Here we go, second chapter, enjoy!
They had run about like they were crazy (and they probably both were) for about half an hour, before finally collapsing on the slopes of one of the swaying mountains. They lay there, staring up at the five suns lighting up the sky for about five minutes before either of them said anything. "It's beautiful, don't you think?" He said to her, "Not just the suns and these wonderful swaying mountains, but everything. The slight breeze, the quietness that's not quite silence because of the sound of the mountains and the smell of life…"
She knew exactly what he was talking about; this really was the most wonderful place she had ever been to. She turned to him, to say something, but found that she could not. The mad-man-with-the-box had a tear on his cheek and his eyes closed, as if he was remembering something. So, she simply clasped his hand in hers and lay back, admiring the sky once more.
His hand reacted to hers almost immediately, at first it began to pull back, but then, after a moment, he grasped hers tightly. They lay like that for quite a while, before the man, quite suddenly, jumped up from where he was lying and pulled her to her feet.
"I'm hungry, are you hungry? I think it's time for food, yes, definitely time for food!" said the mad-man-with-the-box before jogging off, back towards his box. She followed, slowly at first; thinking about whom this man was, and then speeding up to a sprint until she caught up with him.
"Okay then," she said, trying to catch her breath between words, "where are we going to get food?"
"I don't know…" he replied, "Ummm… Oh yes! I have a plan, just you wait; this will be the best meal you've ever had in your life!"
"We're in a chip shop?!" she shouted at him.
"Yes, told you I'd get you good food," he replied, smirking to himself, "chip shops, best place in the universe for good food!"
"Well…" she said, stuffing a chip into her mouth, "I suppose they are quite good chips."
"Told you… It's always a good time to eat chips… Unless you're a Bijimon from the planet Delta-7 of course… If you were, you'd explode the moment a chip touched your lips…"
Melody chuckled, this man was crazy… yet; there was something about him, something she couldn't quite put her finger on, that made him special.
"So!" she said, after they had both finished their chips, "where next?"
"I was thinking… Somewhere that you wouldn't even believe was real!" He replied with a grin.
She looked at him inquisitively, what did he mean? Somewhere brilliant, like Fellspoon perhaps? Or a planet covered in little green men? Where ever it was that they were going, she couldn't wait.
"Come on then! Take me to this wonderful place!" she shouted with glee and jumped onto her feet, "I can't wait to see this place!"
They both ran outside, hand in hand, towards the blue box, stepped inside and took off into the clear blue sky.
They landed with a tremendous thud as the box hit the hard ground surrounding them. Melody couldn't wait to see where they were, but the mad-man-with-the-box wouldn't let her leave just yet. "Close your eyes," he said, "please, "I want this to be a surprise," and so, she closed her eyes and was guided out of the box by the man.
He turned around once they were outside, so that she was facing something in particular, and then said, "Okay, you can open your eyes now."
She slowly allowed her eye lids to separate and gasped at the sight of what was in front of her, "is that..? It can't be… It doesn't exist… Does it?" the questions were directed at no-one in particular, but the man still answered. "Every good story comes from somewhere, and this is one of the best stories in the history of the human race."
"But… Hogwarts?" she replied, still stunned by the spectacular castle in front of her.
"Hogwarts," he said with a smile, "of course, we're not on Earth, no, Hogwarts exists here, on the planet Zarthon."
"Okay… Do they still practise magic though?"
"Of a sort: you see, magic doesn't really exist, but there are certain creatures in the universe that can control the movement of objects and particles using powerful brain patterns. Here, is where children learn to do that." replied the mad-man-with-the-box.
"But… JK Rowling?" she asked, suddenly confused as to how a woman could have come by the information that the man had just revealed to her.
"She trained here, she's from this planet, the people here look and speak like you and I, so it's not hard for her to blend in on Earth… But enough with the questions, let's go take a closer look!" he said with more than a hint of excitement in his voice, he then turned and jogged away towards the castle.
She followed with hundreds of questions ready to escape her lips and then decided against asking, this would be fun, even if she still didn't quite understand how they had managed to land outside of Hogwarts.
When they reached the gates, the mad-man-with-the-box opened them with a metal thing that he procured from his inside jacket pocket, it was glowing green at the end and made a sort of buzzing noise. She was curious, but did not ask what it was; everything else around her was so much more exciting than a metal-glowy-stick-thingy.
Once they were through the gates, they walked through open doors into the castle; "hello!" shouted the mad-man-with-the-box towards the roof. "Hello! Is there anyone here?!" and then after a few minutes of silence, he turned back to Melody, "Something's wrong… Where is everyone?"
Hope you didn't mind the Harry Potter stuff... I couldn't help it...
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