5.
A distance away,Ace walked through a soft,willowy plant. Its tendrils
tickled her face. She turned a corner and saw a boy working
silently,potting some strange purple flowers. Hagrid came out behind Ace and saw the boy.
"All right,Neville?" he asked.
The boy's eyes sprung open,as if he were about to panic,but he managed to hold steady."Hi,Hagrid," he said.
"Neville Longbottom," Madame Hooch told Ace,as if it were something
she should remember. She she stepped out where Neville could see her.
"Hello,Madame Hooch."
"Need any help,Neville?"
"No,I-" he nearly dropped the plant-holder.
Madame Hooch steadied it. "There we go," she said.
"Thanks," Neville said.
"Neville,this is Ace."
"Oh," he said. "Are you new?"
"I'm just visiting." Ace said.
"Then you're a muggle?"
"She's a guest,Neville." Madame Hooch said.
"Right,of...of course," he stumbled. "I'm sorry,I was just-"
"Nonsense,Neville," Professor Sprout said from behind Hagrid. "It's time you took a break. Go on outside and analyze some sun."
"Okay."
Outside,the Doctor stood,skygazing in a dejected manner.
He heard the greenhouse door open.
"Nothing," he said. "I was sure there would be something other than
nothing,but I seem to have been misled."
"Doctor," said Sprout,edging towards Hagrid,"I think you might be
going about your search in the wrong way."
He turned to look at Sprout."I'm open to suggestions."
Professor Sprout raised her eyebrows. "Maybe what you're looking for is already here."
"I was just thinkin' the same," Hagrid said.
"I hope not," the Doctor said.
"We're going to have to look in the forest," Ace said.
"Not again," Neville moaned. Hagrid steadied him.
"Where else could they be hiding?"
"Who are 'they' exactly?"
"Have any of you ever seen an alien?"
"Just you,so far," Sprout said.
"No aliens,plenty of magic," the Doctor said,"Yes..."
"Do go on," Madame Hooch said.
"Daleks," the Doctor said.
"What are Daleks?"
"Picture a human liver with tentacles. Now encase it inside an armored biomechanical shell. Add to that a desire to kill everything in sight and rule the universe."
"An intelligent...machine?" Neville asked.
"Yes," the Doctor said.
"The forest would be an ideal hiding place," Madame Hooch said.
"Of course,there's Hogsmeade."
"Hogsmeade?"
"It's not far from here."
"Does anyone live in Hogsmeade?"
"Oh yes."
"Then they're in mortal danger."
The Doctor began walking away. Then he turned. "Come on,Ace,we're
going to Hogsmeade."
Ace started after him.
She looked back at the others.
"Anyone else want to come along?"
A distance away,Ace walked through a soft,willowy plant. Its tendrils
tickled her face. She turned a corner and saw a boy working
silently,potting some strange purple flowers. Hagrid came out behind Ace and saw the boy.
"All right,Neville?" he asked.
The boy's eyes sprung open,as if he were about to panic,but he managed to hold steady."Hi,Hagrid," he said.
"Neville Longbottom," Madame Hooch told Ace,as if it were something
she should remember. She she stepped out where Neville could see her.
"Hello,Madame Hooch."
"Need any help,Neville?"
"No,I-" he nearly dropped the plant-holder.
Madame Hooch steadied it. "There we go," she said.
"Thanks," Neville said.
"Neville,this is Ace."
"Oh," he said. "Are you new?"
"I'm just visiting." Ace said.
"Then you're a muggle?"
"She's a guest,Neville." Madame Hooch said.
"Right,of...of course," he stumbled. "I'm sorry,I was just-"
"Nonsense,Neville," Professor Sprout said from behind Hagrid. "It's time you took a break. Go on outside and analyze some sun."
"Okay."
Outside,the Doctor stood,skygazing in a dejected manner.
He heard the greenhouse door open.
"Nothing," he said. "I was sure there would be something other than
nothing,but I seem to have been misled."
"Doctor," said Sprout,edging towards Hagrid,"I think you might be
going about your search in the wrong way."
He turned to look at Sprout."I'm open to suggestions."
Professor Sprout raised her eyebrows. "Maybe what you're looking for is already here."
"I was just thinkin' the same," Hagrid said.
"I hope not," the Doctor said.
"We're going to have to look in the forest," Ace said.
"Not again," Neville moaned. Hagrid steadied him.
"Where else could they be hiding?"
"Who are 'they' exactly?"
"Have any of you ever seen an alien?"
"Just you,so far," Sprout said.
"No aliens,plenty of magic," the Doctor said,"Yes..."
"Do go on," Madame Hooch said.
"Daleks," the Doctor said.
"What are Daleks?"
"Picture a human liver with tentacles. Now encase it inside an armored biomechanical shell. Add to that a desire to kill everything in sight and rule the universe."
"An intelligent...machine?" Neville asked.
"Yes," the Doctor said.
"The forest would be an ideal hiding place," Madame Hooch said.
"Of course,there's Hogsmeade."
"Hogsmeade?"
"It's not far from here."
"Does anyone live in Hogsmeade?"
"Oh yes."
"Then they're in mortal danger."
The Doctor began walking away. Then he turned. "Come on,Ace,we're
going to Hogsmeade."
Ace started after him.
She looked back at the others.
"Anyone else want to come along?"