The Twinkling of an Eye

A/N-This is a drabble collection of drabbles about all eras. The ones that are for the NextGen will also be part of the Favorite Era Boot Camp Challenge. It will be combined with other challenges. This one is for prompt #12-Imgination and also for MadHatter's Alice in Wonderland Quote Competition!

"Come on Rose, go to sleep," Hermione begged but the five year old just shook her head.

"No until you read me a story!" she declared. Hermione sighed.

"Alright," she said, pulling out The Tales of the Beedle and the Bard, "Which one would you like me to read to you?"

"I'm too old for fairy tales," Rose scuffed. Hermione sighed again, and then went over to Rose's bookshelf, which contained quite a few books. Rose got out of bed and joined her.

"Which one do you want Rosie?" she asked. Rose looked them over, and then pulled out the biggest one.

"This one!" she said, holding it up proudly for her mother to see.

"Alice in Wonderland," her mother read aloud, "Are you sure?"

"Yes," Rose said and then walked back to bed. For the next half hour, Rose was quiet, listening intently. After a while, she stopped her mother.

"I don't understand," she confessed, "'Read the directions and directly you will directed in the right direction'? What kind of advice is that? And how do Potions make you smaller or bigger? Why doesn't she just use a spell?" Hermione smiled.

"The author of this book was a Muggle, Rose," she explained, "He didn't know about magic, so he used his imagination to figure it out."

"E-mag-in-a-shion," Rose pronounced carefully, "What does that mean?"

"It's like when your mind creates new things," Hermione explained.

"I have a big imagination!" Rose declared.

"I know, sweetie," she said, and then kissed her on the forehead, "That's enough reading for one night."

'Alright," Rose consented, "Night Mummy."

"Night Rosie," she said and turned the light out.

A/N-That was for MadHatter's Alice in Wonderland Competition with the quote, "Read the directions and directly you will be directed in the right direction," and prompt #12-Imagination for Lilybug's Favorite Era Boot Camp! I hoped you liked it!