Author's Note: I am so, so, so very sorry for such a long delay in updating on here. The only explanation I can give at the moment is that 'life' has happened. But thankyou, thankyou, thankyou, to all of you who read this, and all of you who have waited patiently for this update, the support is greatly appreciated.

This may get a few more chapters, but then I will move onto to a related Potter fanfiction of sorts. I will also be uploading soon (hopefully) a new Potter fanfiction based in the Marauders' era.

Please, if you could review it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks to all of you. Enjoy.

Dear Harry,

You may be bored of hearing this by now, but everything I did that involved you, whether you think it good or bad, I did it all to protect you and done because you are special to me. You have lived a hard life Harry, but you have lived! Cherish that thought for all you are worth. You have your friends, who have stayed by your side and defended you when many have criticised you. You have (and I hope this isn't presumptuous of me) found a second family in the Weasley's. You've found a sister and a friend in Miss Granger, and you have found someone special to you in Miss Weasley. Never underestimate the strength of your love and friendship Harry. Keep your friends close.

You know, Severus accused me of raising you like a pig to the slaughter, because ever since you lived, I knew that one day you would have to sacrifice yourself. But I don't know whether my theory was correct or not, after all, it was just a theory. I don't want my theory to be incorrect, but it seems that the more I look at the evidence – the more that my theory seems to be correct. I don't want this theory to be correct – for once I want to be wrong, to be embarrassed, to be ashamed of getting something wrong, but I'm afraid I can't just ignore the evidence in front of me. I wish it were different. For your sake I wish it were different. For the memory of your parents, Sirius, Remus, and all the others whom you hold close I wish this wasn't the case. But I also wish, and hope, that it is because of the love you have for all of those you hold dear that you will survive this war. I know that you will mourn for those who have fallen today and the past years, but know that they did so willingly. All those who fought knew the consequences, they were fighting for the future, they were fighting for the light Harry, remember that.

You must be angry with me for not telling you about my reasons for trusting Severus, particularly when the reason lies so closely to your life. But I'm also sure that, now that you have seen Severus' memories that you understand why I could not tell you. I had hoped that he would not allow his hatred for his father to taint his judgement over you. But after all, I suppose we are all human, we all have feelings that we cannot override. So I hope that you will forgive both myself and Severus, and please know that although he didn't show it well, he did not hate you. He couldn't possibly hate someone who was as good natured and kind and loyal as your mother was.

Although, it is true, you are the spitting image of your father. You also have so much of your mother in you, I believe Remus told you that your have her eyes. Well, that also is true, but you also have her kind, loyal, and caring personality, with an astonishing ability to love. Although it took your father many, many years to break through her barrier, they both had good influences on each other. They were great people already, but once they were together, they became extraordinary.

I have already said as much, but I feel it is important to say to you again that although the loss of Sirius was tragic, and deeply unfair to you, you must remain grateful for the time and the bond which you had between yourself and your godfather, who I believe was somewhere between a father and a brother for you. He truly did love you, Harry. And I must apologise once again for the mistakes of an old man, Harry, I underestimated your Godfather's adventurous and un-suppressable spirit. Asking him to stay inside the very place where he ran away from was unreasonable of me, and if I could turn back time and give him the freedom he deserved, and thus you the father figure which you had grown to trust and love. But, alas again, I asked Sirius to stay inside as I thought that it was the only way to keep him safe. But I was wrong, and it remains to this day one of the many regrets that this old man has.

You often became exasperated and asked for more of an explanation than I could give whenever I told you that what separates you, and Lord Voldemort, is love. Well, I came to realise that last year, you truly understood what I told you. I can't help but say that I am proud that you came to realise this, proud of the man it makes you, I just wish that I could have somehow saved you the pain that you had to go through to be able to understand it.

I know I have offered you many a profound words of wisdom, even if I do say so myself. But, Harry, I find that I have no more wise words to share. You have surpassed many people's expectations of you, and you have fought so tremendously hard. So, all I say now, is for you to live life to the best of your ability, be true to yourself, be kind, be loving, be loyal, be right.

Albus Percival Wolfric Brian Dumbledore