Open Sometimes what is, is meant to be

[Charlotte Astor Williams]

Charlotte knew she wasn't really supposed to write to her father, per her mother's request. But it was killing her inside. She didn't understand how he could just up and leave, and while she was no longer mad at her mum, she wanted to know if she had any right to be mad at her dad. No one would really explain why her parents were divorced. No one would really explain why she couldn't go visit her dad in America, where he presumably was. There was that, too - she had no idea why he was there. Was it some secret mission? Did he have a job there? His family all lived in New Zealand. It made no sense. Lottie looked at the letter she'd written out and hoped that one of the Hogwarts owls could do a decent job at finding him - they were supposed to be able to do that, right? As she found a friendly bird, she gave it a few treats before tying the letter to his leg. She didn't know if the owls could deliver letters across oceans, but it was worth a shot. Afterall, they had magic on their side. Lottie looked at the owl and gave it a nudge, hoping it would set off to deliver the letter, but it didn't move. "Go on, then. I don't have an address. You'll just have to figure it out," she said to the owl, who gave her a sad coo back.