Chapter Two:
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The Burrow
The next day after breakfast, Lara, Suzie and Mrs. Katts, got in their lime green Volkswagen Beetle and started off towards the Weasley's home, also known as The Burrow.
"So, what house do you think I'll get into?" Suzie asked Lara "Which ones the best?"
"Well, Gryffindor is for those who are brave, Ravenclaw is for those who are smart, Slytherin is for the pure-bloods, nasty lot really, and Huffelpuff is for the just and loyal."
"So, which one?"
"Most likely Gryffindor, I'm only saying that because of the Weasley's, all nine of them were and still are in Gryffindor. But as long as you're not put in Slytherin house, I'll still act like I know you." Lara said, a smile cracking on her face.
The girls talked back and forth about the Hogwarts Houses until they got to The Burrow.
"Alright, girls, we're here." Said Mrs. Katts. Suzie looked out at the Weasley's home for the very first time.
It looked as though it had once been a large stone pigpen, but extra rooms had been added here and there until it was several stories high and so crooked it looked as though it were held up by magic (which, Suzie reminded herself, it probably was). Four or five chimneys were perched on top of the red roof. A lopsided sign read, THE BURROW. Around the front door lay a jumble of rubber boots and a very rusty cauldron. Several fat chickens were pecking their way around the yard.
"Wow! Look at this place. It's so cool." Suzie said as they got out of the car. Mrs. Weasley was making her way across the yard, scattering chickens, Mrs. Katts, Lara and Suzie went to meet her half way. Lara hugged Mrs. Weasley.
"Hello, Mrs. Weasley. How are you?"
"Just fine, dear. Fred, George and Ginny are waiting for you too inside." Mrs. Weasley said as Lara and Suzie ran inside.
"And how are you doing?"
"Oh, just fine. How about you?" Mrs. Katts said as they entered the Burrow.
"Oh, I'm fine as well."
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"Come on, Suzie, this way." Lara said taking Suzie to Ginny's room. "Here we are." They had reached Ginny's room. Lara knocked three times and Ginny opened the door.
"Hello, Suzie, Lara."
"Hi, Ginny. Your brothers in their room?"
"Yes, do you remember where it is?"
"Yes." Lara left Ginny and Suzie to talk and went to Fred and George's room; it was the next floor up. When Lara got there she knocked twice and Fred opened the door.
"Hey, Lara! Look George, Lara's here!" George came to the door
"Well, we were wondering when you were going to get here!"
"Well, I'm here! You gonna let me in or make me stand out in the hallway the whole time I here?"
"I don't know. What do you think, Fred, should we let her in?"
"I don't know George." Fred thought for a moment "Nah, she'll be fine out here." He said and they started walking back in their room.
"Well, if you don't let me in I'll never talk to either of you again!" Lara said, trying to keep a straight face.
"I think we ought to let her in, George"
"Yeah, maybe we should let her in, Fred" they stepped aside and bowed Lara in.
"Thank you, boys." Lara said as she entered the room.
The twins room was very messy and looked as if a tornado had just come through.
"Sorry about the mess." Fred said
"Yeah, we were just working on a few new things."
"Like what?" Lara asked
"Like our new Extendable Ears." Fred said, picking something that looked like flesh-colored string and showing it to Lara. "See all you have to do is stick this end in your ear," Fred showed her the thin side that looked like string. "Like so." He said sticking it in his own ear. "And say, 'Go'." Lara watched as the flesh-colored string wriggled like long skinny worms, then snaked under the door.
"That's amazing!" Lara said as she watched "What else do you got?"
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A half an hour latter Mrs. Weasley and Mrs. Katts gathered up all the kids and when they were all in front of the fireplace Mrs. Weasley took a flowerpot off the kitchen mantelpiece and said
"Guest first! After you, Lara dear! .Wait a second, Where's Ginny?" Mrs. Weasley said as she left to find Ginny.
"We haven't traveled by Floo Powder before." Lara told George
"That's okay, it isn't hard. All you do is take a pinch of Floo Powder, step up to the fire, throw the powder in, and say, very clearly, where you're going." Said George "Fred why don't you go first and show them how it's done."
"Okay, like this." Fred said taking a pinch of Floo Powder, stepped up to the fire, and threw the powder into the flames.
With a roar, the fire turned emerald green and rose higher than Fred, who stepped into the flames and shouted, "Diagon Alley!" and vanished.
"You must speak very clearly, keep your elbows tucked in and your eyes shut." George said as Lara took a pinch of Floo Powder and stepped up to the edge of the fire. She took a deep breath and scattered the powder into the flames, and stepped into them; the fire felt like a warm breeze, she shouted, "Diagon Alley!" and was wiped away.
It felt as though she had been sucked down a drain. She seemed to be spinning very fast ---- the roar in her ears was deafening ---- she tried to keep her eyes but the green whirling flames made her feel sick ---- now it felt as if cold hands were slapping her in the face ---- she opened he eyes again and saw a blurred stream of fireplaces and got glimpses of the rooms beyond ---- now feeling even more sick then she did before, she closed her eyes and wished it would all stop, then ----
She fell, face forward, into Fred, knocking them both to the ground. Covered in soot, she put her hand over her mouth, feeling extremely sick and looked around. She saw that they were in the Leaky Cauldron then she spotted what she was looking for, a bathroom.
"You all right?" Fred called after her as she ran to the bathroom to threw up.
Picture property of harrypotter.com
The Burrow
The next day after breakfast, Lara, Suzie and Mrs. Katts, got in their lime green Volkswagen Beetle and started off towards the Weasley's home, also known as The Burrow.
"So, what house do you think I'll get into?" Suzie asked Lara "Which ones the best?"
"Well, Gryffindor is for those who are brave, Ravenclaw is for those who are smart, Slytherin is for the pure-bloods, nasty lot really, and Huffelpuff is for the just and loyal."
"So, which one?"
"Most likely Gryffindor, I'm only saying that because of the Weasley's, all nine of them were and still are in Gryffindor. But as long as you're not put in Slytherin house, I'll still act like I know you." Lara said, a smile cracking on her face.
The girls talked back and forth about the Hogwarts Houses until they got to The Burrow.
"Alright, girls, we're here." Said Mrs. Katts. Suzie looked out at the Weasley's home for the very first time.
It looked as though it had once been a large stone pigpen, but extra rooms had been added here and there until it was several stories high and so crooked it looked as though it were held up by magic (which, Suzie reminded herself, it probably was). Four or five chimneys were perched on top of the red roof. A lopsided sign read, THE BURROW. Around the front door lay a jumble of rubber boots and a very rusty cauldron. Several fat chickens were pecking their way around the yard.
"Wow! Look at this place. It's so cool." Suzie said as they got out of the car. Mrs. Weasley was making her way across the yard, scattering chickens, Mrs. Katts, Lara and Suzie went to meet her half way. Lara hugged Mrs. Weasley.
"Hello, Mrs. Weasley. How are you?"
"Just fine, dear. Fred, George and Ginny are waiting for you too inside." Mrs. Weasley said as Lara and Suzie ran inside.
"And how are you doing?"
"Oh, just fine. How about you?" Mrs. Katts said as they entered the Burrow.
"Oh, I'm fine as well."
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"Come on, Suzie, this way." Lara said taking Suzie to Ginny's room. "Here we are." They had reached Ginny's room. Lara knocked three times and Ginny opened the door.
"Hello, Suzie, Lara."
"Hi, Ginny. Your brothers in their room?"
"Yes, do you remember where it is?"
"Yes." Lara left Ginny and Suzie to talk and went to Fred and George's room; it was the next floor up. When Lara got there she knocked twice and Fred opened the door.
"Hey, Lara! Look George, Lara's here!" George came to the door
"Well, we were wondering when you were going to get here!"
"Well, I'm here! You gonna let me in or make me stand out in the hallway the whole time I here?"
"I don't know. What do you think, Fred, should we let her in?"
"I don't know George." Fred thought for a moment "Nah, she'll be fine out here." He said and they started walking back in their room.
"Well, if you don't let me in I'll never talk to either of you again!" Lara said, trying to keep a straight face.
"I think we ought to let her in, George"
"Yeah, maybe we should let her in, Fred" they stepped aside and bowed Lara in.
"Thank you, boys." Lara said as she entered the room.
The twins room was very messy and looked as if a tornado had just come through.
"Sorry about the mess." Fred said
"Yeah, we were just working on a few new things."
"Like what?" Lara asked
"Like our new Extendable Ears." Fred said, picking something that looked like flesh-colored string and showing it to Lara. "See all you have to do is stick this end in your ear," Fred showed her the thin side that looked like string. "Like so." He said sticking it in his own ear. "And say, 'Go'." Lara watched as the flesh-colored string wriggled like long skinny worms, then snaked under the door.
"That's amazing!" Lara said as she watched "What else do you got?"
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A half an hour latter Mrs. Weasley and Mrs. Katts gathered up all the kids and when they were all in front of the fireplace Mrs. Weasley took a flowerpot off the kitchen mantelpiece and said
"Guest first! After you, Lara dear! .Wait a second, Where's Ginny?" Mrs. Weasley said as she left to find Ginny.
"We haven't traveled by Floo Powder before." Lara told George
"That's okay, it isn't hard. All you do is take a pinch of Floo Powder, step up to the fire, throw the powder in, and say, very clearly, where you're going." Said George "Fred why don't you go first and show them how it's done."
"Okay, like this." Fred said taking a pinch of Floo Powder, stepped up to the fire, and threw the powder into the flames.
With a roar, the fire turned emerald green and rose higher than Fred, who stepped into the flames and shouted, "Diagon Alley!" and vanished.
"You must speak very clearly, keep your elbows tucked in and your eyes shut." George said as Lara took a pinch of Floo Powder and stepped up to the edge of the fire. She took a deep breath and scattered the powder into the flames, and stepped into them; the fire felt like a warm breeze, she shouted, "Diagon Alley!" and was wiped away.
It felt as though she had been sucked down a drain. She seemed to be spinning very fast ---- the roar in her ears was deafening ---- she tried to keep her eyes but the green whirling flames made her feel sick ---- now it felt as if cold hands were slapping her in the face ---- she opened he eyes again and saw a blurred stream of fireplaces and got glimpses of the rooms beyond ---- now feeling even more sick then she did before, she closed her eyes and wished it would all stop, then ----
She fell, face forward, into Fred, knocking them both to the ground. Covered in soot, she put her hand over her mouth, feeling extremely sick and looked around. She saw that they were in the Leaky Cauldron then she spotted what she was looking for, a bathroom.
"You all right?" Fred called after her as she ran to the bathroom to threw up.
