hphalloween_mod (hphalloween_mod) wrote in hp_halloween, @ 2004-10-31 09:31:00 |
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Original poster: mchoneygoose
Gift for: hawklaw
From: wildwinterwitch
Title: Familiar
Rating: G
Note: wildwinterwitch couldn't post today so she emailed this to me so I could post it on her behalf. :-)
For hawklaw
Hallowe’en 2004
It was a good night for the feline population of the
castle, but only one of them knew it was Hallowe’en.
She was the strangest of them all, and as such her
presence was not always appreciated by the others. She
wasn’t really one of them.
She was human, and that scared them in a strange way,
even though quite a few of them knew that she wasn’t
any danger to them. Rather, they were afraid she’d spy
on them, and on their talk about their protégés. And
they didn’t like what she sometimes did with her
shadow: she’d keep its human form, wrapped in heavy
tartan robes and wearing like a crown that pointed
hat.
That was what she was doing now.
Crookshanks, when she crossed his way, spat at her in
disapproval. He stared at her until she changed her
shadow. When he turned to leave, he could feel her
follow him. He hissed at her to make her go. Which she
did, acknowledging him with that particular stare.
He sat next to a statue, wrapped his tail around him,
and watched.
His mistress was kissing her beloved, finally, on the
night that had pumpkins glow.