Fight.
For all the children who've lost someone by this awful war. Fight for all the children that will lose someone by this awful war. Fight for all the people that will lose children by this awful war.
It's simple, really. Easy to get into the swing of things.
Dodge curses, protect others. Dodge curses, protect others. And if you do cast a curse, don't look wear it makes it mark.
You almost hope you will miss.
It's a simple tactic really. One that causes the least amount of pain to the castor. Because the pain in people's eyes, when the curse hits them, that causes pain for both two people, you and them.
How have they been doing this their whole lives, is what you want to know. Don't they feel any sort of guilt after they've done it? Don't they feel bad after they realise that they've torn families, and lives, and worlds apart?
Maybe they never realise it. Maybe they live their whole lives lying to themselves, telling themselves that they're doing good things for the world. Does that make them right? Does that make you a bad person?
Don't worry, you're not a bad person. You don't believe in their cause. But because you are a good person, you don't want to see them getting hurt. You don't want to see anybody getting hurt.
So you fight.
"Oi! Look, it's old McGonagall," you hear two of them say, "Let's gang up on her. I bet we beat her, easy." Wordlessly, you cast a spell on them and then you walk away. You don't look back, how could you?
So fight.
All those children are counting on you.
A/N-Snakes and Ladders Challenge: Character McGonagall. And for the Character Diversity Boot Camp, prompt tactic.