A/N A cross over between Harry Potter and The Famous Five. I know that the dates don't match up: MWPP – 1970's, The Famous Five 1940's/50's, but that doesn't matter. Hope you enjoy.
Absolutely Spiffing!
"I say Dick, is that a bottle of Ginger Beer you have there?"
"Why yes, Julian, it is. Would you like some?" Dick replied.
"Yes please." Julian said, smiling broadly at Dick.
"I'm so glad we're going to go to good old George's again this Summer. I can't wait to see her and Timmy again." Dick said rubbing his hands together in glee.
The children, Julian, Dick and Anne, were once again going to visit their cousin, the aforementioned Georgina, who refused to be called anything apart from George. They were terribly excited, they hadn't seen George and Timmy since Christmas, for they had not been allowed to visit Kirrin over Easter.
"Hello!" said Anne jovially, as she came into the room smiling.
"Have you finished packing yet?" she asked the two boys, "I have." She looked smug.
"No," Dick and Julian replied in unison. Sighing, Anne began to help them, knowing it wouldn't get done otherwise.
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"Have you finished with the sausages?" Lily asked.
"Yep. Here you go." Replied her friend Kira, tossing her a packet of sausages.
The two friends were on an island, in the South of England. The island was called Kirrin Island and they were there because they were taking part in a project of Dumbledore's (Wizards Surviving on an Island Without Magic and With Their Worst Enemy's, shortened to W.S.I.W.M.W.T.W.E, which is still quite a long title.)
The other students taking part in the scheme were James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew and Severus Snape.
Now, this may seem a little unfair as Lily, Kira, James, Sirius, Remus and Peter were all the best of friends, and the only rival they had on the island was Severus. This situation came about because the other people who had been chosen to take part in W.S.I.W.M.W.T.W.E had backed out at the last moment.
Severus thought that this was incredibly rude, all his friends had to go and leave him alone on an island with six Gryffindors he couldn't stand! Now that is quite discourteous, don't you agree?
At the moment, they were preparing dinner for themselves, fried sausages and bacon with lemonade. The girls were frying the sausages and the bacon, and the boys were finding Heather and Bracken for their beds. The six Gryffindors were to sleep in a big cave that they had found, and Severus was going to sleep above the cave. He had to be careful though, for there was a 'skylight' in the roof of the cave, and he could fall through it.
Earlier on, they had explored the whole island. They had found an old ruined castle with Dungeons below ground, an old wreck which they had hurriedly explored, due to the smell and a tunnel which led right under the sea to the main land. It was quite an exciting island, actually.
The girls began to fry the sausages over the open fire and a delicious smell floated through the air, as well as smoke that rose up into the air. Unfortunately, the girls had never been camping before so they did not know what kinds of wood made good firewood. They had found some dead twigs and sticks lying on the ground and decided to use them for their fire. They had used elder, and as any experienced camper would know, elder smokes terribly. Great billows of thick black smoke flew into the air causing the girls to cough and for their eyes to water.
At that time on the mainland a girl and a dog were taking a walk on the beach. The girl was called Georgina, or George, and it was her island that the seven Hogwarts students were camping on. She saw the thick smoke rising up into the air and was very angry. How dare anyone use her island! 'When the others get here', she thought, 'We'll go and see who is on my island' Her face grim, she set off back up to Kirrin Cottage to greet her cousins when they arrived.
"Aunt Fanny! How good it is to see you!" yelled Julian from the car window.
"Julian it's good to see you too." Aunt Fanny said warmly, hugging the tall boy as he stepped out of the black car.
"Hello Auntie." Said Dick and Anne together, smiling as their Aunt Fanny hugged them too.
"Where are George and Timmy?" Julian asked curiously, he couldn't see them anywhere!
"George has taken Timmy out for a walk on the beach. What a naughty girl! I did tell her to be back by three o' clock and it's half gone the hour already!" said Aunt Fanny, her usually good natured face turning stormy.
Just as she'd said this, George was coming up the road. As she rounded the corner, she saw the posh black car outside her cottage and knew that her cousins were here. Running in her boys shoes and clothes, she reached her house with Timmy barking loudly.
"George! Timmy!" Anne cried delightedly.
George smiled. It was good to see the little girl again, and it was good to see the two boys again.
"I say Fanny, where's good old Quentin?" asked the children's Father.
"In his office, he's writing a book about the 'Metaphysical Matters of The Unknown Worlds', in other words, the existence of Magical Beings." Explained Aunt Fanny, as George explained this in her own words.
"It's a dreadful bore," she said, "always having to be quiet, and do you know, Timmy isn't allowed in the house at day times!"
"Gosh! That's terrible!" enthused Dick.
"Any adventures for us this hols George?" asked Julian, he was looking forward to an adventure, if there was one.
"Well, I'm not sure actually." She began, "I was taking a walk down on the beach this morning and I saw a column of smoke coming from Kirrin Island. I thought that perhaps we could go and investigate tomorrow."
"I say! This is jolly exciting isn't it? There could be an adventure awaiting us on our Island!" Julian said.
"Of course, it may be nothing, just a steamer passing behind the island." Anne said rationally.
"That's what we said the last time," George said wisely, "and it was those horrid Stick's keeping that Jenny prisoner on the island. Do you remember?"
The others nodded, and Dick began to speak.
"Well all I can say is, if there is an adventure waiting for us on Kirrin Island, these hols are going to be Absolutely Spiffing!"
A/N How did you like it? Is it good? You can tall me what you think in that white box down there if you want. I know that there isn't much about the Hogwarts students yet, but in this part I thought it would be better to have more of The Famous Five to set the scene. Review, and you get the next part even quicker!
Little Witch