Sacrifices, Harry Potter Year 5

1. Dudley Demented

Lilly's POV
Summer has been chaos... So being at the Ministry has been great, except all of the questions. Cornelius and his assistant, Percy, have been questioning me every other day! I keep telling him the same thing, I don't remember what happened; I said, "I got hit with the Killing Curse and next thing I knew I was on the ground waking up at Hogwarts! I have no idea what happened!" Cornelius did that for about a few weeks and then he finally believed me. He asked me if Voldemort returned and I said, "Given to evidence, other than Harry, I have to reason to believe he is back..." He trusted me, which is what I needed. He let me take a week off earlier than I had planned and I spent that time at Neville's place. His grandmother was so kind to me. She believed Harry and I said, "I do too, but if I admitted that to the Minister, I think I would've been sacked! He refuses to believe that Voldemort if back!" She shook her head, she believed Harry and I and that was good enough for me. Neville knew about everything with Sirius and he knew it was important to spend time with him, so I stayed during the days and left during the night. I was finally able to be with my dad and develop the father daughter relationship I always wanted.

Neville brought me to a pier where his Uncle Algie chucked him off trying to see if he had a bit magic in him. We sat on the edge and he put his arm around me, he seemed nervous... He said, "I want to tell you something..." I smiled nodding encouragingly. He said, "Fourteen years ago, a Death Eater named Bellatrix Lestrange tortured my parents, Frank and Alice. It drove them mad and they are at St. Mungo's right now in a ward that is for the ill who lost their minds because of magic. I'm quite proud to be there soon, but I don't think I want everyone to know just yet..."
I took both of my hands, placed them on his cheeks, and kissed his lips saying, "I feel so honored to know that you trust me to know. Thank you. Neville..."
He kissed me again and held my hands saying, "Trust goes two ways, right?" I nodded and pecked his lips again.
I said, "Neville, I know you pressure yourself too much to become like them. Your gran pressures yourself as well, but I want you to know, that you don't have to be like them. You can be a Herbologist, you can work in Fred and George's joke shop for all I care! I want you to know that, you don't have to be your father, I just want you to be you; happy."
He nodded saying, "Yeah, I put too much pressure on myself. I feel like I'm obligated to live up to my dad's legacy."
I said, "I'm not, I'm living it by my own standards. I'm the exact opposite of my dad. He lives on the wild side while I live by rules and regulations. Though we may be completely different, we are our own people and I want that for you, Neville. I want you to be your own person, not the person people want you to become."
He nodded kissing me once more saying, "Thank you."

Near the end of summer, I was eating dinner with Neville and his Gran when I saw something. My face went slack, I saw Harry, Dudley, and dementors. I saw Dudley get attacked, I could feel his pain, I could feel the suffering... Harry used magic!
Neville shook me and I looked and found I was on the ground... He asked with worry in his eyes, "Are you okay?"
I said, "Yeah, it's just, future things..." He nodded and helped me on my seat. I was sweating and I just need to calm myself down. I'm going to kill Mundungus though...

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-Lilly :)