Amazingly Hermione did not see Harry or Ron or Ginny during the entire train ride.
Well okay,not so amazing.
They were talking about Quidditch.
Also amazingly,Hermione had a fun ride,with these odd people,and this odd puppy.
Luna and Neville kept Arlo busy with questions about her school.She told them she was a 5th going to 6th year student at W.A.F.F.L.E.
Witches Academy For Failing Little Elephants.
She had ended up their after starting one too many fights at Redrum Academy,their mascot was an elephant. W.A.F.F.L.E. was where all the students with behavioral problems went.And where the ones who failed went.
She had never met a Hogwarts student before.
Hermione thought Arlo talked too much.She wished she had made a migrain drought,or atleast brought some Advil.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Woah! Oh! Lookie!"
Harry,Ginny and Ron shook their heads at the foreign students.Those kids were in awe of the Hogwarts castle.They were used to it.Even though it was huge and beautiful,after about 5 years the shock value had lessened.
Harry looked across the grounds for Hagrid.He didn't see him.Hagrid wasn't on the lake with the boat.And he wasn't stomping out of the Forbidden Forest.So where could Hagrid be?
It wasn't like he could hide or anything.
"Are you looking for Hagrid?" Ginny asked.
"Yes,he doesn't appear to be here."
"Maybe he's tending to the thestrals?" she offered.
"The thestrals are standing right next to you."
Ron looked around wildly and Ginny bit her lip.
"We rode them before.Why are you two so afraid of them?"
Neither Ron nor Ginny could answer because they were interupted by a ten foot tall man stomping over towards them.
"Harry! I think its Hagrid!"
But it wasn't Hagrid.Hagrid had hair,and Hagrid was portly.This giant was bald and lanky,he was wearing alarmingly short shorts and a glittery pink tank top.All the students gathered near him and he opened his mouth to speak.
"Hi Everybody!" he said ecstatically,"And welcome to Camp Hogwarts!"
Everyone was silent.Crickets stopped chirping and the giant squid from the lake raised one squiddy little eyebrow.
"And that ,Ginny,is why Mum says 'Just say no'"
"Ahem!" The giant coughed,"My name is Bob! And I'll be your camp directer!" He peared into their confused faces,"Now I know you were expecting Dumbledore to be in charge but he has *important business* to attend to." Bob leaned low and whispered.
"The purpose of this camp is Unity!" He had a lisp."Can you say unity? Come on.Say it with me!"
"Unity!" Bob shouted. Alone. "That wasn't very good,campers.Lets give it another go."
"Unity..." came back the halfhearted response.
"Nice! Now,lets get into the Great Hall so you all can be sorted okay? Okay!"
Harry was reminded vaguely of an American Muggle television star called Richard Simmons.
He,Ron and Ginny along with the rest of the teens followed him into the castle.It was getting dark outside anyway.
Hermione caught sight of a bright red head.Then another,and then a jet black one.
"Ron! Harry! Ginny!" she shouted over the sea of heads but they didn't hear her.
"Who were they?" Arlo asked, she had been following Hermione around.Probably because she was slightly afraid of Luna.
Or it could have been because Hermione had not let go of Diego since the train ride.
"Yesh you are a sweet puppy yes you are!"
"Hermione!"
"Huh?"
"Who were those people?"
"Oh,thats just Ron,Harry and Ginny."
"Ron,Harry and Ginny?"
"Yes,Ron Weasley,Ginny Weasley and Harry Potter."
"You don't mean ..the .."
"Har-"
"Ginny Weasley?!"
Hermione was taken aback.Thats not how its supposed to go."Yes..Ginny is my friend...Ginny..Weasley.."
"Oh My God! The girl who went into the Chamber of Secrets and SURVIVED is here! Wow!"
When they arrived in the Great Hall, the students of Hogwarts went to their house tables.The students who weren't familliar with the set-up stood on the wall.
The Hogwarts teens, sat back,staring at the newbies waiting for someone to bring the sorting hat out to sort them.A few minutes passed.No one came.
The Hufflepuffs were the first to look over at Bob.He was just standing there nonchalantly buffing his fingernails.Then the Ravenclaws looked,then the Slytherins looked.Then the Gryffindors looked.
All four houses were shocked.Usually when a Gryffindor expects something,it happens.
Nothing happened.
Finally Bob noticed a couple hundred eyes on him.He slowly stopped buffing his nails.Then he stopped singing,"I'm just a love machine." under his breath.
"Oh. My.Gosh" he said in the gayest way possible " I'm supposed be sorting aren't I?"
A/N
Well. Hey,I'm done for the day.I think its turning out okay.Thanks Ash for telling me to use Bob,I really wasn't sure what I was gonna do about sorting.Sorry I made him gay,but my TV was on some comercial for old Excercise Tapes by Richard Simmons and it just popped into my head.
Well okay,not so amazing.
They were talking about Quidditch.
Also amazingly,Hermione had a fun ride,with these odd people,and this odd puppy.
Luna and Neville kept Arlo busy with questions about her school.She told them she was a 5th going to 6th year student at W.A.F.F.L.E.
Witches Academy For Failing Little Elephants.
She had ended up their after starting one too many fights at Redrum Academy,their mascot was an elephant. W.A.F.F.L.E. was where all the students with behavioral problems went.And where the ones who failed went.
She had never met a Hogwarts student before.
Hermione thought Arlo talked too much.She wished she had made a migrain drought,or atleast brought some Advil.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Woah! Oh! Lookie!"
Harry,Ginny and Ron shook their heads at the foreign students.Those kids were in awe of the Hogwarts castle.They were used to it.Even though it was huge and beautiful,after about 5 years the shock value had lessened.
Harry looked across the grounds for Hagrid.He didn't see him.Hagrid wasn't on the lake with the boat.And he wasn't stomping out of the Forbidden Forest.So where could Hagrid be?
It wasn't like he could hide or anything.
"Are you looking for Hagrid?" Ginny asked.
"Yes,he doesn't appear to be here."
"Maybe he's tending to the thestrals?" she offered.
"The thestrals are standing right next to you."
Ron looked around wildly and Ginny bit her lip.
"We rode them before.Why are you two so afraid of them?"
Neither Ron nor Ginny could answer because they were interupted by a ten foot tall man stomping over towards them.
"Harry! I think its Hagrid!"
But it wasn't Hagrid.Hagrid had hair,and Hagrid was portly.This giant was bald and lanky,he was wearing alarmingly short shorts and a glittery pink tank top.All the students gathered near him and he opened his mouth to speak.
"Hi Everybody!" he said ecstatically,"And welcome to Camp Hogwarts!"
Everyone was silent.Crickets stopped chirping and the giant squid from the lake raised one squiddy little eyebrow.
"And that ,Ginny,is why Mum says 'Just say no'"
"Ahem!" The giant coughed,"My name is Bob! And I'll be your camp directer!" He peared into their confused faces,"Now I know you were expecting Dumbledore to be in charge but he has *important business* to attend to." Bob leaned low and whispered.
"The purpose of this camp is Unity!" He had a lisp."Can you say unity? Come on.Say it with me!"
"Unity!" Bob shouted. Alone. "That wasn't very good,campers.Lets give it another go."
"Unity..." came back the halfhearted response.
"Nice! Now,lets get into the Great Hall so you all can be sorted okay? Okay!"
Harry was reminded vaguely of an American Muggle television star called Richard Simmons.
He,Ron and Ginny along with the rest of the teens followed him into the castle.It was getting dark outside anyway.
Hermione caught sight of a bright red head.Then another,and then a jet black one.
"Ron! Harry! Ginny!" she shouted over the sea of heads but they didn't hear her.
"Who were they?" Arlo asked, she had been following Hermione around.Probably because she was slightly afraid of Luna.
Or it could have been because Hermione had not let go of Diego since the train ride.
"Yesh you are a sweet puppy yes you are!"
"Hermione!"
"Huh?"
"Who were those people?"
"Oh,thats just Ron,Harry and Ginny."
"Ron,Harry and Ginny?"
"Yes,Ron Weasley,Ginny Weasley and Harry Potter."
"You don't mean ..the .."
"Har-"
"Ginny Weasley?!"
Hermione was taken aback.Thats not how its supposed to go."Yes..Ginny is my friend...Ginny..Weasley.."
"Oh My God! The girl who went into the Chamber of Secrets and SURVIVED is here! Wow!"
When they arrived in the Great Hall, the students of Hogwarts went to their house tables.The students who weren't familliar with the set-up stood on the wall.
The Hogwarts teens, sat back,staring at the newbies waiting for someone to bring the sorting hat out to sort them.A few minutes passed.No one came.
The Hufflepuffs were the first to look over at Bob.He was just standing there nonchalantly buffing his fingernails.Then the Ravenclaws looked,then the Slytherins looked.Then the Gryffindors looked.
All four houses were shocked.Usually when a Gryffindor expects something,it happens.
Nothing happened.
Finally Bob noticed a couple hundred eyes on him.He slowly stopped buffing his nails.Then he stopped singing,"I'm just a love machine." under his breath.
"Oh. My.Gosh" he said in the gayest way possible " I'm supposed be sorting aren't I?"
A/N
Well. Hey,I'm done for the day.I think its turning out okay.Thanks Ash for telling me to use Bob,I really wasn't sure what I was gonna do about sorting.Sorry I made him gay,but my TV was on some comercial for old Excercise Tapes by Richard Simmons and it just popped into my head.