Ds-I don't own anything that's in the series that goes to J.K. Rowling. I own Ebony, Adrian, Brady, Diagon Delight and the plot. Other characters in the fic that you don't know are my friends characters that I've incorperated into the fic. Those are: Jassmine, Athena, Moriah, Michele and Tony. luv you guys.
Chapter 4: Hello and Goodbye to London
The Wood's stayed for a week after Ebony's birthday. It was a pretty good week, where Ebony and Oliver rekindled their close friendship. However, the Wood's had to reluctantly leave for London at the end of the week. The rest of the summer was rather uneventful, but Ebony didn't mind at all. She was moving to England and would be going to school with Oliver and Sean. *Am I lucky or what? Things are finally looking up! EEEEEEE!!!!!!*
A week before the new school year started Ebony flew to London to spend time at the Woods'. They had promised Alanna and Decon that they would help Eb get the rest of her school supplies and see her off to Hogwarts. Oliver had volunteered to be Ebony's personal tour guide around London, in both the muggle and magical worlds. She was looking forward to being at Oliver's house, for she had never, in her entire life, been there. Which was pretty weird since she'd know them forever.
Ebony caught her late afternoon flight to London in San Francisco, Cali. This was her first plane ride ever and she was very nervous, so her stomach was knots central. She kissed her parents goodbye and boarded the aircraft. The flight attendant took Ebony down the ile, towards the back of the plane, and showed her to her seat. There was a guy sitting in the seat next to Ebony's, he looked about her age and was very good looking. He had short, light brown hair, green eyes and darkly tanned skin. He was wearing loose fitting blue jeans and a tight white shirts, that showed his muscular arms. *Yum!* was all she could think when she saw him. She sat down, they exchanged glances and said 'hi' in unison. They both mused at this and laughed softly, again at the same time. Ebony thought he had the sweetest laugh and a warm, charming, and inviting smile. A flight attendant told everyone over the intercom to buckle up, the plane would be taking off any minute. Ebony fumbled with her seat belt, and the guy next to her giggled, "Your first flight? Don't worry it's not that bad," he said. Ebony was startled by his comment, "Is it really that obvious?" she asked. "Kinda, but I don't think anyone else noticed, your secret's safe with me."he answered. She smiled and held out a hand, "Thanx. I'm Ebony Shadow by the way." He took her hand and smiled back, "Adrian Galloway." he responded. The plane took off, nice and easy.
Once there were horizontally set in the air Adrian asked, "So if this is your time in the air, why are you going so far from home? If California is your home?" Ebony was grateful for his eagerness to talk, but what to tell him? It's not like she could just come out and say, "Oh, I'm a witch and I'm going to England to learn more magic at a huge school of wizards and witches." People just didn't react kindly to that sort of answer. So she left out the magic part. "I'm going to a private boarding school in England. And where might you be going? And for what purpose? If I'm not being too nosey." Adrian didn't mind her 'nosiness' as she had put it, "Oh, ur not being nosey, I asked you firth remember. I'm also going to England, I live there but come out here all the time, many of my relatives live out here. My dad's American and my mum's English, so I get to see both countries frequently." She nodded. Te conversation got quiet so Adrian pulled a book out of his bag, but Ebony missed the cover. His eyes where magnetically attached to the words on the pages. He seemed to be enjoying, so she figured it was interesting. She was tempted to ask, but thought it would be rude and intrusive. So to occupy herself, she took out her discman and started to listen to some of her music. P.O.D, Headstones, Linkin Park ect...( I LOVE LINKIN PARK!).
The plane landed in New York, quickly to refuel and lose/take on passengers. Abruptly both, Adrian and Ebony, were taken away from their book/music by a loud noise coming from the front of the plane. They looked at one another and then stared at the red curtain that led to further forward parts of the plane. "What?! No way in hell," said a young, sixteen year old, girl while coming through the red curtain, with a short, plumpy flight attendant at her heals. The girl was tall with dark red hair. Her dark hazel eyes were outlined with black eyeliner, her full lips were painted a shade of of dark purple, and she was dressed in all black. She continued to make a fuss,"You've got to be crazy! You expect ME to sit back HERE?..." the girl looked at the people around her. "With all these losers! HA! You've got to be on drugs!?" the red headed girl closely examined the flight attendant."I actually hope so, cause you look like hell! Going through withdrawl are we? If not, man do I pity you! Was your mum a dog or what?" The girl began to laugh hysterically. Both Ebony and Adrian tried to hide their amusement, but found it incredibly hard, this chick was SO kewl and got funnier by the second. But obviously the flight attendant didn't think so, she tried to stay professional and ignore the comment to her appearance, "Miss, you are disturbing these people, they..." the red head didn't let the flight attendant finish her sentence, "Ya right! If you would get off my back then I wouldn't have to make such a racket, now would I? so...hey maybe if I introduce myself to you..." the red head looked at the name tag on the flight attendant's jacket, 'Mindy'. "...well Mindy, and the rest of you..." she waved to everyone around her, "I'm Jassmine! There. Now, will you get a life." Mindy was getting frustrated,"Miss, I must insist you lower your voice and calm down." Jassmine didn't like to be told what to do,"I will not be quiet, I'll be as loud as I god damn want to. And I have no need to calm down, I already am! Any calmer and I'd be melting at your feet into a puddle of water. You'd like that wouldn't you? Well too bad! I'll tell on you if you don't stop harassing me, go away." Jassmine said and sat down in the seat behind Ebony. Jass crossed her right ankle over top of her left knee, and leaned back in her seat. Mindy had obviously had enough and went to leave, when Jasmine called after her, "Oh Mindy bring me a drink, Vodka will do." Mindy was stunned at Jassmine's request, "Miss I don't th..." Jassmine could see where Mindy was going with her sentence and knew exactly what to do. "Be a good dear now, and do as your told. You wouldn't want me to be a pain and accidentally start to get louder again, would you?!" Mindy gave no response. "okay have it your way" and Jassmine started to scream at the top of her lungs, while the plane suddenly started to take off. Jassmine and Mindy had been too busy arguing with one another that they hadn't heard the announcement to buckle up. As the plane turned upward, the flight attendant fell on top of Jassmine, while she continued to scream. When the plane became flat once again, Jassmine was still screaming and most of the other passengers, including Ebony and Adrian, were all plugging their ears. Mindy was now screaming random things at Jassmine, trying to get her to stop the screaming, "OKAY! OKAY! I'LL GET YOU WHATEVER YOU WANT, JUST..." Jassmine stopped screaming, but mindy finished her sentence still screaming, "AND BE QUIET!" Jassmine got a funny look on her face and spoke to Ebony and Adrian, who were sitting in front of her, "Now look who's screaming?!. What a hypocrite! Now go Mindy! Fetch me my drink!" Jassmine waved her hand at Mindy, symbolizing that she could leave.
Once Mindy had gone, Ebony turned around to face Jassmine, "Wow! Your so funny! Do you know her personally or are you just that open with everyone you meet?" Jassmine was flattered by the girl in front of her's complement, and said truthfully, "Nah, I don't know her, glad for it too. I just believe there is no point in tip toeing around people I don't like, and often those I do. And hey! I got her to get me alcohol, didn't I? So it's all good. Ya, so what's your's and the hottie beside ya's name? As you must have heard, mines Jassmine." Adrian's ears went red, Ebony noticed and answered for both of them, "Oh, a, I'm Ebony and this here is Adrian." Jassmine hadn't seen Adrian's ears, and she wanted him to join the conversation, so she playfully hit his arm and asked, "Hey buddy, can't you talk? I mean most men would be falling all over themselves to have two good looking girls, such as Eb and me, look at them, let alone talk to them. What's your deal?" Adrian apologized and said he hadn't meant to offend her. Jassmine laughed, and said to Ebony, "That always gets them a talking." All three laughed. Mindy then appeared with Jassmine's drink, "A bottle of Vodka, and a glass. I trust you can pour it yourself?!" Jassmine couldn't help but take this opportunity to take control of Mindy, "Pour? What is this 'pour' mean? I think your going to have to show me how." Ebony and Adrian tried to hide their laughing as best as possible when Mindy actually poured Jassmine her first shot. Before Mindy left she announced that dinner was going to be served in five minutes and left the three alone.
They continued to chat till dinner was served then they all went silent. Jassmine flipped out at Mindy, "Mindy!!! What do you have in your head for brains, Spaghetti?! If you think I'm going to eat this cow shit, you've got another thing coming!! Now get me some real food or I start getting louder again!! What'll it be Mindy? Me getting real food or you getting your eardrums broken?" Mindy said nothing and went into a little daydream. *****Mindy's Day Dream***** Mindy takes Jassmine's tray of food and flips it up, shoving the food into Jassmine's face. "You ungrateful little Bitch....." Strangles Jassmine and then runs up and down the ile screaming at the top of her lungs. She grabs a para-shoot, puts it on, lights a fire, and jumps out of the plane. "YAHOOOOOO!!!!!" *****End of Mindy's Day Dream***** Mindy snaps back to reality, "Hold on Miss, I'll see what I can do." she says and walks off.
Adrian played with his food and scrunched up his nose, "EW! What do you think it really is?" he asked. Ebony looked just as disgusted as Adrian, "I've got to go with Jass, it's a mixture of cow shit and monkey brains." Jassmine laughed, but was getting bored waiting for Mindy. She began to play with her food and 'accidentally' threw some over the seat, landing on Adrian and two old people in front of him. Adrian didn't get angry though, he thought it was funny, "FOOD FIGHT!!!" Jassmine loved Adrian's idea, "Ya!" But only Adrian and Jassmine seemed to want to join in. Mindy came back and yelled at them for their fun. More witty remarks were exchanged between Jass and Mindy until Mindy exclaimed that there was a seat for Jass up front where she could eat what she wanted from the buffet. From there on out Jassmine was cooperative."Later you two, it was a pleasure. And do remember, No sex on the first date!" Jassmine chuckled to herself as she walked away.
Ebony and Adrian looked at each other confused, Ebony was embarrassed by Jassmine's comment, so she went back to her disturbingly unappetizing and repulsive food. Adrian however didn't, "Fuck this!!! I'm not eating this! and neither are you!" he declared shoving both their trays away from them, and beckoned Mindy over to remove both trays from their site. Ebony was happy not to have to look at that stuff the airline people called food, but was confused, "Umm, don't know about you? But I'm still hungry." Adrian shook his head, "Don't worry I brought preserves." He went into his bag and got out two Pepsi cans, a large bag of of chips, and Twizzlers. Ebony was amazed, "Whoa! Very cool. Thanx for the refreshments. It's awfully kind of you!" Adrian chuckled, "Don't mention it! The Twizzlers are really for the movie, I always have it when I see a new movie." Ebony was surprised, "No way! Really? That's so weird. It's like a tradition back home to have liquorice when watching a new/rented video." The movie didn't start for about thirty five minutes, but neither objected. They were enjoying themselves and finding they had a lot in common. There were two movies, they were both good;Fast and the Furious, and Queen of the Damned.
They talked for a while longer after the movies had ended. But they were tired and began to fall asleep. They didn't awake until the plane landed in London. When they got off the plane, they exchanged 'home' addresses so they could keep in touch. Ebony hoped her parents would send any mail she received at home to Hogwarts. They hugged and said goodbye. Shortly after Adrian left with his mum, all four of the Wood's greeted her.
The Wood's house was larger than her own, but she found it welcoming enough. The room she'd be staying in was cozy and inviting. She thought it to be peacefully relaxing. The day she arrived and the next, Ebony spent adjusting to the time change and recuperating from the eleven hour flight. But the following two days, Oliver took Ebony around London, seeing the muggle attractions. But Oliver was more familiar with magical areas of London, rather then the muggle ones. So he showed her only the major attractions; the elegant Tower of London, the beautiful and enchanting Crown Jewels Display and the glorious St. Paul's Cathedral. Plus, the neoclassical British Museum which contained two Magna Cartas, Rosetta Stone, the Elgin Marbles(statue from the Acropolis in Athens), Egyptian mummies and thousands of fascinating items from around the world. And across from the museum the Westminister Abbey. Ebony also got to see the Big Ben clock tower atop Parliament, the Tate Gallery and the National Gallery and the Planetarium. Aswell as Covent Gardens, Hampton Court Place, Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace. Oliver also took Ebony to the theater one night, to see The Phantom of the Opera. Ebony thought it was incredible! Beautifully preformed and all-around Marvelous!
Now Sean, being the wild child he was, had argued that all the places Oliver had chosen were stuffy and boring as hell! So almost every night, he took her to a new club. Sometimes they were muggle ones, sometimes not. Either way, she had fun. Sean even insisted that she wear the black dress he gave her to one of the clubs. She did, but was very nervous about it all night. One night, Sean had even gotten into a fight with a muggle man over a stupid song! Both Ebony, Sean and the muggle man and his buds, of course, got kicked out. The muggle man didn't like that a stupid boy had got him kicked out, Ebony and Sean had ended up running 6 city blocks before they had lost the muggle gang. "Sorry about that Eb" Ebony out of breath, was still laughing. She hit his arm. "Your so stupid! And you probably deserved whatever those men were gonna give you. But it was still fun. I say that only cause no one got too hurt. But lets try to avoid another scene like this, okay?!" "Okay!" he said. They walked home, "Do things like that happen often?!" Eb asked. He smiled his reckless grin, "It has, a time or two!" She shook her head at him.
Over the last couple of days, Oliver showed Ebony the better magical areas of London. But they spent a great deal of time in Diagon Ally. Oliver said it was the best place to finish getting all the stuff she needed for Hogwarts. Since Ebony was a witch in America, getting supplies wasn't hard because she already had lots of the stuff on her list. They stopped in Madam Malkin's to get her new school uniforms, and popped in the Apothecary to acquire a few odds and ends. They visited Flourish and Blotts to get her books, but she already had at least half the books she needed. "So we're all done." Oliver said. But they weren't yet, "No, I need one more thing, a wand." Oliver was shocked, "Didn't you need one in your old school? What kind of things did they teach you without a wand?" Ebony: "Of course I had one at Balinor! But it got broken in the explosion." Oliver went into deep thought, Eb knew he was going to start asking for more details about what happened there. *things are going so well...it can't go badly now. It just can't!* she thought. "So can I get a wand here or not? Cause I'm not going to..." she began. Oliver came out of his thoughts, "Hu? Oh! Ya, over there." he pointed at a shop with the words; 'Ollivander's' over the front door. "Great!" she said and went off into it.
"Hello?!" Ebony said as she walked inside. Inside the store was cool, and she took in the site of it. She saw an old man with grey hair helping what looked like a group of eleven year olds find their first wand. The man saw her and motioned towards a sitting area, where a guy was waiting to be help by the shop keeper. Ebony sat down a chair away from the guy. He was about the same height as Ebony, but she couldn't tell completely, for he was sitting down. He had spiked brown hair, and brown/auburn eyes and was dressed simply. The guy said 'Hi' and introduced himself as 'Tony Ballard'. Apparently Ebony wasn't the only sixth year that needed a new wand. "Well technically I'm a fifth year, but almost all my friends are in sixth year, so it doesn't matter." Tony said. They continued talking while the old man, who Tony pointed out was Mr. Ollivander, found a wand for each of the first years. Tony said that this was his forth wand since the day he got his first one. They both laughed, cause it really was funny. Tony had been going to Hogwarts since he was 11, and said it was uncommon to have transfers, but that this year there were a whole shit load of new people that would be coming Hogwarts. Ebony wondered why there were so many transfers this year, but pushed the thought from her mind. Finally, Mr. Ollivander came over to greet the two. "Tony! My dear boy, I was sure you'd have been able to keep the last wand intact for good. But unfortunately that is not the case. Come, let's see if we can't find a 'match'. Ebony, I will be with you shortly" Mr. Ollivander kindly said. Ebony was startled by his use of her first name, "What? Excuse me, but Mr. Ollivander, how did you know my name?" His answer was short but full, "I've been expecting you." While Ebony watched Tony go through wand after wand after wand, she couldn't help but ponder how Ollivander had know she would be coming. Tony had tried fifty seven wands before he found a 'match'. "Oh! Good! Good!" Ollivander said, while jumping up and down and continued, "Now let's see if we can keep this one longer, okay Tony?!" Tony nodded. Ollivander then turned his attention to Ebony, "Now, Ms. Shadow let's see what I can find for you on this flowering day, shall we?" Before Ebony got started on trying different wands Tony asked her if she would like him to stay and wait, as so that he could introduce him to his friends afterwards. She agreed and thanked him. But Tony didn't have to wait long, for Ebony got her 'match' with the second wand she tried. "Bravo Ms. Shadow! You've broken the ten year long record for a pupil to find their 'match'. The record was held at four tries, but you are now the new holder at two." Ollivander declared. Ebony just smiled and thanked Ollivander for his praise. Ollivander walked over to his desk and began shuffling around for a piece of paper, "Okay, lets see let me write this down here, you've got an eleven inch, Willow/Yew blend, with a Unicorn's Tail core."
Tony and Ebony left Ollivander's and crossed the street to a new restaurant, Diagon Delight. There, sitting out front at a large table with a big umbrella above it, were three girls. Tony and Ebony walked up to them and Tony introduced Ebony to them all and then introduced each of them to Ebony, "Girls, this is Ebony Shadow. Ebony this is Michele Lupin, Moriah Shemer and Athena Mondirroe." Ebony was fascinated with Athena's blue hair, it was totally crazy! Athena's green added the perfect touch to the blue hair statement. *wicked* Ebony thought as everyone smiled and said 'hi' to each other. Eb and Tony took seats at the table. *Lupin...Lupin...Where have I heard that name? Oh ya...* Ebony's thoughts turned into words spoken aloud. "Michele? Are you related to Remus Lupin?" Michele was surprised by the question, but answered it freely, "Ya... He's my dad... How do you know him?" "Oh, he taught a short seminar at my old school on various demons and other mystical creatures, last year. I found it all fascinating." Ebony responded. Michele rolled her eyes, "That's my dad, got to love him." Everyone agreed and all went into discussions over the stuff they did over the summer.
Everyone jumped when Oliver came running over yelling, "Ebony!! There you are!! Where have you been? One minute your in Ollivander's the next your not! Why didn't you come find me and tell me where you where going?!" Athena was the one to stop his shouting, "Calm down there cowboy, as you can see she's just fine! You didn't expect her to stay in that dark, musky old shop on such a beautiful day did you?" Oliver was startled by Athena's abruptness, "What? No. I just...she doesn't know her way around is all. I was worried. And do you know how much trouble I would have been in if I had lost her?" Moriah, Michele, Athena and Ebony all seemed to be thinking the same thing then. They all stood up and in unison screamed, "Is that all she is("I am" for Eb) to you? A chore? Men!" Michele began to say something to Oliver about not being such a 'worry wart', and the second Oliver heard her voice by it's self, he was at a loss for words. He was mesmerized by her beauty and hung on to every word that left her soft lips. He noticed every strand of loose brown hair that fell over her soft cheek and covered her amazingly deep brown eyes. He wanted to reach out and caress Michele's cheek, gently put the loose hairs behind her ear so that he could stare into her captivating eyes forever.
Oliver was ripped away from his fantasy by two familiar male voices that were calling his name. He turned around to face them. They came up to the table and he introduced them to Ebony, "Eb this is Brady, he's Athena's brother. And this is Adrian ..." But Adrian was talking to Ebony by now, "Ebony? What are you doing here? How do you know Oliver? I have a million questions for you? So Hogwarts is the boarding school you were talking about?" Ebony was still in shock that she was seeing Adrian, "Um, ya... I was talking about Hogwarts. Um...what were your other questions? I can't seem to remember them." Oliver asked how they knew one another and Ebony explained about the flight over to England from California. But before he had a chance to ask anymore questions, Moriah was suggesting ice cream to Brady, and Adrian was agreeing, saying it would be a great place for Ebony and him to answer one another's questions. Athena wasn't about to let Moriah and Brady out of her site, she always got a funny feeling when they were together. And Tony said he had to go catch up with a friend in his own year. So in no time at all, Oliver and Michele were left alone at the table. They too were hungry, but they ordered a late lunch from the restaurant instead.
When the group returned from ice cream they found Oliver and Michele still at the table outside Diagon Delight, they were laughing and smiling. Ebony thought Michele was nice and all but she couldn't hell but despise her for a brief moment, when Mich touch Oliver's arm then hand and giggled sexily. The rest of the group sat down at the table and joined in on Michele and Oliver's conversation. They all stayed there until you could see many stars in the sky, but slowly the group of teens disappeared from the table.
On September 1st, the Marie took Oliver, Sean and Ebony to kings cross station and said goodbye. Oliver and Sean had a blast laughing at Ebony's ditziness, she couldn't grasp the concept of walking through a wall. And once she did, she hated the idea! She begged Oliver to find another way for her to get to where the train was waiting. She actually refused to walk through a wall. In the end, Sean gave up and went in without them. leaving Oliver to deal with Eb. So Oliver, against Ebony's wishes, threw her over his shoulder and carried her through. He then went back and got the carts that had their stuff on them. She smacked him on the arm, then thanked him for forcing her to go through the wall. Together they boarded the train, and sought out their friends.
AN-Thank you everyone who reviewed. And thank you Mich for your encouragement!
Chapter 4: Hello and Goodbye to London
The Wood's stayed for a week after Ebony's birthday. It was a pretty good week, where Ebony and Oliver rekindled their close friendship. However, the Wood's had to reluctantly leave for London at the end of the week. The rest of the summer was rather uneventful, but Ebony didn't mind at all. She was moving to England and would be going to school with Oliver and Sean. *Am I lucky or what? Things are finally looking up! EEEEEEE!!!!!!*
A week before the new school year started Ebony flew to London to spend time at the Woods'. They had promised Alanna and Decon that they would help Eb get the rest of her school supplies and see her off to Hogwarts. Oliver had volunteered to be Ebony's personal tour guide around London, in both the muggle and magical worlds. She was looking forward to being at Oliver's house, for she had never, in her entire life, been there. Which was pretty weird since she'd know them forever.
Ebony caught her late afternoon flight to London in San Francisco, Cali. This was her first plane ride ever and she was very nervous, so her stomach was knots central. She kissed her parents goodbye and boarded the aircraft. The flight attendant took Ebony down the ile, towards the back of the plane, and showed her to her seat. There was a guy sitting in the seat next to Ebony's, he looked about her age and was very good looking. He had short, light brown hair, green eyes and darkly tanned skin. He was wearing loose fitting blue jeans and a tight white shirts, that showed his muscular arms. *Yum!* was all she could think when she saw him. She sat down, they exchanged glances and said 'hi' in unison. They both mused at this and laughed softly, again at the same time. Ebony thought he had the sweetest laugh and a warm, charming, and inviting smile. A flight attendant told everyone over the intercom to buckle up, the plane would be taking off any minute. Ebony fumbled with her seat belt, and the guy next to her giggled, "Your first flight? Don't worry it's not that bad," he said. Ebony was startled by his comment, "Is it really that obvious?" she asked. "Kinda, but I don't think anyone else noticed, your secret's safe with me."he answered. She smiled and held out a hand, "Thanx. I'm Ebony Shadow by the way." He took her hand and smiled back, "Adrian Galloway." he responded. The plane took off, nice and easy.
Once there were horizontally set in the air Adrian asked, "So if this is your time in the air, why are you going so far from home? If California is your home?" Ebony was grateful for his eagerness to talk, but what to tell him? It's not like she could just come out and say, "Oh, I'm a witch and I'm going to England to learn more magic at a huge school of wizards and witches." People just didn't react kindly to that sort of answer. So she left out the magic part. "I'm going to a private boarding school in England. And where might you be going? And for what purpose? If I'm not being too nosey." Adrian didn't mind her 'nosiness' as she had put it, "Oh, ur not being nosey, I asked you firth remember. I'm also going to England, I live there but come out here all the time, many of my relatives live out here. My dad's American and my mum's English, so I get to see both countries frequently." She nodded. Te conversation got quiet so Adrian pulled a book out of his bag, but Ebony missed the cover. His eyes where magnetically attached to the words on the pages. He seemed to be enjoying, so she figured it was interesting. She was tempted to ask, but thought it would be rude and intrusive. So to occupy herself, she took out her discman and started to listen to some of her music. P.O.D, Headstones, Linkin Park ect...( I LOVE LINKIN PARK!).
The plane landed in New York, quickly to refuel and lose/take on passengers. Abruptly both, Adrian and Ebony, were taken away from their book/music by a loud noise coming from the front of the plane. They looked at one another and then stared at the red curtain that led to further forward parts of the plane. "What?! No way in hell," said a young, sixteen year old, girl while coming through the red curtain, with a short, plumpy flight attendant at her heals. The girl was tall with dark red hair. Her dark hazel eyes were outlined with black eyeliner, her full lips were painted a shade of of dark purple, and she was dressed in all black. She continued to make a fuss,"You've got to be crazy! You expect ME to sit back HERE?..." the girl looked at the people around her. "With all these losers! HA! You've got to be on drugs!?" the red headed girl closely examined the flight attendant."I actually hope so, cause you look like hell! Going through withdrawl are we? If not, man do I pity you! Was your mum a dog or what?" The girl began to laugh hysterically. Both Ebony and Adrian tried to hide their amusement, but found it incredibly hard, this chick was SO kewl and got funnier by the second. But obviously the flight attendant didn't think so, she tried to stay professional and ignore the comment to her appearance, "Miss, you are disturbing these people, they..." the red head didn't let the flight attendant finish her sentence, "Ya right! If you would get off my back then I wouldn't have to make such a racket, now would I? so...hey maybe if I introduce myself to you..." the red head looked at the name tag on the flight attendant's jacket, 'Mindy'. "...well Mindy, and the rest of you..." she waved to everyone around her, "I'm Jassmine! There. Now, will you get a life." Mindy was getting frustrated,"Miss, I must insist you lower your voice and calm down." Jassmine didn't like to be told what to do,"I will not be quiet, I'll be as loud as I god damn want to. And I have no need to calm down, I already am! Any calmer and I'd be melting at your feet into a puddle of water. You'd like that wouldn't you? Well too bad! I'll tell on you if you don't stop harassing me, go away." Jassmine said and sat down in the seat behind Ebony. Jass crossed her right ankle over top of her left knee, and leaned back in her seat. Mindy had obviously had enough and went to leave, when Jasmine called after her, "Oh Mindy bring me a drink, Vodka will do." Mindy was stunned at Jassmine's request, "Miss I don't th..." Jassmine could see where Mindy was going with her sentence and knew exactly what to do. "Be a good dear now, and do as your told. You wouldn't want me to be a pain and accidentally start to get louder again, would you?!" Mindy gave no response. "okay have it your way" and Jassmine started to scream at the top of her lungs, while the plane suddenly started to take off. Jassmine and Mindy had been too busy arguing with one another that they hadn't heard the announcement to buckle up. As the plane turned upward, the flight attendant fell on top of Jassmine, while she continued to scream. When the plane became flat once again, Jassmine was still screaming and most of the other passengers, including Ebony and Adrian, were all plugging their ears. Mindy was now screaming random things at Jassmine, trying to get her to stop the screaming, "OKAY! OKAY! I'LL GET YOU WHATEVER YOU WANT, JUST..." Jassmine stopped screaming, but mindy finished her sentence still screaming, "AND BE QUIET!" Jassmine got a funny look on her face and spoke to Ebony and Adrian, who were sitting in front of her, "Now look who's screaming?!. What a hypocrite! Now go Mindy! Fetch me my drink!" Jassmine waved her hand at Mindy, symbolizing that she could leave.
Once Mindy had gone, Ebony turned around to face Jassmine, "Wow! Your so funny! Do you know her personally or are you just that open with everyone you meet?" Jassmine was flattered by the girl in front of her's complement, and said truthfully, "Nah, I don't know her, glad for it too. I just believe there is no point in tip toeing around people I don't like, and often those I do. And hey! I got her to get me alcohol, didn't I? So it's all good. Ya, so what's your's and the hottie beside ya's name? As you must have heard, mines Jassmine." Adrian's ears went red, Ebony noticed and answered for both of them, "Oh, a, I'm Ebony and this here is Adrian." Jassmine hadn't seen Adrian's ears, and she wanted him to join the conversation, so she playfully hit his arm and asked, "Hey buddy, can't you talk? I mean most men would be falling all over themselves to have two good looking girls, such as Eb and me, look at them, let alone talk to them. What's your deal?" Adrian apologized and said he hadn't meant to offend her. Jassmine laughed, and said to Ebony, "That always gets them a talking." All three laughed. Mindy then appeared with Jassmine's drink, "A bottle of Vodka, and a glass. I trust you can pour it yourself?!" Jassmine couldn't help but take this opportunity to take control of Mindy, "Pour? What is this 'pour' mean? I think your going to have to show me how." Ebony and Adrian tried to hide their laughing as best as possible when Mindy actually poured Jassmine her first shot. Before Mindy left she announced that dinner was going to be served in five minutes and left the three alone.
They continued to chat till dinner was served then they all went silent. Jassmine flipped out at Mindy, "Mindy!!! What do you have in your head for brains, Spaghetti?! If you think I'm going to eat this cow shit, you've got another thing coming!! Now get me some real food or I start getting louder again!! What'll it be Mindy? Me getting real food or you getting your eardrums broken?" Mindy said nothing and went into a little daydream. *****Mindy's Day Dream***** Mindy takes Jassmine's tray of food and flips it up, shoving the food into Jassmine's face. "You ungrateful little Bitch....." Strangles Jassmine and then runs up and down the ile screaming at the top of her lungs. She grabs a para-shoot, puts it on, lights a fire, and jumps out of the plane. "YAHOOOOOO!!!!!" *****End of Mindy's Day Dream***** Mindy snaps back to reality, "Hold on Miss, I'll see what I can do." she says and walks off.
Adrian played with his food and scrunched up his nose, "EW! What do you think it really is?" he asked. Ebony looked just as disgusted as Adrian, "I've got to go with Jass, it's a mixture of cow shit and monkey brains." Jassmine laughed, but was getting bored waiting for Mindy. She began to play with her food and 'accidentally' threw some over the seat, landing on Adrian and two old people in front of him. Adrian didn't get angry though, he thought it was funny, "FOOD FIGHT!!!" Jassmine loved Adrian's idea, "Ya!" But only Adrian and Jassmine seemed to want to join in. Mindy came back and yelled at them for their fun. More witty remarks were exchanged between Jass and Mindy until Mindy exclaimed that there was a seat for Jass up front where she could eat what she wanted from the buffet. From there on out Jassmine was cooperative."Later you two, it was a pleasure. And do remember, No sex on the first date!" Jassmine chuckled to herself as she walked away.
Ebony and Adrian looked at each other confused, Ebony was embarrassed by Jassmine's comment, so she went back to her disturbingly unappetizing and repulsive food. Adrian however didn't, "Fuck this!!! I'm not eating this! and neither are you!" he declared shoving both their trays away from them, and beckoned Mindy over to remove both trays from their site. Ebony was happy not to have to look at that stuff the airline people called food, but was confused, "Umm, don't know about you? But I'm still hungry." Adrian shook his head, "Don't worry I brought preserves." He went into his bag and got out two Pepsi cans, a large bag of of chips, and Twizzlers. Ebony was amazed, "Whoa! Very cool. Thanx for the refreshments. It's awfully kind of you!" Adrian chuckled, "Don't mention it! The Twizzlers are really for the movie, I always have it when I see a new movie." Ebony was surprised, "No way! Really? That's so weird. It's like a tradition back home to have liquorice when watching a new/rented video." The movie didn't start for about thirty five minutes, but neither objected. They were enjoying themselves and finding they had a lot in common. There were two movies, they were both good;Fast and the Furious, and Queen of the Damned.
They talked for a while longer after the movies had ended. But they were tired and began to fall asleep. They didn't awake until the plane landed in London. When they got off the plane, they exchanged 'home' addresses so they could keep in touch. Ebony hoped her parents would send any mail she received at home to Hogwarts. They hugged and said goodbye. Shortly after Adrian left with his mum, all four of the Wood's greeted her.
The Wood's house was larger than her own, but she found it welcoming enough. The room she'd be staying in was cozy and inviting. She thought it to be peacefully relaxing. The day she arrived and the next, Ebony spent adjusting to the time change and recuperating from the eleven hour flight. But the following two days, Oliver took Ebony around London, seeing the muggle attractions. But Oliver was more familiar with magical areas of London, rather then the muggle ones. So he showed her only the major attractions; the elegant Tower of London, the beautiful and enchanting Crown Jewels Display and the glorious St. Paul's Cathedral. Plus, the neoclassical British Museum which contained two Magna Cartas, Rosetta Stone, the Elgin Marbles(statue from the Acropolis in Athens), Egyptian mummies and thousands of fascinating items from around the world. And across from the museum the Westminister Abbey. Ebony also got to see the Big Ben clock tower atop Parliament, the Tate Gallery and the National Gallery and the Planetarium. Aswell as Covent Gardens, Hampton Court Place, Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace. Oliver also took Ebony to the theater one night, to see The Phantom of the Opera. Ebony thought it was incredible! Beautifully preformed and all-around Marvelous!
Now Sean, being the wild child he was, had argued that all the places Oliver had chosen were stuffy and boring as hell! So almost every night, he took her to a new club. Sometimes they were muggle ones, sometimes not. Either way, she had fun. Sean even insisted that she wear the black dress he gave her to one of the clubs. She did, but was very nervous about it all night. One night, Sean had even gotten into a fight with a muggle man over a stupid song! Both Ebony, Sean and the muggle man and his buds, of course, got kicked out. The muggle man didn't like that a stupid boy had got him kicked out, Ebony and Sean had ended up running 6 city blocks before they had lost the muggle gang. "Sorry about that Eb" Ebony out of breath, was still laughing. She hit his arm. "Your so stupid! And you probably deserved whatever those men were gonna give you. But it was still fun. I say that only cause no one got too hurt. But lets try to avoid another scene like this, okay?!" "Okay!" he said. They walked home, "Do things like that happen often?!" Eb asked. He smiled his reckless grin, "It has, a time or two!" She shook her head at him.
Over the last couple of days, Oliver showed Ebony the better magical areas of London. But they spent a great deal of time in Diagon Ally. Oliver said it was the best place to finish getting all the stuff she needed for Hogwarts. Since Ebony was a witch in America, getting supplies wasn't hard because she already had lots of the stuff on her list. They stopped in Madam Malkin's to get her new school uniforms, and popped in the Apothecary to acquire a few odds and ends. They visited Flourish and Blotts to get her books, but she already had at least half the books she needed. "So we're all done." Oliver said. But they weren't yet, "No, I need one more thing, a wand." Oliver was shocked, "Didn't you need one in your old school? What kind of things did they teach you without a wand?" Ebony: "Of course I had one at Balinor! But it got broken in the explosion." Oliver went into deep thought, Eb knew he was going to start asking for more details about what happened there. *things are going so well...it can't go badly now. It just can't!* she thought. "So can I get a wand here or not? Cause I'm not going to..." she began. Oliver came out of his thoughts, "Hu? Oh! Ya, over there." he pointed at a shop with the words; 'Ollivander's' over the front door. "Great!" she said and went off into it.
"Hello?!" Ebony said as she walked inside. Inside the store was cool, and she took in the site of it. She saw an old man with grey hair helping what looked like a group of eleven year olds find their first wand. The man saw her and motioned towards a sitting area, where a guy was waiting to be help by the shop keeper. Ebony sat down a chair away from the guy. He was about the same height as Ebony, but she couldn't tell completely, for he was sitting down. He had spiked brown hair, and brown/auburn eyes and was dressed simply. The guy said 'Hi' and introduced himself as 'Tony Ballard'. Apparently Ebony wasn't the only sixth year that needed a new wand. "Well technically I'm a fifth year, but almost all my friends are in sixth year, so it doesn't matter." Tony said. They continued talking while the old man, who Tony pointed out was Mr. Ollivander, found a wand for each of the first years. Tony said that this was his forth wand since the day he got his first one. They both laughed, cause it really was funny. Tony had been going to Hogwarts since he was 11, and said it was uncommon to have transfers, but that this year there were a whole shit load of new people that would be coming Hogwarts. Ebony wondered why there were so many transfers this year, but pushed the thought from her mind. Finally, Mr. Ollivander came over to greet the two. "Tony! My dear boy, I was sure you'd have been able to keep the last wand intact for good. But unfortunately that is not the case. Come, let's see if we can't find a 'match'. Ebony, I will be with you shortly" Mr. Ollivander kindly said. Ebony was startled by his use of her first name, "What? Excuse me, but Mr. Ollivander, how did you know my name?" His answer was short but full, "I've been expecting you." While Ebony watched Tony go through wand after wand after wand, she couldn't help but ponder how Ollivander had know she would be coming. Tony had tried fifty seven wands before he found a 'match'. "Oh! Good! Good!" Ollivander said, while jumping up and down and continued, "Now let's see if we can keep this one longer, okay Tony?!" Tony nodded. Ollivander then turned his attention to Ebony, "Now, Ms. Shadow let's see what I can find for you on this flowering day, shall we?" Before Ebony got started on trying different wands Tony asked her if she would like him to stay and wait, as so that he could introduce him to his friends afterwards. She agreed and thanked him. But Tony didn't have to wait long, for Ebony got her 'match' with the second wand she tried. "Bravo Ms. Shadow! You've broken the ten year long record for a pupil to find their 'match'. The record was held at four tries, but you are now the new holder at two." Ollivander declared. Ebony just smiled and thanked Ollivander for his praise. Ollivander walked over to his desk and began shuffling around for a piece of paper, "Okay, lets see let me write this down here, you've got an eleven inch, Willow/Yew blend, with a Unicorn's Tail core."
Tony and Ebony left Ollivander's and crossed the street to a new restaurant, Diagon Delight. There, sitting out front at a large table with a big umbrella above it, were three girls. Tony and Ebony walked up to them and Tony introduced Ebony to them all and then introduced each of them to Ebony, "Girls, this is Ebony Shadow. Ebony this is Michele Lupin, Moriah Shemer and Athena Mondirroe." Ebony was fascinated with Athena's blue hair, it was totally crazy! Athena's green added the perfect touch to the blue hair statement. *wicked* Ebony thought as everyone smiled and said 'hi' to each other. Eb and Tony took seats at the table. *Lupin...Lupin...Where have I heard that name? Oh ya...* Ebony's thoughts turned into words spoken aloud. "Michele? Are you related to Remus Lupin?" Michele was surprised by the question, but answered it freely, "Ya... He's my dad... How do you know him?" "Oh, he taught a short seminar at my old school on various demons and other mystical creatures, last year. I found it all fascinating." Ebony responded. Michele rolled her eyes, "That's my dad, got to love him." Everyone agreed and all went into discussions over the stuff they did over the summer.
Everyone jumped when Oliver came running over yelling, "Ebony!! There you are!! Where have you been? One minute your in Ollivander's the next your not! Why didn't you come find me and tell me where you where going?!" Athena was the one to stop his shouting, "Calm down there cowboy, as you can see she's just fine! You didn't expect her to stay in that dark, musky old shop on such a beautiful day did you?" Oliver was startled by Athena's abruptness, "What? No. I just...she doesn't know her way around is all. I was worried. And do you know how much trouble I would have been in if I had lost her?" Moriah, Michele, Athena and Ebony all seemed to be thinking the same thing then. They all stood up and in unison screamed, "Is that all she is("I am" for Eb) to you? A chore? Men!" Michele began to say something to Oliver about not being such a 'worry wart', and the second Oliver heard her voice by it's self, he was at a loss for words. He was mesmerized by her beauty and hung on to every word that left her soft lips. He noticed every strand of loose brown hair that fell over her soft cheek and covered her amazingly deep brown eyes. He wanted to reach out and caress Michele's cheek, gently put the loose hairs behind her ear so that he could stare into her captivating eyes forever.
Oliver was ripped away from his fantasy by two familiar male voices that were calling his name. He turned around to face them. They came up to the table and he introduced them to Ebony, "Eb this is Brady, he's Athena's brother. And this is Adrian ..." But Adrian was talking to Ebony by now, "Ebony? What are you doing here? How do you know Oliver? I have a million questions for you? So Hogwarts is the boarding school you were talking about?" Ebony was still in shock that she was seeing Adrian, "Um, ya... I was talking about Hogwarts. Um...what were your other questions? I can't seem to remember them." Oliver asked how they knew one another and Ebony explained about the flight over to England from California. But before he had a chance to ask anymore questions, Moriah was suggesting ice cream to Brady, and Adrian was agreeing, saying it would be a great place for Ebony and him to answer one another's questions. Athena wasn't about to let Moriah and Brady out of her site, she always got a funny feeling when they were together. And Tony said he had to go catch up with a friend in his own year. So in no time at all, Oliver and Michele were left alone at the table. They too were hungry, but they ordered a late lunch from the restaurant instead.
When the group returned from ice cream they found Oliver and Michele still at the table outside Diagon Delight, they were laughing and smiling. Ebony thought Michele was nice and all but she couldn't hell but despise her for a brief moment, when Mich touch Oliver's arm then hand and giggled sexily. The rest of the group sat down at the table and joined in on Michele and Oliver's conversation. They all stayed there until you could see many stars in the sky, but slowly the group of teens disappeared from the table.
On September 1st, the Marie took Oliver, Sean and Ebony to kings cross station and said goodbye. Oliver and Sean had a blast laughing at Ebony's ditziness, she couldn't grasp the concept of walking through a wall. And once she did, she hated the idea! She begged Oliver to find another way for her to get to where the train was waiting. She actually refused to walk through a wall. In the end, Sean gave up and went in without them. leaving Oliver to deal with Eb. So Oliver, against Ebony's wishes, threw her over his shoulder and carried her through. He then went back and got the carts that had their stuff on them. She smacked him on the arm, then thanked him for forcing her to go through the wall. Together they boarded the train, and sought out their friends.
AN-Thank you everyone who reviewed. And thank you Mich for your encouragement!