Babblings of a Muppet-Loving Freak

Literally woke up last night with a realization about Draco.

Remember that opal necklace for Dumbledore that was an attempt to kill him? That always seemed rather vicious to me, not, as Dumbledore said, a half-hearted attempt.

This is obviously the same necklace from Borgin and Burkes with the sign in front of it stating it had claimed the lives of nineteen Muggle owners.

Dumbledore wasn't a Muggle, so Draco probably assumed it wouldn't kill him. But that leaves the problem of Katie Bell, which I had to look up.

Katie Bell, who delivered the package, is either pureblood or half-blood according to her Wiki entry, not Muggleborn. My money's on her being half-blood since she did get sick from touching it, but didn't die.

So, Dumbledore was right. The supposed assassination attempt was, in fact, planned to fail, and Draco was horrified Katie got hurt because he had assumed that since she wasn't Muggleborn, she'd be safe.

Three o'clock in the morning. I guess it's better than staring into the abyss.

A bit of meta, and I could be entirely off base on this. ( Parallels between some of the last chapters of DH and the traditional Stations of the Cross )

Great day in the morning, this took much too long to finish for something under 3000 words! That's what I get for writing myself into a corner.

Previous parts can be found here.

( Plans for the Great Revenge Caper were progressing, and Draco was enjoying himself immensely. For the next few days, Hermione and he were owling one another multiple times at all hours. )

Seventh one in the series. The others can be found here (though they do make sense on their own)
Cinder-What-the-Hell?-a
Snow Wh-at-Are-You-Kidding-Me?-ite
Sleeping Bea-You-People-Are-Mad-ty
Little Red Riding Ho-w-Is-That-Possible?-od
Rumple-Still-As-Crazy-As-Ever-tskin
The Frog Pr-In-What-Way-Does-That-Make-Sense?-nce

( Ron smiled at her, and she flushed a little. Harry was starting to grow weary of the endless foreplay between the two of them. If they were still searching by the time Christmas came, he was going to lock them in the tiny pantry with a very large sprig of mistletoe, nargle infestation or not. )

Fifth in the Muggle Fairytales series
Cinder-What-the-Hell?-a
Snow Wh-at-Are-You-Kidding-Me?-ite
Sleeping Bea-You-People-Are-Mad-ty
Little Red Riding Ho-w-Is-That-Possible?-od


( “Well, if you have any brilliant ideas, Ron, please, be sure to enlighten us!” Harry yelled, his patience completely shattered. )

I decided to actually keep all the versions one of my drabbles went through as I was trying to edit it down to size (in this case, 100 words). As it turned out, I edited it to the point that I dumped it because I didn't really like it anymore. Thought I'd post the whole thing just for the heck of it. Feel free to skip. This was for the 100 words about a rumor dramione_ldws challenge. I have some notes attached and things.

( whole working process from discarded drabble )

At which point I chucked it. :)

Yeah, I'm continuing with my weird comedy series of Hermione telling Ron and Harry Muggle fairytales to pass the time while looking for horcruxes. Previous in the semi-series
Cinder-What-the-Hell?-a
Snow Wh-at-Are-You-Kidding-Me?-ite
Sleeping Bea-You-People-Are-Mad-ty

( “Little Red Riding Hood?” Ron asked. “What’s that? A story about a bank robber on horseback?” )

This was my entry for last week's challenge, "Back to School," which needed to happen after the events of HBP and involve Hermione and Draco returning to Hogwarts. :)

( Attending a Triwizard Tournament again was strange. )

I have absolutely no idea where this came from

( “You know it will never be enough, don’t you, Sev?” )