Destruction Where You Stand - ch. 11

[auberus]

Chapter Eleven: That a Ghost May Him Haunt

"Yesterday is history
And tomorrow is a mystery
But baby, right now,

It's just about you and me.

You can run, you can hide
Just like Bonnie and Clyde.

Reach for the sky,
Ain't never gonna die."
- Social Distortion, Reach for the Sky

The library is enough to stop Remus in his tracks.

"Sirius," he asks after a

Comments

[kst_rose]

Another excellent chapter!

I'm glad this is back and I hope your finger feels better. :-)

[auberus]

Thanks so much! The finger is healing, and ch. 12 is in progress. :)

[tamerterra]

Yay! *loves at Remus and his idea for a research paper especially*

[auberus]

Remus is one of my favourites. It's probably sad, but I actually wrote the first part of that research paper.

[aquila_star]

I loved this chapter. The idea of the tracking spell on the tattoo is a good one, and the way Sirius goes about breaking it, he's a genuis, I swear. But don't tell him I said so. *winks*

I really love the "magic is all around" theory as compared to the pureblood nonsense, after all, pureblood does not a powerful wizard make, but the innate magic imbuing everything around them would raise their awareness...just awesome, I love that. I'm totally taken with the idea. *boggles*

Great chapter. *hugs you*

[auberus]

Thank you! And I promise I won't tell Sirius. He's feeling particularly full of himself at the moment as it is.

[aquila_star]

It's so like him. *sighs*

[auberus]

but that's part of the reason we all love him so much.

(if only he weren't aware of that fact...)

[mayushi]

YES!!! UPDATE!! *sqee

[auberus]

Thank you! As far as the Underage Sorcery bit goes, I was thinking more along the lines of an outright refusal by the pureblood families to enforce it within their homes -- a public one. It's the sort of thing that might help lead to the sort of war that ended up developing, imho.

As far as the other bit -- it made sense to me, too. After all, there had to be some sort of basis for the prejudice to begin with, as Slytherin certainly never struck me as the type to reject a possible advantage from sheer prejudice. I've always imagined him as too impatient to take the time to bring Muggleborns up to the instinctive standards of their pureblood counterparts. I also would postulate that this sort of instinct is the reason for most of the 'incidental' magic at Hogwart -- sort of a learn-by-absorbtion tutorial that would be of most help to the Muggleborns. And now I'm rambling on like Remus writing his paper. Bed now.

Thanks so much for the comments!!!

[curiousity_09]

This chapter was so good! Really worth the wait :) I hope your finger is better.

[auberus]

Thank you! And the finger is fine now - have already started ch. 12