John Doe
London

Headmaster Knox Greyfriar
Hogwarts Castle

May 9th

Headmaster,

I cannot expect you to believe anything I say, as I am now a fugitive of the law, and an accused murderer. I cannot expect you to do anything but frown with utter disgust at my words. I cannot expect you to not got to the ministry with this letter to report me, have it tracked, or something. To safe guard that, I cast a spell where it will spontaneously combust after you've read the note, so remember all of these words.

I didn't do it. I didn't kill those men, and I'm going to find the man who did. All I remember was being knocked out, waking up with hitwizards and aurors storming the cellar I was in. I saw in that the news, I'm sure you know. I feel like Sirius Black right now. I cannot explain the details behind what happened, as I do not fully understand them myself.

If you wish to contact me, have a letter sent to King's Cross under the name John Doe. I'll find a way to get it. If you don't believe me, and you tell the Ministry to set up a fake letter and to catch me, I'll understand. But I'm willing to take the gamble, there aren't many people I can trust, only a very select few know about this.

I just hope you will hear my plea, as the Ministry surely did not. I'm not my brother. I am not my brother. I am not my brother.

Signed,
 
John