#22 - How Fast Can I Do This?

Though the task was painstaking, the idea of disappointing Professor Snape again was even more so. It was so weird to feel the spores without the gloves on his hands, and of course the slime itself had a disgusting texture. Arthur imagined a nice warm bath, one that would make him totally and completely slime free.

Eventually, he made it. Two jars of Higgus spores! Whatever Professor Snape needed these for was a mystery to Arthur, since he didn't know of any health-related potions that would have Higgus spores in them, but hopefully it would redeem Arthur from the miserable failure that he'd made out of himself in Potions class that morning. He cringed just thinking about it. Maybe Professor Snape would just take the ingredients and slam the door in Arthur's face.

Arthur whipped around as a twig snapped. Okay, Snape could shut the door in his face, fine, as long as he had a face left when he got to it. Arthur tried to get the least amount of slime into his bag as he put the jars in there, cringing. Now everything would need a good washing. He ran out of the Forbidden Forest and back to the castle as fast as his legs would take him.

Yeah, he definitely didn't want to go there alone again.