A moment of weakness
7: Your muse is surrounded by thugs up to no good and mine happens to pass by.
August 20, 1978
Minerva walked quickly through a darkened alley, feeling as though the walls were closing in upon her. The tartan bag in her arms was heavy with her new purchases and she wanted to hurry back to the school to work on lesson plans before the day was done. She turned onto the sleepy, nearly deserted, shop-filled street and headed back towards the Leaky Cauldron.
She’d just passed the alleyway between Owlops and the hat shop when a figure careened from in between the buildings and bowled straight into her. She toppled backwards and landed painfully upon the cobblestone street.
The figure- a child, she realized- was already scrambling to his feet, his cheeks red and chest heaving. With a jolt she realized that she knew this boy- one of Molly’s…
“Please!” His voice shook as he lunged forward and pulled on her arm, “Please you have to help! My mum-” he wheezed and pointed down the alley.
Minerva sprung into action and pulled herself to her feet. “Where is she?” She stooped and looked into his panicking face.
“Two blocks down… there were men in…scary robes she told me to… run to the… leaky cauldron.” he panted out between gasps for air and she pulled her wand to the ready.
“You did good, kid.” She pointed down the street, “I need you to go tell Tom at the Leaky Cauldron what you just told me. I’m going to go help your mum.” The boy took off without hesitation and Minerva turned with similar fashion to the alley before her.
As she neared the second intersection she kept her ears perked for sounds of an attack and was quickly rewarded with the crackle of magic in the air. She followed the sound around a corner and narrowly missed a curse that flew over her shoulder. She spun back behind the building and pressed her back against the wall.
“Molly!” She called out, hoping that the other woman was near.
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