Quick note (sorry Caitlin I know how much you hate these, but it won't be
long!)
Thanks everyone who reviewed. To answer you question Vels, yes Ottery St.
Catchpole is a real place in the books anyhow, lol. I believe in the second
book when flying to Ron's house it said something about it, so I used that
as a guide line.
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They left at the time placed. It would take them around nine to ten hours to drive to Godric's Hollow. There was excitement in everyone as they all piled into separate cars.
*~*~*
In the white Jeta, Cameryn and Percy sat in the front. Percy was asking Cameryn question after question. "Are both your parents wizards?"
Cameryn replied with a smile, "No, it would be impossible to conceive me if they were!" She drove out of the driveway as she continued, "My dad is a wizard, and my mom is a . . . muggle? Is that the word you use?" Cameryn queried Percy. The questions and short answers went back and forth the whole trip.
Meanwhile, in the back seat, Hermione and Ginny were whispering. "Do you still like Harry?" Ginny's eyes widened and her colour slightly deepened.
"Harry? Er . . . in what way?" Ginny answered looking straight at Hermione. 'Challenge he; she's not used to it. Hopefully she'll screw up.' Ginny thought.
Hermione caught her breath, but quickly replied, "Both!" Hermione was thoroughly excited now!
"I don't know either. Well . . . I do find him attractive," she paused. Hermione's eyes encouraged her to continue. "Come off it Hermione! Jeez . . . you must have noticed with brilliant green eyes and how tall he is and his dazzling smile." Ginny growled at herself. "Are you happy now?" Ginny demanded.
Hermione laughed, "Yes Ginny, I'm ecstatic!"
Ginny rolled her eyes. "What about you Hermy-own-ninny? Who d'yah fancy?"
Hermione though for a minute, then decided to answer truthfully. "Ryal, I suppose." Hermione didn't dare mention that she was torn between two people in her life. She continued, "His eyes are so unique! Pale grey with the stars in the pupil, I love those contacts he wears! Mmmmm! And he had gorgeous teeth! I mean he's five eleven; great build and dirty blonde hair, what's not to love?" Hermione whispered frantically to Ginny, trying to hide any dishonesty in her eyes.
"What about Marphie? He's six four, emerald green eyes, also great build and dark brown hair! Oh, and he's pierced! I totally prefer him!" Ginny responded hurriedly.
Ginny and Hermione carried on long into the trip. Not only comparing Harry, Ryal and Marphie, but also Oliver Wood, Krum (on Ginny's request), Ron (against Ginny's wishes, but Hermione said it was either him or Malfoy. Ginny picked Ron,) and everyone else at Hogwarts that came to mind.
*~*~*
The Explorer could seat seven. The twins sat in the back discussing what all that should be invented. "Why stop at jokes? I bet we could pass on something more incredible for people to remember us by!" Fred exclaimed in a hushed voice.
"Just forget about all our prank inventions?" George replied amazed.
"No! That's not what I said. But think about it. We were known at Hogwarts as the humorous twins, who always gave a good laugh. Nobody would guess we could come out with say the fastest broom yet! We could be famous!" Fred explained with a glint of excitement in his eyes.
"Brilliant, Fred! And we don't have to stop there -." Throughout the rest of the trip Fred and George had many new ideas and plans to make them work.
In the middle of the deep, majestic purple Explorer Mrs Weasley sat quietly knitting. She continuously had several thoughts about her two self employed sons, 'Now I'm proud of them! Going past just the jokes and moving towards bigger inventions.' 'Wow! I'd never thought of combining those two charms!' 'Those two really are sensible boys, with huge potential! Who'd have known?'
Meanwhile, Mr Weasley was asking Kadence questions about muggle sports. "So do you play many muggle sports?"
"When I can I play softball. Of course I play many wizardi-"
"Softball you say?" Mr Weasley interrupted. "Explain it to me; do you think you could teach us how to play?" Arthur Weasley questioned enthusiastically.
"Yeah, I'll do the best I can." By the end of the trip he knew what softball and baseball were and the difference between the two.
*~*~*
Ryal's truck was definitely a man's truck. It sat two people comfortably and had loads of storage room. Ryal needed it for his hockey equipment, and often went on camping trips. As the powerful deep green truck roared down the street Sirius and Ryal started to talk casually. "Enjoying your schooling years?" Sirius asked calmly.
"Yeah, make the most of what you have I always say. Work hard in class, have fun outside of it. But it's great to be out here around wizards all the time."
"Change is good," Sirius agreed. "You're lucky to be able to have so many open doors for you. Really get in your area of interest," Sirius spoke with experience, respect and envy.
"It's amazing how much I've learned in just seven years," Ryal agreed. Conversation carried on from Ryal's knowledge of potions to how Sirius' childhood enemy is now Potions teacher and how Harry hates Snape's classes. Ryal offered to attempt Harry to have more interest in the subject. Sirius, acting in his right as a Godfather, accepted.
*~*~*
The light playful green truck could carry four people comfortably, twice as many as Ryal's. Kale sat driving, her long dark curls hung loose and her blue spike lip ring brought out her deep grey eyes. Her conversation with Bill and Charlie was about her work. "How many new spells and charms have you learned?" Bill asked politely, rather than interest.
"All of them together? About fifty useful ones I'd say. Give or take a few," Kale replied turning onto the main road. "And many more, that I've never used."
"Wow, that's great! What are your favorites?" Charlie asked, hoping to learn some useful spells. Kale hesitated, not knowing whether or not it would be safe to tell them.
'It'll be fine, a totally different world I'm in and at the end of summer . . .' she thought. "Hmmm, let's see . . . one that I definitely use often would be the Eska spell. It works almost like the copy and paste on a computer." The boys just stared at her. "A muggle machine," Kale explained, trying to use their terminology. "Say I'm assigned an essay in which I have to use all the information in a book. All I have to do is say the words and drag my wand across the text I need for the answer. I finish the spell by repeating the same words and my essay will appear in front of me completed. Of course once I had learned of this spell the teachers had one conjured up to prevent the students to use it for their school work. No matter how handy magic is, we still have to work for our marks," Kale finished; she smiled as she turned a sharp corner, sending Bill and Charlie to the other side of the truck. "Of course that wouldn't stop us from using it out here, it's so useful! When we're at the school we have to use our old wands in order to conjure the spell." Kale smiled an awesomely wicked smile, turning another sharp corner.
The trip continued in this fashion, Bill now totally interested. Kale described some of her spells and charms, careful not to mention the words you used. Her teachers would barely approve of her mentioning the spells, let alone telling them how to perform them. Two totally different worlds .
*~*~*
In the black Saturn Marphie and Harry sat up front, while Ron sat in the back. Harry kept trying to include Ron in the conversation, but failing every time. He finally gave up and started talking to Marphie; Ron was hopeless.
'Good thing Marphie is driving, I wouldn't be able to think straight otherwise. Thankfully she's not in the car; it would be pointless if she was. Jeez, why can't I stop thinking about it? I have to think about something else . . . I wonder what Harry is feeling. Must be difficult to go back to Godric's Hollow . . . this morning with Ginny . . . the rumors in the paper . . . You Know Who . . .' Ron's thoughts came rushing back to this morning. He heard the main drift of why Hermione had hit Ginny. Ginny called her Hermy-own-ninny and said something about packing. Then it suddenly hit him.
'Harry told me how Krum called her Hermy-own-ninny . . . he asked her to his place for summer . . . Hermione suddenly arriving at the Burrow early . . .
As Ron was making his discovery, then going mad afterwards, Harry and Marphie were talking about Magical Creatures. "You study magical creatures? You should meet Hagrid! He loved anything dangerous."
"Hagrid does? The keeper of keys at Hogwarts, are you serious?" Marphie asked unbelievingly.
"Yeah, he also teaches Care of Magical Creatures there. He especially loves dragons. He tried to raise one in his hut once."
"What kind of dragon?"
"Norwegian Ridgeback I believe."
"Those are quite rare! Where on earth did he get it?"
For the rest of the trip Harry explained all his adventures to Marphie . . . well any that had involved magical creatures that is.
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They left at the time placed. It would take them around nine to ten hours to drive to Godric's Hollow. There was excitement in everyone as they all piled into separate cars.
*~*~*
In the white Jeta, Cameryn and Percy sat in the front. Percy was asking Cameryn question after question. "Are both your parents wizards?"
Cameryn replied with a smile, "No, it would be impossible to conceive me if they were!" She drove out of the driveway as she continued, "My dad is a wizard, and my mom is a . . . muggle? Is that the word you use?" Cameryn queried Percy. The questions and short answers went back and forth the whole trip.
Meanwhile, in the back seat, Hermione and Ginny were whispering. "Do you still like Harry?" Ginny's eyes widened and her colour slightly deepened.
"Harry? Er . . . in what way?" Ginny answered looking straight at Hermione. 'Challenge he; she's not used to it. Hopefully she'll screw up.' Ginny thought.
Hermione caught her breath, but quickly replied, "Both!" Hermione was thoroughly excited now!
"I don't know either. Well . . . I do find him attractive," she paused. Hermione's eyes encouraged her to continue. "Come off it Hermione! Jeez . . . you must have noticed with brilliant green eyes and how tall he is and his dazzling smile." Ginny growled at herself. "Are you happy now?" Ginny demanded.
Hermione laughed, "Yes Ginny, I'm ecstatic!"
Ginny rolled her eyes. "What about you Hermy-own-ninny? Who d'yah fancy?"
Hermione though for a minute, then decided to answer truthfully. "Ryal, I suppose." Hermione didn't dare mention that she was torn between two people in her life. She continued, "His eyes are so unique! Pale grey with the stars in the pupil, I love those contacts he wears! Mmmmm! And he had gorgeous teeth! I mean he's five eleven; great build and dirty blonde hair, what's not to love?" Hermione whispered frantically to Ginny, trying to hide any dishonesty in her eyes.
"What about Marphie? He's six four, emerald green eyes, also great build and dark brown hair! Oh, and he's pierced! I totally prefer him!" Ginny responded hurriedly.
Ginny and Hermione carried on long into the trip. Not only comparing Harry, Ryal and Marphie, but also Oliver Wood, Krum (on Ginny's request), Ron (against Ginny's wishes, but Hermione said it was either him or Malfoy. Ginny picked Ron,) and everyone else at Hogwarts that came to mind.
*~*~*
The Explorer could seat seven. The twins sat in the back discussing what all that should be invented. "Why stop at jokes? I bet we could pass on something more incredible for people to remember us by!" Fred exclaimed in a hushed voice.
"Just forget about all our prank inventions?" George replied amazed.
"No! That's not what I said. But think about it. We were known at Hogwarts as the humorous twins, who always gave a good laugh. Nobody would guess we could come out with say the fastest broom yet! We could be famous!" Fred explained with a glint of excitement in his eyes.
"Brilliant, Fred! And we don't have to stop there -." Throughout the rest of the trip Fred and George had many new ideas and plans to make them work.
In the middle of the deep, majestic purple Explorer Mrs Weasley sat quietly knitting. She continuously had several thoughts about her two self employed sons, 'Now I'm proud of them! Going past just the jokes and moving towards bigger inventions.' 'Wow! I'd never thought of combining those two charms!' 'Those two really are sensible boys, with huge potential! Who'd have known?'
Meanwhile, Mr Weasley was asking Kadence questions about muggle sports. "So do you play many muggle sports?"
"When I can I play softball. Of course I play many wizardi-"
"Softball you say?" Mr Weasley interrupted. "Explain it to me; do you think you could teach us how to play?" Arthur Weasley questioned enthusiastically.
"Yeah, I'll do the best I can." By the end of the trip he knew what softball and baseball were and the difference between the two.
*~*~*
Ryal's truck was definitely a man's truck. It sat two people comfortably and had loads of storage room. Ryal needed it for his hockey equipment, and often went on camping trips. As the powerful deep green truck roared down the street Sirius and Ryal started to talk casually. "Enjoying your schooling years?" Sirius asked calmly.
"Yeah, make the most of what you have I always say. Work hard in class, have fun outside of it. But it's great to be out here around wizards all the time."
"Change is good," Sirius agreed. "You're lucky to be able to have so many open doors for you. Really get in your area of interest," Sirius spoke with experience, respect and envy.
"It's amazing how much I've learned in just seven years," Ryal agreed. Conversation carried on from Ryal's knowledge of potions to how Sirius' childhood enemy is now Potions teacher and how Harry hates Snape's classes. Ryal offered to attempt Harry to have more interest in the subject. Sirius, acting in his right as a Godfather, accepted.
*~*~*
The light playful green truck could carry four people comfortably, twice as many as Ryal's. Kale sat driving, her long dark curls hung loose and her blue spike lip ring brought out her deep grey eyes. Her conversation with Bill and Charlie was about her work. "How many new spells and charms have you learned?" Bill asked politely, rather than interest.
"All of them together? About fifty useful ones I'd say. Give or take a few," Kale replied turning onto the main road. "And many more, that I've never used."
"Wow, that's great! What are your favorites?" Charlie asked, hoping to learn some useful spells. Kale hesitated, not knowing whether or not it would be safe to tell them.
'It'll be fine, a totally different world I'm in and at the end of summer . . .' she thought. "Hmmm, let's see . . . one that I definitely use often would be the Eska spell. It works almost like the copy and paste on a computer." The boys just stared at her. "A muggle machine," Kale explained, trying to use their terminology. "Say I'm assigned an essay in which I have to use all the information in a book. All I have to do is say the words and drag my wand across the text I need for the answer. I finish the spell by repeating the same words and my essay will appear in front of me completed. Of course once I had learned of this spell the teachers had one conjured up to prevent the students to use it for their school work. No matter how handy magic is, we still have to work for our marks," Kale finished; she smiled as she turned a sharp corner, sending Bill and Charlie to the other side of the truck. "Of course that wouldn't stop us from using it out here, it's so useful! When we're at the school we have to use our old wands in order to conjure the spell." Kale smiled an awesomely wicked smile, turning another sharp corner.
The trip continued in this fashion, Bill now totally interested. Kale described some of her spells and charms, careful not to mention the words you used. Her teachers would barely approve of her mentioning the spells, let alone telling them how to perform them. Two totally different worlds .
*~*~*
In the black Saturn Marphie and Harry sat up front, while Ron sat in the back. Harry kept trying to include Ron in the conversation, but failing every time. He finally gave up and started talking to Marphie; Ron was hopeless.
'Good thing Marphie is driving, I wouldn't be able to think straight otherwise. Thankfully she's not in the car; it would be pointless if she was. Jeez, why can't I stop thinking about it? I have to think about something else . . . I wonder what Harry is feeling. Must be difficult to go back to Godric's Hollow . . . this morning with Ginny . . . the rumors in the paper . . . You Know Who . . .' Ron's thoughts came rushing back to this morning. He heard the main drift of why Hermione had hit Ginny. Ginny called her Hermy-own-ninny and said something about packing. Then it suddenly hit him.
'Harry told me how Krum called her Hermy-own-ninny . . . he asked her to his place for summer . . . Hermione suddenly arriving at the Burrow early . . .
As Ron was making his discovery, then going mad afterwards, Harry and Marphie were talking about Magical Creatures. "You study magical creatures? You should meet Hagrid! He loved anything dangerous."
"Hagrid does? The keeper of keys at Hogwarts, are you serious?" Marphie asked unbelievingly.
"Yeah, he also teaches Care of Magical Creatures there. He especially loves dragons. He tried to raise one in his hut once."
"What kind of dragon?"
"Norwegian Ridgeback I believe."
"Those are quite rare! Where on earth did he get it?"
For the rest of the trip Harry explained all his adventures to Marphie . . . well any that had involved magical creatures that is.