Chapter Eighty-Three of IAATB: Gloryflower Owls

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Comments

[lord_lugos]

Oh yessssssssssssss, love the new snake. I was almost thinking that Hawthorn would win, but Apollonis was pretty obvious, with all he had done as acting minister, it was only fitting.

I still miss Connor. It will always hurt. Time doesn't heal wounds, only makes us comfortably numb to them.

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Thanks! I rather like the addition of Yaraliss.

Harry has a special farewell with Connor coming up.

[chiakidark]

Arggie is the cutest thing alive. (I would say that Draco is, but then I'd be dead x_x) And it's so wonderful to see Harry and Draco's relationship grow even more. I especially loved that whole:

H: You can't be easy.
D: If I was easy, you'd know I was Polyjuiced.

Mwahahahahah! The words were great and I could just see the sappy little hearts floating around those two. *Chiaki wipes away an errant laughing-tear* But y'know what I first thought? I said to myself: Draco's easy-when it comes to bedding Harry. *Snerks*

And that scene with Yaraliss. OMGoodness. It's like they're an older married couple:

H: Lookit the cute, highly venemous snake. *Eyes go round and big and shiny* He likes me and wants to come home with me...
D: Harry....
H: *Round, big, shiny eyes go into overdrive*
D: *Sighs* Oh, all right honey.

♥ ♥ ♥

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I think Harry and Draco's relationship will always grow. If it stops, one or the other of them will be dead- physically or spiritually.

And Harry's not even aware of manipulating Draco at all, which makes it cuter, I think.

[gomarili]

the snakes are wonderful...i sort of wish we could've seen the kelpie >.> hehehe. i liked this chapter quite a lot, and i really hope argutus doesn't mind the locusta. <3

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Thought about it, but even Yaraliss took me by surprise. I kind of didn't want to put the kelpie in there, just in case it insisted on coming home with Harry, too.

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Hawthorn is so badass. It's amazing. She just keeps on going and going. Compared to certain people that just raved about the injustices done to them, she pushed through, and look at her now.

Argustus is the coolest snake ever. I want one. He can read and write, and eventually speak. And he's kinda adopted Draco now, too. One happy little family.

And the D/H interaction? Sheer brilliance. And a new snake? Now Harry has three!

I'm glad Lucius lost, though I was hoping that Hawthorn would win-the icing on the cake, you see. But it's ended up well.

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Thanks! She'll continue growing, I think, becoming ever smarter and more competent.

Argutus will boss Draco around, but hey, Harry does that on occasion. Like wizard, like snake.

Harry has two, though; Sylarana is dead, remember.

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Doesn't Harry have the Many-Snake he used to wear on his neck still?

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Oh, sorry, you meant the Many snake. Yes, three, though often, now, she doesn't accompany him anymore.

[anonymous]

Umm... Am I the only one who doesn't trust Yaraliss at all? He comes out of nowhere, introduces himself and asks to stay with Harry, while just happening to be the type of snake Harry couldn't say "no" to... And Voldy-kins made a point of constantly pointing out his connection to snakes, even after the failed Basalisk attack and doing next to nothing dealing with actual snakes since then. And even Sylarana had no restraints, really, other than the request of Harry not to attack. Thus, other than his word, there is nothing preventing Yaraliss from biting anyone. Top it all off with the mentioned spiteful look in his eye, and I have a very, very bad feeling about him.
As much as I hope that I am simply paranoid, I can't help but feel that either the snake was a backup plan of Voldy's, made to seek out and kill Harry upon his destruction, or acting on his own accord for the sake of the fallen Lord.

[yudinsoha]

I trust Yaraliss to be his own person. Which doesn't mean he won't do something bad, but I don't think he'd do it because of any allegiance to Voldemort, because as you said, Locusta's are pretty much uncontrollable. He might bite and kill someone because he doesn't like them, but I really don't think it's any kind of evil plot. At least not an evil plot by a character. Now Lightning's evil plot is an entirely different matter, which is why I still think Yaraliss could kill someone based on his own whims.

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Locustas are traditionally very reluctant to serve anyone; there's no way that I would have called Sylarana Harry's servant. This is a Locusta that basically said, "You could be my human. That's nice. I'm coming home with you now." It's not a plan of Voldemort's.