Order Only: Happy birthday, Hermione

[alt_terry]

Congratulations on your coming of age. I wish so much that I could be there with you to help celebrate, but since I can't, I hereby delegate our friends at Hogwarts to do it for me.

Take good care of her today, all of you.

Comments

Re: Private Message to Terry

[alt_terry]

HOW did you DO that? Hermione, that's absolutely fantastic!

Re: Private Message to Terry

[alt_hermione]

It's really much simpler than you might expect: Harry gave me an official letter stating that I'm no longer in service to him, or to anyone else.

Actually he was very sweet about it. I'm so proud of him for thinking of it.

I guess he could have done it anytime, but he was afraid someone important might notice. But...it's so important. And I'm sure he wasn't sure how I'd feel about it. But how could I not be pleased? And happy that he thought of it. Mostly on his own, even.

And I suppose I could have asked before now, but--well, it just didn't seem right. To ask. Somehow. I mean...on the one hand, it probably should have been obvious but on the other, it wasn't like Harry was ever mean or bad and it was just sort of the way things were, you know? But it means so much to have it be real. Really real.

We'll still have to pretend otherwise, in front of people. And Harry wanted to write it in the journals to make sure it would work but I told him that might make trouble.

But I'm free where it counts. Really free.

Re: Private Message to Terry

[alt_terry]

That's brilliant thing for Marvolo to do. You're right, it is important.

Being free is wonderful. You'll love it. I'm sorry you still have to pretend in some ways. But good on Marvolo.