Headmistress McGonagall's face was grim as she peered at the brothers from across her desk. "Why did you jump off the astronomy tower, boys? It wasn't safe, I've had no reports that you two were feeling any suicidal urges-"

"It's a fairly long story, Professor." Lysander muttered against his tea, his blue-grey eyes downcast towards the floor. "It would take too long to explain."

Minerva McGonagall raised a thin grey eyebrow and cleared her throat. "Well, I do have time, Mister Scamander. I've cleared off all my duties for today."

Lysander sighed as he set down his cup. "Well…"


I don't own Harry Potter.

Prompt: Reason

Note: 100 Words, first try, like all my other chapters. I ain't kidding folks.

And Katyusha, I am planning on making this longer and actually writing everything into at least 1,000 word long chapters. I'm trying to figure out how exactly to make this have 25 chapters though for now!