A/N: Inspired by this post ( nevillelongbotom,tumblr,com/post/60053398034/samwi nchesters-oneshot-where-harr y-upon-seeing) on tumblr. I'll have you know I only cried for 3 hours after writing this.
Dear Mum and Dad,
Well, here goes. Hi, I guess. It's me. Harry. Harry James Potter. I guess you'd know that, since you named me… The thing is, well, I don't know why I'm doing this really. All my mates were writing to their folks. It just seemed… I don't know. Necessary?
Bollocks.
Well, er, hi. Again. Heh. I reckon I'll just tell you about what's going on with me right now… It's October 17th, 1996. I should be doing Potions homework right about now. Don't think Slughorn will mind if I don't. I'll make him a happiness draught or something to placate him. Should work pretty well. He reckons I've got your natural talent, Mum. Didn't know you were good at Potions. Reckon I take more after Dad with that, usually rubbish at it. But I got this book with all these notes written in the margins that help. Hermione says—
Right. Hermione. Hermione Granger. She's one of my mates. She's muggleborn, like you, Mum. She's bloody brilliant, top of our class. Anyway, she says that I should hand the book in, have it checked for "dark magic". Don't think anything too bad can happen from me passing my Potions N.E.W.T. though.
Might as well tell you about my other best mate… Ron Weasley. He's in Gryffindor with me, as is Hermione. He's got red hair, loads of freckles, and he is definitely not the smartest bloke. That sounded mean. Didn't mean it to be. But he's cool to be around.
I don't know much else to say… I got seven O.W.L.s. I'm gonna try to be an Auror. Maybe I'll play Quidditch too. It's hard to see much past the war though. Everything's getting darker. Don't know if we'll ever move past it. It just keeps getting worse and worse. People are dying left and right. I didn't even know they existed, but it still affects me.
Sometimes I feel like it's all my fault. If I had never existed… I don't know. Maybe it never would have happened. Maybe you'd still be here. Maybe you'd have more kids. Let them live normal, happy lives with parents. Wish it could happen.
I really miss you guys.
I never really knew you, but I miss you. I don't think I'll ever stop. You were the best parents anyone could ever ask for. Hell, I didn't even ask for you and I got you. Don't know how that's fair. I treat your sacrifice like nothing, putting myself in danger all the time. It's not like a mean to… Stuff just happens to me.
Like last year, when I had the vision about Sirius…
I tried to save him. That's all I wanted to do. And now he's gone. He's up there with you, I guess. So he's probably happy now. Tell him… Tell him I love him, will you? I don't think I ever told him when he was here. He was the only family I ever had and I'm the reason he's dead. I'm the reason you're dead. I'm the reason half the world is about to die.
I'm so sorry. For everything. I never wanted you to die for me. I wish you hadn't…
All right, er, I should really get started on that Potions essay…
Your son,
Harry