Taking on the Magical World 48 Chapter 47: Treasure Picking

The first thing I take out from the filing cabinets is the Marauders Map. I already clearly know what this is and what it can do. I stuff it into one of my pockets in my robe.

The next item I pick up is a Mokeskin pouch. These are very rare goods, you could use it for storing items, which nobody but the owner can take out. It appears quite small on the outside, but it has an enchantment which allows it to have much greater carrying capacity than any Muggle pouch of comparable size out there.

I wonder if it already has an owner. I try to open it and it does open, seems like nobody owners it. I wonder how Filch got his hands on it. I look inside the pouch and see that it is empty. I shrug my shoulder, beggars can't be choosers, I joke. I close it up and put it away into one of my robe pockets. I could give it to one of the twins since I already have a suitcase as big as an island inside.

I pick around in the cabinet and take out the next goodies, a handheld vintage lamp. The lamp looks very old and rusted. I would have even passed it off as trash if I hadn't seen those swirly little lines which run over the whole surface of the lamp. I look closely at it and recognize the lines, thay are runes.

This a very interesting find, I say to myself, I wonder what it does. I look for anything to get it up and running then I notice a switch. I flip the switch on and then the lamp starts to glow a blue cool fluorescent light. I look around and see that nothing else has happened. Mh, it seems like I will need to research this lamp a bit more. I stuff it as well into my robe pocket. When I bought this robe, I made sure to add as many pockets as I could. What can I say, a robe without a handful of pockets is not a proper robe at all!

I see a silver chain bracelet that coils around three times and at both ends of the chain there are two snakeheads with tiny emerald eye sockets. I look at it and wonder what this new toy does. I try pressing down upon the eye sockets to see if that would do the trick, but it does not work. I try opening each of the snakes' mouth, but it is wedged tight. I also try banging it on to the floor to see if it would do something, anything, but it also does not work. I look at it for a while and ponder, maybe it actives on command, I guess.

Open Sesame! I say out loud, I always wanted to say that and who really doesn't. The snake-headed chain bracelet still sits upon my palm with no sign of movement like it is telling me, you are an idiot!

Well, let's see who the idiot is when I finally figure you out. I start spewing out words with madness in my eyes.

Jump! Fly! Open! Do something!

None of the commands I give works and I feel like giving up, but the way the chain bracelet peacefully sits on top of my palm, infuriates me. I guess, I had started to lose my marbles. One more time, I urge myself.

Unlock! Nothing, two more times, I plead to myself. I have to beat this damn chain into submission.

Go! At that command, the chain bracelet flies out of my hand and wraps around the closest thing, one of the filing cabinet. I jump back in fright, nearly tripping over, thanks to my own shoes. Holy Shit! I say with my eyes wide eyed in amazement.

I calm my racing heart down and slowly walk around filing cabinet. The chain that was no more than 6 inches is now a good 2 meters long from my estimate. It has split into two silver colored snakes with emerald colored eyes. They both are wrapped around the filing cabinet in a death grip. I continue walking around the cabinet as see that both of the snakes have become so lifelike. I carefully touch one of them and it hisses back at me.

I raise my hand in a sort of gesture which means, I meant no harm. "Wow, guys are sure look like a sight!" I say to the snakes. The snakes ignore me and continue to slowly wrap around the filing cabinet. The cabinet starts to creak under all that pressure that those two snakes are exerted upon it.

That filing cabinet would be finished if I don't stop these two, I think. What would Filch do if he saw his cabinet shredded into pieces? He will know as soon as that, somebody has been inside his office. I need to get these two snakes off the filing cabinet.

I gulp loudly, what if I end up like that filing cabinet? A part of me shouts, let those two snakes trash that filing cabinet, you on the other hand, get out! The professor can deal with it.

No way! Another part of me shouts. We will be found out.

I weigh my options and know that I have to get these snakes back to their chain bracelet form. The risk of Fred, George, and I being found out is too high if we leave like this.

I look at the two snakes and say. "Why don't you two get back to your chain form for daddy, huh?"

The snakes don't even turn to my direction, they just continue on coiling around the filing cabinet.

My patience starts to thin. I shout at the two snakes this time. "Come back, here!" This time my command works. The two snakes fly back to me and as they get closer and closer they get smaller and smaller. Finally, the same snake-headed chain bracelet lands upon my palm. I think I should call it a shape-shifting snake chain.

Chapter end