Word Count: exactly 100
Challenge: 14 Crookshanks
Disclaimer: No money made, JKR owns all of it.
Title: Core Magic
Hermione thought over Snape's question. "I do not possess the core magic to attract the power from the book. But I do not know why."
Snape smirked as his long yellowed fingers pressed the pads of the Crookshanks' paws. "Miss Granger admitting she doesn't know something. The planets must have aligned."
Snape began opening drawers, never looking up from his work. "One only gains dark power though life experience. Injustice, disappointment, failure, pain, and loss contribute to balancing dark and light magic. I achieved balance at age twelve; the average is about twenty-seven. You simply lack life experience Miss Granger."