A Simple Rose

by 1607hannah

The darkness in her heart and the lightness in his. It would seem an unlikely match, yet Helga Hufflepuff finds herself drawn to a love that she knows cannot last or endure the battles the founders will face. All roses bare traces of green, however golden their petals.

1. The Briar and the Rose

The Briar and the Rose

I fell asleep down by the stream,
And there I had the strangest dream,
And down by Brennan's Glenn there grows,
A briar and a rose.

There's a tree in the forest,
But I don't know where,
I built a nest out of your hair,
And climbing up into the air,
A briar and a rose.

I don't know how long it has been,
But I was born in Brennan's Glenn,
And near the end of spring there grows,
A briar and a rose.

I picked the rose one early morn,
I pricked my finger on a thorn,
It had grown so high,
It's winding wove,
the briar around the rose.

I tried to tear them both apart,
I felt a thorn grow in my heart,
And all dressed up in springs new clothes,
The briar and the rose.

And when I'm buried and in my grave,
Tell me so I may know,
Your tears may fall,
To make love grow,
The briar and the rose.

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Folk songs are always a good way of setting the scene and I liked the tone of this one, bittersweet. Maybe I'm not looking carefully enough, but there aren't enough Helga Hufflepuff/Salazar Slytherin stories. So like any good writer when I couldn't find one, I wrote one myself! Hope you enjoy x