Isis ([info]isiscolo) wrote in [info]hp100,
2003-11-29 20:31:00

Pay the Piper

Title: Pay the Piper
House: Gryffindor
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes & Ramblings: Thanks to [info]sparrohawk for suggesting the title.

Voldemort was dead, finally. Nearly all his Death Eaters had been killed attempting to protect him; the rest were in Azkaban.

Save one, who still hid in Diagon Alley.

Harry had to go all the way to Germany to find a wizard who had the skills to make what he needed. He raised it to his lips and blew.

The rats came tumbling from the shops, down the cobbles, rushing headlong to the river's edge. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats; Harry only stopped piping when he saw a rat with a silver foreleg plunge into the water.

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[info]misconstrue

November 29 2003, 19:40:55 UTC 8 years ago

oh, that was clever!

[info]jiffy_spiffy

November 29 2003, 20:10:58 UTC 8 years ago

Wow, that was really good.

[info]musesfool

November 29 2003, 20:19:02 UTC 8 years ago

Perfect! I was hoping someone would do this one.

[info]dphearson

November 29 2003, 20:38:44 UTC 8 years ago

One word:

Brilliant.
Thank you.

[info]minttown1

November 29 2003, 20:50:48 UTC 8 years ago

Hee. I like.

[info]prillalar

November 29 2003, 21:26:37 UTC 8 years ago

Cool idea and nicely done. :)

[info]ekaterinn

November 29 2003, 22:02:09 UTC 8 years ago

Very cool. Go Harry!

[info]thistle_chaser

November 29 2003, 22:46:46 UTC 8 years ago

Great idea!

[info]chresimos

November 29 2003, 23:31:35 UTC 8 years ago

Oh, I really, really like that. Very clever. Such a cool idea. :D

[info]marksykins

November 30 2003, 04:39:36 UTC 8 years ago

I knew if you did one of these it'd be damned good. As soon as I saw this challenge, I thought of "Briar Nose". My assumption was right! This is beautiful.

[info]amanuensis1

November 30 2003, 05:11:05 UTC 8 years ago

Yesssss! Oh, it's the detail of Harry going to Germany, it's the sequence of "Great rats, small rats..." etc., it's the last line and the precise use of the words "silver foreleg." It's all of that. Lovely.

[info]guntar

November 30 2003, 08:24:45 UTC 8 years ago

Wow. That's brilliant. Did I mention that you're amazing recently? I think so. If I didn't, let me reiterate that you are.

[info]mchoneygoose

November 30 2003, 12:47:21 UTC 8 years ago

HeHe...nice one!

[info]pauraque

November 30 2003, 15:34:26 UTC 8 years ago

Clever! I like it.

[info]leni_jess

December 1 2003, 01:09:25 UTC 8 years ago

Trust Peter to be the only one still alive and kicking. The hider and biter in shadows, finally trapped by a very old magic. Super. (All too likely, too, that it's Harry who gets stuck with clean-up duty, or is the only one who sees it's needed now.)

Really liked that.

[info]gothikmaus

December 1 2003, 02:24:16 UTC 8 years ago

Brilliant!

[info]mulberryfields

December 1 2003, 12:23:21 UTC 8 years ago

Mmm ... very nice drabble ... smart choice of tales, too.

[info]espresso_rabbit

December 1 2003, 14:28:31 UTC 8 years ago

Wow. Great idea, and very well done.

[info]neeteeus

December 2 2003, 15:36:36 UTC 8 years ago

...whoa. =D Bravo!

[info]anglopollyanna

December 3 2003, 12:14:27 UTC 8 years ago

Excellent retelling of a story that's just right for the books! Loved the descriptive details - surprising how much you managed to fit into a small drabble.
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