To Tame A Wild Heart || Book One (An Open SS Fan fiction)

CHAPTER 8 : Deathly Storm*

Florina's POV:

"Rose! I will finally be what?"  I said louder than I intended to "And what is all that about a curse and a loophole? Are you talking about the Agrippa's curse?"

She slowly put her hands down, "Florina sweetie, you know how much I care for you but trust me darling, telling you everything now like this will sound completely insane. An-and, I don't know what might happen to you if you find out at once".

"So you are saying, if you told me the truth, I will faint or something," I said sarcastically.

"No. I am saying I don't know what will happen if I told you. Could be that or could be worse."

"What about the book then?" I asked "What do you know about it?"

"The book...the...book...it is..." she trailed off shaking her head.

"Rose, you clearly know something I don't, don't you?" I asked softly.

She shook her head again more violently, "No Florina! Please don't make me. I cannot tell you and that's it!"

She got up and walked to my bag packing it in an un-humanly speed. It's a mechanism she usually gets down to whenever she got under stress. But what was stressing her out? 

Clearly the book is not the only thing that was hiding secrets, my own fairy is too.

Someone suddenly apparated in my living room which made the hyperactive fairy charge to them. Running to catch up, I saw the little pig tailed house elf gazing up at Rose with the same fascinated look she gave her earlier. When she noticed my presence however, she quickly returned to grinning happily.

"Bubbles bring everything Miss Flora need," she beamed "Bubbles good elf?"

I chuckled nodding. In her hand was a small pouch that she happily handed to me. Just as I was about to check the contents of the pouch, there was a knock on the door. Bubbles happily bounced, "Bubbles get it?" 

I nodded opening the clutch of the small pouch.

"Ready Woods?" came a deep velvety voice that belonged to the potions master who was buried in thick layers clothing, black turtle neck and topped it all off with a wool black coat that was the same as his look alike David.

Nodding once more, I whispered, "Engorgio" and the small pouch turned into a huge bag that had all types of healthy snacks and foods that would spike up our stamina. 

Shrinking the pouch to a tiny bag, I gave her a wide grin "Thank you so very much Bubbles. You have done well."

The pig tailed house elf quickly exclaimed, "Bubbles do good job!"

I chuckled "Yes, Bubbles did a great job." 

The two professors rolled their eyes in unison as one of them stood beside me "Yes, yes she was marvelous!" the emerald eyed wizard exclaimed sarcastically "Can we go now please?"

His other partner in crime added, "Couldn't agree more." I gave both of them a disapproving glare.

Asking the two gentlemen to wait in the living room, I hurried to my bedroom with Rose behind me and did a final check on the contents of the duffle bag. "Reducio" I muttered and pocketed the now shrunken tiny duffle bag in my jeans.

"I feel like I am missing something," I turned to Rose who just shrugged. Nodding once to myself, I decided I am ready and hurried back out to the awaiting gentlemen who both gave me a peculiar gaze. The handsome one moved forward, "And you are supposed to go to the freezing forest dressed like that." He pointed at my outfit which indeed wasn't suitable at all for our journey.