Harry Potter and the Bucket List

Year 2 - 2

Beta:Cloudy

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I took a seat on the cream-colored couch next to Harry, turned over then sprawled over his lap so I could hang my legs off the arm of the couch. My twin didn't bat an eye, merely lifting his book up long enough for me to relax. I yawned and closed my eyes, ready to take a nap.

Spending a whole night thieving like a badass and brewing potions with Anyo made me pretty tired. As much as I enjoyed my summer vacation, I was spending it more like a summer work program than an actual vacation. I'd get more sleep at Hogwarts.

On the bright side, I could officially claim I was a master at werewolf biology. Really not that different from human biology except the cells were mind-bogglingly buoyant and when prodded at they transitioned closer to canine cells.

Pretty weird. Even weirder to see it under a microscope. Had to give props to the author of Everything Canis Lepophagus for a surprisingly accurate proposed simulation to the dire wolf. Or at least what Anyo and I theorized to be the dire wolf. We could very well be wrong in our hypothesis, but it was the only thing we had to go on for the moment. It made sense. Something as powerful as the lycanthrope curse had to be done with a very powerful medium and a fossil would be damn strong.

Could I make were-dinos?

A thought for later.

"Oh dear," I heard Remus exclaim. He sat in the kitchen at the table—our downstairs was an open space with only a half wall to divide the kitchen from the living room. "It looks like our aurors are teaming up with France's aurors to hunt down this Gentleman Rose thief."

"Gentleman who?" Harry asked.

"For several years a nasty wizard has been targeting Muggle museums, art galleries, auction houses, millionaires, and so on. The past few years he's left behind a rose as his calling card, so the media has been calling him Gentleman Rose."

"Why gentleman?" Harry was intrigued. "If he's a nasty wizard, I mean."

"No one's been hurt."

"And now he's... what? Targeting France?"

"It looks like it."

"Wicked."

"Harry!"

I could feel Harry shrug. "Morality aside, it's impressive to have gone so long without getting caught. He must be pretty smart."

I cleared my throat. "Less talking, please. I'm trying to nap."

Harry shoved me out of his lap, I toppled to the floor. "Go take a nap in your room."

"Rude," I sniffed. "It's your obligation to be my pillow when I need to nap. That's why we shared a womb."

"I'll have to fail that obligation, then," he said dryly. "So sorry to disappoint."

I woefully sighed, rolling over on the carpet to look up at Remus with a hopeful expression. Remus quirked an eyebrow and said, "Rosie, I'm not going to try cuddling with you on the full moon, please stop asking."

"But—"

"Ask again and I'll ground you."

"Damn it."

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I idly stirred potion 12B (batch 12, cauldron B) clockwise while Anyo stirred 12C clockwise.