A/N: Hello people! As I pointed out in the summary, it's necessary (unfortunately) to read my other story before reading this one. It's called Dawn of Power and it can be found in my profile. The main reason I'm writing Chit Chat is because I kind of needed a break from the other story, since I'm suffering a bad case of writer's block. I hope that taking my mind off it for a little while will return my inspiration. Well, on with it!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to Harry Potter, Eragon, Darren Shan, Groosham Grange or Charlie Bone. Neither do I own anything related to my neighbours. I own most of the Ingoldstadt characters, though, starting with Jack.

+ The Beginning +

Kristy let herself fall on her bed and opened the beautiful white journal her godfather had sent her for her tenth birthday. In his letter, he had explained that it was a way for her to communicate with one of her best friends: Harry Potter, who was currently at Hogwarts. She caressed the blank pages and reached out for a quill and an ink bottle. She opened the bottle and dipped her gyr falcon quill into the ink; next, she placed the quill on top of the first page and wrote:

- Novem-

- Who's that?

Kristy almost dropped the quill, but she gathered herself and wrote:

- Who are you?

Whoever was at the other side seemed to hesitate.

- You can call me Adder. Who are you?

'Who am I?' thought the small redhead. Should she answer? Should she run to her mother and tell her about the stranger she was talking to? Or was the stranger her journal? 'I'm being paranoid,' she thought.

- I'm Angel.

Kristy smirked. If whoever was at the other side wasn't using his or her real name, then she wouldn't either. Angela, however, was her second name.

Adder: Hi Angel. How old are you?

Angel: So you're not my diary talking back to me?

Adder: Not unless you hear a sound coming from the paper. You didn't answer my question.

Angel: Do you have to be so sarcastic? I just turned 10 today.

Adder: Sorry 'bout the sarcasm, it just comes second to nature. Happy Birthday by the way. I'm 10 too.

Angel: Thanks. Where do you live?

Adder: Ebur. You?

Angel: England.

Adder: Hmm interesting. I take it you're a witch then?

Angel: Talk about interesting, you live in Ebur?

Adder: I just said I did.

Angel: You're being sarcastic again.

Adder: Sorry.

Angel: Forgiven.

Adder: You didn't say if you were a witch or not.

Angel: Isn't it obvious?

Adder: Talk about sarcastic.

- Anyone in?

Kristy stared. The handwriting was different from Adder's. How many people knew about the journals? Or, more importantly, why were they linked to hers? Her godfather had assured her that only Harry and her would be able to talk through the journals!

Adder: Hello, Green. There's someone new.

Green: Hoola Boola!

Adder: Wha… ?

Angel: Who's Green?

Green: I'm Green.

Adder: Yeah. And he turns yellow when he's hungry.

Green: Oi!

Maya: Hello?

'More?' thought the redhead slightly alarmed.

Adder: Hi.

Green: Hoola Boola!

Maya: You just keep getting weirder and weirder, Green.

Green: And proud of it.

Not only were there more, but they seemed to know each other, too. She wrote:

Angel: Not meaning to sound rude or anything, but… who are you, people?

Maya: Who are you?

Angel: My name's Angel… sort of…

Adder: No worries. No one uses their real names on this thing.

Green: Very considerate, too.

Maya: Shut up, both of you ¬¬. To answer your question, Angel, something I'm sure these two idiots won't do, we're over hormonal preadolescents who write on little notebooks for the hell of it.

Angel: Oooh… so you're not some organization based on sarcasm?

Adder: Hahaha

Green: I'm hungry.

Maya: You're always hungry.

Adder: Actually, we're not what Maya said we are either.

Angel: Who's Maya?

Maya: That'll be me.

Green: I'm hungry.

Angel: Oh. So who are you?

Adder: Just kids. And the occasional adult… but mostly kids. We write on the journals when we want to communicate with each other, or when we got nothing to do.

Mini: Stop writing into the bloody journals! Yin Yang is looking at you weird.

Kristy frowned. Yin Yang? Who on Earth was Yin Yang?

Adder: Why should she suspect anything? We can just tell her we're writing down notes.

Green: Hear, hear!

Adder: Besides… she doesn't know about the journals.

Angel: Who's Yin Yang?

Maya: Divination teacher. She's Oriental and she's always wearing black and white, so that's why we call her Yin Yang.

Angel: You're in classes?

Mini: I don't think I've seen your writing style before… who are you?

Adder: She's our new friend: Angel.

Mini: Hullo! I'm Mini. Where are you from?

Angel: Fatura.

Adder: Hey! You said England before!

Angel: That's because you asked were did I live, not where I am from.

Adder: Clever.

Falco: This class is soo pointless…

Carrot: It's not like we had a choice…

Kat: Hello! Who's in?

Maya: Adder, Green, Mini, Carrot, Falco, Angel, and me.

Kat: Oh goody!

Falco: Who's Angel?

Carrot: Who's Angel?

Green: Do we have to go through this again?

Niveus: S'up, people?

Adder: Hello, Niveus.

Carrot: Yeah… so… who's Angel?

Angel: I'm Angel.

Kristy's mind was swimming with questions. There were so many! Could Harry see them, too?

Niveus: Angel? Are you a first year?

Angel: No… I won't go to school until September.

Falco: I don't know anyone with your writing style, Angel.

Maya: Is it me or is Angel from somewhere else?

Angel: Where do you guys study?

Green: I'm hungry.

Adder: Where will you study?

Angel: Hogwarts.

Mini: Hogwarts?

Adder: I see miss 'stop writing into the bloody journals' has finally decided to join the conversation…

Kristy laughed. These might be strangers but they seemed to be nice people. And they were kids!

Mini: Shut it, Adder. It's not everyday you can talk to someone who will study at Hogwarts.

Kat: Lalllalalalalalalalalala

Carrot: Kat… you're lalaling again

Kat: Lalalalalalalallalalalalallaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Maya: Yes, well… so you'll attend Hogwarts?

Angel: Yup.

Adder: I've been to Hogwarts. Nice place.

Falco: When did you go to Hogwarts, Adder?

Adder: Some day.

Carrot: Could you be vaguer, please?

Niveus: Okay, guys, I got to go. The Queen of Evil is feeling especially cranky today…

Maya: I positively hate that woman. Bye, Niveus!

Adder: Bye.

Mini: See ya!

Green: I'm hungry.

Maya: Without comments.

Falco: Hold on a sec, Angel. Yin Yang is getting suspicious...

Angel: Okay.

Kristy blinked. She hadn't noticed how many pages she had used already. The good thing about magical journals was that the pages would never finish. While she waited, she ran to her desk and pulled out a piece of parchment to write a letter. She needed to talk to Harry and tell him about the strangers.

A/N: So… think you can guess who's who?