It Was Only A Dream - HP drabble/ficlet
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The actual response to the AWDT Prompt of "Dream or Dream Sequence" from jamie2109 and
nocturnali
Title: It Was Only A Dream
Character: Harry
Warnings: I got nuthin
Rating: G
Summary: Today was a happy dream, a dream that he would hug close to his chest and treasure forever.
A/N: I hope I’m recalling my SS/PS correctly as I lent it to a friend who prolly will never return it. Feel free to comment, it all helps me to improve...
Word Count: 369
Disclaimer: Do you really think that if I were JKR or owned Harry Potter, I would be working where I was, making what I was to live where I am?
The Cupboard-Under-the-Stairs was a tight fit for eleven year old Harry Potter. It had a small mattress that he barely fit on any longer. If he was even a normal sized boy, he’d no longer have a place to sleep. Thankfully, his cousin Dudley was kind enough to eat most of Harry’s food, so Harry still had a mattress to sleep on. Of course, if Harry were to put it that way to Dudley, perhaps the fat whale would actually lose weight.
Right now, though, Harry Potter wasn’t thinking about any of that. Instead, he was soundly asleep, a soft smile brightening his face. His dreams were sometimes scary but sometimes happy. Today was a happy dream, a dream that he would hug close to his chest and treasure forever. Today, Harry Potter dreamed of his parents.
His mum snuggled him close while he squirmed and giggled, trying to get down. His dad was over playing with a big shaggy black dog. Harry just knew that if he could reach that shaggy dog, then everything would be right in his world. With hands tangled in his mum’s hair, he slid down her chest until his little feet hit the ground. Instead of yelling at him or beating him for pulling her hair, she calmly released herself from his chubby baby grip and laughed. That laugh was the most beautiful and magical sound in the world.
With a speed only achievable by toddlers, Harry tore across the room on hands and knees to reach his doggy. His dad, with the nice smile and sparkling eyes, held his hands out towards Harry. Harry could just hear his dad calling for him, “Come here, Harry. There’s a lad! Look at him go, Padfoot!”
Just as he almost reached those hands reaching out to embrace him, a banging noise interrupted his dream and he woke. “Boy! Boy! Fix breakfast!” His cousin Dudley jumped up and down on the steps, causing the dust to rain down where Harry lay on his tiny bare mattress. “Wake up! Wake up!”
“Yes, Aunt Petunia.” Harry hugged the memory of his dream a little closer as he left the cupboard to cook
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Date: 2005-09-13 11:39 pm (UTC)a v. v. nice use of the suggestion. now i'm going to have to buck up and do something (unless i cave and make the too far drabble work with the argument that fantasies are like dreams).
i have the feeling it is going to be a bit ragey because i am feeling much random anger.
omg i am babbling while i am suposed to be working [*headdesk*]
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Date: 2005-09-13 11:44 pm (UTC)I look forward to your entry, like I do all your writings! I'm sure whatever you come up with will be loverly!
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Date: 2005-09-14 11:08 am (UTC)I look forward to your entry, like I do all your writings! I'm sure whatever you come up with will be loverly!
you are such a love to be so supportive. have hardly written a thing for days, i'm being eaten alive by work. hopefully tomorrow on my day off i'll get something done.
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Date: 2005-09-14 03:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-14 02:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-14 03:02 am (UTC)I'm so glad you liked!
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Date: 2005-09-14 03:25 am (UTC)I'm sorry you're feeling so sad & frustrated! :( I hope things look up soon! ♥
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Date: 2005-09-15 03:23 pm (UTC)Things are up... way up :)
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Date: 2005-09-15 06:22 pm (UTC)So glad you're feeling better! ♥
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Date: 2005-09-14 04:17 am (UTC)BTW, someone called my Voice in the Dark story "fluffy". I get what you mean on how that could be an insult. I didn't think it was fluffy but I guess to each their own.
I'll be better in a bit ;) I just had a very long rough day.
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Date: 2005-09-14 09:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-14 09:56 pm (UTC)Much Icon love here btw.
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Date: 2005-09-15 10:27 pm (UTC)Gloriousgentry
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Date: 2005-09-15 10:37 pm (UTC)Ugh, where is the normal pessimistic wook?
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Date: 2005-09-21 05:15 pm (UTC)Gloriousgentry
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Date: 2005-09-19 12:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-19 04:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-23 12:39 pm (UTC)Until he was woken up. *sigh*
It would be interesting to know how much he would remember, even in his subconscious.
Thank you.