Title: Picking Up the Pieces
Prompt: 075 - Shattered
Word Count: 120
Rating: PG
"I'm sorry." Hermione's lip quivered, and her eyes were glazed with a veil of tears. She hid her trembling hands behind her back, leaving small stains of blood on the ties of her apron. The plate lay shattered upon the floor, the crystal flecked with red.
Draco said nothing at first, simply glanced from the plate to Hermione and back again.
"That was—"
"—an heirloom, I know," she murmured miserably.
He looked up, his eyes hard. "Priceless," he finished, his gaze boring into her. "No magic can touch it; it's now worthless." He swept from the room.
Hermione wiped her eyes, though she knew this would eventually pass. All she had to do was pick up the pieces.
