Letters to Hannah~
My Hannah,
I know—I’m sorry for thrusting this onto you now. And in a letter! Just take a deep breath, Hannah. I mean if you look at it…It was only logical that we’d develop feelings for each other. Look at Ron and Hermione; Harry and Ginny.
I don’t ever want to let you go, either. I refuse to. The Ministry just can’t up and pull some bullshit like this!
Run away with me, Hannah. We can live in the Muggle world. I study them; they aren’t that bad. They get along pretty well for not using any magic. We could do it. We can have a house, we can get married… Please. We can do it.
I know how you feel. I want to kill him. I mean, you’d be living with him, sharing a bed. Being..intimate. I just..can’t think of it, or I’ll be going to Azkaban. The future children? We’d be in their lives… A lot of kids have separated families. Just think, it would be like they had four mums, and four dads. If our pairings got married to someone else, that is.
I want to see you as soon as possible. Whenever you can, just floo over to my house. Or I can go to yours. I can’t wait. I have to do something that should’ve happened a long time ago.
Yours Forever,
Ernie
My Hannah,
I know—I’m sorry for thrusting this onto you now. And in a letter! Just take a deep breath, Hannah. I mean if you look at it…It was only logical that we’d develop feelings for each other. Look at Ron and Hermione; Harry and Ginny.
I don’t ever want to let you go, either. I refuse to. The Ministry just can’t up and pull some bullshit like this!
Run away with me, Hannah. We can live in the Muggle world. I study them; they aren’t that bad. They get along pretty well for not using any magic. We could do it. We can have a house, we can get married… Please. We can do it.
I know how you feel. I want to kill him. I mean, you’d be living with him, sharing a bed. Being..intimate. I just..can’t think of it, or I’ll be going to Azkaban. The future children? We’d be in their lives… A lot of kids have separated families. Just think, it would be like they had four mums, and four dads. If our pairings got married to someone else, that is.
I want to see you as soon as possible. Whenever you can, just floo over to my house. Or I can go to yours. I can’t wait. I have to do something that should’ve happened a long time ago.
Yours Forever,
Ernie
Ernie,
As magical and glorious running away with you sounds…I just don’t think I could do that. I love being a wizard and we can’t just give up everything we’ve worked for by running away! We’ve spent our time at school training to become powerful wizards who can do good for the world and who should be prepared for anything…
I know this is hard but we are strong enough. We WILL find a way through this. We have to…There is no other possibility.
Please…come over…now…I’m alone and I need to see you. Seeing you will make everything that much clearer.
Always yours,
Hannah
Letters to Hannah~
Dearest Hannah,
Please don’t try to tell me how I feel. It’s insulting to me, and you know it. True, this new law is making me think of things, and has also caused me to overthink, but I know that my love for you isn’t a product of this…blasphemy. I’ve loved you since our first year, and I’ve known it. I just never wished to tell you, because I was so frightened of ruining our friendship. It never seemed like you fancied me, so I didn’t do anything. The only thing I’m doing now is beating myself up for not taking that chance that could’ve saved us being matched to people whom we don’t really know, nor love.
I’ve been praying to whatever gods are up above us, that we’d be paired together. Because that means it’d make things so much more easier. I wouldn’t have had to put myself out there, like I’m doing now. We’d be married, and have a perfect little life together, where we’d have kids, a house.. I hoped we’d get paired together, because I know that you’re what I want in my life. As more than a friend.
I don’t know what to do, either. We have to get married to our chosen partner. But the idea of another person…touching you. I want to hex them out of this world. But please, please Hannah. Don’t tell me how I feel isn’t real. More than insulting..It hurts. For you to think that I don’t really love you?
Love (yes, love),
Ernie
Ernie,
I’m sorry if I insulted you, I didn’t mean to…it’s just this is all coming out of NOWHERE. I never imagined you liked me and I’m just shocked with all of this all happening. I am overwhelmed and lost.
Does love matter though? Is it enough? Because I know I love you and now I truly believe you love me too. I mean love was the magic that kept Harry alive when Voldemort tried to kill him. Maybe it’s the most powerful thing…and if it is do you think we should do something about it? I know I don’t want to ever let you go. Ever. Especially now, we need each other.
I don’t love Oliver. I don’t know Oliver. And I can’t think of you with another girl. God. I already hate this Kendra person and I don’t even know who she is. It’s always been Ernie and Hannah.
I want to be with you…In every way possible. Physically, Sexually, Emotionally, and even legally…It saddens me to know that this will never happen. If this lasts forever…What about my child? What about your child?
I don’t want to think about it now. I don’t know when we can meet up…I have to meet Oliver soon…When works for you? I need to see you. I need to be in your arms. I have been waiting to express my love for you for a long time and I don’t want it to only be through letters.
Always yours,
Hannah
Letters to Hannah~
My dearest Hannah,
I feel like a coward, for saying things like this; in a letter. I’ve prided myself on being able to confront people—you know this. But I just can’t face you after what I’m about to say.
You’ve been my best friend for years now. Eight years, or there abouts. And I can’t imagine my life without you in it. You’ve always been there for me to talk to, and I’ve never had to hide anything from you, in fear of judgement. You know me inside and out, better than anyone. And I like to think I know you that well, too. But there’s one secret I’ve never been able to confide in you, in fear of ruining our friendship. I feel so stupid, waiting this long to tell you. And I’ve missed my chance with you. This stupid law! I’m being forced to marry someone I don’t even know, nor love. When I told you I’d rather it be you, it wasn’t only for convenience.
I have had a crush on you, since that day on the train, the first year. Where you came tripping into my compartment (I think you were even MORE clumsy back then, if possible!), and you landed on me. You stayed in the room the entire trip, and we’ve been best friends since. I’ve adored you from afar, but I could never tell you in person. I didn’t want to risk our friendship. I knew I loved you—REALLY loved you, in our fourth year. Do you remember? That was the Tri-Wizard Tournament. We were even closer then, hardly ever leaving each other’s sight. I think we even fell asleep together a couple times, too!
You were my date for the Yule Ball, and to all of our Hogsmede trips. We fought along side each other during the war, and you’ve changed my life, Hannah. I love you, even still. But we’re being forced apart by this law. Instead of letting it come naturally to us, I’m forced to tell you through this letters, hoping that I’ve somewhat conveyed how I feel.
Justin said something about you fancying me in school, but I think he was pulling my leg. I just..Really hope this doesn’t make you and I awkward. I value our friendship too much for that. But…I had to tell you. Before this whole law thing.
Love always,
Ernie
My dear Ernie,
I don’t even know where to begin and I can’t fully express myself in a letter so please, bear with me. For some reason I have been romanticizing the idea of me being paired with you since the new law passed…I have romanticized it so much that I started to truly believe it would happen. I was disappointed when instead I was paired up with Oliver…Not that there is nothing wrong with Oliver! I just…got my hopes up I guess, which was foolish of me.
I guess I should respond to what you just said…about being in love with me. You don’t know how long I have waited for you to say this…I have loved you since Hogwarts…That being said, I don’t think you truly mean it. I’m not saying you’re lying I just think that there are a lot of emotions and crazy thoughts going on with getting your pairing and it’s not as comfortable and reassuring as me. So you just think you’re in love with me.
God. You know how I said above that I’ve been imagining us together since the new law was passed? That’s not true. I have been imagining us together since we first met. For so long.
This is so hard. I’m so confused. I can’t think straight. I don’t know what to do. I truly don’t. I love you…I just don’t think you really love me. Not like that at least.
Love yours truly,
Hannah
Oliver Wood. Do you remember him? I don’t know if I remember a Kendra…Was she in our year? I don’t even know how to feel right now. Everything is happening so quickly it’s a bit overwhelming.
I’m not sure. I mean I’m sort of in shock. I was hoping it’d be someone I was comfortable with…Not that there is a certain someone I mean I guess I just mean in general…
Ginny Weasley. It has been such a long time. I would love it if we could catch up!
Ernie…Did you get paired? I um…I got paired.
Hey Oliver! So erm…I guess we’re going to be married. I don’t even know your middle name! I guess we could start there…
Dear Miss Abbott,
As I’m sure you’re aware, a new law has recently been passed at the Ministry of Magic. This law requires all muggleborn and half-blooded witches and wizards between the ages of 17 – 35 to be paired with a pureblood of the opposite sex within the same age range. The reason for this is to increase the population of the Wizarding world and to prevent our kind from dying.
You have been paired with Oliver Wood.
You and your set partner are required to marry within three months after receiving your pairing, and produce a child to contribute to the increase in population of the Wizarding World.
With kindest regards,
Kingsley Shacklebolt
Minister of Magic
….Oliver Wood….
All that I know about him is that he was quidditch captain…
Is this for real?
