It's nothing like anything I've done before. In our world? It was easier. There were Death Eaters, the 'bad' people, Lord Voldemort, something to fight for. It's far more complicated here and it's more grey. I wasn't prepared for that, not when I first arrived, but I've been here a year now. I know better and I'm going to learn from my mistakes.

[ The emotion is still coiled up inside of her, the fact that she could easily break down and cry if she let herself - even now, weeks later - but she holds herself together. ]

I just want to take care of my friends. That's all that's ever mattered to me. Being smart and being brave - they're important, and it's what people know me for, but I wouldn't be anything if I didn't have them at my side.