A Harry Potter Fanfiction
*Originally posted at 'elsewhere' under lexi.atel; this is me.
Disclaimer: Harry Potter belongs to Jk Rowling, I do not make any profit in writing this story what so ever, I am just having some fun.
Written for the 10 Characters, 10 Prompts Challenge
Character: Andromeda Tonks
Prompt: Practice
Was originally meant to be an entry for Season 3 Round 4 of The Quidditch League Fanfiction Competition with prompts 'icicle', 'dawn', and '1st person POV', but I mixed up the positions, goofing up the main prompt. I was supposed to write about the character being scared, instead I wrote about happiness, lol. This is the outcome. Hope you enjoy.
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I tapped my wand once against my sister's mouse, Mess. She let out a terrified squeak, which, in turn, made me squeak. Did I hurt her?!
"Messie?" I whispered softly, jabbing the poor creature with my finger, and wiggling it affectionately.
"Oh, good grief, Andromeda!" Bellatrix huffed next to me. "I can not believe Mother is making me help you! You're completely useless in this subject! Do you realize that?!" She crossed her arms along her chest, rolling her eyes, muttering a curse that would had gotten her tongue hexed off if Mother had been around to hear her.
"I can't help it," I mumbled, cuddling Messie into my arms, stroking her fur to calm her down. Messie didn't like Bellatrix. Not that Bellatrix really liked the mouse either. My older sister had wanted a cat at first, but, our younger sister, Cissy, said a mouse would be a lot less effort to manage. Bellatrix didn't want to spend much time with an animal, both Cissy and I knew that, so, I was relieved when Bellatrix changed her mind on the cat. At that time, two years ago, when we tagged along Bellatrix while she shopped for her Hogwarts supplies, I had not thought that a mouse would matter at all. They were disgusting rodents that chewed up anything they could get their teeth on. That was before I seen what Bellatrix would do to poor Messie (dangling her in the air by her tail, and letting her fall from a seven foot drop, and practicing hexes on her), I felt bad for the little rodent. It had also surprised me that she had made it passed Bellatrix's first school year.
"Stop that!" Bellatrix screeched, snatching Messie from me by the scruff of the neck. She narrowed her eyes at
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