Alright, well, I did it! I posted my One-Shot to both MuggleNet FanFiction and CosForums.com. I am hoping I get some great feedback and that overall people enjoy it. I have been brewing another idea, for a chapter story! I think it will need further development and research but I think it will be better to let it become what it will in time...but I am very intrigued!
love. k.
24 September, 2007
23 September, 2007
A Hagird POV One-Shot
All Hallows Eve
Written by: Kate Swaim
Copyright © 2007
Disclaimer: All characters here within have been lovingly borrowed from the creative genius of author JK Rowling.
The scene was gruesome. Thick black smoke filled the air, and dusted the ground before him with soot. He kicked the stand of the large motorbike and lent it down.
Hidden from the Muggle eye, the house now sat completely in ruin. It was hard to believe that such devastation could go unnoticed, that all those within the square of Godric’s Hollow slept unbeknownst to the carnage that had occurred that night.
Slowly, Hagrid walked towards the front gate. He staggered for support as he found himself frozen. Glass from shattered windows shone in the moonlight. Shimmering like a thousand tiny stars strewn carelessly about the lawn. Half of the second floor was gone, blown to bits from the weight of the curse. Bits of scorched ceiling and smoke was all that was left.
A rough, chill breeze drew Hagrid from his daze. And, suddenly he stepped forward with strong resolve. He had a mission, a task to be done. Pulling his moleskin coat tight around his bulging arms, he buttoned the remaining buttons hurriedly.
Grasping the handle on the gate, he punched the lever lift with his thumb. The gate swung back from his hand with a creak. The squelch of metal against the hanging stagnant air caused him to wince.
Gathering strength, Hagrid stepped through the threshold. Turning to where he had stood moments before, he slowly closed the gate. With a snap, the gate locked into its place. The sharp sound shuddered through the night air. And then, as suddenly as it came it was gone, another sound replacing it. Softly, like that of a wounded creature, a whimper came from within the wreckage.
Now blaring, like a siren, came the cries. Hagrid rushed toward the house peering into what was left of the second floor. Twice the size of two adult men, Hagrid’s eyes were just level with where the second floor windows ought to have been. He couldn’t see anything. It seemed, that in the explosion, the floor had fallen out and what could be seen as the second floor was only walls.
Circling the house, following the cries, Hagrid rounded on a large hole where the back sliding door once stood. Poking his head into the house, all he saw was black. Taking a step back, Hagrid reached in to one of his jackets many pockets. Out he pulled a pink umbrella, too small for his size. Quietly, as if speaking to the umbrella, he whispered, “Lumos!”
A bright light shone out from the tip of the umbrella. “Harry? Harry, if yeh can ‘ear me...” Hagrid crouched slowly through the door opening careful not to budge up against anything, should it all come crashing in around him. The cries had stopped suddenly. “Harry? Harry? Are yeh in ‘ere? If yeh are, cry again or...or something, anything...Harry?”
Hagrid stood waiting, hoping against hope, for a sound. Any sound to suggest that he was all right, that all hope was not lost, that he would survive. That something from this night, other than the Dark Lord’s disappearance, would be worth celebrating.
Across the room came a muffled gurgle. Like a low soft spitting noise. As Hagrid neared closer toward the source of the sound, he focused his attention. It sounded, as if someone were blowing raspberries. Laughing almost Hagrid spoke, “Harry, is that you?” Crouching beneath a fallen support beam Hagrid found himself looking at a turned over sofa. Carefully he dropped to his knees and peered under the sofas edge. There, lying on a cushioned pillow, was Harry.
“Harry!” beamed Hagrid as he reached towards the gurgling baby. He gently pulled Harry out from beneath the sofa and looked him over thoroughly? Satisfied that Harry was none the worse for ware, he lifted the baby to eye level. “All right there, Harry?” Harry giggled and stretched a stubby arm to tap Hagrid’s bulbous button nose.
“Hey there!” Hagrid’s black eyes glinted in the glow of his umbrella. Although, his face was covered in bushy black hair you could tell he was smiling from his eyes. Harry let out a high squeal of laughter and grabbed a tuft of Hagrid’s black beard. With a swift yank, “Aargh!” chortled Hagrid. “Got yeh a strong grip there don’ yeh Harry?”
Getting to his feet, he cupped Harry in the crook of his elbow and sidled back out the way he came. The sun was beginning to rise, peeking out from behind the clouds that had seemed to plague the countryside for quite sometime. It was much warmer, Hagrid noticed, then it had been. Maybe he was gone. Maybe all the dark stuff of the past was finally going to stop. Maybe life, for a change, would be peaceful. As he dared let the thought cross his mind, he snuck a peek at the tiny bundle in his arms. Harry seemed to be snoozing.
How had it happened? How had Harry survived? Lifting Harry for a closer look, he first noticed the cut. Showing, just barely, from beneath his jet-black hair, was a small lighting bolt shaped wound. Resting Harry on one arm, he brushed his hair to the side. it wasn’t a deep wound, but it was definite, and Hagrid assumed, lasting. All the same, it couldn’t hurt to try. Grabbing hold of the pink umbrella, he turned it towards Harry. The light that shone from its end caused Harry to squirm in Hagrid’s arm. “Ah, sorry there Harry. Nox.” The light went out so suddenly it took a moment before Hagrid’s eye adjusted and he saw Harry holding on to the spot where the light had just gone out. Hagrid smiled, “Like that do yeh? How ‘bout this then? Lemme see if there ain’t summat we can do abou’ that there cut o’ yours?” Pointing the wand to the wound on Harry’s forehead Hagrid screwed up his brow in concentration, “Episkey!” Nothing happened. Hagrid knew it was a long shot. Healing spells were rather advanced. “Well then, at least we tried, eh?” Harry smiled up at the giant. He didn’t seem in pain at all. he was going to be just fine.
Suddenly, A light in the house next-door flicked on. Hagrid had lost track of time, he knew any moment the Muggles would swoop in on the house, now that the charms around it had disappeared. Quickly he grasped his umbrella. Conjuring a basinet and blankets, he wrapped Harry up gently, trying not to wake him. “Lumos.” Another light from across the street flicked on. “Ah better not then, Nox.” Harry stretched his arms with a yawn and snuggled himself down inside his blankets. Hurriedly, Hagrid placed Harry is the basket and walked toward the motorbike in the street. Sitting astride the bike, he kicked it into life. With a roar, the bike rode down the sweeping street and into the air disappearing between a patch of clouds.
Hagrid looked back at the fragile form behind him. He couldn’t believe the luck. A baby had defeated the Dark Lord, it didn’t seem possible, it didn’t seem real. So many had been lost, so much sacrificed, it was like a dream. Flying east over Bristol Hagrid again check his cargo.
Harry had fallen soundly asleep. Hagrid smile, all he had to do now was meet with professor Dumbledore and Harry would truly be safe.
Lend me your thoughts if you so choose, I would appreciate it!
- GWP
Written by: Kate Swaim
Copyright © 2007
Disclaimer: All characters here within have been lovingly borrowed from the creative genius of author JK Rowling.
The scene was gruesome. Thick black smoke filled the air, and dusted the ground before him with soot. He kicked the stand of the large motorbike and lent it down.
Hidden from the Muggle eye, the house now sat completely in ruin. It was hard to believe that such devastation could go unnoticed, that all those within the square of Godric’s Hollow slept unbeknownst to the carnage that had occurred that night.
Slowly, Hagrid walked towards the front gate. He staggered for support as he found himself frozen. Glass from shattered windows shone in the moonlight. Shimmering like a thousand tiny stars strewn carelessly about the lawn. Half of the second floor was gone, blown to bits from the weight of the curse. Bits of scorched ceiling and smoke was all that was left.
A rough, chill breeze drew Hagrid from his daze. And, suddenly he stepped forward with strong resolve. He had a mission, a task to be done. Pulling his moleskin coat tight around his bulging arms, he buttoned the remaining buttons hurriedly.
Grasping the handle on the gate, he punched the lever lift with his thumb. The gate swung back from his hand with a creak. The squelch of metal against the hanging stagnant air caused him to wince.
Gathering strength, Hagrid stepped through the threshold. Turning to where he had stood moments before, he slowly closed the gate. With a snap, the gate locked into its place. The sharp sound shuddered through the night air. And then, as suddenly as it came it was gone, another sound replacing it. Softly, like that of a wounded creature, a whimper came from within the wreckage.
Now blaring, like a siren, came the cries. Hagrid rushed toward the house peering into what was left of the second floor. Twice the size of two adult men, Hagrid’s eyes were just level with where the second floor windows ought to have been. He couldn’t see anything. It seemed, that in the explosion, the floor had fallen out and what could be seen as the second floor was only walls.
Circling the house, following the cries, Hagrid rounded on a large hole where the back sliding door once stood. Poking his head into the house, all he saw was black. Taking a step back, Hagrid reached in to one of his jackets many pockets. Out he pulled a pink umbrella, too small for his size. Quietly, as if speaking to the umbrella, he whispered, “Lumos!”
A bright light shone out from the tip of the umbrella. “Harry? Harry, if yeh can ‘ear me...” Hagrid crouched slowly through the door opening careful not to budge up against anything, should it all come crashing in around him. The cries had stopped suddenly. “Harry? Harry? Are yeh in ‘ere? If yeh are, cry again or...or something, anything...Harry?”
Hagrid stood waiting, hoping against hope, for a sound. Any sound to suggest that he was all right, that all hope was not lost, that he would survive. That something from this night, other than the Dark Lord’s disappearance, would be worth celebrating.
Across the room came a muffled gurgle. Like a low soft spitting noise. As Hagrid neared closer toward the source of the sound, he focused his attention. It sounded, as if someone were blowing raspberries. Laughing almost Hagrid spoke, “Harry, is that you?” Crouching beneath a fallen support beam Hagrid found himself looking at a turned over sofa. Carefully he dropped to his knees and peered under the sofas edge. There, lying on a cushioned pillow, was Harry.
“Harry!” beamed Hagrid as he reached towards the gurgling baby. He gently pulled Harry out from beneath the sofa and looked him over thoroughly? Satisfied that Harry was none the worse for ware, he lifted the baby to eye level. “All right there, Harry?” Harry giggled and stretched a stubby arm to tap Hagrid’s bulbous button nose.
“Hey there!” Hagrid’s black eyes glinted in the glow of his umbrella. Although, his face was covered in bushy black hair you could tell he was smiling from his eyes. Harry let out a high squeal of laughter and grabbed a tuft of Hagrid’s black beard. With a swift yank, “Aargh!” chortled Hagrid. “Got yeh a strong grip there don’ yeh Harry?”
Getting to his feet, he cupped Harry in the crook of his elbow and sidled back out the way he came. The sun was beginning to rise, peeking out from behind the clouds that had seemed to plague the countryside for quite sometime. It was much warmer, Hagrid noticed, then it had been. Maybe he was gone. Maybe all the dark stuff of the past was finally going to stop. Maybe life, for a change, would be peaceful. As he dared let the thought cross his mind, he snuck a peek at the tiny bundle in his arms. Harry seemed to be snoozing.
How had it happened? How had Harry survived? Lifting Harry for a closer look, he first noticed the cut. Showing, just barely, from beneath his jet-black hair, was a small lighting bolt shaped wound. Resting Harry on one arm, he brushed his hair to the side. it wasn’t a deep wound, but it was definite, and Hagrid assumed, lasting. All the same, it couldn’t hurt to try. Grabbing hold of the pink umbrella, he turned it towards Harry. The light that shone from its end caused Harry to squirm in Hagrid’s arm. “Ah, sorry there Harry. Nox.” The light went out so suddenly it took a moment before Hagrid’s eye adjusted and he saw Harry holding on to the spot where the light had just gone out. Hagrid smiled, “Like that do yeh? How ‘bout this then? Lemme see if there ain’t summat we can do abou’ that there cut o’ yours?” Pointing the wand to the wound on Harry’s forehead Hagrid screwed up his brow in concentration, “Episkey!” Nothing happened. Hagrid knew it was a long shot. Healing spells were rather advanced. “Well then, at least we tried, eh?” Harry smiled up at the giant. He didn’t seem in pain at all. he was going to be just fine.
Suddenly, A light in the house next-door flicked on. Hagrid had lost track of time, he knew any moment the Muggles would swoop in on the house, now that the charms around it had disappeared. Quickly he grasped his umbrella. Conjuring a basinet and blankets, he wrapped Harry up gently, trying not to wake him. “Lumos.” Another light from across the street flicked on. “Ah better not then, Nox.” Harry stretched his arms with a yawn and snuggled himself down inside his blankets. Hurriedly, Hagrid placed Harry is the basket and walked toward the motorbike in the street. Sitting astride the bike, he kicked it into life. With a roar, the bike rode down the sweeping street and into the air disappearing between a patch of clouds.
Hagrid looked back at the fragile form behind him. He couldn’t believe the luck. A baby had defeated the Dark Lord, it didn’t seem possible, it didn’t seem real. So many had been lost, so much sacrificed, it was like a dream. Flying east over Bristol Hagrid again check his cargo.
Harry had fallen soundly asleep. Hagrid smile, all he had to do now was meet with professor Dumbledore and Harry would truly be safe.
Lend me your thoughts if you so choose, I would appreciate it!
- GWP
Time disappears, I swear.
Ok, so it's been almost a month since my last post...I swear I had no idea! My sister came to visit last weekend which may account for some of the time I have seemed to misplace lately. So I have finally gotten around to "finishing" that one-shot I mentioned previously. I will post it here to do a bit more editing before it is posted to a few fan sites and forums. I hope it is recieved well. It is always a tough thing to judge. And, I know if I want people to take me seriously I will have to write faster and with more conviction. I want readers, and as I reader first I know that I will have to move quickly to get a steadfast following. Perhaps its better to write it all and then make postings one at a time...Nah. Where's the fun in that. Oh well I will post what I have now.
- k
- k
08 September, 2007
The World is Just Enough.
But not for most. This week was...rough. And, surprisingly it wasn't. One of those things where on paper it looks a breeze, but in action it causes emotional strain that will drain both the body and the soul. I have an interview for a full time position this week, lets hope/pray for some positivity! My family went to see Rascal Flatts back home in Virginia last night. Jerks. The only sympathy offered was...and I quote: "We will be out late tonight, Dad got tickets to Rascal Flatts (sorry). Will call you tomorrow. - Mom" Hooker.
Anyway it's Saturday, lets find something pleasant to do eh?
Anyway it's Saturday, lets find something pleasant to do eh?
05 September, 2007
Oh the lives we lead...
One wishes to enjoy ones job, at least that's how it typically goes...eh? As long as there are tasks to do and the time to do them it's good. But, when thing, after thing, after thing, gets dropped on the desk perhaps one starts to feel overwhelmed. And then one's wandering eye looks over and what is the superior doing? God knows, but it involves the internet and not doing work. Blah. Now, one wouldn't begrudge the idea of a couple minutes break to peruse the email or an occasionally 'fun' site. But, if there is sooooo much to do that there is not even enough time for one to enjoy their tea before it goes cold, then maybe, said superior who, seems to have abundant amounts of time could help out. Who knows?
Started writing the one-shot last night. Think it's going well, I'll post the part that is completed here later after it's typed up. It needs editing and, at times it is easier to see mistakes when they are off the pad and on the screen.
late.
k.
Started writing the one-shot last night. Think it's going well, I'll post the part that is completed here later after it's typed up. It needs editing and, at times it is easier to see mistakes when they are off the pad and on the screen.
late.
k.
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