FEST FIC: In the Beginning - Harry/Draco (NC-17)

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Title: In The Beginning
Author: nursedarry
Prompt: #52, Garden of Eden scene
Pairing(s): H/D
Summary: With this you get a lion who speaks Parseltongue, Voldesnake in a twisted Tree of Knowledge, and what I think the Creator really meant to happen. If you squint, you might also recall "The Blue Lagoon"".
Rating: NC17
Disclaimer: This work of fan-fiction is mine. The characters, such as they are, sadly are not. They are based upon characters created by JK Rowling, the rights to which are hers and WB's. No money, no harm, no foul.
Warning(s): Complete and utter finger-down-your-throat AU fluff. There is a minor character's death (but it's the baddie, so no biggie:).
Word Count: 11,355
Author's Notes: Prompter, many thanks for a wonderful concept! This fic started bizarrely and just kept getting more and more ridiculous, so I had to just follow where it led me. When I reread it, I was actually quite pleased. I hope you are too! Betas of awesomeness = DPS & CB!

In The Beginning

Comments

[cassie-black12.livejournal.com]

Hon, I love this story now just as much as the first time I read it. Lion!Harry and Snake!Draco were perfect (though you did have me worried about the whole bestiality thing there for a minute *g*)

The innocence between them once they became human was just beautiful! Definitely reminded me of Blue Lagoon a little.

This was a really original idea, that you've executed really well.

[alovelycupoftea.livejournal.com]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this. I love how Harry seeks friendship so simply even after a lifetime of being set apart. I love how Draco's words belie his actions. And I love, like Cassie said, the innocence of their human selves.

And I adored Harry roaring.

This fic made me happy and all warm inside and in awe of something that could have been mental is turned into a lovely story under your talented fingers.

[ayurubie.livejournal.com]

ver well written.. love the exploration part. for a minute there i thought they were going to have lion-snake sex.. lol

[piink-tequila.livejournal.com]

This was so cute! I love the ending. Great job!

[alhena-mira.livejournal.com]

Awesome, what a dream Harry!
Seriously, it was great

[siniestramalfoy.livejournal.com]

Woooh!!! Awesome!! It was so funny and liht to read and the way yo take the prompt. Just really perfect!
<3<3<3

[bgreenwivy.livejournal.com]

I loved this...I mean loved this. It was well writtena dn just freakin fantastic. I don't even know what else to say but this was amazing.

[childsnatcher.livejournal.com]

I didn't know what to expect when I started reading, but I wasn't expecting such a masterpiece. Amazingly well written!

[joyceyhlin.livejournal.com]

It was a little bizarre at the beginning, but it turns out to be a fascinating story. I adore lion!Harry and snake!Draco, their interactions are innocent and beautiful at the same time. All in all, its a nice bedtime story for me. : )

[megyal]

I smiled all through this, they were so THEM and so innocent at the same time.

Then, for good measure, he rubbed the fruit's pulp up and down his torso before biting into it again.

That was a great line, I laughed aloud at that. Wonderful work!

[anisaex.livejournal.com]

Adorable !!!!!
Loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee it! <3

[sasaa.livejournal.com]

How describe to you!?

Amazing Adorable Awesome!!! > repeat in my head, again and again XD

I love exploration and ralationship between them.

Absolutely lovely ending!!

I really like this.

[misplaced-exile.livejournal.com]

This was really great. So original, and such great descriptions! (And I was getting a bit of a 'Jungle Book' vibe from it too!) Definitely loved Harry and Draco after they had been turned into humans. So adorable!

[monster-o-love.livejournal.com]

Wow!!! I don't think I've ever read anything like that before, it was completely BRILLIANT!!! I so adored snake!Draco and lion!Harry and their very different perceptions and ohhhhh ohhh!!! that they became such beautifully innocent and in love humans? I LOVED how that was written!!! Hee hee, such cute naive sex too! Mmmmm!!!! And the ending = ftw!!! :D

[hangdab.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Original well-written... Thank you so much for such a good fic!

[likeasongsong.livejournal.com]

I love it!

[darkestnight12.livejournal.com]

The added on comic from The Far Side was a nice touch. And it all being a dream...*giggles* Rather genius of you, I think.

Lion!Harry and snake!Draco was WIN. And when they got turned to humans...;D Loved it~!

[tigersilver.livejournal.com]

Totally could not look away from the screen - I think I read this without blinking once. I'm going to go read it again, yup, and then bookmark it and add it Memories and give you a 10/10, 5 stars, all gold, 'cause it was so excellent. Thanks for the Felix - you just made my day:>:>:>:>

[lonewhiterose.livejournal.com]

haha, excellent!! Oh my, this really was wonderful! I have so much I want to say about it, but...I'm just speechless! Great job, mystery author!

[elsa12790.livejournal.com]

Delightful and inventive. Harry's loneliness at the beginning really touched me, and I was so glad that Draco, despite his snootiness, became his friend. I loved their slow discovery of each other's human bodies; mmm, very hot.

[sony-kit82.livejournal.com]

that was hilarious! it was so fluffy and just plain adorable. it was great how you managed to neatly tie the eden story with the whole harry potter universe. the experience of alienation and finding a home in the dream was so apt that it was emotional to see its parallels to harry's real life. i loved the playful tone and witty dialogue. plus harry and draco's experience of coming together and finding themselves in their new skin was humorous yet managed to maintain that aura of innocence even in the smutty parts, which by the way were just so adorable. harry and draco, no matter what form, really belong together. :D

[hurdyburdy.livejournal.com]

This fic was delightful. Really enjoyed it. Snake Draco was really funny when he first met Lion Harry

[rubyemerald-1.livejournal.com]

This was so sweet. I loved Harry's character. So innocent and wide eyed and curious. All the things the Harry in my head is. And Draco's reactions to him. More than cute. I wasn't expecting the ending.

[serilla.livejournal.com]

So it was a dream - one crazy, sweet dream. Lion Harry and Snake Draco - so cute. Great story. :)

[delphipsmith]

When I first read the prompt, I was completely baffled as to how this might work out, but I love what you've done with it. I like the touches of humor ("Draco had tried to explain colour to another snake once. He was not going to be drawn into that conversation again."), the friendship between Lion!Harry and Snake!Draco, the way Lion!Harry grasps what a true leader should be and stands up to Voldesnake...just all of it. Highly original and well-done.

The whole innocent-new-humans bit is fabulously done, but would you believe it? I actually like the ethical and theological part better than the smut part, it's that good :)