Chapter 6 The Differences Between Roller Coasters and Quidditch
Crystal looked nervously over the side of the Muggle contraption she was in. Alex had called it a roller coaster, but Crystal didn't think it was coasting so well right now. She was bumping up and down so constantly she felt like she was going to be sick! And they were going up a very steep hill made of metal. Crystal had never trusted metal… She preferred magic.
She looked out of the front car of the roller coaster when they stopped. Was this it?
She glanced at Alex, who was grinning broadly. "Is this it?" Crystal began to ask, but then they dipped suddenly downward. She began to scream because she wasn't expecting it. Actually, it was rather like a broomstick with out the broomstick… well, that wouldn't make sense, so I'll just say it was like flying.
She heard Brian screaming behind her. She turned around to see him, but was swung violently sideways when they turned a corner. She rammed into Alex, who grunted.
Crystal shrieked as they went upward suddenly. She looked down over the last hill and screamed again. The cart stopped suddenly and Crystal was flung out of it. She heard people gasp as she rolled down the track. She stood up on unsteady legs, took a few swaggering steps, and sat down again, waving absently at the people watching.
When they were safely on solid ground, Crystal staggered over to Brian and muttered, "I think I like Quidditch better… I'd rather get hit with a Bludger!" Brian shrugged, "I think I'd rather that than a Bludger in the face…" He said.
Crystal stubbed her toe on a rock and hollered, at the top of her lungs, "OH, FOR THE LOVE OF QUIDDITCH!" People (especially Alex and Aaron) stopped to stare. "Puffskeins! OH FOUR FOUNDERS ABOVE!" She yelped as she fell flat on her face.
Brian helped her up, his eyes swiveling around at the staring people. "C'mon Crys, let's go, I think you've had too much caffeine…" He said, dragging her along.
They hurried along, hunched over and trying not to be seen. Aaron and Alex pushed people past to get through to Crystal and Brian. Brian and Crystal, of coarse, had different plans. They ran along, trying to avoid everyone and everything.
Crystal stopped when she ran out of breath. She leaned against the wall and started to bang her head on it. "I-am-so-stupid." She moaned. "Yelling about the Founders and Quidditch… Oooh…" She turned around so that her back was flat against the concrete wall. She slid down it, eventually sitting up straight.
"I should have just stayed at home with Mum, Dad, Neil, the twins, and Nita…" She said. "C'mon Crys, everyone makes mistakes. I bet even the Marauders have made a mistake or two. I mean, look at what we did last night. Wasn't that great?" Brian asked, shaking Crystal's shoulders.
Aaron and Alex came around the corner, breathing fast. "What was that all about?" Alex asked as Aaron leaned against the wall, gasping for breath. "Oh… Crystal… erm… she… er… Let something embarrassing slip." Brian said, glancing at Brian and saying 'Go along with it.' Telepathically.
Crystal nodded slowly. "C'mon guys, let's go play something and forget about it." She said. Aaron and Alex nodded but were still exchanging strange looks.
"How about… we go swimming?" Aaron suggested. "Okay!" Crystal said brightly. She loved to swim. "There's a pool at the hotel! Let's go!" She said, running past them with great enthusiasm. So the three others shrugged and followed her.
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"Moonlight… C'mon!" Brian groaned, clasping Crystal's wrist and trying to drag her forward. Crystal dug her sandaled heels into the ground. "No! I'm not going out into public looking like… this!" She said, gesturing to her bathing suit. It was a blue bikini with one large star on the top. She didn't like the idea of people seeing her in it. She was fine with her family and friends, but not strangers.
Brian dragged her to the pool's edge. She shuddered as boys along the pool whistled and clapped. Aaron was most likely the loudest. "Lookin' nice, Crystal…." He said smoothly, trying to tame his wet hair. Crystal, feeling irritable, snapped, "Shut up." Aaron looked hurt. "It was a compliment…" He said sadly. Crystal rolled her eyes.
She climbed the diving board and prepared to jump when she heard a voice. "Oooh, if it isn't Crystal Potter." It said. She turned around and saw Brynn, Bryce, Ethan, and Mac behind her. She grasped the railings tightly. "We found out about your little joke." Brynn said. Crystal looked down to see Brian, who gulped. "We're going to punish you severely, too…" Bryce said.
Crystal felt her foot slip over the edge of the diving board. Mac and Ethan started for her, so she jumped. She was shocked when she felt the coolness of the water hit her face. She lay, unable to move for a few moments, but was brought back to life when she heard two other splashes behind her.
Taking a deep breath, she dove down deeper. She heard Ethan and Mac yelling as they splashed about helplessly in their sopping wet clothes. She reached the bottom and held there, before she noticed something moving. She screamed, letting bubbles fly from her mouth. A Grindylow was pushing itself up from the drain/vent in the pool's bottom.
She began to kick her legs, so as to go upwards, but felt the strong hand of the Grindylow grasp her leg. She kicked and floundered, trying to get it to release her. They hadn't learned about Grindylows in D.A.D.A yet!
'Brian! Help! A Grindylow's got me!' She screamed telepathically to Brian. Brian seemed shocked. 'I'll get Brynn or Bryce to help you! Wait a minute!' He replied.
'I CAN'T WAIT A MINUTE! I'M RUNNING OUT OF AIR!' Crystal retorted, aiming a kick the Grindylow's horned face.
A few moments later, she heard someone lashing through the water above her. She felt the last of the air in her lungs compress. She thrust her head upwards as the Grindylow started to drag her downwards. She saw Brynn swimming with all her might down to get her.
Must… Stay… Awake… Crystal thought desperately. She felt her legs give way and couldn't move them anymore. Brynn reached her hands out. Crystal reached out to Brynn. She felt dizzy. She felt about ready to faint. Brynn whipped out her wand and shouted a spell. Crystal felt the grip on her leg being released and felt a new one on her arm… but it wasn't a Grindylow's, but Brynn's.
With her remaining strength, she murmured, "Thanks." To feel only bubbles leave her lips. She saw the surface only inches away from her face. She tried, and failed to stay awake. She looked desperately into Brynn's face, which started to dim, until everything went black.
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Crystal coughed and something wet spilled over her lips. She didn't remember what had happened. She strained her memory and it hit her.
Dive… water… Grindylow… Brian… spell… air… Brynn… surface… black. She didn't dare to open her eyes. She coughed again, spitting up more water.
"Moonlight! Crystal! Crys! Potter!" She heard Brian say. "CRYTAL!" Alex and Aaron's voices said in union.
Crystal's eyelids fluttered. "Grindylow…" She muttered. "Someone's trying to get me… Voldemort… Felicity… Ariana… Malicia…" Her eyes snapped open and she sat up… Or, at least, she tried. Sirius was holding her down.
"Crystal… here. Take some of this." He said, handing her a smoking goblet. Crystal took it with a shaking hand and drained it. She almost spit it out it tasted so horrible. It tasted like broccoli and spinach put together. She gave a sudden lurch and spit up all the chlorine and pool water that had been in her system.
She gave a shuddering gasp. "Oooh…" She moaned, clutching her stomach. "Sorry…" Sirius said, "But if I'd told you, you wouldn't have taken it at all…" Crystal's eyes flashed red. "No duh I wouldn't have…" She said. He sighed. "You're just like your mother, you are." He said, shaking his head.
She lay back and hit her head on the bed rest of the bed she was in. Across the room, a vase exploded. Alex and Aaron quickly turned around to see what it was. They saw nothing, for Crystal had cleaned it up with a motion on her finger. Sirius shook his head again. "Just like her." He muttered.
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"TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME! TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL! BUY ME SOME PEANUTS AND CRACKER JACKS! I DON'T CARE IF WE EVER GET BACK!" Brian bellowed. Crystal punched him in the stomach. "Shut up, already!" She howled, covering her ears. "ROOT, ROOT, ROOT FOR THE HOME TEAM! IF THEY DON'T WIN IT'S A SHAME! FOR IT'S ONE-TWO-THREE STRIKES YOUR OUT IN THE OLD… BALL… GAME!" Brian hollered, finishing the song. Crystal sighed and lowered her hands, but clapped them back to the sides of her head as he began to sing it again.
"God, Brian, SHUT UP!" Aaron said, turning around in his seat. Brian was ignoring everyone and everything, it seemed, for he kept shouting the song. "Make him stop!" Alex moaned, hitting her forehead. "Brian, will you please shut up! It's now starting to get on my nerves!" Lizzie Black said from the front seat of the minivan they were in.
Brian finally realized they were talking to him, stopped, and started to sing, "GOD BLESS AMERICA! LAND THAT I LOVE! STAND BESIDE HER, AND GIDE HER!" Crystal glowered at him, her eyes red. He didn't notice, of coarse, because he had his eyes clamped shut while he was bawling the song at the top of his lungs.
They were on their way to see the Boston Red Sox play the New York Yankees. They took Alex and Aaron with them, for Alex and Aaron had treated them to the amusement park. They were all very excited of coarse.
Brynn, Bryce, Ethan, and Mac were all in another car with Sirius, thank the good lord. "BRIAN BLACK! SHUT UP OR I'LL SET YOU ON FIRE!" Crystal screamed. Lizzie turned around. "You will not." She said hotly.
Crystal began to hit her head on the car window. She had an idea and her face brightened. She popped a peanut in her mouth. She saw Brian watching her as she swallowed. She then clutched her throat and made gagging noises. Brian, Aaron, and Alex started to panic. Crystal then winked at Aaron and Alex when Brian wasn't looking. Alex had an 'Ooooh!' look on her face and Aaron nodded.
"Gaaa! Crystal's choking!" Brian shouted, waving his hands around. Crystal put another peanut in her mouth when Brian wasn't looking, and when he turned around, spit it out. It hit his eye, making him scream again. "SHE POKED MY BLOODY EYE OUT!" He hollered.
All of them (Crystal, Aaron, and Alex) burst out laughing. Brian, his eyesight recovered, made a face at Crystal, who threw another peanut at him. Brian reached his hand deep into the box of cracker jacks and chucked the whole handful at her. Crystal shrieked and shook up her soda. "You wouldn't." He said. "She would!" Aaron said as Crystal pointed the can at Brian and opened it. All the Coke came spraying out and got him soaked. He blew his sopping bangs out of his eyes and reached for his soda.
He shook it up and aimed it at Crystal, who ducked, causing the Orange soda to hit Aaron full in the face. Aaron gasped, took the ice cream of the top of its cone, and threw it with all his might at Brian. It hit Brian, but splattered and hit Crystal and Alex too. Alex then took her soda and aimed it at both Aaron and Crystal. Both unnoticing victims got soda in the face. Crystal gasped and reached for her peanuts. She took a handful and threw it at Aaron, thinking it was he who sprayed the soda. The peanuts hit Aaron and stuck to his face.
Brian took his cracker jacks and threw them at Crystal. It stuck in her hair and on her clothes. She gasped and took some of Aaron's popcorn. She chucked it at Brian and it hit the right side of his face. Alex took her cotton candy, took a piece, and rubbed it in Brian's hair. Brian gasped and looked at Alex with an evil glint in his eyes.
"No one… messes… with… the hair." He said, taking two soda cans and spraying Alex with both. When they were empty, he brought them to his mouth and blew on them. Alex unbuckled her seatbelt and clambered into the back seat. She took two pieces of cotton candy and put them in both Brian and Crystal's hair.
The song "Who Let the Dogs Out" suddenly blared out of the car's speakers. It was the perfect song for the perfect occasion. "WHO! WHO! WHO! WHO!" Brian sang with it as he got Crystal and Aaron with the cracker jacks. Alex fwapped Aaron in the back of the head. They both shrieked and fell over laughing.
The car stopped. "Well, kids, we're here." Lizzie said, turning around. "OH MY GOD!" She screamed seeing the four preteens covered in soda, peanuts, cracker jacks, popcorn, and cotton candy. "Uh… Hi?" Brian tried pathetically. Lizzie's face was growing red. "Uh oh." Alex said.
Brian pushed the seat away and ran out the door. "I'm gonna go get cleaned up, Mum!" He shouted as he went. Crystal immediately followed him. "Yeah, me too!" She said. Alex and Aaron followed them. "Us three!" They chorused, running for the rest rooms.
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"I still have a peanut in my ear." Brian said, digging his finger vigorously in his ear and trying to get a peanut out of his ear. "Yeah, and I still have cotton candy in my hair." Aaron said, shaking his head. "Ha, ha, ha!" Crystal said, looking immaculate.
"Shut up." Brian said, swatting at Crystal. She ducked and he missed. "Don't mess with the skilled Quidditch player." She said in his ear. The hair on the back of his neck rose in anger.
"Hey! Meagan! Over here!" Lizzie shouted, standing over by the car. Crystal looked up at the mention of her mother's name. Sure enough, Meagan Potter came pattering over with a small shirt on with a light corduroy jacket to match. She had small jean-like shorts on and she was also wearing hot pink shoes.
Crystal groaned. "Mom… What are you doing here?" She asked. "I came down to see baseball game. I always loved to watch baseball games, you know that." Meagan said, coming over to where the four children were standing.
Since Meagan was short, she was only about a head taller than them. Wearing the clothes she was wearing, she looked like a 16-year-old. There was a roar form the stadium. Meagan swiveled her head around. "C'mon, it's about to start!" She said, running into the stadium. Shrugging, everyone else followed.
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"THAT WAS GREAT!" Meagan said vigorously as she left the stadium. She not only had what she was wearing now, but a backpack with a Red Sox flag sticking out, a Red Sox hat, a Red Sox drinking cup, and two Red Sox pom- poms.
"You are so embarrassing!" Crystal groaned, sulking along beside Meagan, her head down. "I not only look like a little you, you have to go around showing it off!" She said. "You should be proud you look like me!" Meagan scolded, "I was getting boys by age 11!"
Crystal went red and remembered the scene at the pool. "I caught your father with my personality, though." Meagan said thoughtfully. She grinned and clapped Crystal on the shoulder. "Be glad you have good looks… and that you don't have Mk." She added.
"Well, I'm going to go now. I'll see you at home! Maybe even your friends can come over sometime!" Meagan said, walking away. Crystal waved before she saw some men with a board walked by, and when they were gone, Crystal couldn't see her mother anymore.
Aaron leaned over to her. "You're mom is hot." He said. Crystal stared.
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"I swear, Dark Rider, someone's out to get me." Crystal said. Brian shook his head. "Moonlight, who and why would someone be after you?" He asked. "Well, there are lots of people who could be after me…
"Like?"
"Voldemort, Malicia, Felicity, Ariana, Blick, Cate… do you want me to continue?"
"No thanks, but why?"
"Reason #1, I have powers. Reason #2, my father is Harry Potter. Reason #3, my mother is Meagan Potter. Reason #4, I can die once and live. Reason #5, you can obtain my powers once I die. Reason #6, I-!"
"Okay, okay, I catch your drift. But why do you think someone's out to get you?"
"Well, the Grindylow, for instance. Grindylow's only live in Britain and Ireland… What would one be doing here?"
"Mm… Okay, the Grindylow."
Crystal stopped, clicked her fingers, and made an orange soda appear. She took a sip and took on a contented look. She leaned back in her chair and sighed. "Well, I think I've taken on my mother and father's gift for getting into trouble." She said. "I agree." Brian said.
She looked out the window and saw the moon high in the sky. "Well, it's late. I think we'd better get to sleep." Crystal said. She clicked her fingers and the empty soda-can vanished. "I can't wait to play Quidditch again." She mumbled, waving her hand and changing in an instant. She walked over to the bed and slipped under the covers.
She turned off the lights and then turned them on again. She lifted her head off her pillow, looked around, and saw nothing. "It was probably just my imagination." She murmured, shutting off the light.
Little did the two wizards know, two muggles had heard their conversation. The two muggles' eyes were wide now. "Alex?" whispered the blonde boy muggle. "Aaron?" replied the blonde muggle girl. Alex and Aaron looked at each other, lost for words.
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Crystal looked nervously over the side of the Muggle contraption she was in. Alex had called it a roller coaster, but Crystal didn't think it was coasting so well right now. She was bumping up and down so constantly she felt like she was going to be sick! And they were going up a very steep hill made of metal. Crystal had never trusted metal… She preferred magic.
She looked out of the front car of the roller coaster when they stopped. Was this it?
She glanced at Alex, who was grinning broadly. "Is this it?" Crystal began to ask, but then they dipped suddenly downward. She began to scream because she wasn't expecting it. Actually, it was rather like a broomstick with out the broomstick… well, that wouldn't make sense, so I'll just say it was like flying.
She heard Brian screaming behind her. She turned around to see him, but was swung violently sideways when they turned a corner. She rammed into Alex, who grunted.
Crystal shrieked as they went upward suddenly. She looked down over the last hill and screamed again. The cart stopped suddenly and Crystal was flung out of it. She heard people gasp as she rolled down the track. She stood up on unsteady legs, took a few swaggering steps, and sat down again, waving absently at the people watching.
When they were safely on solid ground, Crystal staggered over to Brian and muttered, "I think I like Quidditch better… I'd rather get hit with a Bludger!" Brian shrugged, "I think I'd rather that than a Bludger in the face…" He said.
Crystal stubbed her toe on a rock and hollered, at the top of her lungs, "OH, FOR THE LOVE OF QUIDDITCH!" People (especially Alex and Aaron) stopped to stare. "Puffskeins! OH FOUR FOUNDERS ABOVE!" She yelped as she fell flat on her face.
Brian helped her up, his eyes swiveling around at the staring people. "C'mon Crys, let's go, I think you've had too much caffeine…" He said, dragging her along.
They hurried along, hunched over and trying not to be seen. Aaron and Alex pushed people past to get through to Crystal and Brian. Brian and Crystal, of coarse, had different plans. They ran along, trying to avoid everyone and everything.
Crystal stopped when she ran out of breath. She leaned against the wall and started to bang her head on it. "I-am-so-stupid." She moaned. "Yelling about the Founders and Quidditch… Oooh…" She turned around so that her back was flat against the concrete wall. She slid down it, eventually sitting up straight.
"I should have just stayed at home with Mum, Dad, Neil, the twins, and Nita…" She said. "C'mon Crys, everyone makes mistakes. I bet even the Marauders have made a mistake or two. I mean, look at what we did last night. Wasn't that great?" Brian asked, shaking Crystal's shoulders.
Aaron and Alex came around the corner, breathing fast. "What was that all about?" Alex asked as Aaron leaned against the wall, gasping for breath. "Oh… Crystal… erm… she… er… Let something embarrassing slip." Brian said, glancing at Brian and saying 'Go along with it.' Telepathically.
Crystal nodded slowly. "C'mon guys, let's go play something and forget about it." She said. Aaron and Alex nodded but were still exchanging strange looks.
"How about… we go swimming?" Aaron suggested. "Okay!" Crystal said brightly. She loved to swim. "There's a pool at the hotel! Let's go!" She said, running past them with great enthusiasm. So the three others shrugged and followed her.
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"Moonlight… C'mon!" Brian groaned, clasping Crystal's wrist and trying to drag her forward. Crystal dug her sandaled heels into the ground. "No! I'm not going out into public looking like… this!" She said, gesturing to her bathing suit. It was a blue bikini with one large star on the top. She didn't like the idea of people seeing her in it. She was fine with her family and friends, but not strangers.
Brian dragged her to the pool's edge. She shuddered as boys along the pool whistled and clapped. Aaron was most likely the loudest. "Lookin' nice, Crystal…." He said smoothly, trying to tame his wet hair. Crystal, feeling irritable, snapped, "Shut up." Aaron looked hurt. "It was a compliment…" He said sadly. Crystal rolled her eyes.
She climbed the diving board and prepared to jump when she heard a voice. "Oooh, if it isn't Crystal Potter." It said. She turned around and saw Brynn, Bryce, Ethan, and Mac behind her. She grasped the railings tightly. "We found out about your little joke." Brynn said. Crystal looked down to see Brian, who gulped. "We're going to punish you severely, too…" Bryce said.
Crystal felt her foot slip over the edge of the diving board. Mac and Ethan started for her, so she jumped. She was shocked when she felt the coolness of the water hit her face. She lay, unable to move for a few moments, but was brought back to life when she heard two other splashes behind her.
Taking a deep breath, she dove down deeper. She heard Ethan and Mac yelling as they splashed about helplessly in their sopping wet clothes. She reached the bottom and held there, before she noticed something moving. She screamed, letting bubbles fly from her mouth. A Grindylow was pushing itself up from the drain/vent in the pool's bottom.
She began to kick her legs, so as to go upwards, but felt the strong hand of the Grindylow grasp her leg. She kicked and floundered, trying to get it to release her. They hadn't learned about Grindylows in D.A.D.A yet!
'Brian! Help! A Grindylow's got me!' She screamed telepathically to Brian. Brian seemed shocked. 'I'll get Brynn or Bryce to help you! Wait a minute!' He replied.
'I CAN'T WAIT A MINUTE! I'M RUNNING OUT OF AIR!' Crystal retorted, aiming a kick the Grindylow's horned face.
A few moments later, she heard someone lashing through the water above her. She felt the last of the air in her lungs compress. She thrust her head upwards as the Grindylow started to drag her downwards. She saw Brynn swimming with all her might down to get her.
Must… Stay… Awake… Crystal thought desperately. She felt her legs give way and couldn't move them anymore. Brynn reached her hands out. Crystal reached out to Brynn. She felt dizzy. She felt about ready to faint. Brynn whipped out her wand and shouted a spell. Crystal felt the grip on her leg being released and felt a new one on her arm… but it wasn't a Grindylow's, but Brynn's.
With her remaining strength, she murmured, "Thanks." To feel only bubbles leave her lips. She saw the surface only inches away from her face. She tried, and failed to stay awake. She looked desperately into Brynn's face, which started to dim, until everything went black.
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Crystal coughed and something wet spilled over her lips. She didn't remember what had happened. She strained her memory and it hit her.
Dive… water… Grindylow… Brian… spell… air… Brynn… surface… black. She didn't dare to open her eyes. She coughed again, spitting up more water.
"Moonlight! Crystal! Crys! Potter!" She heard Brian say. "CRYTAL!" Alex and Aaron's voices said in union.
Crystal's eyelids fluttered. "Grindylow…" She muttered. "Someone's trying to get me… Voldemort… Felicity… Ariana… Malicia…" Her eyes snapped open and she sat up… Or, at least, she tried. Sirius was holding her down.
"Crystal… here. Take some of this." He said, handing her a smoking goblet. Crystal took it with a shaking hand and drained it. She almost spit it out it tasted so horrible. It tasted like broccoli and spinach put together. She gave a sudden lurch and spit up all the chlorine and pool water that had been in her system.
She gave a shuddering gasp. "Oooh…" She moaned, clutching her stomach. "Sorry…" Sirius said, "But if I'd told you, you wouldn't have taken it at all…" Crystal's eyes flashed red. "No duh I wouldn't have…" She said. He sighed. "You're just like your mother, you are." He said, shaking his head.
She lay back and hit her head on the bed rest of the bed she was in. Across the room, a vase exploded. Alex and Aaron quickly turned around to see what it was. They saw nothing, for Crystal had cleaned it up with a motion on her finger. Sirius shook his head again. "Just like her." He muttered.
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"TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME! TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL! BUY ME SOME PEANUTS AND CRACKER JACKS! I DON'T CARE IF WE EVER GET BACK!" Brian bellowed. Crystal punched him in the stomach. "Shut up, already!" She howled, covering her ears. "ROOT, ROOT, ROOT FOR THE HOME TEAM! IF THEY DON'T WIN IT'S A SHAME! FOR IT'S ONE-TWO-THREE STRIKES YOUR OUT IN THE OLD… BALL… GAME!" Brian hollered, finishing the song. Crystal sighed and lowered her hands, but clapped them back to the sides of her head as he began to sing it again.
"God, Brian, SHUT UP!" Aaron said, turning around in his seat. Brian was ignoring everyone and everything, it seemed, for he kept shouting the song. "Make him stop!" Alex moaned, hitting her forehead. "Brian, will you please shut up! It's now starting to get on my nerves!" Lizzie Black said from the front seat of the minivan they were in.
Brian finally realized they were talking to him, stopped, and started to sing, "GOD BLESS AMERICA! LAND THAT I LOVE! STAND BESIDE HER, AND GIDE HER!" Crystal glowered at him, her eyes red. He didn't notice, of coarse, because he had his eyes clamped shut while he was bawling the song at the top of his lungs.
They were on their way to see the Boston Red Sox play the New York Yankees. They took Alex and Aaron with them, for Alex and Aaron had treated them to the amusement park. They were all very excited of coarse.
Brynn, Bryce, Ethan, and Mac were all in another car with Sirius, thank the good lord. "BRIAN BLACK! SHUT UP OR I'LL SET YOU ON FIRE!" Crystal screamed. Lizzie turned around. "You will not." She said hotly.
Crystal began to hit her head on the car window. She had an idea and her face brightened. She popped a peanut in her mouth. She saw Brian watching her as she swallowed. She then clutched her throat and made gagging noises. Brian, Aaron, and Alex started to panic. Crystal then winked at Aaron and Alex when Brian wasn't looking. Alex had an 'Ooooh!' look on her face and Aaron nodded.
"Gaaa! Crystal's choking!" Brian shouted, waving his hands around. Crystal put another peanut in her mouth when Brian wasn't looking, and when he turned around, spit it out. It hit his eye, making him scream again. "SHE POKED MY BLOODY EYE OUT!" He hollered.
All of them (Crystal, Aaron, and Alex) burst out laughing. Brian, his eyesight recovered, made a face at Crystal, who threw another peanut at him. Brian reached his hand deep into the box of cracker jacks and chucked the whole handful at her. Crystal shrieked and shook up her soda. "You wouldn't." He said. "She would!" Aaron said as Crystal pointed the can at Brian and opened it. All the Coke came spraying out and got him soaked. He blew his sopping bangs out of his eyes and reached for his soda.
He shook it up and aimed it at Crystal, who ducked, causing the Orange soda to hit Aaron full in the face. Aaron gasped, took the ice cream of the top of its cone, and threw it with all his might at Brian. It hit Brian, but splattered and hit Crystal and Alex too. Alex then took her soda and aimed it at both Aaron and Crystal. Both unnoticing victims got soda in the face. Crystal gasped and reached for her peanuts. She took a handful and threw it at Aaron, thinking it was he who sprayed the soda. The peanuts hit Aaron and stuck to his face.
Brian took his cracker jacks and threw them at Crystal. It stuck in her hair and on her clothes. She gasped and took some of Aaron's popcorn. She chucked it at Brian and it hit the right side of his face. Alex took her cotton candy, took a piece, and rubbed it in Brian's hair. Brian gasped and looked at Alex with an evil glint in his eyes.
"No one… messes… with… the hair." He said, taking two soda cans and spraying Alex with both. When they were empty, he brought them to his mouth and blew on them. Alex unbuckled her seatbelt and clambered into the back seat. She took two pieces of cotton candy and put them in both Brian and Crystal's hair.
The song "Who Let the Dogs Out" suddenly blared out of the car's speakers. It was the perfect song for the perfect occasion. "WHO! WHO! WHO! WHO!" Brian sang with it as he got Crystal and Aaron with the cracker jacks. Alex fwapped Aaron in the back of the head. They both shrieked and fell over laughing.
The car stopped. "Well, kids, we're here." Lizzie said, turning around. "OH MY GOD!" She screamed seeing the four preteens covered in soda, peanuts, cracker jacks, popcorn, and cotton candy. "Uh… Hi?" Brian tried pathetically. Lizzie's face was growing red. "Uh oh." Alex said.
Brian pushed the seat away and ran out the door. "I'm gonna go get cleaned up, Mum!" He shouted as he went. Crystal immediately followed him. "Yeah, me too!" She said. Alex and Aaron followed them. "Us three!" They chorused, running for the rest rooms.
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"I still have a peanut in my ear." Brian said, digging his finger vigorously in his ear and trying to get a peanut out of his ear. "Yeah, and I still have cotton candy in my hair." Aaron said, shaking his head. "Ha, ha, ha!" Crystal said, looking immaculate.
"Shut up." Brian said, swatting at Crystal. She ducked and he missed. "Don't mess with the skilled Quidditch player." She said in his ear. The hair on the back of his neck rose in anger.
"Hey! Meagan! Over here!" Lizzie shouted, standing over by the car. Crystal looked up at the mention of her mother's name. Sure enough, Meagan Potter came pattering over with a small shirt on with a light corduroy jacket to match. She had small jean-like shorts on and she was also wearing hot pink shoes.
Crystal groaned. "Mom… What are you doing here?" She asked. "I came down to see baseball game. I always loved to watch baseball games, you know that." Meagan said, coming over to where the four children were standing.
Since Meagan was short, she was only about a head taller than them. Wearing the clothes she was wearing, she looked like a 16-year-old. There was a roar form the stadium. Meagan swiveled her head around. "C'mon, it's about to start!" She said, running into the stadium. Shrugging, everyone else followed.
~*~
"THAT WAS GREAT!" Meagan said vigorously as she left the stadium. She not only had what she was wearing now, but a backpack with a Red Sox flag sticking out, a Red Sox hat, a Red Sox drinking cup, and two Red Sox pom- poms.
"You are so embarrassing!" Crystal groaned, sulking along beside Meagan, her head down. "I not only look like a little you, you have to go around showing it off!" She said. "You should be proud you look like me!" Meagan scolded, "I was getting boys by age 11!"
Crystal went red and remembered the scene at the pool. "I caught your father with my personality, though." Meagan said thoughtfully. She grinned and clapped Crystal on the shoulder. "Be glad you have good looks… and that you don't have Mk." She added.
"Well, I'm going to go now. I'll see you at home! Maybe even your friends can come over sometime!" Meagan said, walking away. Crystal waved before she saw some men with a board walked by, and when they were gone, Crystal couldn't see her mother anymore.
Aaron leaned over to her. "You're mom is hot." He said. Crystal stared.
~*~
"I swear, Dark Rider, someone's out to get me." Crystal said. Brian shook his head. "Moonlight, who and why would someone be after you?" He asked. "Well, there are lots of people who could be after me…
"Like?"
"Voldemort, Malicia, Felicity, Ariana, Blick, Cate… do you want me to continue?"
"No thanks, but why?"
"Reason #1, I have powers. Reason #2, my father is Harry Potter. Reason #3, my mother is Meagan Potter. Reason #4, I can die once and live. Reason #5, you can obtain my powers once I die. Reason #6, I-!"
"Okay, okay, I catch your drift. But why do you think someone's out to get you?"
"Well, the Grindylow, for instance. Grindylow's only live in Britain and Ireland… What would one be doing here?"
"Mm… Okay, the Grindylow."
Crystal stopped, clicked her fingers, and made an orange soda appear. She took a sip and took on a contented look. She leaned back in her chair and sighed. "Well, I think I've taken on my mother and father's gift for getting into trouble." She said. "I agree." Brian said.
She looked out the window and saw the moon high in the sky. "Well, it's late. I think we'd better get to sleep." Crystal said. She clicked her fingers and the empty soda-can vanished. "I can't wait to play Quidditch again." She mumbled, waving her hand and changing in an instant. She walked over to the bed and slipped under the covers.
She turned off the lights and then turned them on again. She lifted her head off her pillow, looked around, and saw nothing. "It was probably just my imagination." She murmured, shutting off the light.
Little did the two wizards know, two muggles had heard their conversation. The two muggles' eyes were wide now. "Alex?" whispered the blonde boy muggle. "Aaron?" replied the blonde muggle girl. Alex and Aaron looked at each other, lost for words.
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