Lament of the Angels:
Emmeline Vance

I was never quite certain what your place in it all was.

Oh certainly, I knew that somehow, you held a place in Dumbledore's heart. I knew that the Weasleys absolutely cherished you. I knew that you, the Granger girl and the youngest Weasley boy formed the tightest-knit family I had ever seen in my life. I knew that Remus and Sirius both looked on you as an honorary son.

I never realized that you were supposed to be our savior. Never realized what you had been charged with.

It's odd, how much you learn in death that you could never have known in life.

And either must die at the hand of the other, for neither can live while the other survives…

You feel the burden, certainly, but I don't think you've yet realized just how heavy the burden is. If you lose, Voldemort will continue on. Forever.

If you lose, everything that all of us love will die.

But that's exactly why you'll win, isn't it? There's no other way.

Oh, you're not a traditional hero, not really – far too frightened and certainly not suave enough, but you'll do. You'll do just fine, because all that you can do is win.

You'll usher in a new era, a time of opportunity for change, or you'll die and let loose the floodgates of darkness. But even if you win, boy, the real battle isn't in a duel, or a fight, or anything physical at all.

Even if you win, they won't be safe, because you still don't understand how it happens.

Voldemort's death will save many, yes – but another dark lord will come in time. The real victory – it won't be on a battlefield. It will be in the minds of the people.

You have to change the way people think, my boy, the way they speak and hope and dream and fear. You have to change how they look at other people, what they value and what they know.

And if you'll just realize that, I know you can do it.

Saving people – it's not about preserving their lives, their health or their possessions. It's about making it all worthwhile. It's about preserving their kindness, their hope, and their faith.

And that's why you're the savior, child. Because despite it all, you never lost hope. You never fell.

And because of you, we can win.

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Cheers,
LIZ