Gift ficlet meme - swunked from kennahijja

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You comment with a pairing and prompt (HP only) and I'll write a 3-400 words-ish ficlet for one of your LJ friends. Not for YOU, not for ME. I'll do the first three requests, and will post them as comment to your requests, and go point the person here. But give me a day or three, ok?

Comment with:
* Who it's for (nice if you code it for my convenience)
* Pairing/characters
* Prompt (if any)
* desired rating and anything they might/might not like

The goal is to make it an unexpected little giftlet. Also, feel free to spread the love by doing this yourself. It's fun. It makes people smile. This is all to the good.

Comments

[pandoraculpa.livejournal.com]

For: evil_whimsey
Pairings/characters: any combo of Remus, Tonks and Moody
Prompt: a carnival
Rating: Knock yourself out- no restrctions.


This is a great idea! I might have to follow suit (if I can ever find time again...)

A talk

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If there was a worse time to be alone with Mad-eye Moody than late at night with no moon, Remus Lupin could not think of it. The man was scary enough in a nice mild spring morning. To walk beside him, with that fearsomely unnatural stride ending in the CLUNK! of the peg leg, was so unnerving that Remus was beginning to wonder whether that was how he got his criminals to confess.

"You know, Lupin," said the older man at last, hardly breaking stride, "Nymphadora Tonks is going through Hell right now."

After a silence, he went on. "it should not bother me any more. I am out of the Corps now - technically, at least. But it was me who got her enlisted. It was nearly my last act as an officer on active service."

Remus knew that he should not have reacted, but he could not help it. He had never heard this part of her story before. "It was?"

"Yeah. The examinations panel was split down the middle, and I was called to give the casting vote."

"Why you?"

"Because I had observed her under fire. Everyone else just knew her in the classroom." Remus grinned to himself - it was easy to imagine that Tonks, clumsy, easy-going and not particularly academic, would hardly show at her best there. And he had the impression that a grin was fighting its way through Moody's forest of scars, as if the old veteran shared his thoughts.

"She is different under fire, Lupin. She is completely without fear, she always knows exactly what she wants, and she will go through any kind of Hell to achieve it. Yes," Moody repeated in a lower, brooding tone, "she is fearless... A smart fighter, and unselfish. She is the kind you want to be sharing a foxhole with. I told the board of examinations so, and they accepted her."

Lupin was tempted to ask Moody whether he was trying to tell him something. But he kept his mouth closed - he had no intention to be led down that path. Not yet, at least.

END OF THE FICLET

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Er, whoops - no carnival...
But the situation simply took hold of me. Shall I have another go?

[evil-whimsey.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I'd love it if you did, just to see you play around with this scenario some more. You put a fishook in my brain straightaway with this snapshot, and I'm deeply, deeply intrigued to see what comes next, or what came before, or *something*. It's a compelling tidbit of information. And heh, I like the details of Moody unnerving Remus. I can see that, and it makes me grin.

Awwww, you guys are both so sweet. This truly is a splendid idea, and I do appreciate you volunteering to do a little something to bring a lift to someone's day. Bless you.