Crack drabbles from azkatrazathome
I just want to share my two drabbles for azkatrazathome's rounds of Crack and Cliché Drabbles.
I hope you'll enjoy!
Prompt: 36. I say, I say, I say. Why has Voldemort got no nose?
Characters/Pairing: Voldemort
Rating: PG-13?
Squick warning: mentions of RL character death, unbetaed
Wake-up Call
Eternal life.
He craved it. He searched for it. He found it.
It was nothing to rip parts of your soul from your body, if the reward was eternal life, if it was to rule the world.
Let no one say Lord Voldemort would not sacrifice everything to reach his goal. He killed. He threatened. He charmed. He even followed the example of another ruler, a king of pop.
Ripping apart your soul was nothing.
So why did it hurt so much to wake up in LA and see his newly improved face in the mirror? His nose - reduced to a little stub of nothingness. His skin - bleached to the point of fading.
Prompt: 51. My childhood was SO much more tortured than yours!
Characters/Pairing: Harry, Ron, Hermione, Draco
Rating: PG
Squick warning: dialogue only, unbetaed
"I never had sweets when I was young."
"Me neither, my parents couldn't afford them."
"My parents could afford them. But, of course, sweets were out of the question. 'That stuff is bad for your teeth, darling' they'd say. I watched the other children at school, licking away at ice creams and lolly pops, chewing chocolate and caramel. I remember a toffee I brought home from a friend's birthday party. My mother made me brush my teeth at once, then she fed me carrot sticks for the rest of the week."
"Sweets? At the Dursleys? No chance. Everything that was good enough to eat would go into Dudley's huge trap. I was left with the scraps. When my stomach growled with hunger, Aunt Petunia scolded me that I was disturbing the sleep of her beloved Dudders."
"I remember mum crying under the little twig we had for Christmas. She had used all her spare money to buy us two Chocolate Frogs. Two frogs for seven children and two adults. Ginny would lick her leg of chocolate very, very slowly. And while we fought a friendly sport among us brothers who would get the second biggest piece, none of us would have taken it from her."
"Now look at you lot. Pathetic, all of you. My mother sent me a new packet of sweets every week."
"Yeah, Malfoy. Just look at where it got you ..."
"You're teeth are rotten ..."
"You're overweight ..."
"And you've got no spine whatsoever!"
I hope you'll enjoy!
Prompt: 36. I say, I say, I say. Why has Voldemort got no nose?
Characters/Pairing: Voldemort
Rating: PG-13?
Squick warning: mentions of RL character death, unbetaed
Wake-up Call
Eternal life.
He craved it. He searched for it. He found it.
It was nothing to rip parts of your soul from your body, if the reward was eternal life, if it was to rule the world.
Let no one say Lord Voldemort would not sacrifice everything to reach his goal. He killed. He threatened. He charmed. He even followed the example of another ruler, a king of pop.
Ripping apart your soul was nothing.
So why did it hurt so much to wake up in LA and see his newly improved face in the mirror? His nose - reduced to a little stub of nothingness. His skin - bleached to the point of fading.
Prompt: 51. My childhood was SO much more tortured than yours!
Characters/Pairing: Harry, Ron, Hermione, Draco
Rating: PG
Squick warning: dialogue only, unbetaed
"I never had sweets when I was young."
"Me neither, my parents couldn't afford them."
"My parents could afford them. But, of course, sweets were out of the question. 'That stuff is bad for your teeth, darling' they'd say. I watched the other children at school, licking away at ice creams and lolly pops, chewing chocolate and caramel. I remember a toffee I brought home from a friend's birthday party. My mother made me brush my teeth at once, then she fed me carrot sticks for the rest of the week."
"Sweets? At the Dursleys? No chance. Everything that was good enough to eat would go into Dudley's huge trap. I was left with the scraps. When my stomach growled with hunger, Aunt Petunia scolded me that I was disturbing the sleep of her beloved Dudders."
"I remember mum crying under the little twig we had for Christmas. She had used all her spare money to buy us two Chocolate Frogs. Two frogs for seven children and two adults. Ginny would lick her leg of chocolate very, very slowly. And while we fought a friendly sport among us brothers who would get the second biggest piece, none of us would have taken it from her."
"Now look at you lot. Pathetic, all of you. My mother sent me a new packet of sweets every week."
"Yeah, Malfoy. Just look at where it got you ..."
"You're teeth are rotten ..."
"You're overweight ..."
"And you've got no spine whatsoever!"