Trying to rewrite another story has kind of made this chapter a little short. I was also having a nice little argument with another member of the FF comunity (they know who they are, and what it was about).
I'll try and evenly disperse my time, but I may write here more than in Toy Soldiers 2867. Might be the other way around, I don't know. Well let's see how things pan out.
I could see the looks of disapproval. My wand vibrated.
"Damn fine timing Talon."
"I see you've found Caroline. Don't worry she already knows to go see the nearest American Embassy."
"Huh?"
"I told her wand. And to answer you're next question they won't be going, that snake can be stubborn sometimes."
"Snake?"
"Yes the wand's spirit for lack of a better term."
"Well, I suppose most of you know our guest." Mr. Weasley said, trying to cut through the awkward silence.
"Wait, I'm staying with you guy's?" I questioned.
"Dumbledore didn't tell you?"
"No, he told me and I just asked that for no reason." I sarcastically answered. Everyone was puzzled. Caroline was trying to sneak out. "Well, well, well if it isn't the little lost Alabaman girl? Last I checked this was a long way from your double wide." I said before she could sneak out the door.
"Not the brightest idea." Talon scolded me.
"Your point is?"
"You're not talking to Caroline any more."
"Huh?"
"See the change in her stance? Her wand has taken over."
I noticed it.
"Yes and I'm glad of it." Caroline (well her wand) said in a distinctly Alabaman accent.
"Let me rephrase that, what are you doing so far from your double wide? Your daddy's going to jail for supposedly killing you."
"Yes and I hope that he stays there for the rest of his life." She said (well her wand did). She grabbed the robes she had just paid for and left.
"What the bloody hell was that all about?" Ron asked forgetting that he was angry at me.
"She's been missing for months; her face has been all over the news. If her life back home wasn't so bad I'd have called the nearest US embassy." I was receiving weird looks.
Luna read the news article again. She knew there was something more going on. She hadn't mailed him back. She couldn't imagine what Dale must be going through. Seeing your family killed, that had to be hard. No news article she read would say why they were attacked. It sounded like a conspiracy, just like… she let her mind wander.
The golden trio had somehow snuck off. Ginny was watching her parents have a "discrete" argument in a corner of the restaurant we were eating at. I was watching as well. Hagrid had left to get stuff he needed.
"Arthur why didn't you tell me he was coming?" Mrs. Weasley silently hissed.
"Because I knew you'd say no!" Mr. Weasley hissed back.
"Then why did you let Dumbledore talk you into it?"
"I don't know it sounded like a good idea at the time."
"Uh yeah you do know I'm right here right? Yeah, if I'm not welcome I've got money; I can stay at a hotel for about a week and a half." I said
"It's not a problem; I just wish Arthur had told me sooner." Something in her voice told me that was a lie. I noticed a guy at a table near us was taking interest in our conversation. A little too much interest.
"I'm sorry, I've got to be somewhere else at the moment, meet me at the scheduled spot Mr. Weasley." I got up quickly. Several others got up.
I pulled around a corner to some place called Knocturn Alley (A/N not sure of spelling). They walked right past me. That was close.
Yeap, the classic hiding behind corners trick. Yeah I had to have a reason as to why Luna wouldn't mail Dale. And the reason I didn't say what the conspiracy was is because I couldn't remember what it was called in the book, the conspiracy will play NO part in here (maybe I'll mention it, but it won't be real), And I plan on Athena's OC finally appearing in a chapter or two.
signed the good dr.