Tiring Game
A HariPo freeverse piece
by mew-tsubaki
Note: The Harry Potter characters belong to J.K. Rowling, not to me. This pairing is a Mew and Mor's Weird Pairing, which you may find in the M&MWP forum (see my profile for details). Check out and join the forum FUN! Read, review, and enjoy!
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Happiness is
w-r-o-u-g-h-t
in
destruction
But whoever said anyone needs
h~a~p~p~i~n~e~s~s?
Perhaps they don't know of a funny little story
This little tale of
i. n. t. r. i. g. u. e.
&& it all happened
Once
Upon a
W
A
R
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Protected houses
((hidden)) locations
aGiLe fighters…
Fleur Delacour Weasley
was settling into the role of
-caretaker-
·feed the freed ones
·heal what could be healed
·keep the stock up…
If only her last task was her
easiest
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"So longs" && "Be right backs"
seem almost j:u:v:e:n:i:l:e
in hindsight
Fleur waltzed right into town…
never to come back to
§S_h_e_l_l C_o_t_t_a_g_e§
again
All because she saw a handsome face
All because she couldn't tear her eyes away
All because
he just knew of the Veela in her
"Ohh, half-breed…!"
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No need for running
(no blue ribbons to win today, lovelies)
Her momentary attraction was her
d
o
w
n
f
a
l
l
&&Fleur was
[caught]
a flower trapped in a vase,
without freedom & d_y_i_n_g
(if Scabior were only so kind)
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Perhaps it was a plan
(No, no, a bit of
oPpOrTuNiTy!)
But the "Ministry" was rounding up the half-breeds anyway
So what better LUCK than for Scabior
to nab not only a part-Veela but a member of
.::the Order of the Phoenix::.
too?
And what a pretty
~beast~
she was…
(oh dear, she was Beauty & the Beast all wrapped up in one package, now wasn't she?
Good thing Scabior isn't as nice as he looks)
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And
YET
When it came down to it…
Fleur did not begrudge him anything
(not the one who brought her food when captive,
not the one who stood guard around her when the other Snatchers wanted her for…other things,
not the one who spoke to her despite telling both of them
over&over&over
that he really hated half-breeds)
Because
When it really came down to it
&&"Scab" could've escaped on his own
{the Snatchers betrayed him}
{Greyback was going to save his own skin}
{Bellatrix delighted in
d-e-c-i-m-a-t-i-n-g
them}
Fleur was NOT going to die there
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So all that time
*tick-tock*
all that matters is
1.one1.
m*o*m*e*n*t
-a moment of truth-
Scabior:
HERO
or
Heretic
?
. . .
Perhaps we should ask
[Fleur the s-u-r-v-i-v-o-r],
yes?
Because, after all,
not everything's
black&&white
Order&&Death Eaters
.:.
B_E_A_U_T_Y
&(or)&
the
B_E_A_S_T
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:] I liked this a lot, mainly by the end. See, Fleur isn't all about looks! She loves true chivalry, too…and who says only Bill has that? ;]
Thanks for reading, and please review!
-mew-tsubaki :)
2017 note: Hmm, an interesting one. I've enjoyed writing several Scabior ships over the yrs, and I kind of like using the cliché of Beauty & the Beast.