As promised heres the next post. I promise to try to post longer ones in the future.

Ellouise’s feet landed softly on the ground, almost immediately she morphed into her animagus and took cover beneath a shrub. A moment later Anton appeared, he too morphed immediately. They looked at one another then began moving off in different directions. They needed to survey the forest and its surrounding areas again to assess whether anything was different, and to make sure they were alone... for the time being at least.

Many hours had passed, the sun now hung high in the sky, slightly obscured by the soft grey clouds that peered down at them threateningly. Anton and Ellouise had settled down in one of their hiding spots near the edge of the clearing. Here they were obscured by bushes on each side. It was relatively quiet in the forest, all that could be heard was the low rumble of thunder from overhead, the light breeze ruffling the leaves on the trees and the occasional bird whistle. Anton was quite restless, his ears pricked up at every sound and his body quivered as if he was shivering. Ellouise snapped her teeth in his direction, if he wasn’t careful he’d blow their cover. Anyone would be suspicious of a quivering bush. Anton lowered his head and rest them on his paws, he emitted a low whiny sound and closed his eyes. The past few days had gone like clockwork, Ellouise had thought they were doing really well, they had finally started getting along. But now she became sceptical, why was Anton behaving this way? He couldn’t be cold surely, perhaps it was nerves? It couldn’t be fear. He had volunteered for the mission himself, he had a choice and he took it. It must be nerves she thought more confidently now, it will pass.

It felt like a lifetime that they had been stuck sitting amongst the bushes, but finally a familiar sounding pop announced the arrival of a death eater. It was Luicus Malfoy, his hair tied back in a sleek pony-tail. Almost immediately after him came two more pop’s. Standing on either side of his were the men Ellouise had seen the previous day, Igor and Balthazar. Anton peered through the leaves nervously, his body quivering slightly. Ellouise flicked him with her tail and glared at him when he met her eyes. He settled slightly. The death eaters paced around the clearing, their eyes darting in every direction. Balthazar’s gaze dropped momentarily to the bush where they were concealed, but looked away and walked back to the centre of the clearing. They seemed satisfied. Suddenly there were three more pop’s, now there were six men standing in the clearing. The three men that had joined the death eaters were not familiar to Ellouise in any way, they were the Russian Ministry Officials she presumed. The man in the centre wore long robes of magenta and had a long thick brown beard. The other men behind him wore simply robes of grey, like a uniform. The men in the clearing had shook hands and exchanged pleasantries, now it was down to business.
There was a sudden sharp yelp from beside where Ellouise lay, her fur stood on end as Anton jumped out of the bush, she followed tackling him to the ground, she was not about to let him blow their cover, she flicked her head in the direction of the wood briefly as she and Anton struggled, hoping that he would take her hint and run for it, she would follow and try to circle back to the clearing. Ellouise stole a look toward the clearing, the six wizards looked at them with apprehension, their wands drawn. Ellouise turned back in time to see Anton morph and disapparate with a pop. That was it, their cover was blown. Ellouise turned on her heel and ran for the cover of the trees as she heard the wizards bellow various spells and curses in her direction. She heard their footfalls coming after her. Ellouise morphed mid-run into her human form and disapparated almost immediately, still with the momentum of her run.

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