Drabble: A Matter of Appearances

[attackfish]

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A Matter of Appearances

Black Sentenced to Azkaban The newspaper headline proclaimed, and Walburga scanned the first line, chest fluttering.  Notorious mass murderer Sirius Black was sentenced to life in the Wizarding prison yesterday evening...

Her firstborn was a credit to the family after all.

She pulled out a peace of parchment and wrote the letter needed to re-inherit her son.

With both her sons disgraced, for the right reasons, she could bear her own disgrace and wile away her remaining years knowing she raised them well.

And even if Sirius couldn't touch a knut of it in Azkaban, it was the appearances that mattered.

Comments

[starlady38.livejournal.com]

Minor nitpick: Sirius was sent up without a trial thanks to Barty Crouch.

/nitpick

Otherwise--damn, I ♥ this. So much brilliance in so few words. That is totally how she would have reacted. This is awesome.

P.S. Walpurga? Like related to Walpurgis Nacht?

[dragondolphin.livejournal.com]

Made me smile. I've missed reading your work.