Chapter 6 Party Time
A/N this Chapter will really prove interesting. AS you know Amy set up a relay between her and Abigale Dursley with Lynda Malfoy in the middle. This chapter will show the actual beginning of the relay being utilized.
A Few days after Amy returned from her slightly unplanned weekend home with Hannah and Emily she was eating breakfast when a Barn Owl flew in with the armada of owls and flew over to her.
"So what's up Screech," Amy said as she greeted the owl. "Ah some mail. Is it from Lynda or relayed mail. Amy took a look at the large Parchment Envelope. Inside was two small envelopes. One marked Amy Potter c/o Lynda Malfoy, Malfoy Manor, London. The other was marked Hannah Williams c/o Lynda Malfoy, Malfoy Manor, London. Amy opened the envelope to find a card with a fancy clip art like picture on it. When Hannah sat down Amy handed her the other envelope.
Who Abigale and Joshua Dursley
What 10th Birthday Party
Where Dursley Residence Pentonville section of London.
When October 18th at 2PM.
RSVP and gave the phone number.
Hannah signaled that she had also received an invitation. Amy made note that it was a Thursday so they had Defense Against the Dark Arts that day. History was it's usual snore. Amy made sure she stayed on her dad's good side during class. After class she slipped up toward him as he went into his office.
"Dad, would it be a problem if Hannah and I went into London on the 18th. WE have a specific reason for going," Amy said as she slipped the birthday party invitation on his desk where he would see it.
"I'll have to check with McGonagall on this. How do you figure on getting to London?" Harry wondered.
"Floo Powder from home to either Lynda's or Diagon Alley and take a car from there. Probably come home the say way that night," Amy said. "After all I don't want to miss class the next day."
"I'll find time to talk to McGonagall. Amy, I'm going to work with Hannah for a little bit. I'll look for you in the Common Room later," Harry said.
Amy then ducked out only to get pelted by a water balloon. She looked up to find Peeves floating overhead.
"I should have known," Amy said. "Peeves get a life."
Peeves gave her a big raspberry. Two seconds later a towel flew into her face. She quickly wiped herself off.
"You looked like you needed one," Frank said.
"Thanks Mr. Connelly," Amy said. She then looked over to see Myrtle come floating up.
"What happened?" Myrtle wondered.
"I'll give you three guesses and the first two don't count," Amy said.
"Ugh," Myrtle said realizing it was Peeves. "So where to now?"
"Back to Gryffindor," Amy said.
As they were walking along Amy suddenly tripped and fell backwards. She looked up and saw Nastia looking down at her. By this time Nastia had one foot on Amy's chest.
"What do you want Boldegard?" Amy wondered.
"Oh nothing," Nastia said. "I've just had a bad day and felt like taking it out on somebody."
"Sixty Points from Slytherin," a voice said. Amy glanced up to find Sarah standing walking up along with Fran Talbot the Ravenclaw Prefect who helped her load her trunk onto the Hogwarts Express. Soon as Nastia was long gone Fran helped Amy up.
"Thanks Fran, Sarah, I wonder what else will happen to me between my dad's office and Gryffindor," Amy said. "Let's see so far Peeves has water bombed me and Nastia Boldegard has assaulted me. The only thing that could make it worst is if Hagrid was to step on me and crush me. Of course Hagrid is a friend so I doubt he would do that."
"How long have you known Hagrid?" Fran wondered.
"Seems like I've always known him. Him and Fang," Amy said.
"What did you bring for an animal?" Fran wondered.
"I didn't. I saw no reason to. I'm not a cat or toad lover and with my dad here I have access to his owl Hedwig," Amy said.
Amy soon arrived back at Gryffindor without further injury of humiliation. Geoff glanced up as she entered.
"Whoa what happened to you?" He asked.
"Peeves and Boldegard," Amy said.
"I see," Geoff said as Melanie Holmes walked up.
"Did you think to report either of them to your dad?" She asked.
"One of the Ravenclaw Prefects nailed Boldegard already. As for Peeves from little I've encountered him I doubt there is much my dad could do. According to Myrtle Peeves isn't welcome at my house. Thank the Lord of the Light," Amy said.
"You aren't severely hurt anywhere are you. The castle isn't best place to fall down?" Melanie wondered.
"I'm fine. After all I made it back here after Nastia tripped me," Amy said.
"If your sure. If it starts to hurt later then have a prefect assist you to the hospital wing," Melanie said.
"I will Melanie," Amy said.
Amy then worked her way upstairs to her room where she plopped herself down in a chair and started studying the chapters Hermione had assigned for Transfiguration the next day. She took a few notes on the material. She was so engrossed in her homework she didn't notice her cousin peek in a while later
"Amy, your dad is downstairs looking for you," Emily said.
"Thanks Em," Amy said.
"Man Amy, you looked like Hagrid had run you over into the lake when you walked in earlier," Emily observed as they walked back downstairs.
"Well I got water bombed by Peeves and tripped backwards onto my butt by Nastia Boldegard," Amy said. By this time the two girls were back in the Common Room. Harry was off in one corner.
"I spoke with McGonagall about the party invitations you and Hannah received. So long as you two are careful she will allow you two to go off that day to attend the party. There are two conditions though. One you don't make it a whole weekend affair by sneaking off the Friday Before. You will be allowed to depart the grounds at 11:30 that day to go to the Party and you are to be back in the castle by nine p.m. that night. No sleeping over at either Lynda's or the house. You are lucky and Hedwig is around so you can RSVP," Harry said. "Next Tuesday after you are done with classes for the day you can go into town and find appropriate gifts for Abigale and Joshua."
"Thanks Dad, I suppose I should send my RSVP," Amy said.
Hannah walked over.
"Hannah, we are go," Amy said.
The two girls then headed down to dinner since it was that time.
"So what do you get a witch and a wizard who don't know they are a witch and a wizard?" Hannah wondered.
"Well Money won't work since I don't know what Muggles use and they have no use yet for wizard money. Most of the gift type things in the shops are the kinds of things a person of magic would use not muggles," Amy said. "We'll probably end up getting something harmless like fudge from Honeydukes.
Josh walked up right then.
"Amy, I'm thinking of holding a practice session/team meeting on Tuesday at 4:15. You available then?"
"I should be," Amy said. "Just don't worry if I'm a little late."
Josh then headed off.
"Well if all we are going to is get fudge from Honeydukes that won't take long besides we can use the tunnel the whole way from school. If anything I should only be a little late for the meeting," Amy said.
"True. I'll try to think of something since I know what Muggle kids like," Hannah said.
Amy after Dinner went up to the Common Room from there went to her dorm. She grabbed a piece of Muggle Stationary
Dear Abigale and Joshua
Hannah and I will accept your invitation for your tenth birthday party.
Amy
Amy then folded the quick note and placed it in an envelope which she then addressed to Abigale. This went into a parchment envelope for Owl Posting to Lynda. When Amy reached the Common Room the Barn Owl was back.
"Amy, another letter from Lynda?" Emily called out.
Amy took the letter.
Amy
I'm mainly wondering if you are going to attend the party for Abigale and Joshua. I'm not sure why but I received an invitation myself. Let me know.
Lynda
Amy then took out a quill and dipped it in Emily's ink bottle and wrote a quick note.
Lynda
Yes I am going. Oh and could you drop the letter inside this envelope in the Muggle Post for me
Amy
Amy then handed the note and the envelope to Screech.
"Take these to Lynda," She said shortly before Screech headed off.
"What was in the envelope?" Julie wondered.
"A Letter for a cousin of mine whose birthday is coming up. She lives in a Muggle Household so I don't feel comfortable sending owls so Screech's owner puts them in the Muggle Postal System for me after I owl them to her," Amy said.
"Who does Screech belong to?" Julie wondered.
"Malfoy's the one family that everyone had dinner with that one night when we were in London. From what I head Mr. Malfoy used to be like Nastia is. Then he did something that caused him to be on friendly terms with my parents," Amy said.
"Yeah he saved Amy and her mother from the Dark Lord. I heard about the battle my first year here," Carla said from her seat over with some other seventh years. Amy then picked up on a bunch of older students talking about a Hogsmeade Weekend at the end of the month on October 31st.
"Oh man Wish I could go except I'd end up for sure with Detention if anyone saw me. They probably wouldn't even believe me if I said that I was slipping home to pick up something I had left there," Amy said.
Gina the prefect from the sixth years overheard part of Amy's complaint. She then made note of something. The Following night Amy saw one of the ghosts a girl named Ritala float over as Amy was sitting down to dinner.
"Amy, The Headmistress would like to see you when you finish with dinner. Simply go over to her office," Ritala said.
"Thanks," Amy said. "Why do I always seem to see you around the Astronomy Tower?"
"That's where I tend to hang out," Ritala said.
"Oh," Amy said. Soon as Dinner was over Amy collected Hannah and headed for McGonagall's office.
"Custard Creams," Amy said.
Unfortunately the Gargoyle didn't move.
"Great she changed the bloody password," Amy said. "If only I had my dad's old map but no he had to give it to the ministry."
A couple minutes later the Gargoyle was pushed aside by the Headmistress herself.
"Sorry Miss Potter I didn't realize you weren't aware of the new password or had a means to get it," McGonagall said.
Amy and Hannah then went upstairs with McGonagall.
"Amy, I received your application for a residency waiver as far as Hogsmeade went," McGonagall said.
Amy gave the headmistress a blank look since she had no idea what McGonagall was taking about.
"The waiver so you could freely go home on the weekends despite only being a first year if you so desired," McGonagall said.
"Oh that waiver, I must have forgotten putting in for it," Amy said so as to give McGonagall the hint that she knew what she was talking about despite having heard nothing about the waiver not even from her own father who was after all the Deputy Headmaster. "Will I still have to be discrete in my departures from the grounds when I use the waiver?"
"No you can freely leave via the gates from the school," McGonagall said.
"Professor, how would I accompany her since with my family living near London I'm not eligible for any waiver?" Hannah wondered. "At Professor Potter's orders I am supposed to be with her when she is outside the castle walls."
"A fact I am aware of Miss Williams since Professor Potter informed me of that fact last month. Each Student eligible for the waiver can specify two students who can accompany them who aren't eligible for the waiver," McGonagall said.
"Nuts would I put Geoff or my cousin down for the second name?" Amy wondered.
"IT's up to you," McGonagall said.
Amy and Hannah then left and headed back to the tower. Once there they headed for their dorm and did some studying. After probably an hour they heard a knock on the door to their dorm. Hannah walked over and opened it to find Melanie on the other side.
"Oh Hi Melanie," Amy said from her Four Poster.
"What did McGonagall want"" Melanie wondered.
"She was discussing my application for a residency waiver so I could go home on the weekends if I wanted to since my home is right in Hogsmeade," Amy said.
"I thought you already had the waiver since you went home last weekend," Melanie said.
"No I didn't. I sneaked out. I didn't even know about the waiver otherwise I would have put in for it before now," Amy said.
"Maybe your dad put in the application for you," Melanie said. "Besides they require proof that you in fact live in Hogsmeade before they will grant the waiver. A friend of mine our first year tried to pretend she lived in Hogsmeade only she was caught and was permanently banned from going there even now that she is eligible to go."
"He would have said something to me if not to Hannah since she is usually with me unless she has special training sessions," Amy said.
"Something is certainly up," Melanie said when Gina's voice was heard through the door.
"House Meeting everyone," Gina called through.
"OK Gina," Melanie called.
They then headed downstairs to find Harry standing in the Common Room by the Fireplace.
"OK First off I want to Apologize. Things were a little busy so we were unable to hold a house meeting last month like we were supposed to. I have a question first off for the First and Second Years. How many First and Second Year students have permanent residences in Hogsmeade?" Harry inquired.
Amy put her hand up even though Harry knew that. She noticed how Steve Margolis from the Quidditch Team and two other 2nd years also put their hands up. One Amy knew was Susan Colsworth a halfblood and the other was Barbara Bailey a Full blooded Witch.
"OK Amy I think you are all set. The reason I asked this question is if you live in Hogsmeade you can submit an application to request a waiver from the Headmistress so that you can go home on the weekends not just during official Hogsmeade Weekends. This should have been covered during the meeting last month. The First Hogsmeade weekend is October 31st and November 1st. The First Quidditch Game of the Year which is Gryffindor against Slytherin is on November 14th at 1100 in the Quidditch Pitch. Josh how would you rate the team this year?"
"Well Professor your status as the 2nd best Seeker Gryffindor ever had might be in danger since Theo is pretty good," Josh said. "But then the whole team is pretty good."
"That's good to know," Harry said. "Gryffindor is doing good as far as House Points go I don't have the current tally but there is always room for improvement. It is my hope that we will win the house cup at the end of the year by a healthy margin."
"We will Professor," Hillary Lewis said.
"I'm sure we will Miss Lewis," Harry said.
Harry held a round table discussion with the residents promising to discuss most of their concerns with Professor McGonagall. Amy had passed on Frank Connolly's idea for a Class on Wizard Politics and Government. Most of the Gryffindors liked the idea.
The next day Amy decided to hang around for a little while then She rounded up Hannah and Emily and headed towards the Forbidden Forest bound for Hagrid's house. When they arrived outside his door Amy knocked on it.
"Who is it?" Hagrid called out right before they heard something like a rush of air.
"It's Amy, Hannah, and Emily," Amy called out.
"Amy, I think you three are better off not stopping in right now I seem to have aaaaaaaaaccccccccchhhhhhhhhoooooooooooooooooo a cold," Hagrid said.
"You want me to send Madame Pomfrey over?" Amy inquired.
"Not right now," Hagrid said. "If you feel brave enough and being Gryffindors I assume you are you can take Fang for a walk."
Amy slipped in long enough to grab Hagrid's boarhound and the proper leash. She had a little trouble getting the leash on but she was soon successful.
"This is not how I pictured spending my weekend," Emily complained. "We could be in the Tower or the library studying but no we have to walk a dog."
"Emily, Hagrid has been a friend of the family since shortly before my dad started here eighteen years ago. With Hagrid sick we have to do something to help him," Amy pointed out.
"Hate to say it Em but Amy has a point. If one of us was stuck in the hospital wing I bet he would visit us at some point," Hannah said.
"Maybe Amy at least," Emily said. "Who knows about the rest of us."
"Well the three of us and Geoff are sort of close. Amy who did you end up putting down as the second person on your application?" Hannah wondered.
"I haven't. It's a hard decision to make. First I need to figure out how I could have put the application in if I don't recall doing it," Amy said.
"That is a mystery. Who would have had knowledge that you hadn't put in an application?" Hannah wondered.
"Well My dad for one since he forgot to hold a house meeting last month. Anyone over first year since the second years would have known about the program last year. Which would mean that someone was probably eavesdropping on our conversations," Amy said.
"The conversation night before last about the Hogsmeade Weekend when Amy was saying how if she was to have gotten caught she would have a hard time using the excuse of being in town because she left something at home. Especially with the tunnel," Hannah said. "Of course who ever caught us wouldn't necessarily know about the tunnel."
At that moment they spotted a familiar professor.
"Oh Hi dad, nice morning," Amy said.
"I'm on my way to see Hagrid," Harry said.
"He isn't feeling real well. We tried to stop in ourselves and got stuck walking this beast," Emily said.
"We were just discussing the waiver application. The first I heard of it was when McGonagall called me to her office to talk about it. She said she had received my application. One thing we were trying to figure out was since I can specify two non residents to accompany me who I would put down since Hannah would have to occupy one of the slots. It would leave someone left out," Amy said.
"Believe it or not the reason I suddenly recalled that I hadn't held the meeting was Gina Ray coming to me to discuss a complaint you had made about you not being believed if you had used the excuse of retrieving something from Home to explain away being in town during a Hogsmeade Weekend. I mentioned how part of it was you lacking a waiver. I then realized that I still had the pile of applications for this year. Gina disappeared with an application and I had assumed she had taken it to you. I then wrote a note to McGonagall explaining how since Hannah had to be with you that she be considered as part of your application separate of the two slots. In which case you shouldn't have a problem. The next morning I asked McGonagall if she had your application and she said yes it had been slipped under her office door the night before," Harry said.
"Here is the scenario I bet happened. I bet Gina instead of giving the application to Amy filled it out herself using Amy's name and then slipped it under McGonagall's door. Possibly while checking the castle for students who were out of bed without a plausible excuse. She probably didn't fill out the part about who would accompany Amy since she wouldn't have known who Amy would choose," Hannah said.
"Well the evidence is circumstantial but unfortunately it's the only evidence we have," Harry said.
"Would that make my application null and void though since I didn't submit it?" Amy wondered.
"That is a possibility," Harry said.
On investigation though it wasn't the case since When Amy spoke to McGonagall about it McGonagall looked at it and realized that it had never been signed so Amy quickly signed it and wrote down Geoffrey Adams and Emily Johnson-Weasley after it. Tuesday Amy and Hannah after Defense got out half an hour early headed for the Tunnel.
"Ghost is clear," Hannah joked as Amy spoke the password.
They then took the tunnel to the house.
"Hello Girls," Ginny said as she looked up from her seat at the dining room table where she was working on her latest textbook.
"Just passing through Mrs. Potter. See you in a few," Hannah said as they headed for the door. Their first stop was Honeydukes.
"OK I'll find some decent normal sounding fudge," Amy said. "You find something that looks muggle."
"You have any money with you?" Hannah asked.
"I have about ninety sickles on me. Every Friday after lunch since we started at Hogwarts I seem to find a small bag with some sickles in it on my bed. Should be more then enough," Amy said.
"That's like fifteen sickles a week or a little less then a galleon at least according to what I learned in Diagon Alley," Hannah said.
"Don't forget we used some money while in Diagon Alley. I spent practically every sickle I had when we were there except for a few knuts. Thankfully Geoff paid for our food at the Sundae shop," Amy said.
Ten minutes later they met up at the front of the shop. Amy had a kilo of Marbled Cheesecake Fudge as well as half a kilo of plain old Chocolate Fudge and Hannah was holding a small bag containing a familiar appearing confection.
"I'll disguise them inside a more muggle appearing bag before we wrap them," Hannah said.
"All this is together," Amy told the cashier. The cashier rang it up and it came out to 9 sickles and 5 knuts. After that they met up outside.
"OK we have twenty minutes to do some more shopping before we have to head back," Amy said.
"We'll come back Saturday and do some real looking around at like a Clothing place Twenty minutes won't be enough time," Hannah said.
"Good thinking when my dad hung the doing it today on us it was before I had permission to come and go as I please on the weekend," Amy said.
They decided to walk back to Hogwarts from above arriving there ten minutes before the meeting. Amy went in the locker room and changed into her robes.
"Ready for the meeting?" Carla asked as she came in and changed herself.
"Yes I am," Amy said.
They then headed for the main area of the Locker Room. Hannah was off to one side and Amy could see that Madame Conway was also in attendance.
"I'm here strictly as an observer," Madame Conway said.
They spent an hour on the meeting portion then they headed for the field. Hannah was carrying a Cleansweep 8.
"Miss Williams do you really need to be here?" Madame Conway wondered.
"Professor Potter's orders," Hannah said. "I'm to simply work the perimeter. Since Amy will be spending all her time in the air I'll probably fly around myself."
"My main concern is that the other team might think you were a player or that a referee would assume that and it could cost Gryffindor Points," Madame Conway informed her.
"By the time the first game is I will have special robes that would make me a little more obvious," Hannah said.
"The Bludgers are another matter," Madame Conway said. "What if a Bludger was to nail you."
Right then a Bludger had come towards the two chatting witches only for Steve to knock it out of the way toward some floating targets.
"That one kind of got away," He said.
"At least you caught it Mr. Margolis," Madame Conway said.
Practice went on for an hour and a half when Theo ended it by catching the snitch.
"That in my opinion marks a good end to a practice," Josh said. "Hannah, how often did you feel that you might get hit by a Bludger?"
"I think just the one time while talking to Madame Conway after that I took to the air and flew around. Cleansweeps don't have real good acceleration that is for sure," Hannah said.
"For Quidditch really you need something decent like a Nimbus or Firebolt series Broom there is supposed to be a new broom some sort of lightning series but I've never seen one in action," Josh said.
"I know Amy is looking to get a broom either for Christmas or her birthday," Hannah said. "Of course her birthday isn't until May."
"She chose a good broom for her position," Josh said. "Steve and I are going to do some Bludger work Friday Afternoon using the targets. The Bludgers sometimes get out of control so you might want to maybe drill with us. After all we might be able to arm you with a beaters club during games so you can knock the Bludgers aside if they get too close to you while you work the perimeter."
"That would probably be a good move. I'll have to make sure Myrtle can stick close to Amy during that time. Of course a lot of times Amy goes over to Hagrid's Hut on Friday afternoons," Hannah said.
"We'll have to see what happens. I'll discuss matters with Professor Potter and Madame Conway first," Josh said as Amy and Carla caught up.
"Things will work out," Amy said.
"I'm sure they will," Hannah said.
Friday after Herbology Amy left the greenhouse only to walk smack dab into a fairly large leg.
"So what's up Hagrid?" Amy wondered.
"I figured you might want an escort to my house," Hagrid said. "Hannah had something to do so she sent an owl to see if I could make sure you got to my house safely followed by back to the school if she isn't finished when you got ready to head back."
"She mentioned she was going to take part in a drill with Josh and Steve," Amy said.
Geoff and Emily joined them.
"Emily, you getting used to your situation?" Hagrid asked.
"I'm getting there Hagrid. Rita Skeeter didn't make it any easier by blabbing my dad's identity to the entire wizarding world. After all from what I found out of close to a thousand students maybe 650 to 700 of them get the Daily Prophet," Emily said.
"You might be interested in this article I found," Hagrid said.
Famed Prophet Reporter arrested
Rita Skeeter a well known reporter with the Daily Prophet was arrested by Ministry officials on charges of being an illegal animagus. These charges are based on an anonymous note sent to the paper by owl. Rita if she is acquitted of the charge will return but if not she will be dismissed. The Ministry of Magic has strict rules about Animagi for one thing you have to register with the Ministry so they will be able to identify you. Sirius Black is a former unregistered animagus but has since registered.
"This is good to see," Emily said. "I wonder if it was Professor Finch-Fletchley who turned her in?"
"Could have been I think she was a little steamed by the article. Man I think she woke up Professor Binns dead body with that shriek," Geoff said.
"She could very well have," Hagrid commented as Fluffy jumped up on Amy and gave her face a lick.
The first thing Hagrid did was set out the tea and some treacle fudge along with his special recipe rock cakes. Of course even as brave as Gryffindors are no Gryffindor is brave enough to eat Hagrid's rock cakes more then once.
Right before dinner the group headed for the castle they noticed Josh and the others also heading back.
"Well how did it go?"
"Those things are tough to control. A wand would almost be a better choice except according to Josh you can't use your wand during Quidditch on the balls, the opposing team, the crowd, or even the referee also the needed charm we won't learn until fourth year," Hannah told them.
"That makes the whole thing that much more interesting," Amy said.
"Emily, did you ever play Quidditch?" Josh wondered.
"I was never a real high class Quidditch player which is weird since my parents played for Gryffindor together. I tried to play for a couple years and gave up," Emily said.
"I can think of at least one world class Quidditch player who was magic born but never even heard of Quidditch before he was getting ready to start at Hogwarts," Josh said. "God from what I heard he was born to fly."
"That I was Mr. Arnold," a voice said as they were entering the castle.
"Professor, how did you know I was talking about you?" Josh wondered.
"It was next to obvious," the voice said.
"Hi dad," Amy said.
"Did everything go well at Hagrid's?" Harry wondered.
"AS usual we skipped the rock cakes," Amy said. "You would think he would have realized how his rock cakes are well rocks."
"About the only edible things he serves are tea and stuff from Honeydukes," Harry said. "How did your shopping go the other day?"
"We managed to go to Honeydukes and that's it. With the Quidditch Meeting we didn't have a lot of time," Amy said. "We'll probably finish it tomorrow."
"Just be careful," Harry said.
The next morning Amy and Hannah headed out shortly after breakfast. Their first stop was the three broomsticks.
"Morning Amy," Madame Rosmerta said.
"Morning Rosmerta," Amy said. "Much going on in town?"
"Just the usual. A few houses of suspected dark practitioners are being raided. Did you hear Rita Skeeter with the Daily Prophet was arrested for being an unregistered animagus?" Rosmerta asked.
"Hagrid clued Emily and I in yesterday," Amy said. "Hannah was drilling with the Beaters for Gryffindor."
"You two play Quidditch or something?" Rosmerta wondered. "I thought you were only a first year."
"Hogwarts Rule of Quidditch # 498 paragraph 2 line 5. Potters get to play as first years. Hannah doesn't play," Amy said.
Very funny Amy I happen to know that there is no such rule," Rosmerta said.
After they finished the pumpkin juice and hot chocolate they headed for the shops. Their first stop was a Magical Clothing Store. Amy had a rough idea of Abigale's measurements so she had the owner do up a set of plain black work robes without the Hogwarts Crest for Abigale. Hannah meanwhile found a nice bathrobe for Joshua.
The clothing came out to thirty sickles.
"Man Amy we are making out like Muggle Bandits," Hannah said.
"Let's see how Zonko's compares to My uncle's shop," Amy said.
They then headed for Zonko's Joke Shop. While some of the stock was similar to Fred and George's shop it lacked the finer items that Weasley Wizard Wheezies carried. About noon time they headed for Amy's house. Amy practically jumped out of her shoes when she saw who was at the house.
"Lynda, what brings you here?" Amy wondered. She also saw Harry there.
"I came to see if you wanted to come Tonight and we would go to the Party together," Lynda said.
"Our original plan was to Floo Powder from here to either your house or Diagon Alley and then proceed from there besides we left the other part of the present back in the dorm," Amy said.
"I brought the stuff from Honeydukes with me," Harry said.
"Oh," Amy said.
"I hope you have more then just wizard sweets planned," Harry said.
"Of course we do Professor," Hannah said.
"Those Robes you bought Abigale are simply missing one little thing," Harry said.
"That's because we decided to leave the Hogwarts Shield off the robes," Amy said after they showed off their purchases.
"Tell you what girls While you go back to School and get your things for the night I'll wrap the presents," Ginny said coming from the Kitchen.
"Lynda, you want to join us?" Amy wondered.
"Sure My dad isn't expecting me home until tonight," Lynda said.
They then headed back to school. Myrtle was floating around the Entrance Hall with a concerned look upon her face.
"Amy, where did you disappear to?" Myrtle wondered.
"I was in town doing some shopping," Amy said. "Why did something happen."
"Well There was a Mandatory Quidditch Meeting for all four teams and you weren't there," Myrtle said.
"No one told me about any meeting today," Amy said.
They then headed for the Common Room. Hannah blocked Lynda's ears as Amy gave the password.
"Hannah, grab sufficient Muggle clothes from our Armoire's and trunks while I see if I can find Josh and get things straightened out about the meeting I missed," Amy said.
Lynda decided to stay with Amy while she looked for Josh. Melanie spotted her.
"Amy, how did she get in here?" Melanie wondered.
"She is here visiting. She's a future student. Have you seen Josh around I need to talk to him," Amy said.
"He is upstairs in his Dormitory grabbing a shower," Melanie said.
Twenty minutes later he walked in down from his dormitory.
"Josh, Myrtle told me how I had missed a Quidditch meeting," Amy said.
"Yeah, Madame Conway was going over the Rules and so forth and letting us know what plays and strategies are allowed and not allowed. All stuff we all knew as it is. Carla took notes on everything for you. See her when you have a chance," Josh said.
Hannah walked down right then with two of the Backpacks that Lupin had given the 1st years who had gone on the London trip.
"Well you all ready for the Grand Expedition?" Hannah asked looking toward
"Just about Hannah," Amy said. "I just need to find Carla so I can some notes from the meeting."
"I wonder if those notes are the pile of parchment I found on your bed. I put them in your backpack," Hannah informed her.
"Let me see," Amy said.
She found the parchment in question and saw a few notations that Amy knew were Carla's way of doing shorthand.
"They must be it's in Carla's special code," Amy said.
"Lot of good they would be in that case," Lynda muttered.
"I know Carlaese so it isn't a problem," Amy said.
They then headed for the Entrance Hall and out the door. After a good long hike they arrived back at the Potter House.
"Everything go smoothly?" Ginny wondered.
"Well I missed a Quidditch Meeting that I didn't know about but Carla Emmons one of the Gryffindor Chasers took notes for me using her special code. One of the prefects was a little annoyed that Lynda had accompanied us to the Common Room," Amy said.
"If she tries to take points away for it I will simply state that You had my permission to take Lynda up to and inside the Common Room," Harry said.
Ginny glared a little at his statement.
"Professor Potter told me that if anyone asked me directly why I was in the common room that I was to tell them to see him only I wasn't asked directly," Lynda said.
About five thirty the girls headed for Malfoy Manor on the Floo network. Rinty was waiting outside the fireplace when they arrived.
"Would Amy Potter and Hannah Williams like me to take their bags upstairs?" Rinty wondered.
"Sure Rinty," Amy said.
Rinty then headed off. While everyone headed for the common area.
"Amy, how is everything going at Hogwarts?" Draco wondered.
"It's doing good Mr. Malfoy. WE brought Muggle clothes for the Party tomorrow since most of the Party guests will be Muggles our robes might stick out," Amy said.
"Did you bring your wands with you this time?" Draco wondered.
"Yes we did. WE wanted to be ready in case anything went wrong," Amy said.
"Be careful if you do have to use your wands since Ministry Wizards will probably have to do memory charms afterwards," Draco advised her.
"Important safety tip thanks Mr. Malfoy," Hannah said.
They ended up going out to the Leaky Cauldron that night. Neville managed to surprise them when he brought the bill.
"Yo Longbottom, you only charged us for three meals," Draco hollered.
"Amy's was on the house," Neville hollered back.
"Thanks Mr. Longbottom," Amy said.
The next day the girls hung around the manor and about 115 after Amy had read through practically the entire pile of parchment that was written in Carlaese and copied it into standard written English. A Ministry car was waiting to take the three girls to the Dursley residence. Abigale was waiting outside when the car pulled up.
"Amy, what's up?" Abigale wondered.
"Not much Abigale, Happy Birthday," Amy responded.
"Thanks Amy, Hannah how have you been?" Abigale wondered.
"I've been busy with classes at Eton?" Hannah said using the cover story from their earlier visit. "by the way this is our friend Lynda that acts as the relay between us."
"Oh Hi, I'm Abigale Dursley glad you could make it Lynda. Joshua is inside being a pain in the neck. Amy, just so you know most of the people who are coming are well normal," Abigale said.
"I figured as much," Amy said.
They girls then headed in. Joshua when Lynda walked in had this strange look on his face.
"Ah Hi, I'm Joshua," he said taking two minutes to introduce himself.
"I'm Lynda Malfoy a friend of Amy and Hannah's."
Fairly soon the other six guests four girls and two boys arrived. Hannah kept her mind open during the party games most of which she was familiar with even if she knew that Amy and Lynda would be lost having lived in the magical world since birth where as she was new to that world.
"Amy, you know any good party games?" A Chinese appearing girl asked at one point.
"Well most of the games I know wouldn't be appropriate in this setting," Amy said. After all they are games played at magical birthday parties.
"Too bad you couldn't get a magician to come and do a few tricks," one of the boys said.
"Come on Brian most of those tricks are fake as it is," Hannah said.
"How would you know?" Brian asked.
"Well I'm taking a course at Eton on the subject," Hannah said.
"One problem with that Hannah, My older brother goes to Eton and they don't have such a course there," a brown haired girl named Heather said.
"IT's a correspondence course," Hannah said. Taught over the Internet."
Amy signaled Hannah into a corner.
"Hate to say it but I think Heather has realized we don't attend Eton," Amy said.
"Well it was a rather flimsy story as it is," Hannah said. "After all Mr. Dursley I think saw right through it within a few minutes that first night."
They then headed off to rejoin the others. A paper airplane eventually came in an open window. One look at the airplane showed that it wasn't ordinary paper but parchment.
"Hannah Williams, you are authorized to do a couple small transfigurations FV," Joshua read.
OK which transfigurations to do. Oh man transfiguration is one of my worst subjects. Why did the Minister of Magic have to choose me to do the transfigurations. Amy is better then I am at that. Charms especially with the help that Amy's dad gave me is more my style.
"Hannah, relax. The simplest is the dowel into a needle transfiguration and according to Prof. Finch-Fletchley a piece of straw or even a match would work the same way," Amy said once they were back in their conference corner.
"Well that one at least I've mastered," Hannah said. "Mr. Dursley, would you happen to have a match on you? Don't worry I'm not planning on starting a fire."
Dudley reluctantly handed her a matchstick.
"Ok as you can see I've got nothing up my sleeves let see pockets are empty. Now watch as I turn this matchstick into a needle," Hannah said. She then reached into her pocket and felt for her wand pulling it out. She then touched her wand to the needle and spoke the proper spell. Suddenly it was a perfect needle suitable for sewing. "Here you go Mrs. Dursley," She said as she handed Joshua and Abigale's mom the needle.
"That was some trick Hannah," Brian said. "Would I be able to do that trick?"
"My guess not. I've had some training in this sort of thing so I suggest you not try it at home," Hannah said. Besides the detection spell Prof. Potter taught me only registers myself, Lynda, Amy, Mrs. Dursley, Abigale, and Joshua as being magical.
"I needed a new needle as it is," Mrs. Dursley said.
"Amy, you know many good tricks?" Heather wondered.
"Sorry but stuff like that isn't my cup of tea," Amy said. Even if I am a little advanced in transfiguration since I've been reading ahead in the guide
"No problem," Heather said. Oh man why did I have to born a squib with no powers what so ever. While my brother Tom is at Hogwarts a school I will never get to attend. If it wasn't for that I wouldn't have seen through your little masquerade. After all my brother sent me an owl about the famed Amy Potter being on the Quidditch Team.
Right then Mrs. Dursley brought in the cake complete with candles. Naturally it consisted of one common item in Wizard cooking not to mention in any kids diet chocolate. It was a chocolate 3 layer about fourteen inches in diameter cake with white frosting that seemed to almost taste like chocolate.
"In case anyone is wondering the frosting is White Chocolate," Mrs. Dursley said. After everyone has taken a bite of the cake.
"Should have known," Hannah commented.
After the cake was out of the way the presents came out. Abigale couldn't resist opening her present from Amy first. She found the Robes to be quite interesting.
"Very funny Amy," Abigale said.
"Well this way you have them in case you want to go as a witch for Halloween," Amy said. Hopefully they will still fit come next fall when you start at Hogwarts.
Joshua meanwhile opened his gift from Brian first.
When the twins opened the fudge from Honeydukes along with the Every Flavor Beans Heather tried to disguise her annoyance at the food.
That cheater got those from Honeydukes in Hogsmeade the stupid git those are probably Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans disguised as muggle jelly beans.
Thankfully the party managed to continue without difficulty. Josh was amazed at the sight of his Bathrobe.
"To be honest my old one was getting a little ratty," Joshua said.
Most of their gifts had consisted of clothes. As everyone was leaving Heather called out to Amy and Hannah.
"Amy, you or Hannah say hi to my brother for you," She said.
"Who is your brother?" Hannah wondered.
"Tom Blackwell," Heather said.
Amy found the whole exchange weird.
"Interesting that Heather said her brother went to Eton like we tried to claim yet her brother has the same name as a student at Hogwarts," Amy said. Soon as they got to the Manor Amy and Hannah gathered up their stuff and headed for the Fireplace taking it to Amy's house. Ginny was waiting by the fireplace when they arrived.
"Well how did it go?" Ginny wondered.
"It went pretty good. We managed not to do anything too drastic to anyone," Amy said. "We figured on heading right back."
"No Problem," Ginny said.
They then headed for the Outside and headed off to Hogwarts as they were walking along a Carriage pulled up that had been heading in the other direction.
"Amy, Hannah hop in," Dobby called out.
"You were headed off to pick us up at the house weren't you Dobby?" Hannah asked.
"Well yeah," Dobby said.
He had them quickly at the front entrance. Myrtle was waiting in the Entrance Hall for them.
"Hannah, you see if you can find my dad and file report while I go talk to Tom," Amy said.
Amy with Myrtle next to her then headed for the Common Room. Dobby had accepted Hannah's backpack.
"Amy, how did things go in London?" Tom asked soon as she entered the common room.
"Tom by chance do you have a sister about that age?" Amy asked him.
"Yeah Heather only she was born a squib. Was she at the party or something?" Tom asked her.
"Yeah she was and she seemed to give Hannah and I the cold shoulder," Amy said. "Almost as if she knew the truth about Hannah and I being witches."
"Which she would have being my sister," Tom commented. "Did you manage to decipher the notes Carla took for you?"
"Yeah she helped me one day with Binns class and taught me her code at that time. I managed to copy them over into normal written English," Amy said. "Myrtle, take the info that Tom just told be to Hannah check my dad's Office first for her.
