Written for:
The Globetrotter Drabble Competition - Hong Kong, China
Legendary Gods and Goddesses Competition – Uke Mochi
The Colours Competition: Turquoise negative -write about someone untrustworthy.
The Greenhouses Competition - Begonia
You're meek and timid and cowardly and disloyal, but most of all, Peter, you're obedient.
You'll do whatever the Dark Lord asks of you, follow your orders to the letter, because maybe, maybe he'll let you live another day, and that's all you care about. You've always had a strong instinct for self-preservation – the Sorting Hat put you in Gryffindor because you asked it to, but you're a slippery Slytherin at heart.
He asks you to betray your best friends, and for a fleeting moment you're ashamed of your own cowardice, and wish you were more like them. It only lasts a moment, and then you're merely relieved that you've survived. Your obedience lets you live another sixteen years, and then it kills you.