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Title: Owls to Azkaban
Author: Ina MacAllan - inamac
Characters: Narcissa, Lucius
Rating: Gen PG13
Word count: 177
Notes: The final letters between Narcissa and Lucius on his release from Azkaban: July 1997.

July 1997 - A solitary owl wings its way North, seeking its Master

Title: Owls to Azkaban
Author: Ina MacAllan - inamac
Characters: Narcissa
Rating: Gen PG13
Word count: 785
Notes: The twelfth letter from Narcissa to Lucius during his imprisonment in Azkaban (July 1996-July 1997).
Compliant to: HBP Chs. 25 - 27
Summary: June 1997 is a turning point for the Wizarding world - and for the Malfoys.


It is some years since Narcissa attained an O for Divination in her NEWT exams, but she has not lost her skill. She had though that The Tower Struck by Lightning presaged the fall of her home to the Dark Lord. Now she reassesses the spread, and wonders whether the couple chained at the foot of The Devil's throne are his servants - or his slaves. Divination is not a precise magic. Narcissa sets aside the cards and takes up her quill.

Title: Owls to Azkaban
Author: Ina MacAllan - inamac
Characters: Narcissa
Rating: Gen PG13
Word count: 760
Notes: The eleventh letter from Narcissa to Lucius during his imprisonment in Azkaban, relating the events of May 1997 (Sectumsempra).

Link to The eleventh letter - May 1997

Title: Owls to Azkaban
Author: Ina MacAllan - inamac
Characters: Narcissa
Rating: Gen PG13
Word count: 635
Notes: The tenth letter from Narcissa to Lucius during his imprisonment in Azkaban (July 1996-July 1997).

Link to: The tenth letter - April 1997
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Title: Owls to Azkaban
Author: Ina MacAllan - inamac
Characters: Narcissa
Rating: Gen PG13
Word count: 705
Notes: The ninth letter from Narcissa to Lucius during his imprisonment in Azkaban (July 1996-July 1997).


Link to The ninth letter - March 1997

Title: Owls to Azkaban
Author: Ina MacAllan - inamac
Characters: Narcissa
Rating: Gen PG13
Word count: 595
Notes: The eighth letter from Narcissa to Lucius during his imprisonment in Azkaban (July 1996-July 1997).
Compliant to: HBP Ch 18 and DH Ch 33)
Summary: Narcissa sends Valentine's day greetings to Lucius.

Valentine's Day is a stark reminder of the separation from her husband. Narcissa should be writing an anonymous card - instead she sets pen to parchment for her monthly missive.

Title: Owls to Azkaban
Author: Ina MacAllan - inamac
Characters: Narcissa
Rating: Gen PG13
Word count: 867
Notes: The seventh letter from Narcissa to Lucius during his imprisonment in Azkaban (July 1996-July 1997).
Compliant to: HBP Ch 16-18
Summary: A New Year, and a new beginning, for Narcissa and the Wizarding world.

It is a Sunday afternoon at the end of January. Narcissa kisses her son farewell and watches him apparate back to the danger of Hogsmeade before returning to her room to continue her correspondence...

Title: Owls to Azkaban
Author: Ina MacAllan - inamac
Characters: Narcissa
Rating: Gen PG13
Word count: 444
Warning: Angst, despair.
Notes: The sixth letter from Narcissa to Lucius during his imprisonment in Azkaban (July 1996-July 1997).
Summary: Narcissa faces Christmas without Lucius...

The Sixth letter DECEMBER 1996

On 25th December an owl arrived at Azkaban bearing two simple cards, addressed to Lucius Malfoy and signed 'Narcissa' and 'Draco'. There was no letter accompanying the cards.

Christmas Day 1996 - Malfoy Manor

Title: Owls to Azkaban
Author: Ina MacAllan - inamac
Characters: Narcissa
Rating: Gen PG13
Word count: 660
Compliant to: HBP Ch. 14
Notes: The fifth letter from Narcissa to Lucius during his imprisonment in Azkaban (July 1996-July 1997).
Summary: The events of October/November 1996

There is a hoar frost on the yew hedges that line the driveway to the Manor, and the last of the dry leaves have rattled from the elms and been swept up by the elves. Narcissa draws her writing desk closer to the fire and dips her pen...

Title: Owls to Azkaban
Author: Ina MacAllan - inamac
Characters: Narcissa
Rating: Gen PG13
Word count: 770
Compliant to: HBP Chs 11 & 12
Notes: The fourth letter from Narcissa to Lucius during his imprisonment in Azkaban (July 1996-July 1997).
Summary: The events of late September/Early October.


"Were her husband here, Narcissa Malfoy would not presume to venture into his study. But in his absence Malfoy business must still be transacted. She sets aside the last of the papers (an invoice from Bourgin and Burke's to be paid from one of the Family's untraceable Gringotts accounts), and spreads a clean parchment on the blotter...

Title: Owls to Azkaban
Author: Ina MacAllan - inamac
Characters: Narcissa
Rating: Gen PG13
Word count: 834
Compliant to: HBP Chs 6 & 7 (DH Ch. 24)
Notes: The third in a planned sequence of 13 letters from Narcissa to Lucius during his imprisonment in Azkaban (July 1996-July 1997).
Summary: The events of late August/Early September from Narcissa's pov.

On an unseasonably damp September day Narcissa Malfoy sits at her writing desk. She folds a old letter, ink faded to sepia with time, and replaces it in a silver-mounted casket. Then she takes up her quill...

Title: Owls to Azkaban
Author: Ina MacAllan - inamac
Characters: Narcissa
Rating: Gen PG13
Word count: 770
Compliant to: HBP Chs 1-4
Notes: The second in a planned sequence of 13 letters from Narcissa to Lucius during his imprisonment in Azkaban (July 1996-July 1997).
Summary: The events of late July/Early August from Narcissa's pov.


It is August 1996. Narcissa Malfoy emerges from the green flames of the fireplace in her private study, casts aside her cloak, and goes directly to the writing desk. As she lifts her pen she can still feel the ghostly binding of the Unbreakable Vow around her wrist.

Title: Owls to Azkaban
Author: Ina MacAllan - inamac
Characters: Narcissa
Rating: Gen PG12
Warnings: None
Word count: approx 500
Compliant to: OOTP (later HBP)
Notes: The first of a planned sequence of letters in 'real time' (there should be two more this month to 'catch up') covering Lucius's period in Azkaban.
Summary: Narcissa writes to Lucius while he is imprisoned in Azkaban


It is July 1996. Narcissa's quill moves confidently over the parchment. There is no observer to see her eyes bright with unshed tears