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Disclaimer: I don't have a single cent on me right now, so it's kinda impossible for me to bribe JK Rowling.xD
ChapterThree: ^Where To Go and What to Buy^
As promised, Charms was cancelled, and as for Ginny, she was excused out of sixth-year Defence Against Dark Arts. The seventh-years had gathered excitedly in the Great Hall, huddling in their groups and yakking away, except for Draco Malfoy, and Ron Weasley, who were sitting apart from their prearranged teams.
Harry and Hermione were discussing about Transfiguration; apparently they were grumbling about the amount of homework they were still assigned even though they were leaving for the trip in one week's time. Ginny sat with them, half listening, the other half still wondering how the hell could she bring Malfoy and her Gryffindor friend together. Draco was sitting by himself, staring over at the other side of the Hall, lost in his own thoughts. The Great Hall was practically buzzing until Hannah Abbott, the Head Girl, stood up at the front and cleared her throat loudly.
When silence came she spoke. "Now the prefects will be distributing the lists of where the ten stations are and what you will need. We will not tell you what will the contests be about because some of them require you thinking on the spot. This is a road trip, I stress again, so there will be deadlines for everything. For example, you are in Salem, and you're staying there for a week. As long as the competition is completed you are free to do whatever you want to do-- shop, hang out, sightsee. But you HAVE to get to the next destination on time, and I repeat again, HAVE to. Or else you will be disqualifed from that particular contest and marks will also be deducted from your overall scores. Apparating is not allowed as most of you have not taken the test, brooms can be used but remember, Anti-muggle security! There will also be Portkeys in some of the stations; you just have to find them. Oh, and also, even though you have a list of the places you are going you will not know how you'll be arriving in what order. Clues will be given to you by the teachers at your first stop and you have to figure out how and where to go."
Halting to breathe, she added, "If you have any problems, come find me or Dean Thomas."
Excitedly Ginny grabbed the instrucions package from a nearby prefect. Motioning for the others to gather round her she was sort of pleased to see that Draco Malfoy had abandoned his heck-care pose to come join them.
"Hmm... interesting places," Hermione commented.
It was true; what she had said. Diagon Alley... no surprise there. Salem... considering the fact that it was the town of witches... New Zealand, ehm, quite okay... China? Great Wall? What was that? Ginny glanced down the list quickly. Singapore... Japan... Ireland... Egypt... Africa... Thailand. Ten places, ten stations, and out of the ten she only recognised four. Shrugging to herself she looked up to see Draco staring bemusedly at them.
"What's the matter, Malfoy?"
Apparently Hermione had noticed that, too, and was glaring pointedly at the Slytherin.
"Oh, nothing, really," Draco drawled. "Just that I've been to all those places before so count yourselves lucky that I'm in your group."
All those places, eh? Ginny thought, a little bit bitterly. No wonder he's such a spoiled brat, I mean, all those ten places?! She couldn't help but feel a tiny twinge of jealousy, though she hastily chased the betraying feeling away. Who cares about money, really, I'm much more fortunate than him anyway. Does the Malfoy household know of the word 'love'? No, probably not, stupid of me to ask.
Harry was rummaging in the package; finally he found what he was looking for. Glancing up triumphantly at them he held up a piece of parchment.
"The things we need," he explained.
Ginny nodded; Dumbledore had planned to let them go Hogsmeade to buy what they need. Muggle stuff was necessary, of course, especially Muggle clothes if they were to sightsee the places they were going to. But that aside, most of the things they need were magical, as this was a magical trip after all.
Hermione was reading out some of the things they needed.
"At least ten Galleons per person... Muggle clothes... A world map?... Info Book on Singapore... Leprechaun History..."
Finishing, she tilted her head quizzically. "Whatever do we need Leprechaun History and the Info Book on Singapore for? I mean, I know we're going there, but... And who knows where's Singapore? I know it's somewhere in SE Asia, as Dumbledore had told us, but seriously I have never heard of that place before. Is it really a country?"
"Aren't you the know-it-all, Granger?" smirked Draco from the other side. "Leprechaun History's for what we'll be doing in Ireland; after all aren't the Leprechauns the mascots for that country? And Info Book on Singapore, most probably we'll be doing a scavenger hunt or something. Now, now, where have your brains gone to?"
Oh, dear, thought Ginny worriedly as Hermione shot daggers at Malfoy. Looks like I would have a hard time trying to get this two together.
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A/N: oh well... what can i say... it's rather late at night and my brain cells are going bonkerz on me. Hope this chapt is not THAT crappy, Cindy, it explains most of the stuff that will be going on later. Summerrain, thanks, haha, the category which I put this story under shld be giving ya all some clues, -smiles slyly-, and destinywriters , lolz, thx 4 ure review too!
oh, and sorry for putting that bit about Singapore in, lolz, it's my homeland after all, i haf more info to write abt! teeheehee...
yuppers, that's about it, guys... come on, i know u all can do better, 8 reviews for two chapt?? i know i know i may be asking for too much but then the reviews really keep me going ya noe...
::goes down on my knees and begs::
PLZ READ N REVIEW!!!
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Disclaimer: I don't have a single cent on me right now, so it's kinda impossible for me to bribe JK Rowling.xD
ChapterThree: ^Where To Go and What to Buy^
As promised, Charms was cancelled, and as for Ginny, she was excused out of sixth-year Defence Against Dark Arts. The seventh-years had gathered excitedly in the Great Hall, huddling in their groups and yakking away, except for Draco Malfoy, and Ron Weasley, who were sitting apart from their prearranged teams.
Harry and Hermione were discussing about Transfiguration; apparently they were grumbling about the amount of homework they were still assigned even though they were leaving for the trip in one week's time. Ginny sat with them, half listening, the other half still wondering how the hell could she bring Malfoy and her Gryffindor friend together. Draco was sitting by himself, staring over at the other side of the Hall, lost in his own thoughts. The Great Hall was practically buzzing until Hannah Abbott, the Head Girl, stood up at the front and cleared her throat loudly.
When silence came she spoke. "Now the prefects will be distributing the lists of where the ten stations are and what you will need. We will not tell you what will the contests be about because some of them require you thinking on the spot. This is a road trip, I stress again, so there will be deadlines for everything. For example, you are in Salem, and you're staying there for a week. As long as the competition is completed you are free to do whatever you want to do-- shop, hang out, sightsee. But you HAVE to get to the next destination on time, and I repeat again, HAVE to. Or else you will be disqualifed from that particular contest and marks will also be deducted from your overall scores. Apparating is not allowed as most of you have not taken the test, brooms can be used but remember, Anti-muggle security! There will also be Portkeys in some of the stations; you just have to find them. Oh, and also, even though you have a list of the places you are going you will not know how you'll be arriving in what order. Clues will be given to you by the teachers at your first stop and you have to figure out how and where to go."
Halting to breathe, she added, "If you have any problems, come find me or Dean Thomas."
Excitedly Ginny grabbed the instrucions package from a nearby prefect. Motioning for the others to gather round her she was sort of pleased to see that Draco Malfoy had abandoned his heck-care pose to come join them.
"Hmm... interesting places," Hermione commented.
It was true; what she had said. Diagon Alley... no surprise there. Salem... considering the fact that it was the town of witches... New Zealand, ehm, quite okay... China? Great Wall? What was that? Ginny glanced down the list quickly. Singapore... Japan... Ireland... Egypt... Africa... Thailand. Ten places, ten stations, and out of the ten she only recognised four. Shrugging to herself she looked up to see Draco staring bemusedly at them.
"What's the matter, Malfoy?"
Apparently Hermione had noticed that, too, and was glaring pointedly at the Slytherin.
"Oh, nothing, really," Draco drawled. "Just that I've been to all those places before so count yourselves lucky that I'm in your group."
All those places, eh? Ginny thought, a little bit bitterly. No wonder he's such a spoiled brat, I mean, all those ten places?! She couldn't help but feel a tiny twinge of jealousy, though she hastily chased the betraying feeling away. Who cares about money, really, I'm much more fortunate than him anyway. Does the Malfoy household know of the word 'love'? No, probably not, stupid of me to ask.
Harry was rummaging in the package; finally he found what he was looking for. Glancing up triumphantly at them he held up a piece of parchment.
"The things we need," he explained.
Ginny nodded; Dumbledore had planned to let them go Hogsmeade to buy what they need. Muggle stuff was necessary, of course, especially Muggle clothes if they were to sightsee the places they were going to. But that aside, most of the things they need were magical, as this was a magical trip after all.
Hermione was reading out some of the things they needed.
"At least ten Galleons per person... Muggle clothes... A world map?... Info Book on Singapore... Leprechaun History..."
Finishing, she tilted her head quizzically. "Whatever do we need Leprechaun History and the Info Book on Singapore for? I mean, I know we're going there, but... And who knows where's Singapore? I know it's somewhere in SE Asia, as Dumbledore had told us, but seriously I have never heard of that place before. Is it really a country?"
"Aren't you the know-it-all, Granger?" smirked Draco from the other side. "Leprechaun History's for what we'll be doing in Ireland; after all aren't the Leprechauns the mascots for that country? And Info Book on Singapore, most probably we'll be doing a scavenger hunt or something. Now, now, where have your brains gone to?"
Oh, dear, thought Ginny worriedly as Hermione shot daggers at Malfoy. Looks like I would have a hard time trying to get this two together.
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A/N: oh well... what can i say... it's rather late at night and my brain cells are going bonkerz on me. Hope this chapt is not THAT crappy, Cindy, it explains most of the stuff that will be going on later. Summerrain, thanks, haha, the category which I put this story under shld be giving ya all some clues, -smiles slyly-, and destinywriters , lolz, thx 4 ure review too!
oh, and sorry for putting that bit about Singapore in, lolz, it's my homeland after all, i haf more info to write abt! teeheehee...
yuppers, that's about it, guys... come on, i know u all can do better, 8 reviews for two chapt?? i know i know i may be asking for too much but then the reviews really keep me going ya noe...
::goes down on my knees and begs::
PLZ READ N REVIEW!!!
