Title: Efforts Not Wasted
Characters/Pairing: Helga Hufflepuff
Word Count: 100
Prompt: Inside Helga Hufflepuff's mind
Characters/Pairing: Helga Hufflepuff
Word Count: 100
Prompt: Inside Helga Hufflepuff's mind
Salazar has left.
I tried being the peacemaker. I tried showing that compassion and sympathy, along with patience and diplomacy, can staunch any conflict. But the power to educate, to influence hearts and minds, inspires uncompromising attitudes among even the best of friends.
I have not wavered from my belief that no one is worthier of education than those who fear the unworthiness in themselves; my faith in those who are not the bravest, the smartest, or the most ambitious is my gift to them, and to Hogwarts.
I tried my best, and that is all I have to give.
