A/N: This one is a little longer, so I hope you enjoy it!

Rowena stood up and paced the study.

His twitty little assistant had said he'd be back in a moment…it had been much more than a moment. In fact, it had been so long that the candle he had lit on his way was almost nothing.

She hated waiting; especially if others were depending on her. If he wasn't back in a few more moments, or rather what she considered a moment, she would go looking for him.

Suddenly the wooden door flew open and the Minister walked in with his assistant following behind. The Minister was a very big man. He was tall, but also broad in his shoulder and his abdominal area. He had a grey stubble of a beard and mustache, but his hair was so long it had to be doubled up and even then it almost hit the ground. His voice was not deep, but he was not a Eunice either. He spoke from deep in his throat and mumbled quite a lot if he was not speaking rather loud.

"Close the door," he said to the assistant, "Now, what is the matter at hand?" he asked, pulling a candle out of his ancient wooden desk, lighting it with his wand and replacing the melted one with it.

"Our project," she began, but he interrupted her.

"If you're here to seek yet another extension I'm afraid you've wasted your time."

"Sir, might I enlighten you to the situation?" she asked.

He cocked an eyebrow, "I daresay it won't change my answer but if you feel it necessary by all means go ahead."

"Salazar, Helga and I have our end of the project completed, but I'm afraid Godric hasn't even started his yet. He hasn't gone to look for a building or someone to build one yet and he hasn't gotten a list of classes down. I believe Helga has given him a rough estimate of how many classrooms there will be needed, how many students we want, etcetera," she said, choosing to use the Latin word, "Salazar has planned out who will be teaching what and how the students will be divided up and I have taken care of the décor. All we need to do is find a building and that's the only reason we are asking for an extension…" she began.

" 'We'?" he asked, "I recognize that you three understand the charm that was placed upon the project and those who were involved?" he asked.

"Yes sir," she said, irritated that he had interrupted her.

"So am I to understand that you are breaking that charm by coming to me today and asking for an extension for Godric?"

"Sir, Salazar was the first to break the charm; he helped Godric come up with a list of subjects the students chosen to attend will study."

The Minister only put the tips of his fingers together in response, studying for a moment.

"Well," he said, "I can only give the three of you two more days to find a building or the project's off."

Rowena smiled with relief, "Thank you sir," she said, standing up and bowing to him, "You'll not regret your decision."

"I'd better not."