Chapter Six: A Dress…And Then Bingo in Kazoo Land

I Am Not Crazy

Ginny:

It seemed as though I had walked forever when I finally came upon two of my other classmates. I gave myself a mental pep talk to prepare for what might happen and stepped closer to see who it was. It turned out to Crabbe and Goyle. And they were fighting over a dress. I was looking for a convenient ravine to throw myself into when they turned, noticed me, and started to rush over. I sighed. Just lovely.

It was Goyle who reached me first. "Ginny oh thank God you're here. I can't seem to convince Mr. Pouty over there that this dress looks much better on me than it does on him. He just doesn't notice how it matches my eyes." He held it up to his face as if to prove the point. Crabbe was next to stand in front of me. He started tugging the dress out of Goyle's hands." No, I must disagree with you on that Mr. Dressy Pants. The dress goes SO much better with MY hair." They continued their mini tug-of-war game. Personally I thought that a pea green dress with gold stripes and a pink bow undoubtedly ugly.

However, I decided not to interrupt. Besides, it's not everyday you get to see Crabbe and Goyle fight over a dress. I found a rather soft patch of grass and sat down to watch the show….

-2 Hours Later-

Okay, it was now getting boring. The insults were stupid. Their reasons for being more privileged to have the dress were pointless. And the dress….well the dress needed to be burnt. Sometime during the first hour, Crabbe had finally prevailed in grabbing the dress and was currently up a tree holding the dress just out of a jumping Goyle's reach. It took me about a half hour to figure out how someone who weighed so much had climbed a tree in a matter of a few seconds. Yep, it was over for them. Sighing I stood up and zapped them both back. As a second thought, I zapped the dress as well. Give them something to do while they waited for everyone to get back. I chuckled as I pictured Ron the Bard singing about the terrible fight over that god-awful dress.

It was another one of those forever walks before I came across a very interesting sight. It was a big city! It was one of those future cities you see with all the cool cars that fly through the air, and everything is chrome. It was cool. The only downside was the fact that as I got closer, I heard the weirdest noise. I couldn't get quite close enough to hear what exactly it was. It sounded…. sounded….like a KAZOO!

Gasping in happiness I rushed closer to find a name. It took a bit of searching but I finally found the town welcome sign hidden under a bush. Go figure huh. I read it. The town was conveniently named Kazoo Land. How nice for me. Smiling I walked into the town. And was almost ran over by a running Parvati. I blinked.

"Uhhhh….Parvati?" She turned to me. "Yeppers what can I do for you? OH MY GOD GINNY! You're alive!" She dropped what she was holding and hugged me. My guess is she didn't realize it was me at first. I returned the hug but had to ask her to let me go after I felt my ribs breaking. She blushed, mumbled an apology, and started to gather the things she dropped. I cataloged as she picked the things up. She had a kazoo, a book that looked like one of those idiots' guides, a box of tissues, and a box of highlighters. I counted five highlighters all together and all of them were different colors.

I looked at her. "Parvati, where and WHY did you get this stuff!" She smiled at me and handed me the items. "Well," she said with a smirk, "when I landed here I noticed that there was this muggle game going on. I recognized it from when I saw it going on once and all of us were laughing over all the muggles going 'Oh MY GOODNESS I WON! BINGO! BINGO!' It really is funny to see them do it Hermione. You should watch it sometime. I mean they shout and hop around when they get this card full. I had nothing to do and nothing was going on and I had no clue what to do. I heard I could get a card for free and decided to see what was so fun about filling up a card with little...chips I think they call them. I decided to play as I thought about what was going on. I mean, I am smart. Besides, with no wand it's really hard to get around. Apparently you lost yours too since you probably wouldn't be here if you did have it." I nodded in agreement, a bit aggravated at how long the story was droning on.

She continued, "Well eventually I had been playing without really noticing and I won bingo! Isn't that nice? That stuff, "she indicated with a nod of her head, "was the prize. It was really random but hey what can ya say, it was free. And I did find out why they yell and scream and all. You get free stuff.

Now do you think you could hold that load of mine as I find a store to pawn it off on? I think there's a muggle collecting store down near Olivander's. Or maybe if I'm lucky enough I'll be able to find something down in this wretched little forest. I-" POOF! I placed the ray thingy back on top of the pile of stuff. I figured she'd forgive me for stealing her hard earned prize. At least I would apologize later. Smiling, I sat the stuff on the ground and at the top of my lungs chanted, "Llama Idama, Wary Mama come and get this stuff Tama Hama!"

A bright light flashed and there was Mr. Crouch riding a llama. He smiled at me. "Oh good you got the stuff. I was beginning to w-" I threw the stuff at him, and was briskly walking away. I was done. All I needed to do now was find Hermione, then high-tail it home. Mr. Crouch called after me, "Are you sure you don't want to see any pictures of my llamas?" I stopped and turned around. "NO!" I turned back around.

I had noticed a Wal-Mart earlier and I wanted something to eat from the McDonalds there. Hermione had introduced me to them, from the muggle world, and I was now addicted to the fast food of the beloved McDonalds. Because let's face it, when you've been through what I've been through, you tend to get hungry.