In the World of Magic(Harry Potter Next Generation Fanfic)

Chapter 34 - Assignment One

Amanda's POV

I had been alone when the owl had come for me. I had been in the common room, late at night. For some reason my mind had kept me awoke by reminding me of all the bad things in my mind. A small peck on the window had gotten me out of my thoughts and made me get up to se what was going on. The owl had been unknown and it had taken me only a few seconds to realize where the owl must have come from. The messenger.

Kitty!

I am incredibly happy to find out that you have not told Potter Jr. about the previous note. That means that I have a new plaything for me to use whenever I need something. Although, I am not entirely certain of your obedience yet. I want proof. Therefor your first assignment will be to find a bottle in your dear professor Slughorn's office. The bottle will hold a few black hairs. I want you to take the bottle and then send it to me with my owl who will await you in the owlery. Please note that I am not a patient person and I will not wait for more than a week. If I do not receive the bottle I will know that you are not obedient, and therefor you will have to be punished. Tick, tock!

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After reading the note I was once more filled with dreadful thoughts. Even though I tried to push away all of my feelings and keep repeating that I would just do what he said, I couldn't. The fright of me getting caught, or not being able to send the bottle in time worried me. That was why I decided that it would be best not to wait with doing the assignment. As I went to bed that night I had already decided that I would find the bottle the next day. The sooner I got it over with, the sooner the worry would disappear.

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James must've noticed how much I wanted the potions lesson to end, but he didn't mention it. I knew that it wouldn't be easy to slip past Slughorn and get into his office. It was not impossible though. I knew that he liked to leave the classroom after the lesson. The door leading to the office was in the classroom. Therefor I knew exactly when to go looking for the bottle. To be honest, the hardest part would probably be getting past James' eyes. I was quite sure how to do so though. It wasn't as if I was a bad liar.

When James and I finally finished our potion I was almost ecstatic that other people also seemed to be finishing up. It meant that the class was almost finished, and everyone would leave. The only thing I was not happy about was the fact that I still had no idea to how I would be able to get past James. I hadn't come up with a single lie that I could tell him. I was running out of time.

"Hi there, Amanda", a voice suddenly broke me out of my thoughts. I was standing by one of the shelves, putting back ingredients. I had frozen in front of the shelf, a jar of frog slime in my hand. Peter Finnigan had noticed my absent mind and was smirking at me.

"What?", I asked with a confused frown on my face. I had no idea if he wanted anything, or if he had asked anything before I had come out of my mind.

"I wonder where your thoughts where", he said suggestively. I rolled my eyes at him and put away the jar in my hand.

"Just don't." I was about to leave him standing there when a sudden thought crossed my mind. I might have had the perfect solution to my problems right in front of me. A smile started to shine on my lips as I crossed my arms over my chest.