Challenges: Fire the Canon's Character of the Week Drabble Competition (week 7) on HPFC

Characters: Lisa Cullen, Tabitha Bainbridge

Prompt: Pale green

Word count: 136


Isn't it peculiar, how imminent death washes everything out?

Shadows, black as night, become soft gray. Fire dancing high enough to light an entire stone hall becomes bleached and hazy. Vivid hexes become delicate charms, spilled potions in all shades become a bland colourless mix.

Worst of all, though, is the curse, the most unforgivable offence. It becomes dull and unmemorable, pale green instead of bright. It doesn't stand out, doesn't look like anything important. But it comes right for her, her over everyone else in the warzone.

Then everything returned to its' normal state, and she was staring at the ceiling, her head throbbing where it had hit the ground. "Ow - what -" Warm brown eyes met cool gray.

"You alright there, love?"

Lisa felt her heart stop.

This time, it wasn't for death.