And now I present the third chapter of my story. there is finally some harry in it (YAY!) well enjoy...
Chapter 3: flying through the air.
"You can't make me go, I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't!" Charlie screamed out loud causing half the airport to turn towards the group of four girls that were about to board the aircraft that will take them to England.
"Come on Charlie, flying in an aeroplane is fun. You get food, drinks, you own little traveling bag filled with trinkets and I'm sure I can organize some sort of 'colouring in' activity for you to do" Leisha soothed as she tried to pry Charlie off the chair which she clung to.
"Charlie the sooner you get on, the sooner you'll get off!" Katie added while trying to help Leisha get Charlie off the chair.
"Yeah Charlie, the flight attendants make it really easy to forget the thousands of feet above the ground that you are" Alexia tried to help as well, it didn't work.
"I HATE HIGHTS!" Charlie screamed,
"You hate everything" Katie retorted out of frustration, "heights, trains, planes, hills, stairs, fences, spider webs, keyboards, the rain, the sun and this was just from what you said this morning"
Charlie stared at Katie. Honestly, she didn't get a word that Katie just said and couldn't be bothered to figure it out.
"I'm not going" she said defiantly as she hung onto the chair.
Alexia dragged Leisha and Katie aside. She grabbed two straws and with a spell cut one of them in two uneven parts. She then held them in her hand.
"Whoever draws the shortest straw deals with that" she said while jabbing her finger in Charlie's direction. They all picked out a straw. Leisha was horrified to see that it was her straw that was the shortest.
"Ha ha, sucks to be you Leisha" Alexia jeered,
"good luck" Katie said sympathetically while patting Leisha on the back.
Leisha started to think about how to convince Charlie to get on the plane. Bribery didn't work, this wasn't really the place to force her onto the plane. 'How did I ever become friends with such a difficult person' she thought to herself. Sadly she walked over to Charlie. Once she got there, Charlie grabbed her arm and the two of them headed to the airport gates.
"Where are we sitting? Do you have the ticket, if you don't hurry we'll miss it," Charlie questioned her along the way. Leisha was still trying to get it through her head what was happening. Charlie actually wanted to go on the plane? Had pigs just learnt to fly?
They handed the gate lady their tickets.
"Enjoy your flight" said the lady as she handed them back.
"Oh, I will" Charlie said in a tone that didn't sit well with Leisha. They get on the plane, that was when Leisha saw what Charlie was so excited about. sitting in the row with their seats was a guy about their age. Charlie had a mischievous smile on her face.
"Now Leisha you'll have to sit in the middle so get the seat closest to the emergency exit," Charlie said calmly to Leisha.
"But Charlie there is a guy sitting there, you're better when it comes to people" Leisha whined. Honestly, Leisha just didn't want to be stuck next to the guy for a whole day. The thought was terrifying.
"Oh Leisha you'll be fine" she replied off handedly as she dumped Leisha into the seat next to the guy.
"Hi I'm Charlie, and this is my friend Leisha" Charlie said across Leisha. The guy turned to face the two of them. Leisha sat as still as possible, 'maybe if I don't move he won't see me and he'll just talk to Charlie for the whole flight' she thought to herself.
"I'm Shane" he replied,
"So, Shane, why are you going to England? Meeting your girlfriend?" Charlie asked not so subtlety, Leisha stared at her.
"what on earth are you doing?" she whispered harshly to Charlie, who seemed to ignore her.
"I don't have a girlfriend, I'm going over to see my family" Shane said and started to blush, 'oh great, he's uncomfortable' Leisha thought.
"Really," Charlie said with fake surprise, Leisha knew it was going to get worse. "well Leisha here doesn't have a boyfriend,"
'yep much worse' she thought.
"really!" Shane asked, his shock seemed genuine to Leisha's horror. He looked Leisha up and down.
Leisha crossed her arms and legs and her eye was starting to twitch. 'this is going to be one long flight' she thought to herself. And with this the plane took off for England.
Harry was sitting in his room, and everywhere he looked he thought of Sirius. Everything seemed to be teasing him. He saw the daily prophet sitting on the window sill and picked it up. 'Maybe some lies about how I've lost the plot will cheer me up' Harry thought to himself as he turned to the front page:
BLACK CREARED OF ALL CHARGES
After careful investigation it has been discovered that a Sirius Black, who was thought
to have killed twelve muggles and a wizard, has been found innocent and has been cleared of all charged that have been placed against him. At a press conference the Ministry has confirmed that all search parties have been called off, dementors are no longer given the permission to kill on sight and the extend their deepest apologies to Mr. Black.
Although what the ministry failed to mention was how this sudden point of view change came about. After all Black was among the most wanted in both the magical and muggle world. Of course the prophet has their suspicions but that is another story ( to be posted next week)
This then brings us to our next question ' where is he now. It has been said that he is relaxing on some beach in the Caribbean, or using a false name and hiding out some where near London. The ministry says that it does not know that either. They say that this is not another way to bring black out of hiding and that he is truly a free man.
"That's it!" he said out loud,
He through down the paper, picked up his quill and wrote as quickly as he could.
Professor Dumbledore,
Please get me out of here I'm going insane. I need to see Ron or Hermione anyone from the order. I can't stand another day here. I beg of you please rescue me!
Harry didn't care how desperate it sounded everything it said was true. Hedwig came to his side. Harry attached the letter and let her go and take the letter to his headmaster. He hoped that Dumbledore would let him go to Ron's house. But right now anywhere would do him, he would have slept in the dungeons of Hogwarts if it meant that he would escape the clutch of the Dursleys.
It was late in the evening that Hedwig arrived at Hogwarts. She flew to Dumbledore's office to find the headmaster swamped with papers about the new students that were arriving at Hogwarts. Albus Dumbledore was more then happy to greet Hedwig. He untied the letter from Harry and read it with a smile. He was about to write a response to the letter when professor MaGonagall burst into his office.
Albus could tell that there was something wrong. Not because he was a very skilled legimence but because after knowing Minerva for so long he could tell how stressed she would get by the state of her hair. She had burst in with half of her hair out of it's normal bun.
"Albus, there is three missing!" she said in a worried tone.
"Minerva, what in Merlin's name are you talking about?" Dumbledore asked her.
Professor MaGonagall pulled out a piece of parchment. It was a order form from a owl delivery service. She handed Albus Dumbledore the parchment.
"according to this there is meant to be eight boxes but we only got five, we're missing boxes containing M to O, P to S and W to Z! That's three whole boxes!"
Finally understanding what was worrying the professor he pulled out another piece of parchment and started writing another letter, but this one was going to the owl delivery service.
"I'll write to them and see if they can track these missing boxes down," he stated calmly to professor MaGonagall
"but Albus, what 'you-know-who' has them?" she whispered to him. The portraits woke up at the sound of 'you-know-who', panic started between them.
"what could Voldermort possible gain from the permanent records of our new students" Albus said, still in his calm voice. That was when another owl flew into the office. Albus Dumbledore took the letter from the owl's leg and read the front "in reply to the acceptance letter from Hogwarts"
Dumbledore read this letter and as he put it down he turned back to Minerva MaGonagall.
"Minerva," he started "on second thoughts, get the order on the case"
And that's basicly it, hope you all enjoyed it.Please, please, please, leave a review. it would be most aprecated.
Writing more soon.
Leisha Robinson
