This is for Kamerreon's Drabble Challenge — a drabble a day until my imagination dies.

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Pumpkins


Pumpkins. Pumpkins everywhere. Pumpkin juice, pumpkin pasties, pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin!

Harry hated pumpkin. He always had. And it was everywhere at Halloween! It was everywhere all the time, but even more so at Halloween! It was enough to make Harry scream! He hated it, and at the Halloween every second dish had it in it.

Harry had thought he had been clever – he had picked foods with no pumpkin, including chicken, mashed potato, roast beef and gravy. Until Hermione had noted the lack of vegetables and dumped a heap of roast pumpkin onto his plate. Scowling, Harry had shuffled until his back was partially to her.

"What's wrong?" a voice murmured in his ear, causing him to flush. Harry scowled, stabbing at the pumpkin. "Right. You hate pumpkin."

"Yes," Harry agreed with a pout.

"Here," a large hand appeared in his vision, taking his fork and spearing the pumpkin. He dumped it on the potato and quickly mashed it up until the potato became orange.

"There," Marcus leaned back, handing Harry back his fork. Harry took it with a scowl, scooping up a bit of the potato. He tasted the orange food, frowning as he realized it tasted like potato.

"I still hate pumpkin,"