The American Exchange Students
The Carriage ride was long and tedious. Adelina fell asleep, leaning on the young British man that shared the cabinet with her. For what seemed like hours of no end, the carriage continued to move along the countryside. Adelina awoke around dusk, very cranky and irritable. She paid the carriage driver, a nervous fellow in his early twenties, grabbed her bag from the interior of the carriage, and went inside a coffee Shop near by.
" Ah...Coffee." She said when she entered and smelled the aroma about her.
" You're not from around her, are you?" The woman behind the counter asked in a thick British accent.
Adelina shook her head and took a seat. The young woman brought her a large cup of steaming coffee.
Adelina took out a large book from her bag and pulled it open. There was a letter that she had stuck inside earlier on her rush to leave the airport.
There was an illegible maroon seal that Adelina broke open obliviously.
The Letter read:
Come to Diagon Alley to receive you next assignment.
" Great. Just perfect. More traveling and I haven't had a decent cup of coffee yet."
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Adelina found herself in the midst of a fantasy world, standing on the cobbled street right outside the Leaky Cauldron. She tied her raven black hair back, quickly braiding it. Pulling a pair of magenta rimmed glasses out, she stepped into the tavern filled with English Wizards. Adelina eyed each person carefully searching for the person she was to meet. A cloaked wizard sat in the very rear of the place, only his deep golden hair poked out of the hood.
" Keaton." She said remembering the young boy he used to be when she had to come to England.
" Sit down, Adelina. Do you think you could attract anymore attention?" He asked pulling his hood off to reveal a remarkably handsome man with piercing green eyes. and long sand colored hair.
Adelina sat down across from him, ordered a pumpkin juice, and waited patiently for Keaton to explain his intentions.
" I've been sent to give you a job, Adell...It is dangerous but you are the best."
" I understand. I've been waiting for a job out of the country. This must be interesting." Adelina took a sip of her drink.
" I don't even know what it is you have to do or where you are going. But I am to give you this letter."
He pulled a parcel out of navy blue cloak that he had worn since before she could remember.
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Adelina wasn't one to really think much about what she had to do. Since that day she had been given a job in a department of the ministry that not even the minister knew about, she had done what she was told. She had spied on people she had never heard of. She had done things that not many people would do to get information. She had stolen things that she never even looked at. It was her job and she did it well.
Adelina dashed out of The Leaky Cauldron and went through the magical brick doorway to begin her assignment. She hurried over to the bookshop, the charming bookshop that stood so picturesquely within all the other shops. She twirled her list out as she entered the store and began a hunt for several specific books. She grabbed a few spell books, an Advanced Charmed book, and a Joke book.
Then after she paid the nice person at the counter of the bookshop several Galleons out of her brand new satchel, she dashed across the busy streets and settled down in the ice cream parlor to begin her assignment. She sat down gracefully in a cushioned chair on the delightful patio that gave a wonderful view of Diagon Alley.
" What will you have, miss?" A strange old man asked her. Adelina looked up and smiled.
" Oh, A sundae perhaps.." She took out her favorite quill and a piece of parchment.
" Chocolate, strawberry, or caramel." The man asked twirling his oddly shaped mustache.
" Strawberry, Thank you." She answered and began an intensive study of all the books on her list. By evening the entire table was covered in parchment, books, and empty bowls, spoons and glasses.
As she ordered yet another Italian soda, A group of people entered the cafe that made Adelina look up in interest. There were 4 people; each one had a different profile. The first looked almost like the Famous Harry Potter with untidy black hair and eyes so grass green. He was slightly tall, with round glasses that tinted his high cheekbones. He wore a dark black robe and his wand was visible poking out of his side pocket. There was a Girl about 15 with really bushy brown hair that she had brushed into a cute bun and held up with chopsticks. She had on soft blue eye shadow and a touch of pink lip-gloss. A really quite tall and skinny boy with flaming red hair stood beside her holding her hand proudly.
And then there was a boy that stood behind them all with orangish hair that fell on to his forehead playfully. He had a handsome yet youthful grin that made Adelina feel light headed when she gazed at him. And when he met her gaze absently, she saw the most beautiful brown hazel eyes that were sparkling with life.
" Um...miss? Your Drink?" The waiter tapped her shoulder several times before he waived his gloved hand in front of her eyes.
" Huh? Oh yes. Here." She held up several galleons and he set her strawberry drink down.
" You sure like strawberries, eh?" He asked counting the tip she gave him.
" Yes, I do."
The group that had drawn her attention took a seat close by and ordered their ice cream or whatever.
" Would you two stop snogging long enough to order?!" The Boy she admired so shouted lightheartedly at the red head and brunette who were being slightly affectionate. They blushed and gave the strange waiter their order.
They looked young enough to still be in school so Adelina got up and casually approached them.
" Hello..I was wondering if you guys go to school around here?" She asked coyly twisting a strand of hair that fell from her bun.
" Yes we do. All of us go to Hogwarts. You are American, right?" The brown hair girl asked.
" Yes, I am. I am just an exchange student from America."