Houses Competition. Ravenclaw Year 2, Round Six. Drabble, Prompt: I didn't have the full story when I made this choice., WC: 413
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I didn't have the full story when I made this choice.
But who is to say that any of us have the full story when making any decision? I guarantee you that every choice made leads to more than the decision-maker thought they were bargaining for. Case in point, when James and I were out at a restaurant and I looked through the menu and made the fateful decision of veggie burger - bean burger with mozzarella and lentils. I'd thought it was a good choice, I explored all the options, and yet it was possibly the most disgusting thing I have ever eaten in my life.
And I've had haggis.
I hadn't known that I hate lentils, and that a veggie burger would not be a good choice.
It always sounds so dramatic when people say that - that choice does not guarantee good results - because choice implies a decision having to be made based on free will. This time was entirely different. I was stuck between impossible options - so-called choices.
I didn't know that my son was going to be You Know Who's enemy. I only knew that he was hunting us, and that I had to do everything in my power to protect my family.
I had no idea of the full story - of what would happen to us all, if I just protected my son. I had no idea that he would defeat him, because of my protecting Harry. Standing in front of Harry's crib all those years ago, I hadn't intended to place any spell over my child, only hoped for him to be alive, and for Voldemort to leave him be for just a while longer. To let Harry live.
But Voldemort wasn't human enough. He cast the curse on my child, and was cursed himself. And that is only half of the story.
From this elapsed a terrorised life for my child.
And the full story resulted in death, after death, after death. Harry went through so much, he endured, and he was trialled time and time again.
I did not know that my child would have to bear so much trouble and turbulence throughout his life, all because I chose to protect him over letting him die first.
I hate that my love for him allowed him to be treated in such a way. But I am glad my sacrifice allowed him to live.
Even with the full story, I doubt I would have changed my choice.
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