A/N:
This is written for reminiscent-afterthought's 'So you think you know your character?' competition. The competition consists of 11 questions about a character of the writers choice. I chose Mundungus Fletcher, and all 11 questions will be answered in the chapters of this fic. Though aspects of his personality are slightly different to fit into the AU of my story 'Harry Potter: Scourge of Knockturn Alley,' most of the base character is the same, so I would imagine that these short stories can be read with or without reading that first.
So, without further ado, on to the challenge!
Question 10: How do you act in a situation that is extremely pressuring to you?
(Language warning, again. C'mon, with Mundungus under pressure you didn't think there wasn't going to be at least a little swearing? He's actually too scared to swear very creatively, so it's relatively tame if you ask me!)
Shit.
Mundungus could hear the other Slytherins gathered in the dorm room, waiting for him to come in.
Fuck.
This was finally it, they were going to make him the offer he couldn't refuse, and he was going to refuse.
His hand was on the doorknob and he only had to twist it and push to go in and meet them.
But he didn't. He turned away. He spent the night hidden behind a tapestry on the 1st floor, hoping they wouldn't come looking for him.
He knew he was a coward. They knew he was hiding. Eventually they would catch him, they would ask him, and he would say no. He could never join their group, never follow the despicable man at it's head.
Eventually he would stand up for what he knew was right, and take the consequences. But today was not that day. Today, he was just too scared.
A/N:
Wow, end of the challenge! I've had this whole incident planned out in my head since I first started to think about Mundungus as a character. But then I realised that writing the whole thing would take a LONG time, so a snapshot worked better for the time being! I'll hopefully be able to write about this in more detail another time though!
Thanks a lot to reminiscent-afterthought for organising this challenge, it's been great fun, and a good exercise in character construction. Good luck to all involved!