c a s t . y o u r . m a n t l e . o ' e r . m e

Cast Your Mantle O'er Me
[by victoria p.]

Rating: G

Summary: "So the little girl figured it out and came for her true love. How touching."

Spoilers: None.

Notes: Written for the hp100 fairytale challenge. I may be a little obsessed with this particular fairytale. It took me three tries to get it down to 100 words. You can see the first two versions here.

Date: November 2, 2003

Ice, fire, bear. Ginny held on through the changes. Snake was next. Sure enough, Harry hissed at her in Parseltongue, squirmed within her grasp. Still, she held on.

He fell into her arms, breaking the circle she'd traced. She wafted her cloak over him, muttered a warding charm, poured the potion they'd prepared.

"Ginny?"

"I've got you."

"So the little girl figured it out and came for her true love. How touching." Bellatrix's lip curled. "Had I but known, I'd have killed him earlier."

"You know the rule. You lost. Now go."

Bellatrix trembled; her lord would not be pleased.

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Notes: The story I'm riffing on is Tamlane (or Tam Lin).

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