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Written as an assignment and for the Feruary Event (My Love) over on Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Challenges & Assignments)
Task: Write about someone who is really lucky
My Love: (Dialogue) "I hit the jackpot when I married you."
Pairing: Hermione/Ludo
1000 Word Challenge: Luck
Gringotts: Cross Gen Het: Hermione/Ludo; Noun – Luck, Debt, Charm, Slot, Stack, Wheel, Winner; Adjectives – Mounting, Lucky; Verb – Come, Pick, Pay, Hit; Compound Words – Everything
Word Count: 631
Felix in Vegas
He entered the casino, sure as anything that his luck was about to turn around.
His mounting debt was about to cripple him, and with the goblins on his back this was his last resort.
Ludo knew that coming here was wishful thinking and that these places were known for parting a fool from his money, but today he his lucky charm with him, and he had Felix on his side, and where better to come than Vegas.
The casino was buzzing with the excitement of the muggles, playing games ranging from Blackjack to Slot Machines, but Ludo's sights were set firmly on the Roulette table.
His arm tightened around Hermione as he guided her towards the table.
He tipped out 500 galleons worth of chips on to the table, which in muggle money was roughly worth about $5035. Over the course of the evening the wizard was hoping to transfigure this meagre sum into hundreds of thousands of dollars.
"Pick a number my love," he requested as he stacked the chips. "And let Felix do the rest."
Hermione bit her lip as she looked at all the options. "Black fifteen," she answered.
Ludo pushed his stack of chips forward. "Five thousand on black fifteen."
The young man running the table took in Ludo's slightly dishevelled appearance and raised his eyebrows slightly at the bet.
He leant forward over the table and rested on his forearms. "Are you sure sir?" he asked
Ludo glanced at Hermione out of the corner of his eye, before answering, "Positive."
"Very well then, Sir. Good luck."
The man, whose nametag read Eric, took the small silver ball into his hand and spun the wheel, releasing it in the other direction. Ludo took Hermione's hand in his own as he watched the path of the ball.
Even though he knew that Felix would see him right, Ludo held his breath as the ball clattered along the wheel before finally settling on black fifteen.
"Black fifteen. One winner," Eric declared.
Hermione and Ludo cheered loudly as they embraced tightly, each of them feeling such a rush from the win.
The young man drew all the chips off the table apart from Ludo's.
"Congratulations Sir. Odds of thirty seven to one, pays $185 000," he informed them as he counted out the chips and pushed them in their direction.
Ludo's jaw dropped wide open. He had known that roulette tables could be very profitable, but never in his wildest dreams had he expected to win so much in one bet.
If his calculations were correct, Ludo only needed one more win like that to be able to pay of his debts and leave a tidy sum left over to set himself and Hermione up for life.
"Place your bets, no limit. Next spin in one minute," Eric announced.
Ludo pushed his large stack of chips onto red thirty two, and once again his willingness to put everything on the line raising eyebrows from many spectators.
Once again he watched with baited breath as the ball span round and round the wheel until it came to a halt on red thirty two.
Everyone around the table clapped as it was announced that there was one winner, and Eric paid him out.
"Well done Sir, that's $6 845 000." Eric congratulated him. "It must be your lucky night, if you carry on this way you'll end up breaking the bank."
Ludo flashed Eric a grin. "Well I guess I'd better quit whilst I'm ahead."
The couple collected up their spoils of the evening into a small bag and went to the exchange point.
As soon as they had left the casino, Ludo picked Hermione up and spun her around as he exclaimed, "I hit the jackpot when I married you."
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