The Balance

[bratanimus]

Title: The Balance
Author: bratanimus
Summary: Her legs felt like tree trunks. Her toes were gnarled roots, not meant for walking, not meant for carrying her somewhere where things would end rather than begin. My take on one of the final scenes of Deathly Hallows. Remus/Tonks, Harry/Ginny, Neville/Luna, Ron/Hermione.
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Talk of death

Comments

[bratanimus]

Thank you! I'm so happy you liked it! I really appreciate all the quotes you mentioned, because they are some of my favorites as well. :) Glad you thought the mood was set appropriately at the beginning. And I'm really pleased that you liked the Snape Patronus idea! That was something I came up with myself (although I'd be surprised if I was the only one who's had similar thoughts), so I'm very glad it made sense to you. Most of all, I'm very gratified that you thought I got Tonks' voice right in this fic. I haven't written many stories from her POV (tend to write Remus POV), so I'm very glad she worked for you! :D

The "odd look" on Remus' face is simply because he's looking at Snape, a person he knows to be dead because he saw the body, and it jolts him. When he gets over the initial shock, he suspects that this "Snape" is actually Tonks, because there's no other option, really, that he knows of; but at the same time he's almost afraid to hope that it's her. Too bad Tonks can't read all that in his expression. ;) Sorry that was confusing!

And the "unfortunately" actually was intentional, but I realize now that it IS confusing. Thank you for pointing that out! :D What I meant by it was that because Pomfrey revealed by her facial expression that someone was peeking through the doorway, there was no option for Tonks and the kids to get away, warn the other Order members, and plan an attack on the Infirmary to rescue Pomfrey. Because Pomfrey gave it away to the Death Eaters that there was someone there, Tonks had no choice but to enter the room and try to gain the upper hand the only way she knew how.

I wish I could go back and edit this, but the edit button is not an option on this community! I will fix it on my personal LJ. Thank you for bringing that to my attention! I was rushing to get this in on time, and that was one of the last things I tweaked ... ;)

Anyway, thank you again for your kind words. I really do appreciate them! :D