"I want to thank you. I know that I thank you every year on this day, but I still feel I need to do it today and every year after this. So thank you. I know it wasn't exactly a conscious choice you or James made, you probably even wish that it hadn't happened, but I am going to thank you any way. If it weren't for you I wouldn't be able to speak with Draco, or show my true allegiance, or even live on this earth. You and I both know that it didn't have to be you. I don't even know why he chose you and James. What set you apart from Alice and Frank, or Lucius and I?" I stared down at the stone that wouldn't answer me. A few more tears fell and I did not even bother wipe them away.

"You were my first real friend Lily, I owe you so much. I wish I could repay you somehow but I know I could never be able to pay you back for everything you have done. You were always there Lils, when I needed a friend or anything else you were there. I miss you Lils. I wish you were still here, yet at the same time I am thankful for what you did, they're opposites but I feel them both. You gave me hope when I thought I would never make it through the war. You got me through the first war and your son got me through the second, so thank you."

Tears were falling freely down my cheeks by now, so much for my Malfoy composure. I was not even sure what I was crying for anymore, there was too much I had to be upset about. I might have been crying for Lily and James, that they weren't here to see their son and the great man he had become. I might have been crying for Draco who was mad at me for still loving Lucius even after everything he had done. I might have been crying for my husband who had lost faith and started to believe the lies he had been force fed all his life. I might have been crying for my niece and her husband who had to leave their son when he was only a few months old. I might have been crying for Andromeda because Teddy and I were the only things she had left. I might have been crying for Neville because until two months ago could not even speak to his living parents. I might have been crying for Regulus he had been too young to be in that deep. I might have been crying for Bella who was driven mad by our parent's death. I may have been crying for Hermione Granger for she would always have a scar from the curse Lucius had tried to murder her with after the battle. I might have been crying for Dorcas who had died without giving anyone a chance to say goodbye. I might have been crying for Severus who had given everything for the son of his mortal enemy and the girl he loved. I may have been crying for anyone who had lost anyone they loved because of The Dark Lord. I was crying for every single unfair thing that had happened.

"Thank you Lily, I don't know if anyone in this world is more grateful to you and James than I am." I was startled by a hand on my shoulder.

"Really Narcissa, I can think of a few, me and Frank being on example. We owe them just as much as you do." I looked up from where I was kneeling on the hard ground. I stared into the round face that had never recognized me when I visited her in St. Mungo's. A new wave of tears began to pour out of my eyes.

"Alice, oh Alice, it's so good to see you. I thanked Ms. Chang for days because of what she was able to do for you. I can still hardly believe I can talk to you again."

"I can hardly believe that thirty years have passed since I was able to talk at all. I certainly owe Ms. Chang a lot; I can't decide who I owe more to, Lily or Cho." She smiled down at me but I could see a single tear leaving a wet path down her face and how her eyes were shining and guaranteeing there would be more to come. I stood and embraced her. We may not have been the best of friends in our younger days but she was the closest thing I had to a friend now.

"I'll see you soon Alice." She just nodded and she took my kneeling position in front of the stone as began to walk away, back to my messed up family. Before I was out of hearing range I heard her whisper softly.

"Hey Lily, James. Happy Halloween."

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