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Hit the Floor
Chapter 3
Kayla and the Brats
By: SilverFlameTigerRyu
'Who is this?' Adrienne thought as she got up from the table and went to open the door. "Who is it?" she asked. "It's me, Kayla." came the reply from the other side of the door. "What?" said Adrienne as she yanked open the door. It was just like Kayla to do something like this: show up two hours early. There stood another girl about the same height as Adrienne. She had dark brown hair that went passed her shoulders. She also had bright water blue eyes. She also wore a baby blue t-shirt that had "kiss me before my boyfriend comes back" on it and a pair of tight blue jeans. "Hey Adrienne," smiled Kayla.
"I know I'm a little early, but my mom had to drop my little brother off at daycare, so she dropped me off on the way. Is that ok?" "Um, yeah, yeah that's fine. But, look I really need to talk to you." said Adrienne, glancing at the table. "Oh, ok. Let me put up the supplies." Kayla said indicating the heavy grocery bags she held in each hand and the full backpack on her shoulders. When Kayla made to step into the house, Adrienne stopped her and said "Wait. Let's just sit these right here." She took the bags and set them in front of the counter. "And talk outside."
They stepped out onto the patio and Adrienne closed the door behind them. "What's going on?" asked Kayla. Adrienne grinned "Look you'll never believe what's happened to me. But I'm serious you've gotta believe me." Adrienne was so excited she knew she was gonna have to tell someone, and Kayla was the perfect person to tell. She was so excited she couldn't wipe the grin off her face. And it was infectious, because Kayla started grinning too. "What is it, tell me." said Kayla.
"Ok, first of all I know you wanna hear the whole story but..." "Just skip to the good stuff." interrupted Kayla. "There are three Harry Potter characters in my kitchen." Kayla just stared at her, and blinked a couple of times. "No," said Adrienne in a rush. "I'm serious it's true. You've got to believe me." "Adrienne," started Kayla slowly. "I know we are some serious HP fans and all but don't you think this is a little....much?"
Adrienne sighed, getting frustrated. "Look, have I ever told you the sky was green?" Kayla gave her a look at the unusual question. "Just answer it," Adrienne told her before she could say something. "Um, no." "Have I ever given you the wrong notes in class?" "No," "Have I ever lied to you about anything Harry Potter?" "No. But what does that..." "Then why don't you believe me now?" asked Adrienne, looking her friend in the eye. Kayla scratched the back of her neck, thinking. It was pretty hard to imagine that the actual Harry Potter characters were real people. But then again it was every fans dream. Kayla glanced at Adrienne again; maybe she'd finally lost it like she said she would someday....
But like a true friend Kayla said that she'd stay her friend even if she went crazy and went on a killing spree. So like the friend she said she'd be, Kayla asked "did you give them a lie detector test?" Adrienne was the only person within a couple of miles who was a human lie detector. Although, she'd never told her how she did it, something to do with the eyes...
"Yeah, I gave it to the one that's Harry. And like they said in the books, he's a terrible liar. So I would've known if he'd been lying. And he really wasn't. So do you believe me now?" asked Adrienne unsure. After a moment Kayla smiled and asked "who all's in there? Snape?" Adrienne grinned, "Yeah, him, Harry and Sirius."
Adrienne and Kayla came back into the house so could Adrienne introduce her to them, but she did the unexpected: she squealed. "Eeeeeeekkkkkk!" Harry, Snape, and Sirius stared at her like she'd grown another head. "Oh. My. Gosh. They look so much like them." said Kayla. "I mean...really. Um, hi. I'm Kayla, Adrienne's friend." She extended her hand to Snape, who was closest. He raised an eyebrow and looked at it then back at Kayla. Who drew back her hand and looked a little put out. "Right," she muttered.
"Ok, well then." started Adrienne looking apprehensive. "I had invited her over for sleepover; before you guys popped in that is. But anyway on with the important stuff," she turned to Kayla and asked her to help explain and unpack the things that she'd brought. Basically, they told them about how they came to know all the things about them; about the books, and how they mostly centered on Harry's life. They'd answered as many questions as they could, mainly Adrienne. They'd also come to find out that they were serious fans of Snape and Sirius (A/N: who isn't?); to their surprise.
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"So, do you have one of your famous theories about any of this Adrienne?" asked Kayla as she looked through the notebook Adrienne had written in earlier. "Yeah, it's in there along with their side of the story." Adrienne said from atop the counter. "I have some others but I don't think that they'll really apply to this situation. They're just a bit....too far-fetched." "Like the sci-fi movies that come on television?" asked Harry after his period of stunned silence. He was still recovering from the shock of being told that a woman made up his whole life, Voldemort...his parents.
Maybe he'd look up something on philosophy when he got back to Hogwarts; if he got back. That Adrienne girl and her friend Kayla seemed willing enough to believe and help them. Not many muggles believe in magic. But then again this was a whole different world...dimension or something. He pushed the thoughts to the back of his head to be sorted some other time.
Adrienne smiled at him and answered "Yeah, kinda like those. Do you watch any of them; during the summer that is?" "I've only seen one or..." Harry was cut off by Kayla jumping up with an astonished look on her face. "Girl what's wrong with you?" asked Adrienne with a raised eyebrow. "H-he's supposed to be dead." stumbled Kayla pointing at Sirius. Then it dawned on Adrienne, they'd forgotten to tell them about the fifth book that had just come out not too long ago.
Sirius was supposed to be dead, 'I must've forgotten all about it during all the confusion. I didn't think that those being pulled into that worm whole would alter the original plotline this much. Hell, I didn't think it would alter it at all.'
"Geez, I know I'm on the run," said Sirius looking back from Kayla to Adrienne. "But, I'm not dead yet." "No, no," started Adrienne. "She's right you are supposed to be dead. In Harry's fifth year there was a fight in the Department of Mysteries and you were dueling against Bellatrix when she hit you in the chest with a spell and you fell backwards in through the veil." There was silence for a moment before Snape spoke up, after being quiet most of the whole time at the table. "Yes, he would have fallen had it not been for Kingsly[?]." He said it as thought he had actually wanted him to fall through. But then again, considering their past, he probably wanted him to.
"Yeah, he's right." said Harry. "Hold on," said Adrienne. "Harry, how old are you?" "I'm 17." he answered. "Good." Adrienne went back to the counter and put her head in her hands and sighed. This was getting really tiring, she longed for her fluffy bed and pillow and sleep for the next three hours. Wake up, finish her homework, and then stay up till two in the morning on her computer reading slash. That was how her life was: routine. She really didn't mind the little excitement she got every once in a while, but not having her nap after school, she got pretty grouchy.
"Alright, this is what I've come up with," Adrienne tuned to face them, as she wanted to get this all over with as soon as possible; the brats would be coming in pretty soon. She picked up the note book again, "When you guys came through the wormholes, it seemed to have slightly altered the original plotline from the books. It could have been the plain fact that you actually passed through the hole or the fact that it's broken." Kayla spoke up, "Do you think it could have been caused by something here to transport them here? I mean there has to be some sort of reason that they were brought here, they could have been sent to some other place. You know like an alternate universe."
They all watched Adrienne scribble furiously on the counter, sometimes making circular motions with the pen on the paper. "No. Definitely not an AU. On account of this being the real world – for lack of better phrase – there would have to be a center. A starting point..." she trailed off going back to her scribbling.
Severus had to admit (to himself that is); this girl had a pretty complex philosophy. Although much of it made sense, they still weren't explaining the reason why they were here, and how they would be able to get back. Severus would bet any money that Dumbledore had a search party already going; looking for their Golden Boy.
He glanced over at the boy across from him; he was looking intently over at the girl – what's her name again? Potter had grown into a handsome young man over the years; black hair still as unmanageable, he wasn't the scrawny boy he was in his second year, muscles slightly toned for years of constant Quidditch practice. His eyes flashed back to the girl again as he felt Kayla's eyes on him again. He could swear that the girl fancied him.
"But wouldn't this place be the starting point?" asked Sirius. Severus wanted to laugh, at the thought of Black's feeble little mind trying to comprehend what was going on around him. He probably didn't have the slightest clue on what the girl was talking about. "No, nope that's wrong. Here's not the place..." "But that doesn't make any sense." Interrupted Severus "If this is supposed to be the so called 'real world,' then what other place would be the starting point?" "Kayla forgot to mention the fact AU mostly happens in fiction stories. But I'll explain it to you guys later, 'cause I know I've lost you."
She closed the book and sat it on the table, "I've got to cook lunch." She went over to the fridge and started pulling things out. "So what are we gonna do in the mean time?" asked Severus getting irritated. "Don't worry," said Kayla looking up at him. "If it's anything weird like this, Adrienne is the person you need to figure it out for you. She's really good at these kinds of things."
"I think I'll take that as a compliment." said Adrienne as she melted some butter in a skillet on the stove. Kayla grinned, "Hey where are they gonna stay at; in the apartments down the street?" Adrienne turned to give her an incredulous look, "Girl, are you out of your mind? We can't give them apartment applications; they don't even have muggle money. Let alone American." She flipped the two cheese sandwiches in the skillet.
She turned to Harry and the others, "You all are welcome to stay here, if you like." Harry smiled at her, "Yes, thank you." Adrienne turned off the stove and placed the grilled cheese sandwiches on the counter. "If that's alright with you two," she looked pointedly at Severus and Sirius. Sirius agreed and Severus sighed and said "Very well, then." "Great..." murmured Kayla standing over the sandwiches; about to take one, until Adrienne slapped her hand. "What the heck did you do that for!?" exclaimed Kayla. "Because they're not for you. They're for the brats. Oh, I'm sorry. Did you guys want something to eat, I could cook something right quick." she said, indicating the stove. But they politely declined. ("I'm hungry." said Kayla. Adrienne laughed, "I didn't ask you.")
"Well then, um welcome to the house. I'm letting you know right now that you're going to be staying a house of women, so. Any way, I live here with my mom and my little sister. My two younger cousins are over here just about every day, so they practically live here too." What are their names?" asked Harry as he was interested to know who he'd be living with for the time being. He had never been around children that much and he wanted to meet them. "Her names' Lara and my two younger cousins are Mikayla and Brittany."
"Mikayla," repeated Sirius. "That's a pretty name." "Yeah, pretty name on a bad child." said Kayla. "No, I'm for real. I came over here a while back, and she started chasing me around the house with a butter knife laughing. And it's not funny, so stop laughing." she said as Adrienne starting laughing. Sirius and Harry gave a hearty chuckle. "What was she chasing you for?" asked Severus unexpectedly. Kayla broke into a grin too "Because I took her candy."
They stopped laughing when they heard a key turn in the door knob and the door opened to let in two girls. The first one, Lara, looked about the age of ten and had caramel skin, like her sister and dark brown hair that was in a high plait. She wore a white collared shirt and navy blue pants. The other, Mikayla, looked around six. She had carrot red hair and cream colored skin; she also wore the same outfit as Lara.
"Nun-Unh!" exclaimed Mikayla as she shook off her light blue book- bag. "I was there and I saw what happened. So you don't know what you talking about." "Shut up." said Lara as she did the same. "I know what I'm talking about. You don't even know how to add right." "What are you two fighting about this time?" asked Adrienne before Mikayla could make a come back. Seeming to notice them, Mikayla jumped in Kayla's lap "Kayla!" "Hey! And how are you?" Kayla started playing in her hair that was braided into 6 (3 on each side) plaits.
Lara stared as she noticed Severus and the others were also sitting at the table. She turned to Adrienne "I thought mom said you could only have one friend over." "She did," she indicated Kayla. "But these are the exchange students from this program I'm in at school. They're from England. They're going to be staying with us for a while." Harry wasn't surprised that she could come up with a lie that easily. Harry was terrible at it, so he didn't try it often. Lara looked surprised, "Cool. I'm Lara, Adrienne's sister, and this is Mikayla." She turned to her sister, "Adrienne, I'm hungry."
"I knew you were gonna be singing that song pretty soon." Harry heard her mutter. "Look on the cabinet." She pointed to the still warm grilled cheese sandwiches. Lara took one and handed the other to Mikayla. "What's your name?" Mikayla asked Severus around a mouthful. He just looked at her and then back at Adrienne: she was mouthing the word 'Sam'. "Sam. Sam....Smith" said Severus. It was good that Adrienne didn't want the kids to know their real names. With the things Adrienne told them about how popular he was, he could only imagine how fast the news would spread...
"Hey Lara, he looks like Snape from the Harry Potter Movies. Look at his hair." Mikayla pointed to his head and Lara replied, "Yeah you do kind of look like him. Have you seen the second movie yet?" "Well, duh." answered Adrienne before anyone else could, "They're from England; of course they've seen it. Look why don't you two do me a favor, and make yourselves scarce. I've got enough problems already." Adrienne was fiddling with the knobs on the small boom box. She seemed to getting irritated with the whole situation, and so was Severus. He was annoyed with the fact that he'd be spending time in a house with Black, Potter, and a house full of giggling females. He hoped they would come up with something to get them back soon.
After Lara and Mikayla went off to play outside, Kayla turned to Harry and asked if he could levitate the book with Adrienne's papers in it. It was after three tries when Harry realized that something wasn't right. "Something's wrong." he whispered. "It seems you're losing your touch Potter." sneered Snape. While Harry just glared at him, Sirius was going to defend him. "Watch it, Snape." he growled through clenched teeth. Severus turned his icy glare on him, "Don't try to deny it, Black. The boy's incompetence has finally caught up with him." "You don't want to start with me Snape. 'Cause I've got real good idea who sent us here..."
That's when Kayla jumped in, "Hey, now, let's not start something serious..." "Oh, no. Let 'em fight. I wanna see this." said Adrienne from behind Kayla. Kayla turned to face her, "Adrienne!" "What?" she put on the innocent face, as if she did know what was going on. Kayla gave her a look, and she sighed, dejectedly, "Oh, alright. But I wanna see a fight." She turned to Harry, "are you sure that you can't do it?" "Yes, I'm sure. I've been doing this sense I was in first year. I don't know what's wrong." Harry looked down at his wand. This couldn't be happening, what was wrong with his magic? Was he not saying it right? No, of course he was. His aim of course wasn't off; he'd tried it three times! Then if that wasn't the case, then what was? Could it be...? "Do you think, it could probably be that the worm hole did something to me; to us." Harry looked at Sirius, then at Snape, waiting for an answer. He was expecting it to come from Snape, but it didn't.
"I think you're right Harry. Just like Adrienne said, the plotline was changed. Here, Sirius isn't dead, Harry's in his seventh year, and you guys are now....squibs." Kayla turned to Adrienne, who had gone back to her notebook and was writing again. "What do you think Adrienne?" "I think you are absolutely correct. Sirius, could you give it a try?" She'd faced the table to watch. Sirius pulled out his wand and cast the spell.
"Wingardium Leveousa."
But, like Harry, nothing happened. The book jus sat there. Adrienne then turned questioning eyes to Severus. He silently brought out his own wand, and cast the spell. The result was the same as the others': nothing.
Harry couldn't believe it, he had transformed into a squib. What would he do with himself now? How would he cope? Would he turn out be like Filch and Mrs. Figg? He shuddered as he pictured himself, old and hunched over surrounded but 50 cats that smelt of cabbage. He heaved sigh, he had to calm down. "Uh, where's your bathroom?" "Down the hall, second door on the left." answered Kayla as Adrienne hadn't even looked up yet. "Thanks."
The room was small but nice; it had a toilet and a face bowl and a full length mirror. It was decorated with gold floral wallpaper and had a plant hanging above the mirror. He splashed some cool water on his face, calming him. When he reached for the face towel that was hanging beside the sink, a wave of dizziness came over him. He stumbled, grabbing onto the edge of the sink to steady himself up right. 'What was that about?' he thought as he dried his face and fringe. He looked in the mirror, and did a double take. His scar wasn't where it used to be. Hell, it wasn't there at all.
Then he screamed.
~tbc~
A/N: Geez, this took me three days to finish, with school and all. 8 pages! Anyway I hope yall liked it!
Hit the Floor
Chapter 3
Kayla and the Brats
By: SilverFlameTigerRyu
'Who is this?' Adrienne thought as she got up from the table and went to open the door. "Who is it?" she asked. "It's me, Kayla." came the reply from the other side of the door. "What?" said Adrienne as she yanked open the door. It was just like Kayla to do something like this: show up two hours early. There stood another girl about the same height as Adrienne. She had dark brown hair that went passed her shoulders. She also had bright water blue eyes. She also wore a baby blue t-shirt that had "kiss me before my boyfriend comes back" on it and a pair of tight blue jeans. "Hey Adrienne," smiled Kayla.
"I know I'm a little early, but my mom had to drop my little brother off at daycare, so she dropped me off on the way. Is that ok?" "Um, yeah, yeah that's fine. But, look I really need to talk to you." said Adrienne, glancing at the table. "Oh, ok. Let me put up the supplies." Kayla said indicating the heavy grocery bags she held in each hand and the full backpack on her shoulders. When Kayla made to step into the house, Adrienne stopped her and said "Wait. Let's just sit these right here." She took the bags and set them in front of the counter. "And talk outside."
They stepped out onto the patio and Adrienne closed the door behind them. "What's going on?" asked Kayla. Adrienne grinned "Look you'll never believe what's happened to me. But I'm serious you've gotta believe me." Adrienne was so excited she knew she was gonna have to tell someone, and Kayla was the perfect person to tell. She was so excited she couldn't wipe the grin off her face. And it was infectious, because Kayla started grinning too. "What is it, tell me." said Kayla.
"Ok, first of all I know you wanna hear the whole story but..." "Just skip to the good stuff." interrupted Kayla. "There are three Harry Potter characters in my kitchen." Kayla just stared at her, and blinked a couple of times. "No," said Adrienne in a rush. "I'm serious it's true. You've got to believe me." "Adrienne," started Kayla slowly. "I know we are some serious HP fans and all but don't you think this is a little....much?"
Adrienne sighed, getting frustrated. "Look, have I ever told you the sky was green?" Kayla gave her a look at the unusual question. "Just answer it," Adrienne told her before she could say something. "Um, no." "Have I ever given you the wrong notes in class?" "No," "Have I ever lied to you about anything Harry Potter?" "No. But what does that..." "Then why don't you believe me now?" asked Adrienne, looking her friend in the eye. Kayla scratched the back of her neck, thinking. It was pretty hard to imagine that the actual Harry Potter characters were real people. But then again it was every fans dream. Kayla glanced at Adrienne again; maybe she'd finally lost it like she said she would someday....
But like a true friend Kayla said that she'd stay her friend even if she went crazy and went on a killing spree. So like the friend she said she'd be, Kayla asked "did you give them a lie detector test?" Adrienne was the only person within a couple of miles who was a human lie detector. Although, she'd never told her how she did it, something to do with the eyes...
"Yeah, I gave it to the one that's Harry. And like they said in the books, he's a terrible liar. So I would've known if he'd been lying. And he really wasn't. So do you believe me now?" asked Adrienne unsure. After a moment Kayla smiled and asked "who all's in there? Snape?" Adrienne grinned, "Yeah, him, Harry and Sirius."
Adrienne and Kayla came back into the house so could Adrienne introduce her to them, but she did the unexpected: she squealed. "Eeeeeeekkkkkk!" Harry, Snape, and Sirius stared at her like she'd grown another head. "Oh. My. Gosh. They look so much like them." said Kayla. "I mean...really. Um, hi. I'm Kayla, Adrienne's friend." She extended her hand to Snape, who was closest. He raised an eyebrow and looked at it then back at Kayla. Who drew back her hand and looked a little put out. "Right," she muttered.
"Ok, well then." started Adrienne looking apprehensive. "I had invited her over for sleepover; before you guys popped in that is. But anyway on with the important stuff," she turned to Kayla and asked her to help explain and unpack the things that she'd brought. Basically, they told them about how they came to know all the things about them; about the books, and how they mostly centered on Harry's life. They'd answered as many questions as they could, mainly Adrienne. They'd also come to find out that they were serious fans of Snape and Sirius (A/N: who isn't?); to their surprise.
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"So, do you have one of your famous theories about any of this Adrienne?" asked Kayla as she looked through the notebook Adrienne had written in earlier. "Yeah, it's in there along with their side of the story." Adrienne said from atop the counter. "I have some others but I don't think that they'll really apply to this situation. They're just a bit....too far-fetched." "Like the sci-fi movies that come on television?" asked Harry after his period of stunned silence. He was still recovering from the shock of being told that a woman made up his whole life, Voldemort...his parents.
Maybe he'd look up something on philosophy when he got back to Hogwarts; if he got back. That Adrienne girl and her friend Kayla seemed willing enough to believe and help them. Not many muggles believe in magic. But then again this was a whole different world...dimension or something. He pushed the thoughts to the back of his head to be sorted some other time.
Adrienne smiled at him and answered "Yeah, kinda like those. Do you watch any of them; during the summer that is?" "I've only seen one or..." Harry was cut off by Kayla jumping up with an astonished look on her face. "Girl what's wrong with you?" asked Adrienne with a raised eyebrow. "H-he's supposed to be dead." stumbled Kayla pointing at Sirius. Then it dawned on Adrienne, they'd forgotten to tell them about the fifth book that had just come out not too long ago.
Sirius was supposed to be dead, 'I must've forgotten all about it during all the confusion. I didn't think that those being pulled into that worm whole would alter the original plotline this much. Hell, I didn't think it would alter it at all.'
"Geez, I know I'm on the run," said Sirius looking back from Kayla to Adrienne. "But, I'm not dead yet." "No, no," started Adrienne. "She's right you are supposed to be dead. In Harry's fifth year there was a fight in the Department of Mysteries and you were dueling against Bellatrix when she hit you in the chest with a spell and you fell backwards in through the veil." There was silence for a moment before Snape spoke up, after being quiet most of the whole time at the table. "Yes, he would have fallen had it not been for Kingsly[?]." He said it as thought he had actually wanted him to fall through. But then again, considering their past, he probably wanted him to.
"Yeah, he's right." said Harry. "Hold on," said Adrienne. "Harry, how old are you?" "I'm 17." he answered. "Good." Adrienne went back to the counter and put her head in her hands and sighed. This was getting really tiring, she longed for her fluffy bed and pillow and sleep for the next three hours. Wake up, finish her homework, and then stay up till two in the morning on her computer reading slash. That was how her life was: routine. She really didn't mind the little excitement she got every once in a while, but not having her nap after school, she got pretty grouchy.
"Alright, this is what I've come up with," Adrienne tuned to face them, as she wanted to get this all over with as soon as possible; the brats would be coming in pretty soon. She picked up the note book again, "When you guys came through the wormholes, it seemed to have slightly altered the original plotline from the books. It could have been the plain fact that you actually passed through the hole or the fact that it's broken." Kayla spoke up, "Do you think it could have been caused by something here to transport them here? I mean there has to be some sort of reason that they were brought here, they could have been sent to some other place. You know like an alternate universe."
They all watched Adrienne scribble furiously on the counter, sometimes making circular motions with the pen on the paper. "No. Definitely not an AU. On account of this being the real world – for lack of better phrase – there would have to be a center. A starting point..." she trailed off going back to her scribbling.
Severus had to admit (to himself that is); this girl had a pretty complex philosophy. Although much of it made sense, they still weren't explaining the reason why they were here, and how they would be able to get back. Severus would bet any money that Dumbledore had a search party already going; looking for their Golden Boy.
He glanced over at the boy across from him; he was looking intently over at the girl – what's her name again? Potter had grown into a handsome young man over the years; black hair still as unmanageable, he wasn't the scrawny boy he was in his second year, muscles slightly toned for years of constant Quidditch practice. His eyes flashed back to the girl again as he felt Kayla's eyes on him again. He could swear that the girl fancied him.
"But wouldn't this place be the starting point?" asked Sirius. Severus wanted to laugh, at the thought of Black's feeble little mind trying to comprehend what was going on around him. He probably didn't have the slightest clue on what the girl was talking about. "No, nope that's wrong. Here's not the place..." "But that doesn't make any sense." Interrupted Severus "If this is supposed to be the so called 'real world,' then what other place would be the starting point?" "Kayla forgot to mention the fact AU mostly happens in fiction stories. But I'll explain it to you guys later, 'cause I know I've lost you."
She closed the book and sat it on the table, "I've got to cook lunch." She went over to the fridge and started pulling things out. "So what are we gonna do in the mean time?" asked Severus getting irritated. "Don't worry," said Kayla looking up at him. "If it's anything weird like this, Adrienne is the person you need to figure it out for you. She's really good at these kinds of things."
"I think I'll take that as a compliment." said Adrienne as she melted some butter in a skillet on the stove. Kayla grinned, "Hey where are they gonna stay at; in the apartments down the street?" Adrienne turned to give her an incredulous look, "Girl, are you out of your mind? We can't give them apartment applications; they don't even have muggle money. Let alone American." She flipped the two cheese sandwiches in the skillet.
She turned to Harry and the others, "You all are welcome to stay here, if you like." Harry smiled at her, "Yes, thank you." Adrienne turned off the stove and placed the grilled cheese sandwiches on the counter. "If that's alright with you two," she looked pointedly at Severus and Sirius. Sirius agreed and Severus sighed and said "Very well, then." "Great..." murmured Kayla standing over the sandwiches; about to take one, until Adrienne slapped her hand. "What the heck did you do that for!?" exclaimed Kayla. "Because they're not for you. They're for the brats. Oh, I'm sorry. Did you guys want something to eat, I could cook something right quick." she said, indicating the stove. But they politely declined. ("I'm hungry." said Kayla. Adrienne laughed, "I didn't ask you.")
"Well then, um welcome to the house. I'm letting you know right now that you're going to be staying a house of women, so. Any way, I live here with my mom and my little sister. My two younger cousins are over here just about every day, so they practically live here too." What are their names?" asked Harry as he was interested to know who he'd be living with for the time being. He had never been around children that much and he wanted to meet them. "Her names' Lara and my two younger cousins are Mikayla and Brittany."
"Mikayla," repeated Sirius. "That's a pretty name." "Yeah, pretty name on a bad child." said Kayla. "No, I'm for real. I came over here a while back, and she started chasing me around the house with a butter knife laughing. And it's not funny, so stop laughing." she said as Adrienne starting laughing. Sirius and Harry gave a hearty chuckle. "What was she chasing you for?" asked Severus unexpectedly. Kayla broke into a grin too "Because I took her candy."
They stopped laughing when they heard a key turn in the door knob and the door opened to let in two girls. The first one, Lara, looked about the age of ten and had caramel skin, like her sister and dark brown hair that was in a high plait. She wore a white collared shirt and navy blue pants. The other, Mikayla, looked around six. She had carrot red hair and cream colored skin; she also wore the same outfit as Lara.
"Nun-Unh!" exclaimed Mikayla as she shook off her light blue book- bag. "I was there and I saw what happened. So you don't know what you talking about." "Shut up." said Lara as she did the same. "I know what I'm talking about. You don't even know how to add right." "What are you two fighting about this time?" asked Adrienne before Mikayla could make a come back. Seeming to notice them, Mikayla jumped in Kayla's lap "Kayla!" "Hey! And how are you?" Kayla started playing in her hair that was braided into 6 (3 on each side) plaits.
Lara stared as she noticed Severus and the others were also sitting at the table. She turned to Adrienne "I thought mom said you could only have one friend over." "She did," she indicated Kayla. "But these are the exchange students from this program I'm in at school. They're from England. They're going to be staying with us for a while." Harry wasn't surprised that she could come up with a lie that easily. Harry was terrible at it, so he didn't try it often. Lara looked surprised, "Cool. I'm Lara, Adrienne's sister, and this is Mikayla." She turned to her sister, "Adrienne, I'm hungry."
"I knew you were gonna be singing that song pretty soon." Harry heard her mutter. "Look on the cabinet." She pointed to the still warm grilled cheese sandwiches. Lara took one and handed the other to Mikayla. "What's your name?" Mikayla asked Severus around a mouthful. He just looked at her and then back at Adrienne: she was mouthing the word 'Sam'. "Sam. Sam....Smith" said Severus. It was good that Adrienne didn't want the kids to know their real names. With the things Adrienne told them about how popular he was, he could only imagine how fast the news would spread...
"Hey Lara, he looks like Snape from the Harry Potter Movies. Look at his hair." Mikayla pointed to his head and Lara replied, "Yeah you do kind of look like him. Have you seen the second movie yet?" "Well, duh." answered Adrienne before anyone else could, "They're from England; of course they've seen it. Look why don't you two do me a favor, and make yourselves scarce. I've got enough problems already." Adrienne was fiddling with the knobs on the small boom box. She seemed to getting irritated with the whole situation, and so was Severus. He was annoyed with the fact that he'd be spending time in a house with Black, Potter, and a house full of giggling females. He hoped they would come up with something to get them back soon.
After Lara and Mikayla went off to play outside, Kayla turned to Harry and asked if he could levitate the book with Adrienne's papers in it. It was after three tries when Harry realized that something wasn't right. "Something's wrong." he whispered. "It seems you're losing your touch Potter." sneered Snape. While Harry just glared at him, Sirius was going to defend him. "Watch it, Snape." he growled through clenched teeth. Severus turned his icy glare on him, "Don't try to deny it, Black. The boy's incompetence has finally caught up with him." "You don't want to start with me Snape. 'Cause I've got real good idea who sent us here..."
That's when Kayla jumped in, "Hey, now, let's not start something serious..." "Oh, no. Let 'em fight. I wanna see this." said Adrienne from behind Kayla. Kayla turned to face her, "Adrienne!" "What?" she put on the innocent face, as if she did know what was going on. Kayla gave her a look, and she sighed, dejectedly, "Oh, alright. But I wanna see a fight." She turned to Harry, "are you sure that you can't do it?" "Yes, I'm sure. I've been doing this sense I was in first year. I don't know what's wrong." Harry looked down at his wand. This couldn't be happening, what was wrong with his magic? Was he not saying it right? No, of course he was. His aim of course wasn't off; he'd tried it three times! Then if that wasn't the case, then what was? Could it be...? "Do you think, it could probably be that the worm hole did something to me; to us." Harry looked at Sirius, then at Snape, waiting for an answer. He was expecting it to come from Snape, but it didn't.
"I think you're right Harry. Just like Adrienne said, the plotline was changed. Here, Sirius isn't dead, Harry's in his seventh year, and you guys are now....squibs." Kayla turned to Adrienne, who had gone back to her notebook and was writing again. "What do you think Adrienne?" "I think you are absolutely correct. Sirius, could you give it a try?" She'd faced the table to watch. Sirius pulled out his wand and cast the spell.
"Wingardium Leveousa."
But, like Harry, nothing happened. The book jus sat there. Adrienne then turned questioning eyes to Severus. He silently brought out his own wand, and cast the spell. The result was the same as the others': nothing.
Harry couldn't believe it, he had transformed into a squib. What would he do with himself now? How would he cope? Would he turn out be like Filch and Mrs. Figg? He shuddered as he pictured himself, old and hunched over surrounded but 50 cats that smelt of cabbage. He heaved sigh, he had to calm down. "Uh, where's your bathroom?" "Down the hall, second door on the left." answered Kayla as Adrienne hadn't even looked up yet. "Thanks."
The room was small but nice; it had a toilet and a face bowl and a full length mirror. It was decorated with gold floral wallpaper and had a plant hanging above the mirror. He splashed some cool water on his face, calming him. When he reached for the face towel that was hanging beside the sink, a wave of dizziness came over him. He stumbled, grabbing onto the edge of the sink to steady himself up right. 'What was that about?' he thought as he dried his face and fringe. He looked in the mirror, and did a double take. His scar wasn't where it used to be. Hell, it wasn't there at all.
Then he screamed.
~tbc~
A/N: Geez, this took me three days to finish, with school and all. 8 pages! Anyway I hope yall liked it!