashamed of you! Just kidding.

Quidditch really? Well let her know that if she ever wants a day of what it’s like to be a Quidditch star (or a week, or a month, or longer or just training in general) I would be willing to let her tag along for as many practices and matches she would like to join us at! Even if she doesn’t decide to join the Holyhead Harpies, it would still be good experience for her!

And yes you can just take tickets from me! And you know you can and will! Even if I have to put a sticking spell on them to have them stick to your forehead so that everyone knows you have a set of tickets to the Quidditch World Cup. It’s only right for you and Lyra to go and be in amazing seats, you both deserve it! And she does have a boyfriend? Will you say his name is? What house is he in? And it’s good that he makes her happy! Just let him know that if he hurts her in any way I’ll send the whole Holyhead Harpies team after him. Okay? Okay!

I won’t let him push me away from Hogwarts, I promise Benji! That place means too much to me for someone to push me away from there. It just holds too many memories for me there. I’ll just have to be more careful when I’m there and if I run into him again I have to keep telling myself to walk away. I just don’t think I could face that past again, Benji. It’d be too much. But hopefully he’ll continue to not recognize me and he’ll just walk right on by. I hope anyways, I guess I’ll have to find out when I got see the Hufflepuff vs Ravenclaw match.

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[BENJAMIN SAMAEL THORNTON]

Hey Georgie!

Oh, don't you worry, I definitely am. "Halt! Put your wands down! Say you're sorry for being a thief/murderer/terrible person! Put your hands above your head!" and so on and so forth. By the time they go on trial every second word out of their mouths are 'please' or 'thank you' or 'sorry', You should be proud of me and my accomplishments.

Yep! It makes sense, she's a regular star out on the field. Well, okay, I admit I'm kind of biased seeing as I am her big brother, but... she is good. I hope she can have a career in quidditch if it's what she really wants. I shoudn't be the only one of us who gets to live out their dream career, so I completely support her in this. Especially since she's the one who helped this career become possible for me.

Well, isn't that so persuasive... are you sure there's no one else who those tickets might be better suited to go to? Family? Friends? Secret admirers? Honestly, it's no big deal for me to work get the money to buy some tickets myself. I'd be there to cheer you on no matter what.

Yep, Will... Bailey, or something like that? He's in Hufflepuff, too, which is probably part of the reason why their relationship is so easy. None of that inter-house-can't-always-be-around-each-other stuff. I haven't actually met the guy yet, but from what Lyra says he's a good kid... of course, as the brother I'm allowed to have my different opinions, and if he hurts her I get the first punches before your team, okay?

Don't concern yourself with him. If you do happen to see him, don't look at him. Don't even think about the bastard. You know where I stand, Georgie. After what he put you through, knowingly, he doesn't even deserve to be in the same mile radius as you. I still can't believe he didn't recognize you... he probably just forgot all about you and shoved you in the past, even after ruining your life like he did. Despicable. Not to scare you, but I would stay away from him if he tries to approach you, you know. Maybe he's just been hanging around with Fenrir, doing his bidding, since the attack. It wouldn't surprise me.

Write back soon!
Benji

[GEORGINA ANGEL HARPER]

Well I’m glad that you do that! I’m very proud of you Benji! Keep up the good work! Show those Dark Witches and wizards who’s boss! Hehe~

Well I did go and see her at the Quidditch game the other day, just like I said I would. And she really is good at Quidditch, though it was a bit sad to see that Ravenclaw won. But even though they didn’t manage to make a goal I could tell from the way they flew and she talked to her other members, that she is quite a natural. Especially since Ravenclaw didn’t score any goals either. They lost because the snitch was caught by the Ravenclaw seeker. But it was still a good game, none-the-less.

But I’m afraid that I won’t be going to see any more of the Hogwarts Quidditch games. I know that you said I shouldn’t let Seyton push me away, but apparently there’s more than just Setyon that’s pushing me away from Hogwarts now.

You see later on after the match I decided to fly around the Quidditch Pitch, dreaming of the days when I used to be on the Hufflepuff team. But then guess who ended up flying right next to me while I was day dreaming? Seyton! I honestly thought that when he said he dropped Quidditch that it meant he didn’t even go out to the field to fly. But get this, he told me that Fenrir is at Hogwarts right now, visiting all of his kids. I don’t think I have the guts to go there anymore Benji. I don’t know if Seyton was telling the truth or not, all I know is it’s obvious he doesn’t want me there and I don’t wanna be there to find out later that Fenrir is really there.

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[BENJAMIN SAMAEL THORNTON]

Hey Georgie!

Oh yeah, I heard about that game... it was kind of disappointing. I'm sure both teams played well, though. I wasn't at the game, but I'd prefer to think that the defence on both teams was great than that their offence just sucked. Seeing as I was the seeker abck when I was at Hogwarts, I hope no one in Hufflepuff is being too hard on their seeker. The Ravenclaw seeker did have one more year of experience than she did (she's a Weasley, right?) so hopefully next year with a seventh year seeker and all that, it'll be Hufflepuff's year to shine. Not that this year couldn't be... I hope it is, with Lyra the captain and all.

I can't believe that bastard would try using his father just to chase you away... maybe on the weekend I can pay him a visit at Hogwarts. That's just despicable, really. Fenrir's got too much power to really be controlled, unfortunately, and since he got off from Azkaban thanks to his 'imperius curse' story, he can't be held accountable for anything from Voldemort's reign either... so I guess Seyton's story could be plausible, but why would he be hanging around Hogwarts, anyways? And even if he saw you... you're not involved with Seyton anymore, so he shouldn't have any reason to bug you, right?

Write back soon!
Benji

[GEORGINA ANGEL HARPER]

Yep from what I saw the seeker is a Weasley. I’m sure they’ll do better next time. I think they go against Slytherin next? Though Slytherin beat Gryffindor in their match, so who knows what will happen. Then again Albus Potter is the Captain of that team apparently. I forgot how old Harry Potter’s kids were. It seems that time is flying by isn’t it?

Well I don’t know if you’ve heard, but apparently Fenrir has more kids and they are attending Hogwarts Currently. I’ve heard rumors of this, and that pretty much all of the kids have different mothers. I feel bad for many of those kids, I’m sure not all of them want him as his father. But I don’t know if I can risk accidently running into him Benji, it might bring back too many things or worse, he might recognize me and want to kill me!

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[BENJAMIN SAMAEL THORNTON]

Hey Georgie!

You never know. A team could have an off day and Hufflepuff could grab ahold of that chance. I'm sure they're an excellent team, really, Ravenclaw just had a very good day. Lyra's probably pushing Hufflepuff twice as hard during practices now to ensure that they get a victory over Slytherin and rub it in those snake's faces that they were beaten by the 'leftovers'. That would be a game I wouldn't mind taking some time off of work to watch... maybe I will.

Yeah, Harry's oldest son will be graduating this year, then next year the middle child, and then finally Lily. Wow... the littlest Potter has officially had more schooling at Hogwarts than I have. The last decade kinda did pass in the blink of an eye... we're getting old, Georgie! Expect gray hairs any day now.

Yeah... I've heard of Fenrir's kids. Spread out through all of the houses, I hear... three have been in Gryffindor, one in Hufflepuff, one in Ravenclaw, and three in Slythern (I've kinda been watching after that family in the last few years...) It's like Fenrir just went on a spree of impregnating women... but at least they're not all cold-blooded Slytherins. Not that if they were all in Slytherin there would be no hope, that house has turned out a few good people, but you know... it bodes even better for them if they're not in Slytherin.

Look... I know how much you love Quidditch games. How about... if you give me a bit of notice, I can come with you to the next one? I'll stick by you so that you don't have to worry about running into that bastard (or his father ) alone. Neither of them would mess with two of us there. I'd protect you.

Write back soon!
Benji

[GEORGINA ANGEL HARPER]

I think you should come to the next Quidditch Match, or at least for sure the next Hufflepuff match. I’m pretty sure you’ll enjoy it just as much as I do. But I’m thinking, maybe with going to the matches that I won’t stick around for a little bit after the matches. I think from now on I’ll just leave pretty much right away saying I’ve got stuff I need to do or something. Seyton never bugs me during the matches, it’s after the matches we end up running into each other. But I still would like you to be there and protect me just in case some fans want autographs afterwards and I need to stick around for a bit.

And I will not be getting any grey hairs! Who would want grey hairs? If I have to I’ll use a spell to keep my hair color the way it is. I don’t want to show everyone how old we are! We’re in our twenties Benji, we should not be expecting grey hairs until we’re in our fifties.

Yeah it seems that Fenrir did go out and get a lot of women pregnant. I feel sorry for the mom’s. I sure most if not all were raped or tricked into it. And then they have to help their kids with their werewolf traits. I hope they’re all taking wolfsbane potions, even if their only half-werewolf. Actually I heard there’s a lot more half-werewolfs roaming around Hogwarts then back in our days. I feel kinda bad for them, as I’m sure many of them didn’t ask to be partwerewolf. I know not all werewolves are bad, but just how they are treated by the Wizarding World isn’t exactly the greatest to be born into.

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[BENJAMIN SAMAEL THORNTON]

Hey Georgie!

It's settled- I'll be there. I'm sure Lyra would love my coming to a Quidditch match... or maybe she'd just be embarrassed that I showed up. Actually that second scenario is pretty likely... oh well, she wouldn't have to know I'm there. But of course I'd stick around for you, even if I didn't see Lyra. I could book all day of any Quidditch match off so that I could just hang out and keep an eye on you. If I'm there, too, there's even less reason for you to bolt from the castle as soon as the match is done (I hope). I mean, you probably miss the castle as well as the matches, so it would suck to visit the school without getting the full experience just because of an effing werewolf.

It was a joke, Georgie, relax. Of course we're too young. My hair's still an untainted blonde, and you're a year younger than me so if you had grey hair something would be seriously wrong.

"The Unknown Greyback Mistresses"... sounds like the title for some future best-selling book, or one that would fail miserably... We'll probably never know the circumstances that got most of those women pregnant with a werewolf's kid. Is it bad that I hope 90% of them weren't intentional, so that there would be fewer women out there okay with what Fenrir is and what his children would be? And by that I mean Fenrir followers, not werewolves even if the werewolf genes aren't a guarantee to carry through to the child... I don't know how any woman can agree to further Fenrir's terror. At least, I hope, tolerance has improved for those kids at Hogwarts, especially with so many werewolf families currently at the school. The Greybacks, of course, then there's the Moons and the Wulfes... I think children now are much more exposed to having werewolf classmates than we were.

Write back soon!
Benji

[GEORGINA ANGEL HARPER]

Well I know I’ll enjoy seeing Hogwarts with you, and I’m sure Seyton will avoid us if he sees that you’re with me. He’ll probably think we’re dating if you’re with me. At least a lot of guys tend to jump to that conclusion. Not that I have a problem if he thought we were dating, just means he would avoid me instead of coming up to me.

Well I have heard of the younger crowd getting gray hairs sometimes, and I think my brother is starting to get some. Don’t tell him that, he doesn’t like to admit it. But then again he is older than me, so I would hope he’s getting grey hairs before me.

Yes, it seems that students have to be extra cautious these days at school. I know that half werewolves aren’t the only thing at Hogwarts. But at least they have a potion that helps them with their werewolf side. I’ve heard that there are even half-vampires at the school now! Now I don’t know much about them, perhaps I should study it up, but I’m sure if caught in the wrong situation they can be pretty dangerous as well.

So what are you doing for Christmas Benji? I bet Lyra’s staying at school this year with the whole Yule ball going on. Perhaps you’d like to come to my family’s Christmas? I know that my parents adore you.

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[BENJAMIN SAMAEL THORNTON]

Hey Georgie!

Haha, let the wolf think what he wants. It shouldn't concern you anymore, anyways. I'd be more than glad to let him think that, especially if it means that he stays away from you as he should.

Poor Adam, having too many responsibilities is stressing him out?Don't worry, you're nowhere near getting grey hairs. You looked young and beautiful as ever when I saw you back in August.

I'm sure that the staff at Hogwarts wouldn't allow werewolves and vampires within the school if they weren't certain their normal students would be safe, so I wouldn't be worried too much about it if I were a student. After all, Kingsley would never put his students in a situation that could be dangerous to them.

I'd love to see your family for Christmas! I didn't really have anything planned, anyway. I'm pretty certain Lyra is spending her last Christmas holiday with all of her friends, not that I can blame her as if I were in her situation I'd do the same thing, and spending time with you and your family seems quite a bit more enjoyable than sitting around in my house looking over case files. I'm looking forward to ti!

Write back soon!
Benji