way to go, tiger | Lorenzo Berkshire

࣪𖤐 Y6 | 16 . Lucky

THE LUCKY ONE — TAYLOR SWIFT
'But can you tell me now, you're the lucky one?'

A whole month passes since the incident with Draco and Harry. Since then, Harry is still grappling with trying to pry open Slughorn and the guilt from that night. Regarding the Slughorn side of his current issues, he's found a solution. A good solution.

Cassie can't believe her ears as he explains the plan to her, Enzo, Hermione and Ron. They sit in the library with low eyebrows and questionable feelings.

Harry is planning on taking his portion of liquid luck to speak to Slughorn and get information out of him. At first, Hermione absolutely refuses; "No. No, No, Harry. It's completely ridiculous!" she protests. However, she soon comes round when she realises how important this is to both him and Dumbledore.

Cassie, on the other hand, doesn't give a fuck about Slughorn, or Dumbledore. However, she sees the way Harry pleads for them to understand and let him do this, the way his breath falters and how sweaty his forehead becomes. He needs this, whether it's for himself or Dumbledore.

Once Hermione and Cassie are on board, so are Ron and Enzo. On one condition, however;

Cassie has to go with him.

They could've sent Hermione, or Ron, but they know Hermione would've been too paranoid and Ron would just let Harry do whatever he wanted with no regard to the consequences. Enzo offers but Cassie insists. Plus, it might even be entertaining... Who knows?

Harry takes the vial of Liquid Luck out of his shirt pocket and breathes in. Cassie watches as he grimaces at the taste and blinks rapidly. He slowly begins to smile as the luck floods his system. Cassie and Enzo share a look.

Harry is now beaming, his eyes almost twinkling. "Well... how'd you feel?" Hermione asks, her tone wary and unsure. She doesn't like this plan.

"Excellent." Harry grins. "Really excellent." he adds, his smile shining so bright Cassie thinks they might need sunglasses.

"Alright, remember, Slughorn eats early, takes a walk and returns to his office." Enzo says. He's more aiming it at Harry because he knows Cassie already knows what she's doing, Harry, however, he looks off his tits.

"Right." Harry smiles. Cassie nods with a sigh. "I'm going down to Hagrid's." Harry adds, an innocent grin on his face.

"What?" Hermione, Cassie, Enzo and Ron chorus.

"No, Harry, we're going to speak to Slughorn." Cassie says slowly. All five of them are stood up now, Harry by the library door. "We have a plan."

"I know, but I have a strangely good feeling about Hagrid's. I just— I feel like it's the place to be right now. D'you get what I mean?" Harry insists.

"No." the others reply in unison.

"Well, trust me. I know what I'm doing. You coming or not, Cass?" he asks, spinning on his heel toward the door. On his way out, he passes a random student and exclaims "Hi!" Cassie chuckles, coughing to cover it up.

"Right, wish me luck then." Cassie braces. "Pun unintended." she sighs.

"Good luck." they reply.

At that, Cassie follows Harry down the hallways and past tens of students that he insists on greeting with a huge grin. "Harry, slow down." she groans.

"Keep up, Black." he smiles, stopping in his tracks and waving his arm. Cassie skips a step and falls in sync with Harry. They walk all the way down to the indoor greenhouses out of the castle, where Cassie spots Slughorn. She nudges Harry and juts her chin at the man, who is definitely stealing from the greenhouse, which would typically result in a fuming Pomona Sprout. Harry smiles without a word before walking toward the potions master. Cassie reluctantly follows.