Author's Notes: Ok here's the second chapter. I got good reviews! Yippee!! Yeah. Theme song is "Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison.
Disclaimer: They're not mine. Damnit.
Pretty Woman, by Roy Orbison
Pretty woman walking down the street
Pretty woman the kind I like to meet
Pretty woman, I don't believe you, You're not the truth
No one can look as good as you, Mercy.....
Pretty woman won't you pardon me
Pretty woman I couldn't help but see
Pretty woman, that you look lovely as can be
Are you lonely just like me
Pretty woman stop a while
Pretty woman talk a while
Pretty woman give your smile to me
Pretty woman yeah, yeah, yeah
Pretty woman look my way
Pretty woman say you'll stay with me
`Cause I need you, I'll treat you right
Come with me baby, Be mine tonight
Pretty woman don't walk on by
Pretty woman don't make me cry
Pretty woman don't walk away, hey
OK, if that's the way it must be OK
I guess I'll go home it's late
There'll be tomorrow night, but wait
What do I see, is she walking back to me
Yeah she's walking back to me, Oh pretty
woman
CHAPTER 2: Strange Things
Fred could hardly keep his mind on his work that afternoon. This American woman was… something to look at. She had wavy copper hair to the middle of her back, golden eyes, light freckles, and legs that seemed to go on forever. The black leather pants, and low-cut black t-shirt she wore seemed to make her curves jump out and scream at him to make themselves known. She was wearing fashionable looking combat boots on her feet, and a belt at her waist, with a sinister looking black thing hanging from it. He vaguely remembered that this was what Muggles called a "gun."
Audra had been busying herself examining the store. It was her job to keep alert, and be suspicious.
"Does my shop pass the test?" Fred asked.
"I'm not sure yet. I don't know how this stuff works. These Canary Creams… how do they turn their consumer into a canary?" Audra asked back.
"Magic," Fred replied, with a wink.
Audra harrumphed, and went behind the counter to sit down.
Meanwhile, Bill and Carmen were back at the hamburger place, investigating things.
"Sorry Carmen, but I really have no idea what happened. You and Audra are Muggles, so you couldn't have done anything magical…"
"Muggles?" Carmen asked.
"Oh, sorry, non-magic folk," Bill explained.
"Um, are you part of some weird sect of Wicca or something?" Carmen asked.
"Wicca?" Bill asked back.
"You know… witches… worship the Goddess… all that stuff," Carmen replied.
"Um… no. We worship the Dragoness. She's sort of like… our guardian."
"Hmm… but at any rate, you fancy yourself to be a wizard?"
"Madam, I AM a wizard," he said, as they walked into a small pub.
They walked to a little courtyard in the back, and Bill took out a long stick-like thing. He then tapped one of the bricks, and they moved to form an arch wide enough for both him and Carmen to pass through.
"Holy shit," Carmen whispered.
"Magic," Bill said, smiling.
Carmen shot him an angry glare, as they entered back into Weasley's Wizard Wheezes.
"Find anything out?" Fred inquired, as they made their way over to the counter.
"Nothing, except that your brother here can do some scary shit," Carmen replied.
"Don't worry Carmen, Fred's a wizard too," Bill said.
Carmen threw him another angry glare, and Audra, Fred, and Bill laughed.
"Well, I guess we could write Hermione," Fred suggested.
Hermione Granger was the Weasleys' younger brother's long-time steady girlfriend. She had been Head Girl in her seventh year at Hogwarts, and could research something like it was going out of style.
"Yeah, Hermione should be able to dig something up. And Harry and Ron can help her,"
Ron was the younger brother, and Harry was Ron and Hermione's best friend.
"Okay, well get on with it. Important things are at stake if we don't figure out what's up and get back home. Like the lives of billions of people," Audra said.
"Okay, okay. FIFI!" Fred yelled as he wrote a letter on a piece of parchment with a quill pen, and a large eagle owl flew down the stairs.
"Take this to Hermione, will ya?" he asked, tying the note to Fifi's leg.
"An owl?" Carmen asked.
"Fifi?" Audra asked after Carmen's question.
"Yes an owl, and her full name is Fifi LaRue," Fred answered.
Both girls sniggered.
"Well Audra, you and Carmen can both stay with me until we find some answers," Fred offered.
"Well, in that case, I'm off. It's late, and Mum will be getting worried. She's insisting that I stay at home for the whole of my vacation," Bill said, heading out the door.
But, as soon as he was outside, Carmen was outside as well. So, Bill took her back inside, only to have her reappear back outside with him when he left.
"Carmen will just go with me, then," Bill said, and walked off, Carmen in tow.
"Come on up, and I'll show you where you will be sleeping," Fred said to Audra as he ascended the stairs.
When they reached the top, Audra saw a charming, but cluttered apartment.
"It's not much, but here's the guest room… was my brother's. And here's the bathroom. I usually eat dinner at the Leaky Cauldron, so come on then, if you're hungry."
So Audra followed him, as she was quite famished.
A/N: First of all, the first 5 chapters will probably get posted pretty much in succession (since they're all already written…). I got reviews! *does happy dance* Okie dokie and now the cookies for you lovely lovely reviewers…
WerewolfIncognito: If I continue to get reviews like yours, I certainly will continue it. Thanks! ^_^
Lady Foxfire: Sorry! I didn't want to kill George… he's one of my favorite characters. I plan on marrying both him and Fred in a few years. (Yes at the same time.) However, it was necessary for the plot. In this verse, Voldie has pretty much wrecked the entire wizarding world. All that remains, pretty much, is Diagon Alley and Hogwarts. And even those two locations are pretty run down. As for Harry, he shows up in a few chapters, although this story won't center around. He and the rest of the trio are in their mid-twenties. Thank you for the review! You're awesome! ^_^
