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Harry looked out at the crowd. The Great War was over, and he was victorious. The day after, he received letters from all of his friends. And he had read them and replied. Now he was supposed to make a speech.
"My friends," he began, "I am so happy to be here with you to celebrate Voldemort's demise. I know how much this means to all of you, but it means much, much more to me," he paused, grateful that Hermione had helped him to write this speech, "Voldemort killed my family, and my friends. I look out upon you today, and I see that many, many people are not here. Severus Snape, who was killed in the Last Battle. Albus Dumbledore, who fought up to the end, and then gave his life to save all of Hogwarts," Harry paused again, as tears streamed don his face, "Mr. Weasley, Mr. Percy Weasley, Mr. Charles Weasley, Miss. Nymphadora Tonks, and Mr. Seamus Finnegan, simply to name a few.
"My friends. I see in each of you a change. Many have lost their innocence, others their soul mates, and still others, the only thing keeping them alive. I know that each of you are grieving for a lost loved one. And I pray that God be merciful upon you and help you to live with this grief.
I know that each of you feel my pain, to some degree, and I know that each of you share my happiness, to some degree. I never knew it possible to be completely and utterly ecstatic and completely and utterly sorrowful at the same time, but somehow, I have pulled it off.
I love each and every one of you, and I wish you each many more years in this life. I would like to dedicate my role in the war to the following:
My Parents: For hoping and having faith I would be a good man
Sirius Black: For never giving up on me.
Dumbledore: For teaching me things even in death
Remus Lupin: The Last True Marauder, and my Last True Parent
Hermione Granger: My best friend
Ron Weasley: My best Friend
Luna Lovegood, Neville Longbottom, and Ginny Weasley: My Best Friends
Dean Thomas, Lavender Brown, Parvati Patil and Seamus Finnegan: My fellow Gryffindors
Alicia Spinnet, Katie Bell, and Angelina Johnson: The best Chasers a guy could ask for, in Quiditch and in War.
Oliver Wood: Captain, our Captain, lest we forget.
The Weasley Twins: My inspiration in all things prank.
The Weasley Family: My foster family.
And Minerva McGonagall: Our current Headmistress.
My friends, I leave you today, as a grown man. Not because I am old, but because I have experience, because I have had to deal with no adult should ever have to see. I have been deprived of my childhood, but I have made it safe for the future generation."