Word Count: exactly 100

Challenge: 14 Crookshanks

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Title: Other Cats

Hermione hurried up the stairs to the Gryffindor common room to drop off Crookshanks before transfiguration class. Plopping the cat onto a chair, she noticed the other cats' wary glances and sleek movements as they disappeared to hidden places.

"Crooks, I really need you to be good. Please for both our sakes," she whispered into his ears. But as soon as she was through the portal, Crookshank's eyes caught a movement near the stairs leading to the boy's dorms.

In deeper parts of the castle, Severus Snape wrapped a book in paper, securing to it a label reading "Hermione Granger".