#ask:lysander

April 2020

Dear Diary,

I’ve obviously seen the Scamanders around school, and even talked to Lorcan several times since we’re in the same house. But Lysander’s a bit more intimidating, I suppose. For starters, he’s a Slytherin, and I haven’t made many friends in that house yet. Someone tried to tell me that it’s because my dad was in Dumbledore’s Army, but that’s absolutely ridiculous! They’re not their parents, they wouldn’t have a grudge against me for that, would they?

I think it’s much more likely that I’m just quiet and people think I’m a bit odd, so they haven’t seen much reason to reach out. But that so wasn’t the point I was trying to make, I was talking about how Lysander seems to be more of the charmer, who’s interested in impressing girls and being popular and playing Quidditch and pranks and things like that... things I definitely don’t relate to!

Only the other day while I was bored on Easter holiday, I was doing some research on the Goldstein family tree, because we were talking about genealogies in History of Magic and I got curious -- and it turns out we’re related to the Scamanders! Very distantly, of course, but Porpentina Goldstein married Newt Scamander back in the day, which means there’s at least some sort of tie between us now. And Lysander seems so fascinating, and maybe if I tell him that we’re related we’ll have something to talk about and I’ll find out that he’s actually just as sweet as Lorcan is.

I think I’m going to do it. Oh Merlin, I hope I don’t embarrass myself! And that he doesn’t think I have a crush on him, that would be so embarrassing, and people already think I have one on Louis because I think he’s cute, which is so not true, and just -- wish me luck, Diary! I’m going to go before I can keep rambling and write something that might seem incriminating later.

xoxo, 

Becca

I’m supposed to be paying attention to Professor Xavier’s speech but it’s already so boring. Why does he have to ramble about all this boring stuff when all we want to do is eat our dinner and meet our new housemates? How complicated can Hogwarts really be, old man?

Anyway, this is a note to myself to ask Roxy later how the heck a Scamander ended up in Slytherin. She always talks about how they grew up friends with her family, so I just assumed they’d be in good houses. The Ravenclaw one is automatically cuter just because he’s not a snake. 

Although I guess since he comes from a good family, I could try sitting near him when I have to get paired up with Slytherins during double classes. Maybe he’ll suck less than all the rest of them. Or maybe he’ll be a good friend for Ari, since she got put in the wrong house. Who knows. Who cares.

 send me a ☏ for one voicemail left by my muse on your muse's phone

"Lys? I swear I saw a prefect stationed outside of just about every broom closet I walked past today. You don’t think they were all taking our joking seriously, do you? Merlin, people around this castle really need to learn to lighten up. So, I guess this means when we meet up for Ancient Runes help later we’ll have to meet somewhere respectable -- call me back and let me know where works for you.”

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[Text to Lysander]: For some reason I couldn’t solve a Muggle Sudoku problem for the life of me earlier, but then I charmed the paper to change it into a hierarchy of nine species of snakes and I solved it right away. Stupid maths, psyching me out like that.”[Text to Lysander]: Have you been hogging Lorcan lately? I feel like I never see him anymore, and while I don’t miss all the dirt he traipses in from visiting animals, I do sort of miss my seventh cousin three times removed.[Text to Lysander]: So besides just the Spartan Warrior and the Shakespeare character, I discovered a new Lysander in literature today that you should know about. You’re going to have to actually pay attention to me if you want the details, though! :-p

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I will make sure Lysander Scamander sees A Midsummer Night’s Dream live if it means having to put on a one-Becca show and perform it myself, mark my words!

Send “%” for a CURIOUS text.

[Text to Lysander]: Are twins born smaller than normal babies?[Text to Lysander]: Because I don’t really understand how they both fit inside of a woman’s stomach, but books about reproduction have horrifying photographs inside of them.[Text to Lysander]: Never again, Lys. I don’t envy people who stay in the Muggle world and have to take their biology courses.

Send “✉” for a text that WASN’T SENT.

[text to Lysander]: So maybe you’re the cuter twin after all.[text to Lysander]: But I’m not as close to you as I am to Lorcan, and I’m afraid if I say that to you you might take it the wrong way. 

Send “✆” for a MORNING text. 

You look like Lorcan, so I suppose that makes you cute.

Your reasons for wanting to tutor other people in Ancient Runes aren’t totally selfish.

The fact that you actually like Ancient Runes when it’s one of the most grumbled about classes at Hogwarts is also a plus.

I think it’s really sweet the way you care so much about Lorcan’s happiness. I wish my siblings were still more like that sometimes.

I haven’t completely figured you out yet, which I like. Predictable people are sometimes tedious.

You seem like someone trustworthy.