Chapter 3
Meet the Girls
At long last August 29th arrived, and the Krum family was packing for their trip to London, England. Samantha had memorized Dumbldore's full title by now and was resiting it as though preparing for an exam. Little Emily had refused flat out to take off her bathing suit as Mrs. Krum chased her with a pair of yellow stretch pants, screaming down the hall for Mr. Krum to find Jack's shoes.
Shayna shut the door to her room and turned on the radio. If there was one thing she liked about the muggle world it was the music. She pulled a large black trunk with silver fastenings out of her closet and began to load it with her belongings.
Her black robes went first, she wasn't in need of new ones. Next was her book bag and her diary. On top of this she placed a beautiful, wonderful, firebolt. This was one of those mysteries in life, where you knew the answer but you could never prove it. Being an under aged Witch and a P.D.W. she didn't have much money, but low and behold last christmas it lie at the end of her bed with her smaller gifts. There was no name on the card it only read:

You are a born Chaser, the Slytherins would do well to let you play.
Shayna strongly suspected it had come from Severus.
She walked over to an old desk were a small glass aquarium sat. Inside of this was a small green rather jittery garter snake. She pressed her nose to the glass and smiled. "Box time Salazar" The snake recoiled "I refussse" it hissed in a proper British accent "It isss degrading to treat me asss though I am your toy or little doggy" "You are my pet." she hissed back "I most ccertainly am not! I am your friend and confident Sssalazzzar L. Ssslytherin."
Shayna reached into the aquarium and grabbed him around the belly. "I feed you I clean you tanks, and I say you're going in the box. If you're real good I'll let you out on the train." The snake sighed as she closed the box and set in the trunk. "You owe me young lady." Shayna would never understand how she'd ended up with a snake like him. He must have grown up in a palace or something. He was so unbearably proper.
The dorr suddenly flung open and Samantha stood as tall as her 5 foot frame would allow her. "It is time to go the Hogwarts School of witch craft and wizardry, run by Headmaster Albus Dumbldore; Order of Merlin 1st Class, Grand Sorcerer, Chief Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, of the international confederation of wizards. Hey what is a mugwump anyways?" Shayna blinked at her as though her stupidity was beyond anything she'd ever dreamed. "Go kiss a were-wolf." she said at last
A large ford van pulled away from Surry Oak Dr. "Gooby house, gooby cat" Emily said waving
"Can I have a granola bar?" Jack asked
"No, they're for the plane ride."
"Gooby flowers gooby friend Lisa."
Dad next year maybe I can fly us to London." Sammi said proudly
"You can't it's illegal. And a first year couldn't manage that anyways." Shayna told her
"Watch me."
"Gooby bathroom gooby computer."
"Daddy will you buy me an owl?"
"Maybe dear."
"I want an owl!"
"You can't have one because you're a muttel."
"It's called a muggle."
"Gooby doors.'
"Mom Jack hit me!"
"Nuh uh, she hit me first!"
"Gooby shoes gooby TV."
Some were between "Gooby carpet" and "welcome to London ladies and gentlemen" Shayna was sure she'd be in Azkaban for murder very shortly.

The next day Shayna was leading the whole Krum family through the streets of London. "Now first we'll go to Gringots, that's the bank, and we'll get the money changed." "I already did" Eric interrupted holding out a bunch of notes "see pounds." Shayna laughed "Your muggle money's no good we need galleons. Anyway I'm meeting some people at 10 so i'll just take my cash and split."
"Daddy" Samantha interrupted reading down her list "Shayna can have a broom and I can't that's not fair!" "I'm NOT buying you a broom stick girl" he roared "We're on a budget." "I already have the best broom on the market" Shayna said through gritted teeth, who did Samantha think she was? "and we're here." "Where?" Wenny asked looking about "right there between the book store and the record shop." "Well" Mr. Krum said blinking "If you hadn't pointed it out I never would have seen it."
An hour latter Shayna was on her way to meet the girls in the Leaky Cauldron. It wouldn't have taken as long if Wenny hadn't tried to convert that group of elderly witches. And if little Emily hadn't prodded that goblin at the gate. She shook her head, how did those genes ever produce magic she asked herself as she walked through the door.
In the dimly lit pub were a vast array of magical people. Tom the bartender was looking more then a little tired. and over in the corner sat her friends.
Her best friends Jessica Wilde, whom everyone knew as Jes. She had thin auburn hair and large hazel eyes. All her features were wonderfully exaggerated, and Shayna was always wish she looked like her. She was defiantly the flirt of the group, she would have been a prefect ahd she not been caught outside of the common room at 1 in the morning, making out.
Sitting next to her was Amber Malfoy. Amber was the reserve seeker for her half brother Draco, and the tomboy of the group. She and Jes never really got along and even now looked upset with the seating arrangements.
And then there was Selphie the gossip Queen. If her almond brown eyes saw anything strange, or her rather pointy ears heard anything vaguely interesting she'd blab it in an instant to all who would listen.
This left Shayna as the trouble maker. God only knows how she became a prefect, though the whole thing smelled strongly of Severus. She was always the one to think up a plan that would get them all detention. She was the one writing stories rather then taking notes in class. Shayna felt like the ugly duckling. The others were all so pretty, but she just scrawny, never breaking 100lbs no matter how much she ate.
"Oh my god you guys!" Jes cried over the murmur of the people in the pub "Look at that sexy Shayna girl!" The others laughed as Shayna blushed and ran over to them. They rose from their seats. "It's about time." Alana told her "You're 20 minuets late." "Sorry" Shayna explained "I came with the muggles. Their oldest got a letter."