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To all those who are asking me to write more: I've got 11 chapters finished and I'm working on the ending. But there's a gap between them and at the moment and I'm finding it hard to fill it. But hopefully by the time you guys get to chap.11 I will have completed it!
I was going to space out the chapters (e.g. weekly instalments) but I wanna got the rubbish ones out of the way! So on with chapter 2…
2 Chapter 2 – The Muggle at Hogwarts
'You're a muggle?!' Amber asked stunned, while Karen walked through the door and up a small and narrow staircase.
'I thought Albus told you?' Came her voice from the room above.
'No!' Amber had a hint of anger in her voice. She followed up the stairs. Karen was looking around her bedroom with the same awe as she did her office. Her room was the exact same size and shape as her office, but it had a huge four-poster bed with deep red drapes all around it in the middle of the room and a wardrobe and chest of drawers at the side. 'So that's what Albus meant,'
'What's the matter? You're not one of these people that are against muggles, are you?'
'No. I'm just surprised Albus never said anything. I wonder if the other teachers know?…' Amber pondered on this thought for a minute when another one came shooting into her head. 'How did you find out about us? Are your parents magical?'
'Nope,' said Karen sitting on her bed emptying her belongs over it. She looked up at Amber who was just standing staring at her. 'If you stop freaking out I'll tell you why and how I'm here.' It was Karen's turn to get Amber's full attention back. Amber sat at the bottom of Karen's bed, as there were no chairs in her room. 'It was five years ago…' Amber looked immediately gripped, Karen raised her left eyebrow at Amber's behaviour and continued. '…I was on holiday with my family and we went out for a drive in the countryside. My Dads a good driver and knows loads of cool country lanes to drive about in, but we were somewhere he hadn't been before. The car suddenly cut out and Dad said it was something to do with the electrics.' At the mention of "electrics" Amber got all excited again. 'A- hem!' Karen coughed. 'Anyway, Mum and Dad went to find a phone box and me and my brother waited by the car but I got bored and went off for a walk…'
'As you do!' Amber butted in.
'…Yes,' Karen said rolling her eyes, '…as you do, my brother told me not to, but off I went. I walked though this field and saw something very peculiar. It looked like someone on a broomstick! It looked like a young boy. I presumed it was a boy 'cause he had short hair. I watched him totally glued to the spot, I wasn't scared, my mind was racing, I was asking myself "how is he doing that?" When he suddenly jolted, and hurtled down to the ground. I heard a loud thud and saw a bunch of leaves and twigs fly up into the air. I ran to the spot where he landed and saw a ginger boy a year or so older than me. He was moving about in the bush, entwined with the branches of it and cursing the broom. He stopped suddenly and looked up at me. I said, "You ok?" He just said "m, m, muggle!" I thought he was dazed by the fall and tried to help him up. He started stressing, going "oh my god! Muggle! Muggle!" I said, "what's a muggle?" and he shouted "YOU!" I helped him up and asked where he lived but he ignored me and said, "I better show my parents". I couldn't get any sense out of him as we walked across the field. A rickety old house appeared in the distance with a sign saying "The Weasleys" I asked him if that was his name and he nodded, so I knew he wasn't completely nuts!'
'Why did you go with him?' Amber asked.
'I wanted to make sure he was ok… and find out what was going on. He knocked on the front door and a woman, who turned out to be his Mum, opened the door. He just said "muggle" and pointed to me. She looked well scared, pulled him in and shut the door in my face. I could hear shouting so I was about to get out of there when the door opened and his Mum was there smiling she welcomed me in, just then I saw an owl fly out of a window in the top of their house. She didn't say too much to me but offered me a cup of tea and biscuits. I sat in their front room for about half an hour when a man in posh robes came in. He was Barty Crouch, from the Ministry of Magic. Mrs Weasley, Mr Weasley, who just came in, and Barty Crouch were all discussing things about me but half the time I didn't have a clue what they were talking about. Eventually Crouch turned to me and explained it all. He said he would have done a memory charm on me but because I'd seen too much it would wipe my memory entirely! So he made me sign an agreement of secrecy, which I did. I couldn't believe it at first, but after talking with the Weasleys it all became real. Their house, jobs, transport, just their way of life was completely astounding. Then I asked about the broomstick, I love flying, always have done. The only way we can fly is in aeroplanes.'
'I've always wanted to go on one of them!' Amber dreamed.
'They're nothing compared with broomsticks, I can assure you that! Back to the story, the boy I saw was Charlie Weasley one of the Weasley's seven kids! Because of my curiosity with flying he let me have a go on his broomstick. I loved it! I took to it like a duck to water. Barty Crouch saw me flying past the windows and was really impressed. He told me he was going to talk to Ludo Bagman who would get me a broom and Quidditch lessons, because he thought I'd make a good chaser... Well, I'm going on a bit but I got a place with the Wimbourne Wasps, nothing major, I never played for the first team, but I did play with the reserves. I started helping to train the youth team and really enjoyed that. After Madam Hooch gave up her job here I saw Albus' article for a new teacher in the Daily Prophet and went for the job. I got it. The end.'
'Amazing,' Amber said. 'What did Albus say when you said that you're a muggle?'
'He already knew. Only the top wizards know about me. No one at Wimbourne knew. I think Albus wants to keep it from the students,'
'Yeah, I don't blame him, it'd get around the whole world in… hmm… bout five minutes!!!'
'Ha-ha!' Karen chuckled. Amber spotted a still picture of some people.
'Are they your family?'
'Yeah,' Karen said picking up the picture.
'Do they know?'
'No. I'm not allowed to tell them,' Karen looked at the picture sadly, 'Barty Crouch said it would be too dangerous. I wish I could though. Its not like they'd go round telling everyone,'
'Where do they think you are then?'
'They think I'm an Art teacher at Ivydale boarding school,'
'It's tough on you then? Lying to them all the time,'
'Yeah, it ain't easy,' Karen suddenly perked up, 'Anyway, enough of the sadness, what time is the feast tonight?'
'I'll come and get you at 6.30pm, you probably won't be able to find the Great Hall on your own yet!'
'Ok,'
'I'll leave you to it, I better get my own stuff sorted, see you later. Oh, you've got a bathroom in there,' Amber pointed to the wall. Karen looked at her like she was crazy. Amber walked over to where she pointed and touched a brick with a distinctive crack in it and a doorway appeared. Karen looked through it and could see a shiny, clean, white, tiled bathroom.
'Cheers Amber, see you later,' Amber walked to the door. 'Amber!'
'Yeah,' she turned back.
'If you see Severus, tell him I said hi,'
'Ha! Alright then,' Amber smiled and walked out of Karen's room.
'How am I supposed to close that thing?' Karen said to herself looking at the bathroom.
Special thanks:
Weird
Maeleana
Chibi neko
Xenia
Secret keeper
To all those who are asking me to write more: I've got 11 chapters finished and I'm working on the ending. But there's a gap between them and at the moment and I'm finding it hard to fill it. But hopefully by the time you guys get to chap.11 I will have completed it!
I was going to space out the chapters (e.g. weekly instalments) but I wanna got the rubbish ones out of the way! So on with chapter 2…
2 Chapter 2 – The Muggle at Hogwarts
'You're a muggle?!' Amber asked stunned, while Karen walked through the door and up a small and narrow staircase.
'I thought Albus told you?' Came her voice from the room above.
'No!' Amber had a hint of anger in her voice. She followed up the stairs. Karen was looking around her bedroom with the same awe as she did her office. Her room was the exact same size and shape as her office, but it had a huge four-poster bed with deep red drapes all around it in the middle of the room and a wardrobe and chest of drawers at the side. 'So that's what Albus meant,'
'What's the matter? You're not one of these people that are against muggles, are you?'
'No. I'm just surprised Albus never said anything. I wonder if the other teachers know?…' Amber pondered on this thought for a minute when another one came shooting into her head. 'How did you find out about us? Are your parents magical?'
'Nope,' said Karen sitting on her bed emptying her belongs over it. She looked up at Amber who was just standing staring at her. 'If you stop freaking out I'll tell you why and how I'm here.' It was Karen's turn to get Amber's full attention back. Amber sat at the bottom of Karen's bed, as there were no chairs in her room. 'It was five years ago…' Amber looked immediately gripped, Karen raised her left eyebrow at Amber's behaviour and continued. '…I was on holiday with my family and we went out for a drive in the countryside. My Dads a good driver and knows loads of cool country lanes to drive about in, but we were somewhere he hadn't been before. The car suddenly cut out and Dad said it was something to do with the electrics.' At the mention of "electrics" Amber got all excited again. 'A- hem!' Karen coughed. 'Anyway, Mum and Dad went to find a phone box and me and my brother waited by the car but I got bored and went off for a walk…'
'As you do!' Amber butted in.
'…Yes,' Karen said rolling her eyes, '…as you do, my brother told me not to, but off I went. I walked though this field and saw something very peculiar. It looked like someone on a broomstick! It looked like a young boy. I presumed it was a boy 'cause he had short hair. I watched him totally glued to the spot, I wasn't scared, my mind was racing, I was asking myself "how is he doing that?" When he suddenly jolted, and hurtled down to the ground. I heard a loud thud and saw a bunch of leaves and twigs fly up into the air. I ran to the spot where he landed and saw a ginger boy a year or so older than me. He was moving about in the bush, entwined with the branches of it and cursing the broom. He stopped suddenly and looked up at me. I said, "You ok?" He just said "m, m, muggle!" I thought he was dazed by the fall and tried to help him up. He started stressing, going "oh my god! Muggle! Muggle!" I said, "what's a muggle?" and he shouted "YOU!" I helped him up and asked where he lived but he ignored me and said, "I better show my parents". I couldn't get any sense out of him as we walked across the field. A rickety old house appeared in the distance with a sign saying "The Weasleys" I asked him if that was his name and he nodded, so I knew he wasn't completely nuts!'
'Why did you go with him?' Amber asked.
'I wanted to make sure he was ok… and find out what was going on. He knocked on the front door and a woman, who turned out to be his Mum, opened the door. He just said "muggle" and pointed to me. She looked well scared, pulled him in and shut the door in my face. I could hear shouting so I was about to get out of there when the door opened and his Mum was there smiling she welcomed me in, just then I saw an owl fly out of a window in the top of their house. She didn't say too much to me but offered me a cup of tea and biscuits. I sat in their front room for about half an hour when a man in posh robes came in. He was Barty Crouch, from the Ministry of Magic. Mrs Weasley, Mr Weasley, who just came in, and Barty Crouch were all discussing things about me but half the time I didn't have a clue what they were talking about. Eventually Crouch turned to me and explained it all. He said he would have done a memory charm on me but because I'd seen too much it would wipe my memory entirely! So he made me sign an agreement of secrecy, which I did. I couldn't believe it at first, but after talking with the Weasleys it all became real. Their house, jobs, transport, just their way of life was completely astounding. Then I asked about the broomstick, I love flying, always have done. The only way we can fly is in aeroplanes.'
'I've always wanted to go on one of them!' Amber dreamed.
'They're nothing compared with broomsticks, I can assure you that! Back to the story, the boy I saw was Charlie Weasley one of the Weasley's seven kids! Because of my curiosity with flying he let me have a go on his broomstick. I loved it! I took to it like a duck to water. Barty Crouch saw me flying past the windows and was really impressed. He told me he was going to talk to Ludo Bagman who would get me a broom and Quidditch lessons, because he thought I'd make a good chaser... Well, I'm going on a bit but I got a place with the Wimbourne Wasps, nothing major, I never played for the first team, but I did play with the reserves. I started helping to train the youth team and really enjoyed that. After Madam Hooch gave up her job here I saw Albus' article for a new teacher in the Daily Prophet and went for the job. I got it. The end.'
'Amazing,' Amber said. 'What did Albus say when you said that you're a muggle?'
'He already knew. Only the top wizards know about me. No one at Wimbourne knew. I think Albus wants to keep it from the students,'
'Yeah, I don't blame him, it'd get around the whole world in… hmm… bout five minutes!!!'
'Ha-ha!' Karen chuckled. Amber spotted a still picture of some people.
'Are they your family?'
'Yeah,' Karen said picking up the picture.
'Do they know?'
'No. I'm not allowed to tell them,' Karen looked at the picture sadly, 'Barty Crouch said it would be too dangerous. I wish I could though. Its not like they'd go round telling everyone,'
'Where do they think you are then?'
'They think I'm an Art teacher at Ivydale boarding school,'
'It's tough on you then? Lying to them all the time,'
'Yeah, it ain't easy,' Karen suddenly perked up, 'Anyway, enough of the sadness, what time is the feast tonight?'
'I'll come and get you at 6.30pm, you probably won't be able to find the Great Hall on your own yet!'
'Ok,'
'I'll leave you to it, I better get my own stuff sorted, see you later. Oh, you've got a bathroom in there,' Amber pointed to the wall. Karen looked at her like she was crazy. Amber walked over to where she pointed and touched a brick with a distinctive crack in it and a doorway appeared. Karen looked through it and could see a shiny, clean, white, tiled bathroom.
'Cheers Amber, see you later,' Amber walked to the door. 'Amber!'
'Yeah,' she turned back.
'If you see Severus, tell him I said hi,'
'Ha! Alright then,' Amber smiled and walked out of Karen's room.
'How am I supposed to close that thing?' Karen said to herself looking at the bathroom.
Special thanks:
Weird
Maeleana
Chibi neko
Xenia
Secret keeper