video ( open to seelie + unseelie )

[brainiest]

[ The feed opens with Hermione in the library - where else would she be? - in the Seelie court, a pile of books and papers around her. It's obvious she's been reading and taking notes, going deeper and deeper into as many of the shelves as she can (and the only place she hasn't been allowed access is the Restricted Area, which she is going to get permission for soon). After a moment of brushing her hair out of her face and forcing a slightly brighter smile she leans forward, into the 'camera'. ]

Hello, everyone. My name is Hermione Granger, for anyone I haven't met yet, and I was just wondering if you'd mind answering a few questions I have?

[ She pauses for a moment, grabbing a piece of paper with a list on it and smoothing it out. ]

I was wondering if you'd all be able to tell me about magic, or powers, or anything that might not be considered 'normal' to the average human or otherwise that exist in your worlds? Maybe magical creatures, too, or beings that you think do not transcend to other places that you've heard of. In my world, if it's alright to call them that, we have magic, magical creatures and humans, giants, werewolves, vampires... But a lot of worlds - or universes, I suppose - don't.

[ She smiles, almost sheepish, shy. ]

I hope this isn't too intrusive, I'm just curious and I'd love to learn more, if I'm able.

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[thebreakingwave]

Thank you for that. How long have you been here and when do you come from? As far as I know, we'd just spoken, but Ginny never vanished during the war either.

[ And Merlin? Well, why not Merlin. Maybe Santa Claus will show up next. ]

[brainiest]

Two months, give or take a little bit. I come from after the war, when things are in the process of being rebuilt - it's the same for you, then?

[thebreakingwave]

About the same. It was November for me, so this sudden burst of spring has been a bit strange.

[ Unlike, say, the imps, castle, orcs, and all the rest of the madness. ]

[brainiest]

It is a bit of a whiplash, isn't it? [ She shakes her head. ] I wonder what it's like outside the castle - I haven't really had a chance to explore.

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[thebreakingwave]

I've got my broom, so I'm planning to have a bit of a fly around to see what there is to see.

Which reminds me, what's it like in your castle? Is everyone reasonable?

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[brainiest]

Of course you have your broom. Why wouldn't you?

[ She almost rolls her eyes. Almost. Boys and their toys. ]

Most of them are nice, really. We have a lot of the same ideals, I imagine, given we were placed here.

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[thebreakingwave]

[ It's not a toy! It's a very useful item. That goes very, very fast and he loves it madly. ]

That's good. It really is.

[ He'd been a bit worried that the Seelie castle was rather a lot like the Unseelie and he's pretty sure that Hermione would not be happy here. Not at all. ]

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[brainiest]

I've made a few friends and Ginny's here - oh! And the King and Queen brought Crookshanks here for me, so I have him to keep me company.

[ She pauses, her hand twitching a little before she breathes out. ]

I've missed you, though. A lot.

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[thebreakingwave]

I've barely been here, but it's mutual.

[ The missing, that is. ]

Although, if I ever get lonely, I've met someone here that's frighteningly like Draco. Do you think that we all have alternate versions of ourselves on different worlds?

[brainiest]

I don't want to think of there being more than one Draco Malfoy. One is enough, don't you think?

[thebreakingwave]

Far more than enough. You'd think that all of reality would look around and realize that he's filled the universal quota.

[brainiest]

You would think. His ego is certainly big enough to fill it.

[thebreakingwave]

And yet, here we are. Or rather, here I am.

[ It's not a bad place to be, just different. Right? ]

[hexuality]

[ Grinning, ]

Too bloody right I didn't vanish. What good would I do holed up in Azkaban?

[thebreakingwave]

Ginny! It's not quite as bad as Azkaban over there, is it?

[hexuality]

Seeing as I'm too clever to've ended up there at all, can't say I can compare. I'd say it's a lot like Hogwarts if it weren't for the giant worms, but we had a basilisk so maybe it's not too different at all.

[ Merlin, it's been months since she's even heard his voice. ]

Hi, Harry.

[thebreakingwave]

I hope you haven't had to scrub cauldrons yet.

[ Harry nods. It is sort of like home, but not really like the parts of Hogwarts that he spent a lot of time in. ]

Hi.

[hexuality]

Even if I had, I wouldn't tell you. What, and make you jealous of all the fun you'd be missing out on?

Where are you, then?

[thebreakingwave]

You too kind.

[ Harry picks up his locket and pans it around the room behind him. It's clearly a castle, but the colours are darker, and there's some rather gruesome looking creatures depicted in stained glass. As he turns the image, he narrates:]

Welcome to scenic Caer Scima.

[hexuality]

[ Her brows raise, a little alarmed. ]

Cheerful place.

[thebreakingwave]

It's not too bad.

[ As he shows her around via the locket, it's harder to kid himself what the castle is really like. ]

But it's not home.

[hexuality]

Hardly. None of this really is, but... [ She exhales. ] Anyway, I'd ask how you are but I'm sure Hermione fussed enough for the both of us.

[thebreakingwave]

It reminds me a bit of Slytherin dungeons, so homey, but not my home.

[ He's visibly uncomfortable with what that implies. ]

And you? You're doing well?

[hexuality]

Well, I got through one battle with broken ribs and slept through the other one for about three weeks in a magical coma, so I'd say I'm managing quite well.

[ Did you want her to lie to you, Mr Potter? ]

[thebreakingwave]

[ No, he wanted her to say she'd spent the time resting on the beach drinking punch. ]

Business as usual then.

[ There's a visible flutter of worry. He doesn't like knowing that she's been hurt or worse, in some sort of magical coma. ]