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Fireflies and Faerie Lights
She can't be sure if it's a memory or only a dream…
Her mother was there, and they were catching fireflies together. (She must have been really little, if her mother was still alive.) The warm summer air was bearable since the sun had set, and the world was filled with twinkling lights.
The memory, if it truly was that, was hazy. The more she tried to remember it, the more it slipped away. (She felt like she was crazy, though, because half of what she remembered was impossible.)
"Don't blink, Alex," her mother whispered in her ear. (How could her voice be so clear in a dream?) "Don't blink, or you'll miss it!"
She pointed to the center of a cluster of fireflies, and Alex followed her direction. There, in the middle of the glowing insects, was a darting faerie.
And then Alex blinked.
Prompt (Original Character Boot Camp — Harry Potter Fanfiction Challenges): blink [word count: 145]