Drabble Wars: Write your character protecting someone from harm.
Chocolate Frog Card: (Gold) Herpo the Foul: Challenge: Incorporate a snake into your story.
Gringotts: Stupefy [Spells]
Word Count: 265
"Mummy!" the little girl cried, standing on the stone bench with tears dripping down her face. Rowena's head snapped to attention, staring out into the garden and seeing her little Helena clutching the hem of her dress as she cried.
Rowena hurried over, weaving through the short bushes that resembled a small maze, before getting nearer to Helena.
"Mummy, there's a snake!" she yelled when she caught sight of her mother coming closer. Helena pointed a shaking hand to the grass where Rowena, upon closer inspection, could see a brown snake weaving it's way through the grass to Helena. Rowena wished Salazar was here to tell her if the snake was poisonous or not, better yet, to order it to stay away; he was with Godric on a hike that would last a few days as they decided to get some ingredients.
"I'm coming, darling," Rowena called before whipping out her wand and casting a silent Stupefy on the creature as it hissed menacingly. With the creature knocked out, Helena hopped off the bench and rushed towards her mother, grasping her dress as she sobbed. "Oh, you sweet thing, everything is okay now."
"Mummy, I was scared."
"I know you were love, but it's okay now," she told her, stroking her hair. "He won't hurt you." She moved closer to the snake, peering at its markings and was thankful that she'd knocked it out before it got to Helena for it was a very dangerous snake; he'd been going to her to kill. "You're safe now," she commented, to reassure herself more than her daughter.
