In Ashes

[lady_altair]

In Ashes
{December, 1981. The Order of the Phoenix adjourns.}

After the din, after the thoughtless, mindless madness that was the first of November, the second of November, the third, the fourth…it’s December now, the autumn of victory passed into the winter that had to come.

The merriment of glittering victory has died, the enchantment fallen away

Comments

[mcamason]

You write in a way that takes my breath away: capturing the barest, most naked heart of things: bravery and fear and defiance and worry...

Everything of yours that I've ever read has made me feel one way: More, please?

[ceirdwenfc]

This gave me chills; goosebumps. Honestly, it was beautiful, and nothing like anything I've read about that time. The stillness was reminiscent of a funeral, which of course, I guess it was. I kept expecting Dumbledore to say something about the fallen, but this was a much more effective picture of what it felt like. Really lovely.

[chocoluvr]

Good story, showing the feeling of the Order after they disbanded.

[serendipity_50]

In a few brief words, you gave the fallen unknown members of the Order personalities, made them real. I felt their loss as if I'd been there. Beautiful job.

[snegurochka_lee]

Oh, wow. That was just lovely. :)