Private Message to Draco

[alt_lucius]

It would seem you were right. As congratulations are in order, permit me to offer mine.

Is there anyone left in charge on your end with an idea of the terms they desire with the ICW? I am in a position where I might ... ease the transition, shall we say. Vouch for Albion's validity. It might speed along the process of reintroducing England to the world.



Your mother -

She will deny it, of course, but when she told me of your news ... the news that her cousin and her sister (and 'the werewolf') perished in the final act of this passion play, specifically, ... she related events with perfectly dry eyes, professed that she cared not a whit for any of the 'old battles,' as she put it, and then became so wracked with grief that she needed assistance to lie down.


So you may imagine that although we are removed from the direct repercussions, we are not immune to them.


I wish you well, my son.

Your

Father

Comments

[alt_draco]

Regarding ICW, I'll ask the others, see what they think. I'll tell them you want to help, but I can make no guarantees of what their response will be.

No, I don't think it's easier for you. I think it's probably easier for me. I spent years mentally preparing myself for you to hate me and denounce me, while you and mother remained unaware, more or less believing that I was following along the path you set out for me.

I'm not going to lie to you about who I am now, but I'm not going to rub your face in it, either.

And one thing I'm definitely not is a hero. Not moreso than any of the others, anyway.

Harry was one, though. Inside and out. Being raised by that fucking monster couldn't change who he was - it only made him better. It made me better.

[alt_lucius]

Heroes, like villains, are only very rarely self-appointed. They are named by their deeds and the biography of the times and places in which they lived.

Harry would no more have called himself a hero than you do, and yet, in your eyes and the eyes of those who stand with you, it is decidedly the case that he was one. I will allow that Harry possessed an indomitable spirit which enabled him to act in the best interest of all of England - to sacrifice himself for a greater good which is, in retrospect, undeniable. He rid us all of a scourge. Perhaps in fact he was the only person with the necessary qualities who could have affected such a plan. But his rôle in your revolution does nothing to discount your contributions, nor your other compatriots'.

Nor, indeed, do I believe your friend Finch-Fletchley would have characterised himself a hero, particularly as he died having failed at a task which he believed to have been imperative. Nor Sirius Black, who from what I know of him never believed himself capable of much good. Yet in the eyes of all those who now reside in the free Republic of Albion, you, and they, will be deemed heroes.

It is already occurring. One has but to look outside your circle of friends, at the posts coming from throughout the country, to see what people think and feel about the deliverance you brought them. They credit you, Mr Weasley, Black, Lupin, the Longbottoms, the Finch-Fletchleys, Mr Creevey, even Miss Granger, with the restoration of peace and freedom.

It is a bitter pill to realise that ours was the false dream, and to accept that yours may be the true one. It remains to be seen whether holding your peace will be as achievable as winning it. Still, one takes comfort from the notion that it is your dream to inherit, that the birthright you claim now is one you yourself have made your own.

This is your world now, Draco. Make it one of which you can be proud.

[alt_draco]

We will. I will.