Author's Notes, since you all are going to have fits if I don't explain a
couple of things, only it may turn out to be more than a couple of things,
so bear with me.
Yes, I had been planning that ending since day one. It fitted in with the tone of the story, it was a dramatic ending, and it was powerful (if I'm wrong in this, tell me, but I won't change the ending!) There will not be a sequel, there will not be an alternate ending. This. Is. It.
Any of you who are now hyperventilating, *breathe*.
But I knew I couldn't just leave it as it was, because too many of you would have questions - how right I was! - so the purpose of this author's note is to explain what happened after 'After', and to thank everyone who has contributed to this fic.
Draco: Yes, he is dead. That's why it ended so suddenly; it ended when he died, and it couldn't continue after that since it was all from his POV. I know some of you think that it shouldn't have ended there after everything that Draco had been through, but...it had to end there, really. I don't think any of you would have really liked it if, after such a dark fic, I had ended it on a happy note, and I certainly wouldn't have been satisfied.
Hermione: I know I said Hermione would come back in, but she just didn't fit. She came in the first place mostly just to plant the vaguest suspicion in the minds of people who were paying attention to the minutiae, and also to have questions raised about what had happened to Harry in the past. It really wouldn't have worked to have her come back in.
Narcissa Malfoy: do you really want to know this? Alright, she was tortured by first Lucius, and then Voldemort for going to visit her son, but she recovered, eventually, left Lucius and joined the resistance.
Blaise Zabini: the reason why Zabini was in Talsgate has been, though unimportant, inquired after, so I'll explain. Zabini *was* a Voldemort supporter, he even had the Dark Mark, but he crossed the line when he killed one of Voldemort's major supporters in a muggle raid. It wasn't on purpose, but it was his fault, so he was put in Talsgate and he was bitter about it. He was killed during the battle in Talsgate.
Harry: Harry survived and left Talsgate, but didn't stay to help the resistance; he moved to a remote island in Scotland and stayed there until Voldemort had been defeated.
Claw, Gary, Eddie and Rubber: They all survived, and left Talsgate with Harry, and lived with him up on his island in Scotland since, well, he wasn't exactly in a fit state to look after himself, and they found when they tried to go in their separate directions that it wasn't really going to work just yet, since they'd been together for so long.
Lucius Malfoy: Harry killed him just a moment too late to save Draco. I'm not sure whether it was a painful death, but hey, we can all hope, right?!
The resistance fighters, helped by Harry, defeated the Death Eaters at Talsgate...but the prison didn't really last long after that, Harry being absolutely distraught and furious. After everyone was out, he ripped apart the prison bit by bit, and sent the locks to Voldemort, along with Lucius's body.
Voldemort was defeated some years later by the new leader of the resistance, a certain Fred Weasley, who died at the same time.
That's about it. If anyone has any other questions, email me and I'll answer them there, if I can.
Thank you to: my family, for putting up with my hyper exhilaration when I found that I not one, but fifteen reviews after the first chapter. My friends, for both Rubber and more putting-up with me. Whoever Alcatraz belongs to in America, since it was there that I had the first gleams of an idea for Talsgate prison.
Each and every reviewer; there are too many of you for me to thank you all individually, but I'd particularly like to thank: T.K. Yuy, Piri Lupin- Snape, Demeter, EnigmaDesdemona7, and Derelictus - my regular reviewers, whom I am quite certain I annoyed the hell out of by my continuous repetitions of 'you'll find out...eventually.' Thank you everyone. This fic could not have happened without you.
Special thanks to that Goddess, that marvellous creature, JK Rowling. She'll never read this, but thank you for creating such a wonderful world for us to play in.
On another note (shameless plugging for my next story) I *am* starting to write another story, and the first chapter may or may not be up today, tomorrow by the latest. It's unlike anything I've ever written, which seems to be my trend at the moment, and I'd love you all to go and read it once it's out!
Sparks.
P.S. I have it on good authority - i.e., my mother - that I am evil incarnate. Therefore, I can't say that I'm not. You lot win *that* battle.
Yes, I had been planning that ending since day one. It fitted in with the tone of the story, it was a dramatic ending, and it was powerful (if I'm wrong in this, tell me, but I won't change the ending!) There will not be a sequel, there will not be an alternate ending. This. Is. It.
Any of you who are now hyperventilating, *breathe*.
But I knew I couldn't just leave it as it was, because too many of you would have questions - how right I was! - so the purpose of this author's note is to explain what happened after 'After', and to thank everyone who has contributed to this fic.
Draco: Yes, he is dead. That's why it ended so suddenly; it ended when he died, and it couldn't continue after that since it was all from his POV. I know some of you think that it shouldn't have ended there after everything that Draco had been through, but...it had to end there, really. I don't think any of you would have really liked it if, after such a dark fic, I had ended it on a happy note, and I certainly wouldn't have been satisfied.
Hermione: I know I said Hermione would come back in, but she just didn't fit. She came in the first place mostly just to plant the vaguest suspicion in the minds of people who were paying attention to the minutiae, and also to have questions raised about what had happened to Harry in the past. It really wouldn't have worked to have her come back in.
Narcissa Malfoy: do you really want to know this? Alright, she was tortured by first Lucius, and then Voldemort for going to visit her son, but she recovered, eventually, left Lucius and joined the resistance.
Blaise Zabini: the reason why Zabini was in Talsgate has been, though unimportant, inquired after, so I'll explain. Zabini *was* a Voldemort supporter, he even had the Dark Mark, but he crossed the line when he killed one of Voldemort's major supporters in a muggle raid. It wasn't on purpose, but it was his fault, so he was put in Talsgate and he was bitter about it. He was killed during the battle in Talsgate.
Harry: Harry survived and left Talsgate, but didn't stay to help the resistance; he moved to a remote island in Scotland and stayed there until Voldemort had been defeated.
Claw, Gary, Eddie and Rubber: They all survived, and left Talsgate with Harry, and lived with him up on his island in Scotland since, well, he wasn't exactly in a fit state to look after himself, and they found when they tried to go in their separate directions that it wasn't really going to work just yet, since they'd been together for so long.
Lucius Malfoy: Harry killed him just a moment too late to save Draco. I'm not sure whether it was a painful death, but hey, we can all hope, right?!
The resistance fighters, helped by Harry, defeated the Death Eaters at Talsgate...but the prison didn't really last long after that, Harry being absolutely distraught and furious. After everyone was out, he ripped apart the prison bit by bit, and sent the locks to Voldemort, along with Lucius's body.
Voldemort was defeated some years later by the new leader of the resistance, a certain Fred Weasley, who died at the same time.
That's about it. If anyone has any other questions, email me and I'll answer them there, if I can.
Thank you to: my family, for putting up with my hyper exhilaration when I found that I not one, but fifteen reviews after the first chapter. My friends, for both Rubber and more putting-up with me. Whoever Alcatraz belongs to in America, since it was there that I had the first gleams of an idea for Talsgate prison.
Each and every reviewer; there are too many of you for me to thank you all individually, but I'd particularly like to thank: T.K. Yuy, Piri Lupin- Snape, Demeter, EnigmaDesdemona7, and Derelictus - my regular reviewers, whom I am quite certain I annoyed the hell out of by my continuous repetitions of 'you'll find out...eventually.' Thank you everyone. This fic could not have happened without you.
Special thanks to that Goddess, that marvellous creature, JK Rowling. She'll never read this, but thank you for creating such a wonderful world for us to play in.
On another note (shameless plugging for my next story) I *am* starting to write another story, and the first chapter may or may not be up today, tomorrow by the latest. It's unlike anything I've ever written, which seems to be my trend at the moment, and I'd love you all to go and read it once it's out!
Sparks.
P.S. I have it on good authority - i.e., my mother - that I am evil incarnate. Therefore, I can't say that I'm not. You lot win *that* battle.