The air began to whirl, as it did when Harry traveled through the
myriod the first time. It was completely black again. Callen tried to
scream, but couldn't find her voice. She clenched Harry's hand tighter.
He tightened his grasp as well.
Finally, it began to get lighter. Callen noticed that shapes were beginning to appear – it looked like three people standing in the middle of another forest. She moved closer to Harry, suddenly frightened.
"Look, they're back!" a boy yelled. His voice was squeaky.
"Harry? Is that you?" another boy's voice asked.
"Who else would it be, Ron?" a girl said, hitting the second figure upside the head. "He's got someone with him."
Harry stepped out of the myriod, pulling Callen with him.
"Guys, this is Callen," he said. "Callen, this is Ron Weasley, my best friend." He pointed to a tall boy with red hair and freckles. "This is Colin Creevey." The small, mousy boy waved excitedly. "And this is Hermione Granger, my other best friend. She's the one who can tell you about the myriod." Hermione smiled.
"It's good to meet you," she said, stepping forward.
"Why am I here?" Callen asked plainly.
"We don't know yet," Hermione explained. "But we think that you're supposed to help us fight You-Know-Who."
"Who?" Callen said blankly.
"The guy I told you about," Harry explained. "The one that I said wanted to kill me."
"Oh," she said faintly. "So, what am I supposed to do for now?"
"Uh, I don't know," Harry said after a pause. "Hermione?"
"Well, I think that other students would get upset if they found out that she was here to help fight You-Know-Who, so maybe we should just say that she's visiting one of us for a while, then…I don't know what," she finished.
Callen stared at them like they were crazy. "Um, can I say something?" she ventured.
Ron, who had been staring at Callen like she was a goddess, nodded. "Yeah," he said.
"I don't mean to be rude or anything, but I don't really want to just hang around here, waiting to vanquish some guy I don't even know about, just because someone dreamed about me," she said. "I mean, I've dreamed about lots of people, but they never appear to help me with anything."
"She's got a point," Colin said. "Who would want to hang around Harry all the time?" he added sarcastically.
"Um, someone like you?" Callen guessed. Harry laughed.
"Yeah, you're right," he said.
Ron suddenly came out of a stupor. "I just thought of something," he said. "If you're going to say you're someone's cousin, you're going to need someone who looks kind of like you."
"I think I know where this is going," Hermione said. "You want her to pretend to be your cousin."
"Well, we look a little alike, don't we?" Ron pleaded. "Come on, I never get to do anything!"
"You think you never get to do anything? I never get to do anything!" Colin yelled. "I didn't get to go through the myriod, and I was the one that found it!"
"Okay, I think I'm just going to go home," Callen muttered. She turned around and was about to disappear into the myriod when three pairs of hands grabbed her.
"You can't leave!" Harry said.
"How do you even know that this guy is going to attack you? How do you know that it isn't my country that needs help?" Callen demanded, wrenching free of Harry's, Ron's, and Hermione's grasp.
"She's got a point," Hermione said.
"So what? We need her here more, I bet," Ron said, annoyed.
"How do you know that?" Callen yelled. "I'm going back!" With that, she stepped through the myriod.
"Great, Ron," Harry yelled. "Just great. Now, we have no idea if we were supposed to help her, or if she was supposed to help us, or anything!"
"Well, it wasn't my fault!" Ron snapped.
"Oh, stop it, you two!" Hermione broke in.
"Well, if Ron could just keep his big trap shut, then maybe for once something would go right!" Harry yelled.
"STOP IT, ALL OF YOU!" Colin screamed, his hands over his ears. Shocked, the three stopped arguing. "Why don't you just go back and get her??" he suggested.
"If the myriod will let me, I will," Harry snapped. He stormed through it.
When he finally came out, he saw Callen sitting on the ground, a few feet away.
"I was wondering if you'd come back," she said, her chin on her knees.
"Why'd you leave?" he asked, going over to her.
She shrugged. "You guys didn't seem to really care what happened to me, as long as I helped kill this Voldemort guy."
"I'm sorry. When it comes to Voldemort, everyone is afraid for their life. Magic society tends to get a little crazy when they hear about him, as well," Harry apologized. "Would you please come back with me? And if we don't need you in a certain amount of time, you can go back," he added.
"Only if after I come back, you or one of your friends comes with me so we can find out if my kingdom needs help," she countered.
"I can't speak for Ron and Hermione, but it's a deal," he said. He reached down and pulled her to her feet. "Are you ready to go back?"
"I guess," she said, shrugging. They stepped back through the myriod.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Guys, she's agreed to come back, but she isn't staying permanently," Harry said when they got back, glaring at Ron.
"And one of you is coming back with me to see if I need help," Callen added.
"I'll go," Ron volunteered.
"Not if the myriod won't let you, Ron," Hermione reminded him.
"Damn," Ron swore. "I never get to do anything."
"I'm sorry," Harry said. "I didn't choose to have Voldemort come split my head open!"
"Don't say his name!" Ron winced.
"Oh, come on, Ron!" Hermione said, exasperated. "You know that Harry would gladly trade you places!"
"Um, are we just going to stand here?" Callen ventured.
"Yes, all day," Colin snapped. He was getting a little annoyed, since Harry wouldn't teach him to play Chaser, he hadn't been the one to go through the myriod, and it was getting hot outside.
"How about we don't, and say we did?" Callen suggested.
"Yeah, let's get inside. But first, we need to get our story straight," Hermione said. "Callen, you are now Callen Weasley, a cousin of Ron's."
"Okay," she replied. Harry laughed.
"Hopefully you aren't anything like him," he teased. Ron blushed a furious pink.
"Better me than you," he shot back.
"Better me than either of you!" Callen butted in. "Hermione, keep going, please."
"You are visiting from Beauxbatons in France. You grew up in London, but moved to France, which is why you were accepted there instead of here. You and your family have come to visit Ron's family, and you have decided that, instead of staying at home the entire time, that you would rather visit your cousin and his friends," Hermione continued. "You arrived today, in the morning, and spent the morning with us, going around the grounds."
"All right," Callen said doubtfully. "What if someone asks me a question that I don't know the answer to?"
"Make it up, of course," Ron replied.
"What if it's about your family?" Callen persisted.
"Make it up, of course," Harry repeated.
"Well, what if they know the answer? And what I tell them is wrong?"
"Just don't talk to anyone, then," Ron said. "It can't be that hard, can it?"
A/N (btw, what the heck does that mean? I never really know, but other people put that, so…but anyway) Sorry if it's taking me a while to post the chapters, anyone who's reading. I'm kinda grounded at the moment, so I can't really get on the net too much. Please read and review! Thanks!
Finally, it began to get lighter. Callen noticed that shapes were beginning to appear – it looked like three people standing in the middle of another forest. She moved closer to Harry, suddenly frightened.
"Look, they're back!" a boy yelled. His voice was squeaky.
"Harry? Is that you?" another boy's voice asked.
"Who else would it be, Ron?" a girl said, hitting the second figure upside the head. "He's got someone with him."
Harry stepped out of the myriod, pulling Callen with him.
"Guys, this is Callen," he said. "Callen, this is Ron Weasley, my best friend." He pointed to a tall boy with red hair and freckles. "This is Colin Creevey." The small, mousy boy waved excitedly. "And this is Hermione Granger, my other best friend. She's the one who can tell you about the myriod." Hermione smiled.
"It's good to meet you," she said, stepping forward.
"Why am I here?" Callen asked plainly.
"We don't know yet," Hermione explained. "But we think that you're supposed to help us fight You-Know-Who."
"Who?" Callen said blankly.
"The guy I told you about," Harry explained. "The one that I said wanted to kill me."
"Oh," she said faintly. "So, what am I supposed to do for now?"
"Uh, I don't know," Harry said after a pause. "Hermione?"
"Well, I think that other students would get upset if they found out that she was here to help fight You-Know-Who, so maybe we should just say that she's visiting one of us for a while, then…I don't know what," she finished.
Callen stared at them like they were crazy. "Um, can I say something?" she ventured.
Ron, who had been staring at Callen like she was a goddess, nodded. "Yeah," he said.
"I don't mean to be rude or anything, but I don't really want to just hang around here, waiting to vanquish some guy I don't even know about, just because someone dreamed about me," she said. "I mean, I've dreamed about lots of people, but they never appear to help me with anything."
"She's got a point," Colin said. "Who would want to hang around Harry all the time?" he added sarcastically.
"Um, someone like you?" Callen guessed. Harry laughed.
"Yeah, you're right," he said.
Ron suddenly came out of a stupor. "I just thought of something," he said. "If you're going to say you're someone's cousin, you're going to need someone who looks kind of like you."
"I think I know where this is going," Hermione said. "You want her to pretend to be your cousin."
"Well, we look a little alike, don't we?" Ron pleaded. "Come on, I never get to do anything!"
"You think you never get to do anything? I never get to do anything!" Colin yelled. "I didn't get to go through the myriod, and I was the one that found it!"
"Okay, I think I'm just going to go home," Callen muttered. She turned around and was about to disappear into the myriod when three pairs of hands grabbed her.
"You can't leave!" Harry said.
"How do you even know that this guy is going to attack you? How do you know that it isn't my country that needs help?" Callen demanded, wrenching free of Harry's, Ron's, and Hermione's grasp.
"She's got a point," Hermione said.
"So what? We need her here more, I bet," Ron said, annoyed.
"How do you know that?" Callen yelled. "I'm going back!" With that, she stepped through the myriod.
"Great, Ron," Harry yelled. "Just great. Now, we have no idea if we were supposed to help her, or if she was supposed to help us, or anything!"
"Well, it wasn't my fault!" Ron snapped.
"Oh, stop it, you two!" Hermione broke in.
"Well, if Ron could just keep his big trap shut, then maybe for once something would go right!" Harry yelled.
"STOP IT, ALL OF YOU!" Colin screamed, his hands over his ears. Shocked, the three stopped arguing. "Why don't you just go back and get her??" he suggested.
"If the myriod will let me, I will," Harry snapped. He stormed through it.
When he finally came out, he saw Callen sitting on the ground, a few feet away.
"I was wondering if you'd come back," she said, her chin on her knees.
"Why'd you leave?" he asked, going over to her.
She shrugged. "You guys didn't seem to really care what happened to me, as long as I helped kill this Voldemort guy."
"I'm sorry. When it comes to Voldemort, everyone is afraid for their life. Magic society tends to get a little crazy when they hear about him, as well," Harry apologized. "Would you please come back with me? And if we don't need you in a certain amount of time, you can go back," he added.
"Only if after I come back, you or one of your friends comes with me so we can find out if my kingdom needs help," she countered.
"I can't speak for Ron and Hermione, but it's a deal," he said. He reached down and pulled her to her feet. "Are you ready to go back?"
"I guess," she said, shrugging. They stepped back through the myriod.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Guys, she's agreed to come back, but she isn't staying permanently," Harry said when they got back, glaring at Ron.
"And one of you is coming back with me to see if I need help," Callen added.
"I'll go," Ron volunteered.
"Not if the myriod won't let you, Ron," Hermione reminded him.
"Damn," Ron swore. "I never get to do anything."
"I'm sorry," Harry said. "I didn't choose to have Voldemort come split my head open!"
"Don't say his name!" Ron winced.
"Oh, come on, Ron!" Hermione said, exasperated. "You know that Harry would gladly trade you places!"
"Um, are we just going to stand here?" Callen ventured.
"Yes, all day," Colin snapped. He was getting a little annoyed, since Harry wouldn't teach him to play Chaser, he hadn't been the one to go through the myriod, and it was getting hot outside.
"How about we don't, and say we did?" Callen suggested.
"Yeah, let's get inside. But first, we need to get our story straight," Hermione said. "Callen, you are now Callen Weasley, a cousin of Ron's."
"Okay," she replied. Harry laughed.
"Hopefully you aren't anything like him," he teased. Ron blushed a furious pink.
"Better me than you," he shot back.
"Better me than either of you!" Callen butted in. "Hermione, keep going, please."
"You are visiting from Beauxbatons in France. You grew up in London, but moved to France, which is why you were accepted there instead of here. You and your family have come to visit Ron's family, and you have decided that, instead of staying at home the entire time, that you would rather visit your cousin and his friends," Hermione continued. "You arrived today, in the morning, and spent the morning with us, going around the grounds."
"All right," Callen said doubtfully. "What if someone asks me a question that I don't know the answer to?"
"Make it up, of course," Ron replied.
"What if it's about your family?" Callen persisted.
"Make it up, of course," Harry repeated.
"Well, what if they know the answer? And what I tell them is wrong?"
"Just don't talk to anyone, then," Ron said. "It can't be that hard, can it?"
A/N (btw, what the heck does that mean? I never really know, but other people put that, so…but anyway) Sorry if it's taking me a while to post the chapters, anyone who's reading. I'm kinda grounded at the moment, so I can't really get on the net too much. Please read and review! Thanks!