Sileniatis

Chapter Five

"Hurry up Ami! Time's almost up and we still have one more coin to find! Slytherin and Gryffindor aren't that far behind us!" Mina called out to her friend as the two of them searched their common room high and low for it. The 'test' had hit in the middle of lunchtime and they had exactly two hours to find four coins that pertained to their house. Each coin had a certain amount of points on them and would be tallied once all of them were collected and returned to Dumbledor.

An hour had already passed and so far Hufflepuff, Slytherin and Gryffindor were currently tied. One more coin left and soon it would all be over. For now. Of course finding these coins was no easy task at this point. All of them extremely well hidden in plain sight and in spots no one would think to look.

The first one was found in Hagrid's hut, securely hidden in one of the many pots that littered his walls. The second was found in the library, in plain sight. However, it was located directly in the Restricted Section and getting past Madam Pince was going to be a tough one. But of course, working as a team, Hufflepuff managed to divide and conquer. Three members distracted Madam Pince, while two others managed to carefully extract the coin from its spot.

The third coin was found in the trophy room, hidden amongst the quidditch trophies. Something shiny had caught Mina's eye and she discussed it with Ami. Even though Ami was short she still attempted to try and reach it but only failed in which she earned a snicker from Mina. In the end, their house Prefect  Seokjin saw them struggling and he easily got the coin. Which led them to move on and search for the last coin.

It's been two months since school started and everyone was settled in comfortably. In those two months, Ami and Jimin grew closer as friends. They met a few times at night to go check on the magical creatures. Jimin invited her and Mina to hang out which meant Mina and Yoongi got to see more of each other. Of course the rest of the guys were there as well.

Ami used those chances to take peaks at Taehyung, for some reason she felt like he would avoid her when ever she was around. What she didn't know was that Taehyung saw them sneaking around at night a couple times and he couldn't help but feel a bit jealous.

"Ami! I know where the last coin has to be! It's in the Forbidden Forest! It has to be and if not, it's at the Reserve for Magical Creatures! Let's split up and see what we find! We'll meet back in the dining hall, okay?" Mina said before quickly running off in the direction of the Forbidden Forest. It was daylight now, so she had to be very careful sneaking into it and even more careful to not alarm Binxie seeing as she only ever saw him at night time.

Once she made it past everyone, she quickly walked into the forest, following the familiar path she always took at night until she approached the giant winged bird. She kept a good amount of distance between her and the creature, holding her hands up as she called out to him. "Binxie. Hey, it's me. I know, I know. You're not used to seeing me in the day." She said to him, watching him closely as he inspected her closely. He let out a huff of air before slowly approaching her until he was in front of her.

"There's my handsome boy. I need your help finding something. You think you can help me?" She asked softly, petting his snout gently as he nudged it against her cheek in a silent yes. He lowered himself to the ground and she swiftly mounted him, gently tangling her fingers in his mane as he stood back up.

"Okay buddy. I'm looking for a coin. Something shiny and circular. It's small too but when the light hits it, it'll glow." Mina said to him. Others would think she was crazy, talking to a horse in the middle of a forest but the joke was on them. Abraxan were incredibly smart creatures and understood what humans were talking about through the gestures they made.

Binxie shot through the air, his large wings spreading open before flapping as he soared through the air. He circled above the forest before flying just above the trees as the two of them searched for the coin. Any glint that bounced off the sun was all they needed. She hoped Ami was doing okay.