Afterglow [aidan]

[BRÍGH ENNIS O'DALAIGH]

27 December
Dear Aidan,

Happy belated Yule! I hope you had a lovely time with your family. What are they like? Do you ever celebrate with non-druids?
My Christmas (your Yule!) was quiet. My mum and dad made a nice spread and we had lots of turkey and stuffing. Do you have any special recipes? Maybe we could do an exchange. I thought about pointing out how I could probably harvest berries now for jam but I don’t think my brother Bran was very impressed...
I’m so glad I got to meet you. Hopefully I can visit again soon but don’t tell Eli or he might think I like you better!

Write back soon please.

Love from
Brígh

Aidan Evander Ó Cuinn

[Aidan Evander Ó Cuinn]

[Shaky-looking writing, like the author hesitated a lot while drawing out the letters]

29 December 2025
Dear Brígh,

I enjoy to go home for Yoole Yule very much! My full family was toogether – this is very nice but hard because my cousins they live far away. In Scun Scandee Scandinavia! Their commoonity is not so isolated from the mainland, so their English better from mine. I think you would like them!

We do not eat meat so much here, but I asked my muther for a recipe. She wrote a page for you with soda bread. She enjoys to use raisins! But I tell her that your family might alredy know it.

Non-druids always okay to visit Hy-Brasil. Some druids do not to like outsiders, but some families like to show off their homes. My big great grandmother she is Elder, so she always to invite non-druids to stay with us. I can tell her about you? I was happy to see you too. I hope we to see each other soon. But next time better to send letter with golden snidget or jobberknoll. No owls here in Hy-Brasil!

Aidan
[At the bottom of the page, a quick doodle of a kneazle}
BRÍGH ENNIS O'DALAIGH

[BRÍGH ENNIS O'DALAIGH]

31 December

Dear Aidan,

I found a snidget! I hope you get this letter in due time! I would love to meet them, and you to meet my family. Your English is excellent (: you can come visit me here in Galway if you want! I go back to school on the 10th, but would love it if you wanted to come. Hopefully I can be one of those non-druids who your gran hosts.

I love soda bread! Thank you so much, and tell your gran I am very grateful. I've found a recipe for a vegetarian version of the stuffing my mum makes. It's so tasty. I can't wait to try the soda bread recipe, my mum's tastes like rocks. Or at least what I imagine rocks to taste like...

I'm going to visit some friends tonight for the new year, but what are you doing this next week?

Love from
Brígh
Aidan Evander Ó Cuinn

[Aidan Evander Ó Cuinn]

2 January 2026
Dear Brígh,

I get this letter quick! Many people they think snidget not good to send letters becawse it small, but snidget has speshial wings. So really, it very fast bird! I leerned lerned know this from Hy-Brasil. I try to catch them when I small. Now I know I cannot!

I not hear about Galway, is it yoor village? My ma she says it is mainlander sity city, but I never visit one so I can only to picture Hogsmeade. If Galway like Hogsmeade, I want to visit very much. What creatures in this city? If it neerby water then I think murtlaps and grindylows. Plimpies too?

Did you to try the soda bread? I think your ma she must make better than rocks. I eat once on dare and rocks no good at all.

I do nothing this week and this month. January is Time of Passing, it very bad time for druids. We think of ansestors and those we lost to the Otherworld. If you to visit us, it better to be in Febuary. That best month to see Hy-Brasil! I hope you to enjoy visit with your friends. Is this your friend who read books?

Aidan
BRÍGH ENNIS O'DALAIGH
(Little sketch of a grindylow at the bottom of the page)

[BRÍGH ENNIS O'DALAIGH]

7 January

Dear Aidan,

You've tried rocks? Why is that not surprising... only joking! The soda bread was delightful! Even my ma couldn't mess it up.

Sorry it's taken a bit to get back to you. Just started term again, but from now on the letters will be very quick! And I can come visit you. I even know of some secret passageways so we don't have to wait until Hogsmeade weekends to meet up. And you can teach me all about your herbs and salves and I can teach you ... other things.

I hope that Time of Passing is okay for you. I don't think we have something like that. I can only think of the Day of the Dead in Mexican culture. But that is a party! Not a sad time.

My friend who reads books, Addy, told me some interesting things. Hopefully we can talk more about it when I see you next.

Love from,
Brígh
Aidan Evander Ó Cuinn

[BRÍGH ENNIS O'DALAIGH]

13 January
Dear Aidan,

Did you hear? They're organising a trip for Hogwarts students to come to Hy-Brasil! It's in mid-February. Will you give me a guided tour?

Love from,
Brígh
Aidan Evander Ó Cuinn

[Aidan Evander Ó Cuinn]

15 January 2026
Dear Brígh,

I also here in Hogsmeade again! I enjoy very much to visit my family, but I want to see creatures very much. And you! I not know students cannot to come when they want. That roole rule it not seem so good to me.

I teach you whatever you want – herbs and majical plants. But I think they not so intresteeng like creatures and I prefer to introduce you to them. You alredy teach me a lot, but I also want to know more! What is ‘Mexican’? And Day of the Dead?

You will to love Hy-Brasil! It most boo beautiful place on earth. I not supposed to be home, but February is best time and I go back to show you my island. You will see why I say druid way of life it is better! But I not want to wait so I have gift for you! These mirrors, very fast way for druids to talk and not to use letters. It very easy, if you not see how I show you in Hogsmeade.

Aidan
BRÍGH ENNIS O'DALAIGH
(Doodle of a niffler by his signature)
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