Word Count: exactly 100
Challenge: 14 Crookshanks
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Title: Wards
Hermione cast a shielding charm before slicing the spider's abdomen; her precise incision splattering white liquid across the table as she explained confidently, "someone would need to recognize the ward and then break it.
I figure that would be you or Dumbledore."
Irritated at feeling compelled to justify her actions to the Potions Master, she added, "now that you know about the ward, I don't expect you to break it. Professor Dumbledore will recognize it as my ward and figure I am in there studying and won't disturb me. It was the most humane way I could lock up Crookshanks.