Casual Banter
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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*W_e_l_c_o_m_e*
was supposed to mean
the same thing in
French&&Bulgarian
But what did that matter in the face of
cOmPeTiTiOn ?
Outside of Hogwarts
B~e~a~u~x~b~a~t~o~n~s
and
|D|u|r|m|s|t|r|a|n|g|
were the best schools around,
taught&l_e_d
by the best
(that grace—Olympe Maxime)
((that cunning—Igor Karkaroff))
(((that yearning to be the
BEST of the best)))
Oh, how they /p\u/s\h/e\d/ aside
the fact that
t_h_e_i_r
kind could never be the best at
a-n-y-t-h-i-n-g
A half-GiAnTeSs?
An ex-;]Death Eater[;?
WHAT
WERE
THEY
T●H●I●N●K●I●N●G●?
they. weren't.
She thought
"that man with the wild hair&&crazed eyes is not worth a look"
He thought
"that woman is more a beast than I ever was"
Ah…
How their histories were similarly
/dredged\
up for the world to devour when a
-beetle-
opened its bloody wings
Then it was all
wondering if when they next reached
for that title of best—
would it even be within their grasp?
[No.
And things could only
f
a
l
l
a_p_a_r_t
from there.]
B-B-Because!
How could one have the
*r_i_g_h_t*
to call the other u/g-l\y— when they knew they were
t_h_e_m_s_e_l_v_e_s?
"Madame…"
"Monsieur…"
But, hey, if no one else would
look them in the
IeyeI…
A few .::words::.
Several glances .::for sure::.
Not-so-subtle .::nods::.
&&the thought hit
(at least)
one of them that an "alliance"
did not have to stop at
) a m i a b l e (
boundaries…
So perhaps that whole
"best" thing
was useless&&useful
at the same time
●h e y●
It…"brought" them together,
didn't it?
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A very odd pairing that…actually makes sense…y'know, 'cuz of the whole Hogwarts/Beauxbatons/Durmstrang thing, not even considering the Triwizard Tournament. Hmm. :+
Thanks for reading, and please review!
-mew-tsubaki :)
2017 note: Ah, yes, a pairing of circumstances. I wouldn't mind exploring them a tad more…or perhaps reading someone else's take on them. Tho I haven't checked to see if anyone has since I did this 2011 piece. :O Hmm…