#15 Man on a Mission

Ezra squinted into the dark, straining his eyes in an attempt to catch any hint of spider. Yet still he failed and was slightly startled to first brush it with his fingers. Huh, he had not thought that would help to actually find his target, he just hadn't wanted to take an accidental dunk!

Though, wiggling his dirty fingers towards where the spider had scurried away to, he wondered if the cost was worth it. He was going to have to find a bathroom once he had collected his spider at this rate. Well, that was if he ever managed to capture the little beast.

"Hi Mr Spider," he said as he crept closer, trying to coax the spider into not running away from him. "I know you have a very nice house down here," he was sure it was nice to a spider at least, Ezra would have liked more light. "but it would be really helpful if you came with me. I can take you to explore a whole new place!" If that new place was to end up as the inside of a cauldron, then it was probably better not to tell the spider that.

As he was speaking to the little creeper Ezra had slowly been making his way deeper into the dark corner, his hands outstretched so that as soon as he was close enough he could- Aha! He scooped the blue spider up, trapping it between two cupped hands.

Believing that he had managed to catch his target, Ezra scurried away from the dark corner to where he could use the little light in the boathouse to see between a small gap in his hands.

"Sorry for taking you from your home Mr Spider!" he said to his prize. He felt bad to be kidnapping a poor innocent spider, but he had to do what he had to do. He maybe hadn't fully considered what hunting spiders for ingredients had meant when he chose to go that route, too caught up in what a fun challenge it might be.

Having succeeded in getting his spider, he wondered if he could get anything else from the boathouse. Sure, it was slightly creepy in dark space and he was constantly aware of the threat of falling into cold water, but if he could get multiple ingredients from one place then that would mean less running around. Less running around meant that he could finish sooner and get back to show Professor Snape that he had finished his task! That would prove that he was dedicated!

...Getting to explore the castle more would be fun though. No! Potions first!

Ezra thought back to the list that he had stuffed in his pocket. Didn't it say he could find spider eggs in the boathouse too? That would be so cool to have! Spider eggs.. where would they be hiding? If he was a spider where would he hide his eggs? Cobwebs of course!

With his new little spider friend put away safely in his pocket, Ezra turned his attention back to trying to find more cobwebs. He hoped there were some left in the room and he had not ended up with all of them on his hands!