Challenge: Fire the Canon's Character of the Week Drabble Competition (week 6) on HPFC
Characters: Cornelius Fudge
Prompt: 3:13PM
Word count: 169
Slightly overweight and very out of breath, seventh year student Cornelius Fudge barrelled through the halls. "Excuse me!" "Sorry!" "Move!"
His gasped suggestions were usually drowned out by the hard thud of his entire body ricocheting off of a cold stone wall. As he scrambled back to his feet after a rather nasty trip to the bottom of a staircase, he glanced at his watch. 3:13PM. Only 13 minutes late. If he could just -
The door crashed open and all eyes went to him. They took in his red face, his heaving chest, his messy Ravenclaw uniform. "Sorry, Professor! I - I was reading - missed the chime -"
"I'm afraid you have the wrong classroom, Mister Fudge. Unless, of course, you wish to resume Defence Against the Dark Arts. In which case, I'd be thrilled -"
Cornelius closed the door on the hopeful Professor, leaning back against it and taking a deep breath, the oxygen laced with dread.
"Wrong bloody floor," he huffed, and took off again.