Hi.
I am posting this way in the future to keep it at the top of the page. To find recent posts, please scroll down.
The main purpose for this is to tell you all my HP stories can now be found at
http://www.hpfandom.net/eff/viewuser.php?uid=4145
and all my other stories (along with most of the HP ones) can be found at
http://www.foreverfandom.net/viewuser.php?uid=32408 (however this does not include The Silent Trio nor The Western Sky, though I do plan to change that)
I have also started posting on a new site - http://www.ficwad.com/author/69837 - for both my fanfiction stories and the original stuff I have written.
I have abandoned Fanfiction.Net after the March 22nd Debacle, and the refusal of the site-admins to even acknowledge they screwed up, even though a fair number of users think they did.
Maybe if they fix the problem they caused, and promise not to do it again, I would feel happy about returning. But until I can be sure that the site will let me publish my stories as I want them to be seen, I am not going to risk putting any more stories on there.
Thursday, 31 December 2009
Monday, 14 December 2009
Restarting Nineteen Years Later
Lucius Malfoy looked down the length of Diagon Alley, and smiled.
While the weekly Devotion Meetings were always very fulfilling, this one marked the fourteenth anniversary of the end of the war, and The Unity Squads had been out far more often to ensure they got maximum attendance.
From what he could see, they'd done their job very well - The Alley was packed, with hundreds of people carrying unity banners and waving flags with images of his Royal Majesty.
"Minister Malfoy - it's time" He smiled down at his assistant - Saffron always enjoyed the meetings, and he was fairly certain that - after they were finished - she would be more than willing to join him in a post meeting celebration.
"Thank you, Saffron" He smiled as she giggled. In the decade since his wife had been executed for treason, he had had quite a few companions, but - he had to admit - Saffron was proving the most entertaining and delightful.
"You're welcome, Minister" She nodded, then took a step back as he walked up to the platform and turned to face the crowd.
"People of Britain" He paused to let the cheers calm down "I stand before you today, pleased to announce the longest era of growth and prosperity the county has seen" There was more applause, and he smiled genially "It's now fourteen years since the rebellion against his Royal Majesty was crushed - fourteen years in which we have hunted down the traitors, the terrorists and those who would disrupt the peaceful running of our glorious country" He paused, then beamed "And this morning, I am proud to announce that...." He trailed off, frowning as he realised there was music playing in the background.
"Early one morning"
"Minister?" Saffron walked up behind him.
"Just as the sun was rising"
"Where is that coming from?" He asked quietly, still looking around.
"I heard a maiden singing"
"I don't know, Minister, but I will find out" She turned, and clicked her fingers at a few of the security agents flanking the podium.
"In the valley below"
Lucius turned back to see the crowd looking around in confusion.
"Ladies and gentlemen - do not panic. This is merely a minor disturbance, and we will have it sorted out momentarily" He looked around The Alley again, then turned back to see Saffron looking confused.
"Shut that noise off now, or don't bother coming in to work tomorrow" He yelled at her. She looked around wildly, but still could not find the source of the music.
"Oh do not leave me"
"People! Do not...." He started again, then trailed off as the crowd started pointing up.
"Minister!" Saffron pointed above him, to where a giant wolf's head had appeared, jaws dripping blood as it snapped at the people below.
Lucius turned back to the now panicking audience, then glanced up to the roof of Flourish and Blots.
"Do not deceive me"
Three figures, all dressed in deep purple robes, were stood on top of the bookshop, all with wands drawn, and pointing towards him.
"Saffron...." He tried to get her attention, but his voice came out as a whisper.
A moment later, he saw three beams of green light lance out of the wands, and fly through the air towards him.
As the crowd screamed in terror, he realised that he, at least, was getting off easy. At least Voldemort would not be able to to torture him for this failure.
"How could you use a poor maiden so?"
Hermione Granger-Weasley turned away from the scene below them, and looked to her two fellow assassins.
"Lets go" She said, then all three turned on the spot, and vanished, leaving the screaming, panicked crowd below, and the giant, snarling wolf's head above.
While the weekly Devotion Meetings were always very fulfilling, this one marked the fourteenth anniversary of the end of the war, and The Unity Squads had been out far more often to ensure they got maximum attendance.
From what he could see, they'd done their job very well - The Alley was packed, with hundreds of people carrying unity banners and waving flags with images of his Royal Majesty.
"Minister Malfoy - it's time" He smiled down at his assistant - Saffron always enjoyed the meetings, and he was fairly certain that - after they were finished - she would be more than willing to join him in a post meeting celebration.
"Thank you, Saffron" He smiled as she giggled. In the decade since his wife had been executed for treason, he had had quite a few companions, but - he had to admit - Saffron was proving the most entertaining and delightful.
"You're welcome, Minister" She nodded, then took a step back as he walked up to the platform and turned to face the crowd.
"People of Britain" He paused to let the cheers calm down "I stand before you today, pleased to announce the longest era of growth and prosperity the county has seen" There was more applause, and he smiled genially "It's now fourteen years since the rebellion against his Royal Majesty was crushed - fourteen years in which we have hunted down the traitors, the terrorists and those who would disrupt the peaceful running of our glorious country" He paused, then beamed "And this morning, I am proud to announce that...." He trailed off, frowning as he realised there was music playing in the background.
"Early one morning"
"Minister?" Saffron walked up behind him.
"Just as the sun was rising"
"Where is that coming from?" He asked quietly, still looking around.
"I heard a maiden singing"
"I don't know, Minister, but I will find out" She turned, and clicked her fingers at a few of the security agents flanking the podium.
"In the valley below"
Lucius turned back to see the crowd looking around in confusion.
"Ladies and gentlemen - do not panic. This is merely a minor disturbance, and we will have it sorted out momentarily" He looked around The Alley again, then turned back to see Saffron looking confused.
"Shut that noise off now, or don't bother coming in to work tomorrow" He yelled at her. She looked around wildly, but still could not find the source of the music.
"Oh do not leave me"
"People! Do not...." He started again, then trailed off as the crowd started pointing up.
"Minister!" Saffron pointed above him, to where a giant wolf's head had appeared, jaws dripping blood as it snapped at the people below.
Lucius turned back to the now panicking audience, then glanced up to the roof of Flourish and Blots.
"Do not deceive me"
Three figures, all dressed in deep purple robes, were stood on top of the bookshop, all with wands drawn, and pointing towards him.
"Saffron...." He tried to get her attention, but his voice came out as a whisper.
A moment later, he saw three beams of green light lance out of the wands, and fly through the air towards him.
As the crowd screamed in terror, he realised that he, at least, was getting off easy. At least Voldemort would not be able to to torture him for this failure.
"How could you use a poor maiden so?"
Hermione Granger-Weasley turned away from the scene below them, and looked to her two fellow assassins.
"Lets go" She said, then all three turned on the spot, and vanished, leaving the screaming, panicked crowd below, and the giant, snarling wolf's head above.
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