A/N: And as a treat (I don't know why) here's a long Chapter, Amy again!

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Chapter: 9

Acid Pops

Sunset at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was a marvellous sight: If one chose to ignore the fact that they were at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft an Wizardry, that is.

Amy had spent the past five minutes silently trudging after the two teens who were leading her to Professor McGonagall and she was still a bit overwhelmed. True, her obsession with 'the Raggedy Doctor' had left her little time to pursue any other fairytale, but what child could grow up without listening to tales about the famous ancient castle?

She managed to tear her eyes away from the castle and found that the two walking in front of her were whispering to each other. She only caught snatches of their conversation:

'But she's a muggle!'

"We don't know that for sure."

"It's obvious she's a muggle! I mean just look at the way she'd dressed-"

"And what's wrong with the way I dress?" Amy blurted out before she could think. Her dressing? They were the ones in robes!

"Nothing." the boy replied. "It's just how muggles dress."

Amy hadn't known this boy long, but she had a feeling he wasn't ever going to make it to her list of favourite people.

"Well if she was just a muggle, how'd she enter Hogwarts? We'll take her to McGonagall and she'll know what to do."

The boy gave Amy a suspicious look and walked on, much faster, probably to get away from the two of them.

"Never mind him." Lily said. "He just doesn't like it when anyone says anything he doesn't agree with."

Amy nodded and walked on.


It took them a while to reach the Castle (the grounds were, it turned out really very large) and to her surprise, Amy managed to drag herself all the way up to the Castle without falling down in pain, which she considered an accomplishment.

"Where's everybody gone?" Amy asked, once they had entered the Castle, only to find it to be rather eerily quiet.

"It's Hogsmeade weekend." Lily replied. "We didn't go because Sev had to show me that Phone Box thing of yours…"

She stopped and looked strangely at Amy.

"What?" Amy asked, taken aback.

"What were you doing in a Police Box?"

"I… erm… It's for a friend."

Lily started to say something but was cut short by a stern voice.

"Miss Evans! What are you doing here? And who is this?"

A tall, strict-looking woman wearing emerald-green robes came into view. Her arms were crossed and she was looking at Lily expectantly, apparently waiting for an answer.

"Well, Professor, this is Amy Pond."

Professor McGonagall looked surprised, apparently at Amy's appearance.

"I'm here to see… er.. Is the Doctor here? I'm a friend of his."

The older woman looked at her for a long time.

"Follow me." she finally said, and walked off, leaving Amy to scurry along after her.


Amy followed Professor McGonagall (she still found it a bit hard to believe) till they were standing in front of a large (and admittedly ugly) gargoyle.

"Password?" It said, moving, much to Amy's surprise.

"Acid Pops." McGonagall replied.

The gargoyle moved aside to expose a moving staircase. Professor McGonagall climbed on it with absolute ease, leaving Amy to wonder what on earth was happening.

"Aren't you coming?" Professor McGonagall asked.

Amy was a bit hesitant at first, but she climbed onto the staircase anyway, which led her upwards into a large, cylindrical room. Everywhere she looked she could see strange devices and even moving portraits, and some things that she could not really describe. What she could describe however was the Doctor, who was talking to himself at such a fast pace she could not decipher it herself. However, at the room becoming quiet, he looked up, and smiled at her. He then turned to the people in the room and announced,

"Amy! Hello! Everyone, this is Amy. Amy, this is-" He stopped, and turned to look at her, as though he had just realized something. "I thought I told you to stay in the TARDIS after I parked it in the woods!"

"Yes, well I got bored."

"You're not going to be bored for long!" He said, and Amy saw that the Doctor's face was gleaming with excitement. He was pointing towards the wall of the room. At first Amy didn't see it, but then she saw it and stood there in shock.

"That's the crack in my wall." She managed to say at last.

The Doctor was right. It really wasn't going to be boring after all.


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