Chapter Twelve of 'A Potion Named Desire'- What Harry Needs The Potion For

[lomonaaeren]

Thanks again for all the reviews!

This is the last chapter of A Potion Named Desire. However, it will have a sequel, to be entitled An Alchemical Discontent, which will probably start in about a week.

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[neji_chan]

My thoughts on the Incident: Harry is an idiot for focusing in what might have happened instead of what did happened. Draco’s right, the important thing here is that Harry stopped. Oh, and this didn’t make me feel any sympathy for Ginny, she was an idiot too. She also had some part in the Incident, with that little jealousy game. I’d really like to know Ginny’s thoughts in the matter, because she’s still very shaken about it…. Does the fact that Harry stopped meant anything to her? Or hasn’t she considered that? Ginny and Harry didn’t really talk about the Incident, did they?

It’s funny the potion, as a side effect, lessens Harry’s control over his magic, I thought it did the opposite ::lol:: So, based on what the potion does to Harry, I’ll have to agree with Hermione and Draco: he doesn’t need it at all. Draco will have the time of his life trying to make Harry see this, and I loved that he chose to do it in a Slytherin way :D Harry will never see it coming. It’ll be a test of self-control for Draco, because the urge to shake Harry into sense will come time after time, I’m sure.

So Cordelia is already on the move, removing possible distributors. I wonder if Draco knows what brought her to that, or if he hasn’t thought about their last meeting.

Maybe it was the Desire potion telling him this, but Draco hoped not, because he was getting off the damn potion as soon as he could, and never taking it again. I’m glad he won’t take it, even if it’s because of the side effects.

This was an excellent end for this story! I can’t wait for the next part :)

[neji_chan]

Oh, and I forgot to mention that, from Draco's thoughts about the Incident, Harry would be his ideal partner XD

[lomonaaeren]

Pretty much, yes. Of course, that also stands to cause some angst, as Draco might also play jealousy games to try and get Harry worked up over him.

[neji_chan]

Yeah, but I guess he'll deal with whatever consequences better that Ginny did.

[lomonaaeren]

He could. But those games would bring up enough traumatic memories for Harry that he could also just shut down on Draco.

[neji_chan]

You're right. So I'll just have to hope Draco doesn't do anything too stupid...

[lomonaaeren]

Part of the reason he does obsess over this so much is the thinness of the line that separated him from any action. The way he sees it, he already had one foot over; he wasn't distant from it when he stopped. And he really didn't have the power of telling himself to stop; Ginny did it for him, accidentally.

Ginny was, at the moment it happened and since, comparing Harry to Tom Riddle, who also tried to eat her alive. That's part of the reason. The other part is that they never did really talk, and so she never got to see how really sorry Harry is.

Harry's brewing of his own potion is meant as a clue. He can do it well enough, but he's always just on the edge of disaster.

Draco can't be at all direct, or he'll lose Harry on this. He'll have to be, yes, very Slytherin.

Draco is going to have a nasty shock concerning Cordelia soon.

And thank you!