Chapter 76 – Grindylow
After being selected as champions, school took a different turn for us. We no longer had to take tests and were given a pass for the whole year. No end-of-term tests! Which, in turn, meant we were not obliged to attend the classes either. Of course, skipping all the lessons would not be wise, especially considering we will have our Ordinary Wizarding Level exam in the fifth year. It would suck to try and fill in a whole year we missed right before that. Still... that did not mean I was not happy to bounce and miss one of Professor Binns's lectures.
"Here!" Quincy exclaimed, putting a massive codex before me in the library as we were looking up more information about Fwoopers and Grindylows. Looking at the vivid image, I saw a small, nasty-looking frog... man... manfrog... frogman... err... whatever that thing was. It was snarling with sharp teeth, ready to bite my finger as I touched the paper close to it.
"Gross. It looks slimy and stinky."
"Probably is..." She shrugged, biting her lip. "And I would need to catch one to start experimenting with what I need it for... how to open the scrolls..."
"I'll help. My birdie can wait."
"Are you sure?"
"I already know where to get one!" I grinned but decided not to say more. In all honesty... it was thanks to what she told me... and I bet she would be surprised, so I didn't want to spoil it for her.
"If you say so... First things first, we will have to go into the lake and find one. Reading about their habits, they are creatures who dwell and hide between thick layers of Potamogetons."
"Amongst what?" I asked, twitching my mouth.
"Pondweed." Without looking up from the book, she answered, "They dislike bright lights, so they are active during the night and cloudy seasons."
"Check. We didn't have a sunny day for a week now. So... do we go and dive down, find one, and come back at once?"