The Dance of Death and Delirium
Chapter: 1/1
Author: JJ
Rating: R
Pairings: None
Summary: It's New Year's Eve and two pub-goes reflect on the events that followed the Second Voldemort War.
Disclaimer: Once again, Harry Potter and affiliated people belong to JKR, into whose capable writing hands I entrust the fate of my favourite characters.
Author's Note: Um...if this is slightly headache-inducing, I apologise. The Endless belong to Neil Gaiman, and I have shamelessly borrowed their aspects to embody in Harry Potter characters. Yes, I like being a thief.
Thirty minutes until the New Year.
Yeah. It¡¯s been one helluva year, hasn¡¯t it, mate?
Yeah. Quite a year.
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we sit its the three Broomsticks me my brothers my sister my mum but bill where is bill? the Family is here and thats all that matters
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Oi, isn¡¯t that Harry Potter?
What? Where?
The bloke over there. Long black robes, kinda thin, rather peaky.
I think you¡¯re right, mate. Blimey, he looks awful.
Too right. But you¡¯d look the same, if you¡¯d just defeated the Dark Lord. Say, wonder what he¡¯s doing at the Three Broomsticks this New Year¡¯s Eve.
Celebrating the New Year with the hoi polloi, I suppose.
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hes my brother harry potter hes Harry the boy who Lived the boy who Escaped the boy who Wants Revenge the boy who Dreams his eyes are green are they green? swalloweded now black Dreams of revenge
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Wait a minute, aren¡¯t those the Weasleys? D¡¯you think he¡¯s here with them?
Merlin¡¯s beard, what do you know? You know, I¡¯d thought they¡¯d have wanted to stay home, you know, since...
Crikey, that¡¯s right. Their youngest son died in the Second Voldemort War, didn¡¯t he? What was his name? Rupert? Robert?
Ronald, I think.
That¡¯s too bad. Didn¡¯t they lose their old man as well? Arthur?
Yeah. Became Minister of Magic after Fudge resigned. Assassinated by one of his own sons. Sad story, isn¡¯t it?
Poor Molly.
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they dont know how could they know? emptyness in mums gaze feeling of absence Despair Despair Despair bill where is bill? he abandonded us he hurted mum he should have helped percy made mum Despair
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There¡¯s Molly Weasley herself. Gotten a touch plump, hasn¡¯t she?
Leave her alone, mate. She¡¯s lost enough as it is. Wasn¡¯t it their son Percy that murdered his own father?
Yeah. Fell in with the wrong crowd, he did.
Poor Molly. Looks old before her time, she does. How many sons has she got left?
Just Charlie and the twins. Look, there they are. Standing by Harry and that girl.
Crikey. She¡¯s something.
The girl in black?
Yeah, her. Who is she?
That¡¯s Cho Chang.
I think I fell in love with her a bit.
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cho my sister my Family she knows how i hurted inside she dances with me she cares tears curl on my Sisters cheeks they scar like curlies on the corner of her eye
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Close to Harry Potter, isn¡¯t she?
No, actually, she¡¯s engaged to Charlie Weasley.
Really?
Yeah. Came together after the Second Voldemort War. See that scar?
The one curling beneath her left eye?
Yeah. Souvenir of the war, they say. How she got it, nobody knows, except maybe Hermione Granger.
She died in the war too, didn¡¯t she?
Yeah. Some say Cho killed her out of jealousy or something, but kinda hard to believe that about such a pretty slip of a girl, eh?
I¡¯ll say.
Everyone close to Cho died, that¡¯s the word. Mum, dad, younger sister, boyfriend, everyone.
That¡¯s right, she was with what¡¯s-that-kid¡¯s-name, Cedric? Amos¡¯s son?
Yeah, he died. Roger Davies too. Some say Death follows her. Others say she is Death.
Nah. She¡¯s just fallen on bad luck, that¡¯s all, I think.
You were always a sucker for a pretty face.
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nobody knows my Sister like me she didn¡¯t hurted anybody that¡¯s Malfoy beautiful boy?girl? silky hair looks like Tom Tom hurted me a lot Tom hurted a lot of people Malfoy hurted people too i losted myself a long time ago a diary? Diary?
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Isn¡¯t that old Lucius Malfoy¡¯s son?
Who?
That boy over there. Blond hair. Bit girly, actually.
Oh that one. Yeah, disowned by Lucius a few years back for being a bleeding pouffe. Crossed over to our side for a bit, then went back, then renounced his Dark ways after the war ended. Two-faced little bugger, I¡¯d say.
Doesn¡¯t look like he gets a shortage of girls though.
Oh yeah. Walking aphrodisiac, that one. Fancies boys though. All the girls say it¡¯s a pity and a waste of good looks.
Looks like he and Harry Potter still don¡¯t get on.
Nah, they tolerate each other. I suspect Dumbledore might have had something to do with it. Great man, Dumbledore. Too bad he lost his sight.
Did he lose it during the---
No. Just went blind from age. Doesn¡¯t stop him from seeing things hidden from the casual observer. Seems like the loss of physical eyesight only strengthened what old Sibyll used to call the ¡°Inner Eye.¡±
That¡¯s naff, a load of bloody rubbish.
So they say, mate, so they say.
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door opens its Cold bill¡¯s doggie where is bill¡¯s doggie? Bill¡¯s gone.
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You said that Molly only had her three eldest left?
No, her second eldest, Charlie, then the twins.
What happened to the eldest then?
Billius? Nobody really knows. Just---left one day. Last I heard, he was in France, chasing some veela tart. Bloody shame really. Ought to be taking care of his old mum in her declining years.
No respect for the elderly these days, eh, mate?
No, indeed.
What about the daughter then? Virginia?
Ginevra. Still with them, although something bad happened to her a while back that no one¡¯s been able to figure out.
What do you mean?
Well, she¡¯s bleedin¡¯ mad now.
Mad?
Yeah. Rumour has it she was possessed by the Dark Lord himself and that¡¯s why she¡¯s a bit spotty in the head. But that¡¯s a load of tripe, I say. Most likely it¡¯s the losses her family¡¯s suffered that¡¯s hit her pretty hard.
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they talk about me i hear my name in the Darkness they take me apart Stick me back together again but i like it when i break apart it makes it more fun to Find my pieces again i drop my fishies on the floor my sister cho picks them up Dreamy harry he gives them back i don¡¯t like Malfoy boy?girl? it looks like Tom and Tom stole my Heart and took it where i cant find the Pieces again i¡¯m losted.
Mummy still in the corner i think i see scabbers no thats just a bat or rat? Mum thinks about percy still Charlie tell her to stop but no Malfoy puts its hands around her harry hates it but theyre brothers?siblings now Dumbledore said Destiny ding dong ding bells ring-a-ling-ling happy new year new? Harry smiles but i cannot see his eyes swallowded in darkness so black cho takes my hand the curl is smiling too and she leans forward ¡°happy new year ginny¡± she has a pretty voice a pretty face shes so beautiful i love her new?
she kisses me
happy year new year happy year? new ding dong ding ring-a-ling-ling it is my Family we are Endless we are Invincible we keep going harry cho mummy fred george charlie dumbledore me they keep me safe
and nothing is going to stop us now.
Woof.
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