Author's Note: Hey again. Yes another drabble, this one is from Remus Lupin's point of view though. It's his thoughts on the fact that all his childhood friends are now dead because of the war, and he reflects on the fact that Harry is his only link to the now. It's sort of fluffy and sweet, so if that sickens you, I'm sorry. Go get a barf bag or something. (Thank you again, Rocky235, for your reviews!)
The Last Link
It actually hasn't been that long, but war ages people. It's inevitable, because war isn't something that goes to plan. It doesn't always work out the way you want, and always…always someone you love will not make it through to the end. I was young and optimistic at the beginning of the first war, as were Sirius, James, Lily and Peter.
Then came the deaths, so many of them, and so young. Promising witches and wizards that would have made such a difference to our culture and society lost to the fight against Voldemort's ideology and power. Gideon and Fabian Prewett, along with Dorcas Meadows. Those three come into mind in addition to my friends.
And it wasn't like there was much time in between the deaths and imprisonments. First, James and Lily are brutally murdered, and only several hours later, Peter 'confronts' Sirius, Peter supposedly died as a result of the confrontation, and Sirius is thrown into Azkaban. All within a period of only a day or so, my world was turned upside down and ripped to pieces.
The truth came out only two years ago; thanks to the last person I have left to remind me of those days before the war. Harry has been through so much; too much for a kid his age. He's much older and mature than James was at that age, and had they been able to meet each other when James was 15 and Harry was 15, I know that James would have thought Harry to brooding and serious.
Though it's not like he doesn't have a right to be that way, Harry has experienced things that, at the time James was 15, he could only imagine in his worst nightmares. Things, in fact, that he probably couldn't imagine in his worse nightmares, and James would have cried if he knew all that Harry had been through.
Now…now that Sirius is gone, I'm all Harry has left, and he's all that I have left. No one else knew James and Lily so personally, and Harry's relatives certainly don't give him the love and respect that he so deserves.
He's going to need an adult that he can trust, someone that isn't a parental figure in his life really; someone he doesn't have to worry about talking to, someone who he can ask advice from without wondering if he'll be 'mothered' to death. Molly is a great person for Harry in his life, but she smothers him to much sometimes. She treats him like a sheltered little child, and Harry is anything but those things.
Sirius used to be that person in Harry's life, and though I would have loved to be that person to Harry as well, it was more appropriate for Sirius as he was Harry's godfather. After the incident at the Ministry, Harry's going to lay blame for not learning Occlumency properly. First, he'll blame himself, and then he'll turn the blame on Severus.
Dumbledore realized his mistake, and I highly doubt he'll try hiding information from Harry again. It lead to such a large disaster that it wouldn't be in his best interest to try something of that nature again.
And now, the second war is here. I'm prepared for this one; at least, as prepared as one can be for something like that. Harry is going to need guidance for the first part of it, but I think he's going to be surprised in the end, by how much he can accomplish. I have complete confidence in his abilities, and I will do whatever I can to get him to the place he needs to be to defeat Lord Voldemort.