Even kittens believe they can be lions. (Jake )

Lucys outfit for the day


While Lucy had been doing her mothers garden she had come across a small amulet. It reeked of dark magic to her and she didn't know what else to do but get rid of it. She had gone to Knocturn Alley. Somewhere she really didn't like to begin with but she wanted rid of the amulet.

Her problem was she rarely spoke up for herself, and didn't deal well with defending herself. If she didn't have potions and magical creatures and tattooing she would have been a squib. She didn't mind she just didn't have the confidence usually nor the ability to create defensive spells. Her teacher, merlin bless him had done absolutely everything to help her. She had passed in theory work, however had failed practicals in almost every aspect or at best barely passed. She was no auror material that was for sure.

The shopkeeper had been quite rude and the guys that had gone into the shop had followed her around it. She didn't like it but was nowhere near capable of getting rid of them. "Please I just want rid of the amulet." She had said before the man behind the counter had gotten rather loud and rude. Of course she shyed away, dropping the amulet as she tried to move away from the two men that were getting increasingly scarier by the moment.

Lucy turned as she heard an all too familiar voice. Professor Jake. His Auror badge on display. She watched as the men behind her walked away. "Yes Sir I'm okay." She said, not daring to acknowledge she knew him any further. She didn't want herself to be targeted or even Jake though she knew he could take well care of himself.

She watched as the men left , the shopkeeper had quickly disappeared himself. Lucy tucked her hair back behind her ear. "Thanks Professor." She mumbled quietly. She sighed. "Sorry to cause trouble." She might of graduated last year but she still had a whole lot of respect for the man that had gone above and beyond to help her. He had given her confidence in times when she really needed it.

Despite her drawbacks with magic she really did love learning about magic, Professor Jake had been one of her favourite professors. He was young, not that that mattered but he had real world experience and often understood what kids were going through.

Lucy looked at the Professor and Auror and went with him as he guided her out. She smiled a little. "I didn't want to call you that in front of them." Lucy told him, "I don't want to cause you any more trouble than you need ..Jake."

To say the mans name without a Professor or Sir in front of it was unusual and foreign to her to say the least. Once outside fully she looked down. " I was trying to get rid of an amulet I found." She admitted, "I found it in the garden at my mothers. I just wanted rid of it ." She didn't know if it belonged to her father or not and to be honest she didn't care she had just wanted it gone.

"And to answer your first question no they didn't hurt me Jake . Just scared me is all." Lucy said, "It was stupid of me to come here but I didn't want to trouble any aurors or anyone like that with something so trivial. Not with how many dangers are running around."She said to Jake. "How are you going? With everything?"

Lucy hated that she had had to have someone like Jake protect her. Maybe if she wasn't so useless at defence against these exact dark arts she wouldn't have to be saved. Being the damsel in distress wasn't a pleasant feeling.

"I.....had it.. I think I dropped it. I don't care for it I just wanted rid of it." She said sighing. Maybe she could have just written to Jake but she hadn't thought of that. She looked at Jake, wrapping her hoodie further around her slim figure. "Believe me I won't be. I hate this place."

Lucy smiled as she heard he was doing well. "When are you gonna come get a tattoo about Adrienne from me huh?" She asked, "Nah I'm okay kids are gross. Well my own would be you know I'm happy to babysit whenever." She told him, now he wasn't her professor she could be a little more personal. She smiled, really glad he had gotten her out of the sticky mess. "Believe me my shop and Mum keep me busy enough." She was actually surprised how well people in London, especially Purebloods were about getting tattoos.

Biting her lip, Lucy waited as she saw Jake go back into the shop. Noticing the shopkeeper returning the amulet to him and noticed Jake pocketing it. She knew he would be taking it to his work so it could be dealt with properly."Whatever you find on that. I don't want to know." She had a strong feeling it was something of her dads but didn't want it.

She listened as she was told to send him an owl or go see him. She knew he was saying it because of her struggle with DADA but she nodded. She was sure he would rather anyone go to him then try deal with it themslves. Really she was lucky he wasn't charging her with trying to sell a dark object.

Jake's words on tattoos made her laugh though,"True." She said, "Hey I"m sure Veronika would love it if you got the right one." Him having to get one for each of his kids though did make a lot of sense. "Fair enough." Lucy pouted when she was told she would need to struggle to babysit. "Fair enough I"m sure the grandparents spoil them rotten." She laughed, knowing the kids were extremely well looked after.

She shrugged when he spoke about kids. "If it happens it happens its not really on my agenda." She said, she didn't think she would have kids but hey miracles could happen. Her eyes lit up at the offer of ice cream. It was probably him trying to bribe her but she didn't care."OH my god yes." She smiled, "There's an ice cream shops two streets away?"