This time the challenge was to write a Short Story about a Lion during Easter day. What is the story of this Lion, how does it act? Is it really a Lion?
By Guinevere Avalon"I don't think this is a good idea," Leanna murmured as she yawned and tried to rub the sleepiness out of her eyes. It was around two in the morning on Easter. Way too early for a Gryffindor to be up, especially during holidays. "Well, I think it's a perfect idea!" Catie chirped. She was the morning person of the two and the mastermind behind the plan that the pair of second years were about to execute. She was in her usual school uniform consisting of black shirt and skirt, with an emblem of the Gryffindor house. But this day, if one could call such an ungodly hour 'day', Catie also sported giant, white bunny ears, completed with a fluffy tail and whiskers. "Tell me again, what exactly is this Easter Bunny," Leanna frowned and tried to recall the explanation from months before when the pair of friends started painting infinite number of eggs for this day. Catie tried not to laugh, because she had promised Leanna that she would never make fun of her best friend's ignorance of Muggle culture. Instead, she patiently explained, "It's this huuuuuge, soft, fluffy bunny that comes to your house or parks and hides all the goodies. Mostly chocolate bunnies, eggs, pretty painted Easter eggs and the like." Leanna shuddered and thought if she were the only one who found the idea of a giant rabbit terrifying. She wasn't about to admit it though. "And the purpose of our plan, the 'Easter Egg Hunt'? Last time I checked, our house mascot was a lion, not a giant bunny." By Matilde RayneSurprises – especially holiday surprises – are always fun, so it was
arranged that four little “bunnies” would visit each of the House common rooms early Easter morning and leave treats of candy, eggs and flowers all around for the students to find. The first waking Badgers founds daffodils and Fizzing Whizbees around the Sett. Daisies dotted the Dungeons, while Sugar Quills sat on all the desks. A couple of early-rising Eagles just managed to spot their own festively-dressed “bunny” putting the finishing touch on some baskets of hyacinth and Ice Mice in the Roost before vanishing into thin air. But while there were plenty of Hufflepuffs, Slytherins and Ravenclaws spending their mornings munching away happily, the Gryffindors were much more muted as they had all woken up to a disappointingly empty common room. Perhaps the whole thing had been canceled, some of them thought – but that couldn’t be right, could it? Everyone had been so adamant about it happening. With a collective heave of sadness, most of the students began returning to their dens, filing up the stairs one by one, until only a few Gryffindors remained in the common area, forlornly silent. And then finally – “Hey, look at this!” |
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