No thanks

[alt_draco]

Mother and Father, I'm writing here to let you know that I won't be owling your Christmas gifts off in time for Christmas Day.

I'll send them off later, at some point when it's a bit more convenient for me. Possibly this could be months from now. Sorry about that, I'd give more explanation but I have exams to think about right now. Let's just say that something's come up, yeah?

Your son,
Draco

Comments

[alt_draco]

Thanks ever so much for the advice. It's funny to see you talk about duty, of all things.

I appreciate Mother's efforts, but I would have rather been at the Manor with no gifts than be here with a whole parliament of them.

[alt_regulus]

Funny? Maybe from your vantage.

Let's say that I've learnt some things about duty--and that some of those lessons have been more recent and more severe than others. I hope you never need the sort of remedial instruction I've required.

As we both know, my family illustrates a particularly bitter truth: parents may do their very best to instruct their sons in the traditions and obligations of their noble (and ancient) names, and yet those sons may stubbornly disappoint.

If you'd like to blame someone for your current lot, you need look no further than my elder brother. (And if you're wise, you won't follow the path either of us chose--as sons or subjects.)

[alt_sirius]

What?

Don't go laying the whims of that madman at my feet, little brother. He may claim I'm at the heart of the timing, but his depraved idea of justice just keeps getting further and further away from anything resembling reason. How is leaving these students at Hogwarts going to solve anything about the Chamber? How does it prove me wrong? It's just another case of transferring his impotent rage onto some other innocent target.

As for disappointing in the face of traditions, names and houses, perhaps it's about time the lad begins to question what lies beneath those 'noble' attributes his families boast. And who they've harmed to attain their vaulted status, as well.

[alt_crouch_jr]

Spreading your lies in children's pages, Black? That's low, even for you.

As Draco knows, Our Lord sacrificed the pleasures of His own holiday so the parents of all Hogwarts's pupils will rest assured that all is well at the school. The things that have happened there are malicious pranks, nothing more; their perpetrators will be brought to light and to punishment in due time. Of that you may be quite sure.