A Letter Never Delivered

[Theodore "Teddy" Lupin]

Dear Mum and Dad,

I know you two don't know that you are even my parents, and I'm decades away from being even thought of, but I want to know, from you, not Uncle Harry, why did you leave me? Fighting for a new world, a better world, I know you were, but you didn't have to leave and die. Why did you die? Why did you have to die on me and leave me without you? I've always wanted you here for me. I had loads of family, who you loved and fought with, but they aren't you. Gran and Uncle Harry and Aunt Ginny and everyone else aren't the great people they always tell me about; they're not you. No one can replace someone's parents. Why couldn't you live, for me? Was I not special enough?

I know it's a stupid thing to think, but you two just ran off to the battle, as if you didn't even think about me. You didn't even think of how sad I would be without you. You didn't think about how I needed you. Yet you left anyways. Everyday I'm told about my parents, or many days, and my name holds you to me, but you're not here.

You're not there when I scrape my knee; you're not there when I discover something new; you're not there when I fall in love; you're not there to tell me how good I did on my OWLS. You're never there to nag me about my chores or how I look; you're never there to tell me how you'll kill me if I get a girl pregnant. You're never there, but you're always in my heart, Mum and Dad. I love you anyways, and now that I see you back in this time, I can't help but think it's a dream, because you're there now.

You don't even know I am your child, but you are there for me. When I was afraid, when I first arrived, both of you were there. You're there when I have troubles and I need to tell someone. You're there for me, and you don't even know it. Despite the fact I haven't been here for long, you're there for me, much more than you ever were when you were dead.

I love you Mum and Dad, even when you couldn't be there for me. And now you don't know I am your child, the one you will eventually die fighting so he can be in a better world. Dad, your people are not as outcasted because of you, and Mum, your people are valued highly and not labelled freaks. Because you gave your lives, people like me are not hated, though some still happens. Your son, part Dad and part Mum, two kinds who were once hated, can live in a world where your kind, your son can live normal lives. You were two strong people, who left me. I needed you, and you left me without the two most important people to me. But you were always looking out for me, and loved me so dearly. I know you died for the world I grew up in, but I can't help but think I would want a world with you more than the world you created.

Teddy Remus Lupin