Challenge: Tulips
Word Count: 100
Mrs. Hathaway was more than happy to show him the patch of dirt where the Rufus Glorificus had first sprouted. A simple Distraction charm allowed Severus to take a soil sample, and another gained him a bulb that lay dormant a foot below the surface. One rock cake, one pot of stewed tea, and one “nice sit-down to catch up later,” and Severus was home with his booty, ready to work.
The tulip bulb itself could wait till he was at Hogwarts. No, it was the soil, the precious, precious dirt that might, just might, have revived an extinct subspecies....