A Moment In Time

by fearless-to-post-my-folklores

My collection of VA drabbles. Original, unless someone wants a particular scene! Rated to be safe. Inspired by A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That and Moments. DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN VA CHARACTERS. MISS RICHELLE MEAD OWNS THE VA GANG. Updated when I can.

56. Drabble 56 Card

Ch.56 Card

POV: Third Person

Rose's first Christmas at the Academy wasn't that great.

Sure, the Moroi withdrew frome school for the winter break and had parties at their homes. Three-year-old Rose Hathaway and her dhampir friends hadn't understand Christmas then. They just thought it the period of time where the Moroi went home and they didn't have school. It wasn't until Alberta sat the new class of dhampir down and explained to them that they were supposed to pass out presents to each other that they realized that the holiday was special.

And yet, they couldn't afford presents for each other. Most of them were orphans, their mothers either dead or away, and their fathers were non-existent. The ones whose mothers were alive had no money to their name - their mothers were living in communities and could barely spare a penny.

What they didn't know was that Alberta handed out cards and colour pencils two days before Christmas Eve every year, all just for them to hand to their friends. The Academy didn't even throw a Christmas party for the dhampir, so while the school authorities disapproved of it, the guardians' lounge and the gyms were transformed into mini-parties for the novices.

Three-year-old Rose, Mason, and Eddie were best friends with each other. While Rose adored Alberta and would do anything the woman said, and Mason eager to follow orders, Eddie had carefully folded the paper Alberta had given him.

Rose showed up with two cards for both Mason and Eddie, Mason's being one of cars and Eddie's depicting him hugging his mom. Mason's had hearts decorating the entire paper for Rose, and for Eddie, he'd carefully drawn both of them smiling and brandishing their toys.

Eddie had folded an origami box, large enough that Mason could put all his cards in, and a heart for Rose. On top of the heart were the words, "friends forever". Of course, being a three-year-old, he spelled it wrong. Nevermind that he was the best in their spelling class. They hadn't learnt the word "forever" yet, so he spelled it, "foureber".

When Rose came across it twenty years later, she laughed.