femgenficathon

Title: Deirdre and the Dementors
Author: a_t_rain
Fandom: Harry Potter
Prompt: [S]ome people are so deceived that they judge the natural feeling and pain one experiences from suffering as impatience, and they call dissembling and feigned happiness in hardships patience. This is as contrary to the truth as it is tiresome and annoying to the suffering. – Teresa de Cartagena (born c. 1423 to 1425; date of death unknown), deaf conversa (Spanish Christian of Jewish lineage), author, and nun
Summary: Everyone knows about Lily. What about the other mother whose sacrifice shapes the course of the series? And is it possible to defeat the dementors of Azkaban?
Word count: 1493
Rating: G, but dark-ish
Notes: A few lines of dialogue are taken directly from the Pensieve scene in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. If, like Deirdre, you're left wondering "WTF, pelican?" the explanation is here.

( Deirdre and the Dementors )