Disclaimer: Jk owns not only herself, but also Hp.
AN: It's going really, really slow, I know... But maybe it will go faster because I'm on holiday?!
Chapter 4
Hermione, Ron and Harry listened to the two talk for a loooong while. Jo seemed to have forgotten that she had a trio of wizards in her bedroom, so she kept asking Alfonso to stay for a bit longer. By the end of the three hours he stood there, Ron was banging his head on the wall, Hermione was muttering all the books she had ever read and Harry stared lifelessly into space.
"Ok, so see you later, right Jo?" Alfonso finally said and the three let out happy sighs.
"Of course. Tell me how the progress with the movie is going, alright?" she replied and the trio heard walking noises as Jo lead Alfonso to the door. After the director went out, Jo entered the bedroom.
"Thank God!" Ron muttered. "I was beginning to think that would never end!"
"Sorry" Jo said, biting her lips. "So, what should we do now? How can we find out how to send you back?"
"I don't know" Hermione replied. "But what I wander is whether the one who's sent us here did it on purpose or not. Or maybe it was the magic which decided to transport us here..."
"I don't know..." Jo replied. "Have you read anything about such events?"
"I really can't remember" Hermione said. "But I don't think so. It would have remained stuck in my mind"
"So, what're we gonna do? We can't live here forever! No offence, Mrs. Rowling" Ron said.
"None taken, Ron... Remember, I know you well enough not to get myself offended by anything you say without intention" she replied. "But if you like, you can always stay at my home, if you can't go back, that is"
"We'd be too much of a bother" Hermione said, kindly. "And besides, we're wizards in a completely Muggle world right now and we would need jobs and all that, we'd be a financial burden..."
"Are you joking?" Jo said. "I earned so much money I could build you houses. You'd be no burdens, trust me and I'd love you to stay with me. But I wouldn't want you to feel uncomfortable"
"And going back to our own homes would be a terrific idea" Ron said.
"Well, for the ones of us that have homes" Harry muttered.
Jo looked at them thoughtfully for a while before saying:
"Well, I don't know about you, but I'm a tad hungry. Come to lunch, perhaps we could all think better with full stomachs"
"Good idea!" Ron said and nodded furiously.
Jo took her wallet and they went outside, searching for a restaurant.
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In half an hour, the four were eating pizza at a fast-food restaurant and since they were still in robes, they could allow Ron to point at everything, for the fun of those around them.
"But I still don't get how we'll go back" Harry said slowly. "I mean, we have no idea how we came here"
"It must have been a spell, but it's not like anything I've ever seen" Hermione replied thoughtfully.
"I never thought of a spell like that..." Jo said and sighed. "So I can't possibly think of a counter-spell."
"So, we're stuck..." Harry muttered. "I can see the Daily Prophet now: 'Harry Potter, savior of the wizarding kind has disappeared this morning along with his two best friends, Hermione Granger and Ronald Weasley. No traces were left... Could the Giant Squid in the lake have eaten them? Find out more of the closing of Hogwarts school and the arrest of the Giant Squid in the Evening Prophet'"
"Oh, my..." Jo said. "What if they do close Hogwarts because of this?"
"That would be awful, but I don't think it would actually happen" Hermione replied. "Dumbledore would have a word to say in that. But maybe the Giant Squid would be killed and dissected" her face made a sick expression.
"Maybe" Jo replied, her face almost as disgusted as Hermione's.
"So, what do we do?" Ron asked.
"In case you haven't noticed, asking this question in turns for the past half hour" Harry replied and Ron glared.
Harry watched with interest as a short man with a long beard and glasses entered the restaurant and asked for some chicken and fries.
"So, the thing is, we're looking for a wizard" Harry said.
"We're in a Muggle world, no wizards here" Hermione pointed out.
"Right" Harry said with a small nod. "But what if the one who brought us here is a wizard from this very world?"
"There are no wizards in this world" Jo said exasperatedly,
"You sure?" he asked. "After all, that's what the Muggles in our world say, too!"
"Maybe he's right..." Hermione said slowly. "Maybe there are wizards here, too"
"But wouldn't they complain about the Harry Potter series? I mean, especially the Harry, Ron and Hermione in our world" Jo said.
"No" Hermione responded. "Because... what better way of hiding something than to treat it as if it were fictional? Look, nobody looks at us weirdly because we're in school robes! See? So, they might even be happy that you wrote the books"
"What if..." Harry started. "What if they're not at all like the wizards in our world? I mean, maybe there's no Harry Potter here. Maybe there's no Hermione Granger or Ronald Weasley, or if they exist, they're not wizards. And Harry Potter has parents and no scar, no terrible past..." HhhHHH
"What about us?" Ron asked. "What do you think are family is like?"
"I don't know" Harry replied truthfully.
The four looked pensively at each other before Hermione said:
"So, how do we get back? Find a wizard from here or what?!"
"Beats me" Harry replied.
Jo looked at them before she said slowly:
"How about we get some new drinks? Coke again?"
"Ok" they chorused and Harry found it proper to add: "I'll get it"
"Thank you" Jo said, passing him the money. Harry smiled a little and went to take the juices.
He hurried with buying them and then went back to the seats, but on his way, somebody bumped into him, sending his juices on the floor.
"Oh, my!" the other said, slowly. "Sorry, sir, didn't mean to hit you!"
Harry looked down at the man and saw that he was the small bearded man that had come in earlier. His long white beard fell all the way to his stomach and his eyes shined worriedly from behind his glasses.
"No problem" Harry replied and went down to pick up the tray and the four plastic glasses he had had the juice in.
"Didn't mean to..." the man said slowly and one of the employees from the restaurant went there to assure Harry that she would clean things up. "Come, I'll buy you four new... Cokes, right?"
Harry was about to say something when Jo reached him.
"Are you ok, Harry?" she asked, smiling at him.
"Yes" the boy replied.
"Oh, dear... oh, my" the small man worriedly said. "Mrs., I'll buy the juices, I'm terribly sorry"
"No, no that's ok" she said with a pleasant smile.
"Oh, no, no, I'll pay, I'm sorry I crashed into... Harry, was it?" the man said slowly and something clicked in his mind as he turned to see the table where Hermione and Ron were.
"Yes, Harry" the boy replied slowly.
"Say" the small man said as he turned back to Jo "is that red-haired boy over there named Frank? My niece said she was looking for a red-haired boy named rank who comes into this fast-food often"
"No, he's not... Frank" Jo replied.
"You sure?" the man asked. "She said he was tall and red-haired"
"Positive" Harry answered.
"Well, come along, Harry, let's go buy some juices" Jo said and Harry nodded. The small man went back to his table.
"What an interesting character" Harry said to her as they bought the juices and went at the table.
"Well, he looked like someone, I can't exactly tell whom" she answered.
"Yes, tell me about it" Harry replied.
They went back to the table and started drinking their juices.
"Who was the small fellow?" Hermione asked.
"I don't know, he didn't present himself" Harry replied.
"So back to our problem" Hermione said with a sigh. "Where will we find the wizard?"
"I don't know, but if you ask me, the small chap that hit Harry looked a tad like Flitwick" Ron replied with a grin. "Let's ask him if he's a wizard!"
"Yeah, and if he's not, which is rather likely?" Hermione asked.
"Ron!" said a voice and Ron turned to see who called him.
To his surprise, behind him stood the 'small chap that looked like Flitwick'. He had a shocked expression on his face and said slowly:
"Goodness gracious me"
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AN: Mwahahahaha! A cliff-hanger! Ahahaha! Maybe I'll even get a clue of what I'll write in this story some day! He, he, just kidding. I have a few ideas. So, guys, sorry it's taking me so long... but if you review a lot, things might go faster!
Thanks to:
galadrielhermione10067 : thank you! And I am continuing ... although kinda slow.
siriusforeva: I'm glad you like it and... I don't know JK. But I'm assuming.
Chikin Wang: I'm glad you like it and sorry about the chapter length. It's just that... I managed to completely capture a plot bunny only now.
AN: It's going really, really slow, I know... But maybe it will go faster because I'm on holiday?!
Chapter 4
Hermione, Ron and Harry listened to the two talk for a loooong while. Jo seemed to have forgotten that she had a trio of wizards in her bedroom, so she kept asking Alfonso to stay for a bit longer. By the end of the three hours he stood there, Ron was banging his head on the wall, Hermione was muttering all the books she had ever read and Harry stared lifelessly into space.
"Ok, so see you later, right Jo?" Alfonso finally said and the three let out happy sighs.
"Of course. Tell me how the progress with the movie is going, alright?" she replied and the trio heard walking noises as Jo lead Alfonso to the door. After the director went out, Jo entered the bedroom.
"Thank God!" Ron muttered. "I was beginning to think that would never end!"
"Sorry" Jo said, biting her lips. "So, what should we do now? How can we find out how to send you back?"
"I don't know" Hermione replied. "But what I wander is whether the one who's sent us here did it on purpose or not. Or maybe it was the magic which decided to transport us here..."
"I don't know..." Jo replied. "Have you read anything about such events?"
"I really can't remember" Hermione said. "But I don't think so. It would have remained stuck in my mind"
"So, what're we gonna do? We can't live here forever! No offence, Mrs. Rowling" Ron said.
"None taken, Ron... Remember, I know you well enough not to get myself offended by anything you say without intention" she replied. "But if you like, you can always stay at my home, if you can't go back, that is"
"We'd be too much of a bother" Hermione said, kindly. "And besides, we're wizards in a completely Muggle world right now and we would need jobs and all that, we'd be a financial burden..."
"Are you joking?" Jo said. "I earned so much money I could build you houses. You'd be no burdens, trust me and I'd love you to stay with me. But I wouldn't want you to feel uncomfortable"
"And going back to our own homes would be a terrific idea" Ron said.
"Well, for the ones of us that have homes" Harry muttered.
Jo looked at them thoughtfully for a while before saying:
"Well, I don't know about you, but I'm a tad hungry. Come to lunch, perhaps we could all think better with full stomachs"
"Good idea!" Ron said and nodded furiously.
Jo took her wallet and they went outside, searching for a restaurant.
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In half an hour, the four were eating pizza at a fast-food restaurant and since they were still in robes, they could allow Ron to point at everything, for the fun of those around them.
"But I still don't get how we'll go back" Harry said slowly. "I mean, we have no idea how we came here"
"It must have been a spell, but it's not like anything I've ever seen" Hermione replied thoughtfully.
"I never thought of a spell like that..." Jo said and sighed. "So I can't possibly think of a counter-spell."
"So, we're stuck..." Harry muttered. "I can see the Daily Prophet now: 'Harry Potter, savior of the wizarding kind has disappeared this morning along with his two best friends, Hermione Granger and Ronald Weasley. No traces were left... Could the Giant Squid in the lake have eaten them? Find out more of the closing of Hogwarts school and the arrest of the Giant Squid in the Evening Prophet'"
"Oh, my..." Jo said. "What if they do close Hogwarts because of this?"
"That would be awful, but I don't think it would actually happen" Hermione replied. "Dumbledore would have a word to say in that. But maybe the Giant Squid would be killed and dissected" her face made a sick expression.
"Maybe" Jo replied, her face almost as disgusted as Hermione's.
"So, what do we do?" Ron asked.
"In case you haven't noticed, asking this question in turns for the past half hour" Harry replied and Ron glared.
Harry watched with interest as a short man with a long beard and glasses entered the restaurant and asked for some chicken and fries.
"So, the thing is, we're looking for a wizard" Harry said.
"We're in a Muggle world, no wizards here" Hermione pointed out.
"Right" Harry said with a small nod. "But what if the one who brought us here is a wizard from this very world?"
"There are no wizards in this world" Jo said exasperatedly,
"You sure?" he asked. "After all, that's what the Muggles in our world say, too!"
"Maybe he's right..." Hermione said slowly. "Maybe there are wizards here, too"
"But wouldn't they complain about the Harry Potter series? I mean, especially the Harry, Ron and Hermione in our world" Jo said.
"No" Hermione responded. "Because... what better way of hiding something than to treat it as if it were fictional? Look, nobody looks at us weirdly because we're in school robes! See? So, they might even be happy that you wrote the books"
"What if..." Harry started. "What if they're not at all like the wizards in our world? I mean, maybe there's no Harry Potter here. Maybe there's no Hermione Granger or Ronald Weasley, or if they exist, they're not wizards. And Harry Potter has parents and no scar, no terrible past..." HhhHHH
"What about us?" Ron asked. "What do you think are family is like?"
"I don't know" Harry replied truthfully.
The four looked pensively at each other before Hermione said:
"So, how do we get back? Find a wizard from here or what?!"
"Beats me" Harry replied.
Jo looked at them before she said slowly:
"How about we get some new drinks? Coke again?"
"Ok" they chorused and Harry found it proper to add: "I'll get it"
"Thank you" Jo said, passing him the money. Harry smiled a little and went to take the juices.
He hurried with buying them and then went back to the seats, but on his way, somebody bumped into him, sending his juices on the floor.
"Oh, my!" the other said, slowly. "Sorry, sir, didn't mean to hit you!"
Harry looked down at the man and saw that he was the small bearded man that had come in earlier. His long white beard fell all the way to his stomach and his eyes shined worriedly from behind his glasses.
"No problem" Harry replied and went down to pick up the tray and the four plastic glasses he had had the juice in.
"Didn't mean to..." the man said slowly and one of the employees from the restaurant went there to assure Harry that she would clean things up. "Come, I'll buy you four new... Cokes, right?"
Harry was about to say something when Jo reached him.
"Are you ok, Harry?" she asked, smiling at him.
"Yes" the boy replied.
"Oh, dear... oh, my" the small man worriedly said. "Mrs., I'll buy the juices, I'm terribly sorry"
"No, no that's ok" she said with a pleasant smile.
"Oh, no, no, I'll pay, I'm sorry I crashed into... Harry, was it?" the man said slowly and something clicked in his mind as he turned to see the table where Hermione and Ron were.
"Yes, Harry" the boy replied slowly.
"Say" the small man said as he turned back to Jo "is that red-haired boy over there named Frank? My niece said she was looking for a red-haired boy named rank who comes into this fast-food often"
"No, he's not... Frank" Jo replied.
"You sure?" the man asked. "She said he was tall and red-haired"
"Positive" Harry answered.
"Well, come along, Harry, let's go buy some juices" Jo said and Harry nodded. The small man went back to his table.
"What an interesting character" Harry said to her as they bought the juices and went at the table.
"Well, he looked like someone, I can't exactly tell whom" she answered.
"Yes, tell me about it" Harry replied.
They went back to the table and started drinking their juices.
"Who was the small fellow?" Hermione asked.
"I don't know, he didn't present himself" Harry replied.
"So back to our problem" Hermione said with a sigh. "Where will we find the wizard?"
"I don't know, but if you ask me, the small chap that hit Harry looked a tad like Flitwick" Ron replied with a grin. "Let's ask him if he's a wizard!"
"Yeah, and if he's not, which is rather likely?" Hermione asked.
"Ron!" said a voice and Ron turned to see who called him.
To his surprise, behind him stood the 'small chap that looked like Flitwick'. He had a shocked expression on his face and said slowly:
"Goodness gracious me"
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AN: Mwahahahaha! A cliff-hanger! Ahahaha! Maybe I'll even get a clue of what I'll write in this story some day! He, he, just kidding. I have a few ideas. So, guys, sorry it's taking me so long... but if you review a lot, things might go faster!
Thanks to:
galadrielhermione10067 : thank you! And I am continuing ... although kinda slow.
siriusforeva: I'm glad you like it and... I don't know JK. But I'm assuming.
Chikin Wang: I'm glad you like it and sorry about the chapter length. It's just that... I managed to completely capture a plot bunny only now.