Amazing Muggle Benjamin
Recap:
Ben didn't know what to say, the campsite was full of occupants, but the living arrangements were not what Ben would have expected in a campsite. Most of the "tents" were really well decorated. Ben even thought he saw a pyramid off in the distance.
"Not what you expected, huh?" The man said to Ben. Ben wanted to ask a bunch of questions, but didn't know how to ask them.
"Is
everyone here part of a group?"
"You could say that..."
"Well, why are they all here?"
Chapter 2-
Interview with a Wizard
The man bit his tongue, unsure of what to say.
"Guess and I'll tell you if you're right." He said with a wicked smile on his face.
"Erm... well..." Ben had absolutely no idea, maybe they were some hippie group or a band of circus freaks? He thought they might be a little offended by that, so he decided instead to ask, "Are you all a part of this group?"
"Yes, we are."
"Well I honestly have no idea, so how about you tell me?"
"Hmmm... can't do that."
"That would ruin all the fun," said one of the others. Ben was confused.
"Why not?"
"Because it's a secret."
"Oh. Well then why did you bring me here?"
"Just because I wanted to see if you could figure it out."
"No one outside of our group knows about us," said the other. Thought it was dark, Ben thought at least two of the boys could have been brothers.
"Well could you give me a hint?"
"Ummm... ask me a question and if I can answer it without giving it away I will."
"Alright," Ben scanned his brain for a generic question he could ask. "How many people are there in your group?"
"Innumerable... millions all over the world."
"That many? Then how come no one knows about you?"
"Simply put we're good at keeping a secret, though sometimes the secret does slip out, but we have our ways of covering it up."
"Is it possible for someone like me to join your group?"
"I'm
afraid not."
"Why is that?"
"Your acceptance into our group, or "club" so to say, is determined when you are born. There is no other way you can join our group."
"So you were born with this trait or capability or whatever that was needed to join this group?"
"Yes."
"How long has this group been around?"
"To tell you the truth, I don't know. But it's been around for generations before ours." Some fireworks went off in the distance, they all looked over as it exploded over the trees into a giant 4-leaf clover, followed by a midst of cheers and booo's.
"Wow," Ben said. "I've never seen one like that before."
"Yeah, they've been going off all day. Good ole Irish."
"So there's Irish people here, too."
"As I said before, theirs people in our group from all over the world."
"Oh yeah. So why are there Irish people here?"
The 2 boys who had spoken stared at each other, waiting for the other to say something. Finally one of them spoke.
"Why wouldn't they be here?" Ben was hoping for a better response than that, he had a feeling he would never get anywhere with questioning them if they weren't going to tell him anything. Ben finally gave up and just blurted it out.
"Can't you just tell me!? I won't tell anyone else! I promise."
"Sorry, man. We just can't. It's not in our best interest to reveal the secrets of our group."
"Not in the best interest? If you're not gonna tell me, then why did you drag me all the way out here?"
"I dunno, I was just hoping you would guess it. We've got nothing to do tonight, so we just wanted to have a little fun."
"Why are you even here? There's nothing to do in Guildford." Ben was losing his patience and was wondering why he was even out here.
"It's a secret, I can't te-" Ben heard a voice behind him, and turned to see who it was. The 4 boys jumped, and said, "You gotta get out of here! Now!" They hurried Ben into the woods and told him to leave. He was about to run back through the woods to the clearing, when he heard the boys talking to someone, a woman.
"Who were you talking to?"
"Oh, just a new friend we made. He's supporting the Belgians, and we were having an argument over who was going to win."
"Did you set him straight?"
"Oh yes."
"Good. Dinner should be on in a few minutes, Lee you're welcome to eat with us if you like."
"Thanks, ma'am, I'd love to."
"I'll see you back at the tent then."
Back in the woods, out of sight, Ben was going over this conversation in his head. It was puzzling him, who were the Belgians and who was supporting them? Well, obviously, they were covering up for Ben, and just made up the part about the Belgians. But that woman, Ben assumed she was the mother of the three who could've been brothers, bought the lie. So who are the Belgians? And who was supporting them? Was it a sport? Football was the only time he ever heard mention of the Belgians, but he was pretty sure England wasn't playing them now. And he was sure England wouldn't be playing them all the way out here in Guildford. It was now nearly 11PM, and Ben was tired from his talk with the teenager from the camp. Tomorrow night, he would go back and do some snooping. But just how he would snoop around a campsite full of thousands of strange people, he had no idea. And he still didn't know what he was looking for.
So, the next night, without a plan of any sort, Ben arrived at the clearing. As he crossed, he heard the voices again: 'Earthquake!', 'Your wife's having a baby!', 'Black Plague!' Were just some of the few exclamations made by the voice in his head, although by now Ben had grown used to them and didn't pay them any mind.
He would've felt it if there was an Earthquake, plus he didn't even have a wife, and as for the Black Plague, that ended about 500 years ago. He was quite sure everything was alright. He amused himself with this thought as he approached the woods, separating the clearing from the campsite. After a short trek through the woods, he came to the camp. He stared over the vast amounts of living quarters. Strange, he thought. There's nobody here.
A/N: Well, that's Chapter 2. Everyone is missing from the campsite. Now Ben has free reign to snoop around the campsite. Will he come to realize the truth of what he has stumbled upon? Please review and ask any questions you like.