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Chapter two

Mr Weasley

Mr Weasley led Cassie back outside into the blaring sun and heat, and into, what looked like a town completely made of canvas. Giant tents dominated the landscape, each with different decorations around the front. Cassie hadn't even realized she had paused until Mr Weasley coughed and gave her a small smile "come on" he spoke cheerfully "not far now."

The tent he led her too was slightly smaller than the others, with no decorations around its entrance. "This is the guest tent" he waved his arm in its general direction and reached over to grab the flap, holding it open so she could walk in.

What she saw inside stopped her in her tracks, the inside of the tent was much bigger than the outside showed. The tent was made of more than one room, filled with plush rugs and carpets and brightly colored furniture, flickering lamps not heating the room which somehow was very cool, almost as if the place was air-conditioned, although she was certain it was impossible to air condition a tent.

Mr Weasley had followed her in and was removing her bags from his pocket. He resized them with a flick of his wand and flopped casually down into one of the brightly colored cushions that littered the room.

"Right" he stated looking at her curiously, "so I'm William Weasley, but you can call me Bill" he held out his hand for her to shake, which she took warily, he had a very firm grip. "So what would you like to do first?" he asked her "visit the sphinx? The pyramids? Cruise the Nile? Visit the Valley of the Kings? Or maybe visit some beaches?" he watched her face noting that none of these things seemed to interest her, "we could always go hunting through some of the old tombs if you like?"

Cassie gasped "For real?" she asked excitedly, "you would really take me into tombs and stuff?"

Bill shrugged "Yea why not, we can always do all that tourist stuff later, let's go have some fun for now." He looked at her and waved his wand again, her clothes transformed into something resembling an old fashioned adventurer's suit, with tan colored shorts and shirt, and a helmet, although he had let her keep her sneakers they had changed color to match.

"Got a camera?" he asked and Cassie set off, rummaging through her bag and eventually pulling out a camera. "Sweet" Bill grabbed it and pointed it at her with a click. He then looked around again, grabbing a small pillow off a chair and changing it into a tan backpack which he placed the camera in and passed to her, before walking towards what Cassie assumed was the kitchen. Bill tossed her a water bottle from the fridge and nodded as she placed it in her bag. "I think we are ready to go then" he held his hand out to her "you don't mind being side along apparated?"

Cassie looked at him a little confused "is that the spin and squeeze?" she asked "I don't like it but I guess its okay"

Bill laughed a little at that, "I don't think there's a person out there who likes to be side along apparated Cas" he smirked, "it's just another one of those wizarding things you will get used to."
Cassie just sighed at that and reached out to give bill her hand, feeling the same twisting sucking sensation as before.

They had emerged in a large antechamber, much like the one they had been in before with her father, with sandstone blocks making up the walls and figures and symbols carved into every spare space on the wall.

"This is a really old tomb" Bill explained "they finished breaking the curses on this one years ago" he looked around before pulling his wand out and muttering "Lumos." Light burst from the end of his wand, lighting the room all the way into the corners. Bill turned to her and offered his arm to her "Milady?"

Cassie giggled a little and took his arm "why thank you my good sir"

They walked together into the tomb, Bill pointing out where traps would have been and telling her about the curses.

By the end of the day Cassie was thoroughly exhausted and completely elated, they had trekked right through the tomb, narrowly avoiding a couple of booby traps that Bill had forgotten about.

They went to dinner in a communal hall, where all the Gringotts curse breakers were fed daily and Cassie found herself whisked off to dinner with Bill, before she even had a chance to realize her father wasn't there.

She found she was hungrier than she thought, tucking into a giant meal of spicy rice, seasoned with currents and meat kebabs, served with flat bread.

Men appeared all around her, sitting and chatting with Bill as he started to tell stories about his brothers.

"There was this one time" he started, having just downed a glass of firewhiskey "where my two brothers, who were about 5 at the time and are twins, managed to turn my youngest brothers teddy bear into a spider" he laughed "he's been horribly afraid of spiders ever since" he was silent for a moment, "Or there was that time they gave Ron an acid pop and it burnt a hole in his tounge, Or even the time where they tried to get him to make an unbreakable vow… came damn close too, dad spanked fred so hard for that one that he swears his left buttock has never been the same since."

Cassie giggled "they sound awesome!" she smiled up at Bill "I can't wait to go to Hogwarts and meet them."

"You will meet Ron too" Bill grinned at her "he's a bit Quidditch mad that one though" he paused thoughtfully for a moment, "Maybe I should take you home to meet them in one of the summers before you start Hogwarts? I'm sure Mum would love to have you."

Cassies eyes widened "Really?" she spoke excitedly "That would be sooooo cool, ive never gotten to go into a wizarding house before."

Bill just nodded and sent her off to bed "big day tomorrow" he called after her "get loads of sleep so you're ready"

The next morning Bill woke Cassie up early, "time to go" he muttered in her ear before vanishing into her tiny kitchen.

She hauled on some clothes and grabbed the backpack that Bill had transfigured for her the previous day, checking that her camera was still there and grabbing her water bottle to refill.

In the kitchen Bill was packing fillings into a bread that looked kind of like pita and wrapping them up in paper. "Toss those in your bag will you?" He asked her, not bothering to look back over his shoulder, "The tomb I'm taking you to today will probably take us all day to get through if that's okay?" he looked back to see her nod "awesome" he tossed her a pastry "eat up, then we can get going."

They apparated into the entrance way of another tomb, where many other wizards bustled about getting ready for their day "This one is still being explored" Bill explained, "I'm technically working today, but I thought you might enjoy coming along with this more than you would seeing boring safe stuff"

Cassie nodded excitedly and listened as Bill ran through some stuff about safety and showed her how to make the emergency sign with his wand "just in case something happens and I can't" he explained carefully.

Most of the day was uneventful, Bill, being a newbee on his 3 week of work was assigned one of the side passages, meant to lead to nowhere, and while there were curses to break, it was nowhere near as interesting as the central passages and chambers. Cassie watched, rapt with attention as Bill swished his wand and worked his way through various counter curses, explaining everything to her as he worked.

It was late afternoon when they broke into a chamber. Bill stopped puzzled, "this is unusual for a side passage" he told Cassie, "we will have to be extra careful"

They walked out into the middle of the room, Bill using the light from his wand to illuminate the walls and floors.

"CASSIE STOP" Bill yelled as she stepped towards one of the walls, But it was too late, her foot hit a button disguised in the floor and the floor crumbled beneath them, sending them plummeting into the darkness.