For The One Who Will Survive It All

Disclaimer: The characters mentioned belong to JKR, whom I hope will forgive me for endlessly mangling her hapless characters. Now if she would get Book Five out…

For The One Who Will Survive It All

He stared at the letter, the elegant script that scattered the envelope that encased it and had done so for so many years, trying not to disbelieve the fact that it existed. That it was truly for him, not some practical joke from a school-time enemy or a cruel joke from a now dead Voldemort. The writing was beautiful, and once again he wondered why the writer had insisted it be left with Snape for safekeeping.

He opened it with trembling fingers, hoping with every fibre of his being that it was not a false, not a fake, not a forgery, not…untrue. That it was real, substantial and tangible. That his beloved mother, whom he