Chapter 19
"Floo Powder"
The next day, Rory woke up with a start, she had been having a nightmare where someone was constantly giggling and she felt pain, pain coming from all sides, and there was such brightness. Rory rubbed her head. Trying to recollect the dream seemed to make it even foggier in her mind. She leaned over, and smiled lightly, Tabitha was still sleeping, wrapped in a thick blanket. Rory gently shook her friend awake. "Hey.come on, get up. We've gotta get moving."
Tabitha awoke rather slowly and then nodded, determination and purpose flashing in her eyes. She hopped out of bed and was just about to grab her broom and jump out the window, but Rory spoke. "Wait a minute!"
"What?" Tabitha asked.
"Umm well before we go rushing into this, I think we ought to change our uniforms..." Rory said, sitting up and swinging her feet over the side of the bed.
Tabitha looked at Rory, "Yeah. you're right, umm.what exactly do they look like though.?"
Rory grinned, "Easy, it's really similar to ours, white shirts, gray sweater, gray skirt and low socks and some sort of black plain shoes, plus the long black cloaks."
"How drab," Tabitha commented.
Rory shrugged, grabbing her wand. "Ok, I'll need to remember the spell Professor Grenich taught us, ya know, the one how to change one item of clothing to another."
Tabitha tossed Rory her spell book. Within it were all the spells that they had learned, scrawled down and organized by class. Rory flipped through it, pausing on the page. "Perfect! Alright it is." She paused a moment, pointing her wand towards her chest and then called out "Fabricus Prisma - Hogwarts!"
Her uniform started to glow, and as the light dulled, her uniform had been transformed into that of a Hogwarts student. Rory grinned, "Your turn." Tabitha repeated the spell on herself and soon they were ready to go.
Tabitha reached for the brooms, "It shouldn't be too long of a flight if we leave now."
Rory reached into her bag and pulled out the small jar of Floo Powder. "When we're so close, I think this is a better method of travel," she said, holding it up.
Tabitha grinned and gathered their things, "We'll have to use the fireplace downstairs. I hope the Inn Keeper doesn't mind."
"Why should he?" Rory asked, carrying her broom and backpack out of the room, and Tabitha hurried after. They trod down the squeaky stairs and were greeted by the woman from the other night.
"Excuse me, ma'am, would it be possible for us to use your fireplace?" Tabitha asked.
"Yes, of course, quickest way to travel m'dears," the woman said with a smile, going once again to serving customers. Rory stepped up to the chimney, which had a blazing fire already burning.
"I'll meet you at Hogwarts. Don't fall on me or anything." Rory joked, taking a pinch of powder out of the jar before tossing it to Tabitha. Rory threw the powder into the fire and it blazed bright green. She called out "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!" Then Rory stepped through and the flames engulfed her, and she disappeared from sight.
Tabitha quickly repeated the process, calling out "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!" and stepped into the brightly glowing green flames, disappearing as well.
The woman looked at the fire as it regained its original orange color. "Hope they make it alright, poor dears will be late for class."
The next day, Rory woke up with a start, she had been having a nightmare where someone was constantly giggling and she felt pain, pain coming from all sides, and there was such brightness. Rory rubbed her head. Trying to recollect the dream seemed to make it even foggier in her mind. She leaned over, and smiled lightly, Tabitha was still sleeping, wrapped in a thick blanket. Rory gently shook her friend awake. "Hey.come on, get up. We've gotta get moving."
Tabitha awoke rather slowly and then nodded, determination and purpose flashing in her eyes. She hopped out of bed and was just about to grab her broom and jump out the window, but Rory spoke. "Wait a minute!"
"What?" Tabitha asked.
"Umm well before we go rushing into this, I think we ought to change our uniforms..." Rory said, sitting up and swinging her feet over the side of the bed.
Tabitha looked at Rory, "Yeah. you're right, umm.what exactly do they look like though.?"
Rory grinned, "Easy, it's really similar to ours, white shirts, gray sweater, gray skirt and low socks and some sort of black plain shoes, plus the long black cloaks."
"How drab," Tabitha commented.
Rory shrugged, grabbing her wand. "Ok, I'll need to remember the spell Professor Grenich taught us, ya know, the one how to change one item of clothing to another."
Tabitha tossed Rory her spell book. Within it were all the spells that they had learned, scrawled down and organized by class. Rory flipped through it, pausing on the page. "Perfect! Alright it is." She paused a moment, pointing her wand towards her chest and then called out "Fabricus Prisma - Hogwarts!"
Her uniform started to glow, and as the light dulled, her uniform had been transformed into that of a Hogwarts student. Rory grinned, "Your turn." Tabitha repeated the spell on herself and soon they were ready to go.
Tabitha reached for the brooms, "It shouldn't be too long of a flight if we leave now."
Rory reached into her bag and pulled out the small jar of Floo Powder. "When we're so close, I think this is a better method of travel," she said, holding it up.
Tabitha grinned and gathered their things, "We'll have to use the fireplace downstairs. I hope the Inn Keeper doesn't mind."
"Why should he?" Rory asked, carrying her broom and backpack out of the room, and Tabitha hurried after. They trod down the squeaky stairs and were greeted by the woman from the other night.
"Excuse me, ma'am, would it be possible for us to use your fireplace?" Tabitha asked.
"Yes, of course, quickest way to travel m'dears," the woman said with a smile, going once again to serving customers. Rory stepped up to the chimney, which had a blazing fire already burning.
"I'll meet you at Hogwarts. Don't fall on me or anything." Rory joked, taking a pinch of powder out of the jar before tossing it to Tabitha. Rory threw the powder into the fire and it blazed bright green. She called out "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!" Then Rory stepped through and the flames engulfed her, and she disappeared from sight.
Tabitha quickly repeated the process, calling out "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!" and stepped into the brightly glowing green flames, disappearing as well.
The woman looked at the fire as it regained its original orange color. "Hope they make it alright, poor dears will be late for class."