- "GOD IT BURNS!!!" Alex shrieked. I put my head in my hands, why dear god? Why? What went wrong with her? Dumbledore chuckled, amused, as I slid Alex's sunglasses in front of Alex's eyes. Then we turned to Dumbledore and waited for him to speak.-
Chapter Two: Bumblebee and Sevvy
(Alex's POV)
When I entered Bumblebee's office I had expected...something like a cluttered cosy place. Instead I got burned by the Twinkle Of Doom. Also known as Tod! Gwen was kind enough to slip my glasses onto my nose while I was wailing on the floor and after I had composed myself we turned in unison towards the Hogwarts Headmaster and waited for him to speak. ...and waited. And waited some more, trying to avoid the TOD eyes.
I chanced a look around me, Draco was getting impatient, his face set in a sneer of annoyance directed straight at US; Gwen looked still as a statue but from where I was I could see the tip of her shoe tapping in a sort of rythm I couldn't recognize.
I'll blame my actions later on ADD or the five cups of coffee I took this morning or something but...I couldn't help it. When my eyes landed on the Sorting Hat I dived for it with a squeal.
Draco Malfoy, son of luscious mouthful didn't move except to sneer wider, Dumbledore raised an amused eyebrow and Gwen sighed before placing her arm strategically in my path and holding me back inches from an expansive, magical looking vase.
"That was close." I snickered in my best 'Pippin' voice.
With a small 'stop acting like yourself!' glare Gwen pushed me back to my place before Gandalf uhm...Dumbledore and decided to speak since no one was so inclined.
"Good evening headmaster, my name is Gwen, this is my..." here she seemed to hesitate and I looked at her with my best tear-shiny eyes and innocent expression "my friend Alex. We..." more hesitation where she looked to me for help.
"well you see I made this machine to travel through space and time that reads our minds and selects the different alternate realities or universes that correspond to where we want to go! Quite ingenious if I may say so myself." I grinned and winked at Draco who seemed a little lost (and the explanation wasn't even complicated yet, wait till I explain to him all the different colored components of my beauty.
"Unfortunately The Space Time and Universe Exploration Device can only take us to two different worlds and in between each trip we need to refuel with a chemical compound only found in... bananas and soy sauce." I ended my sentence with a wide, toothy smile.
For a very long time (in my opinion) no one moved or commented. When I finally braught my hand up and scratched my ear (still smiling mind you) Draco I'm-The-Prince-Of-Slytherin-So-Respect-Me-You-Pathetic-Being Malfoy exploded.
"Headmaster, surely you cannot believe this insanity?"
My smile widened if possible. Trust dear Draco to pay me a compliment so early after we'd just met! He's so thoughtful!
Gwen slapped my arm. "In your dreams."
I scowled. "It could have."
Gwen lifted a skeptical eyebrow. "Or not." I relented.
Finally we shifted our attention back to the headmaster who was looking at us with that bloody twinkle again (though down a notch or two so I could survive the radiation.
"For some completely incomprehensible reason...I believe you." He laughed slightly, beard shaking as he did.
Draco and Gwen made the same shocked noise of disbelief. I just grinned.
I bowed, ignoring Gwen's wide eyed stare. "T'is a pleasure and if we may ask for shelter and ingredients to refuel our STUED?"
I pronounced it 'stud' and the effin twinkle only increased, making me almost cower away.
After another few minutes of silent observation of the two (clearly deranged) girls that had suddenly appeared in the middle of Hogwarts grounds, the Bumblebee, ex-head of the Order of the Roasted Duck nodded.
"Please make yourselved at home for as long as you need to refuel and rest; I shall inform Severus and you can ask him the ingredients you need." his lips twitched into a smile; combined with the Twinkle Of Doom it made me take a reluctant step back.
"I feel this year will be quite amusing."
Not quite sure what to do or say, Gwen and I nodded while Draco only glared at us.
"I will ask the house elves to prepare the guest rooms for you and let you rest," we nodded and turned towards the door but stopped suddenly when Dumbledore uttered that one little word.
"However..." little chill going down our spines, "I shall want explanations tomorrow morning about your knowledge of the war...amongst other things."
Gwen took over when she saw I was rooted to my place, eyes glassy. Simple little word that made me freeze...THE word my mum used when she found one of my (numerous) failed experiments had burned down a couch or fried a TV.
"Of course mister Dumbledore sir, thank you for receiving us."
Taking my hand Gwen led us out, Draco staying behind to say a few things to the headmaster but telling us (with boredom and annoyance clear in his tone and sneer) to wait for him at the bottom of the stairs.
Whatever he complained to the BumbleBee about he was back with us within ten minutes looking even moodier (if possible.
Without acknowledging us properly, the Ice Prince of Slytherin mentioned for us to follow him and set off down a random corridor (or at least it looked random to me.
"Jeez, what crawled up your arse and died?" I muttered loud enough for Gwen to hear and bite her lip.
Our dear guide must have had excellent ears however because he whirled on us in a second and almost bared his teeth. "What did you say?"
Gwen and I smiled and stared at him, eyes slightly unfocused and I let Gwen do the honours.
"She said the cheese has been mauled in our ears and fried."
Clearly disbelieving but without proof, he turned from us and continued walking though this time his steps were haughty and his robes billowed slightly behind him like ...a ...cape.
"Don't you dare jump him. He's an angry enough bugger as it is."
I pouted. There were the downsides to Gwen knowing me so well...she stopped me whenever I wanted to glomp really dangerous people...like Malfoy.
OOooh...wait a second...I could glomp Severus 'Sevvy' Snape!!! Oh this was.
"And no, not Snape either."
...well da-ay-um...
