(HP) Snapshots (1/7)
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For the Future
Prompt: Life
There are a million things Colin Creevey wants to do with his life. He wants to be a photographer-maybe not for the Prophet anymore, but the Quibbler is a possibility-and he wants to travel the world. He wants to be married someday, and maybe have a son that he can teach about magic and see off to Hogwarts when he's eleven. He wants to have a pet Crup, or possibly an owl like Harry Potter's because they're far more useful, though not as friendly. He wants to go to Hogsmeade with his friends and drink butterbeer and tell scary stories about the Shrieking Shack to the third-years. He wants to go to Quidditch games with his brother and cheer for the Cannons, even though they're terrible, and he wants to kiss a girl before he leaves Hogwarts (and maybe do more, but he'll settle for a kiss).
All of these things seem to be flitting away, just out of grasp, as the days go by. Snape is ruling the school with an iron fist, other Muggle-borns disappear one by one after being questioned by the Carrows, and You-Know-Who just might actually win this war after all because no one has heard from Harry in ages or even knows if he's still alive. And then one day Colin slips his hand into his pocket and feels something hot, almost burning, and he carefully pulls out his old DA coin-he's carried it with him every day this year, just in case Harry should need help, wherever he is. The coin says that there will be a meeting in only a few hours, and Colin looks up to sees Dennis watching him from across the Gryffindor table, something clutched in his thin hand and his eyes wide.
Later that night, Neville says in a serious tone, "Before anyone agrees to anything, just remember that we'll be risking our lives. If you're not sure about this, you can leave now. No one will think badly of you or-"
"We're not going anywhere," Seamus interrupts, and everyone else nods in agreement.
Padma adds, in a soft but firm voice, "The only way any of us will ever have a chance for a real future is if we fight for it," and when Neville and Ginny begin telling everyone of the plans they've constructed already and asking for opinions and new ideas, Colin thinks that despite all of the things he's always wanted, all of the things he's dreamed may happen one day, there is nothing better he could be doing with his life than this.
Part Two: Three Instead of Four
For the Future
Prompt: Life
There are a million things Colin Creevey wants to do with his life. He wants to be a photographer-maybe not for the Prophet anymore, but the Quibbler is a possibility-and he wants to travel the world. He wants to be married someday, and maybe have a son that he can teach about magic and see off to Hogwarts when he's eleven. He wants to have a pet Crup, or possibly an owl like Harry Potter's because they're far more useful, though not as friendly. He wants to go to Hogsmeade with his friends and drink butterbeer and tell scary stories about the Shrieking Shack to the third-years. He wants to go to Quidditch games with his brother and cheer for the Cannons, even though they're terrible, and he wants to kiss a girl before he leaves Hogwarts (and maybe do more, but he'll settle for a kiss).
All of these things seem to be flitting away, just out of grasp, as the days go by. Snape is ruling the school with an iron fist, other Muggle-borns disappear one by one after being questioned by the Carrows, and You-Know-Who just might actually win this war after all because no one has heard from Harry in ages or even knows if he's still alive. And then one day Colin slips his hand into his pocket and feels something hot, almost burning, and he carefully pulls out his old DA coin-he's carried it with him every day this year, just in case Harry should need help, wherever he is. The coin says that there will be a meeting in only a few hours, and Colin looks up to sees Dennis watching him from across the Gryffindor table, something clutched in his thin hand and his eyes wide.
Later that night, Neville says in a serious tone, "Before anyone agrees to anything, just remember that we'll be risking our lives. If you're not sure about this, you can leave now. No one will think badly of you or-"
"We're not going anywhere," Seamus interrupts, and everyone else nods in agreement.
Padma adds, in a soft but firm voice, "The only way any of us will ever have a chance for a real future is if we fight for it," and when Neville and Ginny begin telling everyone of the plans they've constructed already and asking for opinions and new ideas, Colin thinks that despite all of the things he's always wanted, all of the things he's dreamed may happen one day, there is nothing better he could be doing with his life than this.
Part Two: Three Instead of Four