black coffee | remus lupin [2]

83. the charity gala

a/m: tell a friend to tell a friend....she's baaaaack ;)

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"WHAT EVEN IS THE POINT of a charity gala for endangered magical creatures?" Ella asked, standing by the bushes behind the venue where the gala was to be held. It was the gala where they'd hopefully meet Newt, and eventually also hopefully run into Malfoy. "I mean, can't we just use magic and make more of the animals that are endangered?"

"What do I know?" Claudia said. "Maybe it's more of a 'protect the animals' sort of thing."

"Huh," said Ella. "Maybe it is. Do you think that helps?"

"I think we have other things to worry about," said Cora, shutting down her curious daughter as her eyes searched for their first prey.

You see, before they could go inside and hopefully get ahold of a bunch of Death Eaters, they needed to find some people whose identities they could, well, steal. That was of course going to be through the use of polyjuice potion, which they miraculously had gotten ahold of.

"How about someone stays outside like we said?" Cora asked. "Maybe you can do that, John?"

"That's your job, sis," John grinned. "I need some action tonight."

Cora sighed as Ella pointed towards a couple that were standing just near them, each smoking cigarettes and each wearing ridiculously expensive outfits.

"That there is your couple," Ella whispered to Claudia and Regulus, who both were dreading the whole thing for they didn't exactly enjoy temporarily paralysing people and then taking their hair to turn into them.

No, it wasn't exactly ideal.

"Alright," whispered Regulus. "Let's just..."

"On three..." said Claudia. "One..."

"Two..."

"Two and a half..."

"Two and three quarters..."

"Three," Claudia said finally, and so she aimed her wand at the couple and whispered out a simple "Petrificus Totalus."

Regulus did the same, and it wasn't long until the unknown couple was hidden in the bushes with blankets and chocolate.

Claudia and Regulus left the others to their own and stepped inside the gala without even having to somehow show that they were on the guest list without knowing whose identities they were borrowing.

"Maybe it was kind of useless to do that if there isn't even a proper guest list or at least a guard," Regulus whispered to the girl as they walked inside with polite smiles.

"Don't," Claudia replied with a tight smile, gracefully accepting a glass of champagne. "Let's just find Newt and then hide in a corner until they get here."