For The One Who Will Survive It All
by Dauphin

Rating: PG
Ship: Lily & James
Canon: Books 1 - 4
Genre: Angst, Drama
Status: In progress
Length: 150 words in 1 chapter
Published: 28 Nov 2002
Last updated: 15 Dec 2002

After Voldemort's defeat, a mysterious letter is slid under the door of the Gryffindor dormitory. On it is written - for
the one who will survive it all.

From the Unofficial Portkey Archive: https://portkey-archive.org/story/21/

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1. Chapter 1

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