Title: Gathering Potion Ingredients
Prompt: 044 - Circle
Word Count: 176
Rating: G
"We're walking in circles!" she cried in frustration, casting a desperate glance around her. Every discernable direction looked precisely the same, the only nuance being the way in which the trees happened to bend.
"We are not," he told her stubbornly. She might have believed him if this was not the twenty-second time he had said this. Twenty-second, because she had counted.
"Well, if we're not, then why haven't we come across any knotgrass? It's only found when you travel to the center of the forest, which is where we were allegedly headed to an hour ago, seeing as we're only here to gather—"
He abruptly turned and brandished his wand in her face. "Shut it, Granger," he growled. She didn't blink.
"We're colleagues now," she said dismissively. "You should call me Hermione."
His upper lip twitched, but he said nothing. Begrudgingly, he fell into step behind her as she led the way to wherever she thought it was they were going. Next time, he would not be so easily recruited into gathering potion ingredients.
