Chapter 2: The Leaky Cauldron
The Elementals headed to the cave to let the familiars know that they had to leave a little early.
"What's going on you guys?" Gollum asked.
"What do you mean?" Jimmy asked.
"You're obviously not telling us something," Arrow stated.
"Is there some kind of danger?" Claw asked.
"No, Harry just got into a bit of trouble again.," Amelia declared. "He blew up his uncle's sister."
"Blew her up?" Abhay asked.
"Like a balloon," Bethany added.
The familiars looked up at the sky.
"Don't look up," Samantha yelled. "Seriously, she's not going to come this way."
"So where do you have meet up with him?" Skye asked.
"The Leaky Cauldron, that's in London," Chelsea replied.
"So what do you want us to do?" Gollum asked.
"I think you guys should head over to Hogwarts a little early, people would recognize you in London, and there aren't any places to hide you there," Amelia declared.
"Okay, so we'll just see you guys at Hogwarts in a couple of days?" Claw asked.
"Yeah, we have to catch a train to London like now," Bethany replied.
"Okay, promise us you'll be careful," Arrow said.
"Don't worry, if worse comes to worse we'll just set Samantha on whoever comes our way," Bethany stated.
"Can I eat them?" Samantha deadpanned.
"If you really want to then yes you can," Chelsea replied.
So the Elementals made it to the train station just a few miles away from their beach house a few minutes before the train to London was about to leave. They were sitting in a private cabin so they could have a conversation in their normal voices.
"Hey guys, look at what's on the front page of the Daily Prophet." Samantha said showing the others.
"Sirius Black, he escaped from Azkaban?" Bethany asked.
"It says that he's the first one to do it," Chelsea said.
"Do you think he's a danger to us?" Amelia asked.
"With all the people we've dealt with in this universe who knows? " Jimmy replied."He could be innocent."
"Maybe he is; maybe there's a big secret in this whole story," Chelsea said.
"Who would anyone keep a secret in a case that's this serious?" Bethany asked.
"Seriously Bethany, who are we to judge secret keepers when we're keeping some of the biggest secrets of our lives right now?" Samantha asked.
"What do you mean?" Bethany asked.
"Tell me you didn't just ask that," Samantha said.
"Yes I did," Bethany replied.
"In case you haven't realized Bethany," Samantha began. "This is the one of the only times we'll be able to talk like this for months."
"On top of that, we can't tell anyone where we're really from," Chelsea added. "Or what our real last names are, or that we're descendants of Merlin."
"Right," Bethany replied.
The train left a few seconds later. The Elementals were quiet for a few minutes until Amelia decided to break the awkward silence.
"Hey guys, do you remember when we got sorted?" She asked.
"Yeah, the sorting hat told all of us how much courage we all had, why?" Chelsea asked.
"The hat told Jimmy that he had a gift that not many possess," Amelia stated.
"Yeah, I remember that," Chelsea replied. "I wonder what the hat meant."
Amelia, Bethany, and Chelsea all looked at Jimmy.
"I guess we can't hide anything from them anymore Samantha," Jimmy stated.
"You're right. You guys know all those extra training sessions that Jimmy and I had with Grandpa this summer?" Samantha asked.
"Yes," Chelsea replied.
"Well, they were mostly for me," Jimmy declared. "I'm telepathic; I just discovered it this summer and Grandpa was teaching me how to control it."
"Why didn't you tell us?" Amelia asked.
"Grandpa told me I could bring one person to help me," Jimmy replied. "So I chose Samantha."
"Why could you only bring one person?" Bethany asked.
"It's easier when you're not hearing a million thoughts at once," Samantha deadpanned.
"That is true," Chelsea replied. "Still, why did you keep this from us?" Chelsea asked.
"We were kind of still mad about the whole Dumbledore thing," Jimmy replied.
"Well angry or not, we need to get along with each other," Chelsea declared. "We're all we have left of home and I'd like to keep it that way as long as we're stuck in this world."
"I agree," Amelia replied.
"Hey guys, I think we're here," Bethany said as the train pulled into the station.
The walk to the Leaky Cauldron wasn't too long; in fact it was only ten minutes away from the train station. The Elementals tried to make small talk the whole way, but it manly tuned out to be about Jimmy's newly discovered power.
"So you can literally read our thoughts right now?" Bethany asked.
"Yes, you're thinking about all the theater performances you're missing since we've been here," Jimmy replied.
"Oh, what is Amelia thinking about; is it Percy?" Bethany teased.
"Bethany, what did I tell you about teasing Amelia about her relationship with Ron's brother?" Chelsea said in a motherly tone.
"They've only been exchanging letters Bethany," Jimmy stated. "Still, I should probably have a talk with him."
"Jimmy, you're not our brother." Samantha replied.
"I'm close enough," Jimmy said.
"He's got a point," Chelsea said.
The Elementals finally got to the Leaky Cauldron; they paid for their rooms and asked where Harry's room is. They decided to go to their rooms first to put their trunks away.
"Hey, our books are already here, but how?" Bethany asked.
"How do you think?" Samantha said emotionlessly.
"Dumbledore," Chelsea and Amelia said in unison.
"So, shall we go find Harry?" Jimmy asked from the doorway of the girls' room.
"Jimmy, have you ever heard of knocking?" Chelsea asked.
"Very funny, but seriously should we go find Harry?" Jimmy asked again.
"Yeah, let's go surprise Harry," Bethany chirped.
So the Elementals made their way to Harry's room.
"Do you think we should wait until morning?" Chelsea asked.
"It's not that late," Samantha replied. "Plus, he'll talk to us any time."
So Bethany knocked on the door and in less than ten seconds the door opened and the Elementals were facing their good friend, Harry Potter.
"Harry!" The girls squealed before tackling him into a hug.
"Hey guys," Harry greeted. "When did you all get here?"
"About an hour ago," Amelia stated. "Dumbledore sent us a letter saying what happened."
"Did she really blow up like a balloon?" Bethany asked.
"Yes but I didn't mean to," Harry replied. "I just got so angry and next thing I knew she was floating away."
The others went over to the window and looked at the sky.
"For the last time she's not… Oh forget it, look if you want," Samantha said.
"The minister told me earlier," Harry whispered to Samantha. "She's been changed back to normal and doesn't remember anything."
"I think will let them figure that out on their own," Samantha whispered back.
Hey! This chapter is longer to make up for the shortness of the first chapter. Thanks again to my coauthors DevilDragon8 and Bethany. Please leave reviews, DevilDragon8 and I would like to hear some feedback. I'll also leave the address of DevilDragon8's deviant art page below. She has pictures of what our characters look like in the story. Disclaimer: I only own the OCs.