OUR OWN OLYMPUS
A Hogwarts Twist on Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"
Written by Daniel Odysseus
TYPE OF STORY: The tragic romance between Draco Malfoy and Ginny Weasley, the children of two enemies. A 13,000-word novelette based on the main events in Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet."
RATING: PG-13, for murder, suicide, and language. No strong sexual themes employed.
DISCLAIMER: "Our Own Olympus" is based on the characters featured in JK Rowling's Harry Potter series. The plot lines and actions of the Harry Potter characters are based on of William Shakespeare's tragedy "Romeo and Juliet."**
PART SEVENTEEN:
Finally, he came to the correct tomb, and found coffin that Ginny was in. He pulled off the lid, and then rolled Ginny onto the floor next to him.
"My love," he smiled at her. "My Venus, my god of beauty and love. I can't bear the thought of living another moment without you, Ginny. Perhaps our own Olympus isn't in this life, but in the afterlife, where we can finally be together, in paradise, looking down at the world below us." He kissed her lifeless lips passionately. "I shall love you even after death, Ginny, for I know we shall be together. So goodbye, my beloved, the only woman I shall ever love." He uncorked the flask of poison from Snape's office and raised it to his trembling lips. He hesitated only for a moment, but then thought of how he and Ginny would be able to reunite shortly, and quickly drank the potion.
He fell back onto the grey stone floor, dead, putting an abrupt end to the proud Malfoy line of wizards, for it was the end of Draco Malfoy.
Two minutes had scarcely passed when Ginny sat up. "Harry, has Draco arrived yet-" she began. But she suddenly saw her dead lover. "Oh, Draco, please don't say you killed yourself for me," she sobbed. "Didn't you receive the letter from Harry, telling you about the plan for us to escape together?" She stared at his pale lips, which were covered with a thin layer of green from that fatal poison.
"Draco, I need to be with you right now, more than anything," she whispered. "I can't live without you. But, Draco, my love, we'll be together in death, even if we can't be together in life. I'll make sure of it." She smiled. "So, my love, my Mars, I'll see you on our own Olympus." She kissed his lips fervently, sucking up every last drop of poison.
There wasn't enough poison to kill her. In fact, there wasn't even enough to do any harm.
But Ginny knew what she had to do. She had to be with her Draco, her Mars, the only man she could ever love. She reached in his pocket, and drew out her lover's ebony wand.
"As we have lived together, so we shall die together," Ginny whispered to him. Footsteps could be heard running down the corridor to this room in the crypt. There wasn't a moment to lose.
Ginny dug the tip of the wand into her solar plexus, and whispered to herself, "Avada-"
AND THE EXCITING CONCLUSION IS. Next.
TYPE OF STORY: The tragic romance between Draco Malfoy and Ginny Weasley, the children of two enemies. A 13,000-word novelette based on the main events in Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet."
RATING: PG-13, for murder, suicide, and language. No strong sexual themes employed.
DISCLAIMER: "Our Own Olympus" is based on the characters featured in JK Rowling's Harry Potter series. The plot lines and actions of the Harry Potter characters are based on of William Shakespeare's tragedy "Romeo and Juliet."**
PART SEVENTEEN:
Finally, he came to the correct tomb, and found coffin that Ginny was in. He pulled off the lid, and then rolled Ginny onto the floor next to him.
"My love," he smiled at her. "My Venus, my god of beauty and love. I can't bear the thought of living another moment without you, Ginny. Perhaps our own Olympus isn't in this life, but in the afterlife, where we can finally be together, in paradise, looking down at the world below us." He kissed her lifeless lips passionately. "I shall love you even after death, Ginny, for I know we shall be together. So goodbye, my beloved, the only woman I shall ever love." He uncorked the flask of poison from Snape's office and raised it to his trembling lips. He hesitated only for a moment, but then thought of how he and Ginny would be able to reunite shortly, and quickly drank the potion.
He fell back onto the grey stone floor, dead, putting an abrupt end to the proud Malfoy line of wizards, for it was the end of Draco Malfoy.
Two minutes had scarcely passed when Ginny sat up. "Harry, has Draco arrived yet-" she began. But she suddenly saw her dead lover. "Oh, Draco, please don't say you killed yourself for me," she sobbed. "Didn't you receive the letter from Harry, telling you about the plan for us to escape together?" She stared at his pale lips, which were covered with a thin layer of green from that fatal poison.
"Draco, I need to be with you right now, more than anything," she whispered. "I can't live without you. But, Draco, my love, we'll be together in death, even if we can't be together in life. I'll make sure of it." She smiled. "So, my love, my Mars, I'll see you on our own Olympus." She kissed his lips fervently, sucking up every last drop of poison.
There wasn't enough poison to kill her. In fact, there wasn't even enough to do any harm.
But Ginny knew what she had to do. She had to be with her Draco, her Mars, the only man she could ever love. She reached in his pocket, and drew out her lover's ebony wand.
"As we have lived together, so we shall die together," Ginny whispered to him. Footsteps could be heard running down the corridor to this room in the crypt. There wasn't a moment to lose.
Ginny dug the tip of the wand into her solar plexus, and whispered to herself, "Avada-"
AND THE EXCITING CONCLUSION IS. Next.