The Pureblood Princess | Sirius Black

|26| We Got Them

"Ouch! That stupid plant just bit me!" Adelaide exclaimed.

"SHHH! You know, I would really expect a cat to be sneakier." Sirius whispered.

The two were underneath James's invisibility cloak and trying to make their way to the greenhouse where the mandrakes were taking their afternoon nap just after lunch. The plan was to grab the leaves and then return back before their study period.

"You know this would be so much easier if we could get that map to work..."

"Sorry, I've been a little too preoccupied with other illegal activities to get around to that one Padfoot." Adelaide snapped.

"Someone's in a bad mood..."

"I'm in a great mood."

"Liar. Now which greenhouse is it?" He asked.

"Three... OW! I swear if you step on my foot one more time Pads-"

Sirius quickly put his hand over Adelaide's mouth.

"SHHH! I think someone's- Ew!" he whisper shouted as she licked his hand, pulling his hand away swiftly and wiping it on his pant leg.

"Someone's coming!" She whispered pulling him against the wall of one of the greenhouses.

The two watched as Mr. Filch and Madam Pince, the school Librarian, walked past the entrance holding hands and... smiling? They had never seen Madam Pince smile before.

"Well there's someone for everyone I guess.." Adelaide shrugged, before dragging Sirius toward greenhouse three. "They should be in the back...  probably on the floor under a table where it's dark."

"You mean like those?" Sirius asked, pointing to a row of plants under a large table. There was a music box softly playing a lullaby next to them.

"Yep." Adelaide and Sirius then crept up to the plants holding scissors and a small box to hold the leaves. "Okay maybe we should get a couple more than we actually need in case Wormy eats one by accident—"

"Or James's falls out of his mouth while he's staring at Lily." Sirius snickered. Adelaide smirked, then proceeded to snip six leaves, one from each mandrake plant.

"Okay, I think that should be enough, now let's get out of here before-"

"Oh hello my little ones!" Professor Sprout cooed, moving forward to the plants the two Gryffindor's had just snipped with a teddybear clutched in her plump fingers.

Adelaide shot a panicked look at Sirius who seemed very focused. He raised his finger to his lips to tell her to stay quiet. He then slowly and carefully side-stepped away from Professor Sprout who was speaking baby talk to her precious plants, Adelaide following in his footsteps. They continued like this for an agonizing amount of time and were almost to the greenhouse entrance when they heard—

"OH! MY DARLINGS! SOMEONE HAS DEFILED YOU!" Adelaide supposed the Professor had finally realized that there were a few leaves missing. She quickly shot a look to her curly headed best friend and they raced out of the greenhouse while the professor began to curse the ones who had 'violently violated her beautiful and beloved babes'.

The two sprinted all the way up to the boys dorm in Gryffindor tower, knocking over poor little Professor Flitwick in the process.

They yanked off the cloak, startling James who had been hovering over his clipboard doodling his initials with Lily's. "Holy Horklumps!" the messy haired boy yelped.

"We—got—them!" Sirius said between labored breaths.

James stood up from his seat at his desk. "What?!"