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Destiny Demanded

 

              I

Choices not his own

A Path already forged

Destiny through Prophesy

A boy not yet a man,

Forced into maturity

Through forces unseen,

But not unknown.

Losing himself

To these Dark forces

In his time of weakness

Would seal a dark fate.

            Sadness overwhelms him.

            Anger permeates him.

            A mind prone to attack

                                    —vulnerable.

A sadness too deep to heal.

His would-be father gone

                                    —stolen.

Lost too soon through a doorway,

To world beyond our grasp.

The death shakes him—Destined

To lose all who love him.

Believing he’s a curse—Desperation

Takes him—Destined

To stand alone.  Kill

Or be killed.  Murderer

Or murdered. 

Unsure of himself, insecurities

Overwhelm.  A Power

Unknown. Love

Will save him.  Love

Is the answer. 

From a family

Not his own, from a wolf

Lost—Separated

From his pack.

He can save the world.

But can he save himself?

              II

He will find his salvation

In this fiery family,

In the lonely wolf,

In a girl of muggle blood.

In the youngest boy

     —and in the only girl—

Born to the pureblood family of fire.

His family not through blood,

But through bond. 

            His family by choice. 

His friends, loyal

To a fault.  Bound Together.

Full-blood, Muggle-blood, Pure-blood.

This bond formed

By his own will,

Will intersect his path.  Separate,

They are strong.  Together,

Practically indestructible.

A powerful triumvirate. 

Each with individual strengths.

Heart, mind, and soul.

The mind full of wit,

Cleverness—a Ravenclaw

Mind, yet Gryffindor heart.

The soul of fire,

Emotional—The Strength

Behind the heart

            —the most important and powerful part.

The heart full of love—impossibly found.

Courageous yet insecure.

The glue that binds them.

             III

The trio turns to six

A girl of fire—Fierce,

Proud and loyal.

A girl of sight—Loony,

Yet Bright.

And a boy of Destiny Denied.

Clumsy, Forgetful—Yet a True

Gryffindor soul.

A team brought together

Through Chance and Fate.

Each complements another.

Yet all support the one.

             IV

The One boy chosen by fate

To complete a task

No single person should be asked.

A task that would cause a grown man

To quake and quiver and flee in fear.

Yet face it he will. 

The boy-almost-a-man

Will save the world,

As destiny demands it. 

His friends and family support him,

And are the reason he fights on.

He will undergo this task.

Not for himself, not

For the government,

But for those he loves.

He will defeat a Dark Lord,

Save the world—both magical

And muggle.  All for the protection

And happiness of his chosen family.

Destiny damned him with this task

            and demands it of him.

And he will fulfill his duty, 

For those whom have earned his trust

                        —and his love.