Round 3, Challenge 3; With Few Words

[sellthelie]

Challenge: With Few Words

Your challenge is to write a drabble, limited to 100 words. The setting, pairing, genre is entirely up to you, the only constraint is that it must be 100 words.

• Drabbles must be 100 words
• Please do not post your drabbles anywhere else until the challenge is over, and what you wrote is to remain private until the results

Comments

Re: Screen Test

[sellthelie]

Yep! I nearly forgot, then luckily remembered this time around. :)

Re: Memories

[bambu345]

I laughed that Rose already has a taste for her mum's favorite books. This was a charming slice of domesticity.

[kcstories]

Title: Rehabilitation
By: kcstories
Rating: G
Warnings: Not DH-compliant. Cross-gen. Mention of (off-screen) character death.
Summary: “The room is bleak, impersonal, just like the office where she accepted the assignment.”
Pairing: Hermione / Lucius
Word Count: 100

The room is bleak, impersonal, just like the office where she accepted the assignment.

He wasn’t the best candidate for the Programme, but if the rehabilitation worked, he’d set a brilliant example.

She visited him regularly to analyse his progress.

She was present when he learned of Narcissa’s passing.

They talked for hours that afternoon. On her way home, she realised they’d become friends.

She hopes someday they might become more.

She recognises the voices behind the door.

Her heart leaps up into her throat when those long awaited words are finally spoken.

“Lucius Malfoy, you are free to go.”

[kcstories]

Thank you. :)

[bambu345]

I hope to see your work again soon, and it's been great fun to share the experience with you.

[snowpuppies]

Title: In the Spring
By: snowpuppies
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: angst, implied character death (not Hermione)
Summary: The world keeps turning.
Pairing: Hermione/Ron
Word Count: 100

In the Spring

"There's…been an accident."

The pall of dawn settled into the room, casting the walls, the floor, the furniture in colorless hues.

"…caught in an explosion…"

It had been five months, three days and seven hours since he'd been taken.

"…saved the children, but…"

Hermione stared out the window, a hand slipping to cover her swollen belly.

"…a brilliant Auror…"

As the world took its first breath of the morning, the sun crested over the horizon, painting the landscape with gold.

"…so sorry, Mrs. Weasley."

Slowly, she smiled; the flutter of butterfly wings beneath her fingertips felt a little like hope.

***

[snowpuppies]

Thank you so much! I'm glad the format worked for you. *g*

[bambu345]

Interesting double timeline you were playing with here; it gives you huge scope in a very few words. Nicely done.

Drabble #3, Irreversible

[bambu345]

Title: Irreversible
By: bambu345
Rating: All Ages
Warnings: None
Summary: Hermione is faced with reality.
Pairing: None
Word Count: 100
.
.
.

Hermione watched avidly, her targets ignorant of her surveillance.

Eight months of hiding had honed her ability to fade into her surroundings by magical and mundane means. Her hotel was touristy, and arriving peak season ensured her anonymity.

Hermione’s days were spent stalking, her nights riddled with terrifying dreams, and her mornings with the stench of fear clinging to her skin.

After six weeks, she could no longer escape the consequences of her choices, but it hurt. Worse than Bellatrix’s Cruciatus.

Hermione had done her homework too well.

The Obliviates were irreversible.

Her parents would never know she had existed.

Re: Drabble #3, Irreversible

[bambu345]

You're very gracious. Thanks so much.

I really expect that there are consequences to her choices, and how very tragic for her in this scenario, but what a magnificent bit of self-sacrifice on Hermione's part, don't you think? I always thought Ron was a bit of a shit about it in book seven.