Disclaimer: Not mine. All mention of places, situations and characters known belong to J.K. Rowling at her respective companies. Auntie Emma belongs to me, as does this story, the words arranged as they are.
Pairings: Slight pre-relationship hints of Neville/Percy, but none if you so choose.
Rating: PG-13
Archive: Just ask!
Summary: The after effects.
By season5girl
!!!!!!!!!!WARNING!!!!!!!!!
SPOILERS I wrote this just after finishing OotP. So there ARE SPOILERS !!!!!!!!!WARNING!!!!!!!!!!
Toast and Marmalade
Gran says I don't have to talk about it if I don't want to. Which is good, because right now, I don't think I do.
My nose doesn't hurt at all anymore, but sometimes I'll wake up from a dream and think for a second it's broken again.
I'm scared, just because I don't know. I don't know anything that's happening; I haven't heard anything from anyone in…in the Order. Or from Harry, or anything about how he is! I know that I'm not totally fine…so…I guess, Harry can't be doing any better. He lost his godfather. He must be feeling horrible.
I try not to…to be too tragic. I barely did anything to help, I couldn't even 'stupefy'…and I broke my dad's wand. Gran says she'll take me up to Diagon Alley sometime next week, after I've had some rest, to get me a new one.
It's funny, but, when she found out it had gotten broken she didn't even scold me. She just sort of held onto my arms.
She took me to dinner with my Auntie Emma yesterday, to 'Julius''. It's a really fancy wizards restaurant in London; my auntie said it was really posh.
Normally, I bet the atmosphere is nice there. It had low lighting and round tables, and good silver; it smelled like Pompey Root: incensey.
But it wasn't 'normally' when we were there. It was tense, all the witches and wizards at the tables seemed to be talking in eerie whispers – much too quiet – seemed to be almost afraid. Or maybe I was just imagining it. But Gran did seem even more eager to get home than she usually did, even with Auntie Emma.
But I like my aunt. She doesn't say I'm clumsy, or forgetful, and she'll talk to me about my parents sometimes. Only if no one else is around though, and mostly…only if she has a couple sherrys. But that's a lot of the time.
Then again…Gran hasn't said I'm any of those things recently. Not since…I got back; not since school ended.
I haven't heard from the Weasley's either. I hadn't been expecting to, really. I wonder sometimes how they're all doing; this has to be…odd for them, rough for them. I feel so…left out. I just want to know that they're ok. I just want to help.
I wonder sometimes how Percy Weasley is doing. It must be really difficult for him, too. I know probably a lot of people don't think about that, a lot of people probably don't like him right now, but it couldn't have been easy for him, either.
He was always nice at Hogwarts. A little high-strung, yeah, but he was only trying to do what he thought was right. Sometimes I think he just wanted to be different than his family. Wanted to be…free.
Well, he is now.
But everybody wants something, and I just can't blame him for it. Everyone follows somebody else's lead sometimes, and sometimes it's foolish, the way Percy followed Minister Fudge. But sometimes it's not foolish at all; sometimes the course really is true. The way we all followed Dumbledore and the Order. So I don't blame Percy, 'cause it's tough to know the difference, sometimes.
I'm falling asleep, dozing now. I've been sitting on the dado in the sunroom reading for the past three hours – since breakfast.
I've been having toast and marmalade since I got home, and I think I'm taking comfort in knowing that's what I'll keep having.
It's a sure thing. And since I feel pretty unsure now, it's nice to have something to steady yourself on.
Even if it is just toast and marmalade.
A/N: Chapter 1/?
Heya, ya'll!;) Feel like reviewing? Please please?! Go on, become on R/R master! Gotta review 'em all! I just felt like Neville needed his POV expressed; I don't know, maybe other people already have written things like this and I just haven't seen! Oh well, I hope you enjoyed it! Unless you've skipped straight to the end for the Author Notey Goodness. In which case Tsk!
Look for a Discworld fic coming soon, as well as a Snape-centric-Parents-Generation fic, coming as soon as my Muse will let it! Thanks everyone!!!
Pairings: Slight pre-relationship hints of Neville/Percy, but none if you so choose.
Rating: PG-13
Archive: Just ask!
Summary: The after effects.
By season5girl
!!!!!!!!!!WARNING!!!!!!!!!
SPOILERS I wrote this just after finishing OotP. So there ARE SPOILERS !!!!!!!!!WARNING!!!!!!!!!!
Toast and Marmalade
Gran says I don't have to talk about it if I don't want to. Which is good, because right now, I don't think I do.
My nose doesn't hurt at all anymore, but sometimes I'll wake up from a dream and think for a second it's broken again.
I'm scared, just because I don't know. I don't know anything that's happening; I haven't heard anything from anyone in…in the Order. Or from Harry, or anything about how he is! I know that I'm not totally fine…so…I guess, Harry can't be doing any better. He lost his godfather. He must be feeling horrible.
I try not to…to be too tragic. I barely did anything to help, I couldn't even 'stupefy'…and I broke my dad's wand. Gran says she'll take me up to Diagon Alley sometime next week, after I've had some rest, to get me a new one.
It's funny, but, when she found out it had gotten broken she didn't even scold me. She just sort of held onto my arms.
She took me to dinner with my Auntie Emma yesterday, to 'Julius''. It's a really fancy wizards restaurant in London; my auntie said it was really posh.
Normally, I bet the atmosphere is nice there. It had low lighting and round tables, and good silver; it smelled like Pompey Root: incensey.
But it wasn't 'normally' when we were there. It was tense, all the witches and wizards at the tables seemed to be talking in eerie whispers – much too quiet – seemed to be almost afraid. Or maybe I was just imagining it. But Gran did seem even more eager to get home than she usually did, even with Auntie Emma.
But I like my aunt. She doesn't say I'm clumsy, or forgetful, and she'll talk to me about my parents sometimes. Only if no one else is around though, and mostly…only if she has a couple sherrys. But that's a lot of the time.
Then again…Gran hasn't said I'm any of those things recently. Not since…I got back; not since school ended.
I haven't heard from the Weasley's either. I hadn't been expecting to, really. I wonder sometimes how they're all doing; this has to be…odd for them, rough for them. I feel so…left out. I just want to know that they're ok. I just want to help.
I wonder sometimes how Percy Weasley is doing. It must be really difficult for him, too. I know probably a lot of people don't think about that, a lot of people probably don't like him right now, but it couldn't have been easy for him, either.
He was always nice at Hogwarts. A little high-strung, yeah, but he was only trying to do what he thought was right. Sometimes I think he just wanted to be different than his family. Wanted to be…free.
Well, he is now.
But everybody wants something, and I just can't blame him for it. Everyone follows somebody else's lead sometimes, and sometimes it's foolish, the way Percy followed Minister Fudge. But sometimes it's not foolish at all; sometimes the course really is true. The way we all followed Dumbledore and the Order. So I don't blame Percy, 'cause it's tough to know the difference, sometimes.
I'm falling asleep, dozing now. I've been sitting on the dado in the sunroom reading for the past three hours – since breakfast.
I've been having toast and marmalade since I got home, and I think I'm taking comfort in knowing that's what I'll keep having.
It's a sure thing. And since I feel pretty unsure now, it's nice to have something to steady yourself on.
Even if it is just toast and marmalade.
A/N: Chapter 1/?
Heya, ya'll!;) Feel like reviewing? Please please?! Go on, become on R/R master! Gotta review 'em all! I just felt like Neville needed his POV expressed; I don't know, maybe other people already have written things like this and I just haven't seen! Oh well, I hope you enjoyed it! Unless you've skipped straight to the end for the Author Notey Goodness. In which case Tsk!
Look for a Discworld fic coming soon, as well as a Snape-centric-Parents-Generation fic, coming as soon as my Muse will let it! Thanks everyone!!!