| She hasn't lost Lucius, never more than temporary, but she remembers the despair she had felt when she thought she might. There were brushes, more than once, and they cling to her. When he didn't come home after being summoned by the Dark Lord, when He had fallen for the first time and Lucius had been taken to court. She had held Draco, still a baby, and wondered what to do if this was it, for him.
But it had never come to pass, that worst case scenario. He was asleep, now, she could see him lying on the bed from her spot in the study. He wasn't fine, but he was alive, and she was privileged. Tonks had not been granted this privilege.
She keeps the letter.
A few months later, the same owl returns to Tonks with yet another package – just as big. |
Dear Nymphadora,
they grow so fast, and they outgrow even faster – I thought Teddy might like some of these. | Clothing, so much clothing. It's as if Narcissa, as a new mother, did nothing but dress her child, three times a day. | The book is a lifesaver; you may already have one like it. It deals with all the teething troubles and other childhood maladies, plus the first exploits of magic.
The pictures are of your mother, as a child. I found them recently. Perhaps she would like to keep them, though I doubt it – in either case, it might be nice for you to have them.
Narcissa
| The photographs show a young Andromeda, in all stages. A small child, laughing, a young girl with her Hogwarts letter, unwrapping gifts, climbing trees, toddling after a house elf. She is alone in all of them, Narcissa was careful to make sure of that when she selected them. |
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But it had never come to pass, that worst case scenario. He was asleep, now, she could see him lying on the bed from her spot in the study. He wasn't fine, but he was alive, and she was privileged. Tonks had not been granted this privilege.
She keeps the letter.
A few months later, the same owl returns to Tonks with yet another package – just as big. |
Dear Nymphadora,
they grow so fast, and they outgrow even faster – I thought Teddy might like some of these. | Clothing, so much clothing. It's as if Narcissa, as a new mother, did nothing but dress her child, three times a day. | The book is a lifesaver; you may already have one like it. It deals with all the teething troubles and other childhood maladies, plus the first exploits of magic.
The pictures are of your mother, as a child. I found them recently. Perhaps she would like to keep them, though I doubt it – in either case, it might be nice for you to have them.
Narcissa
| The photographs show a young Andromeda, in all stages. A small child, laughing, a young girl with her Hogwarts letter, unwrapping gifts, climbing trees, toddling after a house elf. She is alone in all of them, Narcissa was careful to make sure of that when she selected them. |