Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Angel's Charles Gunn. I also do
not own 'That Day After Tomorrow' but I did think it was an excellent
film......................
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Chapter 3: More Hail?
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I couldn't allow myself to believe it, he couldn't be here. We had been friends for about two years, he'd been hanging out at Hogwarts with me, Tara, Piper and Christine for as long as I could remember... everything got out of hand and now he was here... with a girlfriend... called Cindy.
"Gunn" I said to him, he looked up.
"Charles, Willow... My name is Charles" He smiled.
"Is she a muggle?" I asked him.
Gunn shook his head, "No she's not, she's a witch, she works for the ministry of magic"
Cindy poked her head out in front of us, Tara linked arms with me.
"I couldn't help but over-hear... because I was trying to!" She let rip with this laugh which sounded very much like a cat in torture mixed with the voice of a developing boy, "I'm a receptionist"
I smiled.
"I couldn't tell!" I laughed at my own joke and looked at Gunn and added, "How come you're wearing a suit, it's... it was the hottest day of the year."
He looked at me.
"Oh, I have a job at the ministry, I'm working my way up through the ranks, but I'm hoping to work for the Minister himself one day"
Him and Cindy laughed then kissed like a married couple, I looked completely shocked and annoyed at them. They were so pathetic.
Although I thought they were pathetic I still wasn't sure why I was jealous of Cindy. I mean come on... she's pathetic and sad.....
Well, she is.
And I could make such a better girlfriend than her.
It was one of those moments when I couldn't gasp out loud so had to do it in my head.
I couldn't believe all these feeling's were rushing back, especially since I should be on the flight to Florida by now and should be dry and with my family and not in a theatre waiting for the water to slowly drown us.
"I'm going there" I said simply.
Gunn and Cindy stopped laughing.
"Where?" Cindy asked.
"What?" Tara asked me, shocked.
"To the Ministry of Magic, Tara we were there half an hour ago. I can still go there"
"Willow the weather will kill you" Tara said, and added, "Plus you'll freeze and you need to at least get dressed into something warm.
"No it won't freeze me, and I'm not wet" I said, pointing to my dark brown hair, "See? It's dry, My hair has dried, I'm ok!"
Gunn shook his head.
"No you're not, If you're going then I'm going" He said, looking into my eyes, which made me feel... Oh never mind.
"Fine, you're going with me"
Cindy stepped forward.
"I have to like, go too" She did the laugh again and I winced, it was a truly awful laugh.
Tara reluctantly stepped forward.
"It makes me sound really selfish if I don't go..." Tara paused and bought her phone out of her pocket.
"I didn't know you had that" I said.
Tara looked confused.
"Neither did I" She confessed and answered the phone, it carried on beeping.
She looked at the phone, "It got water in it, it's broken"
I grabbed the phone off her and threw it at the man in the suit, he ran for it and caught the phone, people were getting panicked, Me, Tara, Gunn and Cindy ran past them and down the steps.
We'd reached the main bit of the theatre and the water had started to sink through, it was only a few centimetres but it was absolutely freezing cold.
"We shouldn't be doing this" Cindy said, shivering.
"Shut up" I glared at her, "I'm wearing a Mini skirt and a small top and a pink stolen designer coat, y'know I think I'm colder than you"
I heard whispering as they walked behind me. I stopped at the door.
"Are you ready?" I asked them, they nodded.
Tara took me to the side for a moment.
"They were whispering about you" She muttered, I nodded.
"I know"
I stood in front of the door and turned the door knob and opened the door, prepared for the worst, only a trickle of water came into the foyer, there was a thin layer of water and the rest had iced over.
"Let's go" I said, and stood on the ice, the other's followed me as we all walked/skated across the ice.
"Only one more street" I said to the other's, they'd caught up with me by now.
"Ok, it'll be ok inside the ministry" Gunn said to Cindy, who wasn't moving at all, he was dragging her along.
The 'Hail' had stopped by now and the rain was nearly gone.
It was like something had stopped it somehow, I was glad, but we couldn't turn back now, we had to get to the Ministry.
We'd reached the street with one problem, the ice had frozen all around the telephone box.
I turned to the others.
"We have to go back" I told them, pointing to the phone box.
"Come on, we can just like, melt it" Cindy said, and did that laugh again.
Gunn managed to keep a straight face, I don't understand how he could.
In the distance I heard screams and a massive whooshing sound.
"Oh no, More Hail?" Tara asked.
Within a few minutes we'd all gone in the direction of the telephone box... well at least I thought we did. I turned around to see no-one there but Cindy.
"Cindy where is Gunn and Tara?" I asked her.
She shrugged. I looked around.
There seemed to be someone doing a news report on a car, they were staring at something.
"Do you mind?" I asked them, and climbed on top of the car, they pointed the camera at me.
"What are you doing?" I asked them.
"Filming" The camera man said.
I shook my head.
"You need to go inside otherwise you're going to die, now go!" I told them, they nodded and the camera man pointed the camera at me again.
"Where are you going?" They asked me.
"To find my sister" I replied and ran as fast as I could in the direction of a massive tidal wave heading for me.
There was a tap on my shoulder.
"Hey Willow, the tidal wave won't reach us for another hour" Tara panted.
"What?" I said in disbelief, looking at the tidal wave.
"Yeah the ministry told everyone about an hour ago" Gunn said, hitting Tara in the ribs.
"Oh my god" I said sarcastically, we stood for a moment. Then we all scrambled for the phone box.
"Willow, there are people outside still!" Tara shouted to me.
I looked around and saw a mother and baby walking across the ice in the distance.
"Oh my god, I'll get them, don't worry, Tara find Cindy"
"Gunn, break the ice around the phone box" Tara shouted to him, he nodded and Tara went to find Cindy.
I quickly ran across the ice, kind of slipping but maintaining balance, I reached the girl.
"You used to go to Hogwarts" I said to her.
She nodded, "This is my daughter Jasmine"
I smiled and grabbed the girl's hand.
"Come on" We all ran, Jasmine in her mum's arms.
"Willow! Cindy is too far in the distance" Tara shouted to me.
As we ran I turned to the girl. "I'm Willow by the way, you get to the telephone box, I'll be there, ok?"
She nodded, "I'm Carla"
She looked at Cindy.
"Oh my god, you're not gonna make it" She looked at me.
I nodded, "I will, now go!"
Tara grabbed Carla's hand and her, Jasmine and Carla were at the telephone box which was full of water.
"CINDY, RUN TOWARDS ME" I shouted to her, the massive tidal wave was so close to us now, it would kill us for sure, and certainly since the water turns to ice.
As she reached me I grabbed her arm and we ran for the telephone box.
"You know what to dial?" I shouted to Gunn, he nodded.
He was busy dialling and me and Cindy started to run, I pushed her in front of me and she made it to the telephone box... I would have to slide or something. I got ready to slide to the telephone box and felt something crack beneath me, the next thing I felt was freezing cold water around my whole body.
"Oh F-" I shouted, and realised the water would reach me within a matter of time.
Suddenly I felt hands lift me out of the water.
"Willow come on!" Smiled Carla, she pushed me and I got pushed into the telephone box.
Cindy handed me Jasmine and I held the girl of about three in my hands.
"Willow, what do we do when we get to the ministry?" Tara asked me.
"I don't know, we just have to talk to someone there, get them to sort it out" I said.
Gunn handed me a badge and the telephone box began to move.
"Whoa" Gunn said, looking around him, "No! No don't move, DON'T MOVE!" He shouted at the telephone box.
"CARLA HURRY UP, YOU CAN MAKE IT!" I shouted to Carla who stood there, she took a look at the wave which was now very close to her.
Without a warning Cindy scrambled out of the telephone box and grabbed Carla, they both began to walk towards us, Tara hugged me and turned away, we all knew what was about to happen, there was a thumping on the telephone box.
"Oh my god" I said, looking around, "Move down! Faster! Move you stupid little..."
Just as the wave hit the telephone box we managed to go down in time, although there was ice-cold water up to our knees I think we were ok.
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Chapter 3: More Hail?
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I couldn't allow myself to believe it, he couldn't be here. We had been friends for about two years, he'd been hanging out at Hogwarts with me, Tara, Piper and Christine for as long as I could remember... everything got out of hand and now he was here... with a girlfriend... called Cindy.
"Gunn" I said to him, he looked up.
"Charles, Willow... My name is Charles" He smiled.
"Is she a muggle?" I asked him.
Gunn shook his head, "No she's not, she's a witch, she works for the ministry of magic"
Cindy poked her head out in front of us, Tara linked arms with me.
"I couldn't help but over-hear... because I was trying to!" She let rip with this laugh which sounded very much like a cat in torture mixed with the voice of a developing boy, "I'm a receptionist"
I smiled.
"I couldn't tell!" I laughed at my own joke and looked at Gunn and added, "How come you're wearing a suit, it's... it was the hottest day of the year."
He looked at me.
"Oh, I have a job at the ministry, I'm working my way up through the ranks, but I'm hoping to work for the Minister himself one day"
Him and Cindy laughed then kissed like a married couple, I looked completely shocked and annoyed at them. They were so pathetic.
Although I thought they were pathetic I still wasn't sure why I was jealous of Cindy. I mean come on... she's pathetic and sad.....
Well, she is.
And I could make such a better girlfriend than her.
It was one of those moments when I couldn't gasp out loud so had to do it in my head.
I couldn't believe all these feeling's were rushing back, especially since I should be on the flight to Florida by now and should be dry and with my family and not in a theatre waiting for the water to slowly drown us.
"I'm going there" I said simply.
Gunn and Cindy stopped laughing.
"Where?" Cindy asked.
"What?" Tara asked me, shocked.
"To the Ministry of Magic, Tara we were there half an hour ago. I can still go there"
"Willow the weather will kill you" Tara said, and added, "Plus you'll freeze and you need to at least get dressed into something warm.
"No it won't freeze me, and I'm not wet" I said, pointing to my dark brown hair, "See? It's dry, My hair has dried, I'm ok!"
Gunn shook his head.
"No you're not, If you're going then I'm going" He said, looking into my eyes, which made me feel... Oh never mind.
"Fine, you're going with me"
Cindy stepped forward.
"I have to like, go too" She did the laugh again and I winced, it was a truly awful laugh.
Tara reluctantly stepped forward.
"It makes me sound really selfish if I don't go..." Tara paused and bought her phone out of her pocket.
"I didn't know you had that" I said.
Tara looked confused.
"Neither did I" She confessed and answered the phone, it carried on beeping.
She looked at the phone, "It got water in it, it's broken"
I grabbed the phone off her and threw it at the man in the suit, he ran for it and caught the phone, people were getting panicked, Me, Tara, Gunn and Cindy ran past them and down the steps.
We'd reached the main bit of the theatre and the water had started to sink through, it was only a few centimetres but it was absolutely freezing cold.
"We shouldn't be doing this" Cindy said, shivering.
"Shut up" I glared at her, "I'm wearing a Mini skirt and a small top and a pink stolen designer coat, y'know I think I'm colder than you"
I heard whispering as they walked behind me. I stopped at the door.
"Are you ready?" I asked them, they nodded.
Tara took me to the side for a moment.
"They were whispering about you" She muttered, I nodded.
"I know"
I stood in front of the door and turned the door knob and opened the door, prepared for the worst, only a trickle of water came into the foyer, there was a thin layer of water and the rest had iced over.
"Let's go" I said, and stood on the ice, the other's followed me as we all walked/skated across the ice.
"Only one more street" I said to the other's, they'd caught up with me by now.
"Ok, it'll be ok inside the ministry" Gunn said to Cindy, who wasn't moving at all, he was dragging her along.
The 'Hail' had stopped by now and the rain was nearly gone.
It was like something had stopped it somehow, I was glad, but we couldn't turn back now, we had to get to the Ministry.
We'd reached the street with one problem, the ice had frozen all around the telephone box.
I turned to the others.
"We have to go back" I told them, pointing to the phone box.
"Come on, we can just like, melt it" Cindy said, and did that laugh again.
Gunn managed to keep a straight face, I don't understand how he could.
In the distance I heard screams and a massive whooshing sound.
"Oh no, More Hail?" Tara asked.
Within a few minutes we'd all gone in the direction of the telephone box... well at least I thought we did. I turned around to see no-one there but Cindy.
"Cindy where is Gunn and Tara?" I asked her.
She shrugged. I looked around.
There seemed to be someone doing a news report on a car, they were staring at something.
"Do you mind?" I asked them, and climbed on top of the car, they pointed the camera at me.
"What are you doing?" I asked them.
"Filming" The camera man said.
I shook my head.
"You need to go inside otherwise you're going to die, now go!" I told them, they nodded and the camera man pointed the camera at me again.
"Where are you going?" They asked me.
"To find my sister" I replied and ran as fast as I could in the direction of a massive tidal wave heading for me.
There was a tap on my shoulder.
"Hey Willow, the tidal wave won't reach us for another hour" Tara panted.
"What?" I said in disbelief, looking at the tidal wave.
"Yeah the ministry told everyone about an hour ago" Gunn said, hitting Tara in the ribs.
"Oh my god" I said sarcastically, we stood for a moment. Then we all scrambled for the phone box.
"Willow, there are people outside still!" Tara shouted to me.
I looked around and saw a mother and baby walking across the ice in the distance.
"Oh my god, I'll get them, don't worry, Tara find Cindy"
"Gunn, break the ice around the phone box" Tara shouted to him, he nodded and Tara went to find Cindy.
I quickly ran across the ice, kind of slipping but maintaining balance, I reached the girl.
"You used to go to Hogwarts" I said to her.
She nodded, "This is my daughter Jasmine"
I smiled and grabbed the girl's hand.
"Come on" We all ran, Jasmine in her mum's arms.
"Willow! Cindy is too far in the distance" Tara shouted to me.
As we ran I turned to the girl. "I'm Willow by the way, you get to the telephone box, I'll be there, ok?"
She nodded, "I'm Carla"
She looked at Cindy.
"Oh my god, you're not gonna make it" She looked at me.
I nodded, "I will, now go!"
Tara grabbed Carla's hand and her, Jasmine and Carla were at the telephone box which was full of water.
"CINDY, RUN TOWARDS ME" I shouted to her, the massive tidal wave was so close to us now, it would kill us for sure, and certainly since the water turns to ice.
As she reached me I grabbed her arm and we ran for the telephone box.
"You know what to dial?" I shouted to Gunn, he nodded.
He was busy dialling and me and Cindy started to run, I pushed her in front of me and she made it to the telephone box... I would have to slide or something. I got ready to slide to the telephone box and felt something crack beneath me, the next thing I felt was freezing cold water around my whole body.
"Oh F-" I shouted, and realised the water would reach me within a matter of time.
Suddenly I felt hands lift me out of the water.
"Willow come on!" Smiled Carla, she pushed me and I got pushed into the telephone box.
Cindy handed me Jasmine and I held the girl of about three in my hands.
"Willow, what do we do when we get to the ministry?" Tara asked me.
"I don't know, we just have to talk to someone there, get them to sort it out" I said.
Gunn handed me a badge and the telephone box began to move.
"Whoa" Gunn said, looking around him, "No! No don't move, DON'T MOVE!" He shouted at the telephone box.
"CARLA HURRY UP, YOU CAN MAKE IT!" I shouted to Carla who stood there, she took a look at the wave which was now very close to her.
Without a warning Cindy scrambled out of the telephone box and grabbed Carla, they both began to walk towards us, Tara hugged me and turned away, we all knew what was about to happen, there was a thumping on the telephone box.
"Oh my god" I said, looking around, "Move down! Faster! Move you stupid little..."
Just as the wave hit the telephone box we managed to go down in time, although there was ice-cold water up to our knees I think we were ok.