"BUT I DON'T WANNA!" Genna wailed out as they looked at the bland school
building of Tiverton High that lay before them. "I don't wanna, I don't
wanna, I don't wanna!" She stamped her foot as her two close friends
dragged her toward the building, despite her protests. Christmas break was
still too far away, and they were in for the long haul 'til then.
"How about this!" the blond said finally giving up. "I'll buy you some chocolate, and maybe ice-cream later!"
"Oh, Oh, OH, ME!" A tall lanky guy ran up, jumping up in down in front of her.
"Bad dog, Tyler!" the curly black haired girl giggled. "We were talking to Genna!"
"Fine." He sulked.
"How about you all come over for black raspberry ice-cream after school," the blond gave up throwing her hands in the air. They all hugged her, nearly squeezing her to death.
"EWWW Public displays of emotion, EW!" she cried out clawing at them. They all entered the school laughing.
"This has got to be the best day ever!" Genna giggled as she curled up in the basement apartment of Courtney's house. Pouring herself over a large bowl of ice-cream.
"You said that last week at anime club when we had chocolate mousse pocky."
"How about.... The best day this week then, you silly potato!" She smiled cheerfully as they went on watching Wolf's Rain.
"Courtney!" a yell came down the stairs.
"Ignore her, she's dumb," Courtney hissed about the screeching voice.
"COURTNEY!" Nikki rolled her eyes.
"She's annoying, too."
"COURTNEY, MAIL!" The voice screeched as Courtney had just taken enough ran to the door.
"Listen you little dweeb im trying to wa...." she barely got started screaming when what seemed like a large dust ball came colliding with her face. She fell over onto the floor, and the group stared, as the dust ball whipped around the room. Tyler smiled grabbing a shovel shaped fireplace tool and taking stance like a baseball player.
"Batters up!" his voice hollered, shaking the apartment practically as the dust ball perched itself on the back of the chair, dropping four envelopes.
"Ok, who slipped 'shrooms in my drink, and put on Harry Potter." He laughed walking over to them.
"I don't know." Nikki took a letter and ripped it open. She scanned threw it and shook out the remaining contents. A list of items needed, a small golden key, and a plane ticket.
"GUYS, LOOKY!" Genna almost yelped cheerfully.
"Were going to LONDON, maybe we'll get to be on Harry Potter, ya that's what this is, were gonna be in the next movie!" She bounced around.
"Yay we get to be muggles!" Tyler squealed, imitating an episode of Absolutely Fabulous. The others couldn't help but laugh.
Two days later, and an overly long plane ride with an overly hyper Genna, paranoid Tyler, annoyed Nikki, and frazzled Courtney, the fearsome foursome arrived in London.
"So.. Where are we meeting the guy." Tyler bounced around now. "I want to bother the guards... you know, the ones with the furry hats!"
"Buckingham castle guards Tyler, not the ones with the furry hats." Nikki corrected as they walked out of the airport, suitcases in hand.
"Ya those, where are they?"
"Tyler, can we just take the tour." Genna pointed at a sign on a large bus. "It's cheap and we get to see more than the castle." She smiled bubbly as she turned around to find no one there. "Tyler... Tyler!" her voice turned to screaming as he was nowhere around. They saw his bag, but not him.
"I swear, he's going to be the death of me." Nikki wailed.
"At least he hasn't set anything on fire yet!" Courtney smiled cheerfully. She spun around to head out onto the road when Tyler ran across the street toward them.
"Ello, ol' chaps!" he tried to put on his best English accent. "Welcome to jolly ol' London. Now if ya'll follow me, ill show you around." He bowed his head, Nikki's Dutch Boy cap atop his head, making his appearance even more amusing then it already was.
"You didn't..." Nikki said sternly.
"Rent a van, oh, yes!" he skipped over to it and hopped in. Courtney and Genna leapt in quickly, not daring to say a word, as Nikki, crossing herself, praying to any god who would listen, that Tyler wouldn't kill them.
"TYLER NO MORE DRIVING, OR TOUCHING, OR ANYTHING, FOR YOU!" Nikki screamed as Tyler gently nudged the tires of the steaming van with his boot.
"How was I supposed to know you were right about driving on the opposite side of the road." Tyler snapped angrily, looking out at the emptiness of land. "Besides, no reason we cant walk the rest of the..." a shoe hit him hard in the back of the head.
"BAKA!" She yelled as Courtney smiled going to hug him.
"Its ok, Tyler," She smiled before grabbing his throat in both hands. She began to shake him violently. "YOU IDIOT, WALK, WALK! WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF EAST BUMB FUCK AND YOU WANT US TO WALK! I OUGHTTA!" she began to scream before Genna screamed and jumped back, falling over herself. The sound of a large crack and pop made them all freeze. Nikki turned around slowly to a large red, double decker bus parked there.
"Having a bit of trouble, are we?" a man said from the doorway. Genna nearly screamed, backing up. "What'd I say?" he angled his head. "Well welcome to the Knight Bus, your transportation for the stranded witch or wizard."
Nikki fished in her pockets eagerly to find money.
"I only have American money, will this cover it." She offered. He eyed it then nodded.
"I suppose so, alrighty then, on ya go." He said quickly as they all climbed in slowly. They barely sat down when the bus burst off.
"Where you headed?"
"The Shrieking Shack!" Tyler announced proudly.
"Your mad you are, but alright," he nodded as they raced down the roads. Genna looked as if she would be sick.
"I like him, he drives like me." Tyler beamed. Nikki and Courtney both just cuffed him upside the head.
"Dullsville." Tyler huffed looking around the Shrieking Shack. There was barely anything in the old rundown house. He huffed, stopping near his friends.
"Remi's sick of this, I want candy, NOW!" she stamped her foot and froze. The ground creaked as Nikki looked down.
"Guys.. Don't..." she started as a loud crack was heard and the floor gave way under them. They screamed as they fell into the basement of the building. Genna was still screaming as she opened her eyes.
"Genna SHH!" Courtney quickly covered the girl's mouth as she looked around.
"Be vewy, vewy, quiet... were hunting wabbits." Tyler laughed as he ran down the long tunnel way, disappearing into darkness.
"Tyler..." Nikki said gently as she walked toward the light. The sound of cry's for help were faint, as if someone was jumping between left and right and couldn't pick a way. She ventured first into the light and bit back a scream as she jumped, nearly being clobbered by a thick tree branch. Tyler was there, clinging for dear life, as it whipped him around.
"Tyler what did I tell you about playing nice!" Courtney laughed as she dusted herself off.
"Look out!" Nikki jumped again as the branch collided with Courtney and Genna sending them off into the brush. Nikki continued to play her game of jump rope before it sent her flying into the bushes. Tyler continued to scream for help as the branch went straight up and came smashing down, leaving Tyler screaming on the ground. Courtney and Nikki rushed out, grabbing his arm and dragged him toward safety.
"My legs, my legs, I'm dieing!" he embellished. "You'll have to cut them off!" he screamed.
"Oh shut up, there's a... a... oh dear..." Nikki drifted off seeing a castle in the background.
"Hello creepy." Genna muttered. "If that's Hogwarts, then lets go to Hagrid's, it should be right there."
"This is brought to you by the same guys who created Wizard of Oz, very, very trippy." Courtney huffed as she helped Tyler up between her and Nikki and started their trek. As they reached the door, Genna went up and knocked. There was no response. Genna took a deep breath smiling.
"Mr. Hagrid lady sir, WE NEED YOUR HELP!" she screamed. The door whipped open as she ducked. A overly large dog, the size of a pony leapt over her, and right onto Tyler, licking at his face. The screams seemed to scare all the birds within a three hundred yard radius as they scattered, yelling back at him. A large man filled the doorframe.
"Now what's this I 'ear about needin' help?" his voice filled the air. Tyler whimpered as Courtney dropped her half of him, leaving Nikki with the entire burden.
"Listen, I think we got confused, or maybe its the airplane food, or even Tyler nearly killing us but.. we're here for a Harry Potter casting call." She held up the envelopes. Hagrid looked at them and nearly did a double take.
"Ahh, well, I see then." He straightened his posture as he picked up Tyler, who screamed more. "Dumbledore will be wanting to see ya."
"How about this!" the blond said finally giving up. "I'll buy you some chocolate, and maybe ice-cream later!"
"Oh, Oh, OH, ME!" A tall lanky guy ran up, jumping up in down in front of her.
"Bad dog, Tyler!" the curly black haired girl giggled. "We were talking to Genna!"
"Fine." He sulked.
"How about you all come over for black raspberry ice-cream after school," the blond gave up throwing her hands in the air. They all hugged her, nearly squeezing her to death.
"EWWW Public displays of emotion, EW!" she cried out clawing at them. They all entered the school laughing.
"This has got to be the best day ever!" Genna giggled as she curled up in the basement apartment of Courtney's house. Pouring herself over a large bowl of ice-cream.
"You said that last week at anime club when we had chocolate mousse pocky."
"How about.... The best day this week then, you silly potato!" She smiled cheerfully as they went on watching Wolf's Rain.
"Courtney!" a yell came down the stairs.
"Ignore her, she's dumb," Courtney hissed about the screeching voice.
"COURTNEY!" Nikki rolled her eyes.
"She's annoying, too."
"COURTNEY, MAIL!" The voice screeched as Courtney had just taken enough ran to the door.
"Listen you little dweeb im trying to wa...." she barely got started screaming when what seemed like a large dust ball came colliding with her face. She fell over onto the floor, and the group stared, as the dust ball whipped around the room. Tyler smiled grabbing a shovel shaped fireplace tool and taking stance like a baseball player.
"Batters up!" his voice hollered, shaking the apartment practically as the dust ball perched itself on the back of the chair, dropping four envelopes.
"Ok, who slipped 'shrooms in my drink, and put on Harry Potter." He laughed walking over to them.
"I don't know." Nikki took a letter and ripped it open. She scanned threw it and shook out the remaining contents. A list of items needed, a small golden key, and a plane ticket.
"GUYS, LOOKY!" Genna almost yelped cheerfully.
"Were going to LONDON, maybe we'll get to be on Harry Potter, ya that's what this is, were gonna be in the next movie!" She bounced around.
"Yay we get to be muggles!" Tyler squealed, imitating an episode of Absolutely Fabulous. The others couldn't help but laugh.
Two days later, and an overly long plane ride with an overly hyper Genna, paranoid Tyler, annoyed Nikki, and frazzled Courtney, the fearsome foursome arrived in London.
"So.. Where are we meeting the guy." Tyler bounced around now. "I want to bother the guards... you know, the ones with the furry hats!"
"Buckingham castle guards Tyler, not the ones with the furry hats." Nikki corrected as they walked out of the airport, suitcases in hand.
"Ya those, where are they?"
"Tyler, can we just take the tour." Genna pointed at a sign on a large bus. "It's cheap and we get to see more than the castle." She smiled bubbly as she turned around to find no one there. "Tyler... Tyler!" her voice turned to screaming as he was nowhere around. They saw his bag, but not him.
"I swear, he's going to be the death of me." Nikki wailed.
"At least he hasn't set anything on fire yet!" Courtney smiled cheerfully. She spun around to head out onto the road when Tyler ran across the street toward them.
"Ello, ol' chaps!" he tried to put on his best English accent. "Welcome to jolly ol' London. Now if ya'll follow me, ill show you around." He bowed his head, Nikki's Dutch Boy cap atop his head, making his appearance even more amusing then it already was.
"You didn't..." Nikki said sternly.
"Rent a van, oh, yes!" he skipped over to it and hopped in. Courtney and Genna leapt in quickly, not daring to say a word, as Nikki, crossing herself, praying to any god who would listen, that Tyler wouldn't kill them.
"TYLER NO MORE DRIVING, OR TOUCHING, OR ANYTHING, FOR YOU!" Nikki screamed as Tyler gently nudged the tires of the steaming van with his boot.
"How was I supposed to know you were right about driving on the opposite side of the road." Tyler snapped angrily, looking out at the emptiness of land. "Besides, no reason we cant walk the rest of the..." a shoe hit him hard in the back of the head.
"BAKA!" She yelled as Courtney smiled going to hug him.
"Its ok, Tyler," She smiled before grabbing his throat in both hands. She began to shake him violently. "YOU IDIOT, WALK, WALK! WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF EAST BUMB FUCK AND YOU WANT US TO WALK! I OUGHTTA!" she began to scream before Genna screamed and jumped back, falling over herself. The sound of a large crack and pop made them all freeze. Nikki turned around slowly to a large red, double decker bus parked there.
"Having a bit of trouble, are we?" a man said from the doorway. Genna nearly screamed, backing up. "What'd I say?" he angled his head. "Well welcome to the Knight Bus, your transportation for the stranded witch or wizard."
Nikki fished in her pockets eagerly to find money.
"I only have American money, will this cover it." She offered. He eyed it then nodded.
"I suppose so, alrighty then, on ya go." He said quickly as they all climbed in slowly. They barely sat down when the bus burst off.
"Where you headed?"
"The Shrieking Shack!" Tyler announced proudly.
"Your mad you are, but alright," he nodded as they raced down the roads. Genna looked as if she would be sick.
"I like him, he drives like me." Tyler beamed. Nikki and Courtney both just cuffed him upside the head.
"Dullsville." Tyler huffed looking around the Shrieking Shack. There was barely anything in the old rundown house. He huffed, stopping near his friends.
"Remi's sick of this, I want candy, NOW!" she stamped her foot and froze. The ground creaked as Nikki looked down.
"Guys.. Don't..." she started as a loud crack was heard and the floor gave way under them. They screamed as they fell into the basement of the building. Genna was still screaming as she opened her eyes.
"Genna SHH!" Courtney quickly covered the girl's mouth as she looked around.
"Be vewy, vewy, quiet... were hunting wabbits." Tyler laughed as he ran down the long tunnel way, disappearing into darkness.
"Tyler..." Nikki said gently as she walked toward the light. The sound of cry's for help were faint, as if someone was jumping between left and right and couldn't pick a way. She ventured first into the light and bit back a scream as she jumped, nearly being clobbered by a thick tree branch. Tyler was there, clinging for dear life, as it whipped him around.
"Tyler what did I tell you about playing nice!" Courtney laughed as she dusted herself off.
"Look out!" Nikki jumped again as the branch collided with Courtney and Genna sending them off into the brush. Nikki continued to play her game of jump rope before it sent her flying into the bushes. Tyler continued to scream for help as the branch went straight up and came smashing down, leaving Tyler screaming on the ground. Courtney and Nikki rushed out, grabbing his arm and dragged him toward safety.
"My legs, my legs, I'm dieing!" he embellished. "You'll have to cut them off!" he screamed.
"Oh shut up, there's a... a... oh dear..." Nikki drifted off seeing a castle in the background.
"Hello creepy." Genna muttered. "If that's Hogwarts, then lets go to Hagrid's, it should be right there."
"This is brought to you by the same guys who created Wizard of Oz, very, very trippy." Courtney huffed as she helped Tyler up between her and Nikki and started their trek. As they reached the door, Genna went up and knocked. There was no response. Genna took a deep breath smiling.
"Mr. Hagrid lady sir, WE NEED YOUR HELP!" she screamed. The door whipped open as she ducked. A overly large dog, the size of a pony leapt over her, and right onto Tyler, licking at his face. The screams seemed to scare all the birds within a three hundred yard radius as they scattered, yelling back at him. A large man filled the doorframe.
"Now what's this I 'ear about needin' help?" his voice filled the air. Tyler whimpered as Courtney dropped her half of him, leaving Nikki with the entire burden.
"Listen, I think we got confused, or maybe its the airplane food, or even Tyler nearly killing us but.. we're here for a Harry Potter casting call." She held up the envelopes. Hagrid looked at them and nearly did a double take.
"Ahh, well, I see then." He straightened his posture as he picked up Tyler, who screamed more. "Dumbledore will be wanting to see ya."
