It had been at least two hours since the first girl had been discovered, and Dumbledore was standing in an alleyway, staring at the sky, as if waiting for something. Nobody could tell what, though, and so Minerva and Remus stood next to him, staring at the sky in imitation, pretending to understand why he was doing this. After a while, the old man noticed and looked down at them, speaking for the first time in what felt - to the two others - like forever.
"If I am correct, which I usually am, then the next one should land here soon." And as he spoke, a decidedly human shape appeared in midair, then fell quite a way down into a hedge, shouting at the top of her voice. Dumbledore turned in her direction and chuckled, while Remus - snapping out of the shock that comes with watching a twelve-year-old plummet into a hedge - ran over to help get her out. She latched onto his arm and heaved herself out, staring at everybody in turn, before breaking the silence with a rushed sentence.
"The heck am I doing here?" Minerva preferred to stay silent, staring at the girl as if she were an ant, while Remus looked as if he was afraid of her and Albus looked... Well... He looked like he normally does.
"I-I don't know..." Stuttered Remus, giving Albus a hopeful look.
"Aah, here you are. What is your name?" Albus asked, ignoring Remus who looked slightly annoyed but kept quiet.
"My name? It's Peggy Ann O'Neal." She looked disbelieving, and rubbed her eyes as if to assure herself she was asleep.
"Well, good afternoon Miss O'Neal. Right on time. You are the second of four girls that will be arriving today." An eyebrow was raised questiningly by the girl in question.
"Who was the first, who are going to be the third and fourth, and do I know them?"
"The first is a girl by name of Gemma Dulson. You know her. The third and fourth will be Sasha Lyon and Helen Evans. Miss Dulson knows all three of you, but you do not know Miss Lyon or Miss Evans." Peggy blinked, then nodded and looked down at herself.
"Am I gonna be able to get dressed pretty soon or what?" She asked. Dumbledore chuckled.
"Yes, yes. Come with me, and I'll take you to the house we have your friend temporarily residing in."
So that was settled. They went off to the house Gemma had awoken in by portkey, and soon enough Peggy, along with Remus, was standing outside the door to the room her friend would temporarily call her bedroom. Remus knocked once.
"Whaddya want?" Came an annoyed shout from the other side of the door.
"Err... You're friend's here..." Stuttered Remus.
"Which one? I have a lot of friends, you know!"
"Peggy, I think it was..." With that, Remus gave Peggy a questioning look, to which she nodded.
"Peg's here?" The voice sounded disbelieving but happy, and there was a series of small 'thud's as the girl on the other side of the door ran over to open it. The girl in question grinned widely at them both, before shouting out euphorically, "HIYA!!" ...And believe me, if sweatdrops had existed in Harry Potter, then both Remus and Peggy would have sported huge ones.
"If I am correct, which I usually am, then the next one should land here soon." And as he spoke, a decidedly human shape appeared in midair, then fell quite a way down into a hedge, shouting at the top of her voice. Dumbledore turned in her direction and chuckled, while Remus - snapping out of the shock that comes with watching a twelve-year-old plummet into a hedge - ran over to help get her out. She latched onto his arm and heaved herself out, staring at everybody in turn, before breaking the silence with a rushed sentence.
"The heck am I doing here?" Minerva preferred to stay silent, staring at the girl as if she were an ant, while Remus looked as if he was afraid of her and Albus looked... Well... He looked like he normally does.
"I-I don't know..." Stuttered Remus, giving Albus a hopeful look.
"Aah, here you are. What is your name?" Albus asked, ignoring Remus who looked slightly annoyed but kept quiet.
"My name? It's Peggy Ann O'Neal." She looked disbelieving, and rubbed her eyes as if to assure herself she was asleep.
"Well, good afternoon Miss O'Neal. Right on time. You are the second of four girls that will be arriving today." An eyebrow was raised questiningly by the girl in question.
"Who was the first, who are going to be the third and fourth, and do I know them?"
"The first is a girl by name of Gemma Dulson. You know her. The third and fourth will be Sasha Lyon and Helen Evans. Miss Dulson knows all three of you, but you do not know Miss Lyon or Miss Evans." Peggy blinked, then nodded and looked down at herself.
"Am I gonna be able to get dressed pretty soon or what?" She asked. Dumbledore chuckled.
"Yes, yes. Come with me, and I'll take you to the house we have your friend temporarily residing in."
So that was settled. They went off to the house Gemma had awoken in by portkey, and soon enough Peggy, along with Remus, was standing outside the door to the room her friend would temporarily call her bedroom. Remus knocked once.
"Whaddya want?" Came an annoyed shout from the other side of the door.
"Err... You're friend's here..." Stuttered Remus.
"Which one? I have a lot of friends, you know!"
"Peggy, I think it was..." With that, Remus gave Peggy a questioning look, to which she nodded.
"Peg's here?" The voice sounded disbelieving but happy, and there was a series of small 'thud's as the girl on the other side of the door ran over to open it. The girl in question grinned widely at them both, before shouting out euphorically, "HIYA!!" ...And believe me, if sweatdrops had existed in Harry Potter, then both Remus and Peggy would have sported huge ones.