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Cat's Birthday HP Drabblethon 5

Jul 26, 2009 00:00

Sorted: 123 prompts! Blame the Cat(s).

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magistera July 27 2009, 05:03:41 UTC

Recipient: zadcat
Prompt: So where ARE the spouses of the Hogwarts teachers?
Rating: PG
Word Count: 300 (this is Spa...oh, never mind)

The cat padded silently into the room, and just as silently Transfigured itself into Minerva. Swiping at her nose absently with one hand (it sometimes took a little time, these days, for the habits of her Animagus form to slip away), she turned and very carefully shut the door, listening for a moment to make sure that she was alone. Then she turned and gently lifted the bedsheet.

She looked for a long time at what lay underneath, her eyes slowly filling with tears. "I'm sorry," she whispered at last. "The war is over - we won, you know. Only - Albus is dead, and I - don't know how to get you out -" Her voice rose to a wail on the last word, and then cut off with a stifled shriek as a hand landed on her shoulder. She spun around ( ... )

imaginarycircus July 27 2009, 05:15:08 UTC

The first time I read this through I was a bit confused because I thought Minerva was looking into a bed, but then it all clicked into place. WOE.

magistera July 27 2009, 06:50:00 UTC

Heh, yeah, it should probably just have been 'sheet', and a little more description there. But yes, also WOE.

Thanks for the feedback :)

bonfoi July 27 2009, 07:52:30 UTC

Oh, that was imaginative! Using the Mirror of Erised as a hidey-hole! Never saw that coming.

magistera July 27 2009, 19:32:41 UTC

Thank you! I was hoping it would take people by surprise :)

gmth July 27 2009, 12:55:21 UTC

Oh, how sad. What a great take on the prompt.

magistera July 27 2009, 19:37:12 UTC

Thank you!

tunxeh July 27 2009, 17:45:14 UTC

Eep. And Dumbledore was sufficiently relentless in doing what was necessary to himself and others in order to defeat Voldemort that I can imagine this happening. Chilling.

magistera July 27 2009, 19:38:26 UTC

Thanks! And yeah, I can see Dumbledore doing this or something equally ruthless to make sure that none of his people were security risks - and then convincing himself that 'at least they'll never come home to the Mark over their houses'...

lore July 27 2009, 22:34:01 UTC

Albus, you tool! Leave some info behind whydon'tcha! ~_^

Well done! Thank you!

love, lore

magistera July 28 2009, 09:36:39 UTC

No, thank you! "Albus, you tool" is practically my HP soundtrack ;)

drusillas_rain July 27 2009, 22:37:22 UTC

oh, how sad!

magistera July 28 2009, 09:37:03 UTC

Thank you, that was what I was trying for *g*

zadcat July 27 2009, 23:07:08 UTC

Wow. Great answer to my question (which JK herself said she would eventually answer before the end of the series, and didn't!)

magistera July 28 2009, 09:37:33 UTC

Yay, I'm glad you liked it, thank you!

archon_mentha July 28 2009, 01:10:19 UTC

Oh, this is so sad!

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