"Marissa! Wake up!We're here!"yelled Gavin shaking his sister furiously.
Her eyelids snapped open to find her brother cowering over her.
"Do you have to be such a pest?"
"O come on. You know you love me."He smiled his devious smile and then jumped over her into the isle. Marissa quickly gathered up her things and made her way through the plane and down to the tarmack. Once her feet were on solid ground, she peered into the crowd looking for her aunt.
"Marissa! Gavin! Over here kids!" Marissa turned into the direction of her aunt's voice. There she stood in the crowd, all her beads and bangles clanging together and she waved her arm furiously at them. Her aunt Flo was the spitting image of her mother:they were twins. Although the fact that they were twins didn't stop them from being two completely different people.
Aunt Flo was the troublemaker of the two, always getting herself into mischief because of her stubborness. She was also the more outgoing and eccentric of the two, always wearing tremendous amounts of jewelry and brightly colored clothing when she wasn't in the wizarding world wearing her black robes. Marissa and Gavin loved staying with their aunt Flo in London. It was always so much fun with her around.
Gavin quickly darted over to his aunt, while Marissa tried to keep up.
"Hey! Here are my pals! Heavens, you both have gotten so tall. Well, let's move along now. We'll need to pickup your luggage and then make a quick stop at the jewelers before heading home."
They made their way to the luggage carousel and then loaded the car. They pulled out onto the highway.
"Why don't you say we let the top down kids." Marissa could feel the wind flowing past them as her aunt let the top down to her 1969 hot pink Chevy convertible.
"Aunt Flo? Haven't you ever considered getting a new car? In a less...flashy color?"asked Gavin pulling his visor down over his eyes.
"What? And get rid of Pinky? Never! Besides, I don't think the color is too flashy. Maybe it stands out a little but I wouldn't call it flashy. Would you say it's flashy dear?"
"Actually, I love the color Aunt Flo,"said Marissa smiling over at her aunt. There's one thing she loved about her aunt and her mother that they both had in common. Their British accents.
They moved off the highway and were suddenly parked in front a small jewelry store in their aunt's town.
"Alright kids. I just need to pick something up. I'll be out in a bit."Flo disappeared into the shop and then emerged shortly after with a small bag. She pulled out a ring with "FLO" spelled out in diamonds.
"Had it custom made,"she said slipping it onto her finger and holding up her hand to admire it. "Well, they do say diamonds are a girl's best friend." She started the car once again and sped off towards her home.
Aunt Flo lived on Maple Lane in London. Her house looks like a small quaint cottage overwhelmed by lawn decorations. They unloaded their luggage and dragged it all into the house. The living room and everything else inside was just as they had remembered it. Colorful and filled with various items from all her travels. Their aunt was a reporter for the Daily Prophet, a popular wizarding newspaper and was often sent around the world to follow stories.
"Before you two get settled in your rooms I have a special surprise,"she turned and took something out of a small vase on the mantleplace behind her. "The Prophet asked me to do a coverage of the Quidditch World Cup so I have in my hands 3 box seat tickets, 2 extra for my special VIP guests!"
"Sweet! Box seats!"yelled Gavin grabbing his ticket and dancing around the room.
"O my God! Are you serious?! This is awsome!"Marissa grabbed her ticket and ran upstairs yelling a quick "thanks" to her aunt. Marissa's room was actually a small loft in the attic. She climbed the narrow staircase, reaching the attic door and then making a sharp left turn to her room. She walked in to find everything as they way she had left it last summer before leaving for Hogwarts.
The loft was half the size of her old room. Her twin bed was pushed against the left wall. Next to that was her small nightstand and next to that was her reading window, with a small hidden compartment underneath the bench. Her trunk had already been brought up, probably apparated by her aunt. She went over to the desk to write a quick note to her friends, Fred and George Weasley.
Dear Fred and George, I just arrived at my aunt's house. Guess what? She got us box seats to the Quidditch World Cup! Isn't that great? Are you guys going to the cup? I won first place for the Surf America competition I told you about. I'm bringing my album to school. I'll show you on the train. Anyways, gotta go. Going to Diagon for school supplies tomorrow. Write back soon. Love Always, Marissa
She quickly folded up the letter and tied it to Destiny's leg.
"Take it to Fred and George Weasley please."Destiny nipped Marissa's fingers lightly and then flew out through the open window. She began to unpack her things, sorting out all her homework and shaking out all her school robes and frowning at her itchy gray uniform skirt. She hung up all her clothes in the closet and was about to open up her secret compartment when an owl came swooping down and landed on her bed. She recognized it as a Hogwarts owl.
"Thanks."She said untying the letter and sending the bird back out into the sky. Concealed in the envelope were several pieces of parchment listing her school supplies as well as a welcome back letter from Professor Dumbledore. When she was done reading she stuffed them all back in the envelope. She headed over to the window and tapped a panel of wood on the bench to open her secret compartment. The board came off easily and she began to empty out the contents. There was a poster of the Weird Sisters, one of her favorite bands, several books on various Quidditch teams, a photo album, a magical sketch pad and artset and a small box of dungbombs and other items bought at Zonko's joke shop from her last trip to Hogsmeade.
She returned everything back to the compartment, except for the photo album. She had never seen this one before. She put the board back in it place and went downstairs to find her aunt...
"Do you have to be such a pest?"
"O come on. You know you love me."He smiled his devious smile and then jumped over her into the isle. Marissa quickly gathered up her things and made her way through the plane and down to the tarmack. Once her feet were on solid ground, she peered into the crowd looking for her aunt.
"Marissa! Gavin! Over here kids!" Marissa turned into the direction of her aunt's voice. There she stood in the crowd, all her beads and bangles clanging together and she waved her arm furiously at them. Her aunt Flo was the spitting image of her mother:they were twins. Although the fact that they were twins didn't stop them from being two completely different people.
Aunt Flo was the troublemaker of the two, always getting herself into mischief because of her stubborness. She was also the more outgoing and eccentric of the two, always wearing tremendous amounts of jewelry and brightly colored clothing when she wasn't in the wizarding world wearing her black robes. Marissa and Gavin loved staying with their aunt Flo in London. It was always so much fun with her around.
Gavin quickly darted over to his aunt, while Marissa tried to keep up.
"Hey! Here are my pals! Heavens, you both have gotten so tall. Well, let's move along now. We'll need to pickup your luggage and then make a quick stop at the jewelers before heading home."
They made their way to the luggage carousel and then loaded the car. They pulled out onto the highway.
"Why don't you say we let the top down kids." Marissa could feel the wind flowing past them as her aunt let the top down to her 1969 hot pink Chevy convertible.
"Aunt Flo? Haven't you ever considered getting a new car? In a less...flashy color?"asked Gavin pulling his visor down over his eyes.
"What? And get rid of Pinky? Never! Besides, I don't think the color is too flashy. Maybe it stands out a little but I wouldn't call it flashy. Would you say it's flashy dear?"
"Actually, I love the color Aunt Flo,"said Marissa smiling over at her aunt. There's one thing she loved about her aunt and her mother that they both had in common. Their British accents.
They moved off the highway and were suddenly parked in front a small jewelry store in their aunt's town.
"Alright kids. I just need to pick something up. I'll be out in a bit."Flo disappeared into the shop and then emerged shortly after with a small bag. She pulled out a ring with "FLO" spelled out in diamonds.
"Had it custom made,"she said slipping it onto her finger and holding up her hand to admire it. "Well, they do say diamonds are a girl's best friend." She started the car once again and sped off towards her home.
Aunt Flo lived on Maple Lane in London. Her house looks like a small quaint cottage overwhelmed by lawn decorations. They unloaded their luggage and dragged it all into the house. The living room and everything else inside was just as they had remembered it. Colorful and filled with various items from all her travels. Their aunt was a reporter for the Daily Prophet, a popular wizarding newspaper and was often sent around the world to follow stories.
"Before you two get settled in your rooms I have a special surprise,"she turned and took something out of a small vase on the mantleplace behind her. "The Prophet asked me to do a coverage of the Quidditch World Cup so I have in my hands 3 box seat tickets, 2 extra for my special VIP guests!"
"Sweet! Box seats!"yelled Gavin grabbing his ticket and dancing around the room.
"O my God! Are you serious?! This is awsome!"Marissa grabbed her ticket and ran upstairs yelling a quick "thanks" to her aunt. Marissa's room was actually a small loft in the attic. She climbed the narrow staircase, reaching the attic door and then making a sharp left turn to her room. She walked in to find everything as they way she had left it last summer before leaving for Hogwarts.
The loft was half the size of her old room. Her twin bed was pushed against the left wall. Next to that was her small nightstand and next to that was her reading window, with a small hidden compartment underneath the bench. Her trunk had already been brought up, probably apparated by her aunt. She went over to the desk to write a quick note to her friends, Fred and George Weasley.
Dear Fred and George, I just arrived at my aunt's house. Guess what? She got us box seats to the Quidditch World Cup! Isn't that great? Are you guys going to the cup? I won first place for the Surf America competition I told you about. I'm bringing my album to school. I'll show you on the train. Anyways, gotta go. Going to Diagon for school supplies tomorrow. Write back soon. Love Always, Marissa
She quickly folded up the letter and tied it to Destiny's leg.
"Take it to Fred and George Weasley please."Destiny nipped Marissa's fingers lightly and then flew out through the open window. She began to unpack her things, sorting out all her homework and shaking out all her school robes and frowning at her itchy gray uniform skirt. She hung up all her clothes in the closet and was about to open up her secret compartment when an owl came swooping down and landed on her bed. She recognized it as a Hogwarts owl.
"Thanks."She said untying the letter and sending the bird back out into the sky. Concealed in the envelope were several pieces of parchment listing her school supplies as well as a welcome back letter from Professor Dumbledore. When she was done reading she stuffed them all back in the envelope. She headed over to the window and tapped a panel of wood on the bench to open her secret compartment. The board came off easily and she began to empty out the contents. There was a poster of the Weird Sisters, one of her favorite bands, several books on various Quidditch teams, a photo album, a magical sketch pad and artset and a small box of dungbombs and other items bought at Zonko's joke shop from her last trip to Hogsmeade.
She returned everything back to the compartment, except for the photo album. She had never seen this one before. She put the board back in it place and went downstairs to find her aunt...