The Refiner's Fire

Hmm, is Mr Joyero Spanish? The Google Translation tool is a wonderful thing. Fortunately, Spanish was the first language I tried to translate it from. I may not be multilingual, but I'll be damned if I'm not going to enjoy this story, and all the subtle wordplay to the fullest.

Also, do I smell a battle scene coming up?

I thought I included a translation of his name in the A/N?  Did the A/N not make it on this site??  I haven't looked at the story files - I have a friend who uploads them here and on SIYE for me, since I'm pretty non-techie!  Mr. Joyero is of Spanish descent - he isn't a recent immigrant.  England has masses of people from all over the world, so it isn't farfetched at all to have a jeweler with a Spanish name or an optician with a French name (I think he's in ToD, actually).

There could be a battle coming up - keep reading!

Abraxan

Very good chapter, Harry can't buy a break.

gunny

Yeah, poor Harry - I'm so hard on him!  But at least he always recovers!

Abraxan

One of my big problems with the story as a whole (haven't finnished it but so far at least) is that Casey played such an important part and now she is bearly mentioned. I figured she would play a bigger role, expecting something like malfoy's constant batting over causing Harry to really have to work to control his power. I also would have figured he would have a few more emotional breakdowns over it. Then you make a comment I think it was about his patronous about this being the happiest momment in his life besides when he found out he was a wizard.

So I guess all my gripes is the fact that Casey got written out of the story.

Didn't you notice Casey was killed off in chapter 7, I think it was?  So of course she doesn't appear in the rest of the novel.  She does make a cameo appearance near the end of "The Time of Destiny," and fan protest over my killing her off (which was necessary for Harry's character development and to throw him into the Refiner's Fire) has led to me reviving her in my original novel, the "Star Sons" series.  Casey in "Star Sons" isn't "exactly" the same person, but has most of the original Casey's qualities.  Readers should like her as well as they liked this Casey.

I finished "Refiners" a long time ago now, have written many thousands of words since then and don't remember specifics about Refiner's anymore, so your question about the Patronus confuses me.  Sorry I don't have a ready answer.  Do read the rest of Refiner's and then Destiny and the ficlets that fit into the epilogue of Destiny.  It's a good story overall even without Casey involved (but she does play a role near the end of Destiny).

Abraxan

Harry’s reason for the wolf was so incredibly sweet. “Hold your Hippogriffs” was a great touch too. “Beaky’s goin’ ter be a daddy?” was so cute. Great chapter.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Abraxan

ooh, sneakin' off at night. so ginny.
way to go on the 'let's make wooster's favorite characters happy' chapter, first lupin getting a new moon-time buddy, then hagrid and buckbeak. yay! stupid kreacher. i really despise that creepy little bugger. harry is going to be seriously flipping about killing those three men isn't he? oh! and I ADORED Snape's reaction to the name Pigwidgeon.

It's the little things that make life grand, eh?

Ginny's headed for more trouble, O can just feel it.