Okay then, as promised, here's chapter three!

Disclaimer: Don't own Holes or Harry Potter

Oh, and by the way, there are spoilers for the 5th book in here, although I don't know why this would matter because if you hadn't read it yet you wouldn't be sitting here reading bloody ff, you'd be out there reading it!

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The motorcycle lowered to the ground on some dark street in the middle of nowhere. Zero climbed off the bike and stretched; he'd had no idea the ride would take that long! Once that was done, he straightened up and looked around curiously. None of the surroundings seemed magical to him.

"Here, look at this paper." Said Lupin. Zero took it curiously. Suddenly, a houses appeared seemingly out of nowhere, causing him to jump about ten feet in the air.

Zero followed Lupin into Number 12, Grimmauld Place.

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An earsplitting scream pierced the air.

"/FILTH! SCUM! BY-PRODUCTS OF DIRT AND VILENESS! HALF-BREEDS, MUTANTS, FREAKS, BEGONE FROM THIS PLACE! HOW DARE YOU BEFOUL THE HOUSE OF MY FATHERS---/"

Lupin rushed forward and tugged at the curtains around a large portrait of a woman. They swung shut and silence reined again, but not for long.

"Listen, Mrs. Weasley, I swear it wasn't me this time." A young woman entered the room. She looked like she was in her 20s and had short spiked hair that was . . . PINK!?!

"Of course you didn't, dear." Another woman entered the room, this one a pleasant, plump middle aged lady with flaming red hair. "Ah, hello Remus. And who's this?" The two women looked curiously at Zero.

"Molly, Tonks, this is Hector Zeroni. Hector, this is Molly Weasley and Nymphandora Tonks."

"Don't call me Nymphandora." Interrupted Tonks. "I hate that name. It's just Tonks." Now three more people came down the stairs. They were kids, and looked like they were only 4 or 5 years older than him. There were two kids with red hair that looked like siblings, and in-between them was a bushy brown haired girl.

"I'm telling you, this year the Cannons are taking the Cup." The red haired boy was saying.

"Don't be silly Ron. I'm just as much a Cannon fan as you are, but really, they don't stand a chance against the Shooting Stars." Countered his sister.

"You only like them because they're an all girl team." He said. "The cannons have Tragob. He's the best chaser there's been in centuries!"

"You say that about every new player the Cannons get."

"Because it's true!"

"Oh, so I suppose Troy's the best seeker ever, right? But the moment they get a new one, /he'll/ be the best. Admit it."

"He'll be better! But for now, Troy dominates!" The girl raised an eyebrow.

"And what about Harry?"

"Once he joins then . . . wait . . . NOT FUNNY GINNY!"

"I was simply making a point."

The brown haired girl was the first to notice Zero.

"Hello." She said. "I'm Hermione Granger. This is Ron Weasley," she gestured to the red haired boy, "and his sister, Ginny Weasley." She pointed to the red-head girl. "Who are you?"

Zero remained silent.

"Well, that's rather rude. You could at least answer us." Still, nothing came out of the boy's mouth. "Listen you," Hermione was rather angry now. "I don't know what your parents taught you, but-"

At the mention of his parents, Zero was thrown into thought. His parents? His dad was dead. And his mom . . . Zero didn't know what had happened to his mom. She had never come back after leaving him in Laney Park. ^For all I know,^ he thought, ^She could be dead too . . . ^

Recognizing the look in the boy's eyes, (Kami knows she had seen it in Harry's enough) Hermione relented.

"I'm sorry." She said. "I didn't mean to . . ."

"It's okay." Zero interrupted her. It was the first time he had spoken since departing from Camp Green Lake. "You didn't know."

"So, what's your name?" Asked Ron, probably more to break the silence than as an attempt to ask an intelligent question, for this was a very stupid question, and as we all know, Zero doesn't answer stupid questions.

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So what do you think? Pretty good for having been written on the bus and in-between classes, ne? Review and tell all!