The Burning Pen

A Matter of Circumstance
by Ruth Solomon

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CHAPTER 32
 

Disclaimer: All recognizable characters belong to JKR. All situations are mine. No $$$ is being made from this fanfic.
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Chapter 32 ~ The Fickle Hand of the Fates (VERY short chapter)

The three Fates stood before the loom of Life, passing the eye between them and studying unsnarled threads of Severus, Ron and Hermione, although the threads of the Potions Master and the witch were wound around each other.

“It’s not fair Eris was allowed to humiliate us the way she did,” Clothos hissed, “Dad overstepped his boundaries on this one, sisters. We are the Fates…we deserve better than this. Someone should pay.”

”Yes, someone favored by the gods,” Atropos said, raising her shears.

Lachesis heard the familiar snip that Atropos always made before she cut someone’s thread, and grabbed her sister’s arm in a panicked way.

”Are you crazy? Zeus forbade us to interfere. You can’t cut any of those mortals’ threads, Atropos! You’ll have us thrown out of Olympus, or worse…we’ll be splashed with Hind’s blood!” the goddess hissed.

Atropos snatched her arm away.

”I’m not going to cut it, Lachesis…just snip it a bit. If it breaks…” here the goddess shrugged as her sisters caught on and smiled evilly, “we can’t be blamed for that. Threads weaken all the time.”

All three goddesses cackled with hideous laughter as Atropos cut Hermione’s thread jaggedly so it was held together by mere strands.

”That’s what you get for fucking with the gods,” Atropos said, narrowing her single eye maliciously.

Hermione had done nothing to the Fates. In fact, it was Severus who the gods had targeted for their games. All of the mortals concerned were innocent of any wrongdoing, and in fact completely unaware that there had been any divine intervention.

But again, the Fates were cruel. They were only concerned with someone paying the price, someone connected with the situation that brought that humiliation upon them.

Zeus might be the King of the Gods, but there were times not even the gods could thwart Fate.

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A/N: Very, very short chappie. Thanks for reading.


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