Better Potter

Barriers

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To learn as much as he could and live his own life ... and to mess with a certain crazy wizard on the side ...

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"Adrian, I'm doing a Honeydukes run. Would you like a snack ?" The dark haired woman, who had black eyeliner and a moving scorpion hair clip holding her hair up, asked.

"I think the spicy cocoa is still available." Adrian commented as he continued checking shelves to fill out orders brought in by owls.

The woman's black colored lips twisted into a smirk, "The Basilisk Mocha! A brat after my own heart. Be right back!"

Once the door closed Adrian went behind the counter. The medical orb was sitting down there on the shelf where no customer could see it. However, under the book was a bag, which he told his boss was for keeping the orb safe when he carries it home. That's not true. The soft blue bag is what he used to bring the books he finished here. It was even easier than he thought since this bookstore had a donation bin. As long as he timed it right he can slip the books or scrolls in without anyone noticing. Of course, he only did this for the clean items. The rest will have to wait until he's 17 because didn't want to take any chances when it comes to spelling away blood.

The bag was opened and two books were pulled out. He placed both in the bin so it magically appeared in the inventory list, but then picked one back up. Thankfully, one of the titles matched a subject on one of the order slips so Adrian left it on the counter with the appropriate slip. When he finishes getting the order he was currently working on he'll deal with that one.

Of course, he continued doing his job, but part of his job involved waking an uncooperative sleeping bat. He made that annoyed small bat inspect the book to get a final price on the order and it wasn't happy about it. When his boss returned he just finished delivering both orders and the bat flew into the rafters to stay out of reach. He enjoyed the spicy hot treat that came with an animated basilisk biscotti, which slithered in the drink while dripping spicy 'venom'.

"Got you." Adrian murmured as he caught the biscotti as it tried to snap at him for drinking the beverage. "You attacked first. Don't blame me." He commented before biting the crunchy biscotti's head off. "Hot, but so good. Thanks for the drink. So what else can I help with, Ronda?" He asked and sipped the beverage.

"No problem. You've been a big help!" The witch said between bites of her food. "I'm going to close up a bit early today so filing the things in the donation bin is the last thing you need to do today, but think of some bookmark designs for next week. I couldn't find any I like so we're going to make some non cheesy ones."

"Ok. Oh! A customer's order just had 'anything on possession' and we had one in the donation bin. It looked old so I checked with your book bat to get the price estimate." Adrian explained and finished his treat.

"You got the hang of that fast. Hugo didn't give you any sass, did he?" Ronda asked as her eyes went up to the ceiling where a small ruffled bat was sleeping. "One job and he's sulking in the rafters. Lazy fool." She muttered. As she got a broom to poke the bat awake Adrian finished up.

The last of the wriggling biscotti was dipped in the mocha and devoured. With the beverage done he started sorting. By the time he put the last book in place the bat shifted into a human man dressed in red robes.

"Stop poking me!" For a moment Adrian thought his boss was putting the broom down, but instead she flipped it and used the handle to whack the dark haired man clinging to the rafters. "Ungrateful-ow!"

Ronda smirked when the man finally fell to the floor, "This is my shop, brother. You get a free room, food and a job. If you want to keep it, quit sleeping and work."