"I was.negative?" Will asked again. The freckled boy just nodded.
"Yep," he said, "I was just walkin' by to get a little private time, and BAM! There you are! And it's creepy cuz your skin is really dark, and your hair is practically black, while your robe is a dazzling white! It was awesome, but was also a little creepy man!"
Will just looked over his shoulder at where the girl stood just moments before. Who was she? Save her from her father? Was he really a bad guy? Apparently he was with the Voldemort Disciples, and something about a Dragon. Will got the strangest impression that "Dragon" was more a title then the name of a species of lizard. Dragon. "I hide within the books".What did it mean?
"I'm Steve. Nice ta meet'cha!" the freckled boy said cheerfully, holding out his hand for a welcoming/greeting handshake.
"Yeah, same here. I'm William. My friends call me Will," Will said, shaking Steve's hand. At least now he had a friend to call him Will.
Steve was almost gleaming with delight, almost blushing as he did so. He was wearing the typical robe of the school, with the purple lining of the Hufflepuff house. He also had messy brown hair, almost like Harry Potter in the sense that it was a mess. The boy's eye's were also so blue it looked like he had replaced them with sapphire's of the deepest blue at one time. Will just looked at him with, once again, a strong visual picture of a typical store-bought anime doll from the market he had seen one time.
Steve was the first to take his hand from the handshake, suddenly standing next to Will and putting a "helpful hand" on his back to lead him to one of the tables. "Why don't you eat some chocolate frogs? That'll help," Steve remarked with a still joyful face.
"Uh. Sure," Will replied, still trying to make sense of what was going on. Steve sat him down at the Hufflepuff table, digging into his pockets and bringing handfuls after handfuls of chocolate frogs for the new friend to enjoy.
"I'm hoping for the Harry Potter Famous Witches and Wizards Card so I bought all these on the train on the way here. It'll take me months to get through all of 'em, so if you could munch a few it'd be doin' me a great favor!" Steve said, shifting through them. He then picked one and gave it to Will, who was just laughing under his breath.
"What's up?" Steve choked through a mouthful of chocolate frog.
"I have it!" Will boasted, showing Steve the Famous Witches and Wizards Card he protected. "I have the whole collection!"
"So you're the kid that got everyone detentions!" Steve laughed.
In response to Will's curious and confused look, Steve continued. "I was munchin' chocolate frogs at my seat here, ya' know, like usual, and all-of- a-sudden, the whole place's in a uproar! Everyone's grabbin' and snatchin' at this kid who's trying to protect somethin', like it was the only thing he had! Suddenly, Harry Potter casts a spell and everythin' all still, ya know, and the kid makes a break for it! Never saw his face, mind, so I just kept munchin' my chocolate frogs and such, and voila'! I'm the only kid in school ('cept you) who doesn't have detentions!"
By now both of them were laughing hard. "To think!" Will gasped, wiping a tear from his eye, "all because of a card!"
Just then, Will remembered who was really in the card, and fearing he crushed the card to much by handling it, he stared at it, fear and worry all over his face. Harry Potter was still in the card, sleeping peacefully.
Will sighed with relief. "What?" Steve asked, still trying to swallow mouthfuls of chocolate frog. "Afraid you scratched it?"
"Uh, yeah," Will lied.
"Than use this! It's my own invention! I'll make a fortune makin' these someday!" Steve called out triumphantly, handing Will something in the vague shape of a Famous Witches and Wizards Card, except it was see-through and thicker.
"I got the idea from my home in America where they sell Beanie-Babies. They got protectors for the tags on those things so I made protectors for these cards!" Steve said, looking incredibly triumphant now.
"Thanks Steve," Will smiled at his friend, "You've just made my day!"
"Yep," he said, "I was just walkin' by to get a little private time, and BAM! There you are! And it's creepy cuz your skin is really dark, and your hair is practically black, while your robe is a dazzling white! It was awesome, but was also a little creepy man!"
Will just looked over his shoulder at where the girl stood just moments before. Who was she? Save her from her father? Was he really a bad guy? Apparently he was with the Voldemort Disciples, and something about a Dragon. Will got the strangest impression that "Dragon" was more a title then the name of a species of lizard. Dragon. "I hide within the books".What did it mean?
"I'm Steve. Nice ta meet'cha!" the freckled boy said cheerfully, holding out his hand for a welcoming/greeting handshake.
"Yeah, same here. I'm William. My friends call me Will," Will said, shaking Steve's hand. At least now he had a friend to call him Will.
Steve was almost gleaming with delight, almost blushing as he did so. He was wearing the typical robe of the school, with the purple lining of the Hufflepuff house. He also had messy brown hair, almost like Harry Potter in the sense that it was a mess. The boy's eye's were also so blue it looked like he had replaced them with sapphire's of the deepest blue at one time. Will just looked at him with, once again, a strong visual picture of a typical store-bought anime doll from the market he had seen one time.
Steve was the first to take his hand from the handshake, suddenly standing next to Will and putting a "helpful hand" on his back to lead him to one of the tables. "Why don't you eat some chocolate frogs? That'll help," Steve remarked with a still joyful face.
"Uh. Sure," Will replied, still trying to make sense of what was going on. Steve sat him down at the Hufflepuff table, digging into his pockets and bringing handfuls after handfuls of chocolate frogs for the new friend to enjoy.
"I'm hoping for the Harry Potter Famous Witches and Wizards Card so I bought all these on the train on the way here. It'll take me months to get through all of 'em, so if you could munch a few it'd be doin' me a great favor!" Steve said, shifting through them. He then picked one and gave it to Will, who was just laughing under his breath.
"What's up?" Steve choked through a mouthful of chocolate frog.
"I have it!" Will boasted, showing Steve the Famous Witches and Wizards Card he protected. "I have the whole collection!"
"So you're the kid that got everyone detentions!" Steve laughed.
In response to Will's curious and confused look, Steve continued. "I was munchin' chocolate frogs at my seat here, ya' know, like usual, and all-of- a-sudden, the whole place's in a uproar! Everyone's grabbin' and snatchin' at this kid who's trying to protect somethin', like it was the only thing he had! Suddenly, Harry Potter casts a spell and everythin' all still, ya know, and the kid makes a break for it! Never saw his face, mind, so I just kept munchin' my chocolate frogs and such, and voila'! I'm the only kid in school ('cept you) who doesn't have detentions!"
By now both of them were laughing hard. "To think!" Will gasped, wiping a tear from his eye, "all because of a card!"
Just then, Will remembered who was really in the card, and fearing he crushed the card to much by handling it, he stared at it, fear and worry all over his face. Harry Potter was still in the card, sleeping peacefully.
Will sighed with relief. "What?" Steve asked, still trying to swallow mouthfuls of chocolate frog. "Afraid you scratched it?"
"Uh, yeah," Will lied.
"Than use this! It's my own invention! I'll make a fortune makin' these someday!" Steve called out triumphantly, handing Will something in the vague shape of a Famous Witches and Wizards Card, except it was see-through and thicker.
"I got the idea from my home in America where they sell Beanie-Babies. They got protectors for the tags on those things so I made protectors for these cards!" Steve said, looking incredibly triumphant now.
"Thanks Steve," Will smiled at his friend, "You've just made my day!"
