Chapter 4
Chapter 4
The girls stayed in silence until they saw the elder man leave. Then they looked at each other, looked around the room, making sure no one else was present, then slumped down on the floor. "What in the hell is going on?" The shorter girl muttered.
The taller girl shook her head, then realized that her red hair was down, and quickly tied it up in a high pony tail with the black band that she always had around her right wrist. The girls stayed in silence for a good many moments. Neither wanted the silence to continue, but neither could think of something to say. And thus, they stayed in a confused silence. Until, that is, a smaller, shaky voice took the girls out of the trance.
"Does this mean you're gonna go away?" Clyde stood on a far side of the room. The girls turned and looked at him. Half asleep, one small tan hand rubbing his left eye. His black hair was a storm in itself, and in his right arm, he held a white (beaten up) teddy bear.
The two girls smiled, "We are going to leave…" Zane started.
"But not until next week…" Sly picked up.
Zane and Sly made their way over to the small orphan, "so we can play…"
"Until we have to leave." Sly finished, both girls wore warm smiles.
Zane put a hand on Clyde's right shoulder, "Now go get dressed, Sly and I will wait here until you get back."
Clyde's face lit up as if someone had shined a flashlight on it "Okay!" He turned to leave, but suddenly turned back, "Can Teddy play with us?"
The girls laughed and nodded. The boy smiled and ran off. Once the boy was back the three of them played nonstop. They even played until it was dark outside.
And that was how the entire week went…
Slowly two pairs of otherworldly eyes opened. Two now eleven-year-olds sat up in their beds. The sun had yet to grace their small room with light. But that was no problem, the girl's eyes quickly adjusted to the moon lit room. They both gazed around the area. Across the floor lay unfinished papers and books, broken, fixed, or new writing and drawing supplies lay unmoved with all the other litter on the ground. The girl's eyes finally rested on each other, how unearthly they both looked in the full moon's light. The fair skin that both girls had seemed to glow, Zane's eyes reflected the moonlight, making it look as though they were glowing. Sly's eyes caught the light, and made them seem completely dark. The girl's hair was the most inhuman, the glimmer made Zane's hair look like a fire of red and gold, whereas Sly's hair look like it was outlined in a glow of white.
Zane looked over at the calendar, today was the day. One week earlier, the elder man had talked to the two girls. "Why are we awake now?" Sly hissed.
Zane's eyes closed for a moment then snapped open. "There's someone downstairs." Without waiting for any kind of reply, Zane was up and running out the door.
"Wait up!" Sly cried out. She trusted that the other girl was right, it was strange, but Zane had always had some kind of telepathy power. Sly ran down the stairs right behind the taller of the two.
It turned out Zane was right. Standing in the same spot that the 'headmaster' of 'Hogwarts' stood one week prior was an enormous man. His curly, thick, dark brown beard and mustache seemed to be taking over his face, helped by his hair. He wore a brown fur coat (the girls were amazed he could find one that fit him!), and brown clothes under it. The man had to be at least eight feet tall, and he looked strong…very strong. But something in his warm brown eyes kept the girls from being afraid of this new being.
Sly was the first to talk, "Are you the one Dumbledore told us about?"
The man nodded, "Aye, I'm Rubeus 'Agrid, t'e grounds keeper for 'Ogwarts."
The girls looked the man up and down, he looked nothing like the elder man, and all he carried with him was a pink umbrella (a very awkward thing for him to be carrying in the girls opinion). "And you're a wizard?" Zane hissed.
Hagrid glanced away, "Well, we can talk more 'bout that later, are you two ready to get your supplies for 'Ogwarts?" Hagrid smiled a warm and gentle smile.
The girls looked at each other, shrugged, then nodded in unison to the giant, who turned slightly and waited for the girls to walk ahead of him. Zane took the lead, confidently striding passed the overgrown man with Sly at her heals, cautiously slipping past the man and out the door. The girls exchanged curious looks when they saw the older motorcycle out in front of the orphanage.
"It's a motorcycle…" Sly muttered.
Zane rolled her eyes, "Really…I don't see that at all!"
"What do you mean, it's right in front of--"
"Sly…sarcasm…" Zane hissed.
"What is this sarcasm of which you speak?"
Zane glared at the smaller, "Why must you be a smart ass at times?"
Sly faked a gasped, "You said a bad word, Fuck-tard…"
The two girls, along with the over grown man, silently walked through an English pub, and made their way to the back of the bar, then out the back door. Hagrid closed the old wooden door behind the auburn haired girl. Only then did one of the girls talk, "Woah…did we just walk through a pub…unnoticed?"
The man smiled down at the smaller, "Well, them muggle folks, can't see us going in the Leaky Cauldron."
"Oh…That makes perfect sense…" Zane snapped, rolling her eyes.
Sly's beastly eyes looked up into Zane's fading blue, "It does?"
"You really don't understand sarcasm, do you, Sly?"
"No…of course I don't understand…" Sly rolled her eyes.
Hagrid smiled slightly and set off tapping what looked like random bricks. The girls glanced at each other then looked skeptically at the larger man. That is until their expressions changed to awe when the wall itself opened up, revealing one of the most lively places the girls had ever seen. All over the rode people strode from shop to shop. The most strange, different products were being sold at the shops that covered the alley. There were toys that exploded (much to the enjoyment of Sly), there was a pet shop that sold creatures with three heads, owls, and a rather large black-eyed, red cat (Which immediately interested Zane). Soon the three people approached a huge Roman-like building with the words "Gringott's Bank" in stone letters on the front (A/N uhh haven't read the books in a while…forgot what it looked like).
"Hey, Buddy," Zane snapped, getting the large man's attention, "If you haven't already figured this out…we don't have any money. The most I got on me is a twenty…and I doubt that would last long."
Zane suddenly grabbed Sly's arm and yanked her away from touching a very shiny statue. No matter how old, how mature, or what situation they were in, the girls always had two weaknesses each. Now many people's weaknesses are their fears, but that wasn't with the girls. Sly, no matter what, can't helping touching something that shines, she also, on some occasions, she is also a retard when it comes to directions (you could put her in a room, with the goal to open the only door in the room…and she would get lost…this has happened…). If something was fuzzy, or red, Zane had to (her instincts told her to) hug it. This really hadn't hurt Zane at all, but who knows what (or who) one might find in a magical place. But as a counter weight to all this…the two girls had the devil's luck.
"On the contrary, Professor Dumbledore made one account for you two, and was kind enough to put money in it. He also told the other professors about your money predicament, so you can do jobs for the other teachers, and get paid." Hagrid responded.
The three people walked out of Gringott's together twenty minutes later, "Holy shit that ride was awesome!!" Sly yelled, giving Zane a high five.
"Alrigh', now you each have enough money to get what you need, and one pet each." Hagrid sighed, still woozy from the ride.
The girls nodded, then followed Hagrid to Flourish and Blotts. As the three approached, so did a group of seven red heads. Sly nudged Zane in the ribs, "Look, it's your long lost family."
Zane glanced at one of the pale, red-heads, "S-Sly…r-red…fuzzy…hair! Must fight instincts…to hug!! Ah, screw it!" And with that, Zane strode over to the eldest of the Weasley sons there.
"'Ello, there, I'm Percy Weasley. Are you going to Hogwarts this year?" Percy smiled down at Zane.
Zane kept her eyes locked on Percy's fire red hair. She took one step closer to Percy, and gingerly wrapped her arms around him. The precise moment that Percy was going to hug Zane back (awkwardly seeing that he didn't even know her name), the younger released the teen, turned gracefully, and walked away. Not even once looking back at Percy.
Sly smiled as soon as Zane was back in front of her, "Is that guy checking you out?" She motioned towards the teen Zane hugged.
Zane shrugged "Don't know, Don't care." Then looked at Hagrid, "Shall we get what we came for?"
Three hours later, the girls had almost everything they needed. Ranging from books (and the Percy incident), to cauldrons (shiny cauldron incident… "No, Sly…put it back!" "But, Zane!! IT IS SHINY!!"). All they had left to get was their pets, and wands. The girls walked into Ollivander's Wand Shop, leaving Hagrid outside with all the other supplies.
An old man walked up to the girls, "Ah, first years, welcome! Please hold out your right arm, unless you are left handed…"
Both girls did as they were told, and soon were ready to try out some wands (after they were magically measured). Sly was the first to be given a wand, and as soon as she flicked it Ollivander's desk exploded, sending his neatly stacked papers flying. "No, No…that one's not for you…" Zane tried a wand right after Sly, and all of the papers that were still flying around burst into flames (hmm…there goes all his hard work, the girls thought). "Neither is that one…"
"Do we have to pay for these damages?" Sly asks, putting her wand down.
Ollivander smiles at her, "No, No, this has been happening too many years for extra payments."
"Ah, stock market," Zane added.
Five wands and many explosions, implosions, and burnings later (much to the enjoyment of Sly). Sly picked up a red wand with streaks of black intertwining around the handle of the wand, and the bottom base of the wand there was one black dot in the center. She flicked it and a red-orange glow emanated off of it. "Ah, that is a very rare wand, imported from Japan, it holds the whisker of the legendary Kyuubi. Made from bloodwood and ebony. Eleven and a half inches, and good in charms, excellent for transfiguration." Ollivander smiled.
"What is Kyuubi?" Sly asked, looking the wand up and down.
"It is said to be the king of demons, and harbors nine tails, each to hold more power than any man could possess."
"King of demons, eh?" Sly glanced at Zane. Who at that moment flicked a wand identical to Sly's, only the colors were reversed. And the image on the bottom of the base was a faded blue spiral. Zane flicked the wand and a crimson glow radiated from it.
"Ah, another rare wand, made out of the same woods, but the heart string of the Japanese god, Ame-No-Wakahiko. It is good at potions, and excellent at defense against the dark arts." Ollivander stated.
"Woah…how did you get a heart string of a god?" Zane questioned.
"He was already dead."
Zane rolled her eyes, "Oh, that's nice…"
The girls paid for the wands and walked outside to meet back with Hagrid. "Alrigh', now the only thing left is for you two to get pets. Dumbledore already provided an owl for you." Hagrid reaches behind him and showed the girls a cage, inside was a black owl with white spots, the exact opposite of a snowy owl.
"Woah, nice bird…" Sly muttered.
Zane looked up at Hagrid, "What's its name?"
"Her name is Kuro." Hagrid smiled.
The three magical beings walked through the crowded streets until they all got to one of the pet shops they passed on their way to Gringott's. Sly and Zane looked around the shop, then finally they both decided on the pet they wanted. Sly bought a mix between a raccoon and a ferret. It had the coloration and tail of a raccoon, but the body structure of a ferret (she called it Gunny). Zane chose the red kitten (that was already the size of a normal full grown cat) with black eyes (she named him Ziggy).
That night, the girls were dropped back off at the orphanage to get their things packed…tomorrow, they were off to King's Cross…