Disclaimer: Only Ayden is my own creation... the rest is all Rowling's property.
I decided to re-opened drawer number 25. The leprechaun was sitting. When he saw my face and he stood, beginning to curse. I ignored this, "You know how to open the 100th drawer." I said.
He stopped cursing and cocked his head at me, "Aye, I know."
"Tell me."
He shook his head, "Ain't nobody that can tell a leprechaun what ta do! Ye can't do nothin' te me."
"I can." I reached my hand down and picked up the small man by his shirt.
"I wouldn' do that if I were ye! I've got powers ye can't imagine!"
"I would doubt it," I said. I knew more about leprechauns that this man did, even with him being one. This leprechaun had no powers here. Otherwise, he'd have long since escaped. My guess was Malfoy had taken his gold, and I had a good guess as to where it was hidden.
"Don't tempt me! I'll finish ye!"
I just looked at this little man, "I know where your gold is."
"Me gold??!!" The man struggled in my hand, then strained to compose himself, "Ye knows nothin' of me gold."
"I do." I pulled out one of the tiny coins I had taken from the 87th drawer. "Here, my friend, is a small sample." He reached for it, I tugged it out of his reach, "And I know where the rest is. I can get it for you, but you have to help me."
"I don' have te do anythin' of the sort!" The little man yelled.
"No, I suppose you don't. But then again, I suppose you don't have to have your powers back, either."
The leprechaun stopped wiggling about and stared at me. "What's ye name, stranger?"
"I'll tell it to you... but I can't until you give me your name."
"Nonsense! Ye can give your name to anyone ye wishes!"
"I can, and so can you. Give me your name, help me, and I give you back your gold and help you get a new name."
"I don' need a new name!" He said.
"Really? And Malfoy? And the others that know? You'll just let them control you?"
"O'course not!" The leprechaun protested.
"The only way to be free it to give me your name. Stop fighting and do what I'm asking. I've never harmed a soul that didn't deserve it and our brief history together indicates that you should not be harmed." I told him.
"I have ye word?"
"You have my word, and," I said, "I swear on all that is precious to me that I will not betray you."
The leprechaun thought this over. "I'll do it." And he prepared himself to speak a name he probably hadn't spoken in a very long time. I was all too aware that my time in this place was running low, "The name's... Ayden."
"Ayden?" I spoke it, that couldn't be all of it, "And the rest of it?"
The leprechaun growled, "Me name's Ayden Marc-Usi Tomkimi Strap o' Golden Isle."
"Ayden Marc-Usi Tomkimi Strap of Golden Isle," I spoke slowly, feeling the air become more restricted, "Tell me how to get into this drawer."
The leprechaun answered back extremely annoyed, "Open all the other ones, ye fool!"
Well he couldn't lie so... "Ayden Marc-Usi Tomkimi Strap of Golden Isle, stay right here." I set him on the desk. He froze.
Opening the drawers this time was much easier, mostly since I had marked all the keys with the drawer numbers. I pulled them completely open, as was Ayden's advice. He was actually quite cute, all frozen up like a garden gnome. I pulled drawer number 99 open at last, "Now?" I asked the leprechaun.
"Try the key." He said. I hesitated. Would the parchment even be there? Before I opened that drawer, I had to prepare to flee. I had already pocketed every coin of the leprechaun's gold.
"Ayden, I'm going to need your help to escape."
"O yeah? What do ye want me ta do?"
"Could you fly?"
"If ye made me." He grumbled.
"You're going to have to fly, right over the dragon. Meet me in the corridor just past it."
"How does that help ye escape?"
"It just does... and don't try to conceal yourself, alright?" I told him.
"I don't have much of the choice in the matter, no do I?" He stated. That was true... I knew his name, he couldn't refuse me.
"Alright, I'm going to open this drawer... just be ready to fly." I said.
I tried the key. It slipped in easily. I turned it. The drawer slid open.
"O my god."
I decided to re-opened drawer number 25. The leprechaun was sitting. When he saw my face and he stood, beginning to curse. I ignored this, "You know how to open the 100th drawer." I said.
He stopped cursing and cocked his head at me, "Aye, I know."
"Tell me."
He shook his head, "Ain't nobody that can tell a leprechaun what ta do! Ye can't do nothin' te me."
"I can." I reached my hand down and picked up the small man by his shirt.
"I wouldn' do that if I were ye! I've got powers ye can't imagine!"
"I would doubt it," I said. I knew more about leprechauns that this man did, even with him being one. This leprechaun had no powers here. Otherwise, he'd have long since escaped. My guess was Malfoy had taken his gold, and I had a good guess as to where it was hidden.
"Don't tempt me! I'll finish ye!"
I just looked at this little man, "I know where your gold is."
"Me gold??!!" The man struggled in my hand, then strained to compose himself, "Ye knows nothin' of me gold."
"I do." I pulled out one of the tiny coins I had taken from the 87th drawer. "Here, my friend, is a small sample." He reached for it, I tugged it out of his reach, "And I know where the rest is. I can get it for you, but you have to help me."
"I don' have te do anythin' of the sort!" The little man yelled.
"No, I suppose you don't. But then again, I suppose you don't have to have your powers back, either."
The leprechaun stopped wiggling about and stared at me. "What's ye name, stranger?"
"I'll tell it to you... but I can't until you give me your name."
"Nonsense! Ye can give your name to anyone ye wishes!"
"I can, and so can you. Give me your name, help me, and I give you back your gold and help you get a new name."
"I don' need a new name!" He said.
"Really? And Malfoy? And the others that know? You'll just let them control you?"
"O'course not!" The leprechaun protested.
"The only way to be free it to give me your name. Stop fighting and do what I'm asking. I've never harmed a soul that didn't deserve it and our brief history together indicates that you should not be harmed." I told him.
"I have ye word?"
"You have my word, and," I said, "I swear on all that is precious to me that I will not betray you."
The leprechaun thought this over. "I'll do it." And he prepared himself to speak a name he probably hadn't spoken in a very long time. I was all too aware that my time in this place was running low, "The name's... Ayden."
"Ayden?" I spoke it, that couldn't be all of it, "And the rest of it?"
The leprechaun growled, "Me name's Ayden Marc-Usi Tomkimi Strap o' Golden Isle."
"Ayden Marc-Usi Tomkimi Strap of Golden Isle," I spoke slowly, feeling the air become more restricted, "Tell me how to get into this drawer."
The leprechaun answered back extremely annoyed, "Open all the other ones, ye fool!"
Well he couldn't lie so... "Ayden Marc-Usi Tomkimi Strap of Golden Isle, stay right here." I set him on the desk. He froze.
Opening the drawers this time was much easier, mostly since I had marked all the keys with the drawer numbers. I pulled them completely open, as was Ayden's advice. He was actually quite cute, all frozen up like a garden gnome. I pulled drawer number 99 open at last, "Now?" I asked the leprechaun.
"Try the key." He said. I hesitated. Would the parchment even be there? Before I opened that drawer, I had to prepare to flee. I had already pocketed every coin of the leprechaun's gold.
"Ayden, I'm going to need your help to escape."
"O yeah? What do ye want me ta do?"
"Could you fly?"
"If ye made me." He grumbled.
"You're going to have to fly, right over the dragon. Meet me in the corridor just past it."
"How does that help ye escape?"
"It just does... and don't try to conceal yourself, alright?" I told him.
"I don't have much of the choice in the matter, no do I?" He stated. That was true... I knew his name, he couldn't refuse me.
"Alright, I'm going to open this drawer... just be ready to fly." I said.
I tried the key. It slipped in easily. I turned it. The drawer slid open.
"O my god."