Secret-Keeper, Secrets Kept, Secret's Out, and Secreting Venom
Title: Secret-Keeper
House: Hufflepuff
Word Count: 100
Characters: James Potter, Peter Pettigrew; discussion of Sirius.
Author's Notes: For the Companion challenge. The drabbles stand alone, but are best taken together. All word counts are from MS Word. For the most part, they're PG, though the last drabble has some swearing. Onoes.
When James asked him to be their Secret-Keeper, Peter recalled Hogwarts. All those fun things nobody'd bothered to tell him about, all those pranks, all those ridiculous in-jokes he hadn't been there for... he'd been a third wheel, a convenient sneaker-of-food from the kitchens. Not a friend.
So he blinked. "Of course I'll do it, James, but what about Sirius?"
"Well, he was going to be it, but..." Of course. Always an afterthought. James explained away, but Peter had heard enough. "I understand," he said cheerfully.
And when, later, he was asked, "Where are they?" he replied, "Godric's Hollow."
Title: Secrets Kept
House: Hufflepuff
Word Count: 100
Characters: Percy Weasley, Scabbers; discussion of Fred and George.
Percy wasn't one to whisper secrets to his pet; after all, he was thirteen. No, he spoke as one might to a friend.
"You see, Scabbers, the trouble with the twins is that there's two of them, and one only listens to another." He took his glasses off to clean them. "And with those two egging each other on, I'll never make prefect. I don't even think Bill and Charlie really wanted it, honestly."
He put his glasses on. "I want it. I can do it, right?"
The rat's ears perked, and Percy sighed. "I'm being ridiculous, aren't I? Supper?"
Title: Secret's Out
House: Hufflepuff
Word Count: 100
Characters: Dean Thomas, Ron; discussion of Scabbers/Wormtail.
"Hey, did you ever find Scabbers?" Dean asked.
Ron wrinkled his nose. "No."
"Well, you don't have to snap at me, I haven't got a cat," said Dean. "Anyway, er. Sorry about the whole... pet being eaten thing, but I found your rat medicine under my bed... d'you want it back or what?"
If only Scabbers had just been eaten, Ron thought. That would make everything a lot less... gross. "Yeah, just give it to Hagrid," he said. "I don't think I want another rat."
"Tough act to follow?" Dean asked.
Ron snorted. "You don't know the half of it."
Title: Secreting Venom
House: Hufflepuff
Word Count: 100
Characters: Wormtail, Voldemort, and Nagini; mention of Sirius and Lupin.
Peter's life was shit.
"Wormtail, milk Nagini! Wormtail, wash Nagini! Wormtail, catch rats for Nagini!"
Catching rats. The Dark Lord was an insensitive prick, and he was only a foot and a half tall.
He'd thought Sirius was bad when he'd nearly got Remus caught. But Voldemort was an arse. Smug, too. It could always be worse, Peter supposed. There was Cruciatus, and Avada Kedavra.
He'd make it through, though. He would always make it through. He was better at surviving, perhaps, than at living.
And until he could get away from this godawful place, he supposed he'd catch rats.
House: Hufflepuff
Word Count: 100
Characters: James Potter, Peter Pettigrew; discussion of Sirius.
Author's Notes: For the Companion challenge. The drabbles stand alone, but are best taken together. All word counts are from MS Word. For the most part, they're PG, though the last drabble has some swearing. Onoes.
When James asked him to be their Secret-Keeper, Peter recalled Hogwarts. All those fun things nobody'd bothered to tell him about, all those pranks, all those ridiculous in-jokes he hadn't been there for... he'd been a third wheel, a convenient sneaker-of-food from the kitchens. Not a friend.
So he blinked. "Of course I'll do it, James, but what about Sirius?"
"Well, he was going to be it, but..." Of course. Always an afterthought. James explained away, but Peter had heard enough. "I understand," he said cheerfully.
And when, later, he was asked, "Where are they?" he replied, "Godric's Hollow."
Title: Secrets Kept
House: Hufflepuff
Word Count: 100
Characters: Percy Weasley, Scabbers; discussion of Fred and George.
Percy wasn't one to whisper secrets to his pet; after all, he was thirteen. No, he spoke as one might to a friend.
"You see, Scabbers, the trouble with the twins is that there's two of them, and one only listens to another." He took his glasses off to clean them. "And with those two egging each other on, I'll never make prefect. I don't even think Bill and Charlie really wanted it, honestly."
He put his glasses on. "I want it. I can do it, right?"
The rat's ears perked, and Percy sighed. "I'm being ridiculous, aren't I? Supper?"
Title: Secret's Out
House: Hufflepuff
Word Count: 100
Characters: Dean Thomas, Ron; discussion of Scabbers/Wormtail.
"Hey, did you ever find Scabbers?" Dean asked.
Ron wrinkled his nose. "No."
"Well, you don't have to snap at me, I haven't got a cat," said Dean. "Anyway, er. Sorry about the whole... pet being eaten thing, but I found your rat medicine under my bed... d'you want it back or what?"
If only Scabbers had just been eaten, Ron thought. That would make everything a lot less... gross. "Yeah, just give it to Hagrid," he said. "I don't think I want another rat."
"Tough act to follow?" Dean asked.
Ron snorted. "You don't know the half of it."
Title: Secreting Venom
House: Hufflepuff
Word Count: 100
Characters: Wormtail, Voldemort, and Nagini; mention of Sirius and Lupin.
Peter's life was shit.
"Wormtail, milk Nagini! Wormtail, wash Nagini! Wormtail, catch rats for Nagini!"
Catching rats. The Dark Lord was an insensitive prick, and he was only a foot and a half tall.
He'd thought Sirius was bad when he'd nearly got Remus caught. But Voldemort was an arse. Smug, too. It could always be worse, Peter supposed. There was Cruciatus, and Avada Kedavra.
He'd make it through, though. He would always make it through. He was better at surviving, perhaps, than at living.
And until he could get away from this godawful place, he supposed he'd catch rats.