I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good: Private Message to Neville

[alt_evelyn]

I can't stop thinking about it, Pete.

About mum and dad, I mean. It just

Well, it explains everything, doesn't it? About why they had to leave us, and what they've been doing that's so important, and why they knew Terry Boot and Hermione, and I was so worried they were doing something just awful and frightening which is why they couldn't say, even though they seemed so nice and

I'm just so glad.

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[alt_neville]

You're right. The best Christmas present ever. Although it's so sad that it took Mr Weasley's death for us to find out.

Been thinking, too: they were aurors, after all. I reckon that in a way they just went on being aururs even after the old Ministry fell. Because they saw it as protecting people.

When we put the lit candle in the window tonight, i guess I just won't be thinking of Mum and Dad. I'll be thinking of all those people, all those kids the wand smugglers saved, too.