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Post by MMADfan on Apr 27, 2008 12:02:00 GMT -5
This was written for Potter Place's "Drabble Night." A drabble is normally exactly 100 words, but because the idea is to get the story done fast and not futz about the word count, it just has to be short -- a flashfic. I did two, and I thought you folks might enjoy this one, which contains two of our favorite characters!
For "Drabble Night," you're challenged with a person, place, and thing, and you have to immediately write a flashfic in response, and post it to Potter Place, then you challenge someone else in the chat room. The words that I was given are posted at the end of the story.
Genre: Humor
Characters: Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Harry Potter, Sybil Trelawney, Severus Snape, Filius Flitwick, Pomona Sprout, Lavender Brown
Rating: K+
Audience: Just about anyone
 Something was definitely wrong with Ron. They were in the Great Hall having breakfast, and not just any breakfast, but the special Valentine’s Day breakfast. Heart-shaped pancakes, scones pink with cherry juice and bits of cherry, sugary doughnuts filled with raspberry jam, festive omelettes, pomegranate preserves, all manner of lovely goodies. Even the toast was heart-shaped. But Ron wasn’t eating a thing. He kept looking around, occasionally poking his fork at his plate, but never taking a bite. Given that Ron normally ate like an ill-mannered Hippogriff, this was highly unusual behaviour. Finally, licking a bit of raspberry jam from her lower lip, Hermione kicked Ron under the table, getting his attention. “Oi! What did you do that for, Hermione?” “You aren’t eating. Are you sick?” she asked. “Or just lovesick?” Harry added with a smirk, eliciting laughter from the other boys at the table. “No, no, it’s just that Lavender gave me a present yesterday,” he said in a low whisper. Hermione rolled her eyes. “Big hairy deal!” Dean Thomas said. “No, it’s a little hairy deal,” Ron said, still in a whisper. “And I’ve lost it.” “Well, what was it?” Hermione asked impatiently and without a whit of sympathy. At the head table, there was a minor kerfuffle as Severus Snape pushed his plate away and stood, turning and scowling at Sybil Trelawney, who had been trying to get him to eat pomegranate preserves throughout breakfast. Flitwick, on Sybil’s other side, appeared to be trying to appease the other two staff members. Pomona Sprout plucked something from Snape’s plate, stood, pointed her wand at her throat, then announced in a voice amplified by the Sonorous, “Has anyone lost a pink Puffskein?” The entire Gryffindor table burst into laughter – only Lavender scowled. Ron turned Valentine’s Day red.
Challenge Words: Ron Weasley, the Great Hall, pink Puffskein |
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Post by stefdarlin on Apr 27, 2008 22:08:51 GMT -5
Tee-hee! This was so adorably cute! I rest my case. You are DA BOMBE!
Even to write a flash fic it takes me an hour or two (if I have an idea). *sigh*
Cheers!
Stef =o)
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Post by MMADfan on Apr 29, 2008 7:51:11 GMT -5
Tee-hee! This was so adorably cute! I rest my case. You are DA BOMBE! Even to write a flash fic it takes me an hour or two (if I have an idea). *sigh* Cheers! Stef =o) I'm glad you enjoyed it! This one was quite a challenge, since I don't "do" Ron! haha! |
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Post by Smaug on Apr 29, 2008 17:54:56 GMT -5
Firstly I really must compliment the banner, it's perfect for the story. Haha, oh Ron how could you? He's so male. And I know but really... I can't believe she got him a puffskein, and a pink one at that. I loved that he wasn't eating though, that must be a first. But your food descriptions made me crave jam doughnuts. Mmmm. Anyway, back to the point I was vaguely making. It makes a nice change for a Valentine's fic to be funny, and I love that it upset Snape too. Hehe. A little hairy deal makes me laugh now I know what he's lost. Thank you again for cheering me up. Though I really am delirious now, for some unknown reason. Though happy and cheering with delirious is quite a nice combination  I need to sleep. Wonderful two little ficlets, so thank you for sending me to read them |
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Post by MMADfan on Apr 29, 2008 19:18:17 GMT -5
Firstly I really must compliment the banner, it's perfect for the story. Haha, oh Ron how could you? He's so male. And I know but really... I can't believe she got him a puffskein, and a pink one at that. I loved that he wasn't eating though, that must be a first. But your food descriptions made me crave jam doughnuts. Mmmm. Anyway, back to the point I was vaguely making. It makes a nice change for a Valentine's fic to be funny, and I love that it upset Snape too. Hehe. A little hairy deal makes me laugh now I know what he's lost. Thank you again for cheering me up. Though I really am delirious now, for some unknown reason. Though happy and cheering with delirious is quite a nice combination I need to sleep. Wonderful two little ficlets, so thank you for sending me to read them I'm glad you enjoyed them! Now I hope you get some nice sleep and are less delirious when you wake up! (And now I'm craving a jam-filled doughnut!) And, just for you, a "prequel": “Oh, Won-Won! How dreadfully sad!” Lavender exclaimed, putting her arms around Ron and squeezing him.
“Well, it was a long time ago, but that’s the sort of thing I’ve always had to put up with from those two,” Ron said, in hopes of getting more than just a sympathetic hug. “I bear up, but that’s the twins for you.”
Lavender had a tear in her eye as she kissed him on the cheek.
Two weeks later, Ron met Lavender in a secluded nook partially obscured by a suit of armour.
“I know it’s a day early, but I just couldn’t wait!” Lavender squealed in excitement. “Open it, Won-Won!”
Ron removed the loose top from the plain pink box. He blinked. A Puffskein. A pink Puffskein.
“Oh, Lavender, it’s . . . it’s . . . it’s . . . it’s a Puffskein. It’s such a surprise. You really shouldn’t have,” Ron said. He looked up to see disappointment on Lavender’s face. How did a girl think a chap would react to a pink Puffskein? “But it’s very pink. And soft. Like you.” He smiled the winning Weasley smile. “It will always remind me of you.”
He was rewarded for the apparently correct response by one of the most heated kisses Lavender had yet bestowed on him. EDIT: In case you don't remember, Ron had a Puffskein once, but Fred used it for Bludger practice. *sniffle* Oh, and I'm glad you liked the banner! ;D |
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Post by OSUSprinks on Apr 29, 2008 23:48:21 GMT -5
I loved the story, but I think I might like the prequel better! lol The whole idea is hilarious. It just cracks me up. |
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Post by Smaug on Apr 30, 2008 1:33:30 GMT -5
LOL! The prequel, Lavender really is unbelievable. As if she fell for that. But it's cute, in a funny way. Hehe, yay for prequels |
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I need to sleep.
