#15 The Hunt Continues

With his hands nice and clean once more, though that did not say much for the rest of him - he still had a bit of cobweb in his hair from where he had been shaking his hands about - Ezra made his way down to the lake. And boy was it cold! So very, very cold. He could see his breath!

Okay, that was pretty cool. He blew out a long puff of air just to see it fog up, giggling as it did so.

Where was he? Oh yes, he had thought that since the snow had made it hard to see inside the boathouse, trying outside where the light did not have to battle through windows was a good idea. He had not taken into account that the very same thing that had made it hard to see, also meant that it would be very cold there.

He was not going to chicken out now though, he had decided on his next target from his list and he was going to find it! Besides, apparently wintercress only appeared on snowy or rainy days, so he would have had to battle some kind of chill to get it either way. Better to just do it today since.. yep, he had already reached the lake.

Yes, wintercress! That was what he was after as his second ingredient in his battle to earn a 'yes' from Professor Snape. A nice plant ingredient that he would not have to feel bad about tossing into a potion.

Stood at the edge of the lake, at what he thought was the shallowest part, Ezra looked over the big icy area that stretched out in front of him. He wondered why he kept ending up near water today. It was cold and wet! Pushing thoughts of his questionable decisions aside, he focused on trying to spot the plant. He hoped that he would be able to reach it easily.