I've recently (as in today) become a member of the Harry Potter Fanfiction Challenges forum and decided to take on the "30 Drabbles in 30 Days" challenge posted by Mystii! I chose the pairing Astoria/Draco (no real shocker there, huh? haha) and I hope you enjoy my drabble-a-days for the next month :)

Reviews would be lovely!

-Jackie//xxArtemisxFowlxx

Moments Remembered
An Astoria/Draco Drabble series

#1 – Sapphires

"Daddy, can we look at the jewelry? Daddy, please!" A young Astoria begged her father as they stood outside a large-windowed store on Diagon Alley. Her father checked his pocket watch.

"Astoria, we've only a little while before I promised your mother we'd be home," he said, pocketing the watch once again. Astoria put on her best pouting face.

"Oh but Mummy won't mind; it'll only be a few minutes, Daddy! I just want to see the stones," she said with a puffed out lower lip. Her father stared steadily into his daughter's pleading eyes, one hand fiddling in his pocket. He finally gave in with a sigh and led a beaming Astoria inside the shop.

Astoria immediately rushed to the nearest display case and pushed her face again the glass so that her warm breath fogged the pane. Before her glittered many gems, but her attention was caught by one stone in particular.

"Daddy, what stone is that?" Astoria asked while pressing on the glass with a finger.

"Which one, darling?"

"The blue one."

"That's a sapphire, Astoria. It's your birthstone," her father explained. The gem had caught her attention not because it was her birthstone, but because it reminded her of a boy she'd met the other night at a family party. He'd had blonde hair and eyes like sapphires, though Astoria hadn't known what to call them then.

"I like sapphires," she said softly, more to herself than anyone. Her father checked his pocket watch again.

"Come along, Astoria; it's time we were getting home." He put a hand on his daughter's back and led her out of the store and away from the sapphires.

Review? :3

Edit: As brought up by a reviewer, I understand that Draco's eyes are grey. However, I always imagined that his eyes were dark blue as a child and that they lightened over time (seeing as how muggles' eyes/hair/etc. may darken over time, I thought with him being a pureblood he would do just the reverse. Just a little idea of mine)

-Jackie