A/N: This for the Crownless Queen, who wanted Druna for the GGE. Here you go, love. :) This is going to be a three-shot, by the way, so I suggest you follow this story if you want to read more!
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.
Silver
by Brooke
I. Icy
Winter, Draco thinks, is an absolute beast. An icy torrent of snowflakes blows his way, and he only sees an endless expanse of white dotted with dots of grey and black, all he can see of the people struggling against the merciless weather. Draco tugs on his grey scarf, eager to get home and take off the scratchy fabric and rest in front of the fireplace with a cup of warm cocoa. The icy wind whips at his white-blond hair, and nips at his nose and the tip of his cheekbones, the only skin that is unprotected by masses of thick, woolen fabric.
"May I have some spare change? If you have any, of course."
Draco jolts in surprise at the sudden noise - a human voice asking for his money, no less. "Excuse me?" he says sharply before he can stop himself, and instead continue on his way, ignoring her. After all, there are so many homeless people that ask for change and such.
The girl - he is quite sure that she is a girl; her hair is a white blonde, her wide eyes rimmed with long eyelashes that catch little flakes of snow, and her cheeks are flushed with a rosy color from the cold - starts to repeat herself. "May I have - " she starts, but is soon hushed by a man kneeling next to her, dressed in equally dirty attire.
"Don't be rude, Luna" he chastises her. "He doesn't have to give you change, you know." To Draco, he says: "I'm terribly sorry, mister."
"But we need the money, Daddy," protests Luna, rubbing her stomach, but quiets down immediately at the other man's stern look.
"Just give it up, Luna," he mutters towards her, a hint of exasperation in his tone that sounded like he was used to this ordeal. "Let him go on his way, for Merlin's sake." He smiles apologetically at Draco, who has been awkwardly watching the two with slight hesitation.
Draco hurries to comply to his suggestion, not wanting to stay in the freezing cold for much longer (he's thinking more along the lines of hot cocoa and resting in front of a warm fireplace), but is stopped once again by the familiar voice.
"Just some change? Anything? You must...must have...something…" Her voice falters near the end, and she stops, shivering, for a moment, wrapping her meager clothing around her thin, shaking shoulders. They make eye-contact, silver meeting grey, and suddenly he is entrapped by her wide, pearl whirlpools. The faint winter light catches on her pupils, making her eyes glimmer entrancingly.
He blinks, breaking eye-contact, and pulls his gaze away from her. She unnerves him, if that's even the word for it; there really is no way to describe the strange, hypnotic pull of her eyes.
"Please?" she says again, and that bleakness in her voice and the way it cracks at the end of the word somehow draw his eyes to her face - godammit, those eyes trap him and keep him rooted to the ground - and suddenly he find his feet moving towards her. He digs in his pocket, fingers grasping around a circular object, and produces a silver sickle. He drops it in front of her, and quickly retreats back down the snowy path.
(He can't stop thinking about those eyes.)
A/N: Part I is finished! As I mentioned before, there will be three parts, and each of them will be 500 words. I will try to update fast! (hint: reviews help)
Also, I would like to clarify somethings that you readers may have found confusing. Just saying, this is, in fact, a Muggle!AU, despite the use of wizarding currency and wizard slang. I am simply doing this to, one, make this as canon as possible to the books, and two, so it would not be too complicated for me, an American, to write about British currency and such. Just clearing that up. :)
As always, please review! :D
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CHALLENGES AND COMPETITIONS:
Game of Life: Prompts; Pumpkin Fizz, ICE, "Look at me!"
85 shades of AU Competition: Homeless!AU
Pick a card, Any Card Challenge: Four of Spades - Write about Luna Lovegood.
Build-A-Bear Challenge: Inserting the heart - write a fluff fanfic
Hangman Challenge: "H" - Homeless
Harry Potter Carnival Competition: Prompt; Snowy
Disney Character Challenge: Alice - Write about Luna Lovegood
*2015* New Years Millionaire Challenge: Muggle!AU
