thinking about a galaxy far, far away

[parentsaredead]

Now's not really the best time. I'm a little preoccupied, what with going after Voldemort and trying to save Hogwarts.

So no, I don't think adding another war is the way to go. Not with things as bad as they are.

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[sacrificial]

If it helps at all, time won't pass while you're here. [Troll momma is in the house. She is just commenting idly, like they chat all the time]

[parentsaredead]

[ he swallows hard. He's just seen her, but that doesn't do anything to stop that jolt in his heart that he always gets when Harry sees his mother ]

Is it...is it supposed to be the end, then?

[sacrificial]

I can't say for sure, but I don't think so. My mundane is making all sorts of interesting faces, but none of them are of abject despair.

[There's a pause where she looks at him, smiles helplessly.] Come here, let me have a look at you.

[parentsaredead]

[ he shuffles over, awkwardly, looking at the ground ]

It just doesn't make sense. One moment, I'm with you, and Dumbledore, and the next...

[ he looks up, with almost a pleading expression ]

It's possible? To still defeat Voldemort even if I'm gone?

[sacrificial]

[She places her hands on his shoulders] One thing I'm sure you've noticed is that things rarely make sense.

[One hand leaves his shoulder to cup his face as he looks up at her. Her voice is unwavering and certain] Yes. In the end, he's only one man. No one can live forever, even a man like him. And you - you have done so much, Harry. More than anyone could - or should - have asked of you. You didn't leave a task behind you that couldn't be completed.

[parentsaredead]

[ he grimaces, his jaw clenching ]

But I didn't complete it! Voldemort- he's still out there! And so's Ron, and Hermione, and everyone else I can't be there for right now.

It was up to me to stop him.

[sacrificial]

[Her fingers tighten on his shoulder slightly] I had it from a very sullen Draco Malfoy that Voldemort meets his end, and that you are directly involved. Regardless, defeating him was in no way your sole responsibility, and I fully intend to have words with Dumbledore about that when I see him next.

[Her tone softens] Believe me, I understand how it feels to think you've abandoned your friends and comrades in the middle of a war. But that isn't what has happened here, and I'm sure they'd all delight in telling you that if only they knew you were thinking it.

[parentsaredead]

[ he frowns, his shoulders sagging a little. He doesn't look convinced, the source is Malfoy afterall, but...his mum wouldn't lie. ]

I just...I don't want anyone else to get hurt or killed because of me. It has to stop.

[sacrificial]

[She steps closer again and pulls him into a hug] No one has been hurt because of you, Harry. The blame lies with Voldemort and his minions, no one else. It's one of his worst tricks, letting people with good hearts blame themselves, but it simply isn't true.

[bibliophile_annex]

Please tell me your mundane isn't serious, Harry?

[parentsaredead]

I wish I could. She seems to have her mind made up on a lot of things, lately.

[bibliophile_annex]

Have you suggested she re-read the books? {So she can see the hell you went through?}

[parentsaredead]

It looks like she's already doing that. And, even though she knows what I have to do and how much time I have to do it, she's still wanting to go through with it. I've seen less sadism with Snape.

[knight_to_king]

Sorry, mate. S'what the lot sort of go for. The whole dragging us out into someone else's war bit.

[parentsaredead]

Yeah, well...someone ought to do something about it, then.

...how're you and Hermione holding up?

[knight_to_king]

Fat chance on that. Best you'll get is them a screaming headache and they'll off you the next week.

[Oh, that earns a bit of pleased sheepishness when he shrugs.] Decent. Brilliant, really. If you don't count the lack of food and dinosaurs.

[parentsaredead]

[ the first hint of a smile since he got here ]

As if that's such a departure from the normal.

I'm glad. At least someone ought to get out of all this alive.


[ blink, he leans forward ]

Wait. Did you say dinosaurs?

[knight_to_king]

Bit more than normal, mate. [Like. No food. At all, mostly. Unless they hunt dragons or something.]

[And that makes him fidget Harry, thanks.] Dunno. Not much this lot likes to do that's not going to get us all killed is there?

Course. Loads of 'em. They've already gone and ransacked our chicken coop. [But it's said with a bit of a grin because, honestly, it is a bit cool. Even for the kid who never really studied them.]

derp, typo.

[steed]

Maaan, I feel you. Not with the war, but it not being the best time. Hell, I don't think there is a good time for this kind of crap to happen!

XD ILU for donkey omg

[parentsaredead]

I'll say.

[ pause, half turn ]

Um, excuse me, but are you a... talking donkey?

I couldn't resist after I saw those keywords :(

[steed]

[Maybe he needs better glasses, because he did not just ask that! He's also a bit tinier than a usual donkey, Harry should note. Probably a payoff, speech for stature.]

Well, I was a talking stallion not too long ago, but that didn't last very long. Course I'm a talking donkey!

XDDD

[parentsaredead]

Right. Well. That's brilliant.

[ he clears his throat, he's not sure what to say to a donkey in terms of conversation starters ]

He did fly at one point, so it does really, really fit. :3

[steed]

[Harry hangs out with a half giant, makes deals with goblins, flies on an angry dragon, is friends with a werewolf, and a talking donkey leaves him at ends.

...wait til he finds out he's married to a dragon and they have mutant babies dubbed Dronkeys, right? OH BOY.]

Brilliant? I am a bit of genius, I guess it's brilliant. [With no Shrek to make him quiet, those eyes narrow slightly and his lips move to the side as he thinks.] So what's Hogwarts and who's Voldemort? Sounds a bit like Worcestershire and what Puss'd call some "hocusy pocusy" if you ask me.

[He...actually didn't ask you anything, Donkey, but you're the "brilliant" one here.]

[enfant]

[ Those are some funny words he's spouting and no mistake. ]

Who's Voldemort?

[parentsaredead]

[ two eyebrows raised ]

Who's Voldemort?

[enfant]

You did hear me correctly, didn't you? That's what I asked, yes.

[parentsaredead]

[ she must be a muggle ]

He's...an evil wizard. And he wants to kill a lot of good people.

[enfant]

[ Well. Wizards are about as believable as vampires from the mortal stories she's read, so she decides not to pick and choose what to believe on this occasion. ]

I see. [ Without missing a beat, she steps forward to look up at him curiously. ] Why would you go after someone like that? Can you stop him?

[cassbutt]

Hogwarts? Voldemort? Is he anything like Lucifer? Im fighting a war with him and his Croats.
But what's Hogwarts?