Originally written for my Charms homework on the third floor corridor. (if anyone wants the site, go to my profile)
Requirements:
500 word minimum
Snape
McGonagall
Red Cat
Green Suitcase
Proper use of Lumos and Nox
(and no…I don't own HP or any of the characters….although I would like snape…)
Severus Snape stared
out the window into the dark and stormy night; rain pouring down as
if there was no tomorrow. Now normally, Professor Snape would not
have a window to look out of, as he lived in the dungeons, but at the
moment he was in the highest tower of the castle, on a mission for
Dumbledore: to find his green suitcase.
Snape drew his cloak
around him to keep out the chill and turned away from the window,
glancing about the tower, which, as it was not normally used for
anything other than storage, was not magically lit like the rest of
the castle.
"Lumos," he murmured, lighting the tip of his wand
as he began to pick his way through all the odds and end piled around
him, old travel trunks, a chest of drawers, a cracked mirror, an
several boxes of items left by students long past. Snape began to
move boxes aside, finding random odds and ends tucked about, he
skirted around a metal shelf which, for some odd reason held quite a
number of paint cans, why they were there, he didn't even bother to
wonder, as he had learned long ago not to question the odder things
found about the castle.
Hearing the door open behind him, Snape
turned around to see the Professor McGonagall standing in the doorway
to the attic room, with a disgruntled look on her face.
"Did you
find the suitcase yet?" she asked, holding her sleeve in front of
her mouth to avoid breathing in the excess dust, seeing Snape give a
slight shake of the head, she sighed.
"We finally convince Albus
to take a vacation over the summer from all that he has to do and he
insists that he has to have this green suitcase."
Ignoring the
comment Snape muttered about wanting revenge against them, McGonagall
transformed herself into a tabby cat with markings around the eyes,
similar to her own spectacles, and nimbly darted along the narrow
passages created by the furniture, in search of that certain
suitcase.
A moment later, Snape heard a loud CRASH followed by an
equally loud and angry yowl of a tabby. Snape turned around just in
time to see a small red cat walking stiff legged along, leaving
little red footprints behind, a moment later the cat transformed the
now paint-covered Professor McGonagall.
The corners of Snape's
mouth quirked up in a slight smirk, "Having a bit of trouble,
Minerva?" he asked casually, as though he were merely commenting on
the weather. The transfiguration teacher scowled at him in reply and
cast a quick Scourgify on herself.
They began to rummage around
again, finding several somewhat dangerous objects, including what
seemed to be a rabid version of the Monster Book of Monsters, an
armoire that would violently swing its doors if anyone came to close,
a magical rat roughly the size of a terrier, and many more dangerous
objects.
With a snarl of anger Snape lashed out with his foot at
the nearest object which happened to be a dark blue trunk. He paused
a moment to consider the suitcase, then glanced over his shoulder,
where McGonagall was still searching.
He muttered a quick Nox and
the room was bathed once more in darkness.
"Lumos!" McGonagall
said, lighting her own wand and not seeing as he dropped his own,
"Severus, what are you doing?"
He merely glanced at her and
said rather impassively, "My apologies, I dropped my wand," he
gestured at the wand on the ground. Her response was just an odd look
before she resumed her search.
Once her back was turned, Snape
stooped down snatched up his wand and silently hissed a color-change
charm on the suitcase.
"Minerva, I've found the suitcase,"
he called over his shoulder.
Walking over to him, McGonagall
glanced at him, "But we had already searched over here…."she
pondered
"Must have missed it then…" was his only reply, the
corners of his mouth lifting in a slight smirk as he levitated the
now-green suitcase from the tower room.
Padfoot