Pandora's Little Pithos of Preteens

A HariPo fanfiction

by mew-tsubaki

Note: These characters belong to J.K. Rowling, not me. This was done for my Pandora's Little Box of Terrors challenge found in the HPFC. You can find the challenge here (just take out the spaces!): http :/ forum. fanfiction. net/ topic/ 44309/ 27638002/ 1/ Read, review, and enjoy! And check out and join the forum challenge!

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Terror: Vice

Dominique the Defect

"Non, Dominique, pleez fix your 'air."

Dominique sighed. Her mother, Fleur, would never leave her alone. Fleur always had to have things perfect. Well, guess what, Fleur? Not everyone's you.

Despite that, Dom did as she was told. She reached behind her head and yanked. Oops. She yanked again.

Crap. Another rubber band was caught in her hair.

Fleur tsked and came over to her daughter, taking out her wand. "Dominique, this eez no way for a lady to represent 'erself." She grabbed her daughter's hair before there was any protesting and waved her wand. The rubber band snapped and Dom's hair was released. It flowed freely down her back and shone as Fleur brushed it. "You do 'ave lovely 'air, Dominique… Ze good old Delacour blonde 'air…"

The young witch tuned out the rest. It was not the first time she'd heard it before. Fleur only ever tried to see herself in her daughters, only to be disappointed with what she found.

That really got under Dom's skin. She couldn't complain to her father, though. And Victoire didn't want to hear it; she knew exactly what went on. Poor little Louis shouldn't even have to worry about something like this.

So Dom did the best she could to vent her hatred for her mother: She became a lady of the night.

"What is that?" one might ask. It is an eloquent term, a…euphemism for…"whore."

Dominique knew the dangers of consorting with those whom she desired. Some were the obvious physical dangers. Others would be emotional. There were also the mental ones.

She thought on those she kept company over the years. At first she'd just flirted when she was younger. Lorcan and Scorpius loved playing that game, though Lysander didn't fall as easily for it. Well, that was all right with her. She didn't need him. She had his twin, Lorcan, and Scorpius wrapped around her finger.

As she got older, though, she took it to the next level. Scorpius, surprisingly, was her first. It hadn't gone quite as she'd planned, but it'd been more than enjoyable. It'd always stunned her that he'd been the one to jump at the bait. Lorcan had been a little more reluctant, and Dom felt the same way with him. When she'd finally gotten him into her bed, it'd been a little hard for her…

He had Lysander's face, after all.

When Sander finally noticed her, though, after Hogwarts, Dominique had been overjoyed. She'd wanted him all this time and finally he wanted her in the same way! It wasn't like her relationships with Lorc or Scor, either; she loved Sander and he loved her back.

But…

Yes, there's always a "but," isn't there?

But things were tougher out of Hogwarts than in. Lily fought with her boyfriend Teddy quite a bit and usually Lily was in the wrong, but she would almost always take it out on him. So… Dom had offered him comfort.

It was the one decision she would forever regret. She had Sander to come home to and she went and slept with her cousin's boyfriend as he needed?

The now older and wiser Dominique tossed and turned in her boyfriend's arms. Lysander didn't wake, but she didn't want him to do so. Some things were better left unknown. Some habits were better left kept secret. Dominique knew she didn't have a flaw –she was the flaw.

Not everyone's perfect, you know.

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EEK! I've never written a character like this and I don't approve of her actions! …but, for Dom, I feel so bad for her. She feels her only escape is in a quest for flesh. She's not the used, though; she's the user.

Deep. :D

Please review! And if you haven't realized by now, I guess the title's a little misleading. Not all the kids are shown in their preteen years. Teddy's was meant to start as a teen and grow into adulthood along with the rest (hence the possibly of Teddy/Rose, /Lucy, /Roxanne, and /Lily). Dom's had her growing, too. But whatev. I hoped you have enjoyed the fic so far! :P ;)

So review! Thanks! 7 more terrors on the way!

-mew! :3

Thanks for Betaing, Mor! *passes out a hint of Nico* Because if I give you any part of him, BlueMango will be insanely jealous. :D