Hope you enjoyed the last chapter. I know it is slightly odd but I hope I can make it less so. I am hoping to keep going with this story but i might forget. He, he, he. I am bad. Oh well. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own the amazing world of Harry Potter, or the idea of a parallel universe, which came from Doctor Who. I do, however own Reo and the rest of the characters in this. I don't make any profit from this story so don't sue me coz I don't have any money to pay you with.


Chapter 2 – New World, New Friends

Harry sat on the bus not sure whether to talk to anyone. He didn't have to think about that any longer as the girl who was sitting in front of him turned round. She looked at him and then smiled.

"Hi, I'm Natasha. You're staying with Reo aren't you? What's your name?" the girl called Natasha asked him.

"I'm Harry, Harry Evans. Yeah I'm staying with Reo. Do you know her well?" he replied.

"Yeah we're in the same form and also happen to be best mates." She looked across at Reo and asked "Hey, Reo, what are you up to this evening? Are you going down the park? I thought you were going to miss the bus this evening. What were you doing?"

"Yeah I'm going down the park. How 'bout you? The meeting finished a bit later than it should have, so we had a bit of a rush to get here, didn't we Harry?"

Harry was stunned to hear him being brought into the conversation but he responded with interest hoping to find out more about this new world.

"Yeah, we did. Although it would have been quicker if you had helped me with my suitcase from the beginning." He laughed at her guilty expression.

"Oops. Sorry. I should have really shouldn't I. Oh well, I can't change the past." He smiled to himself thinking of the time turner that Hermione had had in her third year. He then was saddened by the thought that he may never see them again. He pushed the thought to the back of his mind. He'd find a way back later. He might as well make the most of it while he was here, shouldn't he?

The bus was slowing down and a few kids were getting up, ready to leave. These included Natasha. As the bus stopped the doors opened and she and the others got off.

"I'll see you later! At seven, down the park!" she yelled as the doors closed in front of her. She waved at them as the bus pulled off.

Reo turned back to him as Natasha disappeared from view. She smiled at him.

"Ours is the next stop. Then I'll show you where you're staying. It's not much but it'll have to do."

The bus began to slow down again. Reo, Harry and about half of the remaining people got up and off the bus. They walked down the road towards a light yellow house and walked up the gravel towards the front door. Reo knocked on the door and yelled through the letterbox. He smirked and wondered whom she was yelling to. Then a younger girl answered the door. She was wearing the same uniform as Reo but she had different tie. She didn't look that much like Reo but she did have the same eyes as her. Perhaps they were sisters. His suspicions were soon proved correct.

"Finally, Sophie! I thought you would never answer the door. How long does it take? Never mind. This is Harry Evans, You know the one who will be staying with us," explained Reo. She then turned to Harry. "This is my little sis, Sophie. She can be quite annoying but you get used to it." Sophie then proceeded to hit Reo. It was quite amusing to watch the two girls fighting with each other. Reo led Harry into the house and upstairs to the room where he would be staying. It was quite a large room with a double bed, couch and a wardrobe. It was decorated with light pastel colours of yellow and orange. It had quite a nice effect on the room making it feel warm and cosy.

The two girls left Harry to unpack and walked out of the room still squabbling. Harry walked over to his suitcase and opened it. To his surprise it had a set of Thomas Mills uniform and a set stationary for to use. It also had a few sets of muggle clothing for him to wear while he was out of school. But underneath these came the biggest shock of all. He found all his textbooks from Hogwarts, along with his wand, invisibility cloak, marauder's map and … his photo album of his friends and family at Hogwarts. It suddenly hit him how much he would miss them. It wasn't fair. Why did he have to be the one who got dragged through universes to this place, he supposed that was what he would have to call it. Where ever he was.

A voice called up to him from downstairs. It was Reo calling to him to get changed, as they would be going down to the park in about a quarter of an hour. He chose some jeans and a black t-shirt and hurried downstairs. He found his way into the kitchen where he found Reo having a drink with her sister. They were watching the telly and Reo was scowling at the program her sister had chosen.

"Do we have to watch Bratz! It's such a babyish program. What if I were to go around telling all your friends you watched this what would they say then? You're in year 9 for god's sake. Yet you watch programs for 8 year olds!"

Sophie ignored her sisters protesting. Harry just stood in the doorway smiling to himself. They reminded him of Hermione and Ron always having a go at each other about nothing. It was quite amusing to watch. The similarities were uncanny.

Reo looked up and saw Harry leaning against the door. She got up and apologized for having to witness that horrible program and the conflict that came with it. She also told him that it happened everyday. He just laughed. They soon headed down to the park. It was lovely May evening and the sun was just starting to glow orange as it began to set. He didn't realise how late it had gotten. He soon heard the normal noises that meant that they had reached the park. There were the screams and shouts of the younger kids playing on the seesaw and there was also the sight of a rounders match going on at the top end of the field.

Harry saw a boy who looked about the same age as him hurry over to them. He was quite tall and had black hair. As he reached them he eyed Harry curiously.

"Hi Reo. Who's your friend? And might I also add is he any good at rounders? Our team is losing quite desperately. We're just about to start second innings, so can guys come and join our team?" the boy said hopefully.

"Sure thing Duncan. This is Harry, by the way. He came from one of the schools on the exchange program," Reo replied. She turned to Harry. "Can you play rounders? We could really use your help if you can? Our team appears to be one person short."

"I'm not sure, I haven't played for a while, that's for sure. I'll give it a go."


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