>>5749639>>5749648>>5749684>>5749695"Powdered bicorn horn and boomslang skin, huh," the old lady behind the counter says, handing you your ingredients as you pass her your gold. "Just be aware that while recreational uses are allowed by law, impersonating someone <span class="mu-i">is</span> a felony and can put you in Azkaban."
“Uh, I’m… not sure what you mean, Sara.” You lie as you pocket the ingredients.
“I’m <span class="mu-i">sure</span> you don’t, darling. Don’t waste it, by the way. Those are difficult to come by. Will your three friends want anything?”
“Ah,” you look around, confused, before correcting her. “Two friends.”
“Huh, I could’ve sworn there was a third. Once your age gets to the three digits, things start to all mix together. Well, have fun with your potions, dear.”
“Thank you.”
You quickly leave the store with your friends in tow, passing by other stores they want to look at, buying bits and bobs you forgot to bring from home and some more dark make up for Raven. As all trips to Hogsmeade do, however, you end up at the Three Broomsticks.
“Hey, you three,” Hannah says, waving you in. “Come on in, find a table, someone will be with you in a bit.”
You three find a cozy table by the windows, and soon Arty slides by in roller skates.
“Hey, you came! What can I get you? First one is on me, just… nothing too expensive, please.”
Soon you’re all nesting a frozen butterbeer in your hands, taking part in the age-old tradition shared by students all over the world of complaining about teachers.
“I mean, they <span class="mu-i">must</span> fire him eventually, right? He’s a ghost, they can’t just let him teach forever!”
“I don’t know, Binns has been teaching since the 1890’s, I don’t think they intend to change it any time soon.”
“But Gorski is so much better than he is! Why can’t he just take over the class?”
“He’s busy, I heard,” Raven says. “Has businesses all over the world.”
“He has <span class="mu-i">wives</span>all over the world, that’s what you mean,” says a voice from behind you. “And children, too. I expect we’ll have a school year full of little Groskis in a few years.”
[Cont.]