"so... when they told you that the assembly was all about me, they were lying...it is actually more about an event called the Great War, The Final Battle, The Battle of Hogwarts...and pretty much any other name that you can think of that describes a bloody war with a lot of death." Began Harry, "but you probably do not understand the severity of it, and why should you? You probably heard of a relative or a family friend that passed away over 20 years ago, but many do not know why because you have not been taught about the war in school yet. Today you will, but to emphasise the widespread suffering of this war, everybody on the stage will tell of at least one person that was killed during this war. Is that okay with you guys?" and they all nodded their heads.
Ginny began, "although so many people that I loved died, I am going to tell about Tonks, the most loving and brave woman ever. Although she could have stayed home and conforted her son Teddy, who she dearly loved, she decided that her involvement could help in the war and so she fought and made a great impact on the outcome. She made others realise how brave they could be even if they weren't gryffindors."
Draco spoke next, "well, I'm not sure if this name may be repeated later...it probably will...but the man who was really close to me was Severus Snape. He was my favourite teacher and he taught me that just because I was a death eater, didnt mean I couldnt change just like he did." this earned gasps from some and confusion from others, what was a deatheater? " a death eater is the name for Voldemort's followers by the way and yes, I was one and so was Snape, yet he was the bravest man I have ever met." At this, Albus Severus chuckled because he remembered his father telling him those words when he was a first year.
By this time, the person next to Draco was sobbing because he knew that he had to tell his story next. "So, thanks Ginny for not telling this one, the person who I lost was my twin brother, Fred. He had died laughing just like we had lived. Yes, we were 100% pranksters, and we were joined at the hip...and I do not think I will ever recover from this loss." With this Ginny and Ron walked over to confort their brother.
"we lost lots of people in the Battle, but I am going to tell about a happy death this time. Bellatrix Lestrange, she was a head death eater and was absolutely insane. She was also Sirius' cousin, yet they were complete opposites. Molly weasley ended up killing her and I was overjoyed that she did...my parents have been in St Mungo's for practically my whole life because of Bellatrix, she killed Sirius, and she was constantly around Voldemort...seriously what was up with that?" Rambled on Neville...he really hated Bellatrix.
"actually... she had a huge crush on Voldemort...it was really creepy! My aunt, please dont hold that against me, was obsessed with Voldemort...uugh!" explained Draco as everybody winced at the thought of anybody having a crush on Voldemort.
"okay, before I lose my lunch, can somebody continue with the original conversation" pleaded Ron.
Luna obeyed, "okay so...he didnt actually die during the battle, but he was killed by Bellatrix the same year, so my person is Dobby. Dobby was a free house elf who helped us escape from malfoy manor and got stabbed in the process. If he hadnt helped us we would have all died there...me, olivander, ron, harry, Griphook, and hermione."
"i think that the death that motivated us all the most was Harry Potter's, becausse, although he wasnt actually fully dead for long, we fought harder than ever to avenge his death and to finish what he had started." Ron shocked the students with this one.
"okay so I am going to say two, my favourite teacher, and my least favourite teacher, although both were some of my favourite men. Severus snape, I know that Draco also said this but he really was very brave and kind and he showed his true colours once he died. And my favourite teacher was Remus Lupin. He knew that he could die during the battle, but he fought anyways, not for himself, but for his son. I specifically ask one person to keep this into consideration as I tell this next story, Teddy...keep in mind that he did really love you but this story was his only sign of weakness." Hermione said, staring at Teddy Lupin, "While we were camping and looking for Horcruxes, Lupin found us. He begged us to let him help because he did not want to burden his unborn son with his presence. Lupin was convinced that Teddy would be ashamed to have a werewolf father, but Harry convinced him that Teddy would be more ashamed if he abandoned him. Because of this, Lupin fought for Teddy as much as he could, and he died fighting for him."
"as you can see, everybody has been affected in some way from this war." Explained Harry.