Summary: Mother and daughter pursued their dreams while sitting on the kitchen floor.

Rated: T

Genre: Tragedy

Warning Tag: Character Death; Child Witnessing Death


Artistic Disaster

When he walked in, paint was everywhere but the canvases. Dirty blonde hair was now turned into a rainbow from stray splatters from the brushes as Luna painted away on the walls of their kitchen by the table. The happy hum of a made-up tune fell into sync with her mother who hummed nearby as she, too, happily worked on her project over a bubbling cauldron.

Xenophilius could only smile at his daughter and wife as he watched the pair work their artistic magic before his eyes. Luna's mural sparked to life from the touch of her paint-stained fingertips. The flutter of stars that she dotted across the blue-green sky twinkled as they were complemented by a full moon Luna had filled in with white and grey. A touch of a grey-hue glowed from it once finished, and it lit up the landscape she peppered with nocturnal creatures.

Dione sat nearby, her work station sprawled out around her on the ground. Her cauldron gurgled beside her as she studied her self-written spellbook, which she always strived to improve. She was in the process of perfecting an instant brew charm for potions, and he knew she would be able to accomplish it just as she had with the others in the past.

He ascended the stairs to his makeshift office, leaving his precious girls to their work while he went to tinker with his own. Xenophilius had just approached the well-worn chair before the floor shook under him, the horrid sound of a cauldron breaking was heard soon after.

His child's scream summoned the man to the grave scene that unfolded just seconds ago when he swiftly retraced his steps. He collected the sobbing girl in his arms as he bore witness to his wife's failed experiment all around them. The potion from the cauldron now splattered across the kitchen, Dione stared at her family as her body feebly twitched, clinging to the last breath she held in her lungs to mouth her three final words.


Originally Written For:

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry (Challenges & Assignments)

Monthly Challenges for All

The Houses Competitions

Word count: (Per Google Docs) 335

Originally Written: May 2018