A/N: Karen, Draco means dragon or serpent in Italian. Hee hee. Anyways, I kinda like this chapter. I didn't have my NBook so it's completely different from what I had written down.

A Dragon in Muggleland

"So, where are we going?" asked Erik, leaning over the seat to talk to Corrie. Drake, having never been in a vehicle, had the seat of the van in a death-clutch, convinced it was his last day to live.

"Well, being the creative people that we are, we're going to Llaminim." Erik stared at her, dumbfounded.

"Which is what, exactly?" Corrie laughed and turned to explain.

"Like I said, this town is extremely creative. Llaminim is just Mini Mall spelt backwards."

"And a mini mall is?"

"A small mall." Erik still looked confused. "A mall is where a bunch of stores are joined together in one big building. A mini mall is just smaller. Except in our case because the stores aren't even connected."

"So how is it a mall then?"

"They're all in the same area. You'll see." And as they drove around a corner, they did see. It was a big space of concrete that Corrie and Erik called a parking lot with a few stores all facing it. Ann pulled the van into a space in front of one of the larger buildings with the letters "S-A-A-N" on it. They all piled out, Erik and Corrie dragging Drake and they all headed in. The store was full of racks of clothing. Drake immediately rushed over to one and picked up a shirt on it. Clothes were one of the few things he recognized. Erik felt his stomach lurch and saw Corrie come up beside him.

"I don't know if I like this," he told her. She smiled up at him.

"I know I don't like it. I've never understood why people like to shop."

"I suppose I had better get some clothes." Corrie laughed, she too had noticed the strange looks the boys' uniforms had been causing.

"I suppose so."

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"Well, that was horribly dreadful."

"Erik," Mya laughed, "I'm sorry to tell you, but you can't talk like that here."

"Why not?"

"You just don't. It's not cool."

"Lay off Mya, they're foreign exchange students. They're allowed to talk like that." She turned to the guys, who were both holding bags of muggle clothing. "I'll show you where you're staying." They followed her down a set of stairs to a basement. She led them down a narrow hallway covered with papers (which Erik recognized as posters) and stopped beside one door. She turned the knob and pushed it open. "This is Erik's room." The room was small and cozily cramped, a small dresser in one corner, a bed with a beside table in the opposite and small desk beside the door. Erik dumped his bags on the bed while Drake smirked, knowing his room would be much better. Erik followed Corrie, and Drake, Mya and Andrew following him. She stopped at another door and pushed it open. Drake gasped. The room was even smaller than Erik's, furnished exactly the same. Corrie gently pushed him in and he, in shocked surprise, proceeded to drop his bags on the floor.

"Smooth," Andrew told him.

"Huh?" he asked, noticing the weird looks they were giving him.

"Never mind," Corrie hurriedly told him. They left the room and followed Corrie even farther down the hall. Mya rushed ahead to a door on the right and pushed it open.

"This is my room," she told them excitedly. Corrie ignored her and opened the door opposite to Mya's. To the right was a curtain and to their left was a door which Corrie told them was a bathroom. Directly in front of them was a desk with an odd looking contraption atop it. It had a glass plate and that was all Drake recognized besides a few blinking lights. But there were no torches or candles so he didn't know how they were lighted. He looked at the roof. All the light was coming from flickering panels set into the ceiling.

"It's a computer," Corrie told them. Erik recognized it, of course, but wasn't exactly sure what it did because of the sheltered life in Hogwarts. They sure didn't have computers there. "That's my room," she said, pointing at the curtain. "There's a shower in the bathroom down here and I'm sure," she said, staring pointedly at Drake," you know how to use one of those." Erik laughed.

"Yes," he muttered.

"I'm sure you want to get settled in so-" she made a face. "Cripes, I sound like my mom. Anyways, just go unpack and by then Dad will be back and supper will be ready. The boys nodded and headed back to their respective rooms, Drake once again shocked by the lack of size.