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Title: Whose Fic (Anniversary 2013)
Fandom: Harry Potter - DAYDverse
Rating: G
Length: 270 / 242 / 536 words
Summary: Three prompt fics.
Characters: Hermione Granger / Justin Finch-Fletchley / Harry Potter, Ginny Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger-Weasley, James Potter II, Rose Weasley
Author's Notes: Whose Fic was fun! Ages since I’d written anything in the fandom and I came in pretty late, but I managed three prompts for just over 1000 words in total - despite LJ being a complete and utter pain, taking forever to load and then not working well.
Everything was written fast, and is unedited.

Fics beneath the cut!

Prompt: “In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it- thou art a fool.” ~ Lord Chesterfield. Hermione Granger (waywardrogue)

When she was a child, Hermione thought books held the answer to everything. Her parents always had books around the house, where she could find out anything she wanted. Her favourites were the encyclopaedias - first the children’s ones, then, when she grew a little older, the grown-up ones. Anything she wanted to know about anything at all seemed to be held between cloth-bound hard covers.

When she learnt she was a witch, it was a shock. Here was a whole new world that no book had ever told her anything about, and it scared and thrilled her equally. Then, on her first visit to Diagon Alley, she saw Flourish and Blotts, and everything made sense again. Here were the books that would teach her everything she needed to know about the wizarding world.

How foolish, how childish, how naive, she had been. Books couldn’t teach you everything. Nothing could. No book could teach you how to stand against Voldemort with nothing but the knowledge and bravery of eleven year olds. No book could teach you how to keep doing it, over and over. Nothing could teach that. Nothing could teach you how to do it yet again when a new shadow rose. Nothing could teach you how to deal with the ghosts of memories you shouldn’t even have.

Each time, she’d thought she had the answers, thought she finally knew everything. Each time, she’d been wrong.

She couldn’t be wrong this time, though. She knew what had to be done to save the wizarding world from sinking, and she would do it. She was right.

She had to be.


Prompt: millenium celebrations, fireworks, future (zeviz)

His back ramrod-straight, Justin stood to attention as the first fireworks leapt from the London Eye to light the night sky, on this first night of the new Millenium. He stood perfectly still. An RAF officer cadet did not flinch at loud noises. A trainee Auror did not cower from bright lights. The Viscount of Reidhaven did not give in to panic.

It was all very well to say so, but in truth only a lifetime of control, and those phrases repeated like a mantra, held Justin in his place. He’d heard of shell-shocked soldiers suffering panic attacks when exposed to fireworks; nothing shameful in it. But he couldn’t give in. He had no right to give in, not when he’d seen so little of the battle, of the war, compared to the rest of the DA. He had to stay strong.

He had to remember that these lights, these bangs, were not a sign of battle at all. They weren’t hexes and curses, they were just fireworks. A celebration. A symbol of joy, of hope for a bright future. For the future that must surely be ahead, for both his worlds. The future he was working for, the future the DA had fought and died for. The future that he must help bring about, no matter what it cost him.

Justin took a deep breath, repeated his mantra once more, and stood - if possible - just a little bit straighter.


Prompt: “It’s all fun and games until - “ (zeviz)

Crash!

The noise from the hallway made all four parents leap up in unison. Years of caution and training meant that they all had their wands out and were halfway toward the door before they heard a child’s voice indignantly raised.

“It’s YOUR fault, James, and I’M TELLING!”

Harry winced at the sound of his niece’s voice, wondering what his eldest son had done now.

Reaching the door first, Ron pushed it open and strode through, examining the scene. His wife, sister and brother-in-law all followed him, putting their wands away as they took in the tableau displayed before them.

A picture frame lay smashed on the floor, clearly knocked off the staircase wall. James stood over it, his expression halfway between guilty and angry, glaring at Rose, who was returning the look from a few steps further down. Albus, Hugo and Lily appeared to have decided that discretion was the better part of valour, and were nowhere to be seen.

“What happened?” Ginny asked sharply.

“Rose knocked the picture off the wall,” James hurried to defend himself.

“Only because James was chasing me!” Rose retorted hotly.

“We’re playing Tag, I’m supposed to be chasing you,” James answered with all an older cousin’s withering scorn.

“It’s still your fault!”

“Is not!”

“I think you’re both to blame, really,” Harry interjected before it could go any further. “How many times have you all - because I’m sure the others are playing, too - been told not to run around inside?”

“It’s just a game,” James mumbled.

“It’s all fun and games - ” Hermione began.

“Until someone gets hurt,” both children chorused. Then Rose continued, “but no-one got hurt, Mummy. I’m sorry about the picture, but you can fix it, can’t you?”

“That’s not really the point, Rose. The point is that one of you could easily have been hurt; what if you’d fallen down the stairs?”

“I know, but no-one did!” Rose exclaimed with a child’s exasperation at adults not following simple logic.

Hermione sighed and shook her head, giving in. “All right, but play something else, please.”

Both children nodded and rushed upstairs, hurrying to get out of the way before anyone else could start lecturing them.

“Sorry about the picture, Hermione - I’m sure it’s James’s fault just as much as Rose’s,” Ginny said apologetically. “It shouldn’t take much to fix…”

“That’s all right, Ginny. Actually, I think Ron might be rather grateful to them - it was a wedding present, and he’s never liked it,” Hermione answered, smiling at Ron, who returned the smile.

“You know, I think it might be too badly damaged to fix properly,” he said with a smirk. “I’m sure Great Aunt Muriel will be indignant, but what can you do with kids? She might even be offended enough to never visit again.”

Everyone laughed at that, as Hermione gathered up the broken glass with a sweep of her wand.

“Whatever you do, don’t let any of the kids hear you say that - they’ll break everything in both our houses to stop her visiting,” Ginny warned him.

“Don’t tempt me, I’ll start smashing things myself,” he replied, chuckling. “Let’s go and sit down again, until the next emergency happens.”

Date: 2013-03-11 09:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anywhere-but-nj.livejournal.com
Prompt: “In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it- thou art a fool.” ~ Lord Chesterfield. Hermione Granger (waywardrogue)

When she was a child, Hermione thought books held the answer to everything.

Hah, me too!
I love that she was thrilled though to experience something she never read in a book.


Nothing could. No book could teach you how to stand against Voldemort with nothing but the knowledge and bravery of eleven year olds.

No, no they can't :(



Prompt: millenium celebrations, fireworks, future (zeviz)

A trainee Auror did not cower from bright lights. The Viscount of Reidhaven did not give in to panic.

Heh, no. That's for private time. :/

Poor guy.



Prompt: “It’s all fun and games until - “ (zeviz)

Crash!

*laughs* that's a great way to start the prompt.


“We’re playing Tag, I’m supposed to be chasing you,” James answered with all an older cousin’s withering scorn.

Not in the house!


“You know, I think it might be too badly damaged to fix properly,” he said with a smirk. “I’m sure Great Aunt Muriel will be indignant, but what can you do with kids? She might even be offended enough to never visit again.”

hahahaha

I'm glad you finished with a lighter note/fic.

Date: 2013-03-20 03:07 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] bluealoe
1. I totally understand Hermione's point of view here. In fact, I rememner my dad telling me "If you can read, you can do anything." Books are amazing. I love that Hermione goes straight to Flourish and Botts. :)

Of course books can't teach everything, and it's sad that Hermione has to learn that. :( I love the line Nothing could teach you how to deal with the ghosts of memories you shouldn’t even have.

I really liked how you used the prompt, too.

2. Perfectly Justin. He has to be in control, even when he has every right not to be. And it's so sad that he feels he has no right to be upset...he saw enough, he did enough. Of course he's going to be upset.
it must be hard to see bright lights, knowng they're supposed to be a celebration of the future, but only thinking of the past. :(
I love the last line. Go Justin!

3. This is absolutely adorable. I can totally see this happening, each blaming each other. And I love that Albus, Hugo, and Lily make themselves scarce. :)
Great reference to Aunt Muriel, too. Te idea of smashing things so she won't visit...hehehe.

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