As promised, this is the resolution to the issue of Gwen Cooper.
This has taken a while to get out in part because I hadn't planned when expanding this AU I had created, to deal with Gwen quite this early. I wanted to keep her around for several reasons and one of them was Rhys. But, I was listening to a pod cast recently and it was put forward that writers block is not so much a block as indecision and that was part of my issue with how long it's taken to write this. I had it in my head she was going to last until after the space cow introduced us to Rhys but her actions forced my hand and I had to come to terms with how my own writing had foiled my previous plan.
So this is what I came up with and there is an element of the Gwen bash in it. I have also borrowed some of the dialogue from Meat (season two in cannon). This is an AU so once I reminded myself of the fact that as the writer I am god (for the duration of the muse that Principles has inspired) I could do what I wanted. Bwhahahahaha... So what follows is about 18,000 words of what happens next.
As a reminder, this is a cross over story and is Torchwood with elements of the Harry Potter world worked into it. If you haven't read the previous work in the Principles family there are going to be references that wont make as much sense as if you have read the other stories so far.
I created this world after a suggested prompt of Torchwood/Harry Potter as made by Wrose and this is where that suggestion has taken me so far. It's not a journey I'm finished with yet I just can't give you an idea of when the next installment will be available. I hope you enjoy, as all of us who post bits of our soul on here for you to read, positive feedback and constructive comments are always welcome. Please save your flames for the BBQ - if you wouldn't say it to your mother it doesn't need to be said to me.
And no, New Zealand wasn't washed away by Cyclone Cook :) Lala.