Chapter 2 "Of Exploding Surprises and Garden Gnomes" LEP HQ, Downtown Haven
Before Ark Sool left, they equipped him with a cam-suit, an iris-cam and a mike for seeing and hearing, extra cam-foil for emergencies, and a special tracking device showing the date, place and other stats. He went into the machine.
The whole machine is controlled by a remote. All you have to do is to choose where you want to end up. Foaly pressed the start button. The machine (and Sool inside) became translucent. Holly looked at the list of destinations. "Hmm," she mused. "1700's, 1800's, 1900's. How about….late August…the 24th…79AD……for destinations," Holly said, with a glint in her eye, "Pompeii." Holly pressed the Enter button. The machine vanished with a flash of light.
Pompeii, Italy, 79 AD
BOOM!
Sool just stepped out of the machine when he realised his mistake. He should have mentioned where he wanted to go. Sool looked at where the machine landed, which was on the slope of Mt. Vesuvius. He looked up and saw a stream of molten rock hurtling towards him. He started screaming. (What else was he supposed to do? If you are stuck on an exploding volcano, you'll be screaming too. Trust me.) He yelled, "D'arvit Foaly! You've landed me on the side of a volcano! Get me out of here!"
Foaly's Lab"D'arvit Foaly! You've landed me on the side of a volcano! Get me out of here!"
Foaly replies: "Not my fault. Blame Holly."
Holly added: "Yeah. Blame me. I dare you."
"Who cares! Just get me out of here, will ya!"
And so they did.
The Burrow"Hey Ron!" Harry Potter shouted, "Another garden gnome! I thought we already weeded them all an hour ago!"
Ark Sool looked at the pair of wizards and said, "Hey! Who are you calling a garden gnome?"
Harry and Ron both looked very surprised. "You talk!"
"Of course I talk. I'm not stupid," Ark Sool said. He added in an undertone, "Unlike some people."
"Excuse me?"
Just then, Ginny Weasley came out to see what the commotion was about. "Wow! A talking garden gnome!" She squealed, "Mommymommymommy! Can I keep him?"
"No, you cannot keep me. And for the last time: I..AM…NOT….A…GARDEN..…GNOME! I am the LEP Commander Ark Sool!"
"Ark as in Noah's Ark? Spool as in the thing that holds thread when you sew?"
"Sool. S-o-o-l. Am I making myself clear?"
Arthur Weasley walked out the Burrow. "Daddy," Ginny said, "Look! Here's a garden gnome named Ark Spool. Can I keep him as a pet. Please?"
"It's Sool. I'm not a garden gnome and I'm not a pet!"
Arthur Weasley looked at the time machine. "Hey look, there is a Muggle fellytone booth in our garden!"
"You mean Mud Men." Sool automatically corrected. "And it's a time machine. Invented by famous centaur named Foaly."
"I mean Muggle."
"Mud Men."
"Muggle."
"Mud Men."
Ark Sool says to Foaly, "That's it. I'm cutting your budget!"
"Huh? My budget? What budget? Are you talking to me?"
"No, I'm not talking to you, you infuriating Mud Man!"
"There's no Muggle here."
"I meant Mud Man."
"You mean Muggle."
"Mud Man."
"Muggle."
"Mud Man."
"Muggle."
"Mud Man."
"Muggle."
"Mud Man. Foaly, get me out of here!"
"Mugg- Huh? Where did the little cute garden gnome go?"
Author's note:
The plan is to finish Sool off. I just need ideas. Oh, and by the way, Holly is just visiting, and she's not in the LEP after all, and yes, this is after the OC. The beginning of Ch. 3 might be a bit boring. Should I strand Sool in "Sabriel", or should I leave him stranded in a desert island? ALSO…Thanks for the 3 reviews!