Word Count: exactly 100
Authors Notes & Disclaimer: No money made, but lots of time wasted, certainly not mine. Events become darker after now. Muhahah! I bend down and kiss the hems of the robes of my reviewers as your kind words and encouragement make my day.
Title: Stating Reality
"The 'Spark of Life'!" he snapped exasperated. "Will blow the evidence to bits," his long finger pointing sharply at the box containing the slain cat.
Rounding on Hermione with furrowed brow, he peered into her eyes. Grasping her by the shoulders trying to shake some sense into her, he spoke in a serious deep tone, "Miss Granger, no amount of your affection or love for this cat will bring him back. Not as you know him. No deity or wizard can restore the dead. It is best if you accept this death and allow me to do what is necessary."