Pomegranate Seeds

[flyingcarpet]

Author: BeccaFran
Title: Pomegranate Seeds
Challenge: Persephone
Summary: The Chamber of Secrets is a part of Ginny now, but even she does not know how big a part that is.
Rating: Teen
Genre: Angst/Mild Darkfic/Adventure
Word Count: ~4,000
Notes/Warnings: Contains Tom/Ginny and mildly dark themes. Many thanks to margotheangel and incognito for beta-reading, and to magnolia_mama for

Comments

[magnolia_mama]

Oh, my. *Excellent* use of the Persephone myth here -- I love the idea of Ginny being torn between two worlds.

I shall have to come back and re-read this when I can devote more time to it.

[flyingcarpet]

Thank you so much! I'm really glad you liked it. :)

[ladyg_funk]

I was afraid to read this because of the dark Tom/Ginny theme, but it fit perfectly with the myth of Persephone and Hades. I like your writing style and the changing scenes. The ending was strong and decisive. I also love your descriptions and comparisons of Harry and Tom at the end. Harry's hair sticking up everywhere while Tom uses her full first name seductively and as an insult. Thank you for writing this!

[flyingcarpet]

Thank you! I'm glad you took a chance on it. :)

[snuggle_muggle]

This was excellent. I read your post a few days ago about how you couldn't tell whether it was any good or not, so I've been waiting to read it. I knew it would be wonderful, because I've never read anything of yours that wasn't. And it really did live up to my expectations. It has just enough angst and sadness in it to really make it believable, but the ending was great! I really liked how Ginny had to make a choice there. In the books, that is a constant recurring theme, that Harry has to make choices which are not easy for him. I always like fan-fic stories, then, that show others also having to make the decision between "what is right and what is easy." This was very touching.

[flyingcarpet]

Aww, thank you for such lovely compliments -- I'm so glad to know you enjoy my work, and that this one lived up to your expectations. :)

[tunxeh]

I like the understated way you handled the actual romance parts of this. Unusual for an explicitly H/G piece, but I think it works well. Though I wasn't ever really in doubt about the eventual outcome...

[flyingcarpet]

Thanks! I guess posting the story in a dedicated Harry/Ginny community kind of gave away the ending, huh? ;)

[lstinhpfdm]

Great story as usual. Loved your depiction of Harry, expecially the bit where he is trying to explain Horcurx's to Ginny. "There's just one left, and we think-- that is, Hermione thinks-- I don't think, I just, you know, cast the spells and sometimes cook dinner, but--" I can so see JKR writting something like this. I am a bit curious how they know the Headmistress's password.

[flyingcarpet]

Thank you! I wanted Harry to be clear enough to get his point across, but still nervous and awkward.