We All Make Mistakes

by Sable Supernova

Mistakes come in many shapes and sizes, but they're part of what makes us human. Whether we're drinking too much, not thinking about the consequences or forgetting our priorities, they help make us better people. Collection of one-shots and drabbles.

1. Winky: Basket and Butterbeer

Written for the May Event at Hogwarts for the prompt: Basket

Words: 90

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Basket and Butterbeer

Winky stared at the laundry basket and felt nothing. Back at home, Winky used to see laundry as a challenge, as something to accomplish, as a chance to prove herself. Now, at Hogwarts, it was just a basket.

Because she was a free elf, because she had been cast away, she did not feel proud.

She needed something to take that regret away, something to help her forget.

She looked around the dorm. Half hidden under a pile of Quidditch supplies lay a bottle of Butterbeer. Well, that looked fun.