Challenge: Marauders’ Map
Word Count: 100
In the end, Mr. Snape didn't manage to figure out what the parchment did, even though he was all but certain it wasn't cursed. “There's a key phrase, sir, but I'm not sure what it is. If we'd found it last year, or at the beginning of the autumn term, I might have had time,” he said on the last day of school.
“You did your best, young wizard,” said Argus Filch. He shooed Mr. Miniver off the folded parchment on the corner of his desk. “Good luck to you in the world.”
For a moment Mr. Snape looked much older than his years. “I'll do my best, sir.”