A/N: This fic was written for honeybeebeauty's and never-ending nights with you's The Challenge That Must Not Be Named – Round 1 and EvylinDevilin's Letter Challenge both in the HPFC forum. Big thanks to Bee, Ela, and Evylin for the inspiration!

For The Challenge That Must Not Be Named: fic was inspired by a song called Long Way Home by The Offspring.

For Letter Challenge: characters I received were Draco and Narcissa.

I do not own Harry Potter or anything that is part of the Harry Potter universe. Credit for that goes to JKR. The rest is mine.

Mother,

I understand that this will be very hard for you to hear, but I knew it would be best that I told you rather than have you wonder. I'm sorry for having to do this to you, but there is no easy way to put this. I will not be returning to the manor. I have come to realize that I have no home there. That isn't to say that you haven't been a great mother, because you really have. It's just that I've had to deal with so much shit there (pardon my French), most of it from Father.

I'll be sure to write to you once I get where I am going. Lately I've noticed that I cannot stay in one place for more than a few days. I know what I'm doing; I'm trying my hardest to get away from my past. I feel ashamed of who I was, but I'm not sure who exactly I want to be. Right now I am just focusing on moving. I'll just keep going until I feel I'm where I need to be. It feels like the right thing to do; the only way to find my home.

Don't expect to hear from me any time soon after this though. I'll be taking the long way home. Hopefully, in this time I'll find myself, or at least who I want to be. And I don't think that this is a waste of time as you probably do. What I need cannot be found for me. Money or influence won't help me. I've got to do this myself. This journey, or whatever it is, is all that I care about right now. It's all I think about and it's all that I'm living for.

I really am not sure where I am going exactly or when I'm going to get there, but there are a few things I do know. Once I'm there I'll be happy. I'll have real friends who actually care about me. Just a few friends, I don't need to be popular as long as the few friends I have are true. I'll be doing good in society. I'll have a job that doesn't mark me as a killer, but of someone with a heart and soul. I'll live in a modest house, nothing like the manor. There'll be an open field out back for flying and maybe even a beach nearby. And I'll be in love. I'll be in love with a girl who I think is beautiful, and she'll appreciate everything about me: my past, present, and future. This girl will be my entire life. Yes, when I get there, where ever there is, I'm definitely in love.

Mother, I know that this is a lot to ask, but I beg to know that I have made you proud. As much as I force myself to be independent, your approval still means the world to me. I just need to know that you still love me regardless of the fact that I'm doing something that you've never dreamed of for me. As I send this letter off, this is all that I ask of you, and then I'll know that I'll make it to where I am headed on my own.

Love always,

Draco

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