Once again, I don't own Sonic or Harry Potter. Sega owns Sonic, and J.K. Rowling owns Harry Potter, the lucky duck…Anyway, on to the next chapter!
Chapter 2: A Pink Face and a Bank with Goblins.
There was a popping noise, and the gang opened their eyes. Dizzy from going through the portal, they looked around.
"Where are we?" Knuckles asked. Everyone shrugged, no one knew. "Well, this is where the letter came from…right?"
"C'mon, we need to find Eggman!" Sonic said, running up to the first person he saw. "Hey, have you seen an evil…what?" He noticed that everyone was staring at them.
"I hate awkward silences…" Carolyn mumbled. She looked around nervously. "Did we interrupt a party or something?" One of the braver of the people stepped up.
"Well, actually, the Harry Potter just came in!" he told them. Puzzled looks remained on their faces, but they didn't ask anything. Tails fidgeted nervously, uncomfortable with everyone staring at them.
"What are you people staring at!" Knuckles finally asked, fed up with the awkward silence.
"What exactly ARE you?" a man asked. Sonic looked at the crowd as if it was the most obvious answer.
"Sonic the hedgehog, Tails the fox, Knuckles the echidna, Carolyn the human," he said, pointing to each of his friends.
"Would you people happen to know where we can get magic stuff?" Carolyn asked. Everyone but Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles looked at her strangely and harshly. "You know…er, wands, robes…we need them for Hogwarts!" She pulled out her list, showing it to the crowd.
"Ah, so you be first years. Why didn't you say so!" someone from the crowd said. "You can get everything you need in Diagon Alley." He jerked his thumb towards the door. The group nodded thankfully and headed out the door, only to bump into a brick wall.
"Great, what NOW?" Carolyn asked, exasperated. She looked at Tails. "Hey, you have any explosives or inventions we can use to blow up the wall?" Tails shook his head.
"Well, at least things can't get any worse…" Knuckles said, trying to cheer up his friends. At that moment, a familiar pink hedgehog walked through the door.
"SONIC!" Amy cried, running towards Sonic, trying to hug him. Sonic backed up, trying to avoid her. He glared at Knuckles, mouthing "I hate you."
"Amy, what are you doing here…" he said nervously, trying to get away. He looked at his friends for help, but they just stood there trying not to laugh.
"Oh! I got this letter from an owl! About going to some school called Hogwarts!" Amy said happily, pulling out her letter and list of supplies. "I followed the owl back to Eggman's fortress, and I fell into some portal thing! I guess you got the letter too, huh Sonic? What luck!" Sonic continued to back up until he hit the wall. Amy stared at the wall, her mouth hanging open.
"What?" Sonic asked, seeing the same expressions on all of his friends' faces. Turning around, he saw that the wall was MOVING to make a doorway. "Well, I guess we found out how to get to Pentagon Alley…"
"Diagon Alley," Tails corrected him, dragging his friends into the alley. "I guess this is where we get our school supplies. What's the list say?" Carolyn pulled out her list.
"Uniform: First-year students will require: Three sets of plain work robes, black; one plain pointed hat, black, for day wear; one pair of protective gloves, dragon hide or similar…DRAGON! ; and one winter cloak. Please note that all students' clothes should carry name tags.
Course Books: All students should have a copy of each of the following: The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1, by Miranda Goshawk; A History of Magic, by Bathilda Bagshot; Magical Theory, by Adalbert Waffling; A Beginners' Guide to Transfiguration, by Emeric Switch; One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore…heh, it's like a pun; Magical Drafts and Potions, by Arsenius Jigger; Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (I actually HAVE this book!) by Newt Scamander; and The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection, by Quentin Trimble...after what we've been through, I doubt we'll need THAT!
Other Equipment: One wand, one pewter standard size 2 cauldron, one set glass or crystal phials, one telescope, and one set brass scales," Carolyn read off the list. She took a long, deep gasp for air. "I think I nearly turned blue in the face!"
"That's what happens when you only take about two breaths of air while reading," Sonic told her, rolling his eyes. "Anything else?" Carolyn nodded.
"It says that first years can't have their own broomsticks…ok…and students are allowed to bring an owl OR a cat OR a toad," she said, reading off the rest of the list. She smirked. "Wonder what it says about hedgehogs, foxes, and echidnas?" she joked. That resulted on a whack on the head with Amy's hammer. "Ow!"
"Er, where are we going to BUY all this stuff?" Tails asked. "We don't have a map…" Everyone shrugged. "Well, let's split up and ask around! Knuckles, Carolyn, and I will go in one group, Sonic and Amy can go in another…" He snickered; Sonic was giving him an evil look.
"Oh no, Carolyn's coming with us!" Sonic said, grabbing onto Carolyn's arm and pulling her over next to him and Amy. Tails shrugged. "Ok then, let's go!"
Sonic, Amy, and Carolyn were walking around Diagon Alley, trying to figure out where the heck they were. They had to keep on giving people nasty glares that looked at Sonic and Amy strangely.
"We're NEVER going to figure out where we are!" Amy whined. She leaned up against Sonic, who moved, causing her to fall down. "Ow! Hey Sonic, that wasn't nice!" Carolyn helped pull her up, then let go, causing her to fall again. "HEY!" Amy growled, getting up. "What was that for?" Carolyn stared ahead and pointed. Ahead was a GIGANTIC person, like, giant sized! Amy and Sonic both stood there with Carolyn, speechless. Beside the giant was a boy with black hair and glasses. They overheard some of their conversation.
"We'll go get yer money at Gringotts. That Muggle money isn't going to do ye any good," the giant told the boy.
"What's a Muggle?" Carolyn asked Amy and Sonic. They both shrugged. "Do you have your cell phone, Amy?" Amy nodded and handed it to her. "I'm hoping that Tails has his…" Sonic looked at what Carolyn was doing. She was sending a message to Tails.
"Hey Tails, what's a Muggle? We heard some giant guy talking about 'Muggle money'. I think that means we're going to have to get some money at the bank…"
"I have no idea what a Muggle is, but I'm guessing its wizard or witch talk. Me and Knuckles just found a shop, but we'll wait for you three to get some money at the bank. See you later!"
"Well, let's go to the bank, er…Gwengots? No, Gringotts!" Sonic said. Amy grabbed him, but this time it wasn't because she was obsessed with him, you know.
"Hold it, Sonic!" she said. "We don't even know where Gringotts IS!" Carolyn nodded in agreement. Sonic thought about this for a moment.
"Well, let's just follow those two!" Sonic said, pointing to the boy and the giant. "It'll be easy, with a guy THAT tall!" Carolyn and Amy nodded their heads in agreement. "And don't get caught, we don't want to seem like we're stalkers…" They all struck Mission Impossible poses, because they're just like that, and followed the giant.
Once they arrived at Gringotts, Amy, Sonic, and Carolyn crept in after them. They looked around in awe as they saw that the place was run by GOBLINS!
"Wow, look at the goblins!" Amy said amazed, looking around the bank. "Let's go ask one about trading in our money…" The three approached one of the goblins and asked about trading in their money. He eyed Amy and Sonic suspiciously.
"Sorry, I can't allow that," he finally told them. "You don't seem to have a bank vault, so I can't let you. Strict policy." The three marched off angrily.
"Strict policy my foot!" Carolyn growled. She looked at Amy and Sonic. "Well, seeing as how everyone's been looking at you guys strangely…I guess they see you as freaks…" Sonic and Amy glared at her, Amy took out her hammer. "Not that I'm CALLING you freaks…DON'T KILL ME!" Carolyn ran from Sonic and Amy, who were chasing after her. They must have been quite a scene, everyone in Gringotts was laughing as if it were some sort of show. Carolyn finally dived behind the giant they had been following earlier.
"Freaks, are we!" Amy asked, running around the giant to grab Carolyn. Carolyn managed to escape her grasp and run. They were both running in circles around the giant…
"I SWARE, I WASN'T CALLING YOU TWO FREAKS!" Carolyn shouted, ducking to avoid getting whacked with Amy's hammer. Sonic sighed and was standing next to the boy with black hair, who was looking at Sonic strangely. Sonic noticed this and sighed.
"So, you think I'm a freak too, huh?" Sonic said, watching Amy and Carolyn run around the poor giant, who was just staring at them.
"Oh, no!" the boy said. "I never knew about the wizarding world before…so everything seems strange to me."
"Well, I don't think there's anyone else here that's like us…except Carolyn," Sonic said. "Anyway, I'm Sonic. Those two are Amy and Carolyn." Amy, hearing her name, stopped chasing Carolyn.
"Hi!" she said cheerfully, shaking the boy's hand. "Don't mind me! I'm just, uh…"
"I didn't call you a freak for the billionth time! So stop chasing me!" Carolyn said, glaring at Amy.
"I'm Harry," Harry told them. "Nice to meet you. That's Hagrid." He pointed to the giant. Sonic, Amy, and Carolyn shook hands with Harry and Hagrid.
"Well, I guess we better go and get some money from my vault," Harry said. That caused the three to sigh. "What's wrong?"
"Well, we only have Muggle money," Amy told him. "And we can't trade it in or anything…so now we can't buy anything." Harry looked at them.
"Well, if I have any extra, I'll give some to you," he told them. The three smiled and thanked him.
"Oh, I'm sure you'll have enough," Hagrid said and chuckled. He was right, because a little while later, Harry handed them a heavy bag full of money.
"Thanks, Harry!" Sonic said, staring at the bag. "We owe you one. Hope to see you around!" And with that, Sonic, Amy, and Carolyn walked back to Tails and Knuckles.
And that's the end of another chapter! I update quickly, maybe about…once a day, heh. That's just the way I am, I have to write and I can't wait.