Chapter 2

Explanations

Mattie doesn't know how long or how far she had walked before she realized that she could apperate to her grandmother's house. She thought that this was a perfect idea. Until of course, she remembered that in order to apperate you need to know what the place you were going to looked like. Mattie had know idea what to look for and even worse where she would end up if she didn't do it right. Abandoning the idea, of getting the opportunity to ge ther body parts spread to different parts of the world, she continued walking.

She was a about 15 miles from her old house when she realized that she had a picture of Big Ben in her trunk. Mattie had the picture because she had always wanted to go to London, England ever since she heard her mom talk about it in stories of her childhood years. Digging through the trunk she noticed its absence of it from the usual spot in the trunk. Mattie remembered that her stepsister Rebecca demanded that she have it.

Almost giving up hope on ever finding away to London she found some woods on the side of the road. Mattie then jumped the curb with her trunk in one hand and her dog's leash in the other she daringly went into this wooded area she knew nothing about. The time passed by so slowly in the woods it felt like hours, but Mattie had no choice but to find a spot away from the road.

When Mattie could no longer see the road from the spot she was in, she sat down leaning her tired back on the rough barked Beachwood tree. Midnight whined to let Mattie know that she had had enough of the whole pretending she is a normal dog act, and wanted to be let off the stinkn' leash. Mattie unclipped her dog. Midnight trotted gaily away as though she was saying, "I'm free, I'm free!"

Mattie rested her head on the trunk of the sturdy tree and fell into a deep, deep slumber forgetting what happened nearly 12 hours ago, where she was headed and what was to become of her…

"Do you think this is her?" a voice sounded from above Mattie.

"It does kind of look like her in the nose," another voice sounded.

By now Mattie was fully awake, but she kept her eyes closed incase the two boys were out to get her.

"Hey Fred over-"

The one that was called Ron was suddenly smacked rather hardly in the back of the head.

"Owe, George, what was that for?" Ron questioned his brother furiously.

"Let's see Ron, she is sleeping in the middle of the woods all alone, and suddenly she gets woken up by a dork like you. Do you really think she isn't going to be scared," explained George.

Mattie thought that the boys weren't really out to get her, but probably her to help her.

"Not if she is already awake. I should warn, though, I am a light sleeper," Mattie opened her eyes to see darkness has covered the land and the only light came from a fire Midnight must have started.

Startled the two orange haired boys jumped backward.

"Well did you find her?" The boy they called Fred walked up.

"I think so?" Ron answered.

"Ron you can't think so in these types of situations. Dumbledore wanted us to bring him a girl who looked like this." Fred reprimanded while pointing at the picture in his hand.

"Do you know her name?" Mattie asked Fred while standing up looking for her dog.

"No, Dumbledore left before we could ask. He's always doing that these days," George answered.

Mattie was walking away from the boys whistling for Midnight to come back.

"What are you doing?" Ron questioned in that "Do I want to know voice".

Deciding she would mess with their heads she replied, "Whistling. Don't you know anything."

Still looking confused she realized that the other two boys weren't paying attention, and continued, "It is just a hobby I do. It takes a lot of patience to learn."

Ron thought that this girl was crazy and retorted, "No it doesn't."

"Then you do it if you think your so good."

Ron gave it a try and found that he actually wasn't that good; at least not as good as the girl.

Mattie whistled once more and along came Midnight walking slowly with a huge rabbit in her mouth.

Disgusted Mattie retrieved that rabbit from Midnight.

Seeing the look on Ron's face Mattie smiled and threw the rabbit in to the woods saying, "Midnight stay. You get used to it after a while."

Turning to see the two older boys standing there still arguing about where to find the girl in the picture Mattie made her way over to them.

"No, she wouldn't still be at home we have checked about 12 times, and besides if we go over there one more time I don't think they will fall for the boy scout thing."

"Maybe I can help," Mattie offered.

The two looked at each other.

"Hey, it can't hurt can," Fred told George.

He gave the picture over to Mattie and she looked into it.

What she saw was a face that was shaped like hers, had the same kind of nose, and the eyes were hers. She thought, No it can't be. That's me.

"So, do you know her?" asked George.

"Amazingly, yeah."

"Well, who is she and where is she?" Fred ordered.

"She's standing right in front of you. I am Mattie Furlong it's nice to meet you."