100 Words

by smashing sugar

A series of 100-word drabbles taken from my responses to the hp100 LJ community's weekly challenges. Ficlets feature various ships, characters, genres, and settings -- whatever goes for the topic at hand, so read for your quick enjoyment!

3. To Be Like Her

Title: To Be Like Her
Word Count: 100
Genre: Drama
Characters: open to interpretation
Challenge: Halloween

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All Hollow's Eve was a night of fun and festivities for many Muggles, but for one, it was a night that brought her painful disappointment.

It was the first year her sister went away, and for the first time, she had to go trick-or-treating by herself. She crept out of the house before her parents could see her costume though. She didn't want them giving her anymore sorry, pitying looks than they already had.

Because while she may not be a real witch like her sister, at least once a year, she could pretend that she was and feel special.