Siberia's Terrible Weather

Harry's room, Durmstrang, Feb. 16 th

A soft tapping against the only window in his room caused Harry to look up from his desk. Outside, just barely able to remain flying in the snowstorm, was a brown owl that he immediately recognized as being from Hogwarts. Quickly standing Harry opened his tiny window, allowing the tiny owl to flutter inside.

"I'm sorry I don't have any owl treats for you, but if you go to the owlery you can rest and get some food before you have to go back to Hogwarts," Harry told the tired-looking creature, who simply hooted in response.

After removing the letter from the owl and letting it back outside to find its way to the owlery, Harry sat down on his bed to read.

Harry,

That's awesome that your friend is a Seeker. He must be pretty good to pull off that kind of maneuver with a Bludger. I never would have thought of timing my flying to get a Bludger to stay close enough to me so that I could use it as a weapon against an opposing player. I'll have to ask Fred or George to help me practice that. I'm sure Oliver will appreciate the potential advantage it could give us. I promise that I won't tell Mum that it was you who told me about it.

I'm glad things are working out for you at Durmstrang, but I still wish you were here.

The reason I'm writing though is that I have a question. Have you ever heard of someone named Nicholas Flamel? Hermione, Ron, and I have been looking for information about him for a while, but we can't seem to find anything. So anything you know would be a great help.

Hope you aren't too cold in Siberia.

Nathan

Harry laughed at his brother's final line. He had told Nathan that he was right and that Durmstrang was in Siberia, and it seemed like his brother was buying it. Harry had written to his parents and explained how he couldn't tell them where Durmstrang was; however, he also mentioned that Nathan would probably be writing them soon, claiming that he was right and that Durmstrang was in Siberia. His dad had written back, praising him for pranking his brother from a thousand miles away, and his mother had reluctantly agreed not to tell Nathan about the prank.

Harry thought the question about Nicholas Flamel was odd. The only Flamel Harry had ever heard of was the alchemist who helped Professor Dumbledore work on the twelve uses of dragon's blood. Scribbling a quick response to his brother, and making sure to include a warning about not killing himself practicing insane Quidditch moves, Harry went down to the owlery to send his response with a Durmstrang owl.