A/N. Here is Chapter One of the fic. I hope you enjoy it. Chapters two and three shall be up tomorrow (23rd Dec) and the final two chapters, 4 and 5 will be up on Christmas Eve! R&R.
Christmas Special: The Doctor hits Hogwarts
Chapter One
Old friends
The Doctor spun around his TARDIS, flicking switches as he went, humming to himself. He'd been waiting for this opportunity for ages. After meeting those two gingers he had wanted to investigate Hogwarts further but his companion had other ideas. Amy wanted to visit different galaxies and see new races of creatures; try as he might he couldn't convince her to stay on Earth. He could have taken her by force of course, it was his TARDIS after all; but he wasn't sure how dangerous those wizards could be and he'd never forgive himself if he got Amy killed. And then there was that whole thing with River... Let's just say the Doctor needed a break. There was a screeching sound as the TARDIS touched down.
The Doctor straightened his bow-tie and opened the TARDIS doors, stepping outside.
"Ah," He said to himself, shaking a white substance from his shoe and smiling, "Snow."
Hogwarts castle looked grand from the outside thought the Doctor - covered in snow with ice coating a large lake, it was like something from a child's picture book. He locked the TARDIS, setting it to invisible mode (who knew how dangerous this place was) and set off walking along the grounds, nearing the main doors which were wide open. There was nobody about, which the Doctor thought was rather odd as he strode into the castle, his footsteps echoing as he went. He was about two steps into the castle when something cold and wet hit him hard on the back of his head. He span quickly, pulling the sonic from his pocket, prepared for an attack.
"It is him George, I told you!" One ginger haired twin popped his head from behind a snow man, followed by another.
"Blimey Fred, you're right!"
The both strode out from behind the snowman and the Doctor grinned, pocketing the sonic and waving at them.
"Hello!" He said.
"What took you so long?" Asked Fred.
"We thought you were never coming back. Everyone wants to meet you!" Said George.
The Doctor chuckled, "Of course they do. And I always come back when I when I say I will, it just takes me time sometimes."
"I thought you had a time machine?" Fred asked, frowning.
"Yes. Well, sometimes I overdo it, okay? It's a bit hard when you've got the whole of time and space, to get to one exact moment, and place. Sometimes you just have to hope that you can come close. I can always leave and come back a year ago if you like?"
"Ugh, that's weird. No, stay here." Said George.
"I thought so." The Doctor smiled, "Well then, where is everyone?"
"It's the Christmas holidays, they're all at home. You chose a bad time if you wanted to meet the whole school."
The Doctor sighed, "That's me. The guy with a TARDIS who always manages to choose a bad time. Ah well. Who is here that I can meet? Will you show me around the school?
"Of course! Everyone's still talking about our great arrival. Everyone wants to know how we did it, even Dumbledore was curious."
The doctor chuckled again before asking, "What did you tell them?"
George shrugged, "The truth. Don't think they believed us, they still think we're having them on. Dumbledore believed us, though."
The Doctor frowned; there weren't many people on Earth who would take the knowledge of a time travelling alien on the word of two teenage boys, or so he had discovered. Admittedly, it might've been easier to believe having seen the TARDIS and being magical themselves for the wizards and witches to accept it, but still. The Doctor's curiosity was flared.
"Who's this Dumbledore? Can I meet him?"
Fred looked at George, who looked back at Fred. They shook their head simultaneously, "Nope. We promised that Harry and Ron could meet you first. Maybe you can meet Dumbledore later."
Fred and George marched over to the Doctor and each linked an arm with him, walking quickly and practically dragging him along.
"Now really." He said, "This isn't necessary. I'm perfectly capable of walking and you're going to ruin my boots."
Fred and George put him down, "Hurry up then! Oh, and would you like a toffee?"
George grinned, pulling out a toffee wrapped with a plain white wrapper.
"Oh, yes!" Said the Doctor. "I love toffee."
George handed it over and Fred had to hold back a smirk as the Doctor put the toffee in his mouth and began to chew; it wouldn't do to make him suspicious.
"It's quite good." The Doctor said, tilting his head, "Kind of vanilla-y."
Fred frowned at George, gesturing to his tongue. George shrugged. The Doctor carried on walking, oblivious to their miming.
"Are you two coming or not?" He asked.
"Yeah." Said Fred, "Um how's your tongue feeling?"
"My tongue?"
"Yes."
The Doctor stuck his tongue out, pulling it and looking down his nose at it, "Perfectly normal." He declared "Why?"
"It should be swelling. That was ton-tongue toffee."
The Doctor laughed with glee, "Can I have some of those? Amelia would love them."
Fred handed over a whole handful, "You might as well, since they don't even work."
"Oh, I'm sure they do work on humans." The Doctor hummed, "It's a shame it doesn't work on me though. I wonder why that is? Maybe you should give me an ingredients list and I can investigate."
"Well they should work on you. You look human."
"I'm Time Lord - completely different species."
"Right," said Fred.
"Of course," said George.
They continued to walk until an odd blonde haired girl skipped around the corner, followed by an awkward looking boy with brown hair who seemed to keep tripping over his own feet, another ginger, a girl with rather bushy hair and a boy with dark hair and round glasses.
