Drabble: Head of House

[dexstarr]

Title: Head of House
Author: dexstarr
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Challenge: slytherin100 #139: Ward, and #140: Assumption
Characters: Horace Slughorn
Warnings: None.
Author's Note: I'm really trying to avoid my favorites...
Disclaimer: HP and all assorted belong to JKR, and are not mine.

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Slughorn contemplated the box of crystallized pineapple, searching for the biggest piece. The candy was a welcome relief after spending his night tending to annoying children – yet again.

Sometimes he hated being Head of Slytherin House. Some of his wards didn’t have the maturity level of flobberworms, and some caused more trouble than untended salamanders.

Knock.

“Professor?”

“Tom! Come in!”

Now there was a boy who would go far; he just knew it. Tom was a valuable member of the Slug Club, and worthy of his time and mentorship. Slughorn was sure he’d reap enormous benefits from helping Tom Riddle….

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Comments

[scarysnapey.livejournal.com]

Hehehe :)

I'm loving your attempts to branch out.

This is hilarious in a dark sort of way. More hilarious than dark though, I suppose.


Oh, Slughorn, you poor naive soul.

[reg-flint.livejournal.com]

Slughorn the nimble and dextrous, but not nimble and dextrous enough. OutSlytherined. Of course Riddle was atypical, that just makes it all the more chilling...

[starduchess.livejournal.com]

Slughorn was a fool. If it wasn't for his ambition, I doubt he would have made Slytherin.

Nice glimpse of his night just before the horrid memory. I like when people depict missing moments in canon.