Three, two, one; time was up.

"Draco!"

His mother's shriek hurt his ears. He didn't mean to drop the cookie jar.

"How did you do this?" she asked, waving her wand and fixing the jar. "It was all the way on the third shelf."

Draco trembled, his eyes on the floor. "I don't know."

"Don't mumble," she replied, fixing him with one of her signature glares. "Did you ask Dobby for it? Dobby!"

The elf quickly appeared. " It was accidental magic!"

"Lucius!" Narcissa screamed with joy. "Draco's done it!"

Draco didn't know if he was in trouble or not.