Skip to main content

After the Battle

Aspria Hogglesnop ~ St Mungo’s Field Medic

It’s all about the blood; funny, how I remember that axiom of my old grandmother’s now, or rather it would be if it didn’t have such a foreboding ironic touch to it. In a way, it always has been about the blood.

I’m one of those on the fringe, not really old enough to remember the last time – even now I have a hard time saying the name – Voldemort, he-who-must-not-be-named, or rather Tom Riddle. Tom Riddle sounds so innocuous though… such a normal sounding name, that it doesn’t deliver the punch-in-the-gut response that the first two monikers bring.

However, I digress. As I was saying, I’m one of those on the fringe. I wasn’t old enough to have terrifying memories of when he – when Riddle, was first around, so, it was hard to believe that he could have possibly returned. He was a vague figure, much like Grindwald or the Muggles’ Boogieman, used to scare children onto the path of goodness. He wasn’t real. How apathetic I seemed when I look back on these last few years.

Shite – hold on a sec – I need a Healer! I need a Healer – NOW!

You, yes you – press there, nice and tight, as hard as you can. Don’t give me that look, it’s only blood, and if you don’t he might die. Press hard, if you let up you will kill him.



Jeannine Braxton ~ St. Mungo’s Healer

I’m a Muggle-born, so this whole Voldemort thing was, well not something that I had ever really heard of. When I attended Hogwarts, it wasn’t as if he was standard fare in the Magical History class with Professor Binns. Hell, come to think on it, old Binns didn’t even touch on Grindwald.

It’s funny, the things that are kept from us Muggle-born. I don’t honestly think my parents would’ve let me go to Hogwarts had we heard all about the psychotic maniacs wizarding kind breeds. Oh, that’s not to say that ‘normal’ people don’t breed deranged psychopaths, but when you add magic to the mix, it becomes a whole lot worse.

Magic allows for a certain form of savagery. I mean, just look at here – at this person I’m working on. Have you ever seen anything so brutal? The slashes and gashes all along the torso and face came from uttering just a few small words. Just a few small words, backed by a whole lot of hatred and anger, it’s absolutely horrifying when you think about it.




Unidentified Female Patient

Please – don’t – just go away. I can’t do this right now. Will you take that stupid self-recording quill and go find someone else to torture? I have nothing to say to a vulture like you. Preying on us in this weakened state. You and your kind could have done so much… Ministry lackey. I’ve nothing more to say to the likes of you.


A/N: This is done all in conversation, the character being interviewed will talk, but you will not hear anything from the person recording the story, nor see anything about where you are, unless the person says something to give you a sense of where you are at.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

An Unconventional Moment Chapter 6

I pull a towel out of the wardrobe and make my way into the lavatory. I’ve charmed the mirror above the sink not to talk, so the reflection of me just mouths silent words as I reach into the bath and twist on the hot-water faucet. I slowly strip the constricting faculty robes from my body – there are times when I wish I could wear the simpler Muggle attire, but that’s the price I pay for working here. The coolness of the room brushes against my skin, causing my flesh to break out in goose bumps. It’s never warm in this part of the castle, no matter how many fireplaces are lit. I rub my hands up and down my arms as I wait for the steam to warm the room. Just before I step into the streaming water, I reach over and slightly turn the cold-water faucet. I may adore hot showers, but I have no desire to boil myself to death. I can feel the knot at the back of my neck start to loosen as I step into the now comfortable hot stream of water. I drop my head forward, resting my forehead a

An Unconventional Moment Chapter 9

Title: An Unconventional Moment Chapter Title: This is the End... Author: celisnebula Character(s)/Pairing: Hermione Granger/Severus Snape Warnings: Explicit Sexual Content, (possible) Dubious Consent, Anal Rating: NC-17 I take one last look around my room, trying to gauge if I have missed anything.  No. Not my room—at least not any longer. Strange. It wasn’t mine any longer.  I sag against the door-frame, panic and remorse snaking up my spine. This room had been my home—my refuge—for the last few years, and now there was nothing left of me in it.  It was a surreal feeling. Letting out a soft sigh, I shifted; it was time.  Time to let go. Time to move on. I suppose anyone would feel this way; change isn’t easy to accept, even when it’s supposed to be good for you. I straightened my spine.  No use quibbling over something that I knew was going to happen; something I had, in fact, orchestrated.  I couldn’t stay here; not anymore. I had made the decision to leave m

Tit for Tat

Title: Tit for Tat Author: celisnebula Character(s)/Pairing: Hermione Granger/Severus Snape Warnings: Explicit Sexual Content Rating: NC-17 “You’re a bloody prat, you know that, right?” she huffed at Harry Potter, who was drunkenly slumped in the corner booth of the Hog’s Head. “Not,” he slurred.  “You’re just stroppy because you lost.”  He picked a shot of firewhisky from the table in front of him and downed it in one gulp.  “You’re always so bloody sure you’ll win-” “That’s cause she does,” Ron interjected. “-that you never entertain the idea that you just might not,” Harry continued as if Ron hadn’t interrupted. “’Sides, you’ve been mooning over him practically forever .”  He drew the word forever out in a sibilant hiss.  Ron nodded his head in agreement. “I hate you both!” she exclaimed, grabbing her own shot of firewhisky.  It burned pleasantly down her throat. “Nut’un,” Ron grunted.  “You lub us!”  He gave her his best Weasley glare.  “Betcha had something plan