Yay! Thank you so much Mikey for the shoutout!! You made my life! Obvious thanks goes to Marz for sending said email to one of our favorite MuggleCasters! Thanks to all of the reviewers, Jamdrew? I'd be your favorite person ever? As tempting as that is, I'm not one for slash.. even MuggleCast slash. :)
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"Don't tell me he's going to..." Andrew left off as Harry stumbled over the snow banks to the pond.
They all watched Harry glance down into the water and gaze harder when he saw the sword hidden in the pool. He started to strip down into his underwear. Mikey started to laugh, "Don't tell me he's going to..." The rest joined in the laughter and Harry jolted his head around to see where the noice was coming from.
His look forced the boys into silence, yet Ben's face took on that of a mischivious imp. Clearing his throat he broke out in his favorite impersonation. "It is our choices Harry, far more than our abilities, that show who we truly are." It took all the Casters' effort to keep from busting into laughter.
This time Harry left the pool, grabbing his robe on the way and putting it back on. He walked towards where the boys were, "Dumbledore?" Again, the boys tried to stop it, but it was too much for Mikey to contain himself. Mikey let out a huge gasp of laughter and the wizard snapped his head towards the group, who was crouching in the snow.
"Oh, hey Harry." Andrew said, getting up and brushing snow off himself.
The boy looked highly bemused. "And you are...?"
"Right, well Harry, we're muggles who do a talk show." Jamie knew not to go farther than that or else awkward questions would be asked.
Harry began examining the boys clothes and noticed that none of them had any winter wear. "You're all mad for not wearing a coat or anything."
"Ah yes Harry, but we're smart enough to keep the clothes we have on, on." Andrew nodded to the others and Jamie coughed. The cough masked what seemed to be the word Equus.
The clearing was silent for a few moments, Harry motioned for the boys to follow him to the small body of water. "Look, that sword is something me and my friends have been looking for." He looked over to everyone standing around him. "Are you telling me you wouldn't risk everything to get it?"
"Harry, remember, you have this thing called magic." Ben said, clearly sarcastically, "Remember that one spell that makes things come to you?"
A look of understanding mixed with a feeling of doubt played on his features. "You really think me saying 'accio wand' is going to solve my problem?" The Casters nodded. "Fine, I'll try it."
"I really like it when I'm right." Ben said, smiling fondly at the sword in the hands of Harry.
"It's getting cold, let's get back to the campsite."
