Okay, before the second chapter, I'd like to know something. What does everyone want to be my primary project, this, or Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix? Review to tell me. So, without further ado
Chapter 2
Up, up, up, the serpent rode higher. And as it did, people around it began to drop dead. And not just any people; powerful people. Tom could not tell how they were powerful, but he knew that they were.
Tom was riding on the serpent, which continued to rise. As he looked ahead, it became darker and darker; when he looked back, nothing was clear, all of it a blur.
Then two people on either side of him, a man and a woman, collapsed. A shock like lightning surged through him, quickly, but significantly.
And he woke up.
His head hurt, and he knew the reason why: there was a rock on his pillow, next to his head.
As he rubbed his skull, on which a bump had already formed, he looked up to see his window broken.
He got out of bed and looked out of it.
"Hey kid!" A boy in his late teens stood before the orphanage, in front of a large, purple bus. "Get your butt down here and bring your Hogwarts letter too!"
What's going on, Tom thought, are they taking me to Hogwarts early?
Tom got his letter out from under his pillow, where he had put it the night before.
But then he faced a dilemma. If he went down the stairs and tried to go out the front door, Ms. Ludson would catch him, as she stayed up most of the night, and when she did sleep she could wake up at the slightest noise. Tom was surprised that she hadn't already come bursting into his room.
His only other alternative was to climb out the window and down the building. Tom highly doubted he could accomplish that.
He weighed his options.
If Ms. Ludson caught him, she might not let him go to Hogwarts.
If he fell off the roof and died, he wouldn't get to Hogwarts anyway, but at least he wouldn't have to spend the rest of his life at the orphanage.
He had made up his mind. He opened his shattered window and stepped out of it.
Slowly he walked down the shingled roof, completely focused on his objective.
It was then that a gray blur rushed in front of him. As Tom tried to avoid it, he lost his balance and slid down the roof.
He didn't know if he had taken the squirrel down with him, and frankly, he didn't care. All he could think about was that all of his careful planning had gone to waste. In about a half a second, it would all be over, and no one would ever hear of-
But right before he hit the ground, his downward progress had frozen. He was suspended in midair, about two feet from the surface.
And then he fell.
As he got up to dust himself off, he looked to see the teenage boy with his wand pointed. "Boy, kid! You sure was lucky I was around!"
"Oh, wasn't I though?" Tom said sarcastically.
"Yep, if it weren't for me, you woulda crashed."
"If it weren't for you I wouldn't have even attempted to climb down the roof in the first place!" Tom shot back, "And what are you doing here, anyway?"
The boy quickly answered him. "Well, where do you plan on getting your Hogwarts stuff?"
It was then that Tom realized that he had no idea.
"We was sent to take you to go get them," the boy said matter-of-factly.
"Oh," Tom replied blankly.
"So hop onto the Knight Bus and enjoy the Ride!"
Chapter 2
Up, up, up, the serpent rode higher. And as it did, people around it began to drop dead. And not just any people; powerful people. Tom could not tell how they were powerful, but he knew that they were.
Tom was riding on the serpent, which continued to rise. As he looked ahead, it became darker and darker; when he looked back, nothing was clear, all of it a blur.
Then two people on either side of him, a man and a woman, collapsed. A shock like lightning surged through him, quickly, but significantly.
And he woke up.
His head hurt, and he knew the reason why: there was a rock on his pillow, next to his head.
As he rubbed his skull, on which a bump had already formed, he looked up to see his window broken.
He got out of bed and looked out of it.
"Hey kid!" A boy in his late teens stood before the orphanage, in front of a large, purple bus. "Get your butt down here and bring your Hogwarts letter too!"
What's going on, Tom thought, are they taking me to Hogwarts early?
Tom got his letter out from under his pillow, where he had put it the night before.
But then he faced a dilemma. If he went down the stairs and tried to go out the front door, Ms. Ludson would catch him, as she stayed up most of the night, and when she did sleep she could wake up at the slightest noise. Tom was surprised that she hadn't already come bursting into his room.
His only other alternative was to climb out the window and down the building. Tom highly doubted he could accomplish that.
He weighed his options.
If Ms. Ludson caught him, she might not let him go to Hogwarts.
If he fell off the roof and died, he wouldn't get to Hogwarts anyway, but at least he wouldn't have to spend the rest of his life at the orphanage.
He had made up his mind. He opened his shattered window and stepped out of it.
Slowly he walked down the shingled roof, completely focused on his objective.
It was then that a gray blur rushed in front of him. As Tom tried to avoid it, he lost his balance and slid down the roof.
He didn't know if he had taken the squirrel down with him, and frankly, he didn't care. All he could think about was that all of his careful planning had gone to waste. In about a half a second, it would all be over, and no one would ever hear of-
But right before he hit the ground, his downward progress had frozen. He was suspended in midair, about two feet from the surface.
And then he fell.
As he got up to dust himself off, he looked to see the teenage boy with his wand pointed. "Boy, kid! You sure was lucky I was around!"
"Oh, wasn't I though?" Tom said sarcastically.
"Yep, if it weren't for me, you woulda crashed."
"If it weren't for you I wouldn't have even attempted to climb down the roof in the first place!" Tom shot back, "And what are you doing here, anyway?"
The boy quickly answered him. "Well, where do you plan on getting your Hogwarts stuff?"
It was then that Tom realized that he had no idea.
"We was sent to take you to go get them," the boy said matter-of-factly.
"Oh," Tom replied blankly.
"So hop onto the Knight Bus and enjoy the Ride!"
