¼ of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pls
Body plastered on the outer wall, Joćo peeked in the barnyard first before entering, again wrapped in protective, warm charms and an expensive winter coat. He stared inside for a while, as if he was trying to detect what every shadow was, as if he was running from someone and didn't want to be seen. He quickly drew his head back with a small gasp as if he was spotted. He waited... and at the same time looked at the grounds to see if anyone was there too, or if anyone had seen him. Good. No one was in sight to spot his weird behaviour... After 10 seconds, he peeked in again and stayed like that for a shorter time, before quickly slipping in, trying to be as silent as he could.
Hopefully, Professor Williamson was away.
Once inside, he started looking at the animals one by one. He stopped and stared each of them for a few seconds. He had a very bad feeling about this. He was alone and he didn't even know the names of the animals. Sure he could name some in Portuguese, but half of them were a mystery. How was he going to manage this when he didn't even know what they were? He had the most comprehensive creatures book he could find in the library, but even then, he didn't know what to look for and it could take him quite a while to find the exact animal.
Oh well. If he had got himself into this, he had to fix it. And fixing it he had to do perfectly.
Walking slowly in an attempt to at least remember the names of the animals--which was no use--he came in front of an oxen-like animal that shone with its golden colour.
There. This was the animal he was working for. He didn't even glance at the rest of the animals he was yet to see.
He got his wand out and cleaned the area in front of its stall to sit. He eyed the animal suspiciously, hearbeats getting faster. It... it wouldn't burst out of the stall while he was there, would it? Though, even if it did, did he have any other choice? Clearly he didn't want to be here and the animals would sense it somehow. It would be the same story eventually. He only needed to... sit down calmly, and find the thing in that book as fast as he could.
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