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The Veil was in Amelia's medicine cabinet.
He blinked.
The Veil was in Amelia's medicine cabinet.
What the bloody fuck?
Maybe he needed more coffee.
Ben had been trying to shave - the scarring meant he had to be careful with the charm - and the mirror had kept moving like there was something alive in the medicine cabinet. And like a fool, he'd opened it.
And there was the Veil, in miniature. There were voices behind it. Familiar ones. He leaned closer - who were they and what were they saying? He thought he heard - "Tybalt Thomson's Toothpaste! Four sickles for a whiter smile! Extra-strength Headache Potion, just like Mum used to make! Everywitch's Anti-Pregnancy-"
"BEN!" Amelia shouted, and he jumped. It took him a second to realize she wasn't in her own medicine cabinet. "Would you stop fooling with your hair or whatever? You look fine."
"Sorry," he called, and, on a hunch, pulled out his wand. "Riddikulus!" The black curtain pulled back to reveal a Punch & Judy show, and Ben managed a small, weak grin as the puppets started to beat each other up. He closed the cabinet with a click!, and finished up quickly before coming out.
"Amelia, there's a boggart in your medicine cabinet," he said. "Just so you know."
"I'll deal with it, then," she sighed. "Thanks. You can have the rest of the coffee if you like..."
He shook his head. "I've got to go in early today." He smirked. "For once in my life I'm going in earlier than you." He went to go find his tie.
"...Ben? What did you see?"
He blinked; it took him a few seconds to realize what she meant. "...oh, you know me. The monkeys." She gave him a skeptical sort of Look, but he, well. He didn't want to get into it. "See you, then."
She said nothing as he retrieved his tie, and Disapparated. This morning they were due to start a new series of tests on the Veil.
He blinked.
The Veil was in Amelia's medicine cabinet.
What the bloody fuck?
Maybe he needed more coffee.
Ben had been trying to shave - the scarring meant he had to be careful with the charm - and the mirror had kept moving like there was something alive in the medicine cabinet. And like a fool, he'd opened it.
And there was the Veil, in miniature. There were voices behind it. Familiar ones. He leaned closer - who were they and what were they saying? He thought he heard - "Tybalt Thomson's Toothpaste! Four sickles for a whiter smile! Extra-strength Headache Potion, just like Mum used to make! Everywitch's Anti-Pregnancy-"
"BEN!" Amelia shouted, and he jumped. It took him a second to realize she wasn't in her own medicine cabinet. "Would you stop fooling with your hair or whatever? You look fine."
"Sorry," he called, and, on a hunch, pulled out his wand. "Riddikulus!" The black curtain pulled back to reveal a Punch & Judy show, and Ben managed a small, weak grin as the puppets started to beat each other up. He closed the cabinet with a click!, and finished up quickly before coming out.
"Amelia, there's a boggart in your medicine cabinet," he said. "Just so you know."
"I'll deal with it, then," she sighed. "Thanks. You can have the rest of the coffee if you like..."
He shook his head. "I've got to go in early today." He smirked. "For once in my life I'm going in earlier than you." He went to go find his tie.
"...Ben? What did you see?"
He blinked; it took him a few seconds to realize what she meant. "...oh, you know me. The monkeys." She gave him a skeptical sort of Look, but he, well. He didn't want to get into it. "See you, then."
She said nothing as he retrieved his tie, and Disapparated. This morning they were due to start a new series of tests on the Veil.