Drabbles and Drawbles for Advent

Title: Watch Over Me
Prompt: Gift
Author: Venturous
Pairing/characters: Albus Dumbledore, The Grey Lady and ?
Rating: G
Words: 100

The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention. ~
Richard Moss

Watch over me

Prompt: Scrooge
Title: Better Than Home
Author: Venturous
Pairing/characters: ?
Rating: G
Words: 100

"The school is not quite deserted," said the Ghost. "A solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left there still."
- A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens

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Here's my finished story, Holiday Magic, written as a series of advent drabbles. you may recognize some of the prompts. at some point, I got stuck, then the story finally took off and finished itself. The excellent beta themadscriptor made it ready for it's debut. here;s the link:

Holiday Magic

Title: Entwined Fantasy (Holiday Magic 21)
Fandom: Harry Potter
Words: 100
Characters: Snape/Harry
Rating: R
Day 21: of adventdrabbles
Prompt:  twine (and the tropics)

Later, Severus stares into the fire, wondering...

Title: Prickly  (Holiday Magic 20)
Fandom: Harry Potter
Words: 95
Characters: Harry, Draco, Snape, other students
Rating: PG
Day 20: of adventdrabbles
Prompt: holly

“Potter!” Harry is dazed, dimly aware....

oops! correction... I wrote a 17 and 18, then forgot, and wrote another. So I am renumbering... here is a link to the real 17 and 18.
Here is what is now, Holiday Magic 19:http://venturous.insanejournal.com/8267.html

Title: Holiday Magic 17
Fandom: Harry Potter
Words: 100
Characters: Harry, Draco, Snape, other students
Rating: PG
Day 17: of advent drabbles
Prompt: shiny red and gold gifts


Severus finishes the tale of Rudolf ...

Title: Holiday Magic 15
Fandom: Harry Potter
Words: 100
Characters: Snape, Harry, Draco, other students
Rating: PG
Day 15: of advent drabbles
Prompt: lights on a tree

The students were rapt.


Title: Holiday Magic 16
Fandom: Harry Potter
Words: 100
Characters: Snape, Harry, Draco, other students
Rating: PG
Day 16: of advent drabbles
Prompt: fireplace

Languid in front of the fire...

Title: Holiday Magic 13
Fandom: Harry Potter
Words: 100
Characters: Snape, OMC Ian Callendar, other students
Rating: G
Day 13: of advent drabbles 
Prompt: balls (at last!)

"Tell us a story"


Title: Holiday Magic 14
Fandom: Harry Potter
Words: 100
Characters: Snape, OMC Ian Callendar, other students
Rating: G
Day 14: of advent drabbles 
Prompt: turkey dinner (I never claimed to follow direction particularly well)

Ian wiggles...

Title: Holiday Magic 11 and 12
Fandom: Harry Potter
Words: 100 each
Characters: Snape, OMC Ian Callendar, other students
Rating: G
Day 11: of advent drabbles
Prompt: stocking

Severus sits, regarding Ian thoughtfully.

Title: Holiday Magic 9-10
Fandom: Harry Potter
Words: 100 x 2
Characters: Snape, OMC Ian Callendar, other students
Rating: G
Day 9, 10: of advent drabbles
Prompt: reindeer, silver (well, hold on, they’re coming, soon!)

Ian was from the tiny highland village of Callendar, ....

Title: Holiday Magic 7
Fandom: Harry Potter
Words: 100
Characters: Snape, Potter, OMC Ian, other students
Rating: G
Day 8: of advent drabbles 
Prompt: evergreen wreath


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Title: Holiday Magic 7
Fandom: Harry Potter
Words: 100
Characters: Snape, Harry, OMC Ian, other students
Rating: G
Day 7: of advent drabbles
Prompt: gold

Continuing adventures of Snape and students.

Link to my IJ

Holiday Magic 6

I'm late, I'm late!

Title: Holiday Magic 5
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Snape/Harry
Rating: R
AN: Day 5 prompt: image of snowing

Holiday Magic 5

Prompt: candles
Title: Holiday Magic 4
Pairing: Snape/?
Rating: g
Word Count: 100
Warnings: None.
Disclaimer: Not mine. JKR's.
Summary: Someone is disturbing the Peace in the dungeon

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Title: Holiday Magic3
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: SS/HP
Rating: G
Word count: 100
Beta:  any volunteers?
Disclaimer: See HERE

Holiday Magic 3

Author: venturous
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Snape/?
Rating: G (so far...)
Word Count: 100
Warnings: none
Disclaimer: Characters belong to JKR. No copyright claim made or intended.
Summary: Severus dreams of long ago
Prompt: pudding

Holiday Magic 2

Swooshing down the shadowy corridor, a splash of colour caught Severus’ eye as he approached his doorway. “What the…?” he muttered, glancing around suspiciously. He’d seen a flash of red, hadn’t imagined it.

He crept silently to the next archway and peered around the column, brushing the hair away from his dark eyes, and squinting into the gloom. He heard a faint scampering sound in the distant hallway.

“Gryffindors, no doubt.” He grumbled, wandlessly unwarding the door.

As he swept through the portal, he failed to notice the tiny bundle of leaves and berries that hung from the archway overhead.

…to be continued