A Halloween prompt drabble collection.

Written for the Harry Potter Halloween Collection Competition - (the prompts are Halloween related, not necessarily the stories). Prompt used: Bloodcurdling

The Sims Challenge: Dramatic

Game of Life: Stray

Nothing Innocent About It

Remus was relaxing by the fire with his new book. He was looking forward to having a little bit of quiet, as Sirius had headed into the bathroom for a bath just a moment before. It wasn't often that Remus had this quiet time, as Sirius tended to be very demanding of his time and attention.

Not that Remus could really complain about that. He knew what he was letting himself in for, moving in.

Barely any time passed before the sound of a blood-curdling scream came from the bathroom.

The book quickly forgotten, Remus ran through the flat, stopping at the bathroom door. "Sirius, what happened? Are you hurt?"

Sirius was in the corner of the bathroom. He raised a shaky arm towards the bathtub. Remus couldn't seeing anything wrong.

"What?"

"In... in the bath," Sirius whispered.

Remus stepped closer, his gaze falling on a stray spider that was in the bathtub.

"It's just innocently sitting there -" Remus began.

"Oh no," Sirius said, narrowing his eyes. "You're not siding with that evil creature, Remus. There is nothing innocent about it."

Remus sighed, picking up a cup from the side and filling it with water. He ran the bath-tap, filling the cup from the side and using it to wash the spider down the drain.

"Better?" Remus asked.

Sirius nodded after a glance to make sure the spider had left. "It's times like this I'm glad that I got you to move in."

"I'm flattered that you invited me to here to kill your spiders," Remus dead-panned.

"Not just that, it's just an added bonus that you'll kill them," Sirius said, casting cleaning charms on the bath before putting the plug in. "So, now that you're here, I guess you're done with your book, right? How about you join me?"

Word Count: 300 words