Drabble Day Prompt 21

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Rules are here, though an additional one - you don't need to stick to the drabble of the hour. Remember, there are no rules! If you want to fill prompt one minutes after we post prompt 24, then that's great!

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AU

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When Harry was small he liked to steal books from his cousin. Dudley didn't like to read, so any book that he received as a gift ended up in the second bedroom, usually with crayon scrawled all over it and some pages torn out. Harry tried to rescue them before they suffered this indignity, though sometimes he couldn't. He knew it was silly to have feelings for the books, to think that they're like him in a way, but he couldn't help but see the torn pages as like the bruises he received from Dudley and his gang.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was one he couldn't save. When he finally managed to sneak it out of the second bedroom after he dusted the broken toys the beautiful pictures were obscured by orange and green scribble and a number of pages were torn. He hoped that none were missing.

When he got a moment he sat in his cupboard and pored over the book. It was the sort of story his relatives would hate – talking animals, shrinking humans and a never-ending teatime. Perhaps that's why he treasured it for so many years, hiding it under his pillow and drawing it out whenever life got too hard.

On his eleventh birthday Harry discovered that the world down the rabbit hole really did exist. There was a giant man, broomsticks to ride and owls that delivered your mail when you asked. This was wonderland and it was even better than he imagined.

There were even special clothes to wear and he had to be fitted. A boy with white-blond hair stood beside him, a pointy face and big grey eyes.

He looked around, as if worried someone would hear him, then leaned close to whisper into Harry's ear. "It's going to be great, Hogwarts." He flashed a grin. "I can't wait to get away from home."

"Me either," Harry replied.

"My father wants me to be in Slytherin, but I'm hoping for Ravenclaw. What about you?"

Harry shrugged. He had no idea what the boy was talking about.

"Father will be here soon, I think." The boy drew a watch from his pocket and clicked it open. "This fitting has made me late."

Late, Harry thought, suddenly seeing. This boy was the white rabbit. Harry determined that this boy would be his guide through Wonderland.

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[freakingcrups.livejournal.com]

Oh wow! Draco is Harry's white rabbit! What an imaginative idea. This is a wonderful fic.

[kitty_fic]

Lovely white rabbit <3

[vanessawolfie.livejournal.com]

Title Missing the Punchline
Summary Hermione has lunch with Luna, while Ginny is 'tied up'.
A/N Happens between 'A bit Tied Up' (http://hd-writers.livejournal.com/49986.html?thread=787522#t787522) and 'Miss me did you? (http://hd-writers.livejournal.com/51700.html?thread=790004#t790004)
Word count 126

When Hermione was around Luna, she always remembered Alice in Wonderland. She always felt like she had fallen down a rabbit hole, into another reality.

Hermione loved hanging out with her though, because she was such a different personality than her. Although, days like this, when Ginny wasn’t around to mediate, sometimes it got to be too much.

“Yeah, Ginny’s just a bit tied up, but I bet she’s very sorry she couldn’t make it.” Luna had said when Hermione commented on the fact that she had arrived to their lunch alone.

That sentence for examle, or maybe just the way Luna said it, made Hermione feels like she was missing the punchline.

Being clueless, was the one thing Hermione Granger hated.