Well, I decided to write a quick note from Harry, so here it is. Hope you like it :)
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Dear Aunt Petunia,
To be honest, I was surprised to hear from you. My friends and I didn't expect you or really anyone to contact me. That is, other than people I know, as well as reporters and annoying fans.
I confess, I never really thought about your side of the story. As for Dudley crying? Ginny, my girlfriend, laughed at that. I don't know if you remember her, but years and years ago you may have seen her when you came to pick me up after school had ended. I'm not sure which year, but you've probably seen her a few times over the years. I think you'd like her, and before I write anything else, Ginny wants to say a few words.
How could you?! I'm sorry. Thank you. Wow, Harry said some of this but I never knew! Oh, and hello. I'd love to meet you properly, if that's OK.
There you go. Ginny insisted, she's like that – ow! She also whacks people over the head quite hard sometimes. If you don't mind, I'd like you to meet my best friends Hermione and Ron. They can give you other sides to the story; though I can understand if you'd just like to meet me.
If you want the summed up version, then here goes:
Hermione, Ron and I left the day after I turned seventeen. We were at Ron's older brothers' wedding. Death Eaters (those are – or were – Voldemort's followers) attacked, so we fled. Hermione had done an undetectable extension charm on her handbag and packed everything we'd need, so we went around the country for months, trying to track down these things called Horcruxes that Voldemort had created to help keep him alive. We found the remaining ones and destroyed them, before the final battle at our school, Hogwarts. Many of my friends died helping us, and we will never forget them. I defeated Lord Voldemort, and the world is now at peace.
Severus Snape was murdered on the night of the battle. I found out some of his side of the story, and would you believe that he was in love with my mother for years? Maybe if he had let her know, they would have had a chance. But then I probably wouldn't have been born, and I'm rather happy with my existence.
Whenever you wish to see me please let me know. I have no intention of shutting you out of my life, nor do my friends. We've thought about it, and all of us would like to see you. Since Ginny insisted on getting personalized writing parchment, there isn't really much point in me writing my address. You can use the Muggle post; anything addressed to me generally makes it through.
Love,
Harry