4 Royals and A Priestess Chapters: 11-12
Author's Note Number One: Well – here I am! I wanna say that this is the installment where 'something interesting' happens! Yuperunies!
I own: Mari, Mike, Scarlett, Lydi, Lex, Gwen, Roxy, Rachael, Professor Lark, Professor Deliano, Professor White, Gwen Lark, Jason White, Chloe, Nat, Loletta, Cassandra, Todd, Valarie, Headmistress Chang, Serenity, The Shooting Star, Magic of the West, and anybody else that I forgot.
And here is another installment of 4R&AP! YEAH!!!!!! J
~Chapter Eleven: A New Friend~
"Oof!" I said as I fell into my friends at the airport. I had been the last one to come to the airport.
It was around 8:45 A.M. and we had to find a professor.
"Mari? You okay?" Gwen asked me. Gwen was really nice. She was a Ravenclaw and grandaughter of Professor Lark.
"Yups! Um…Jase? You see your grandpa? Or Maybe one of the other professors?" I asked Jason, who liked being called Jase. Jase was a Ravenclaw who was also the grandson of Professor White. He was really kewl.
"Nope. Let's go look for Gate 3-B, though, that's where we're supposed to meet them," Jase said. And Mike, Lex, Lydi, Scarlett, Gwen, Jase, Harry, Hermi, Ron, Seamus, Dean, Draco, Rach, Roxy, and I walked to Gate 3-B, where the three Professors were waiting.
Since there were only 45 seventh years, each group had a Professor. And to avoid any hurt feelings Professor Deliano was our group's professor.
"Now, kids, I am going to hand out tickets. Two people will sit in a row. I will sit with the 'odd' person. Okay? Take your ticket please!" Professor Deliano said, handing out the tickets.
I picked ticket 17-A. Then I walked onto the plane. I sat down in my seat and waited for one of my friends to come and sit with me. Unfortunatly that is not what happened. Draco plopped down next to me.
"Your sitting here?!?!" I asked him.
"Yeah, if it makes you feel any better, I would rather be in a different group too. I can't believe that Crabbe and Goyle found out that I was using them for protection!" Draco said.
"Great. I care," I said, looking to see where my friends were. It was a bit hard, though, since I had the window. But I managed. I found out that Lex and Lydi were sitting together – probably telling each other something that I would hear later. Gwen and Jase were sitting together – talking about their heritage. Ron and Harry were sitting together together – talking about Quidditch. Hermi and Scarlett were sitting together – Hermi was telling Scarlett about the Muggle World. Rach and Mike were sitting together – talking about cenautars. And Seamus and Dean were sitting together – talking about a new spell that was invented. And Roxy and Professor Deliano were sitting talking about Astronomy. Me and Draco were the only ones who were not happy with the seating arrangement.
I decided not to give myself anymore annoyance so I took out my book and started to read.
"What book are you reading?" Draco asked just as I started to read.
"Erika, Sarah and Jackie's Story. My mum wrote it," I said to him.
"Your mum wrote that book? What's it about?" He asked, wondering why a queen would write a book.
"Yeah, it's about the famous quest…" I said picking my book up again.
"What's the famous quest?" Draco asked.
"How can you not know about the famous quest?!?! It only happened 25 years ago! It was when Sire Kingslond was defeated by my mum, dad, my aunts, uncles, and their friends!" I said exasperated.
"Well, before my dad disowned me, all he used to tell me about were the dark arts. If something good had ever happened I was forced to figure it out on my own. My dad – er, Lucius - wanted me to become evil – like him – and I didn't want to." Draco said.
I put my book as we started talking and by the end of the hour I knew that Draco wasn't as bad as most people thought he was - and I was determinded to be his friend.
~Chapter Twelve: New Orleans~
"C'mon, Mari! Wake up! We're here!" Draco said, shaking me awake. As I came to I noticed that I had been sleeping on his shoulder. And I was blushing badly.
"Um…yeah. Let's get off the plane," I said as as he took my hand and pulled me up. And we both walked out to the luggage place, neither of us noticed that we were still holding hands.
"Kids," Professor Deliano said to my group when were were on the bus that would take us to the hotel.
"Yeah?" We chourused.
"I'm gonna give you money for your movie. You must go with at least one other person. After the movie you will be allowed to go out and walk around untill eleven P.M., when you will go back to our hotel. I must stress that you go with another person, though," Professor Deliano said to us as she passed out the money.
"Sure," I said taking my money and settling back into my seat as the bus pulled into our hotel, the Shooting Star.
Once we had gotten into the hotel lobby Professor Deliano gave us the keys to our rooms. I was sharing with Lex, Lydi, and Scarlett. Rach, Roxy, Gwen, and Hermi were sharing, while Dean, Seamus, and Jase shared. And Harry, Ron, Mike, and Draco shared.
"C'mon dudes! Let's check out our rooms!" Hermi said as us girls got into an elevator. When we got out we found out that our rooms were connected by a door in the wall.
"What the heck is that noise?!?!" Lex said as she opened the door to find the guys partying in the hall.
"OH. MY. GAWD." Scarlett said as she saw what had happened. The guys obviously did not know that their room was not in the hall. They had a stereo blasting, and were unpacking in the middle of the hall.
"Um…" Gwen said as she came out.
"You guys????" Hermi said.
"Do you know that your supposed to stay in a ROOM? NOT in the HALL?!?!" I asked them.
"Ooh! That's why there aren't any beds!" Ron said as he opened the door with the key.
"Whoops! Thanks gals!" Harry said as he took the stereo inside.
"Yeah – thanks!" Mike said as he picked up the luggage.
"Yups! I was wondering where you girls went!" Draco said following the others in their room.
Immediately, Hermi, Gwen, Rach, Roxy, Lydi, Lex, Scarlett and I started cracking up. We were laughing so hard that we had tears in our eyes. Finally when we were all on the floor, too tired to laugh any more, we walked into our room and began to unpack.
When we were done we took the elevator back down to the lobby where Professor Deliano and the guys were waiting.
"How did they get here before us?!?!" I asked Gwen.
"Who knows? Who cares?" She answered.
"So you kids know, I will be out with Professor Lark and Professor White. We will be back by eleven P.M. - the time that you are supposed to be back. I also must say that you must be with one other person at all times. See ya kids!" Professor Deliano said as she walked off with the other professors.
"Well…let's find the theater!" Lex said leading us out of the hotel and down the street.
Once we had gotten to the theater we looked at what was playing.
"Isn't this kewl? Today they're showing old movies from the year 2000! That's so cute!" Roxy said as she looked at the list.
'We could see 'What Lies Beneath'," Lydi said.
"No, too scary," Rach said.
"Howzabout… 'Scary Movie'?" Lex said.
"Sure!" Rach said.
"Why not?" Lydi said.
"Kay," Seamus agreed.
"Sure," Dean said.
"Okies!" Hermi said.
"I'll see that," Ron said.
"Fine," Gwen said.
"Sure," Jase said.
"Yeah!" Mike said.
"Kay," said Roxy.
"Yups!" Scarlett said.
"Sure," Harry said.
"M'kay," Draco said.
"Nopes!" I said.
"Whatdaya mean 'nopes'?" Rach asked me.
"I've seen it before… it was okay, but I don't wanna see it again," I said.
"It's okay," Draco said. "I'll go with her."
"You will?" I asked.
"Sure I will! I've seen it too. I was just going to see it again," Draco said.
"Have you seen 'Loser'?" I asked him.
"Nope. Wanna?" Draco asked.
"Sure," I said as we bought tickets to the movie 'Loser' and went in to the movie.
During the movie Draco and I were cracking up. It was really funny.
Once the movie was over we walked back to the lobby of the theater and waited for the others. They came out in ten minutes.
"How did ya like you're movie dudes?" I asked my friends.
"We loved it!" Rach said.
"Kewl! We liked ours too!" I said.
"Well, let's get outta here and look around town!" Draco said, pulling my arm as he walked out the door to the city.
We all looked in shops and all around. We all had dinner together. And we all looked at the aquarium. But it wasn't until we got to Burbon street that something happened.
"I can't believe that you guys wanted to look at BURBON STREET!!!!! There is nothing here but porn-type stuff!" I said to Draco as we all walked down Burbon Street.
"Well, we wanted to see it! Right guys?" Harry said. And then we got a bunch of 'yeahs' from the guys. We girls just shook our heads.
We had been walking for about ten minutes when a guy our age with brown hair and brown eyes came over to us.
"Excuse me, Miss? Do you happen to know the way to Royal Street, I'm on vacation here and I'm lost," He said to Roxy. He seemed nice enough, but I had a very bad feeling about him.
"SPIKE?!?!" She and Rach shrieked. And then they ran off in the other direction. There was something freeky about that guy. We immediately ran after our friends to the hotel.
We thought that maybe 'Spike' was an old boyfriend. Maybe an old enemy. But what we would find out in the next week was more than any of us dreamed.
Author's Note Number Two: Didn't I tell you that it wouldn't be only a trip in the muggle world?!?! Yes, yes! And yes, Spike DOES have something VERY important to do with the plot! Something suprising! Something very interesting! Well, I've gotta rocket! Smiles from Jaxx J