Enchanted Artwork
Written for Caesar's Palace Shipping Week
Day 6: Pasta
Pairing: Melody/Draconius
There was something special about raising a magical child and watching their drawings come to life. From blobs and scribbles that resembled birds and trees to the messy finger paintings Draconius hung on the wall, all of these images contained traces of magic. Enough to make her hastily drawn goldfish come to life, its misshapen form swimming from side to side across the parchment.
One morning Draconius decided to try something new, and gave her daughter a bowl containing an assortment of pasta. She also gave her some parchment, paints, glitter and a bottle of glue, then told her she could use them to make a picture.
Melody wasted no time getting started on her next art project. She used the paints to draw a series of squares on the parchment, then dribbled glue across the top of the page, sprinkled glitter on top, and finished by taking a handful of pasta wheels and sticking them to the bottom of the parchment.
She was covered in glitter when her mother entered the room, with bits of pasta stuck to her hands, her fingers slathered in glue. "Mummy, lookit!" she chirped, holding up her drawing.
Draconius watched as glitter spilled onto the floor when Melody picked up her drawing. She would have quite a bit of cleaning to do, thanks to her six year old artist. But for now she decided to ignore the mess and take a step closer, moving towards the table so she could see what Melody had drawn.
There on the parchment was an image of the Hogwarts Express, complete with moving wheels made from pasta, its smokestack belching clouds of pink and purple glitter as it moved across the parchment.
A smile tugged on the corners of her lips, and she put an arm around her daughter, hugging her and telling her what a beautiful picture she had made. It made her wonder what the future had in store for them, and what sort of things would happen once her daughter was old enough to go to school. From the looks of things, Melody was eager to go to Hogwarts and begin her education. But for now that day would have to wait, and in the meantime she would keep drawing and making enchanted works of art.