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]

I know.

I just realised something else: I'm so proud. I'm dead proud that they're our parents. And that's both unfamiliar and wonderful. The not knowing has been horrible. If you don't know, your imagination fills in the gaps with all the worst possible, and it's all you can do not to flinch when they call you 'blood traitor.'

I tried not to resent that they left us behind, but I just couldn't understand it. But this: I never imagined anything like this! And it all makes sense. Why they gave us to Gran, and why Gran supports them. I wondered about that, too.

But this is why. They're heroes.