Inevitable ficlette for Quasi-Drabble challenge

[mhalachai]

I seriously need to get back to work.

Today's entry on the Quasi-Drabble challenge entry.

rosy_the_cat: Inevitable, Damian and Ghost Lily, Fathers and Daughters

Empty Eyes
A Harry Potter/Anita Blake Inevitable snippet

Disclaimer: J.K. Rowling owns all things Harry Potter. Anita Blake is owned by Laurell K. Hamilton. I'm only borrowing and will return them at the end of the ficlette.
Word count:: 450
Rating: PG
Note: Takes place a few years after Inevitable.
Missing Scene: #10 - Feeling empty of all emotion

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Vampires do not dream.

How many nights had Damian spent, staring at the wall, waiting for death to take him with the rising sun? Waiting for his mistress in death to push him over the edge into true death? In over a thousand years, Damian had watched, waited, and fallen to death without a moment of dreams.

Such was the reason that when he saw his dead daughter Lily standing on the other side of the cold stone cavern, under the Circus of the Damned, he knew that it was not a dream.

There was chaos, there was screaming, fear, blood spray everywhere, and Damian was at the heart of it all and yet apart.

"This is always how it ends."

She looked as young as Damian himself, her red hair lighter from the sun. Her emerald eyes were fixed on the scene before them, at the blood and the chaos as Anita and Harry tried desperately to keep Damian's body together. "How does it end?" Damian asked, curious. He felt no pain, no guilt, no remorse.

"With the living refusing to let go." Lily turned those brilliant eyes to him. "What about you?"

A faint brush of emotion distracted Damian. Loss. "I am already dead," he told his daughter. "As are you."

Lily shook her head. "If you are already dead, if they are already dead," she said, indicating the fighting vampires in the room, "Why does my son grieve for you so? Why does he fight so hard against losing you?"

"You didn't fight."

Lily only stared at him. "Everyone has a choice. I made my choice."

"To die."

"Not to die," Lily said. Her gaze wandered back to her son, Damian's grandson. "I chose to let Harry live."

"You did not know he would live. You knew that Voldemort planned to kill him regardless of your sacrifice."

"Indeed." Lily smiled faintly, and Damian saw an echo of Harry in that smile. "But sometimes, those few moments of life are enough. That was my choice."

A sharp stabbing pain slammed through Damian, driving him to his knees. Across the room, his body convulsed, and Anita was screaming.

"What is your choice?" Lily knelt beside Anita, touched Damian's broken body with ghostly fingers. "This?" She held up her hand, blood coating her hand. "Or death?"

Anita's plea, can't leave me, Damian, please, don't you dare die! filtered into his consciousness.

"This, here and now. This is your time to choose."

Damian stared at his dead daughter for a long moment.

He made his choice.

He opened his eyes.

Alive.

end

Comments

[dotty8608.livejournal.com]

Wow. Just wow.

[houses7177.livejournal.com]

I have literal goosebumps. *points at arm* See? This was painfully beautiful, and a fascinating look at Lily's choice.

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

Lily's choice has always been at the heart of Harry's story, and has always facinated me.

Plus I'm in a stangely lyrical mood today. Such is Friday

Hug!

[rosy-the-cat.livejournal.com]

I do not have the words to describe the awesomeness that is this. Though I am thoroughly giddy that my random idea spawned something as amazing as this. Blessed be the Muse of Mhal!

-- Rosy the Cat

Re: Hug!

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

Random ideas create the best fic, I've found. Thanks for the inspiration :)

[firefox1490.livejournal.com]

hehe wow, Lily was cool. Somewhere someone explained real nicly the difference between trying not to die and wanting to live. This kinda reminds me of that. Lily didnt chose to die she chose to let Harry live, one's positive and ones negative.

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

Lily's damned cool. I've always been facinated by what little we know about her.

[rose1thorn.livejournal.com]

Umm...I am amazed and know not what to say.

Lovely as always.

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

Thank you :)

[slytrn-heir.livejournal.com]

Wow. I have no idea what to say. Great as always. Can't wait for more from this 'verse.

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping that these will not-so-subtly kick my butt into writing chapter 73. Seriously, it's been waaaay too long.

And I will say this -- this snippet was easy to write. Hopefully this trend will continue.

[penyn-1600.livejournal.com]

Very cool. I love Lily and her urging Damien to make a choice was lovely. I really hope in Book 7 JKR shows us more of Lily.

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I also hope to hear a bit more about Lily. It'd be nice to know a bit more about the Potters.

[hpdm4ever.livejournal.com]

I loved the ending! It was perfect. Can't wait for more Inevitable (or Inevitable ficlets) :) Keep up the good work.

[sabriel-0405.livejournal.com]

I was so excited to see your Inevitable icon. And this snippet was just lovely, as all your work is.

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

I was excited to get to use this icon again. Maybe that's telling me something, yes? :D Glad you enjoyed this piece.

[ktoth04.livejournal.com]

Interesting premise...

[ansku]

Intriguing :)

[rhianona]

this is just beautiful. Very powerful.

[brisketbunny.livejournal.com]

I think I was as excited by your note as I was by the coolness of this story. Cause if the note's true, then things I want to happen in the main story, where people end up, might be true and that's just good fun. Hope springs eternal and all that jazz. So yeah--thanks for this, it was a nice treat for a Friday.

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

Oh, the note is ambiguous as I could be... but you'll see (when I actually *end* IN) that the meat of the ending is in this little snippet.

Which, I suppose, indicates that I don't kill off Harry in the final chapters.

Glad you liked it :D

[dizzy-lizard.livejournal.com]

Oh wow.

[sophia-ken.livejournal.com]

This was so awesome. And loved that you used Damien's POV as I don't think we have his voice often enough.

Of course, also loved that you used my suggestion of a prompt for this. Too cool!

[thekams.livejournal.com]

Holy crap. I have no words good enough for this. Just amazing. beautiful. wow ♥

[shopteacher-guy.livejournal.com]

Just read this tasty morsel,
wow and wow
two characters that have lots of depth and plenty to explore. Lily and Damion and the odd relationship in your world is too cool!

good luck with the writing, I need to find some of that myself.

Wow

[scarecrow226.livejournal.com]

That was really good, and I can't wait for more inevitable.
and as has been said, Lily is a relativly enigmatic character. We know she excelled in school, liked charms, was beautiful, and died for Harry. We've seen much more of James. But also, Damian hasn't really been explored. He's a confusing guy, but you're world brings more of him to light. I think I might cry when Inevitable is over.

[calikocat.livejournal.com]

Can I just say wow and it gave me chills...good chills, as in mhalachai is awesome the way she's able to say so much in a drabble of 450 words.

[tobemeagain.livejournal.com]

okay wow. very good blending of both stories.

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Are you familiar with the main story, Inevitable (http://mhalachaiswords.com/writing/viewstory.php?sid=151)?

[tobemeagain.livejournal.com]

Just found it yesterday, started reading it. I was wondering if you would mind me friending you.

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

Sure, I'm a very friendly person :) Friend away! I'll friend back.

And welcome to the story... it does tend to go on. At length.

[tobemeagain.livejournal.com]

Tks :) *runs off to add*

I love long stories, Anita Blake, Harry Potter, Sci-Fi, obviously crossovers and WAY to many other things to ramble on about right now.