A Different Kind of Fairytale

A Different Kind of Fairytale

Rating: PG13, just to be safe

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This is a little side project to tide you all over until I get the first chapter of my Harry/Hermione fanfiction up (PJ, I now have a tentative title, The Letter that Never Came). Keep watching for it!

A little more information…A Different Kind of Fairytale is a series of fifty one-shots with fairytale themes. The themes for this fanfiction were taken from The Fairytale Themes Drabbles Challenge from SMfanfiction.net, a Sailor Moon fanfiction website.

One final note: thank you so much to those who reviewed Something to Live For. Your reviews were just lovely and they made me happier than you could possibly imagine. Thank you again!

~ Seraphina

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Theme Number 7: Curse

The battle between Dumbledore's Army and Death Eaters was raging, with Harry and Hermione frantically dodging curses and firing back.

“Harry! Watch out!” Hermione cried in fear as she watched a Death Eater aim his wand at Harry.

Harry spun around to face his attacker. “Stupefy!” he shouted. The spell hit the Death Eater, sending him flying into a wall with loud thud.

“Thanks Hermione,” Harry breathed, taking a moment to smile gratefully at his best friend.

She grinned in return. “No prob- Oh!”

Hermione's face changed from a beautiful grin to a look of surprise as a flame of purple light hit her squarely in the chest. Harry watched in frozen horror. Everything began to move in slow motion. Hermione fell to her knees and then crumpled to the floor in a heap, lying still as death.

“HERMIONE!”

Harry ran over to her limp body, falling down beside her. Please no, not her! Not Hermione! Please God not Hermione! I can't lose her! He grasped her hand tightly in his own, holding back a cry of agony.

It's my fault if she's dead.

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So, as you could probably tell, “Curse” was my own little spin on the battle at the Ministry in Order of the Phoenix. I'm not exactly thrilled with it at the moment. It just needs…something, but I can't quite figure out what. Ah, well. Expect to see some changes to this one. More drabbles are on the way, so stay tuned. ^_^