Random Drabble Challenges: Day One
Characters: Roger Davies and Irma Pince
Prompt(s):
-Quote: "Do it again!"
Time Limit: One hour
ThyGreenThing (Completed with sixteen minutes remaining):
It was just an average day for Roger; chasing girls, breaking hearts and having a laugh. After lessons on a cold Friday afternoon, he went to the library, sadly unaccompanied by his friends. But he had a plan: there would be girls in the library – clever, single girls.
When he arrived though, there was nobody there who was worth his while, only some first years and stuck-up Slytherin boys. Deciding to wait a little longer, he trudged over to a bookshelf and browsed for something interesting to read. As he searched, he ran his index finger down several of their spines, unaware that he was being watched by a pair of beady, black eyes.
"Don't dirty my books, Davies!" Madam Pince barked suddenly, catching Ravenclaw's Quidditch Captain by surprise.
Swiftly, he brought his hand back to his side and sent a charming smile in the librarians direction, "I'm so sorry, you can rest assured it will not happen again."
"It'd better not or you will have to suffer dire consequences!"
Roger went back to his browsing and randomly picked up a dusty book with a faded-blue cover. "The Full History of Ravenclaw House..." he mused, quietly reading aloud the title to himself.
He was about to open it up when the door swung open, revealing the most beautiful girl he had seen all week.
Her shining, blond hair fell in soft waves down to her waist, her long, dark lashes fluttered from around her chocolate-brown eyes and her blood-red lips curved upwards into a smile when she caught him staring at her; just like all of the other boys did.
He could see that she was trouble from her loosely-worn Slytherin tie and mischievous smirk. She walked over to a table, pulled out a quill and a piece of parchment and began to write.
The Ravenclaw knew that he had to speak with her immediately but was so shocked that he could barely even move. And when she winked flirtatiously at him, he felt his grip on the library book slowly subside...
It cascaded to the floor, hitting the groud with an almighty 'THUMP'. Worst of all, it landed open in the middle of the book and the impact of the fall had caused the cover of the spine to crack down the middle.
Pince was taking in every tiny, little detail, her face scrunching up so it appeared as though she was sucking on a lemon.
"DAVIES!" her shrill voice screamed, capturing the attention of all of the students in the Hogwarts Library. They exited quickly, scurrying away like mice: all but one who stood rooted to the spot, absolute terror in his eyes.
"Look what you have done to my book! Do you know how old that is, hmm? How valuable it is? And now what have you done? You've damaged school property! YOU STUPID, STUPID BOY!"
Pince grabbed Roger by the arm and dragged him all the way to Headmaster Dumbledore's office.
Solemnly, one lone student stood in the library with what Muggles liked to call a 'feather-duster', dusting a bookcase like he had been doing for the past two hours.
Pince walked over to him and ran a finger across one of the wooden shelves.
"Do it again!" she snapped before going back to her desk, watching him like a hawk.
"Stupid girls. Bloody too attractive. Little Slytherin cow..." he muttered under his breath, vowing never to go after any girls again.
He knew this wasn't going to last more than twenty-four hours, though.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.
A/N: If you want to do your own drabble with the same characters, prompt and time limit then feel free to do so. Just tell me and I'll add it to the 'Random Drabble Challenges' community.
I'll be uploading Phlob's drabble as a second chapter to this as soon as possible.
Look out for Day Two!
~ThyGreenThing~