Jason's reasoning may not make that much sense but hey he's not his father. He doesn't feel the need to always explain his thoughts.
Chapter 6: Do You Believe in Magic
Hours later that day the three teenagers, forty year old male, and three year old female were dressed nicely and standing in front of the door to a large apartment building. Jason was scanning the call buttons for the women's address.
"What's the number again?" he asked.
"The card says 3C," Hermione answered.
"Ah here we are," Jason nodded pushing a button that had a name plate by it that read only G & A.
"Hello?" a voice called.
It was Stacy's?
"Stacy?" Jason questioned. This would be harder with a witness.
"Do I know you?" the girl asked.
"Um it's Jason sweetie. From the bakery," he answered.
"Oh! Oh come on up Granny and Granny said you were coming," the girl stated as the door buzzed and unlocked for them.
"How are we supposed to convince them with the girl?" Harry asked.
"I don't know. I've got to stew on it," Jason answered as they rode the elevator to the third floor.
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"Coming!" Stacy called as she jogged to the door. She looked through the peephole and saw the group standing in the hallway.
"Hey you're just in time; supper's almost ready," the girl smiled opening the door and letting the five in.
"Thank you. Do you uh…live here?" Jason asked. Stacy nodded leading them into the living room and gesturing for them to get comfortable.
"Yeah my parents died last year and I didn't have any other family. My mum worked for the ladies and they volunteered to take me in even though this place is only two bedrooms. They've been really good to me. Just like grandmothers," Stacy smiled as the two women in question entered with little ham and cheese wheels and a pitcher of lemonade with cups.
Abigail had her black and red hair up in a bun and was wearing small thin framed square glasses on the end of her nose. She was dressed in a knee length black skirt and green cardigan.
Gabriella had round rimmed glasses that were also small and thin framed she had on the end of her nose. She wore a white dress with little blue flowers on it.
The resemblance between the professor and Abigail was so uncanny that the little toddler had to remember what her Uncle had warned her about addressing them with their real names.
"I'm glad you all came. Can I ask who the cutie is?" Gabriella asked looking at the girl with strawberry curls in pigtails and blue eyes.
"I'm Rachel," the girl replied.
"I like that name. You are quite a cutie," Abigail smiled as she and Gabriella sat in a love seat diagonal to the large couch the other four were in. Rachel was sitting on her uncle's lap.
"Thank you," the girl blushed. The group all chatted for quite a while before they entered the kitchen and ate the scrumptious dinner the women had made.
All the while no one brought up Jason's parents or magic or anything along those lines. Everything was about muggle media or the weather or what the teenagers plan on doing after school. The Golden Trio was careful to be vague about their ambitions.
During all of this Rachel had wormed her way into the two old women's hearts and by the time they went back into the living room after dinner the child was happily being cuddled in the middle of both.
"So how do the sleeping arrangements work with Stacy here?" Jason asked curiously.
"She has her own room and we share," Gabby answered.
"Yes and…oh Hermione dear please be careful with that!" Abigail exclaimed as she stood and rushed over to take the green snake wrapped around a Siberian tiger figurine. The eyes of the snake were ruby and the tiger's were sapphire.
"This is very old and I'd hate for it to break," Abigail explained calmly as she gently placed the figurine back with all the others.
"I'm sorry. It's quite a collection though," Hermione replied staring at all the snakes and cats that were strategically and organizationally placed on the shelves that were mounted along one of the cream walls to the left of the couch.
"Abby is obsessed with both animals. She has both as a pet too but we keep them in the bedroom," Gabby answered.
"Damien and Corbin aren't friendly to anyone but Gabby and Abby," Stacy answered.
"Damien and Corbin?" Jason asked leaning forward.
"Yes," Abigail nodded turning from Hermione and looking at the man.
"Where'd you get the names?" Jason asked.
Abigail shrugged. "I just like the names. I don't have children so the animals are like my children."
"Interesting," Jason mumbled.
"Why?" Gabriella asked suspiciously.
"My mother's uncles had those names," Jason answered.
"Well that's a coincidence. Speaking of…how is your mother?" Abigail asked sitting back on the love seat.
"Dying…so is dad," Jason answered bluntly.
"Oh how awful," Abigail stated and Gabriella looked very upset.
"You know them?" Stacy asked. Both shook their heads no.
"Can I ask you an odd question?" Jason asked.
"I suppose," Gabriella shrugged.
"Do you two believe in magic?" Jason asked seriously.
"What like rabbits out of the hat?" Gabriella asked.
"No like…turning a person into a cat? Levitations? A spell to clean the house, to cook dinner? An elf to take your orders? A flying broom? Seeing the future?" Jason listed.
"Actually a broom ride would be fun," Abigail stated.
"Don't be ridiculous Abby," Gabriella snapped.
"What? It would be. I love flying. We go on trips a lot," Abigail stated.
"Have you ever considered maybe you can do things others can't?" Jason asked. He decided going the Hogwarts speech route might be helpful in this situation.
"Well Gran you know Granny Abby is always right about who's on the phone and she does know when ever the car stops working," Stacy shrugged.
"Anyone that knows cars knows when that clunker will break and the phone is pure luck. We don't get a lot of calls," Gabriella huffed.
"What about when you two fight and things shatter by themselves?" Stacy suggested.
"Now that you have to admit Gabs is odd," Abigail stated. Gabriella huffed and crossed her arms.
"Okay so suppose things happen around us. Why does it matter and why do you care?" Abigail asked curiously.
Jason pulled out his wand and held it aloft.
"Because I am a wizard," he stated waving his wand at the tea cup on the table and it turned into a pincushion.
The two women and their teenage ward jumped and crawled higher up on the love seat. Rachel stood and walked over to her Uncle.
"What the bloody hell!?" Gabriella gasped.
"Juliet hurry up!" Jason shouted.
"I think you lot should leave….and who's…aaggghhhh!!" Abigail's stern voice turned into a blood curdling scream as the apparition came forward.
"Dumio forjua comparda! Dumio varasa, dunio hratio!" the ghost chanted waving the bones wands at the women. (A/n: Total made up words!)
There were three screams and then utter silence as they all passed out from fright.
"Never thought I was that scary," Juliet laughed.
"Never mind that. Let's get them to Hogwarts," Jason stated.
"One this is kidnapping; and two what are we doing with the girl?" Hermione stated.
"We'll take them all. We have to figure this out later now come on," Jason stated.
The trio looked nervous but grabbed one of the women and the girl and apparated away. Jason followed with the other woman and his niece. Juliet just faded away.