Exchange of letters

To Justin Finch-Fletchey

Dirty mudblood, I have the pleasure of announcing to you that you will soon suffer the fate you deserve for daring to sully this land with your despicable existence. Soon, I will be able to prove to the entire wizarding society that I have never felt anything but disgust and hatred towards you. The next time we meet, my father's friends and I will have the supreme joy of torturing your dear little sister without you being able to do anything to stop it. Thus, perhaps you will finally understand that your pitiful powers are nothing compared to those of a true wizard.

I hope you will have the cowardice to leave the country before our arrival. The hunt will only add a little excitement to what promises to be a boring execution.

With all my contempt.

Theodore Nott

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To the great marvelous, charming, powerful, and subtle Lord Nott junior

Hello to you too, Théo. Receiving your letter was a real blessing. My mother forgot to buy toilet paper this week. Feel free to write me more.

Speaking of news, Blaise asked me to tell you that a great misfortune has just struck his family. Not only is his stepfather still alive, but in addition, one of his cousins has suddenly fallen seriously ill. His family is therefore forced to move to France for an indefinite period. I don't know how to tell you gently and anyway, I know you hate beating around the bush, so I'll be direct: he might not return to Hogwarts this year.

You will probably never admit it, but I know you will miss him. But know that you will not make me flee so easily. I also want us to settle our scores.

Sincerely,

Justin Finch-Fletchey

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To the despicable mud-blood who lives at 3 Pall-Mall in London.

Immediately cease these familiarities towards me. Even with the limited intellectual abilities bequeathed to you by your animal parents, I would have thought you understood that I have never been your friend and never will be. I was just forced to associate with you to get closer to the survivor. But today the Dark Lord is back and he will soon eliminate all the impure bloods that taint our community. For now, he insists on remaining discreet, but as soon as he has accumulated enough strength, we will be able to act in broad daylight. Be sure that your family will not escape it. My father and I are eager to restore the tarnished reputation of our family sullied by those infamous Gazette rumors.

As for that traitor Blaise, tell him well that the next time we meet, I will be forced to put an end to his lineage to punish him for his cowardice andHis lack of dedication to our noble cause. However, the loss of such good blood would be a tragedy for our community.

I shouldn't think it and even less write it, but I hope he stays abroad. It's the only way to be safe from the dark lord.

Hoping to never see you again

Theodore Nott

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To Theodore Nott

Unfortunately, I suddenly remembered that I hated my cousin. I am therefore forced to give up several months of idleness by the Mediterranean. However, don't worry about her. Most wealthy families have also decided to visit her bedside. Unless it's a different cousin each time. Our families are soConsanguinesIntimately linked that it is difficult to determine.

But in every bad thing, there is some good. I humbly request the immense honor of receiving in my home the noble Lord Nott so that he may instruct me by his example on how a true wizard is supposed to behave in these troubled times when the stairs seem to have declared a most unjust war on old French women with family in England.

Sincerely, the only great, wonderful, charming, powerful, and subtle Slytherin.

Blaise Zabini.

PS: You are just noble.

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To Blaise Zabini

I was pleasantly surprised by reading your last letter. I was delighted to learn that the Zabinis wish to take part in the fight for the regeneration of our society and would be happy to introduce you to the service of our noble cause. However, I must decline your offer.

You are probably not aware, but recently envoys of the dark lord have contacted your mother. Her response has considerably angered our master. Personally, I do not hold you responsible for the behavior of your house's matriarch, but that is not the case with all respectable families. Even though I understand your frustration, there are many different ways to serve our cause.

For the moment, I encourage you to follow your mother in her shameful flight and to use her talents, of which you would be the sole keeper, to increase the number of purebloods. When I have the mark, I will ensure that you are allowed to cleanse your family's name of the outrages your mother has inflicted upon it.

Respectfully,

Théodore Nott

PS: Your subtle yet nonetheless erroneous reference to the last letter of that mudblood Potter forced us to associate with did not go unnoticed by my father.

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To Theodore Nott

Know that I am not afraid of you filthy Death Eater and that I do not intend to leave. Not before having the chance to show the world who the real Theodore Nott is.

If you are so sure of your superiority, then what would you say to settling our scores once and for all in a duel? Blaise agrees for his manor to serve as neutral ground. I will wait for you there as long as it takes. Unless you are afraid of losing?

By the way, do you have any news from Harry? All our letters are unanswered. The newspaper is talking nonsense, isn't it?

Sincerely,

Justin Finch-Fletchley

PS: Is it the end of the world or did your letter contain a joke? Don't ever do that again. Blaise almost had a heart attack reading it. And it wasn't even funny.

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But are you going to get out of the country, you bunch of idiots??

Nott

PS: Harry is dead. Do not write to him anymore.

PS 2: Burn this message when you have received it and do not reply. My father reads my mail.

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Not without you.

Your friends: Justin and Blaise

PS: We understood that your father was reading your mail, but you won't get off that easily. What do you mean by "Harry is dead"?

PS 2: This message will self-destruct when you have read it or if someone else tries to read it. Justin hasn't stopped humming a strange tune while shouting "mission impossible" when I wrote this letter. I think the situation has definitely driven him into madness.

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After more than a week without receiving a response to their last letter, Justin and Blaise had to make a difficult decision. In fact, it wasn't really a choice. Blaise's mother refused to wait any longer before fleeing the country.

What else could they do but follow her? They were only first-year wizards.

In any case, Blaise's mother was right. They had no reason to put themselves in danger to save someone who wouldn't even be grateful to them.

It was perfectly logical reasoning. A Slytherin reasoning. Unfortunately, Justin was a Hufflepuff.