WRACKSPURTS

dedicated to Lord Mozkeet, Bearer of the Shinest Wings in All the Land

I'd never known so many Wrackspurts to be in the same place. If it weren't for the rain, I'd open the window of our compartment to let some of them out. The others in the compartment didn't seem to notice the infestation as quickly as I did. I covered my ears with my palms, and idly whistled the tune that would discourage the Wrackspurts from entering my head.

Perhaps the sheer number of them gave them the confidence to try anyways. I could feel them wriggling through the space between my fingers. I began waving my hands about, trying to bat them away before they made my head too fuzzy. I didn't want to spend my first day at school with an unclear mind, because there would be just so many interesting things to discover and I didn't want to miss a thing.

That was when the others started to wave their arms, too. They were very exuberant about it, and any quick Wrackspurt could have easily slipped in as their arms went through a large range of motion, instead of just the recommended back and forth movements in front of the ear. They were giggling, too. Everyone knows that Wrackspurts are drawn towards the sound of laughter. I tried to remind them about this, but they laughed harder, now clutching their stomachs.

I was puzzled that they were so unconcerned about the Wrackspurts, and I worried that it meant their minds had already been muddled. That would have been a shame, really, because they were all first-years, too.

But what if they hadn't been affected by the Wrackspurts? I wondered what was amusing enough that they would laugh despite the Wrackspurts. But I felt it wouldn't be polite of me to ask.


A/N: Written for Mossy's Secret Santa present. I hope he doesn't mind that I'm posting this...

A great big thank you hug goes to Gussiki Lee, who beta'ed. (Feel free to blame him if it's carp. [/sarc )

Yay for mah first fic of 2008! Hopefully not the last, but there's always the possibility that it will be. [/pessimism And yay for Luna!fic! It was hard for me to get Luna's voice right. I think it's still kind of off in some places, but whatever.

Merry Mozziemas, everyone! And Happy New Year's!