...:Life's Huge turn:...
~Emerald Sky
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chapter three
...:The Roller Coaster:...
Draco couldn't help but fail to conceal his surprisement as he approached the building, it WAS huge. Maybe even almost half the size of Hogwarts. And THAT was pretty big. As he followed quite a ways behind Heather, huge glass doors came before them and Draco could make out a huge lobby behind them.
Heather stepped before the doors and they opened before her automatically. Draco had to hand it to muggles, maybe there WAS a chance he could survive without magic for a while. There where many indoor balcony's over looking the lobby and fountains and other decorative things scattered the walkways. Flashy signs lit up the mall in colorful lights and decorations. Heather walked over to a large sign which looked like a map and pointed out countless locations to Draco, who wasn't paying much attention.
Two teenaged girls about Draco's age walked past clutching loads of shopping bags in both hands, they had noticed his irregular outfit and were both giggling to each other under their breath. Draco managed to at least flash them a bitter sneer before Heather hauled him into another direction.
"Don't mind them." Heather told him as Draco ripped away from Heathers firm grip on his shoulder. "After all, you ARE dressed a bit odd." She let out a light giggle.
"I'm dressed odd?!" Draco protested to the women. "It's everyone else that's dressed odd!" Draco finished his sentence just as a boy in baggy ratty jeans strolled by with his pants hanging loosely off of his bottom. Draco would have guessed that had proven his point if it wasn't for every other guy in the fricken mall. Everyone was dressed oddly like this! Was this some sort of trend??
"Nah awh", Heather disagreed. "Unless you want to be laughed at I suggest you dress normally."
"NORMALLY?" he found himself arguing. Was this women crazy?
She laughed. "Like everyone else, silly!" She snatched his hand and began to pull him towards a clothes store, Draco resisted.
"I don't want to dress in rags with my pants halfway down my ass! And besides--" Draco was cut off by a loud whooshing sound being drowned out by rumbling and a huge wave a screaming kids. Draco suddenly grew more pale.
Heather, however, released Draco's hand and clapped her hands in delight. "Oh gosh! You know what we should do FIRST?"
"What?" Draco shot impatiently.
"Go on the Roller coaster!" she squealed.
That was a funny sounding word. "What the hell--" he was cut off again by the same rumbling and whooshing noises followed by many screams. Heather's well shaped eyebrows rose higher as if pointing out what a Roller coaster was. Draco's eyes grew wide. "It sounds like all those kids are dying!"
"No, silly. They're having fun!" she replied, again taking hold of Draco's hand and pulling him towards a huge entrance with flashy colored lights and a giant bright sign that read 'Amusement World' (AN: shut up, do YOU have a better name for an amusement park? XD)
"FUN? I don't want to go in there!" Draco shouted feeling horrified. Failing to resist Heathers yanks, Draco was unwillingly dragged into the huge entrance and found himself before a booth with a lady inside.
"One minor and Adult." Heather told the lady before handing her the money. Draco attempted to leave, he really did, but this women had a hold of his robes and he didn't want to risk ripping them. So far this was an absolute nightmare.
Aside the screams, Draco also heard laughter and excitement among the kids in the amusement park. Everyone here ranged from 10 to 18, Heather seemed to be one of the few older people to be excited of this place.
It hit him that he had heard of some sort of place like this before, but actually being here sort of scared him as Draco watched a couple of teenagers climb onto one ride. A black haired guy of about 17 Draco had guessed, had some how managed to drag this girl to climb into one of the cages of the rides. She had a look of terror on her face as a man operating the ride strapped her into a cage with her boyfriend, the cage was attached to a long conveyer belt looking thing. As the man operating the machine pressed a button on a control panel the ride began to move and the conveyer belt started to spin, rising the cages and spinning them forward in backward.
Heather noticed Draco watching the ride. "That ride looks pretty cool to." she gestured towards the thing which was labelled 'the zipper'.
"Oh yes." Draco murmured sarcastically as Heather dragged him through the park.
Heather stopped tugging on Draco's sleeve when they came to an area of the park that was surrounded but a narrow brightly painted track that weaved around, forming twists and loops. Draco was half curious to what exactly this thing was but regretted hanging around when a booth-train like thing consisting of small compartments pulled to a stop by the entrance.
"I'm NOT going on that." Draco protested trying to sound calm as Heather handed over the tickets and grabbed a handful of Draco's expensive robes. A line began to form behind them for the ride as the first round began to exit. Heather slide herself into a compartment, bringing Draco with her. "Let go, I'm getting OFF." he said angrily.
"Oh common, your not scared are you?" She teased.
"As if." He protested back. He would have said more if the man operating the ride hadn't locked him in securely before he could get out. Feeling overly embarrassed, Draco dropped his face in his hands as many other people began to fill the seats of the ride.
Draco felt a hand on his back, "Oh come on, it won't be THAT bad." she comforted.
He had to admit, Draco really didn't know what to think right now.
Suddenly the ride began to move with a sift jerk, surprising Draco slightly. He lifted his face from his hands and noticed that the track in front of them began to climb upwards. The ride very slowly began to tackle the hill forming in front of them. 'This isn't SO bad.' Draco thought just as the roller coaster worked it's way upwards to the peak of the hill.
Seeing as they were in the first row of seats, Draco could see from the very top of the hill that the track took a very nasty swoop back downwards as he looked down below them. Heather and a girl beside him threw up their hands as the roller coaster dived down quickly making Draco's heart skip a beat.
There was a big gush of wind as the Roller coaster began to move much more faster, it whipped against Draco's face and in his hair as the roller coaster glided up and down swiftly with the track. 'Great, what's this going to do to my hair?'
All Draco could hear were the loud rumbling noises of the roller coaster gliding on the track and the screams of his fellow passengers, but mostly Heather as the roller coaster took another unexpected dive. The ride began to twist, spinning the compartments around and giving Draco a huge head rush. 'FUN?' He felt sick to his stomach for Merlin's sake!
His heart skipped a beat as the ride began to take on a huge loop in the rusted yellow track. The roller coaster swooped up and up in a fast motion until Draco felt the blood rush to his head as they were upside down for what seemed like a full three seconds before circling back down again. Draco could actually begin to feel his rushed breakfast work it's way back up his throat.
After the track took on few more twists and swerves it began to slowly hike up another large hill. As the ride made another slow climb the girl next to him tossed her head back, flicking brown curly hair into Draco's eye. He shook it away in utter annoyance and automatically found himself hollering. "Keep that big bushy hair out of my face!" The brunette's head snapped towards Draco's direction and he returned the immediate glare but grew sick at the sight of that familiar face, the face that he had wanted least to have seen in this humiliating situation.
"Malfoy?!" the girl shouted in surprisement.
"Granger?!" he shouted back as the roller coaster took another swift dive and kids screams filled the air as it took on another obnoxious loop. This HAD to be a nightmare! Maybe if he shut his eyes and opened them again he would wake up on the London bus next to that rather annoying Auror...or better yet in his own room...before all this had happened!
"I can't believe this!" he heard Granger yell at him above all the screaming people on the ride.
The roller coaster took a few jerky turns and Draco replied, "Neither can I!", though he would have expected she hadn't heard him.
Finally, the roller coaster slowly began to close to a stop with a hiss and the safety harnesses popped up. Draco was more than grateful that the ride had finally ended as he began to shakily climb out after Granger. When Granger climbed out she turned around and flashed Draco the most confused and puzzled look anyone had ever gave him before. He didn't know if he would ever hear the end of this. DRACO MALFOY, ON A ROLLERCOASTER! Come now!
"Again! Again!" Heather squealed with delight as she jumped out of the ride and to Draco's side.
"HELL no!" Draco told her feeling a nerve pop.
"AUNTIE HEATHER!?" Hermione Granger shrieked looking wide eyed and, if it were possible, more puzzled.
"Aunt? She's your AUNT?" Draco hollered feeling even more sickly.
"What are you two doing together?" Granger hollered back growing pale.
"You two KNOW each other?" Heather shouted back, matching Hermione and Draco's hollers.
"We know each other from school." Granger explained folding her arms across her chest. "But why do YOU TWO know each other?"
Heather bit her lip, Draco was sure the ministry had told her not to say anything, though Draco didn't believe this women would be able to keep a secret. "I'm ...looking after him..." she replied slowly, looking half unsure if that had said to much.
"BUT WHY?" Granger raised an eyebrow.
Draco felt very annoyed and sickly. That ride obviously hadn't agreed with his breakfast..."None of your business!" he hissed through clenched teeth, fighting the urge to grab his stomach.
"Hun, you don't look so good..." Heather stated just as Draco felt himself keeling forward, he couldn't hold it in anymore. His stomach gave a loud rumble as he toppled forward and grabbed a hold of Grangers white sleeveless blouse for support as he let loose. It went all over her white shirt and on the floor with a disturbing splash. Granger gave a shriek of disgust before pushing Malfoy off of her.
"JUST GREAT!" she roared.
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Finally, I got this chapter up! =D I hope the roller coaster thing turned out okay, because...I've never been on one before ^_^ THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE REVIEWS GUYS! THEY MAKE MY DAY SO KEEP THEM COMIN'!