Chapter 3: Explanations, and Butterfingers vs. Milky ways
Once they were on the train they went with Ginny and Harry to find a compartment. Ron and Hermione headed towards the prefect's compartment.
"So what can you tell us that you think Dumbledore would not mind" Ginny asked, slyly.
After thinking for a moment Annie said "Well if you could not tell we are from America."
"Which Part?"
"Florida"
"So why are you in England?"
"We came to see our friend Taylor who moved here a few years ago. His dad used to be the minister of our church but he got a job here and he said it was God's calling." Hayden replied rolling her eyes. She had recently, and just barely, forgiven him for taking Taylor away; they had been close.
"So how did you end up…" Ginny started but was interrupted. The Americans traded thankful looks and turned towards their savior.
"Anything off the trolley?" asked the smiling woman with a trolley overloaded with sweets.
"Aw man I am starving but I only have American money"
"Darn same here"
"Ditto"
"Excuse me do you take American money? That's all we have" Annie questioned as the others hopefully began to extract currency.
"Sure sweet heart" she replied, slightly shocked that a student needed wizard money. She cast them a suspicious glance but decided that Hogwarts security was too good to allow in muggles. Especially ones that know Harry Potter! To think!
"Thanks I'll have some beans, 3 chocolate frogs, and a liquorish wand please"
"I'll have the same" said Hayden
"Yup, me too." Susan added
"What about you guys?" Hayden threw over her shoulder
"I'll have the same plus 1 more chocolate frog" said Harry
"Just the beans, please" said Ginny
"Man I have always wanted to try these!" said Hayden holding a box of berrty botts every flavored bean looking at it with uncontained glee.
"Yeah me too!" Susan said happily.
"What you don't have these in the U.S.?" Ginny said, confused.
"No we just eat muggle candy which is really! I love butterfingers" said Hayden
"But Milky Way is so much better" said Susan
"No Butterfingers is"
"Nope, Milky Way"
"Butterfingers" yelled Hayden
"Milky Way" yelled Susan
"I love you" yelled Annie slightly annoyed, holding her hand up in the sign language sign for love
"We love you too Annie" said Hayden and Susan in a singsong voice.
"I love you?" asked Harry
"It's what we did at camp it means I love you too much to tell you to shut up" explained Annie, who had the grace to look a little embraced.
"What? Why?" asked Ginny
"Because we have to do push-ups if we tell someone to shut up" said Hayden.
"Ok….."
"Hey mate sorry we took so long" Ron said as he and Hermione walked in.
"Aw man the trolley already came!" he cried after spying the food in everyone's hands.
"Here Ron you can have some if my beans" said Hayden handing him some and smiling seductively; which he was oblivious to.
"Thanks"
"So what do you like to do?" Harry asked, trying to be polite.
"Well I like to act, but I also like to surf, sing, scrapbook, play volleyball, read, and go to youth group.", at second thought Hayden added, "Which we are all in."
"Me too," said Annie "except I don't surf—but I love the beach, and I am a DEFINITE nerd, I can mathematically prove it too!"
"What's surfing..or volleyball?" Ron interjected stupidly.
"Ron you really need to take muggle studies!" and with that Hermione started to explain the sports' complicated procedures and fan bases.
After she finished she turned towards the Americans, "So what school do you go to?"
"umm..Du.." Susan started to say but was stopped by a glare from Annie
"Hey look I can see the castle you better get your school robes on we would too but we don't have any" said Annie trying to turn the conversation away from school so it didn't give away the fact they were not witches.
Once they had changed and the train had pulled into Hogsmeade station, they started to make their way up to the huge castle looming before them.
Once they were in the entrance hall Harry, Ginny, Ron, and Hermione wished them a good bye and headed into the great hall, not giving them a second thought.
"Ok I guess we better go see Dumbledore" Hayden stated the obvious.
"You're forgetting one little detail Susan" Annie added, wondering if she would pick up on her own…she didn't.
"What is that?"
"We don't know where his office is" Susan put in.
Their eyes roamed up and down the hall, hoping the school could magically give them the answer. Though they observed countless magical things (stair cases, ghost, ect.) it seemed the castle was not willing to spend its magic on them and so they were forced to wait.
