gave 
Doxycide to 
AmycusCarrowAdvanced Potion-Making Challenge
from Fictionalley & TheRogue.net
Author: Lyta Padfoot
Category: General, Angst
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Harry Potter is the property of J.K. Rowling. Characters and situations are used without permission, no infringement is intended.
Summary: Amycus Carrow doesn't like pests.
Author's Notes: Written in response to the April 2007 Advanced Potion-Making Challenge.
gave Doxycide to AmycusCarrowAmycus Carrow's new house was full of Doxies. They were in the curtains, gnawing away at the tapestries, and he shuddered to think of the bedding.
According to Gilderoy Lochart's Guide to Household Pests one needed Doxycide to eradicate an infestation of biting fairies. Unfortunately, there was none in the house and he lacked money to buy Doxycide. He would have to borrow some from a neighbor.
The first neighbor he tried stared at him and kept asking him to repeat what he wanted.
"Doxycide. I need Doxycide," he explained. "It's used to kill Doxies."
"Never heard of it," the neighbor finally declared before slamming his door shut.
"Foolish Muggle," Amycus muttered. He cursed the Muggle's doorknob to bit any hand that touched it, an old trick Avery taught him that he hadn't used in years. After he found some Doxycide he would make the Muggle drink some; it should be interesting to see the effect.
The second neighbor was also a Muggle, but far more polite. She offered him a potion Muggles used to kill their pests, but the foul-smelling chemical just made the Doxies fly in circles.
The third door he tried was opened by a brown-haired girl. Amycus saw a wand clutched in her wand.
"Yes?"
"Do you have any Doxycide?" he asked. "My home is filled with doxies and the apothecary is out."
"I think Mum keeps some in the kitchen," she said. "Wait here while I get it."
Amycus waited on the doorstep until the girl returned with the Doxycide.
"I hope this helps, we had a problem with them last year," the girl said.
"Thank you, Miss..."
"Morag MacDougal." A wizarding name. And apparently a family that taught their children to aid their fellow wizards.
"One last thing Miss MacDougal...obliviate."
The girl's brown eyes grew clouded and distant. She took a step back and shook her head before closing the door.
Amycus put away his wand and went to deal with the Doxies. Afterwards he had enough Doxycide remaining to deal with the Muggle infestation.
"What is our world coming to, so many vermin allowed to live." He put on his cloak and picked up the bottle of Doxycide. Now to deal with the neighbor whose manners needed attention.
