Excerpt: Short Writing Challenge
An excerpt from the fic I am writing for this challenge. As yet untitled.
“What,” Draco asked slowly, his finger hooked over the knot of his tie which he had been in the process of loosening. “Is that?”
“This is Scorpius,” Ginny replied, as she dangled a piece of ribbon in the air while a patchy, brown bit of fluff writhed about in her lap. Her eyes tracked the slinky little thing as it darted about, an amused smile on her face. “I found him hiding under the bleachers at the quidditch pitch.”
Draco scowled. “That doesn’t answer my question, Ginevra.”
“He is clearly a ferret, Draco.” Ginny replied as the thing flopped down onto the floor, and she reached down to rub it’s scab-covered belly. “I thought you were familiar with the species.”