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Authors note: This is a last ditch effort to actually start and finish a story. I got smart this time and asked my friends to help me with this one. If you like the story and I start to lag behind please badger me until I start again. If you don't like the story please don't flame it. I can take polite constructive criticism because I'm always looking to improve by flames just make me angry.
Chapter 1: The Ludicrous Plan
Foreign exchange programs look good on everyone's papers, even in the wizarding world. With that in mind Michele, Lisa, Leah, and Rachel opted to spend their last year of magical education in Scotland attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. At least that's why they told their parents they were going there.
In reality they were planning to try something that the Ministry of Magic had forbidden back in the time of Uric the Oddball, Dimension hopping.
Dimension hopping had been outlawed on the grounds that if someone could splinch themselves going from point A and to point B in this dimension, what would happen to them if they went from point A in this dimension to point B in that one?... Ouch... and there is the gruesome fate of Uric the Oddball. Stop by the Museum of the Supernatural located in Abanasia to view the magically preserved upper half of Uric's corpse.
The girls weren't planning on Apparating to Middle Earth however. They were planning on transporting themselves there from a point of sufficient mystical convergence with a spell and a few choice reference items. Since none of them were stupid enough to test their theory themselves they'd found a guinea pig.
"Yeah, that's what I heard." Leah said leaning in closer to her three friends. "The professors have been trying to hush up the whole thing but I of course the Gryffindors know. I heard a group of them talking about it in the library."
Rachel leaned forward and whispered, "So it worked," She looked around nervously expecting someone to pop up and scream 'Ahh hah', at any moment, "the spell worked?"
Michele nodded. "Cool huh? I tailed Sinestra and Flitwick on my way to Potions. They were talking, well whispering, about it, but at one point I did manage to hear Sinestra cry out about an Alternate Brazil. It seems our dear Professor Trelawney spent two years there when it was only the three days here." Michele smirked and waited for her laughing companions to quiet down before continuing. "We're still in the clear though, they don't have a clue who's responsible. Plus, Flitwick said the spell was brilliant, his exact words were 'far too advanced for a mere student'" Michele had screwed up her face in order to do a bad imitation of Flitwick's squeaky voice and then broke out into a self-congratulatory grin. "I'm brilliant, so... bow to me!"
Lisa quirked an eyebrow at her, "Ya ya, you're the best. Now, when are we leaving, and is the spell ready?" At Lisa's oh so eloquent words all eyes were again trained on Michele.
She looked as if she had just been asked what time it was...in Chinese. "Uhhhhhh....—"
"Yup she's brilliant alright" Leah giggled to Rachel, who was starting to laugh herself. Both of them received a mock glare from the insulted party which resulted in all four of them giggling, until they picked up on the curious glances they were receiving from the other occupants of the Great Hall.
"Yes, the spell is ready. I just need the book, and did we decide on the watch to signify time, because if not I'll have to rewrite that part." She looked as if she'd murder any who'd dare cause her to spend any more time on the spell. It's unsurprising that she received nods from all three of her friends. "Good. As to when we're going... Leah, Rachel, and I discussed it while you were in Arithmacy. We decided that it would be best if we left tomorrow night after curfew. We'll have to avoid Snape and Filch and his damn cat but that should be easy. I mean you've been preparing potions for this scheme since we got here and that was like months ago."
"Yeah we can all just down one of your invisibility drafts." said Leah. "Or we could accio Potter's invisibility cloak. I mean who does he think he's kidding sneaking around at all hours of the night? He's creeping around the castle hiding under a blanket for crying out loud. Everyone knows he does it, he might as well leave the cloak behind for all the good it does."
Lisa had been nodding towards the end of what Michele was saying, but when Leah went off on her 'Harry Potter is such an ass' speech decided her efforts were better spent giving Leah incredulous looks. "Ooookay, back to the actual topic. I agree. Tomorrow night is definitely the best choice; it'll give us time to write to our parents. I haven't written to my mother in a while and even though I don't converse with her often, if I wait much longer she'll start to wonder. Better to lay aside their suspicions before they form." The last three words were hard to understand because she said them while yawning.
"It's getting late and if we're going to do this we're gonna want to do it without getting caught. Dumbledore knows everything that goes on in this castle so I have a feeling he knows we're up to something. So, I propose we make sure we have everything we want to take with us packed tonight. Michele sand Lisa stocked the tent's pantry with enough food to last for like a year," Rachel smirked at the two aforementioned persons, "so that's not a problem, and we all have at least six changes of clothes, but we should all bring our Intensive Magical Care books. We'll almost certainly need then for what we have planned. I grabbed our brooms and put them in the tent's first closet already. I can't believe we're actually going to do this. We should send our letters in the morning because we don't want to risk getting caught going to the owlry tonight. Are we bringing out pets?" This last was said with extreme exasperation at finding something else they had to talk about before they could go to bed.
"I'm not leaving Kismet by himself. When we come back we wouldn't have a place to stay. I mean you know him, he's destructo kitty." Michele sputtered about her white jaguar. "Besides, if we get into trouble with people when we first get there we're not going to want to use magic. We've all read the Lord of the Rings and the only reference to witches they have in there is the Witch King. He's one of the bad guys. If we tell the good guys that we're witches they'll automatically jump to conclusions. The entire purpose of this journey is to see if we can change things without altering the outcome of their quest, I don't want die before we can do that." Michele ranted. She's very good at ranting. "Our cats will protect us."
Lisa sighed in relief. "Good because I didn't want to leave Shroud behind. I know I wanted a Black Panther forever but now that I have one it's annoyingly hard to go anywhere without him. I mean he's like a freakin' dog, he begs, and when I say no he practically bites my head off."
At the end of their conversation on what needed to be done, Rachel and Leah decided that they wanted to take their cats with them too. Rachel had dark grey Leopard named Gloom and Leah had a White Tiger named Blizzah. They all went off to their common room and then to their rooms, to pack and compose their letters. In the morning operation 'act normal and try not to get caught' would begin.
Authors note: This is a last ditch effort to actually start and finish a story. I got smart this time and asked my friends to help me with this one. If you like the story and I start to lag behind please badger me until I start again. If you don't like the story please don't flame it. I can take polite constructive criticism because I'm always looking to improve by flames just make me angry.
Chapter 1: The Ludicrous Plan
Foreign exchange programs look good on everyone's papers, even in the wizarding world. With that in mind Michele, Lisa, Leah, and Rachel opted to spend their last year of magical education in Scotland attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. At least that's why they told their parents they were going there.
In reality they were planning to try something that the Ministry of Magic had forbidden back in the time of Uric the Oddball, Dimension hopping.
Dimension hopping had been outlawed on the grounds that if someone could splinch themselves going from point A and to point B in this dimension, what would happen to them if they went from point A in this dimension to point B in that one?... Ouch... and there is the gruesome fate of Uric the Oddball. Stop by the Museum of the Supernatural located in Abanasia to view the magically preserved upper half of Uric's corpse.
The girls weren't planning on Apparating to Middle Earth however. They were planning on transporting themselves there from a point of sufficient mystical convergence with a spell and a few choice reference items. Since none of them were stupid enough to test their theory themselves they'd found a guinea pig.
"Yeah, that's what I heard." Leah said leaning in closer to her three friends. "The professors have been trying to hush up the whole thing but I of course the Gryffindors know. I heard a group of them talking about it in the library."
Rachel leaned forward and whispered, "So it worked," She looked around nervously expecting someone to pop up and scream 'Ahh hah', at any moment, "the spell worked?"
Michele nodded. "Cool huh? I tailed Sinestra and Flitwick on my way to Potions. They were talking, well whispering, about it, but at one point I did manage to hear Sinestra cry out about an Alternate Brazil. It seems our dear Professor Trelawney spent two years there when it was only the three days here." Michele smirked and waited for her laughing companions to quiet down before continuing. "We're still in the clear though, they don't have a clue who's responsible. Plus, Flitwick said the spell was brilliant, his exact words were 'far too advanced for a mere student'" Michele had screwed up her face in order to do a bad imitation of Flitwick's squeaky voice and then broke out into a self-congratulatory grin. "I'm brilliant, so... bow to me!"
Lisa quirked an eyebrow at her, "Ya ya, you're the best. Now, when are we leaving, and is the spell ready?" At Lisa's oh so eloquent words all eyes were again trained on Michele.
She looked as if she had just been asked what time it was...in Chinese. "Uhhhhhh....—"
"Yup she's brilliant alright" Leah giggled to Rachel, who was starting to laugh herself. Both of them received a mock glare from the insulted party which resulted in all four of them giggling, until they picked up on the curious glances they were receiving from the other occupants of the Great Hall.
"Yes, the spell is ready. I just need the book, and did we decide on the watch to signify time, because if not I'll have to rewrite that part." She looked as if she'd murder any who'd dare cause her to spend any more time on the spell. It's unsurprising that she received nods from all three of her friends. "Good. As to when we're going... Leah, Rachel, and I discussed it while you were in Arithmacy. We decided that it would be best if we left tomorrow night after curfew. We'll have to avoid Snape and Filch and his damn cat but that should be easy. I mean you've been preparing potions for this scheme since we got here and that was like months ago."
"Yeah we can all just down one of your invisibility drafts." said Leah. "Or we could accio Potter's invisibility cloak. I mean who does he think he's kidding sneaking around at all hours of the night? He's creeping around the castle hiding under a blanket for crying out loud. Everyone knows he does it, he might as well leave the cloak behind for all the good it does."
Lisa had been nodding towards the end of what Michele was saying, but when Leah went off on her 'Harry Potter is such an ass' speech decided her efforts were better spent giving Leah incredulous looks. "Ooookay, back to the actual topic. I agree. Tomorrow night is definitely the best choice; it'll give us time to write to our parents. I haven't written to my mother in a while and even though I don't converse with her often, if I wait much longer she'll start to wonder. Better to lay aside their suspicions before they form." The last three words were hard to understand because she said them while yawning.
"It's getting late and if we're going to do this we're gonna want to do it without getting caught. Dumbledore knows everything that goes on in this castle so I have a feeling he knows we're up to something. So, I propose we make sure we have everything we want to take with us packed tonight. Michele sand Lisa stocked the tent's pantry with enough food to last for like a year," Rachel smirked at the two aforementioned persons, "so that's not a problem, and we all have at least six changes of clothes, but we should all bring our Intensive Magical Care books. We'll almost certainly need then for what we have planned. I grabbed our brooms and put them in the tent's first closet already. I can't believe we're actually going to do this. We should send our letters in the morning because we don't want to risk getting caught going to the owlry tonight. Are we bringing out pets?" This last was said with extreme exasperation at finding something else they had to talk about before they could go to bed.
"I'm not leaving Kismet by himself. When we come back we wouldn't have a place to stay. I mean you know him, he's destructo kitty." Michele sputtered about her white jaguar. "Besides, if we get into trouble with people when we first get there we're not going to want to use magic. We've all read the Lord of the Rings and the only reference to witches they have in there is the Witch King. He's one of the bad guys. If we tell the good guys that we're witches they'll automatically jump to conclusions. The entire purpose of this journey is to see if we can change things without altering the outcome of their quest, I don't want die before we can do that." Michele ranted. She's very good at ranting. "Our cats will protect us."
Lisa sighed in relief. "Good because I didn't want to leave Shroud behind. I know I wanted a Black Panther forever but now that I have one it's annoyingly hard to go anywhere without him. I mean he's like a freakin' dog, he begs, and when I say no he practically bites my head off."
At the end of their conversation on what needed to be done, Rachel and Leah decided that they wanted to take their cats with them too. Rachel had dark grey Leopard named Gloom and Leah had a White Tiger named Blizzah. They all went off to their common room and then to their rooms, to pack and compose their letters. In the morning operation 'act normal and try not to get caught' would begin.