Written for 2 Week Drabble Wars: Main Attraction ft. Dialogue Prompts

On Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry (Challenges & Assignments)

Prompt: Day Ten: "I like watching ducks, feeding the ducks. I find ducks very relaxing." (My Mad Fat Diary)


On the far right of the Tonks' residents was a small pond, that most of the ducks lived in. Their schedule consisted of them swimming around in the small pond, before waddling around the neighbor, before resigning back to the pond where they awaited food to come. At that time a small child that always changed her colors into bright pink or mucky brown would come with a loaf a bread and throw pieces to it. She even had taken the time to name each and every one of them. This had fascinated the child's mother, only because that was the only thing that the child did that calmed her. One day, the mother decided to join in on the routine.

"Come on, Jesse, you're the only that haven't ate." The seven old said. "What's wrong you had a bad day?"

The duck that she was speaking to was the smallest of the bunch and strips of white everywhere. He (or she) had refused to take any of the bread that the girl threw to it. Instead it had allowed its' siblings to take and wait greedily for the girl to throw more.

"No! No more for you three!" The girl said sternly, "Come on Jesse."

When the duck wouldn't budge, the little girl sighed before waddling into the pond.

"Nymphadora!" The mother exclaimed.

"Jesse has to eat mommy." Nymphadora protest, as she held out her hand to the duck.

Surely enough, the duck ate the bread in the girl's hand and she beamed. Andromeda's initial anger at the girl vanished, and she smiled despise herself. As the two head home Andromeda asked the question why did she liked ducks so much.

"I like watching ducks, feeding the ducks. I find ducks very relaxing."