Oh, wonderful (in every sense). Before I rush down to the study to dig up my Lady Gregory (and possibly my Evangeline Walton) thank you for blending two myths so well. Was that really only 2000 words? It felt like a saga!
Ginny is so well characterised - what you like as a kid isn’t always what you keep as you grow older., and so practical. I love Neville's diffidence, even when (especially when) providing obvious, practical solutions to problems, when it's cutting off snakes heads or Finite incantatem.