Phoenix Rising

Square one

Lyrics by Tom Petty

Had to find some higher ground
Had some fear to get around
you can’t say what you don’t know
later on won’t work no more

Last time through I hid my tracks
Saw what I could not get back
Yeah my way was hard to find
Can’t sell yourself a piece of mind

Square one my slate is clear
Rest your head on my dear
It took a world of trouble
It took a world of tears
It took a long time
To get back here

Tried so hard to stand alone
Struggled to see past my nose
Always had more dogs than bones
I could never wear those clothes

It’s a dark victory
You won and you also lost
Told us you were satisfied
But it never came across

Square one my slate is clear
Rest your head on my dear
It took a world of trouble
It took a world of tears
It took a long time
To get back here

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“Master Apprentice Longbottom?”

Hmmm?

”Sir?”

Oh, it’s this dream. I like this one. This is the one where I help first year certification students who think I know something about growing tropical plants and flowers in harsh climates.

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The candles flicker and sputter in the warm breeze as the waves lap onto the shore, leaving frothy fans of lacy foam as they recede. I glance around, making sure that there aren’t any Muggles (or anyone for that matter) on this crescent-shaped, sheltered area of the beach and then bend down and enchant the candles so that they won’t blow out. It’s a little spell that Oliver showed me.
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If someone had told me a few days ago when we headed to Greece after our wayward men that Lavender and Oliver would be getting married, I would have thought them crazy.

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I have finally returned to my flat feeling that life has dealt me too many blows this week.  I find myself unable to feel anything more than the great shock that my life will never be as I once hoped.  Stunned would be an accurate description. ( Collapse )

I've been discharged. After hearing, 'Pigaine ton stin pteryga 49', I didn't think I'd ever see the outside of a mind healing ward again. I take my rucksack that miraculously is still intact and make my way down to Oliver and Dean's room.
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I shift uncomfortably and try to readjust myself in this tiny bed that’s as hard as an eight-hundred year old petrified troll head.
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I wake up as sunlight steams across my bed. I stretch lazily and open my eyes...eye It all comes back to me like a flood when one eye remains darkened. I reach up to feel a patch that I vaguely remember getting.

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I fall onto my knees depositing Oliver as gently as my sore muscles will allow. Lavender and Susan have Padma and Dean beside them. We don’t want to do any more magic than necessary around this place because we don’t know if Hera’s phantoms would be attracted to it and we don’t know if there is a barrier between the living world we now stand in and the dead staleness within the cave of Ideon Andron. If those creatures of early evil have leave to pursue us beyond the hidden exit, we are done for. None of us has the strength to continue the fight.

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