1 December 2009
Title: Lupine sense
Smell (also known as prompt): Home
Scene: Between bite at 1968 to Hogwarts arrival 1971
Words: 100
Authors note: Introduction drabble, enjoy.
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' Lycanthropy'
Those venomous words ended my happiness.
I was destroyed.
'Dad?' I asked frightened, 'Will I go to Hogwarts?'
'Sure son' Dad lied, 'Hogwarts is a home for everybody'
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Dad's lie became real as he embraced me before the blood-red train left, smelling like chocolate and home.
'What if I miss...someone?' I asked childishly, meaning home.
Grinning and knowing he said, 'Use your nose'
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I sat next to the gray-eyed Gryffindor in the Great Hall.
We smiled carefully towards each other between plates of pie and my lupine sence told me that he was safe.
He smelled like home.
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