Title: The Exchange.
Author: MangoE2
Summary: Hogwarts is in for a big surprise when the Darling Academy for the Magically Splendid decides to send a huge number of it's students on an exchange. Questions arise as the group settle into life at Hogwarts. Why are they here? Where did they come from? And how come no one has ever heard of the DAMS until now...?
Pairings: Harry/Cho, Ginny/Michael, Morgan/Sam, Tayla/Charles, Shayna/Kyle, Kathryn/Mathew, Reece/Deanna.
Notes: So, after endless nagging from Josh, I have finally begun writing the fanfiction I said I would, and here is the Prologue. Don't worry if you don't understand much at all at this point - and ignore the pairings, you won't know much until later on. This is just to start us off. Enjoy!


Prologue


B Block was quiet. The bell was five minutes off and all the seniors were stuck in an assembly in the Hall, giving B Block its uncharacteristic lack of life. It was July, that time of year all students soon learn to dread.

Practice Exams.

Held in August, the practice exams were the school's way of giving the Year 11's a shock, and keeping the shock anew in the minds of Year 12's and 13's. The results of these exams were designed to show students where they were at in their learning, and to give them an idea of how well they would have done if the exams had been REAL.

Not many people did very well. The practice exams were more commonly known (amongst the students) as a cruel way of telling them that they had a lot of learning to do between August and November.

Today, this was the hot topic in assembly.

The bell rang, piercing the ears of those few wandering the school, and signalling the onslaught of chair-scraping, chatter-rising and girl-giggling, as the doors of every classroom burst open, students pouring out and heading off to their hang-out spot, wherever that was.

Josh reached to deck outside the Careers room first. Dumping his bag, he turned around and kept an eye on both entrances to B Block, waiting for his friends. His hair, such a dark brown that it almost appeared black, glinted under the hot sun. He was short and kinda chubby, with tinted glasses that blinded anyone who looked at him if he stood in the right light.

"Hey fatty!"

If Josh didn't know any better, he would have thought the deep voice he had just heard coming from his right belonged to that of a girl, because looking over he saw someone walking towards him. Long, blonde hair, incredibly straight, fell down Robbie's back. His skin was smooth, and his face devoid of facial hair.

But Josh did know better.

"Fuck off, Robbie," he said.

"Hey, Josh," said Charles warningly. "Calm down."

Charles chucked his bag down next to Josh's and flopped onto the deck, rubbing his temple. His hair, somewhere between blonde and brown, was a mess, as usual. It wasn't that he didn't brush it, it was more the fact that he had a habit of running his hand through it... and had a girlfriend who liked to mess it up for fun.

Shayna and Kyle turned up next, and they were closely followed by Reece and Deanna.

"Has anyone seen Amylee?" Shayna asked, her arms wrapped around Kyle's neck, his around her waist. Both were tall. Kyle had tousled brown hair and slightly thick eyebrows, and Shayna was thin with long brown hair and blonde streaks.

"Nuh," said Reece.

"Reece, you homo!" Robbie called out in his man-voice.

"Robbie, you fag, how the fuck are ya?" Reece called out in reply, high-fiving Robbie.

Damien, Talia, Lathan, Hannah and Lari turned up, but still, the group was missing a fair few people.

"I'm going to look for Amylee!" Shayna called out, heading over to B1.

"Wait, I'll come, too," said Josh. "You wanna come look for Amylee, Charles? Tayla might be with her."

"Nah, I'm all right, man," said Charles, still rubbing his temple.

"Headache?"

"Haven't had a fucking coffee..." Charles mumbled.

"HURRY UP, JOSH!"

"I'm coming!" he yelled back.


Five minutes later, they found Amylee, as well as Tayla, Mathew, Kathryn, Morgan and Sam. The six of them were standing outside the Hall, marvelling over some shiny purple dust Amylee had found. Well, Tayla, Kathryn and Morgan were. Mathew and Sam were there purely because they followed their girlfriends most places.

"Where did you get that?" Shayna asked curiously, walking up to Amylee.

"I dunose," she said, giggling. "But it's shiny!"

"Amylee, if we didn't know you better, we'd probably think you were on drugs," said Josh.

"Haha, nose! You lie!" said Amylee.

"Put the shiny dust down, Amylee," Kathryn said jokingly.

"No!" Amylee replied, her voice cute and childish. She picked up some of the dust and blew it in Kathryn's face.

And Kathryn disappeared.

"Yay, the world has finally righted itself!" said Josh.

"What!" Mathew cried out, stunned. "What just happened?"

Amylee gave him a confused shrug. She looked down at the dust in the small pouch and bit her lip, thinking. She certainly hadn't expected that.

"That was weird," said Tayla. Her eyes were wide behind her glasses.

"Where the hell did you find this stuff, Amylee?" Shayna said, moving closer. She dipped her hand gently into the bag and took out a pinch of dust. It lay in the middle of her palm. She, Josh, Morgan, Mathew and Tayla leant in to have a closer look.

The dust was a light purple, and glittered in the sun. You would think it was just ordinary coloured sand, but it had a silky feel to it. Tayla prodded it gently, a few grains sticking to her finger. She brought it closer to her face...

And sneezed.

The dust in Shayna's hand flew up, blowing into the faces of Shayna, Mathew, Morgan, Josh, and Tayla.

And they all disappeared.

"Okay this isn't normal..." said Sam, looking at Amylee. They were the only two left.

"It's kinda cool though," said Amylee, trying to lighten the mood. She felt kind of bad for sending his girlfriend off to wherever they went.

"No it's not, you made my girlfriend vanish!" Sam said incredulously.

"Oh. Okay," said Amylee, and she blew some in his face.

Amylee sat down on the step outside the Hall, and placed the bag of dust beside her. She wasn't entirely sure what had just happened. It seemed like something out of a dream and she wanted to pinch herself, but held back, because she knew it would hurt.

"Did Shayna end up finding you?"

She looked up to see Reece standing before her. Grinning, she replied.

"Yeah! Want to know where she is?" Her grin widened at the thought.

"Oh, yeah, Kyle's wondering what's taking her so long. Oh and... hey, cool, what's that?" Reece said, pointing to the dust in Amylee's hand. She ignored him; instead, she blew it in his face.

"Now it's my turn," she said - eager to find out where she had sent them. She got a pinch of dust, placed the bag down on the ground, and sprinkled the dust on her head.

And she vanished.


Notes: Happy, Josh? Now, please review my little darlings! Even if it's just to confirm you've read it! Feedback is always good.

Live long and prosper,
The Mango.