AN: Thanks to Never again for my first review. As requested, here's the
first part of the actual story. Enjoy! SlV
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The Boy Who Lived
Tonight. That's all I've thought about, all I've been able to think about ever since I knew. Dumbledore knows, he must know. He knows how I feel; he knows that I'll be there tonight. Young or not, experienced or not, scared or not. And I am scared, I'll admit it. Tonight, the.the.he who killed my parents and so many others will be in power again. Tonight I will either die in the same way as my parents or somehow revenge their deaths. Not reverse, they won't come back, but revenge, and the match will be nearly even. That bloody murderer! It's not right - it's not fair! I will face him and I will defeat him. I have to. Do Hermione and Ron know I wonder? They must, they know me so well. Seven years we've been together and it all comes down to tonight. They know that they don't have to be there tonight, that it's not their fight, but we all know that they'll be there anyway. Standing beside me, making it their fight too. And I'll be happier than I would be if we were all safe in the common rooms. Standing with friends, people who care about me. Ron and Hermione and Professor Dumbledore and Sirius. All there with me. Ending what Voldemort's been trying to do since before I was born. Since that night. He's back and this time I will finish him. This is it. Tonightonightonight..
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The Boy Who Lived
Tonight. That's all I've thought about, all I've been able to think about ever since I knew. Dumbledore knows, he must know. He knows how I feel; he knows that I'll be there tonight. Young or not, experienced or not, scared or not. And I am scared, I'll admit it. Tonight, the.the.he who killed my parents and so many others will be in power again. Tonight I will either die in the same way as my parents or somehow revenge their deaths. Not reverse, they won't come back, but revenge, and the match will be nearly even. That bloody murderer! It's not right - it's not fair! I will face him and I will defeat him. I have to. Do Hermione and Ron know I wonder? They must, they know me so well. Seven years we've been together and it all comes down to tonight. They know that they don't have to be there tonight, that it's not their fight, but we all know that they'll be there anyway. Standing beside me, making it their fight too. And I'll be happier than I would be if we were all safe in the common rooms. Standing with friends, people who care about me. Ron and Hermione and Professor Dumbledore and Sirius. All there with me. Ending what Voldemort's been trying to do since before I was born. Since that night. He's back and this time I will finish him. This is it. Tonightonightonight..