Not perfectly 200 words but I liked the limitation. Applied some minecraft logic (splash potions) on here. I'm going to sleep now. Enjoy!
Made for the Two Hundred Word Drabble Tuesdays over on the HMS Harmony Discord!
One potion was there for the taking between the two kids. Only one could make it through the flames. But Hermione had a contemplative look at the potion before her. She wouldn't just let him go through whoever was behind those flames alone.
"I'll go with you, Harry. I can't let you go alone!"
"Hermione, no. Even if we do devise a plan to divide this potion, it's too dangerous; what we could be battling."
"Harry, I can't just let you suffer in there! Don't be daft. You have me." Hermione then caught Harry's eye.
Harry evaded her stare, thinking deeply to himself, "I just don't want something bad to happen to you because of me, Hermione."
"Harry, I've been attacked by keys just this evening." Hermione reaches out to pat Harry's shoulder, "I'll be fine."
Hermione then grabs the bottle and splashes it on herself and Harry, hoping it'll work. What needed to be done was done.
The kids inched toward the flames with caution, and then went on to thwart Voldemort, together.