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| author | Tyler Davis <tydavis@gmail.com> | 2016-03-23 08:09:50 -0700 |
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| committer | Tyler Davis <tydavis@gmail.com> | 2016-03-23 08:09:50 -0700 |
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COODM seems finished. FANP next
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| -rw-r--r-- | tex/FreedomAndNotPeace.tex | 858 |
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diff --git a/tex/ComesOutOfDarknessMorn.tex b/tex/ComesOutOfDarknessMorn.tex index d73706d..4bab1f1 100644 --- a/tex/ComesOutOfDarknessMorn.tex +++ b/tex/ComesOutOfDarknessMorn.tex @@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ as silent sentry beside the chair or the divan, until he fell asleep. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage - The star was five-armed, made of clear glass in the center and opaque, white glass towards the edges. Harry traced one finger away from the @@ -122,7 +120,7 @@ musical kind of sense. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Harry's memory was tattered and fogged, bits of webs clinging to each @@ -228,7 +226,7 @@ But still it hadn't happened. Harry couldn't cry. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + A barn owl came in the middle of the night at the end of June. Harry @@ -328,7 +326,7 @@ the Manor, he slept without dreaming of dark Chambers or golden snakes. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``Mr. Potter.'' @@ -784,7 +782,7 @@ Clutching the serpent, he drifted slowly off to sleep. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + He woke to a knock on the door, and his brother's low voice. ``Harry? @@ -908,7 +906,6 @@ him busy. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage Harry kicked the bed, then reminded himself to keep silent. Connor was @@ -994,7 +991,7 @@ Harry felt his rage stretch lazy claws inside him, and smiled. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + He stepped through the front door and shut it behind him. He could not @@ -1357,7 +1354,7 @@ letter. He was no more eager to confront the question than Sirius was. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Harry stepped out of Eeylops Owl Emporium and paused to tuck the bags of @@ -2109,7 +2106,7 @@ calmed, his magic, but it had done nothing about his rage. \emph{What I came here to do}. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``Mr. Potter. What are \emph{you} doing here?'' @@ -2166,7 +2163,7 @@ Headmaster's office. \emph{It would be a poor return for all his kindness if I simply took his supplies.} \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``Cauldron Cakes,'' said Harry, and the gargoyle sprang aside. He stepped onto the moving staircase, his shoulders relaxed despite the @@ -2624,7 +2621,7 @@ until the gargoyle moved and Harry emerged from behind it. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Minerva studied Harry carefully. She could feel his power, of course, in @@ -2840,7 +2837,7 @@ secured her loyalty to Albus Dumbledore. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``Back! \emph{Back}!'' @@ -2987,7 +2984,7 @@ right to ask?} \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + She found Albus sitting behind his desk, staring at nothing. When she @@ -3295,7 +3292,7 @@ himself. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Harry paused as he entered McGonagall's classroom, and frowned. Connor @@ -3437,7 +3434,7 @@ though he were whining for pity, however true it was. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Snape nodded at the knock on the door of his office. One thing that @@ -4336,7 +4333,7 @@ explain every one of my movements to you.'' \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Draco clenched one hand. He couldn't explain why this was so important @@ -4581,7 +4578,7 @@ until he believed it. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + \emph{Harry. Can you meet me in the Charms corridor tonight at seven?} @@ -5285,7 +5282,7 @@ closed, it \emph{did} hurt. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Harry took a deep breath and added the final drop of sphinx blood. The @@ -5469,7 +5466,7 @@ her a greater one.} \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``I have to know,'' said Millicent, as they sat at breakfast on the @@ -6039,7 +6036,7 @@ to Remus Lupin. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``Lupin,'' said Snape coolly, when his knock on the werewolf's door that @@ -6320,7 +6317,7 @@ at the ceiling. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + The first book had simply been fascinating---mostly explanations of the @@ -6398,7 +6395,7 @@ happened lately when Draco grew angry at Harry. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Draco read hastily through the rest of the Guile book, and the other @@ -6502,7 +6499,7 @@ Draco decided he would have to find out. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``What's your favorite color, Harry?'' @@ -6531,7 +6528,7 @@ withdraw from Harry almost completely. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + It hurt not to be included in whatever had happened between Harry and @@ -6592,7 +6589,7 @@ him to see that he didn't mean to?} \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``Harry. We want to---'' @@ -6728,7 +6725,7 @@ How could he? \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Draco watched Harry more carefully than ever for the first two weeks of @@ -6763,7 +6760,7 @@ wanted to, and finally fell asleep staring at the ceiling of his bed. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``Draco?'' @@ -6888,7 +6885,7 @@ to be. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + \emph{Dear Mother:} @@ -7288,7 +7285,7 @@ with Harry, since he thought Harry was their team's key to victory. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Harry had just left the Great Hall and turned towards McGonagall's @@ -7361,7 +7358,7 @@ Ministry on the front. He nodded slowly. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Once they were seated in Dumbledore's office, and Harry had refused tea @@ -7762,7 +7759,7 @@ natterings. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + \emph{The goblins of the North have long proclaimed themselves different @@ -8072,7 +8069,7 @@ knife's edge of his magic. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Snape took one look at him when Harry came to help finish brewing the @@ -8128,7 +8125,7 @@ there that was so interesting. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``Ready, Harry?'' Sirius asked, now looking smiling and cheerful, much @@ -8320,7 +8317,7 @@ phoenix music twined with his dreams, he wasn't frightened of it. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Albus Dumbledore stood at his window, hands clenched hard on the sill. @@ -8384,7 +8381,7 @@ Fawkes's perch only one irritated glance along the way. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``Draco, what is \emph{wrong} with you?'' @@ -8485,7 +8482,7 @@ Then the memory swallowed him. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Draco blinked and glanced around. He knew for a fact that he didn't @@ -8866,7 +8863,7 @@ keep holding Harry, then he was more than happy to oblige. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Harry sighed and stooped down to pick up another branch. The wind really @@ -9419,7 +9416,7 @@ badly, to speak with Dumbledore. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Harry had just slipped past the doors into the entrance hall when a @@ -9525,7 +9522,7 @@ intensely comforting. ``Let us go see the Headmaster.'' \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Albus told himself that he had expected the visit. Of course, that did @@ -9859,7 +9856,7 @@ Harry lay awake, trembling, for some time after that. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``Nervous, Harry?'' @@ -10003,7 +10000,7 @@ mid-air. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Harry kicked into the air. He could feel eyes on him. The rest of the @@ -10575,7 +10572,7 @@ seemed to be no point, not right now. His path was still too new. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``Would anyone fancy a cup of tea?'' @@ -11135,7 +11132,7 @@ victory party. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Albus slumped against his desk as Harry and the others filed out of the @@ -11171,7 +11168,7 @@ He made himself believe that. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Snape saw Harry and Draco safe to the door of the Slytherin common room, @@ -11398,7 +11395,7 @@ again, his sleeve almost trailing in his godfather's goblet. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``Oh,'' said Neville, and his face lit. ``That's a simple way to @@ -11613,7 +11610,7 @@ smile. \emph{Even though Draco's all jealous over me now.} \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Harry slid to a stop outside the Slytherin common room, staring. @@ -11818,7 +11815,7 @@ preferred having Draco happy to having him sulky. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``You will do well, Harry,'' Snape said softly, touching Harry's messy @@ -12110,7 +12107,7 @@ and James Potter. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Harry glanced over his shoulder, and sighed with relief when he noticed @@ -12273,7 +12270,7 @@ It was time to run with them, and guard his brother. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Harry swore under his breath as he stepped carefully along the path that @@ -12524,7 +12521,7 @@ away. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Draco yawned and put his book down, rubbing his eyes. It was all very @@ -12692,7 +12689,7 @@ a Malfoy could take. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Harry hovered beside the bed; Madam Pomfrey had managed to make him back @@ -12922,7 +12919,7 @@ hospital wing. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Snape returned to the dungeons in a rage so deep that he was glad, in a @@ -13232,7 +13229,7 @@ loo and wash blood off his scar again. At least his head wasn't hurting. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``You are ready this time, I trust?'' Snape's voice was casual, and he @@ -13544,7 +13541,7 @@ disconcerting him today. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Lucius Malfoy was having a nervous breakdown. @@ -14171,7 +14168,7 @@ twisting, and then the room vanishing behind him. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Lucius had only a moment to enjoy his victory before Narcissa's palm @@ -14267,7 +14264,7 @@ Lucius reached up and clasped her hand. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Harry sat on the bed in the Shrieking Shack and stared at the far wall, @@ -14404,7 +14401,7 @@ Harry knew the perfect way. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Neville let him into Gryffindor Tower with no questions asked, and @@ -14604,7 +14601,7 @@ Harry fled. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``Harry.'' @@ -14730,7 +14727,7 @@ Compelled or not, Harry thought it might be a match for his own. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Snape ate his breakfast in silence that morning, and watched Black drink @@ -14802,7 +14799,7 @@ would be worse.} \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + So far, Harry thought, stretched out on the couch in front of the @@ -15106,7 +15103,7 @@ with her eyes and her soul, \emph{any stranger to sacrifices.} \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Harry waited. His mother only went on looking at him, as though she @@ -15883,7 +15880,7 @@ Narcissa's letter had summoned him. ``Lead the way, Draco.'' \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Harry stirred slowly and opened his eyes. He recognized the effects of a @@ -16191,7 +16188,7 @@ much he really needed this. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Snape watched the scene in silence, as Harry shook in Draco's embrace. @@ -16306,7 +16303,7 @@ touched James, or Black.} \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Harry paused warily at the entrance to the room. He had thought about @@ -16455,7 +16452,7 @@ letters to me unopened. It is time that you and I talked. -\emph{Albus Dumbledore.} +\noindent \emph{Albus Dumbledore.} \chapter{I Have Been a Brother to Wolves}\label{chapter-30-i-have-been-a-brother-to-wolves} @@ -16536,7 +16533,7 @@ through the fragile shields that he was already building around himself. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``Mr. Potter, Severus. Please do come in.'' @@ -16888,7 +16885,7 @@ nights.'' \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Someone knocked on the door of Snape's office that night. Harry paused @@ -16910,7 +16907,7 @@ Remus, and he looked inclined to hex first and ask questions later. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``I know the ritual that you did to Lily,'' Remus explained, for the @@ -17248,7 +17245,7 @@ the matter at least partly out of her hands. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Harry winced and closed his eyes, turning his head so that his chin @@ -17345,7 +17342,7 @@ expected. And by now his head \emph{really} hurt. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Minerva caught her own breath and scowled at the wizards sprawled or @@ -17531,7 +17528,7 @@ lips pressed tightly together. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Harry had already made his decision---long before he entered the room, @@ -17585,7 +17582,7 @@ nonverbal magic against Sirius and Connor. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``Drink.'' @@ -17747,7 +17744,7 @@ affection he says he does.} \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Draco tore the wrapping away from his present and let out a crow. @@ -18003,7 +18000,7 @@ to school, hearing behind him the scamper of a rat's paws on the snow. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``Connor.'' @@ -18142,7 +18139,7 @@ gargoyle, leaving Percy to stumble after him. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``My dear boys.'' Harry marveled that the Headmaster could sound @@ -18302,7 +18299,7 @@ office. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``Oooh, yes, dear,'' said Professor Trelawney excitedly, as she peered @@ -18411,7 +18408,7 @@ he leaned back and waited for the charade to end. \emph{But not today.} \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Harry left Divination early and by himself, as usual, but lingered near @@ -18539,7 +18536,7 @@ Boy-Who-Lived. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + That night, a new nightmare came hunting him. @@ -18742,7 +18739,7 @@ never learned that ability. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Harry wasn't surprised that Draco accompanied him to breakfast. The @@ -18949,7 +18946,7 @@ He might be able to reconcile with his brother. He might. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + At dinner the evening of the distasteful encounter with Weasley, Draco @@ -19020,7 +19017,7 @@ without his peevish arguing. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Snape was in a foul enough mood to actually welcome teaching the @@ -19152,7 +19149,7 @@ ourselves over to the Dark Lord right now.} \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Minerva had to admit, as she checked to make sure that the teacups were @@ -19261,7 +19258,7 @@ He shut the door gently behind him. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Remus forced himself to stop pacing. He had the Gryffindor and @@ -19888,7 +19885,7 @@ table. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Halfway through breakfast, Harry became aware that he wasn't the only @@ -20021,7 +20018,7 @@ with his brother to look forward to. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Step, and step, and step, and then Harry completed the climb to the @@ -20697,7 +20694,7 @@ Until the next time the impossible decision crept up on him. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Hermione was in the middle of her Arithmancy homework when she began @@ -20868,7 +20865,7 @@ answers to a few questions, since she was hearing that laugh. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Albus stared out the window of his office as the last of Harry's @@ -20935,7 +20932,7 @@ Weasley.'' \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Luna didn't know why everyone around her was chattering about the blast @@ -21024,7 +21021,7 @@ necklace and picked up the book on Arithmancy she'd been reading again. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Remus jolted out of a doze as the magic swept the castle. He could @@ -21094,7 +21091,7 @@ Remus found that he was no longer quite as joyful as he had been. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Draco had planned many fine speeches for when Harry got back to the @@ -21183,7 +21180,7 @@ It had been a long time coming. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Snape judged the moment less by the magic he felt sweeping through the @@ -21252,7 +21249,7 @@ Snape marked it with a flourish. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``Millicent! Millicent, did you feel that?'' Pansy was practically @@ -21378,7 +21375,7 @@ Harry gave him a small smile. ``I know.'' \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``Harry, come in,'' said Dumbledore as the door to his office opened. @@ -21758,7 +21755,7 @@ books out from his trunk. He had Charms homework to finish. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``Good,'' said Snape's voice, from somewhere beyond the barriers that @@ -22003,7 +22000,7 @@ wanted to reassure her that she wasn't alone. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + By late Saturday afternoon, Harry had decided what else he would do. @@ -22165,7 +22162,7 @@ it meant that Peter was apparently wearing yet another phoenix web. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Harry yawned and knuckled at his eyes, then sat back with a sigh. @@ -22296,7 +22293,7 @@ arrows of venom rode his body towards his heart. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Harry opened his eyes slowly. He knew he was in the hospital wing, @@ -22490,7 +22487,7 @@ danced in the chaos he hadn't permitted them to assume earlier. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Harry winced as Sirius bowled out of the Great Hall, obviously on the @@ -22888,7 +22885,7 @@ Connor.'' \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Hermione had been feeling like that for some time, really. @@ -23125,7 +23122,7 @@ the only one who might need to revise his prejudices. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``Because I asked you to, Draco, that's why.'' Harry could feel his @@ -23424,7 +23421,7 @@ someday.} \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``Harry, I wish you wouldn't,'' Draco whined. They were on their way @@ -23475,7 +23472,7 @@ our definitions of family.} \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``How do we get there?'' Harry asked Millicent, as he waited with a @@ -23800,7 +23797,7 @@ Harry shook his head, braced himself, and plunged back into the fray. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Hawthorn stepped forward, her hands held in front of her. Harry thought @@ -24383,7 +24380,7 @@ dance and watch each other like hawks. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``All right,'' said Connor suddenly. His lip was bitten from trying to @@ -24549,7 +24546,7 @@ really formed in his mind, in so many words: \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``Go to \emph{bed}, Harry,'' said Hermione, pausing behind him in the @@ -24670,7 +24667,7 @@ He had to see Snape, right away. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Snape groaned as a sharp rap sounded on his office door. That someone @@ -24863,7 +24860,7 @@ the walls. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Harry opened his eyes quickly and let out a long, slow breath, forcing @@ -25071,7 +25068,7 @@ It did not return. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + When he woke, Draco was there, and scowling at him. @@ -25169,7 +25166,7 @@ soft touch to his scar just before sleep claimed him. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Harry leaned against the wall of the first floor corridor and let out a @@ -25303,7 +25300,7 @@ and thoughtful frame of mind than he had been since awakening. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``He said there was no way that we could keep him out of our heads as @@ -25833,7 +25830,7 @@ eyes, not that it was hard, and led the way out the door. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Harry swore and banged his trunk shut. Draco glanced up, startled, from @@ -29039,7 +29036,7 @@ him peer into his mind before collapsing, \emph{I will try.} \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Harry came awake slowly. @@ -29223,7 +29220,7 @@ believed it. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Draco came prepared. He knew what Harry's confrontation with Snape had @@ -29444,7 +29441,7 @@ each drawn breath, that his best friend was still alive. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``That's the last of them, I think,'' Draco said. @@ -29681,7 +29678,7 @@ Hermione's, and gave his promise, in the name of Merlin and his magic. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Harry woke slowly. He knew it was late, probably late Sunday evening, @@ -29962,7 +29959,7 @@ Harry reached for his robes. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + It hadn't taken them long to find Sirius's body. Narcissa had walked @@ -30169,7 +30166,7 @@ about time for him to get over} his \emph{grudges?} \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Albus started when the knock came on the office door. He had been @@ -30615,7 +30612,7 @@ subtly encourage Harry back into the shadows---should I need to.} \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Harry paused and eyed the portrait of the Fat Lady. ``I know that @@ -30836,7 +30833,7 @@ Gryffindor Tower, and his twin. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``I'm so sorry, Remus.'' @@ -31012,7 +31009,7 @@ eager note in his voice. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Harry woke slowly. Someone was shaking his shoulder, and it was the @@ -31077,7 +31074,7 @@ He reached out and opened the door of the hospital wing. \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + James ran a hand down his face and told himself that he wasn't afraid of @@ -31533,7 +31530,7 @@ like that.} \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Draco was not able to understand, really, how all his neat plans for the @@ -31713,7 +31710,7 @@ He felt Harry wince. ``Thanks. I'm going to need it.'' \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + Snape blinked his eyes open slowly; he'd fallen asleep in his office @@ -31914,7 +31911,7 @@ against Lily, against Dumbledore, I will take them for him.} \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\newpage + ``Ready, boys?'' diff --git a/tex/FreedomAndNotPeace.tex b/tex/FreedomAndNotPeace.tex index 0e71576..b44a751 100644 --- a/tex/FreedomAndNotPeace.tex +++ b/tex/FreedomAndNotPeace.tex @@ -1,22 +1,34 @@ -\section{Freedom And Not Peace}\label{freedom-and-not-peace} - -\textbf{Story:} Freedom And Not Peace\\ -\textbf{Storylink:} \url{https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2721625/1/}\\ -\textbf{Category:} Harry Potter\\ -\textbf{Genre:} Drama/Suspense\\ -\textbf{Author:} Lightning on the Wave\\ -\textbf{Authorlink:} \url{https://www.fanfiction.net/u/895946/}\\ -\textbf{Last updated:} 03/04/2006\\ -\textbf{Words:} 500864\\ -\textbf{Rating:} M\\ -\textbf{Status:} Complete\\ -\textbf{Content:} Chapter 1 to 86 of 86 chapters\\ -\textbf{Source:} FanFiction.net\\[2\baselineskip]\textbf{Summary:} AU of -GoF, Slytherin!Harry. Training his brother, negotiating with former -Death Eaters, juggling responsibility and duty\ldots{}Harry's life is -running away with him, as he struggles to balance. COMPLETE - -\subsection{*Chapter 1*: Lux Aeterna}\label{chapter-1-lux-aeterna} +\documentclass[10pt,oneside]{book} +\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} +\usepackage[english]{babel} +%%%%% +% Make 1.0" margins on all sides +\usepackage[top=1.0in,bottom=1.0in,left=1.0in,right=1.0in]{geometry} +%opening +\begin{document} +\title{Freedom And Not Peace} +\date{March 4, 2006} +\author{Lightning on the Wave \and Assembled in \LaTeX \\ by Tyler Davis \\ \texttt{tydavis@gmail.com}} +\maketitle +\tableofcontents + +% \textbf{Story:} Freedom And Not Peace\\ +% \textbf{Storylink:} \url{https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2721625/1/}\\ +% \textbf{Category:} Harry Potter\\ +% \textbf{Genre:} Drama/Suspense\\ +% \textbf{Author:} Lightning on the Wave\\ +% \textbf{Authorlink:} \url{https://www.fanfiction.net/u/895946/}\\ +% \textbf{Last updated:} 03/04/2006\\ +% \textbf{Words:} 500864\\ +% \textbf{Rating:} M\\ +% \textbf{Status:} Complete\\ +% \textbf{Content:} Chapter 1 to 86 of 86 chapters\\ +% \textbf{Source:} FanFiction.net\\[2\baselineskip]\textbf{Summary:} AU of +% GoF, Slytherin!Harry. Training his brother, negotiating with former +% Death Eaters, juggling responsibility and duty\ldots{}Harry's life is +% running away with him, as he struggles to balance. COMPLETE + +\chapter*{Word from the Author} \textbf{Title}: {Freedom And Not Peace}. @@ -67,9 +79,7 @@ stamp out all the warnings in advance. Ready? Let's go, then. -\textbf{{Freedom And Not Peace}} - -\textbf{Chapter One: Lux Aeterna} +\chapter{Lux Aeterna}\label{chapter-1-lux-aeterna} ``This is the holiest time,'' James whispered. ``This is the time of longest Light.'' @@ -162,10 +172,10 @@ away, ``on this day, at this time.'' He grabbed Connor and ruffled his hair. ``Dawn on Midsummer is special, like sunset. Aren't you glad I dragged you out of bed?'' -"Not if it was just to \emph{tickle} me!" Connor squirmed out of his -father's grasp, and laughed again. "I didn't know that this would +``Not if it was just to \emph{tickle} me!'' Connor squirmed out of his +father's grasp, and laughed again. ``I didn't know that this would involve making everything so bright I couldn't see, and -\emph{tickling}!" +\emph{tickling}!'' Harry sighed quietly in relief. He had been doing what he could to heal his brother, to quell his trauma, to make him see that there was life @@ -580,12 +590,12 @@ magic that had overcome the past few generations. Mafalda was peering hard at Remus now, as though trying to decide what to say to cheer him up. James knew how she felt. ``You miss him, don't you?'' -``Every damn day,'' said Remus softly. "He was---I'm still so angry at +``Every damn day,'' said Remus softly. ``He was---I'm still so angry at him, for not just \emph{telling} us, the imbecile, that he had the Dark Lord in his head, and then I hate myself for being angry at him, and then I remember the pranks he used to pull and want to laugh, and then I'm angry at him again for making me feel so many contradictory -emotions, and then I remember the way he died and want to scream." He +emotions, and then I remember the way he died and want to scream.'' He lowered his head, his breathing careful and paced. James recognized the patterns. Remus had learned them while he was still a child, to control the wolf who thought his pain a grand game. @@ -594,9 +604,9 @@ the wolf who thought his pain a grand game. he had simply been letting his grief for Sirius overwhelm him when he was alone at night, and sure that Connor and Harry didn't need anything from him right then. He hesitated for a long moment, then told himself, -\emph{Looking stupid be damned,} and pulled Remus into a rough hug. "I +\emph{Looking stupid be damned,} and pulled Remus into a rough hug. ``I miss him every damn day, too. And the way he died is \emph{infuriating.} -The next time I see him, I'm going to kick his arse." +The next time I see him, I'm going to kick his arse.'' Remus laughed hard for a moment, and then tears spilled into his voice, though he didn't let them fall. James moved him over until they sat in @@ -613,8 +623,8 @@ and Draco to guard Harry. ``No.'' Harry's voice was endlessly patient, Draco thought, even in a situation like this, where the person he was being patient at didn't -deserve the favor. "You didn't flick your wrist hard enough. Like this. -\emph{Protego!}" +deserve the favor. ``You didn't flick your wrist hard enough. Like this. +\emph{Protego!}'' The Shield Charm snapped up in front of Harry. Draco backed away a step, though in truth that still left him close to Harry. The spell was @@ -631,7 +641,7 @@ He just wished that Harry didn't have to be teaching his brother. Connor Potter stood on the other side of the room, watching Harry with a frown of concentration. He held his wand out in front of him and said, -without much conviction, "\emph{Protego.}" +without much conviction, ``\emph{Protego.}'' The wrist flick was still wrong, Draco saw in exasperation, and the Shield Charm failed to materialize. Connor scowled. ``I'll never be able @@ -652,14 +662,14 @@ it, and gave it---poured more and more of himself down the endless dry well that was Connor Potter. Draco had to struggle to retain his composed mask when he thought of it. -``Of course I do,'' said Harry, his voice low and soothing. "A powerful +``Of course I do,'' said Harry, his voice low and soothing. ``A powerful wizard is nothing without will, Connor. He can practice and practice, and not rouse the tiniest spark from his wand if he doesn't really \emph{want} to. Or he can cast the most dazzling spells, and none of them will be what he really intends, because he doesn't \emph{know} what he really intends. You're faltering now because of a lack of will, but you don't have to. You know what's at stake. You know that we have to do -this." +this.'' Connor shivered, then raised his head and nodded. Draco blinked. This wasn't the first time Harry had said something like that, but it was the @@ -680,7 +690,7 @@ control, and shook his head. ``Fine.'' Harry studied him for a moment more, then nodded and turned back to Connor. ``Like this,'' he said, voice strong and confident. -"\emph{Protego!}" +``\emph{Protego!}'' Connor echoed him, his voice as self-willed, and this time gave the right wrist flick @@ -691,7 +701,7 @@ will, now, and you know what you need to do. I think even this shield will stand up to hexes.'' He gestured carefully with his wand. Draco knew Harry had to hold himself back as if on chains in situations like this. He was so much more used to using wandless, raw, wild magic. -"\emph{Petrificus Totalus!}" +``\emph{Petrificus Totalus!}'' The hex shot towards Connor and bounced off his shield. Connor's smile widened, and he broke into a spontaneous jig. Harry laughed again. @@ -710,16 +720,16 @@ it perfectly.'' Connor nodded. ``I know,'' he said, and bounced off and through the door. -Harry turned to Draco the moment he was gone. "He \emph{is} getting -better," he said. +Harry turned to Draco the moment he was gone. ``He \emph{is} getting +better,'' he said. Draco lifted his chin. ``You don't know that I was about to say anything about that.'' ``Yes,'' Harry pointed out, ``I do.'' -Draco sighed. "\emph{Fine}, Harry. But I want to know---when are you -going to tell him that you're holding back on him?" +Draco sighed. ``\emph{Fine}, Harry. But I want to know---when are you +going to tell him that you're holding back on him?'' Harry's eyes slid away from his. Draco grasped his chin and tilted his face back, the way he had in the hospital wing when Harry had tried to @@ -751,7 +761,7 @@ as much as the magic. If Voldemort comes back and Connor's the one to defeat him, fine.'' Draco couldn't keep the skepticism out of his voice. He truly didn't think that the Dark Lord was going to fall at Connor's hand, ambiguous prophecy or not. Harry was so much his brother's better -that it was impossible to conceive of. "But that doesn't mean he's going +that it was impossible to conceive of. ``But that doesn't mean he's going to be a leader. \emph{You} are. \emph{You} have to be. You know that there are wizards keeping an eye on you for your power, and they'll be looking for signs of your true intentions soon. That's what my mother @@ -760,7 +770,7 @@ cautiously sympathetic to the possibility of a third side, not Voldemort's or Dumbledore's. She can only do that because you're---well, you. And sooner or later, you'll have to become the leader of that third side. My parents are willing to follow you if you become that leader, -you know." +you know.'' That last fact had impressed Draco the most. He didn't know what Midsummer gift Harry had sent to his father, but he did know that Lucius @@ -778,9 +788,9 @@ Draco blinked, and came back from his dreams of the future to find the Harry of the now facing him, his arms folded and his eyes hard and his face shut. -``I don't want to compel anyone,'' said Harry. "And I don't want to +``I don't want to compel anyone,'' said Harry. ``And I don't want to order anyone around, either. If I can ask them to do things, fine. But I -won't command them, Draco. I \emph{won't}." +won't command them, Draco. I \emph{won't}.'' ``You're not going to be a Lord,'' Draco tried. @@ -800,33 +810,33 @@ still be \emph{obeying.} ``I don't want to,'' said Harry. ``I've been a slave. I would never wish that fate on anyone else.'' -``If they choose it, they're not slaves,'' said Draco. "Merlin, you're -\emph{frustrating.}" +``If they choose it, they're not slaves,'' said Draco. ``Merlin, you're +\emph{frustrating.}'' Harry shook his head. ``I prefer to make bargains and debts and sacrifices, Draco. I understand those. As long as I can be of use to your family, as long as I can give something in return for any aid I get, then I'm happy enough. But don't ask me to become some kind of---'' He waved his hands, obviously searching for the right word. -"\emph{General}," he spat at last, and strode towards the door. +``\emph{General},'' he spat at last, and strode towards the door. ``Harry,'' Draco whispered. Harry heard it, and stopped, though he didn't look at him. ``There might be times when the bargains have to be very general, or you -can't reach someone to ask their opinion,'' said Draco. "You've studied +can't reach someone to ask their opinion,'' said Draco. ``You've studied war. You \emph{know} that. Are you really going to refuse to lead just because you might hurt someone's feelings, or make them feel briefly -like a slave?" +like a slave?'' -Harry looked back over his shoulder. "I told you about being -\emph{vates.}" +Harry looked back over his shoulder. ``I told you about being +\emph{vates.}'' Draco nodded, bewildered. -"I don't see how I could be both the kind of leader that your parents -want me to be and \emph{vates,}" said Harry. ``Not when one is about +``I don't see how I could be both the kind of leader that your parents +want me to be and \emph{vates,}'' said Harry. ``Not when one is about commanding, sometimes without thought, and the other is about knowing myself so deeply that I'll be instantly aware of when I'm giving a command, and hammered by disgust for doing it. The magical creatures @@ -842,11 +852,11 @@ needed to say it. ``I think you can be both, Harry,'' he said. ``If anyone can, it's you.'' -Harry blinked, obviously startled, then gave him a wry grin. "It's nice +Harry blinked, obviously startled, then gave him a wry grin. ``It's nice that you have such faith in me, Draco, but I think I'll probably have to choose, and I choose to be \emph{vates.} I'll leave free choice open to the wizards, too, though they don't need as many nets removed. Just the -nets that make them so blind and stubborn," he added, in an undertone. +nets that make them so blind and stubborn,'' he added, in an undertone. ``But what if someone chooses to obey you?'' Draco asked. ``Would you really deny that decision and force your own will over that person's @@ -894,19 +904,11 @@ ones. And that's enough.} \emph{And if it's not enough, I'll} make \emph{it be enough.} -\subsection{*Chapter 2*: Interlude: A Flurry of -Letters}\label{chapter-2-interlude-a-flurry-of-letters} - -Thank you for the reviews on that first chapter yesterday! I'm already -really enjoying this story. +\chapter{Interlude: A Flurry of Letters}\label{chapter-2-interlude-a-flurry-of-letters} -This is full of many people being stubborn. +\noindent \emph{June 30th, 1994} -\textbf{Interlude: A Flurry of Letters} - -\emph{June 30th, 1994} - -\emph{Dear Peter:} +\noindent \emph{Dear Peter:} I assure you that I intend to take good care of Harry. I don't know if you want me to swear an oath, since the last ones I swore were hardly @@ -932,15 +934,13 @@ driving me, before you make that insinuation. I really do want to be a better father to my sons. Nothing else is more important to me right now. -\emph{James.} - -\emph{} +\noindent \emph{James.} \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\emph{July 1st, 1994} +\noindent \emph{July 1st, 1994} -\emph{Lily:} +\noindent \emph{Lily:} I don't really know what to say to you, so I'll put my words on the parchment and hope that you can make them out. You always used to be @@ -965,15 +965,13 @@ can't promise to show it to them. And yes, before you can ask, I love you still. That doesn't mean I can bring the boys back to you yet. I {can't}. -\emph{James.} - -\emph{} +\noindent \emph{James.} \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\emph{July 1st, 1994} +\noindent \emph{July 1st, 1994} -\emph{Dear Professor Snape:} +\noindent \emph{Dear Professor Snape:} I hope you're well, sir. I've investigated the possibilities of your coming through to Lux Aeterna by Floo and Portkey, and I'm afraid that @@ -1020,15 +1018,13 @@ Why are Beetle's Eye Potions orange? I promise, sir, that I will arrange to visit you before we come back to Hogwarts. Perhaps at Diagon Alley? -\emph{Harry.} - -\emph{} +\noindent \emph{Harry.} \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\emph{July 3rd, 1994} +\noindent \emph{July 3rd, 1994} -\emph{Dear Harry:} +\noindent \emph{Dear Harry:} Do not think it escaped my notice that you said nothing in your most recent letter about your nightmares, which I know that you are still @@ -1083,15 +1079,13 @@ stone, Harry. You should have known that. Be happy. -\emph{Professor Severus Snape.} - -\emph{} +\noindent \emph{Professor Severus Snape.} \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center} -\emph{July 3rd, 1994} +\noindent \emph{July 3rd, 1994} -\emph{Dear Draco:} +\noindent \emph{Dear Draco:} I know that you have been visiting Harry regularly at Lux Aeterna. I would like you to give me a description of his condition, in particular @@ -1552,7 +1546,7 @@ for now. \emph{James.} -\subsection{*Chapter 3*: Spiders on a Dead +\chapter{*Chapter 3*: Spiders on a Dead Web}\label{chapter-3-spiders-on-a-dead-web} Thank you for all the reviews yesterday! @@ -1572,7 +1566,7 @@ again. ``You must have noticed by now that our food just appears, the way that it does at Hogwarts, and yet we don't have house elves around?'' -Harry frowned. "I \emph{should} have," he said, his voice subdued. He +Harry frowned. ``I \emph{should} have,'' he said, his voice subdued. He leaned back in his chair and stared around Lux Aeterna's dining hall. The walls were pierced with half a dozen windows on either side, not that that was unusual; in this case, they let in the late summer @@ -1627,10 +1621,10 @@ James himself wasn't sure what kind of wood it was, only that the trees didn't grow anymore. ``I didn't think you'd had time to clean the entire house by yourself, even during the months you were hiding.'' -James nodded. "The brownies aren't like house elves. They delight in +James nodded. ``The brownies aren't like house elves. They delight in cleanliness, so they'll wash our clothes and cook our food and clean up our dishes and so on, but they don't much like wizards, and they -\emph{certainly} aren't subservient." He winced, and massaged a faint +\emph{certainly} aren't subservient.'' He winced, and massaged a faint scar on his hand. Trying to trap a brownie engaged in cleaning up wasn't the smartest thing any child could do, even a wizard child who already had his wand. ``So they work for us, but they stay out of our way, and @@ -1694,7 +1688,7 @@ house elves have multiple webs on them, and one of them makes it impossible for them to rebel.'' James frowned slightly. He was missing something here. He had to be. -"Harry, you said that you wanted to be \emph{vates}." +``Harry, you said that you wanted to be \emph{vates}.'' Harry nodded, eyes never blinking. James winced. Facing a stare like that for long was enough to make sweat pop out on his forehead. @@ -1718,12 +1712,12 @@ Harry and Connor had felt. ``I thought that prophecy applied only for that one night,'' he said. Harry shook his head and then leaped to his feet, pacing back and forth. -``No,'' he breathed. "It was about the first decision I'd make as a +``No,'' he breathed. ``It was about the first decision I'd make as a \emph{vates}, the one decision that set the path for all. I asked the Dementors what they wanted me to do. They told me. I refused their first suggestion and bargained them down to a different one, going home into nightmares. But now I need to start thinking about the other magical -creatures." He turned to James. ``I probably should have thought about +creatures.'' He turned to James. ``I probably should have thought about it before now, but I was busy with Connor.'' James leaned forward. \emph{I meant to address this, and he got me @@ -1733,9 +1727,9 @@ need to sacrifice yourself to some other cause, Harry,'' he said. \emph{There, those words sound right.} ``You don't have an obligation to think about freeing magical creatures.'' -``It's not an obligation,'' Harry murmured. "It can't be, or it would be +``It's not an obligation,'' Harry murmured. ``It can't be, or it would be against the nature of what being a \emph{vates} is. It's something I -want to do." +want to do.'' ``Why?'' James asked. Harry had explained what a \emph{vates} was and what it had to do with webs and how he had freed the Dementors, but he @@ -1758,8 +1752,8 @@ see that it isn't as simple as switching brownies for house elves.'' Harry laughed. James flinched. It wasn't the kind of laugh his son had been giving lately, contented and free with Draco, or even muted the way it was in the presence of other people. It was wild, and bitter, and it -ended with Harry snorting and muttering, "I long ago realized that -nothing is \emph{ever} simple." +ended with Harry snorting and muttering, ``I long ago realized that +nothing is \emph{ever} simple.'' He shook his head when James started to stand up in concern. ``I really am fine,'' he said quietly. ``Just tired. And worrying on this. I @@ -1791,10 +1785,10 @@ whirled her forward again. we got here, and I didn't notice that.'' Hermione shrugged. ``You probably have it easier because you're a -Potter.'' She rummaged in her bookbag. "You should see the histories +Potter.'' She rummaged in her bookbag. ``You should see the histories I've brought along, Harry, your family's in almost all of them. \emph{A Reasoned Discussion of Light Wizards. Tactics of the Firestar Wars. -Fighting Dark Lords: A Beginner's Guide.} I think you'll enjoy them." +Fighting Dark Lords: A Beginner's Guide.} I think you'll enjoy them.'' She glanced up to find Harry watching her with a faint smile on his mouth. ``What?'' she snapped, fiddling with her hair. She knew that the @@ -1829,7 +1823,7 @@ finished. Hermione frowned and folded her arms. \emph{I think we better straighten some things out right here and now.} ``Is he still my friend, Harry?'' -"I don't \emph{know}," said Harry, running a hand through his hair. ``I +``I don't \emph{know},'' said Harry, running a hand through his hair. ``I think so, but I don't know how things stood between you at the end of the year.'' @@ -1847,8 +1841,8 @@ she said. ``I had to pry the story out of him step by step.'' ``But what he went through was awful,'' Harry said. -"And what \emph{you} went through was awful, and yet you never did the -same kinds of things to me," said Hermione. She tapped her foot when +``And what \emph{you} went through was awful, and yet you never did the +same kinds of things to me,'' said Hermione. She tapped her foot when Harry just looked at her in incomprehension. She knew Harry was smart, but sometimes he could be awfully dense about things like this, though he was still better than his twin. ``I'm still angry, Harry. He had @@ -1971,9 +1965,9 @@ said. ``I told you what happened. I am sorry for saying what I did to you, and not really making up with you, Hermione.'' He stared at her. ``What else do you want me to say?'' -``That you won't do it again,'' said Hermione. "And then start acting +``That you won't do it again,'' said Hermione. ``And then start acting \emph{natural} around me again. If you really did think you apologized, -why were you looking at me the way you did when I came down the stairs?" +why were you looking at me the way you did when I came down the stairs?'' ``You can't possibly have seen the expression on my face from that far away,'' Connor objected, standing up and turning slightly away from her. @@ -1985,12 +1979,12 @@ Connor took a deep breath and moved his hands in front of him, clenching and relaxing on different parts of his arms. It was a gesture Hermione hadn't seen him make before. She suspected he'd been trained to do it by someone else, probably Harry. ``I know that eventually this summer will -end,'' he whispered. "I know that eventually I have to go back to +end,'' he whispered. ``I know that eventually I have to go back to Hogwarts and face everyone else. That's going to be hard. Harry's told me how most of the school regarded me by the time the year ended, and I was too blind to see it. But\ldots{}do I have to face it \emph{now}, in the middle of the summer? I didn't really want to talk to you, Hermione, -and that's why." +and that's why.'' Hermione tapped her foot again. \emph{It's only too obvious that he's used to leaning on other people to do his thinking for him. That'll have @@ -2008,9 +2002,9 @@ compulsion in our second year.'' Connor's face reflected confusion for a moment. ``I thought you did that by thinking my compulsion gift was good, part of the Light.'' -Hermione stared at him. "Of course not. I still think it could be nasty, +Hermione stared at him. ``Of course not. I still think it could be nasty, and \emph{Hogwarts, A History} classifies it as a Dark gift and talks -about the Blacks who had it and the nasty things they did with it." She +about the Blacks who had it and the nasty things they did with it.'' She restrained herself from telling a story about Orion Black and how he'd compelled the professors of Hogwarts into doing a jig in the middle of the Great Hall. Connor probably wouldn't understand the comparison, and @@ -2034,12 +2028,12 @@ you can't make it sound good or like it was part of the Light.'' ``Leave it, Hermione,'' said Connor, voice gone suddenly tight. -``No,'' said Hermione. "Not everyone thinks the same way as you do, +``No,'' said Hermione. ``Not everyone thinks the same way as you do, Connor. I really forgave you for compelling me. And I would forgive you for being a prat, if you would just \emph{tell} me things like this, that you're afraid I'm going to carry around a grudge against you no matter how much you apologize. Didn't anyone ever tell you it's better -to tell people these things?" +to tell people these things?'' ``Sirius said not to,'' Connor whispered, ``that it was a weakness my enemies could use against me.'' @@ -2047,10 +2041,10 @@ enemies could use against me.'' ``And was this before or after he was possessed by You-Know-Who?'' Hermione inquired. -"I don't \emph{know}!" Connor let out a frustrated shout, and Hermione +``I don't \emph{know}!'' Connor let out a frustrated shout, and Hermione sneezed. His magic was rising around him, not as strong as Harry's, but -still thick. "I don't know how to trust what he told me, how to forgive -him, sometimes, for not saying that he just \emph{was} possessed." +still thick. ``I don't know how to trust what he told me, how to forgive +him, sometimes, for not saying that he just \emph{was} possessed.'' Hermione closed her eyes and shook her head. ``It would have all been a lot easier if you'd just told me this.'' @@ -2070,13 +2064,13 @@ that little dog's mouth. ``I can forgive you if you make an effort to actually forgive other people,'' said Hermione. ``And stand and learn on your own. I think you've been hiding here.'' She hesitated for a moment, then forged -ahead. "And have you spoken to Harry at all about \emph{his} version of -what happened in the Shrieking Shack?" +ahead. ``And have you spoken to Harry at all about \emph{his} version of +what happened in the Shrieking Shack?'' ``He said it was settled,'' said Connor. ``That he didn't have nightmares about it any more.'' His eyes reflected envy of that. -"Oh, \emph{Connor}," said Hermione, feeling both exasperated and sorry +``Oh, \emph{Connor},'' said Hermione, feeling both exasperated and sorry for him. It would be hard being stuck with a brother like Harry, who hid everything that was true of himself as a matter of course. ``I don't think so. Harry would say anything if he thought it would spare you @@ -2125,7 +2119,7 @@ sense. Harry shrugged. ``What context do you mean it in?'' -"Only you would want a bloody \emph{context}," Ron muttered, but he +``Only you would want a bloody \emph{context},'' Ron muttered, but he didn't really look upset. ``I mean, do you still have nightmares? Connor looks all right, really, but what about you?'' @@ -2225,8 +2219,8 @@ looked at him curiously. \emph{Yes. Did you think I'd gone away forever?} -\emph{I wondered,} Harry said, even as he said aloud, "No, Ron, slight -lifting of your voice on the second syllable of \emph{Occaeco}." \emph{I +\emph{I wondered,} Harry said, even as he said aloud, ``No, Ron, slight +lifting of your voice on the second syllable of \emph{Occaeco}.'' \emph{I hadn't heard from you in a long time.} \emph{I went to try and find out where the bloody hell I am, and I won't @@ -2241,7 +2235,7 @@ place, and the worse pain Voldemort tortured me with hasn't come back.} \emph{Well, I said that I'd help you get free, and I will,} Harry promised him. \emph{I---} -"\emph{Apis Occaeco}!" +``\emph{Apis Occaeco}!'' Harry jumped as the sensation of stinging bees coiled around his left hand. He didn't drop his wand, since that was in his right, but he did @@ -2425,7 +2419,7 @@ goblins and the Tonks instead. He felt a pleasant tingle of excitement. \emph{Finally, I'm going to be doing something.} -\subsection{*Chapter 4*: Griphook Fishbaggin's +\chapter{*Chapter 4*: Griphook Fishbaggin's Legacy}\label{chapter-4-griphook-fishbaggins-legacy} Thank you for the reviews lately! @@ -2569,11 +2563,11 @@ asked, turning the compass around in his fingers. He had heard of things like this, but they were always family heirlooms, not the kind of thing that one could buy casually in Diagon Alley. -James nodded. "During the Firestar Wars, a Lord arose. Everyone thought +James nodded. ``During the Firestar Wars, a Lord arose. Everyone thought he was a Light Lord at first, but then he turned to Dark magic\ldots{}or he might even have found a way to combine Light and Dark magic both at once, which no one wants to consider because \emph{that's} rather -frightening." His eyes looked past Harry, and Harry could almost picture +frightening.'' His eyes looked past Harry, and Harry could almost picture his father as a young boy, shivering slightly in awe and wonder as he crouched by a storytelling parent's or grandparent's chair. ``Our ancestor Helen Potter made and used this one. Once it led her on a @@ -2603,8 +2597,8 @@ breakfast, anyway.'' ``Yes!'' Connor slipped out of his chair. ``I'll go and see him.'' He grabbed Harry in an abrupt hug around the waist, startling him -considerably. "You \emph{better} carry the compass with you all the -time," he whispered in his ear. ``You're in danger.'' +considerably. ``You \emph{better} carry the compass with you all the +time,'' he whispered in his ear. ``You're in danger.'' Harry blinked and patted his twin's back. Connor had known that before, of course, but it was gratifying to see him realize it. ``Thanks, @@ -2623,13 +2617,13 @@ try again. I read his letter, and couldn't make heads or tails of it. He was always one of the cleverest of the Death Eaters, and I'm not sure what he intends.'' -He looked Harry directly in the eye. "That letter brought home to me how +He looked Harry directly in the eye. ``That letter brought home to me how much you could \emph{die} at any time. You're not safe, Harry, not here -at Lux Aeterna and not anywhere else." +at Lux Aeterna and not anywhere else.'' Harry nodded. ``I already accept that.'' -"But things can be done to \emph{keep} you safe," James said. Harry +``But things can be done to \emph{keep} you safe,'' James said. Harry slowed down on forking sausages into his mouth---lately he'd been incredibly hungry---and watched his father warily. He sounded almost manic about this, almost Snape-like. ``Thus the alliance compass. Thus @@ -2731,9 +2725,9 @@ Disillusionment Charm on something floating beside her, and a broom came into view. Draco seized it and tugged it triumphantly back towards Harry. -"\emph{Oh}, no," Harry said. +``\emph{Oh}, no,'' Harry said. -"\emph{Oh}, yes," said Draco maniacally. ``It's the new Firebolt. Happy +``\emph{Oh}, yes,'' said Draco maniacally. ``It's the new Firebolt. Happy birthday, Harry.'' He looked quite content. Harry reluctantly looked the broom over. He had to admit it was @@ -2746,7 +2740,7 @@ Draco had apparently anticipated the entire silent conversation Harry was having with himself. ``I wanted to get it for you,'' he said. ``It's yours. And it's charmed so that you're the only one who can ride it.'' -"\emph{Draco!}" Harry said, startled out of his reverie. ``That's not a +``\emph{Draco!}'' Harry said, startled out of his reverie. ``That's not a good idea! What if we're in danger and someone else has to ride it, or it has to bear a wounded person?'' @@ -2815,8 +2809,8 @@ dazzlingly bright. She came eagerly forward to meet him, and tripped on the hem of her robes. She helped herself back up again, her smile not even faltering, and shook his hand. -``Call me Tonks, Harry,'' she said. "Everyone does. I hate Nymphadora. I -can't imagine why \emph{some} people chose it," she added, with a glare +``Call me Tonks, Harry,'' she said. ``Everyone does. I hate Nymphadora. I +can't imagine why \emph{some} people chose it,'' she added, with a glare over her shoulder at her mother, who was approaching much more slowly. Harry found himself grinning. \emph{Well, if she can be informal, so can @@ -2825,9 +2819,9 @@ Muggle dyes.'' ``Right the first time!'' Tonks said cheerfully, and grew her nose longer in demonstration, for a moment making her face look alarmingly -like Snape's. "I've been wanting to meet you for \emph{months.} You +like Snape's. ``I've been wanting to meet you for \emph{months.} You realize you're the cause of the first non-bitchy letter that my mother's -exchanged with her sister in ten years?" +exchanged with her sister in ten years?'' ``Now, Nymphadora,'' said Andromeda, who had halted at her left shoulder, entirely properly. ``That word is inappropriate. We are @@ -2859,7 +2853,7 @@ refreshing, like the slap of the breeze across his face. ``I hope to represent one,'' he answered. ``Until recently, the Boy-Who-Lived was synonymous with Dumbledore, but my brother's learning better.'' -"I was not thinking of the Boy-Who-Lived, but of \emph{you}," said +``I was not thinking of the Boy-Who-Lived, but of \emph{you},'' said Andromeda, stressing the last word more than Harry thought was strictly necessary. ``You are the one who impressed my sister and her son.'' @@ -2869,8 +2863,8 @@ a faint smile on her lips. Draco just looked challenging, as if he wanted Harry to remember the conversation back in June when Draco had first told him he would have to be a leader. -``That's true, at least,'' he said. "But I certainly don't intend to -fight \emph{against} my brother." +``That's true, at least,'' he said. ``But I certainly don't intend to +fight \emph{against} my brother.'' ``No one said anything about that, either,'' said Andromeda. ``Connor Potter is of no matter to me until and unless he does something more @@ -2885,7 +2879,7 @@ didn't relish the reminder, but she held out her hand. James kissed it with absolute precision. Tonks didn't repeat the gesture. Her eyes were wide with wonder. -"\emph{The} James Potter?" she blurted. ``The James Potter who brought +``\emph{The} James Potter?'' she blurted. ``The James Potter who brought in the Lestranges? The James Potter who once shielded fourteen Muggle families from the Black Plague spell in one night? You're him?'' She looked all but ready to burst into song. ``Somehow I never made the @@ -2954,7 +2948,7 @@ herself. James had a combination of a proud and worried look on his face, tilting towards the worried. Tonks held out a hand, as though she could feel the solid force of the -magic in the air itself, and grinned at Harry. "\emph{Wicked}," she +magic in the air itself, and grinned at Harry. ``\emph{Wicked},'' she said. Andromeda slowly closed her eyes. Harry had no idea what she was @@ -2982,10 +2976,10 @@ like a worshipper in a church. ``To turn to compulsion. That is what felled so many of the Lords in the past, Lords who could have been great.'' -``I hope to avoid that trap,'' said Harry. "I want to be a \emph{vates}, +``I hope to avoid that trap,'' said Harry. ``I want to be a \emph{vates}, if you're familiar with the word. I'm doing what I can to control my magic and my unconscious compulsive abilities both. I don't know if I'll -succeed, but I want to." +succeed, but I want to.'' Andromeda smiled. ``Yes,'' she said. ``I believe you will. And I believe that I am willing to become your formal ally.'' She added, without even @@ -3057,7 +3051,7 @@ Lord. If what Harry suspected was true, that was exactly backwards, but he would probably learn the truth in a few minutes. -"You are rather silent, for a wizard and a \emph{vates}," said Helcas, +``You are rather silent, for a wizard and a \emph{vates},'' said Helcas, his eyes narrowing in suspicion. ``I did not wish to give offense,'' said Harry. ``I couldn't find much @@ -3133,8 +3127,8 @@ his hand. He saw no need to pretend that it hadn't hurt. It \emph{had}, and just like screaming under torture, the acknowledgment could make him hurt less. His pride mattered infinitely less than his life did. -``Patience,'' said Helcas. "Honesty. Those are good qualities. But they -are not the only ones a \emph{vates} must have." He turned and snapped +``Patience,'' said Helcas. ``Honesty. Those are good qualities. But they +are not the only ones a \emph{vates} must have.'' He turned and snapped his claws together in a complicated pattern, too quick for Harry's eyes to follow. One of the other goblins hastened forward, holding an earthenware bottle in his hands. @@ -3202,9 +3196,9 @@ shivered in revulsion. ``What are they?'' he whispered. ``The stakes of our net,'' Helcas whispered back, his mouth very close -to Harry's ear. "The pins that hold us down, running into the sweet +to Harry's ear. ``The pins that hold us down, running into the sweet earth itself, making us unable to simply free ourselves. The -\emph{linchpins.}" +\emph{linchpins.}'' Harry understood, then. The nearest mountain of foulness was Lux Aeterna. @@ -3212,9 +3206,9 @@ Aeterna. ``Why did they bind you?'' he breathed. ``Why do wizards bind any magical creature?'' Helcas sounded old and -cross and tired. "Because they wanted things from us. Because they were +cross and tired. ``Because they wanted things from us. Because they were afraid we might hurt them. Because they didn't want to hear the truth. -In our case, they wanted us to mine. +In our case, they wanted us to mine.'' ``But that wasn't all of it. We told them, when they first tried to establish their linchpins, what it would do to the land they established @@ -3237,11 +3231,11 @@ enslave us, and prevent the net from being pulled up.'' ``that it's less than ideal to ask a Potter, one of the heirs of the nearest linchpin, to destroy his own home?'' -``Less than ideal,'' said Helcas. "Immediately? Impossible. But you are +``Less than ideal,'' said Helcas. ``Immediately? Impossible. But you are the \emph{vates.} We have hope now, where we had none before. You can take your time, \emph{vates.} But eventually, we expect that you will destroy the linchpins, yes. Your own ideals are stronger than the -wizarding world's." +wizarding world's.'' Harry tried to think of how many grand old homes he would be destroying, how many pureblood families he would anger, and shook his head. It was @@ -3270,10 +3264,10 @@ side and one on top and bottom. He looked at Helcas. ``Well?'' Harry frowned and looked at the stone. ``I could toss it behind me if someone was chasing me and try to stab them in the foot, I suppose,'' he -said. "It'd be good for horses' hooves---well, not \emph{good}, but it +said. ``It'd be good for horses' hooves---well, not \emph{good}, but it would slow them down. I could throw it at someone else's head and distract them that way, if not actually hit them. I could hold it in my -hand and stab it into an enemy's eye." +hand and stab it into an enemy's eye.'' He tossed the stone, and watched as it sparkled when it soared. Faint veins of silver were probably the cause, he saw, when the stone landed @@ -3296,10 +3290,10 @@ palm. Harry winced, but either the goblin didn't feel the spikes cutting into his hand the way Harry would have, or he was unwilling to show pain. ``Two for each clan. The final test was one of intelligence.'' -He stared hard at Harry. "We shall be here, \emph{vates}, when you feel +He stared hard at Harry. ``We shall be here, \emph{vates}, when you feel the need to set us upon the path of freedom at last. We shall send you messages through any storm of danger. We shall tell you the truth, -always. And we shall come up with clever plans where others could not." +always. And we shall come up with clever plans where others could not.'' One correspondence to each virtue they'd tested him on, Harry guessed. He nodded. ``Then I suppose our meeting is over?'' @@ -3329,7 +3323,7 @@ him and holding him like a fly in amber. And then the goblins whirled aside, and Bellatrix Lestrange's first hex came at him, and he had no time for anything other than battle. -\subsection{*Chapter 5*: Battles in +\chapter{*Chapter 5*: Battles in Conversation}\label{chapter-5-battles-in-conversation} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! And yes, I know this @@ -3355,7 +3349,7 @@ moves---has a weak left side. Strike him there. The one on the very end is Mulciber. Watch out for his Imperius.} \emph{That I knew,} said Harry, and heard Bellatrix cry out, -predictably, "\emph{Crucio!}" +predictably, ``\emph{Crucio!}'' Of course she would do that, Harry thought, as he raised his Shield Charm around himself without pausing to breathe out the incantation. She @@ -3400,7 +3394,7 @@ and grabbed the hex in midair, flinging it back at Rosier. The Death Eater dodged it easily, and his voice only grew more assured. ``Life piled on life were all too little, and of one to me little remains.'' -"Shut \emph{up}, Evan," Bellatrix Lestrange snapped at him, and then +``Shut \emph{up}, Evan,'' Bellatrix Lestrange snapped at him, and then turned and snarled at Harry, her long black hair flying free around her face. ``You're going to die, baby,'' she said, her voice unexpectedly conversational. ``I hope that you like potatoes. Before you die, I'll @@ -3410,14 +3404,14 @@ stew full of potatoes and fingers stripped to the bone.'' Harry shuddered in spite of himself, but decided that he might as well do something with all this time his enemies were giving him as they chattered. He gestured with his hand at Rabastan's right side and -murmured, loud enough to be heard, "\emph{Incendio}." +murmured, loud enough to be heard, ``\emph{Incendio}.'' A fire started in the grass at Rabastan's feet, making him lunge to the left. Harry aimed at his ribs. \emph{There's a good spot,} said Regulus helpfully. -"\emph{Reducto!}" Harry snapped, and Rabastan went spinning and +``\emph{Reducto!}'' Harry snapped, and Rabastan went spinning and slumping, gasping and wheezing aloud. Harry heard several ribs snap clear across the grass. @@ -3425,7 +3419,7 @@ clear across the grass. warning of a word this time as she sent the Cruciatus at him again. Harry dropped flat. He didn't dare let the curse catch him. -"You have no sense of \emph{adventure}, Bellatrix," said Rosier, as if +``You have no sense of \emph{adventure}, Bellatrix,'' said Rosier, as if continuing a conversation they hadn't finished, and pointed his wand slightly to the side of Harry. ``But every hour is saved from that eternal silence, something more, a bringer of new things.'' He fired a @@ -3435,7 +3429,7 @@ Harry couldn't understand why it was going to travel past him, at first. Then he remembered the goblins, who had remained still and silent behind him, but apparently not fled. -He jumped into its path, spitting, "\emph{Haurio!}" The jade-green +He jumped into its path, spitting, ``\emph{Haurio!}'' The jade-green shield formed in his palm and drank the magic. Harry was reminded that he could, himself, drink magic if he wished, and add some of Rosier's power to his own. He shook off the temptation. He would either be trying @@ -3447,7 +3441,7 @@ He felt a stirring at his back. He kept his eyes forward, though he wove another Shield Charm just above his skin. If Helcas was on the Death Eaters' side, there was nothing Harry could do about that. -Instead, Helcas said, "He stood to defend us. \emph{Gralashigan!}" +Instead, Helcas said, ``He stood to defend us. \emph{Gralashigan!}'' A storm of white, glinting shapes flew past Harry, and Mulciber gave a shriek. Harry spun to face him, and saw him tugging at two bone-white @@ -3465,8 +3459,8 @@ whispering out the words of a poem that Harry still did not recognize. ``Death closes all: but something ere the end,'' he said, bowing to Harry and flourishing his wand, ``some work of noble note, may yet be done, not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.'' His voice dipped into -a more normal register. "I think that we are very close to striving with -a god now. \emph{Accendo intra cruore!}" +a more normal register. ``I think that we are very close to striving with +a god now. \emph{Accendo intra cruore!}'' Harry felt the spell begin \emph{within} his shields, something that was supposed to be impossible. A moment later, he cried out as his blood @@ -3544,19 +3538,19 @@ then as his own body swelled with power. He occupied it in building shields around the goblins, just to make sure that Mulciber and Rabastan, if they recovered, couldn't strike at them. -``No,'' Bellatrix whispered. "That's impossible. \emph{Attack}, you -cursed creature!" +``No,'' Bellatrix whispered. ``That's impossible. \emph{Attack}, you +cursed creature!'' ``I think not,'' said Regulus's same smooth, self-assured voice, sounding much calmer than it ever was when he shouted in Harry's head. -"\emph{Toujours pur} abstained." +``\emph{Toujours pur} abstained.'' The centipede abruptly self-destructed, rather like Harry's Portkey had, flipping over and ripping itself to shreds. Harry blinked at the gleaming black joints and legs left behind, then lifted his head and met Bellatrix Lestrange's eyes. -"Who \emph{are} you?" she whispered. +``Who \emph{are} you?'' she whispered. ``Someone who wasn't as dead as you thought, Bellatrix,'' Regulus said through Harry's mouth. It was rather an odd experience, Harry thought, @@ -3588,8 +3582,8 @@ But Bellatrix obviously knew when she was beaten, and Apparated out. Mulciber and Rabastan followed her a moment later. Rosier lingered, smiling faintly at Harry. -``You'll want to get to a healer soon,'' he said. "My \emph{Accendo -intra cruore}---" Harry tensed, but the spell didn't repeat itself +``You'll want to get to a healer soon,'' he said. ``My \emph{Accendo +intra cruore}---'' Harry tensed, but the spell didn't repeat itself ``---can leave a lot of internal damage. Why, I've known people who went mad in St. Mungo's, trying to reverse it.'' He tilted his head to the side and clucked his tongue. ``Or was that the people who went mad @@ -3612,9 +3606,9 @@ how much agony he was going to be in in a short while. A clawed hand caught his elbow. Harry looked up, through eyes already going glassy, and met Helcas's gaze. -``We are your allies now,'' said Helcas. "Formally. You defended us. +``We are your allies now,'' said Helcas. ``Formally. You defended us. That is not something many wizards, even one who claimed to be -\emph{vates}, would do." His gaze went abruptly over Harry's head. ``We +\emph{vates}, would do.'' His gaze went abruptly over Harry's head. ``We will protect you from those who might come to hurt you, even him.'' Harry turned his head wearily to look. Yes, the pain was rising, but he @@ -3637,7 +3631,7 @@ friend,'' and the goblin stopped. Harry couldn't even tell which emotion was predominant in that cry, it held so many .He forced his eyes open, and met Snape's gaze calmly. -"Rosier used \emph{Accendo intra cruore} on me," he said, and then the +``Rosier used \emph{Accendo intra cruore} on me,'' he said, and then the pain grabbed him and dragged him out to sea. Harry felt himself falling through darkness, with sounds that might be the cries of gulls or the laughter of goblins in his ears. @@ -3803,8 +3797,8 @@ have furnished for your convenience, linked to mine with a magical door. The loo is to your right, and there is a small library beyond this door, already stocked with books, that you may peruse when you are feeling better.'' Snape came close enough for Harry to make out his expression -this time, and added, "I am certain you would go mad if you were left -without \emph{something} to do." +this time, and added, ``I am certain you would go mad if you were left +without \emph{something} to do.'' Harry nodded. ``Yes, I would, sir.'' He was uneasy. Something was wrong. He had been certain that Snape would come in raging about the @@ -3818,8 +3812,8 @@ response. Harry finally coughed and said, ``Were the goblins fine, sir?'' -``They were,'' said Snape. "None of them were injured that I saw. -Granted, my first priority was \emph{not} injured goblins." +``They were,'' said Snape. ``None of them were injured that I saw. +Granted, my first priority was \emph{not} injured goblins.'' Ah, the first hint of sharpness in his voice. Harry relaxed at hearing it. He would rather deal with an angry, and thus familiar, Snape than @@ -3874,7 +3868,7 @@ Snape sat back in his chair, releasing his grip on Harry's hand. you go home, you would do something other than attempt to get yourself killed again.'' -"That wasn't \emph{deliberate,}" Harry snapped, his temper flaring. He +``That wasn't \emph{deliberate,}'' Harry snapped, his temper flaring. He saw Snape wince, and calmed his magic as hard as he could. ``I know now that I summoned the Death Eaters by letting my magic flare out of control. That won't happen again. And I won't venture out to meet with @@ -3895,7 +3889,7 @@ immediate attack.'' ``The goblins helped---'' -"It does not \emph{matter.}" Snape leaned sharply forward. ``You are not +``It does not \emph{matter.}'' Snape leaned sharply forward. ``You are not returning to Lux Aeterna for the rest of this summer, Harry, and not for Christmas or Easter, either, if I have a say in it. I have been worried about you before. My worry increased when you reported Rosier's letter @@ -3930,23 +3924,23 @@ nodded. He knew how stubborn Snape could be, how unwilling to recognize reality when it didn't accord with his preconceptions. Perhaps he needed a blunt, open statement of it to let him face it. -``I could die anyway,'' he told Snape calmly. "You can't wrap me up in +``I could die anyway,'' he told Snape calmly. ``You can't wrap me up in cotton wool, and threats could find their way through Hogwarts's wards if they're determined enough. So you might as well let me go to a place where I can be useful. I understand you care for me, I \emph{know} that, but sometimes the most caring act a guardian can perform is to step -aside and let his charge make his own mistakes." +aside and let his charge make his own mistakes.'' Snape still looked too calm, though Harry could see his fingers spidering along the edge of the blankets, and knew he was feeling at -least some rage. ``A mistake is one thing,'' he said. "And I will indeed +least some rage. ``A mistake is one thing,'' he said. ``And I will indeed be pleased to instruct you in potions and defensive magic, Harry, so that when you face your enemies, you may \emph{survive.} There is a -large difference between that and leaving you to die." +large difference between that and leaving you to die.'' ``James didn't leave me to die---'' Harry started to argue. -"Regardless, you almost \emph{did.}" Snape's hand came out and closed +``Regardless, you almost \emph{did.}'' Snape's hand came out and closed around Harry's left wrist, in the same place that Helcas had held him, and squeezed with no gentle pressure. Harry winced. Snape stopped squeezing, but didn't let his hand go, instead staring into his eyes @@ -3965,8 +3959,8 @@ my brother and my father.'' Harry hissed at him. ``I have committed no crime,'' said Snape blandly. He still hadn't let -go of Harry's wrist, and he still hadn't leaned away from him. "I've -asked you a question. \emph{Answer it.}" +go of Harry's wrist, and he still hadn't leaned away from him. ``I've +asked you a question. \emph{Answer it.}'' Harry ducked his head. He hated this. He couldn't think of a subject to distract Snape, and even if he could, it wouldn't do much good, not with @@ -4016,15 +4010,15 @@ down. He'd counted on mention of Connor to deflect Snape into a tirade about his brother. That evidently wasn't going to work. He felt stripped naked. ``I---I don't feel like I have much to do with them, now that I know James does want to reconcile with me and Remus is training -Connor,'' he whispered. "So I'm trying to study. But it's difficult on +Connor,'' he whispered. ``So I'm trying to study. But it's difficult on my own, and I can't get any peace, and I keep thinking of other things I should be doing, and trying to build a family step by step with them instead of letting it grow naturally, because if \emph{that} happens, -it'll all fall apart again." +it'll all fall apart again.'' ``So you don't want to stay with them,'' Snape summed up effortlessly. -"Or, at least, that is not your sole ambition. But you feel as if you -\emph{should} want to stay with them." +``Or, at least, that is not your sole ambition. But you feel as if you +\emph{should} want to stay with them.'' Harry nodded, his eyes on his hands. He'd come to that realization early last week, when he'd wondered why his head was filling up with @@ -4062,7 +4056,7 @@ should not have both.'' Harry stared at him, waiting for the catch. Snape's face remained bland, but as open as Harry had ever seen it. -"I---you \emph{really} mean this?" Harry asked, testing. ``You won't +``I---you \emph{really} mean this?'' Harry asked, testing. ``You won't change your mind later and not let them visit?'' Snape shook his head slowly. ``I swear by Merlin that I mean it, @@ -4101,7 +4095,7 @@ he would write. \emph{Only until a better solution can be found, and James and Lily and Albus all together can be made to pay for their crimes.} -\subsection{*Chapter 6*: Interlude: And Then There Were +\chapter{*Chapter 6*: Interlude: And Then There Were More}\label{chapter-6-interlude-and-then-there-were-more} Thank you for the reviews on Chapter 4! @@ -4449,7 +4443,7 @@ been happy. \emph{Harry.} -\subsection{*Chapter 7*: Never Trust a +\chapter{*Chapter 7*: Never Trust a Rosier}\label{chapter-7-never-trust-a-rosier} Thank you for all the reviews on the chapter yesterday! And here is this @@ -4624,10 +4618,10 @@ And then Snape surprised him by thinking of something Harry hadn't. ``Stay close to me,'' Snape whispered, as they began to walk through the lines of tents to the pavilion where they were supposed to meet the -Malfoys. "\emph{Absolutely} close, Harry, do you understand? At the +Malfoys. ``\emph{Absolutely} close, Harry, do you understand? At the first sign of trouble, we will Apparate back to Hogsmeade. None of this nonsense about Portkeys. I will simply take you in a Side Along -Apparition. And keep your shields on your magic." +Apparition. And keep your shields on your magic.'' Harry blinked at Snape, and then firmed his mouth. Yes, he did understand. The \emph{Daily Prophet} last year, thanks to Rita Skeeter, @@ -4672,10 +4666,10 @@ sky-blue ones of celebration. They weren't much lighter in color than the pavilion's cloth, Harry couldn't help noticing. Lucius's eyes were calm, his face as cool, as ever. -``Mr. Potter,'' Lucius repeated. "Since I was to see you today, I +``Mr. Potter,'' Lucius repeated. ``Since I was to see you today, I thought I would present my midsummer gift in person. Forgive me the lateness, as it is less than a month until the next exchange, but I -wanted to consider my response \emph{very} carefully." He gave a smile +wanted to consider my response \emph{very} carefully.'' He gave a smile that moved his mouth in odd directions, and reached towards his robes. Abruptly, his eyes narrowed, and looked past Harry's shoulder. ``I @@ -4777,9 +4771,9 @@ him. ``I trust that you have been well? I know we have written, but I haven't seen you for almost a month, and there are some things it would be unwise to put in letters.'' -Narcissa's lips twitched, and she nodded. "Indeed, Harry. Suffice it to +Narcissa's lips twitched, and she nodded. ``Indeed, Harry. Suffice it to say that I \emph{must} be well, never having got as much exercise as -this before. My legs are nearly worn out with all the dancing." +this before. My legs are nearly worn out with all the dancing.'' Harry felt Draco's arm settle around his shoulders, and his friend whispered into his ear, ``Do you have to discuss this? Couldn't we go @@ -4816,10 +4810,10 @@ to kiss, and then swirled back inside the pavilion. Lucius remained outside, watching them, as they walked away---well, Draco walked, and Harry was tugged after him---with Snape behind them. -``Finally!'' said Draco. "They've been talking about you and that damn +``Finally!'' said Draco. ``They've been talking about you and that damn gift for \emph{ages}, Harry. I know that your truce-dance is important, but they seem to forget that you're just fourteen sometimes and should -be allowed to have fun." +be allowed to have fun.'' Harry just shrugged and remained quiet. He \emph{was} here to have fun, as well as to meet with Connor and James, if they could even find them @@ -4893,9 +4887,9 @@ Harry blinked at Snape and turned his head back. ``Yes, he is,'' he said. ``He took another Death Eater's place under a glamour of him for years. I'm sorry that you had to hear the news like this.'' -Mrs. Weasley sighed. "Well, we can only hope that the Aurors find the +Mrs. Weasley sighed. ``Well, we can only hope that the Aurors find the Death Eaters soon, and that they manage to find \emph{some} way of -caging them up again, now that the Dementors are gone." She shook her +caging them up again, now that the Dementors are gone.'' She shook her head, and managed to drive herself out of sadness as if on a spur. ``Of course you know Ron,'' she added, as Ron joined Connor, ``and Ginny.'' She gestured to her daughter, who had halted beside her and seemed to be @@ -4922,12 +4916,12 @@ there would be leprechauns nearby, and a good deal of false gold. ``A most profitable wager,'' the other, probably George, finished, and patted his robe pockets. -"You boys should not be making \emph{wagers!}" said Mrs. Weasley, her -voice rising slightly. "What are you \emph{thinking?} What kind of -example are you setting for Ron and Ginny? Did you think---" +``You boys should not be making \emph{wagers!}'' said Mrs. Weasley, her +voice rising slightly. ``What are you \emph{thinking?} What kind of +example are you setting for Ron and Ginny? Did you think---'' Draco tugged hard on Harry's shoulders, which he had managed to nest -completely under his left arm. "Come \emph{on}," he said, whining. ``I +completely under his left arm. ``Come \emph{on},'' he said, whining. ``I want the Omnioculars.'' From the glare he was giving the Weasleys, Harry thought it was probably time that they found some. @@ -4989,8 +4983,8 @@ bothering to look at Snape. ``Or did he force you?'' Harry blinked at him, startled by the tone and direction of the questioning, and heard Snape laugh, an ugly sound, back in his throat. -"As if I could \emph{make} Harry do anything that he does not wish to -do, Potter," he said. +``As if I could \emph{make} Harry do anything that he does not wish to +do, Potter,'' he said. ``He's powerful,'' snapped James. ``Doesn't mean that he's indomitable. And I know you, Snape. You do manipulate people. You tried to manipulate @@ -5022,16 +5016,16 @@ it. him in silence. ``Well, that's accomplished.'' He could feel heads turning around him, and was aware of the Weasleys scratching at their shoulders as they felt his power manifesting, but he had to say this -before he put his magic away. "I don't want either of you insulting each +before he put his magic away. ``I don't want either of you insulting each other in my presence. I know that I can't control what you write in letters, but this is different. This was supposed to be an outing so -that I could see Connor and James one last time before school. +that I could see Connor and James one last time before school.'' -``Don't call him names,'' he snapped, turning to face his father. "Yes, +``Don't call him names,'' he snapped, turning to face his father. ``Yes, I chose to stay with him, and yes, I was happy. I know you don't understand the connection I have with him, but that's because we forged it when you \emph{weren't there.} Of course you're not going to bloody -understand it." He felt a hand touch his shoulder, and leaned back into +understand it.'' He felt a hand touch his shoulder, and leaned back into it instinctively. It was Draco, not Snape, and Draco moved when he did, turning to stay behind him as he faced Snape, so Harry allowed it to remain. @@ -5040,11 +5034,11 @@ remain. flinching before the cold fury he saw in those depths. He was coldly furious, too, if Snape wanted that, the grass silvering with frost beneath his feet. At least it wasn't as dramatic a reaction as would -have happened last year, before he learned to control his rage. "I know +have happened last year, before he learned to control his rage. ``I know you don't think I need to associate with him at all, but I want to. And you're making this harder than it has to be. \emph{You're} the one who prides yourself on your understanding of the situation. \emph{You're} -the one who said I meant more to you than an old hatred. So stop it." He +the one who said I meant more to you than an old hatred. So stop it.'' He couldn't help the betrayed tone that crept into his voice on the last words. The hand on his shoulder tugged at him, and Harry leaned back against Draco, not taking his gaze from Snape's face. @@ -5061,13 +5055,13 @@ Harry sighed, and tucked his magic back behind his shields. He felt Draco inhale as though releasing a long breath, and smiled when he whispered in his ear. -"Can we see about the Omnioculars now? \emph{Please}?" +``Can we see about the Omnioculars now? \emph{Please}?'' Harry turned and walked away with him, along the path that Ron, Ginny, and Connor had taken. Behind them, he heard Molly Weasley draw in her breath and start on both James and Snape. -"Never seen such a \emph{disgraceful} display---" +``Never seen such a \emph{disgraceful} display---'' ``If you please, ma'am,'' said Snape, his voice tight, ``my ward should not be leaving without adult supervision.'' @@ -5080,9 +5074,9 @@ Draco looked disgusted at the thought of associating with a Weasley parent, but Harry said swiftly, ``That would be brilliant, Mr. Weasley. Thank you.'' -He followed, and heard Molly's voice climbing. "\emph{Children}, the +He followed, and heard Molly's voice climbing. ``\emph{Children}, the both of you, and when that brave sweet boy has to act like the adult, -then I think there's something wrong---" +then I think there's something wrong---'' Harry felt no sympathy with Snape whatsoever, and less for James. Both of them \emph{had} acted like children, and Molly Weasley was a mother. @@ -5100,12 +5094,12 @@ Come on.'' ``That was a Wronski Feint.'' -"That was \emph{not} a Wronski Feint," Harry argued right back, +``That was \emph{not} a Wronski Feint,'' Harry argued right back, adjusting his Omnioculars so that he could keep track of Viktor Krum as -the Bulgarian Seeker angled after the Snitch again. "He pulled out of +the Bulgarian Seeker angled after the Snitch again. ``He pulled out of the dive too soon. You could see the way that he was trying to fool his opponent, and that means that it's not a Wronski Feint. The Feint has to -\emph{work.}" +\emph{work.}'' ``But it did work,'' Connor argued, pointing to the way the Irish Seeker circled after Krum like a loon with one wing. ``See?'' @@ -5117,8 +5111,8 @@ Connor had attempted the Wronski Feint the first week they were home, and promptly broken his arm. James was luckily good enough with medical magic to heal that. -Connor made a rude face at him. "He \emph{is} the greatest Seeker in -Europe," he said. +Connor made a rude face at him. ``He \emph{is} the greatest Seeker in +Europe,'' he said. ``When he can pull off a proper Wronski Feint, then I'll agree,'' Harry sniffed, and put his glasses back to his face. @@ -5149,7 +5143,7 @@ desperately trying to catch up, and obviously knowing he wouldn't be able to. Harry felt a smile hovering on his lips. He heard Connor cry out beside -him, "\emph{That's} a Wronski Feint!" +him, ``\emph{That's} a Wronski Feint!'' \emph{Not exactly,} Harry thought, and watched as Krum abruptly angled out of his dive and up towards the Snitch, which had always been @@ -5197,8 +5191,8 @@ the Pitch. He could hear the screams around him edging from confusion into panic. An amplified voice, too distorted by the loudness for Harry to recognize -it, boomed around the Pitch. "Let's have some \emph{real} fun, shall we? -\emph{Adflo ventum dirum!}" +it, boomed around the Pitch. ``Let's have some \emph{real} fun, shall we? +\emph{Adflo ventum dirum!}'' The field darkened further. Harry could feel the air around him whirling, the magic dancing in it, drawn towards the center of the @@ -5286,8 +5280,8 @@ The empty space around the dark-cloaked figure expanded to encompass him. The figure pushed its hood back, and it was indeed Rosier, and he was smiling. -``There,'' he said pleasantly. "Now we shall not be interrupted. -\emph{Accendo---}" +``There,'' he said pleasantly. ``Now we shall not be interrupted. +\emph{Accendo---}'' Harry was already forming his magic in front of him, pushing it as a blade straight at Rosier's chest. This was something he had thought he @@ -5315,10 +5309,10 @@ Rosier said conversationally, from somewhere beyond the pain. ``But sometimes the old methods are the best, don't you agree? And since she isn't here tonight, I think I ought to do this, just in remembrance of her.'' His voice dropped into what was obviously a quote from a poem -again. " `Of dire wizardry no hint, save mayhap the print that shows +again. `` `Of dire wizardry no hint, save mayhap the print that shows hasty outward-tripping toes, heels to terror on the mould.' They are all running in terror now, and when I repeat the spell, it will be more than -that." +that.'' Harry gritted his teeth and rolled under the pain, above it, not letting himself panic as he remembered how the \emph{Crucio} in first year had @@ -5373,7 +5367,7 @@ you're awfully like him.'' The body-bind failed to catch Rosier, who'd already lifted a shield against it. His face was lazy as he considered Harry, and then he -grinned and gestured with his wand, murmuring, "\emph{Adsulto cordis!}" +grinned and gestured with his wand, murmuring, ``\emph{Adsulto cordis!}'' Harry blocked the heart attack spell with a shield, and replied with a nonverbal \emph{Tarantallegra} that actually made Rosier dance for a @@ -5387,7 +5381,7 @@ speak to his enemy again. Rosier tilted him a slow wink, whispered, ``Enter these enchanted woods, you who dare,'' and whirled to cast a spell at the Pitch. -"\emph{Cremo!}" +``\emph{Cremo!}'' The intense fire that soared towards the sky from the seats and boxes had destroyed enough homes and safe places in the First War that Harry @@ -5456,24 +5450,24 @@ Harry blinked. He had made that promise, and easily, because he could not imagine a situation in which he would be close to Rosier again any time soon. ``I'm sorry---'' he began. -"I'm \emph{very} angry that you disobeyed me, Harry." +``I'm \emph{very} angry that you disobeyed me, Harry.'' Harry shivered. The voice was cold and dark, and promised plenty of awful things. ``Um. Sorry?'' -``You should be.'' Snape leaned down and stared into his face. "You will +``You should be.'' Snape leaned down and stared into his face. ``You will remain in Hogwarts until term begins, bar any \emph{strictly necessary} excursions, in which I will be with you at all times. Draco will not be allowed to visit you again before school starts. And I will require you -to brew me as many boil cure potions as you can before September first." +to brew me as many boil cure potions as you can before September first.'' -"But boil cure potions are \emph{boring}," Harry protested, before he +``But boil cure potions are \emph{boring},'' Harry protested, before he could think better of it. ``Exactly,'' said Snape, and then paused to study him. ``What did he hit you with?'' -Harry winced. "\emph{Crucio.}" +Harry winced. ``\emph{Crucio.}'' ``Detention for the first week of school, for not telling me at once,'' said Snape evenly. ``Now, come, Mr. Potter. I have potions that will @@ -5590,7 +5584,7 @@ It was obviously a night for breaking things, and in the end Snape destroyed several dozen of the figures before he trusted himself enough to put his wand away and go to bed. -\subsection{*Chapter 8*: Ministry on the +\chapter{*Chapter 8*: Ministry on the Rise}\label{chapter-8-ministry-on-the-rise} Thank you for all the reviews yesterday! @@ -5612,7 +5606,7 @@ that?'' look in his eyes, he'd had some himself already. ``I need you awake and prepared. Today, we must go to the Ministry.'' -Harry stared at him. "\emph{That's} a strictly necessary excursion?" +Harry stared at him. ``\emph{That's} a strictly necessary excursion?'' Snape raised his eyebrows, and Harry glanced away with a flush. ``Sorry, sir,'' he said, and then noticed that Snape was carrying a folded @@ -5640,31 +5634,31 @@ byline. Harry groaned and buried his head in his hands. ``Oh, no.'' ``Oh, yes,'' said Snape, sounding remarkably like Draco when he'd -brought Harry his Firebolt. "This story goes into \emph{immense} -detail." He'd moved around the bed, and jabbed a fingertip down in the +brought Harry his Firebolt. ``This story goes into \emph{immense} +detail.'' He'd moved around the bed, and jabbed a fingertip down in the middle of the column below the photo. Reluctantly, Harry picked up his glasses from the nearby table, slipped them on, and then studied the writing. -\emph{\ldots{}When the Aurors arrived, they found the Ill Wind curse, +\emph{ \ldots{} When the Aurors arrived, they found the Ill Wind curse, used to great effect by the mysterious Death Eater on the World Cup crowd, already dissipated.} -\emph{``We don't know who did this, exactly,'' said Kingsley -Shacklebolt, a senior Auror for the Ministry. "But we know that every +\emph{``We don't know who did this, exactly,}'' \emph{said Kingsley +Shacklebolt, a senior Auror for the Ministry.} ``\emph{But we know that every trace of the curse had been banished when we arrived. Someone used a} Finite Incantatem \emph{most probably, but it would have to have been of -immense power.}" +immense power.} '' \emph{There is speculation among some of the Aurors that the caster of that spell was also Harry Potter, the boy who battled the Death Eater on the hill.} -"\emph{I mean, it would make sense," said an Auror who gave her name -only as Tonks.} "\emph{Immensely powerful boy appears, duels immensely +``\emph{I mean, it would make sense,}'' \emph{said an Auror who gave her name +only as Tonks.} ``\emph{Immensely powerful boy appears, duels immensely powerful Death Eater, and then causes immensely powerful Death Eater to flee. It sounds to me like he had the magic to make the spell do what he -wanted it to do, too.}" +wanted it to do, too.}'' \emph{Sources whom we cannot reveal confirm that the Ill Wind curse did indeed seem to dissipate during Harry Potter's battle with the Death @@ -5684,13 +5678,13 @@ this as certain fact, or think they do, and many others who will have been reminded.'' He pulled a crumpled letter from his pocket and extended it to Harry. -Harry read it and sighed. "And so I \emph{have} to register, since -everyone and his sister knows I'm a Parselmouth," he muttered. +Harry read it and sighed. ``And so I \emph{have} to register, since +everyone and his sister knows I'm a Parselmouth,'' he muttered. -Snape nodded again. "With luck, it will be nothing more than signing a +Snape nodded again. ``With luck, it will be nothing more than signing a form confirming that you have the gift. However, I would rather move \emph{now}, before there can be any fuss about a `boy hero' and a Dark -wizard not fulfilling this Ministry edict." +wizard not fulfilling this Ministry edict.'' Harry nodded back to him, then realized with shock that he had completely forgotten to ask about Connor and the Weasleys and James. @@ -5824,8 +5818,8 @@ sunrise. Harry came back to himself, and even managed to step away in time to avoid Snape's reaching hand. He nodded to him. ``I'm all right,'' he -whispered, and gestured at the fountain. "I just don't like \emph{that} -very much." +whispered, and gestured at the fountain. ``I just don't like \emph{that} +very much.'' ``The Fountain of Magical Brethren, it's called.'' Snape said it with a sneer, but Harry thought that was automatic. He was looking carefully at @@ -5854,7 +5848,7 @@ would look more innocent when Eric turned expectantly to him. ``I, um, didn't bring my wand,'' Harry said. -He heard Snape's hiss. "\emph{What}?" +He heard Snape's hiss. ``\emph{What}?'' ``Well, we moved so fast this morning, I just forgot,'' Harry told him. And it was true. He often didn't use the cypress wand any more, though @@ -5869,16 +5863,16 @@ snapped up otherwise!'' ``Yes, sir,'' said Harry, while wondering why the Ministry had hired someone who would say something like that the morning after a Death Eater attack. ``Thank you, sir.'' He nodded to Eric, and let Snape -escort him through the gates, ignoring his mentor's hiss, of, "We will -\emph{discuss} this later." The important part of that sentence was the +escort him through the gates, ignoring his mentor's hiss, of, ``We will +\emph{discuss} this later.'' The important part of that sentence was the ``later.'' Eric called after him. ``Oh! Sir! I forgot to tell you where you're going.'' Snape turned around with barely controlled anger. ``I assumed,'' he -said, "as anyone \emph{would}, that we will go to the second floor, -because that is where the Department of Magical Law Enforcement is." +said, ``as anyone \emph{would}, that we will go to the second floor, +because that is where the Department of Magical Law Enforcement is.'' Eric abruptly seemed to shrink. ``Um.'' He stared at his hands for a second, then shook his head. ``No,'' he said, and blurted the next words @@ -5888,13 +5882,13 @@ Harry felt the moment when Snape went absolutely still. Not even his hand on Harry's shoulder pressed down. He simply stood there, and then breathed, ``What?'' -``Yes, sir,'' said Eric, taking refuge in babble. "I thought it was +``Yes, sir,'' said Eric, taking refuge in babble. ``I thought it was unusual, but they said, they said it was official, and I said of course I'd tell the visitors like---like yourself, sir, and they said it made sense, and on one level I have to agree, because of course we don't want Dark wizards running around and using their powers, not that that means this boy \emph{is} a Dark wizard, of course, I saw the story in the -\emph{Prophet}, I think he did some good last night, I think---" +\emph{Prophet}, I think he did some good last night, I think---'' ``Come, Harry,'' said Snape, his voice clear as a diamond. ``We are going to the fourth floor, and the Department for the Regulation and @@ -5904,26 +5898,26 @@ almost dragged Harry along to the lifts. Harry set his feet and shook his shoulder, dragging it free of Snape's grasp in a moment. ``Why are you so angry?'' he asked quietly. -Snape turned on him. "They think you a magical \emph{creature}," he +Snape turned on him. ``They think you a magical \emph{creature},'' he hissed. ``No,'' Harry pointed out. ``I don't think they do, at least not on the same level that they think of, say, goblins.'' He put aside thoughts of -the fountain behind them, as it was only making him angry. "I think this +the fountain behind them, as it was only making him angry. ``I think this is a public relations message. They want everyone \emph{else} to think that a Parselmouth is a kind of dangerous magical creature, to be -tolerated only if he registers." His mind was already speeding ahead, +tolerated only if he registers.'' His mind was already speeding ahead, turning over the implications. He knew what the Ministry had wanted to do, but he was going to make it backfire on them if he could. At the very least, he could tell Fawkes about this, though he could not understand what the phoenix would say in reply, and he would spread the -word to other magical creatures. "\emph{I} don't mind. I'm honored to be +word to other magical creatures. ``\emph{I} don't mind. I'm honored to be in the same place where they made Remus and Hawthorn and the other werewolves register, and once the house elves and the goblins hear about -this\ldots{}" +this\ldots{}'' -He looked up at Snape with a smile. "They might have been able to do -nothing else that would help me so much in my work as \emph{vates.}" +He looked up at Snape with a smile. ``They might have been able to do +nothing else that would help me so much in my work as \emph{vates.}'' Snape, he saw, was not smiling. Snape, he saw, was so far from smiling that his face looked as if he would curse the next person to cross his @@ -6007,9 +6001,9 @@ the registration the witch had given him ``---but I won't actually stop myself from using my gift. Did you make the werewolves sign a form to keep from transforming every month?'' -The witch uttered a nervous titter. "Now, dear, you know that---that +The witch uttered a nervous titter. ``Now, dear, you know that---that isn't the same thing. Lycanthropy is a \emph{disease}, and they can't -help being sick." She leaned forward confidingly. ``They aren't normal +help being sick.'' She leaned forward confidingly. ``They aren't normal wizards, anyway. But you are, dear. And you know the difference between right and wrong, don't you? And you want to be on the side of right and law? So, you can choose to control your talent. That's all.'' She tapped @@ -6181,7 +6175,7 @@ made sure to inject a moderate amount of outrage into his voice. No one said that he couldn't be angry about that in front of the right people. He saw that he'd startled Scrimgeour. The Auror sat up and leaned -forward. "You registered \emph{there}?" he asked. +forward. ``You registered \emph{there}?'' he asked. Harry nodded. ``I take it no one else is?'' @@ -6323,7 +6317,7 @@ in him again, hatching like dragons. if it ever was. This is about winning in general, and winning the future.} -\subsection{*Chapter 9*: Who Speaks to the +\chapter{*Chapter 9*: Who Speaks to the Many?}\label{chapter-9-who-speaks-to-the-many} Thank you for the reviews yesterday! @@ -6466,7 +6460,7 @@ think that a week of calm letters from Draco meant that there would be no more explosive response sooner or later. The Howler fell to Snape's desk. Snape finished writing the line he'd -started, then drew out his wand, murmured, "\emph{Incendio}," and burned +started, then drew out his wand, murmured, ``\emph{Incendio},'' and burned the envelope to a crisp before he looked up. ``Harry,'' he said evenly. ``I trust that your meeting with Albus went @@ -6730,7 +6724,7 @@ came a step or two forward, \emph{her.} There was something about the shape of her face and the way she carried herself that was different from Flashkack, whom Harry was certain was male. -``No,'' she said. "And do you know why, \emph{vates}?" +``No,'' she said. ``And do you know why, \emph{vates}?'' Harry shook his head. He was afraid for Snape beside him, strung tight as a crossbow. He once again tried to reach out and soothe him through @@ -6769,8 +6763,8 @@ body. The female goblin turned her head, by slow degrees, to look at Snape. She seemed amused more than anything, Harry thought, at least if he was -reading the wrinkles that ran around her dark eyes correctly. "You would -call the \emph{hanarz} of the goblins of Gringotts a liar, to her face?" +reading the wrinkles that ran around her dark eyes correctly. ``You would +call the \emph{hanarz} of the goblins of Gringotts a liar, to her face?'' she asked. Harry winced. Remembering how much the northern goblins had valued @@ -6806,8 +6800,8 @@ how he was. It was obvious how he was---angry and terrified almost witless. Harry hoped the meeting wouldn't last long pat this moment. Snape always started saying unfortunate things when he was this upset. -``Well spoken,'' said the \emph{hanarz}. "Now, tell me what you plan to -do about our web, little \emph{vates.}" +``Well spoken,'' said the \emph{hanarz}. ``Now, tell me what you plan to +do about our web, little \emph{vates.}'' Harry considered her. ``I would have to close the bank to dissipate the web, wouldn't I?'' @@ -6853,8 +6847,8 @@ promise was worth so little that they immediately had to let us go, without even a farewell?'' ``Wrong, wizard,'' said Flashkack, turning around to meet Snape's eyes. -"That promise is worth so \emph{much} that we need ask nothing else of -Mr. Potter. He will keep his oath." +``That promise is worth so \emph{much} that we need ask nothing else of +Mr. Potter. He will keep his oath.'' Harry kept his eyes fixed on the tunnel ahead, and tried not to hear Snape's mumbling or feel the goblin's speculative glance. He was winding @@ -6913,7 +6907,7 @@ attacked Draco last year. Then their heads swung to face him, also all as one, and a hissing eddied among them, forming into words that seemed to emerge at last from one serpent in the center of the pile. -"\emph{Who speaks to the Quiver? Who speaks to the Many?}" +``\emph{Who speaks to the Quiver? Who speaks to the Many?}'' Harry swallowed. He was aware that he had a small crowd, people leaning out of shops to watch, but he couldn't concentrate on that in the face @@ -6933,17 +6927,17 @@ wouldn't accidentally see any wizards from the corner of his eye and speak in English. ``I am a Parselmouth, and I ask that you please stop attacking those wizards.'' -"\emph{One is dead, Parselmouth,}" said the eddying hiss. "\emph{And +``\emph{One is dead, Parselmouth,}'' said the eddying hiss. ``\emph{And they seized us from our warm den and brought us here, cutting the Many in half. They intended to cut us and mash us and use our eggs. Why -should we spare them?}" +should we spare them?}'' Harry swallowed. ``I suppose you don't have any reason to,'' he said. ``But I ask you to.'' -"\emph{And the other people, too?"} There was a mocking tone to the -voices now. "\emph{Shall the Many refrain from attacking other people, -because you ask us to?"} +``\emph{And the other people, too?}'' There was a mocking tone to the +voices now. ``\emph{Shall the Many refrain from attacking other people, +because you ask us to?}'' ``Eventually, you have to know that they'll kill you,'' said Harry. ``You can't make your way back home from here; it's too far away. @@ -6965,8 +6959,8 @@ Many's ordinary bites could be cured. Harry held the cobra's eyes and waited. -The hiss once more built into a single voice. "\emph{What would you give -the Quiver, Parselmouth?}" +The hiss once more built into a single voice. ``\emph{What would you give +the Quiver, Parselmouth?}'' ``There is a sanctuary,'' said Harry carefully. ``A forest in the place where I live, where many magical creatures live and run free of @@ -6981,9 +6975,9 @@ swaying back and forth, back and forth. It occurred to him that it might be the last thing he ever saw. -"\emph{And if hunters come after the Many even there?"} they hissed -then. "\emph{They may. They came after us in our warm den very far from -wizards. Will you defend us?"} +``\emph{And if hunters come after the Many even there?}'' they hissed +then. ``\emph{They may. They came after us in our warm den very far from +wizards. Will you defend us?}'' Harry set himself. He was a Parselmouth, the only kind of wizard who could speak to these creatures, and he had a duty that no other kind of @@ -6996,7 +6990,7 @@ around his legs, while other snakes crawled over his back and shoulders and upwards. Only the one in front of his face did not alter its position. -"\emph{We accept.}" +``\emph{We accept.}'' Harry let out a short breath, then turned his head, carefully, to look at Snape. His mentor's face was furious again, but that was no surprise. @@ -7055,7 +7049,7 @@ forward and gripped Harry's shoulder. ``I'm afraid not.'' And then he went into Side Along Apparition, dragging Harry with him, cutting off Snape's angry roar as they went. -\subsection{*Chapter 10*: The Hounds}\label{chapter-10-the-hounds} +\chapter{*Chapter 10*: The Hounds}\label{chapter-10-the-hounds} Thank you for all the reviews yesterday! @@ -7127,12 +7121,12 @@ said. ``I convinced the Many to come with me to the Forbidden Forest, instead of attacking other people in Knockturn Alley.'' Crup laughed at him, throwing his head back and closing his eyes. His -laughter did rather resemble a bark, reminding Harry of Sirius's. "How +laughter did rather resemble a bark, reminding Harry of Sirius's. ``How would we know that, Mr. Potter? I saw two wizards fall dead of the Many's bites, and then the snakes migrated to you. Then you fled from the alley like a criminal. Perhaps you commanded the snakes to stop attacking, but how would I know that? \emph{I} don't speak -Parseltongue." +Parseltongue.'' ``Shouldn't it have been obvious?'' Harry asked. @@ -7166,9 +7160,9 @@ their legalities. What you need in a war is someone who can act quickly.'' ``I've never heard of you,'' said Harry, driving himself back to -calmness again. "And I should have. I \emph{have} studied history, and I +calmness again. ``And I should have. I \emph{have} studied history, and I would have noticed if there were Hounds running around and arresting -criminals." +criminals.'' Crup snorted. ``That's because we're new, little kitten. The Minister needed us, and so he created us, drawing us from other departments.'' He @@ -7290,11 +7284,11 @@ wizards in Knockturn and Diagon Alleys. I would argue that I broke the law in ignorance, not in malicious use of Dark magic.'' ``Ignorance of the law is no excuse,'' Fudge retorted, his eyes gleaming -with triumph. "And it's a convenient coincidence, isn't it, that lately +with triumph. ``And it's a convenient coincidence, isn't it, that lately Dark potions have appeared on the market that use the eggs and scales of the Many in them? I suppose you'll argue that you just \emph{happened} to be able to gain control over the snakes, and that they just -\emph{happened} to appear in Knockturn Alley on a day you were there?" +\emph{happened} to appear in Knockturn Alley on a day you were there?'' ``Any Parselmouth could have commanded the snakes, sir,'' said Harry. Regulus's muttering in the back of his head, about disrespect and what @@ -7373,28 +7367,28 @@ labeled with boxes in different colors, but he couldn't tell what the words said; they were all inked carefully into place with miniscule letters. -``You see,'' said Fudge, gesturing to the parchment, "we know that you +``You see,'' said Fudge, gesturing to the parchment, ``we know that you are a Dark Lord. No matter what you may claim, we know that you have Dark talents, and will follow in the path of Grindelwald and---and -You-Know-Who. We have a \emph{chart} that compares you to them." He +You-Know-Who. We have a \emph{chart} that compares you to them.'' He looked at Harry triumphantly. Harry wondered when the government of wizarding Britain had become so desperately pathetic. He kept his voice as calm as possible when he said, ``Sir, I can't read the chart.'' -``You should be able to,'' Crup whispered into his ear. "What kind of -\emph{Dark Lord} has problems with his eyes?" +``You should be able to,'' Crup whispered into his ear. ``What kind of +\emph{Dark Lord} has problems with his eyes?'' Harry glared at him, and then turned back in time to see Fudge jabbing a finger into one of the boxes. ``Do you see?'' he asked, glancing at Harry. ``You speak Parseltongue. You-Know-Who spoke Parseltongue. And Grindelwald spoke---well, he didn't speak to snakes, but he spoke to -thestrals, and used them as part of his army.'' Fudge sneered. "The +thestrals, and used them as part of his army.'' Fudge sneered. ``The connection makes sense. This is only the first of many threads, but it was the one that first led us to suspect that you might be the Dark Lord. Not wise to expose your snake-speaking ability, \emph{my lord.} -Not wise." +Not wise.'' \emph{You could take them,} Regulus whispered. \emph{I'd even support you. You didn't choose to come here, and I think you should get back to @@ -7416,8 +7410,8 @@ Chamber of Secrets was last opened,'' he said. ``You were at the school two years ago when the Chamber of Secrets was last opened. Grindelwald---well, he wasn't at Hogwarts, since he didn't attend it, but he was at Durmstrang and held initiations for his Lightning Guard in -an underground cave.'' He frowned sternly at Harry. "Are you going to -dismiss all of this as \emph{coincidence}?" +an underground cave.'' He frowned sternly at Harry. ``Are you going to +dismiss all of this as \emph{coincidence}?'' ``Not especially,'' Harry said. ``I was opening the Chamber and involved in the Petrifications of students because Voldemort possessed me, sir.'' @@ -7426,8 +7420,8 @@ shoulder, as though he expected to find Voldemort hiding in the corner. ``So it wasn't a coincidence. That doesn't mean that I'm evil and Dark in and of myself.'' -Fudge shook his head. "You won't get out of this one, Mr. Potter. We -know \emph{everything.}" He pointed to another box. ``The armies. +Fudge shook his head. ``You won't get out of this one, Mr. Potter. We +know \emph{everything.}'' He pointed to another box. ``The armies. Grindelwald used thestrals, because he could speak to them. You-Know-Who made deals with the giants and other creatures to march with him, and of course the werewolf Fenrir Greyback was famous for being part of his @@ -7448,8 +7442,8 @@ instructions to breed and wait for you?'' Harry shook his head. ``Not that last, sir. I don't want to be a Lord. I would command no magical creature to attack anyone else.'' \emph{But you used Sylarana to threaten people,} his conscience whispered. Harry -winced and shoved it away. "I promise, I'm a loyal subject of wizarding -Britain. Is there \emph{nothing} I can do to prove this to you?" He felt +winced and shoved it away. ``I promise, I'm a loyal subject of wizarding +Britain. Is there \emph{nothing} I can do to prove this to you?'' He felt a touch of true nervousness beneath his irritation and pity. He had hoped that he could persuade Fudge as he had so many other people, but the Minister was showing a complete blindness to basic logic. Harry was @@ -7537,9 +7531,9 @@ uncomfortable, or Harry didn't think he could have resisted pulling his palms back, but it did seal his hands to the ball. He tugged, unconsciously, and his hands remained right where they were. -``Relax, sweet child,'' Umbridge whispered. "Just relax. The device is +``Relax, sweet child,'' Umbridge whispered. ``Just relax. The device is looking through your head now. I am sure that it will find out you are -very, ah, \emph{loyal} to the Ministry. Hem hem." +very, ah, \emph{loyal} to the Ministry. Hem hem.'' Harry didn't have much choice but to stand there hugging the ball, anyway, so that was what he did. He felt magic running through his body @@ -7660,7 +7654,7 @@ enraged about what they had done to \emph{him.} He advanced on Umbridge, and his magic woke and filled the room like a storm. -\subsection{*Chapter 11*: A Kind of Wild +\chapter{*Chapter 11*: A Kind of Wild Justice}\label{chapter-11-a-kind-of-wild-justice} Thank you for all the reviews yesterday! @@ -7792,7 +7786,7 @@ serpent's poison had hit him, they wouldn't make his eyes burn. ``And then you tried to drain my magic, and I realized what it meant, that you have these laws and these Hounds and that sphere---'' He darted a glance at the silver device that had tried to steal his magic, now shattered -beyond all repair. "Well. You \emph{had} that sphere." He looked back at +beyond all repair. ``Well. You \emph{had} that sphere.'' He looked back at Fudge. ``You would have used them on more people than just me, used them to terrify and beat into submission and compel. And then Umbridge hit me with the spell, and that tipped the balance of my mind over for that one @@ -7888,9 +7882,9 @@ needed. ``No. I am sorry about that, Minister.'' He lifted his head. Fudge was staring at him. ``But,'' said Harry, and let just a trace of hardness slip into his -voice, "I will \emph{not} be sorry if I hear that you have continued +voice, ``I will \emph{not} be sorry if I hear that you have continued using your Hounds to arrest people, or forced this ridiculous -registration on anyone else, or tried to drain anyone else's magic." He +registration on anyone else, or tried to drain anyone else's magic.'' He took a step forward. ``You know what I can do now.'' He flicked his hand, once, twice, and the bindings on Grim and Crup eased. They climbed to their feet, eyes warily fixed on him, but made no move to reach for @@ -7944,10 +7938,10 @@ Harry snorted aloud. ``I am willing to take Veritaserum,'' he said. Fudge's hands locked together near his mouth, as though he could imagine the damaging truths spewing forth from it. -Harry nodded. "But I can easily enough tell everyone the truth, about +Harry nodded. ``But I can easily enough tell everyone the truth, about \emph{everything}, if I get a hint that you haven't kept our bargain. I am willing to trade you the past for the future, but only if you -\emph{keep} these events in the past." +\emph{keep} these events in the past.'' ``That truth would include that you're a Dark wizard, and use Dark magic,'' Fudge said. @@ -8327,7 +8321,7 @@ forcibly calmed his swirling emotions and hardened them into steely determination. Seemingly, he was not about to tell Snape the actual truth of what had happened. -"You were \emph{abducted}," Snape whispered. ``I heard them read you +``You were \emph{abducted},'' Snape whispered. ``I heard them read you charges.'' ``All a ruse,'' said Harry. He didn't smile, perhaps because he knew it @@ -8340,7 +8334,7 @@ end, he saw sense, and let me go.'' ``It's the truth,'' said Harry. ``Nothing happened between us.'' -"\emph{Something} did," Scrimgeour interjected, turning around abruptly. +``\emph{Something} did,'' Scrimgeour interjected, turning around abruptly. Snape snarled at himself for forgetting the man was still there. At least his eyes were fixed on Harry, and not Snape. ``You let go a burst of magic strong enough that we felt it through the wards all the way up @@ -8358,7 +8352,7 @@ sir. The burst of magic had to have come from something else.'' Harry simply regarded him. -"You were \emph{abducted,}" Snape began again. +``You were \emph{abducted,}'' Snape began again. Harry turned to him with a faint frown. ``I wish you would stop calling it that, sir. It's too dramatic a word. The Minister wanted me to come @@ -8384,11 +8378,11 @@ for that matter.'' Snape snarled and grabbed his shoulder, turning him. Harry simply pivoted under his hand and stared up at him, face expressionless. -"I \emph{will} file them, Harry," he told him, wanting his charge to +``I \emph{will} file them, Harry,'' he told him, wanting his charge to make no mistake about this. ``I know the names of the men who abducted you.'' -"\emph{Invited} me, sir. And you do?" Harry asked. +``\emph{Invited} me, sir. And you do?'' Harry asked. ``Of course. The Hounds.'' @@ -8414,7 +8408,7 @@ his eyes wearily to Snape. ``But I gave my word, and this is done.'' couldn't help it. He could feel the desire to take vengeance swallowing him alive, tearing away at all the softer parts of him. -Harry nodded, his face firm. "Yes. This is \emph{done.}" +Harry nodded, his face firm. ``Yes. This is \emph{done.}'' ``It is not right, Harry,'' Snape said, feeling his frustration build. Surely, the boy \emph{had} to see that? ``Your rights were violated. The @@ -8531,12 +8525,12 @@ caused it to shake, as if what she said should be self-evident. and voice again. ``I saw everything that happened in the Ministry's interrogation -rooms,'' said Skeeter. "And I do mean \emph{everything.}" +rooms,'' said Skeeter. ``And I do mean \emph{everything.}'' Harry stood in silence for a moment, if one could call the thundering staccato of his heart in his ears silence. -"And I \emph{am} going to publish that story," Skeeter said, examining +``And I \emph{am} going to publish that story,'' Skeeter said, examining her quill. ``But it could be a better story if I could speak to an eyewitness.'' She glanced up at him, eyes hard as the jewels on her glasses. ``A willing eyewitness, one who's able to confirm every detail. @@ -8548,13 +8542,13 @@ Minister, anyway.'' ``That's only your excuse,'' Harry whispered. -"Of \emph{course} it is," said Skeeter, sounding faintly impatient. +``Of \emph{course} it is,'' said Skeeter, sounding faintly impatient. ``But, you see, there's a difference between breaking a scandal that everyone involved will deny, and breaking a truth that's going to make me a heroine. And I'm tired of the first.'' She leaned forward and -locked eyes with him. "I'm offering you the chance here, Potter. Refuse, +locked eyes with him. ``I'm offering you the chance here, Potter. Refuse, and I'll just publish the story anyway. Cooperate with me, and I am -going to make you look \emph{damn} good." Her eyes glinted. ``What do +going to make you look \emph{damn} good.'' Her eyes glinted. ``What do you say?'' ``I gave my word to the Minister---'' Harry whispered. @@ -8608,7 +8602,7 @@ destruction.} He met Skeeter's eyes. ``When do we go to press?'' -\subsection{*Chapter 12*: Alliance and +\chapter{*Chapter 12*: Alliance and Defiance}\label{chapter-12-alliance-and-defiance} \textbf{Thank you for the reviews yesterday!} @@ -9069,11 +9063,11 @@ Harry looked into Mr. Bulstrode's eyes. This was easier. He looked as if he were all ferocity, considering how this news would affect his family. Harry could deal with that better than more personal concern right now. ``I found out that the Hounds are Fudge's special police,'' he said. -"His \emph{secret} police. He's been using them to track and arrest Dark +``His \emph{secret} police. He's been using them to track and arrest Dark wizards, at least one other before me. And he's shoved edicts through the Wizengamot about the registration of Dark wizards that the full Wizengamot didn't vote for, given the clause that allows the Minister to -take control of the Ministry in times of war." +take control of the Ministry in times of war.'' ``We're not at war,'' said Scrimgeour crisply. ``And according to Section Two of the Ministry Laws, he has to announce that we are before @@ -9163,9 +9157,9 @@ word I said, Millicent? I said that I created snakes out of Dark magic.'' ``And didn't you hear that my family's a Dark one?'' Millicent gave a -lazy flap of her hand. "I can see how it might have escaped you, since +lazy flap of her hand. ``I can see how it might have escaped you, since after all we \emph{didn't} attend Walpurgis Night and I \emph{wasn't} -Sorted into Slytherin." Her voice, heavy with sarcasm, rubbed his nerves +Sorted into Slytherin.'' Her voice, heavy with sarcasm, rubbed his nerves all the wrong ways. ``Regardless---'' Harry began. @@ -9183,16 +9177,16 @@ calm and encouraging. ``I made a bargain with Fudge. I would tell no one what had happened there, in return for his ceasing at once to use the Hounds, pass those ridiculous laws, or steal anyone else's magic.'' -``That was stupid,'' said Scrimgeour. "You had no \emph{right.} We have -a right to know what is happening in the Ministry, Harry." +``That was stupid,'' said Scrimgeour. ``You had no \emph{right.} We have +a right to know what is happening in the Ministry, Harry.'' -Harry eyed the Auror sideways. "Why do you think I'm telling you now? +Harry eyed the Auror sideways. ``Why do you think I'm telling you now? Something happened to make me break the bargain. Rita Skeeter somehow saw everything, I don't know how, and told me that she was going to publish the story. I had a chance to cooperate with her, or not. I chose the cooperation. The story's coming out tomorrow in the \emph{Daily Prophet}, minus some details that I thought only my allies needed to -hear." +hear.'' There was a faint murmur of noise at that. Harry knew what it meant. They was struck that he had trusted them, or been honest with them; @@ -9260,8 +9254,8 @@ made him seem formidable even sitting down. Then he shook his head from side to side, as though waking from a dream. ``I have always known that the Ministry was not what I hoped,'' he -mused. "I have always put up with that, and encouraged the good and -discouraged the bad where I found it, and enjoyed my paperwork. +mused. ``I have always put up with that, and encouraged the good and +discouraged the bad where I found it, and enjoyed my paperwork.'' ``Now I find that the Ministry is much further from what I am willing to put up with than I ever knew. A Minister who would seize wartime @@ -9349,7 +9343,7 @@ It was all she could do not to howl. The future was near, and it had never looked better. -\subsection{*Chapter 13*: Interlude: Minister +\chapter{*Chapter 13*: Interlude: Minister Illegally}\label{chapter-13-interlude-minister-illegally} Thank you for all the reviews/responses to the previous chapter! @@ -9437,8 +9431,8 @@ said he could feel magic moving through him and binding his fingers in place, but as long as nothing hurt him, he trusted Minister Fudge and Madam Umbridge to do right by him. -"I knew I'd been brought there without my guardian, and rather suddenly, -but I just couldn't believe they would really \emph{hurt} me," he said. +``I knew I'd been brought there without my guardian, and rather suddenly, +but I just couldn't believe they would really \emph{hurt} me,'' he said. The sphere, however, apparently tried to drain Potter of his magic. As Harry Potter is currently the most powerful young wizard at @@ -9480,9 +9474,9 @@ second snake kept Minister Fudge from interfering. damage. Madam Umbridge can walk again. I would be sorry if she couldn't. I don't know why I did that. I was on overload, I think. I'd gone through an abduction, an interrogation, and the sphere in one day. I'm -sorry.'' He shuddered when he spoke with this reporter. "And then I'd +sorry.'' He shuddered when he spoke with this reporter. ``And then I'd had to confront being called a Dark Lord. But that's no excuse for -\emph{acting} like one." +\emph{acting} like one.'' Potter was later rescued by the Head of the Auror Office, Rufus Scrimgeour, and the arrival of his guardian, Professor Severus Snape. @@ -9508,15 +9502,15 @@ duties. Minister Fudge and Madam Umbridge have so far been unavailable for comment. -``I hope they speak up soon,'' said Potter. "I would love to know their -justifications for what they did. +``I hope they speak up soon,'' said Potter. ``I would love to know their +justifications for what they did.'' ``I just hope they have a reason good enough to justify abducting a fourteen-year-old from his guardian. But I'm sure they do. After all, Minister Fudge is the Minister of Magic, and ultimately accountable to the whole of wizarding Britain, not just one young wizard.'' -\subsection{*Chapter 14*: Stung Into +\chapter{*Chapter 14*: Stung Into Storm}\label{chapter-14-stung-into-storm} Thank you for the reviews on both the chapter and the interlude @@ -9687,8 +9681,8 @@ tears. Except Dobby, but he's strange anyway.'' Quidditch or studying history with others?'' Snape inquired. ``Why does every word out of your mouth concern Harry?'' -Draco shrugged impatiently. "Because the time I spent around him was -just more \emph{interesting.}" +Draco shrugged impatiently. ``Because the time I spent around him was +just more \emph{interesting.}'' Snape nodded once. ``That is one of the signs of obsession, Draco. Even in a simple statement about what else you have done this summer, you @@ -9708,13 +9702,13 @@ and he scrutinized Draco, narrow-eyed. grand passion for the ages.} ``Listen to me, Draco,'' he said quietly, and the force of his tone, -more than what he said, he thought, pulled Draco's eyes to his. "I do +more than what he said, he thought, pulled Draco's eyes to his. ``I do want to see Harry happy. That much is true. But I do not want to see you sacrifice your own happiness, your freedom, for his. Neither would he want that. He has had enough of sacrifices in his life. And as you stand now, you could sacrifice everything for one smile from him and think it justified. I will \emph{not} let that happen. What will happen if he -chooses to love elsewhere?" +chooses to love elsewhere?'' Draco's expression turned into mulishness blended with something else, something genuinely frightening. ``He won't,'' Draco said, his voice a @@ -9730,17 +9724,17 @@ when Draco nodded. ``And you're going to act like some lovesick young witch in Spain pining for her lost true love to come back from the wars?'' -"I am \emph{not} like that." Draco was upset enough that Snape felt a +``I am \emph{not} like that.'' Draco was upset enough that Snape felt a stirring of power rise around him, promising a headache in a few moments. ``You take that back. I do intend to win Harry's love if I can.'' -``You are thinking of permanence,'' Snape said quietly. "You are too -young for such things, Draco. You are \emph{fourteen.}" +``You are thinking of permanence,'' Snape said quietly. ``You are too +young for such things, Draco. You are \emph{fourteen.}'' ``You treat Harry like an adult.'' Draco folded his arms and scowled. -"Because he \emph{acts} like one," said Snape, patience suddenly at an +``Because he \emph{acts} like one,'' said Snape, patience suddenly at an end. "Listen to me. I will watch you closely from now on. If you do not show some signs of independence by the end of September, then I will assure that you \emph{have} it, whether you want it or not. Do you @@ -10253,7 +10247,7 @@ Harry had time to give her a smile and step away from her before someone's hand clasped him firmly on the shoulder, a clasp just this side of pain, and an unfamiliar voice said, ``What's this, then?'' -\subsection{*Chapter 15*: The Old +\chapter{*Chapter 15*: The Old Mastiff}\label{chapter-15-the-old-mastiff} Thank you for the reviews yesterday! @@ -10886,7 +10880,7 @@ special and personal and answering to his interests. A certain Potions book, waiting patiently on the shelf in his office, contained the answer. -\subsection{*Chapter 16*: Scorpions of +\chapter{*Chapter 16*: Scorpions of Ice}\label{chapter-16-scorpions-of-ice} Thank you for the reviews yesterday! @@ -11959,7 +11953,7 @@ about being \emph{vates}. But if that did not work\ldots{} \emph{Well, another distraction should.} -\subsection{*Chapter 17*: My Responses Have +\chapter{*Chapter 17*: My Responses Have Claws}\label{chapter-17-my-responses-have-claws} Thank you for the reviews yesterday! @@ -12580,7 +12574,7 @@ now, tugging him on. \emph{to see me for what I am---just as powerful and just as worthy as he is.} -\subsection{*Chapter 18*: Interlude: From Melinda and +\chapter{*Chapter 18*: Interlude: From Melinda and Hellebore}\label{chapter-18-interlude-from-melinda-and-hellebore} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! Boy, talk about @@ -12689,7 +12683,7 @@ Have a wonderful day, and a very happy late summer to you! \emph{Hellebore Shiverwood.} -\subsection{*Chapter 19*: He Will Have Cause to +\chapter{*Chapter 19*: He Will Have Cause to Regret}\label{chapter-19-he-will-have-cause-to-regret} Thank you for the reviews yesterday! @@ -13342,7 +13336,7 @@ as everyone else in my thinking, and deserve the same consideration.} \emph{I just want them to be happy.} -\subsection{*Chapter 20*: On This Day of +\chapter{*Chapter 20*: On This Day of Balance}\label{chapter-20-on-this-day-of-balance} Thank you for the reviews yesterday! @@ -14034,7 +14028,7 @@ Harry lay with his head on the table, panting, trying desperately to soothe the jumbled pain in his head, and hang on to his sanity, and figure out what in the hell had just happened. -\subsection{*Chapter 21*: Not So Private +\chapter{*Chapter 21*: Not So Private Lessons}\label{chapter-21-not-so-private-lessons} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -14737,7 +14731,7 @@ I'll fail again---I'll correct myself. This is for the best.} doesn't find out about the way I'm going to reverse the potion against James. He'll only be angry if he finds out.} -\subsection{*Chapter 22*: Interlude: Answers to the +\chapter{*Chapter 22*: Interlude: Answers to the Calling}\label{chapter-22-interlude-answers-to-the-calling} Thank you for the reviews yesterday! @@ -14991,7 +14985,7 @@ several years, after all. \emph{Acies Lestrange.} -\subsection{*Chapter 23*: Never Underestimate a House +\chapter{*Chapter 23*: Never Underestimate a House Elf}\label{chapter-23-never-underestimate-a-house-elf} And this is the start of a new plot direction, as I just revised the @@ -15619,7 +15613,7 @@ If only the damn, dim remnant of the phoenix song would stop echoing in the room, and the sensation that he was making a mistake would stop echoing in his brain. -\subsection{*Chapter 24*: Delegation}\label{chapter-24-delegation} +\chapter{*Chapter 24*: Delegation}\label{chapter-24-delegation} Thanks for the reviews yesterday! @@ -16323,7 +16317,7 @@ He found himself almost glad, in a fierce way, of the discovery. Not only would it mean freeing Draco sooner, but it kept him from wondering what his father was planning. -\subsection{*Chapter 25*: Cry Havoc}\label{chapter-25-cry-havoc} +\chapter{*Chapter 25*: Cry Havoc}\label{chapter-25-cry-havoc} \textbf{PLEASE READ: This was supposed to be Chapter 25. However, Chapter 25 refuses to show up for some reason, so I'm reposting this as @@ -16977,7 +16971,7 @@ front.} And if he didn't hurry, he would be late to Charms, anyway. -\subsection{*Chapter 26*: To Be +\chapter{*Chapter 26*: To Be Slytherin}\label{chapter-26-to-be-slytherin} \textbf{PLEASE NOTE: This is Chapter 21, not 20. Yes, I know there were @@ -17722,7 +17716,7 @@ his idiocy. Against a Light wizard, Light dances.} \emph{I do not see why this lesson is so hard to understand.} -\subsection{*Chapter 27*: And Unleash the Dogs of +\chapter{*Chapter 27*: And Unleash the Dogs of War}\label{chapter-27-and-unleash-the-dogs-of-war} Thank you for the reviews yesterday! @@ -18382,7 +18376,7 @@ malevolently at him. Harry narrowed his eyes at it. \emph{I'm going to get rid of you, too, see if I don't.} -\subsection{*Chapter 28*: Dancers in the +\chapter{*Chapter 28*: Dancers in the Light}\label{chapter-28-dancers-in-the-light} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -19091,7 +19085,7 @@ and accepting help isn't the same thing as abandoning your duty.} Harry washed the blood off his scar, brushed his teeth, and went to bed. -\subsection{*Chapter 29*: Open Unto Me}\label{chapter-29-open-unto-me} +\chapter{*Chapter 29*: Open Unto Me}\label{chapter-29-open-unto-me} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -19889,7 +19883,7 @@ a task that he could fling himself into. \emph{Move forward. There is little use in looking back.} -\subsection{*Chapter 30*: The Light Lord's +\chapter{*Chapter 30*: The Light Lord's Bargain}\label{chapter-30-the-light-lords-bargain} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter. @@ -20526,7 +20520,7 @@ would. \emph{Harry will thank me for this at the end of the year, I'm sure of it.} -\subsection{*Chapter 31*: Interlude: The Sea in +\chapter{*Chapter 31*: Interlude: The Sea in Storm}\label{chapter-31-interlude-the-sea-in-storm} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -20629,7 +20623,7 @@ In hope, \emph{Peter Pettigrew.} -\subsection{*Chapter 32*: Inviting Someone Dangerous to +\chapter{*Chapter 32*: Inviting Someone Dangerous to Tea}\label{chapter-32-inviting-someone-dangerous-to-tea} First of the three Halloween chapters- in which lots of people start @@ -21363,7 +21357,7 @@ coming.} dedicated to him in return, and catch him when he falls, the way he would catch us.} -\subsection{*Chapter 33*: What Light Is +\chapter{*Chapter 33*: What Light Is Like}\label{chapter-33-what-light-is-like} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -21960,7 +21954,7 @@ ears ring and his body clench. listening, and gathered himself, and \emph{jumped}, pushing against the anti-Apparition wards as he headed straight to Draco's side. -\subsection{*Chapter 34*: Julia Malfoy}\label{chapter-34-julia-malfoy} +\chapter{*Chapter 34*: Julia Malfoy}\label{chapter-34-julia-malfoy} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -22811,7 +22805,7 @@ screw this one up.} ``I missed you, too,'' he whispered. -\subsection{*Chapter 35*: Explosions}\label{chapter-35-explosions} +\chapter{*Chapter 35*: Explosions}\label{chapter-35-explosions} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -23672,7 +23666,7 @@ see him, and the way his hand shook. It was the only way he got through the letter. -\subsection{*Chapter 36*: Interlude: The Hardest +\chapter{*Chapter 36*: Interlude: The Hardest Letter}\label{chapter-36-interlude-the-hardest-letter} This was\ldots{}very hard. @@ -23821,7 +23815,7 @@ Regards, \emph{Harry.} -\subsection{*Chapter 37*: Decus}\label{chapter-37-decus} +\chapter{*Chapter 37*: Decus}\label{chapter-37-decus} Thank you for the responses to the Interlude! @@ -24523,7 +24517,7 @@ then gave the thestral a pat on the shoulder, let it lick more blood from his scar, and set off, back to the castle and the world of limitations he had chosen. -\subsection{*Chapter 38*: To The Ministry We +\chapter{*Chapter 38*: To The Ministry We Go}\label{chapter-38-to-the-ministry-we-go} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -25319,7 +25313,7 @@ this} staring\emph{, and then I won't fail anyone.} \emph{At least that didn't take as long as I thought it would. Now, I can get more things done this afternoon.} -\subsection{*Chapter 39*: The Last Day +\chapter{*Chapter 39*: The Last Day Before}\label{chapter-39-the-last-day-before} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -26042,7 +26036,7 @@ can see.} Harry let out a deep sigh, and, for the first time in far too many days, relaxed. -\subsection{*Chapter 40*: Wildest of Them +\chapter{*Chapter 40*: Wildest of Them All}\label{chapter-40-wildest-of-them-all} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -27009,7 +27003,7 @@ safe. \emph{Those problems will most definitely be solved somehow, because there's no way in hell I'm giving this up. Or him.} -\subsection{*Chapter 41*: Serpent's +\chapter{*Chapter 41*: Serpent's Strike}\label{chapter-41-serpents-strike} Thank you for all the responses on the last chapter! @@ -27686,7 +27680,7 @@ teasing him until he does. And besides, his crush might reciprocate his feelings. I think he'd be happier then. He seems pretty damn serious about this.} -\subsection{*Chapter 42*: Intermission: Two +\chapter{*Chapter 42*: Intermission: Two Conversations}\label{chapter-42-intermission-two-conversations} This is just a short little chapterlet to tie up some threads that @@ -27970,7 +27964,7 @@ Albus sighed again and opened his eyes. \emph{It will have to. Matters cannot go on as they have been. And I will send him warning. On his head be it if he chooses to ignore the warning.} -\subsection{*Chapter 43*: A Deep and Tangled +\chapter{*Chapter 43*: A Deep and Tangled Tale}\label{chapter-43-a-deep-and-tangled-tale} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! Er. Chapterlet. @@ -28694,7 +28688,7 @@ It was pleasant to know that, when forced to commit instead of watch and wait and hover between decisions as he liked to do, he had chosen the winning side. -\subsection{*Chapter 44*: Meleager's +\chapter{*Chapter 44*: Meleager's Fire}\label{chapter-44-meleagers-fire} Thank you for the responses on the last chapter! @@ -29777,7 +29771,7 @@ still to be in danger of his unbalancing power. fulfillment will come soon. I am sorry, Severus, Harry, but I cannot allow you to do what you could so easily do, together.} -\subsection{*Chapter 45*: Dancing With +\chapter{*Chapter 45*: Dancing With Luna}\label{chapter-45-dancing-with-luna} Thank you for the reviews yesterday! @@ -30658,7 +30652,7 @@ managed the spell. Lily gazed at him, and said, ``Hello, Harry.'' -\subsection{*Chapter 46*: A Dark Lord Will Be +\chapter{*Chapter 46*: A Dark Lord Will Be Along}\label{chapter-46-a-dark-lord-will-be-along} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -31341,7 +31335,7 @@ Harry shiver in shock, and Draco tighten his hold on him. At his window, Albus Dumbledore leaned his forehead on the glass and shut his eyes in utter despair. -\subsection{*Chapter 47*: Dark Yule}\label{chapter-47-dark-yule} +\chapter{*Chapter 47*: Dark Yule}\label{chapter-47-dark-yule} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -32266,7 +32260,7 @@ several of them, while they responded by trying to bite his fingers off. For some reason, Harry found, he really liked watching Draco when his eyes were bright and he was animated like that. -\subsection{*Chapter 48*: Interlude: SelfRecording +\chapter{*Chapter 48*: Interlude: SelfRecording Pensieves}\label{chapter-48-interlude-selfrecording-pensieves} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -32320,7 +32314,7 @@ I am, \emph{Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry}. -\subsection{*Chapter 49*: Election Day}\label{chapter-49-election-day} +\chapter{*Chapter 49*: Election Day}\label{chapter-49-election-day} Thank you for the responses on the last chapter! @@ -33011,7 +33005,7 @@ Ministry." Amelia laughed at him. Rufus didn't see why. It really \emph{was} his Ministry, now, and people had to learn that he had no truck with Lords. -\subsection{*Chapter 50*: Spikes in the +\chapter{*Chapter 50*: Spikes in the Head}\label{chapter-50-spikes-in-the-head} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -33734,7 +33728,7 @@ have any compunctions.'' He shut the door hard behind him on his way out. -\subsection{*Chapter 51*: Neither Snape Nor +\chapter{*Chapter 51*: Neither Snape Nor Harry}\label{chapter-51-neither-snape-nor-harry} Thank you for the reviews yesterday! @@ -34468,7 +34462,7 @@ seeing, he has to be unconvinced.} Harry gently put \emph{Light Lady and Dark Lord} back into its place, and then strode from the library towards the Ancient Runes classroom. -\subsection{*Chapter 52*: They Are +\chapter{*Chapter 52*: They Are Dancing}\label{chapter-52-they-are-dancing} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -35205,7 +35199,7 @@ and look at Draco. Draco was smiling at him. There was summer in his eyes. -\subsection{*Chapter 53*: Intermission: +\chapter{*Chapter 53*: Intermission: Glances}\label{chapter-53-intermission-glances} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -35479,7 +35473,7 @@ Narcissa had been good politics, but that was not the reason he was filled with fierce delight whenever she wanted to go to bed. That was all, and only, her. -\subsection{*Chapter 54*: A Moment Between +\chapter{*Chapter 54*: A Moment Between Brothers}\label{chapter-54-a-moment-between-brothers} Um. @@ -36182,7 +36176,7 @@ excited shrieks around him. \emph{And why the hell the gray web in the water was wavering, and what Dumbledore knows about it.} -\subsection{*Chapter 55*: A Man's Soul May +\chapter{*Chapter 55*: A Man's Soul May Waver}\label{chapter-55-a-mans-soul-may-waver} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -36840,7 +36834,7 @@ him even if he did. \emph{It is time to make it clear where we stand.} -\subsection{*Chapter 56*: Harry's Stake}\label{chapter-56-harrys-stake} +\chapter{*Chapter 56*: Harry's Stake}\label{chapter-56-harrys-stake} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -38149,7 +38143,7 @@ Slowly, imperceptibly, he relaxed. \emph{Maybe it's not such a bad thing, being seen.} -\subsection{*Chapter 57*: Interlude: Shall I Offer +\chapter{*Chapter 57*: Interlude: Shall I Offer Thee}\label{chapter-57-interlude-shall-i-offer-thee} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -38206,7 +38200,7 @@ With all the regards of self-interest, \emph{Evan Rosier.} -\subsection{*Chapter 58*: The Bloody +\chapter{*Chapter 58*: The Bloody Bed}\label{chapter-58-the-bloody-bed} This chapter is very odd, so I'm just going to say that and leave it at @@ -39006,7 +39000,7 @@ we'll lay down our lives for you.} \emph{Whether you want us to or not. You've got yourself allies, Harry Potter, and we don't intend to let you go.} -\subsection{*Chapter 59*: Irrevocably +\chapter{*Chapter 59*: Irrevocably Changed}\label{chapter-59-irrevocably-changed} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -40072,7 +40066,7 @@ Seers and their superstitious nonsense! It's not enough to have to listen to Trelawney's babbling at the head table, now I have to do it in my own office\ldots{}} -\subsection{*Chapter 60*: Must You Remind +\chapter{*Chapter 60*: Must You Remind Everyone}\label{chapter-60-must-you-remind-everyone} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -40860,7 +40854,7 @@ He closed his eyes, and smiled. That was all that needed to happen right now. -\subsection{*Chapter 61*: Demands, and +\chapter{*Chapter 61*: Demands, and Harry}\label{chapter-61-demands-and-harry} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -41693,7 +41687,7 @@ people give me power, even if it's a fickle, changeable power, they do it by their own choice, and they take it away by choice, too. I ought to use my fame to benefit my allies as much as I can.} -\subsection{*Chapter 62*: Troubled the +\chapter{*Chapter 62*: Troubled the Twilight}\label{chapter-62-troubled-the-twilight} Thank you for the reviews last chapter! @@ -42337,7 +42331,7 @@ Harry remembered his scar, but he was so exhausted---as much by the thought of the future as by the thought of the present---that he curled up and took Regulus's advice. -\subsection{*Chapter 63*: Interlude: Son of +\chapter{*Chapter 63*: Interlude: Son of Mine}\label{chapter-63-interlude-son-of-mine} I like this interlude. @@ -42716,7 +42710,7 @@ Sincerely, \emph{James Potter.} -\subsection{*Chapter 64*: Walking on +\chapter{*Chapter 64*: Walking on Eggshells}\label{chapter-64-walking-on-eggshells} Thank you for the reviews yesterday! @@ -43460,7 +43454,7 @@ corridors, and opened the right door. In the room before him, glittering, silver-edged, he felt the Maze's alien awareness open one eye. -\subsection{*Chapter 65*: May The Maze Be +\chapter{*Chapter 65*: May The Maze Be Unending}\label{chapter-65-may-the-maze-be-unending} Thank you for the responses on the last chapter! @@ -44120,7 +44114,7 @@ up young trees in place of the vanquished old ones. At the moment, at least, the world was heavy with possibility, vivid and young and full of the morning. -\subsection{*Chapter 66*: Expanding the +\chapter{*Chapter 66*: Expanding the Covenant}\label{chapter-66-expanding-the-covenant} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -44841,7 +44835,7 @@ and going mad, and couldn't identify it. "\emph{How}?" like the smug bastard he was, and then ushered him ahead of him and out of the Ministry, refusing to answer any more questions. -\subsection{*Chapter 67*: Down, and Down, and +\chapter{*Chapter 67*: Down, and Down, and Down}\label{chapter-67-down-and-down-and-down} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -45923,7 +45917,7 @@ grass. ``The night isn't done yet.'' He felt a smile breaking across his face in spite of himself, as the magic went to work on making him happy. ``Let's dance.'' -\subsection{*Chapter 68*: Intermission: After the +\chapter{*Chapter 68*: Intermission: After the Dancing}\label{chapter-68-intermission-after-the-dancing} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -46365,7 +46359,7 @@ be helped, and they would heal in time. At least they had left by the time she finished writing her letter, sent it to Lucius, and sat down to watch her face in the mirror and comb her hair. -\subsection{*Chapter 69*: Laying the +\chapter{*Chapter 69*: Laying the Ground}\label{chapter-69-laying-the-ground} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -47181,7 +47175,7 @@ As for Hawthorn\ldots{} binding me from going after Dumbledore,} she thought, and bared her teeth to the moonlight. -\subsection{*Chapter 70*: Blood of the +\chapter{*Chapter 70*: Blood of the Basilisk}\label{chapter-70-blood-of-the-basilisk} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -47949,7 +47943,7 @@ selfish holding back. Harry slipped into sleep, fully aware that he would be smiling. There could be no better cause for tiring himself out than this. -\subsection{*Chapter 71*: Interlude: And Soaring Ever +\chapter{*Chapter 71*: Interlude: And Soaring Ever Singest}\label{chapter-71-interlude-and-soaring-ever-singest} Thank you for the reviews on Chapter 57! @@ -48013,7 +48007,7 @@ In the game, \emph{Evan Rosier.} -\subsection{*Chapter 72*: One Sacrifice Too +\chapter{*Chapter 72*: One Sacrifice Too Many}\label{chapter-72-one-sacrifice-too-many} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -48922,7 +48916,7 @@ expanded to batter at the inside of Harry's skull. \emph{I rather like Draco self-satisfied,} Harry thought, as they walked back to the dungeons together. -\subsection{*Chapter 73*: First +\chapter{*Chapter 73*: First Guardian}\label{chapter-73-first-guardian} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -49514,7 +49508,7 @@ away and reverse his progress, even if Harry wants me to.} \emph{Better he hate me and be able to laugh like that than to love me and be silent.} -\subsection{*Chapter 74*: Intermission: Five +\chapter{*Chapter 74*: Intermission: Five Months}\label{chapter-74-intermission-five-months} Originally, this was a chapter proper. Then I discovered that I didn't @@ -49861,7 +49855,7 @@ Albus went on to breakfast, his stride firm and sure. It had cost him some uncertainty and some standing in the eyes of the wizarding world, but he was back in the game. -\subsection{*Chapter 75*: Day of Longest +\chapter{*Chapter 75*: Day of Longest Light}\label{chapter-75-day-of-longest-light} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter. @@ -50627,7 +50621,7 @@ hasn't forsaken his old allegiance after all. He was their sleeper.} He did not doubt that he was going to the Death Eaters, and Voldemort. Grimly, Harry began preparing himself for what he would find there. -\subsection{*Chapter 76*: Crucio, and Worse Than +\chapter{*Chapter 76*: Crucio, and Worse Than Crucio}\label{chapter-76-crucio-and-worse-than-crucio} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -51463,7 +51457,7 @@ sickened by his own folly in not controlling his wandless magic some other way, the part that had opened the cage and let the fury out---was fiercely glad of it. -\subsection{*Chapter 77*: Deep Death +\chapter{*Chapter 77*: Deep Death Waits}\label{chapter-77-deep-death-waits} Thank you again for the reviews on Chapter 61! @@ -52069,7 +52063,7 @@ graveyard and start hurting other people.} \emph{Yes, I think I can do that. I'm already a murderer, aren't I?} -\subsection{*Chapter 78*: Of Hedges and Plains of +\chapter{*Chapter 78*: Of Hedges and Plains of Ice}\label{chapter-78-of-hedges-and-plains-of-ice} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -52791,7 +52785,7 @@ Harry shook his head slightly, and let his right arm rest on Dragonsbane's floating corpse, and Disapparated them all, Harry and body and phoenix, with a crack. -\subsection{*Chapter 79*: All Fall Down}\label{chapter-79-all-fall-down} +\chapter{*Chapter 79*: All Fall Down}\label{chapter-79-all-fall-down} Thank you for the reviews yesterday! @@ -53736,7 +53730,7 @@ that Midsummer night. \emph{No matter what else happens to me, I am still} vates\emph{. There is still that.} -\subsection{*Chapter 80*: Call It Compulsion, Call It +\chapter{*Chapter 80*: Call It Compulsion, Call It Madness}\label{chapter-80-call-it-compulsion-call-it-madness} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -54572,7 +54566,7 @@ struggle with the boy's will, but the mist had slipped in through the cracks in Harry's emotional exhaustion and uncertainty. The compulsion had worked. -\subsection{*Chapter 81*: Harry and +\chapter{*Chapter 81*: Harry and Lily}\label{chapter-81-harry-and-lily} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -55248,7 +55242,7 @@ more courageous or Dumbledore any wiser. They have to stop.} \emph{And that means that I have to go have a little talk with Draco.} -\subsection{*Chapter 82*: Only Forward}\label{chapter-82-only-forward} +\chapter{*Chapter 82*: Only Forward}\label{chapter-82-only-forward} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -55942,7 +55936,7 @@ head all the same. This time, its message was unmistakable. \emph{Come to us.} -\subsection{*Chapter 83*: A Toy and a +\chapter{*Chapter 83*: A Toy and a Coin}\label{chapter-83-a-toy-and-a-coin} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -56572,7 +56566,7 @@ She wondered whom he would swear vengeance against. She hoped she would get to watch him exact it. -\subsection{*Chapter 84*: Trying Again}\label{chapter-84-trying-again} +\chapter{*Chapter 84*: Trying Again}\label{chapter-84-trying-again} Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter! @@ -57190,7 +57184,7 @@ fruition and Harry heard of it, he stepped onto his road. \emph{Neither of us were born for the easy way.} -\subsection{*Chapter 85*: Interlude: The +\chapter{*Chapter 85*: Interlude: The Invitation}\label{chapter-85-interlude-the-invitation} Thank you for the responses to the last chapter! @@ -57235,7 +57229,7 @@ I remain, sir, \emph{Severus Snape.} -\subsection{*Chapter 86*: The Clear Sea For +\chapter{*Chapter 86*: The Clear Sea For Miles}\label{chapter-86-the-clear-sea-for-miles} This is the last chapter of `Freedom and Not Peace.' A great and @@ -57615,3 +57609,5 @@ For a moment, there was only beauty, and \emph{light}, and the clear sea for miles on glimmering miles, and his heart was still with wonder. The sun was rising. + +\end{document} |