Work in Progress Wednesday!

[tjs_whatnot]

Whoa! Is today really Wednesday? Sorry for the delay.

Please share your Work in Progress and let us cheer you on!

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[marzipan77]

So, I somehow missed Wednesday altogether. Oh, there it is, in the rearview mirror. Huh. Okie, dokie. Still working on my HP AU of Goblet of Fire called 'Child of Fire, Child of Ice.'

Snippet from the latest chapter: "A shape rose up before him, towering dark and formidable at the end of a long straight path. Harry kept his head bent, his eyes on the ground. He didn't want to see. He'd skirt around the thing, right or left, one way or the other, and leave it behind, unrecognized. Heart thumping in his chest, blood rushing, he knew he only had to pick a path and he could reach the other side, reach the limited safety of the maze, where others waited to help him.

Breathing hard, Harry knew the choice was coming. Right. Left. Right or left. Pick a side. Choose. Make a decision. He couldn't see around the thing – wouldn't look up to try to peer around it. Sounds didn't help. The graveyard was filled with sounds slinking along the ground or buzzing in his ears. The slide of scales across stone. High-pitched laughter. Murmured incantations. Behind him, Harry heard the crack of Apparition. In the far distance, the cheer of a crowd.

His feet stopped just as the edge of the shape came into his sight-line. A square-cut stone weathered by years of sun and rain and snow, it crouched before him, sunk down into the soft earth on one side. Above it, built on the square plinth carved with names and dates, rose an image. He wouldn't look up at it, stare into its glowing red eyes, watch the lipless mouth curl up into a snarl as it cursed him. Harry reached for his wand but his pocket was empty. "

[lightbird]

lol, it is so easy to miss Wednesday. Late in the week and still too early for the weekend.

Good luck with your HP AU!

[tjs_whatnot]

Wednesdays are sneaky bastards!

But this, this was delightful! I loved the metaphor of choice and decision that ran urgent but not rushed throughout this snippet. Palpable and omnipresent.

♥

GO YOU!