Disclaimer- I am not J.K Rowling, and I DON'T own Harry Potter, or the term Muggle, and I'm not making any money from this, but the charaters Art and Vola are of my OWN creation!
Just a few interesting notes for you to remember
This story is in about September, two years after DH
Luna is another name for Artemis so that's why Art has a "few" odd qualities, like Luna Lovegood
Volupta was the name of the daughter of Cupid and Psyche in Greek Mythology. Psyche was the most beautiful mortal on earth, until she became immortal.
Review PLEASE! This is my first proper fan-fic!
CHAPTER 1
Dudley had lost weight, and he could feel lighter, thinner, better, as he walked along a packed Oxford Street. He'd changed since his obese teenage years – he tried to think of himself by his middle name Anthony, a reformed person, instead of Diddy-kins, the school bully. Now a healthy weight, his fat had turned to muscle, and he was starting out his new job – he'd been accepted into working at a well-known comic book store, while he worked on writing his own comic, after 2 years of art school. He'd discovered designing and sketching when he had to find other ways of entertaining himself, instead of TV and Playstation, while his cousin Harry saved the world, or whatever it was he did. All Dudley knew was that life was safe "for now" and he had sent his cousin a card for his 20th birthday last month.
While he had been thinking about all this, a girl with bubblegum pink hair pushed her way past him. He wouldn't have noticed her but he noticed she had a giant gold coin on her neck, like a giant pound coin, only it had a few weird inscriptions on the coin. However, the "medallion" was not the only strange thing about her clothes. She was wearing bright pink hotpants that clashed with her hair, and a fluffy blue jumper. He wasn't the only one to notice. A group of uni students in skinny jeans and hoodies noticed too, and were falling about laughing, except one, who had blonde hair, and was just shaking her head. Dudley wondered if she knew the girl for a moment, but he soon forgot about her, as the girl with the bubblegum hair flicked an annoyed look at the blonde with her shocking violet eyes. She turned right at Great Chapel Street, and out of pure curiosity, he decided to follow her. He didn't have to be at the store until three, and it was now one-thirty. There was something about her that seemed odd, apart from her dress sense of course.
She kept on walking down the street until she saw a pub, and she suddenly went inside the pub, while Dudley made sure he wasn't seen. She came out of the pub with a puzzled expression, and asked a man sitting with his friends outside the pub "Excuse me, do you know where the Leaky Cauldron pub is?"She paused as the man was looking a bit confused. If she could see Dudley, he had a slightly confused expression too, as he knew the name, but he didn't know where he knew it from. "I know it's round here somewhere, but I don't quite know where it is. It's got a barman named Tom and-"she paused here again because the man suddenly stood up.
"Allllll-right, love. I dun-noo where yer precious Leapy Cold Run is buuuut! I doo knowsss where I live. Wouuld ya wanna ccommmme with MEEEEEEEEEEEE?" The man was obviously extremely drunk, and the girl seemed to realise that as she then said:
"Erm, no thank you. I really have to get going - NOW!" She shouted the last part as the man had now grabbed her arm. Her other arm was sort of sliding into her pocket, but whatever was in there wouldn't be too helpful. Without thinking, Dudley rushed in and punched the man in the face and on the hit of pain, he let go of the girl's arm. He pulled her and told her; "RUN!" as the drunk man's friends where now standing up and looking like they wanted a fight. We rushed into Diadem Close, as the group of men continued down Great Chapel Street.
"Those boxing things have really come in to handy, I guess," Said Dudley, trying to make a joke, and start the convocation. But he didn't really have to:
"Thanks! I don't know how to repay you! You don't know where the Leaky Cauldron is by the way?" She said all this in a rushed and odd manner, but Dudley was starting to think that there wasn't a single part of her that wasn't odd. But surprisingly, he didn't mind. With Harry, he used to be so opposed to his ways, but with this girl, he just- he just didn't mind!
"Err, no sorry."
"That's okay. What's your name?"
He was going to say Dudley, but then he thought she should know him as Anthony, but the girl interrupted him, so the sentence ended up as "Dud-Ant-"
"So Dud-Ant, that's an odd name, then again I can't talk can I! I mean my name isn't exactly common is it? Oh yeah, silly me! I forgot to tell you my name, it's-"
"ART! ARTEMIS WINTERS! What the hell do you think you're doing?" It was the blonde girl from before. "I told you to meet me there, but did you –no! You had to go get yourself into a situation, like Art always does, so I can get you out, as the good big sister Vola always does! If you didn't make yourself stand out, maybe I could have been with seen with you!! And - who the hell are you?" She said noticing Dudley now.
"Shut up Volupta. He's Dud-Ant, he erm, helped me out with those drunken men!" blurted out Art happily, leaping in front of Vola. Vola's deep blue eyes stared at him with a raised eyebrow.
"Actually, it's Dudley. Anthony's my middle name."
"Whatever," said Vola, pulling Art along, "Art needs to go now! She has, err, work to do. C'mon Art!"
"Thank you Dud-Ant!" as Art proceeded down to road towards an indie record shop and bookstore that looked like they hadn't had customers in years, as the record shop still had a poster saying "THE BEATLES ARE COMING TO LONDON NEXT WEEK!"
Dudley smiled to himself as he walked away, but he had a feeling that he heard Vola say:
"For god's sake Art! He's a muggle, and you had your wand in your pocket! What did you think you were going to do with it?" At the words muggle, Dudley snapped back round again, but when he did, he thought he saw Art and Vola go into a grubby looking place, but when he blinked, they were gone.
Soo...what did you think? All you HP fans will know where Art and Vola went! If I get a few reviews, I'll post the next chapter!
