Death

[maria_kirilenko]

No: HPFGUIDX 56612

bboy_mn wrote:

>Any thoughts on who might kill Hedwig? I could see Draco doing it as
>his mean nasty rotten tricks escalate with the increased confidence 
>he gains from knowing Voldemort is back.

Me:
Ooh, I can just see it: Harry coming up to the Owlery to spend some 
quality time with his feathery friend, and seeing bloody white 
feathers all over the floor, and Hedwig wheezing in a pool of blood 
in the centre of the room... I can't believe I just wrote that. Um, 
ew. I don't even like FEATHERBOAS. Usually.

Alternatively, if blood doesn't agree with you - Draco bribes Winky 
to put Killit's Owl Poison(tm) into Harry's goblet of pumpkin juice. 
It's safe for humans, see, but Hedwig collapses right in front of the 
Trio. We can even have someone hyperventilate from all the shock. 
Somehow, I fancy Hermione in that role. Harry will simply watch, his 
eyes wide with horror. Later they'll glisten with unshed tears. Ron 
will be very pale. Ginny shall go into shock because it'll remind her 
of the time when she strangled roosters.

And then we'll have a vendetta.

Wouldn't that be horrible to write?

>I see the death of Hedwig as an incredably horrible experience for
>Harry. Friends come and go with the mood, and the seasons, but Hedwig
>is always there, and while the two of them may have their ups and
>downs, Hedwig and Harry are truly bonded together. Hedwig is the one
>friend that truly belongs to Harry, and is probably the closest thing
>he has to family.

Yes. But I doubt he'd suffer as much as when Cedric died. And Harry's 
friends *don't* come and go. They *stay*. Of course, I'm talking 
about his real friends, not those treacherous Hufflepuffs and 
Ravenclaws that leap at the chance to suspect Harry of doing evil 
deeds. <g>

>Compound that with Draco being responsible for Hedwigs death and you
>have set the scene for Harry and Draco's own private personal and 
>ever more dangerous war.

:D I'm sorry, I just won't see that as tragic if it happens. It will 
make me laugh. They don't really need any more reasons to be nasty to 
each other, and starting a major war over an owl, however much she 
means to Harry, sparks pretty much the same reaction in me as hearing 
that Snape's grudge lasted over a decade. Petty, that. 

Now, if Draco did something like divulge secret entrances to Hogwarts 
to the DEs, and Hermione/Hagrid/Dumbledore/Ron/insert-name-here died 
or were kidnapped bacause of it...

Besides, I don't think Draco will do it becasue he's just not the 
type to get his hands dirty. It seems to me that it's more likely 
that Dudley will off Hedwig.

Some random, though slightly bloody, thoughts,
Maria