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chapter 10 : On the roof


Taranee sat on top of the train roof with her arms curled around her knees. Since Harry and the others hadn't left the compartment yet, the girls had had to migrate onto the roof.

"Brilliant idea, Tinkerbell." Cornelia said, calling Hay Lin by her nickname. "Thanks to your game of tag we're stuck on the roof!"

"Take it easy, Corny. It was just a bit of fun, we didn't know this would happen." Irma butted in. "I don't mind. You can look at the stars."

"Oh, and the stars are ever-so grateful." Cornelia threw up her hands and sighed.

"Knock it off you two. It's bad enough that we're stuck up here, don't make it worse." Will said.

The group fell into an uneasy silence. Taranee was cold, so she planted a non-burning fire on the cold metal after Hay Lin had tuned down the wind a bit.

It was getting towards ten o'clock, and the girls soon fell asleep on top of the train, all except for Taranee, who was chosen to be on lookout duty.

So Taranee sat and twiddled her thumbs, thinking of what she could do to deprive her from her boredom.

Taranee looked down at the metal roof. It seemed cold and unwelcoming, so she looked to the right, watching the trees go past. They all seemed to bear horrid faces, which made Taranee shudder. So she looked to the left, seeing the river glint in the moonlight. It made Taranee feel as if she wanted to go in there, but she would meet a horrible thing if she did.

So Taranee looked to the sky, watching the night clouds wander past. But, they too gave off a bad vibe, being black and scary.

Taranee let out a sigh and put her head on her arms. Why is my life so depressing? Well… okay… it's not that bad, but still… Hey! I know! I'll go dream surfing!

Taranee had made up her mind. She would do some dream surfing. She hadn't done that in a while, and she always used to get a kick out of it.

She closed her eyes, and her forehead wrinkled in concentration.

She willed herself to float into Hay Lin's head, and she felt her mind leave her body.

Hay Lin's dream

Hay Lin skipped down the path and entered the shop called Baubles, her favourite store. She closed the door behind her and wandered over to the paint section. She picked out two tubes called 'Mystic Maroon' and 'Beautiful Blue' and took them over to the counter.

The assistant wasn't there so Hay Lin pressed the bell, making an eerie echo around the shop. Hay Lin spun round when she heard a swift click. She scanned the shop, her heart pounding painfully against her ribs.

When she turned back to the counter, she almost screamed.

"Whatsss the matter?" The assistant asked, a worried frown across his green face.

"C-Cedric!" Hay Lin gasped.

The shop assistant was indeed the evil henchman. For some reason, he was in his reptilian form, and looked dumb-founded, at the young girl.

"I'm ssssorry. Do I know you?" Cedric hissed, taking Hay Lin's paint tubes and taking their prices.

Hay Lin was confused. Here Cedric was, in his hideous reptile form working in her favourite shop, scanning her paint and not even remembering her!

"I … uh … no, sorry. I mistook you for an um… friend of mine." Hay Lin stuttered.

Cedric shrugged his big scaly shoulders and handed Hay Lin her paints.

"Have a nicccccce day." Cedric waved as Hay Lin exited the shop.

Taranee had to stifle a laugh as she pulled out of Hay Lin's head. That was too unreal.

"No… Cedric…. Baubles…." Hay Lin muttered in her sleep.

Taranee smiled and gathered her composture. She sent another fireball up ahead to check for low bridges.

Finding none, she once again concentrated and willed herself into Irma's head.

Irma's dream

"Fred! Stop it!" Irma giggled and smacked the ginger-boys hand away.

"Come on Irma, you know you want it…" Fred said in a seductive voice.

Fred pressed his lips against hers, and raised his hands to un-button Irma's blouse.

Taranee pulled out of Irma's dream as quickly as she had entered it, taking in sharp breaths of air, her cheeks a flaming red.

Eew! Eew! Eeeew! She thought rapidly. How can she dream that? The fire guardian looked at the waters' face. Her brown locks swayed a little in the wind, and the eyelids that covered her aqua eyes were scrunched up.

I suppose it's not her fault though. No one can help what they dream. Taranee pulled herself together and looked at Will.

Her arm was stretched out along the roof with her head lying on it. Her legs were pulled up to her chest and she was breathing steadily.

Taranee smiled and tucked a rebel strand of hair behind Will's ear. Will let out a little moan and tossed her head a little, making the hair stray again.

Taranee shook her head a little and chuckled. Will was unreal – still thinking of what might happen, still wondering what the future held, and not happy if even a strand of hair wasn't in the mess she liked it to be.

Taranee frowned as something small and wet hit her nose. Then one hit her forehead. She looked to the sky and gasped. "No no no no!" She cried, jumping up unsteadily as rain began to fall heavily. "Why now?"

Cornelia had awoken. She brushed a lock of golden hair out of her eyes. "What's going on?" she asked groggily.

She then shrieked as water hit her.

"Eew! Irma!" Cornelia yelled, waking every one up. "You're water! Make it stop!"

By this time, the whole group was awake, and drenched. Irma just raised a chocolate eyebrow at Cornelia. "I don't see anyone else complaining!" she scowled.

"IRMA!" The other guardians screamed.

"All right, I take that back." Irma sighed and raised her hands to the sky, making an arrow shape. "The parting of the waters." Irma smirked as the rain fell either side of the train, but missed the roof.

Hay Lin quickly whisked away the excess water and Taranee gladly heated up the metal a little, making it warm to lay on.

"Uh uh uh!" Taranee wiggled a finger at Irma, who was just going to lie down again. "My shift is over. It's yours now."

Taranee giggled as Irma's mouth dropped open. "Great." She mumbled.

Taranee just smiled and sat down next to Will, who was getting ready to sleep again.

"Shifts are shifts." Cornelia told Irma, standing up and wobbling over to a more comfy space. Corny stopped in mid-turn as something neared them.

"What's the matter?" Hay Lin asked, sitting up.

Cornelia pointed behind them and Taranee turned to see what spooked her friend.

"TUNNEL!" Taranee yelled, lying down quickly onto the metal.

She turned her face and saw Cornelia, who seemed hypnotised by the oncoming blackness. "Cornelia! What are you doing!" Taranee cried, grabbing her ankle and yanking it.

The earth guardian fell not a moment too soon, because a second later, they were surrounded by a darkness that was the tunnel.

"Thanks." Cornelia whispered, her crackly voice echoing around them.

Taranee opened her mouth to respond, but Irma beat her to it.

"You silly fish!" She shouted. "If Taranee hadn't pulled your ankle, you'd be sushi!"

"Uh… fish?" That was Will.

"Yeah, well, what can you do?" Irma said.

Taranee sighed; here they were, in a long dark black tunnel and the others were having a conversation like it was normal.

"Yum… sushi…." Hay Lin mumbled dreamily, as if to prove Taranee right.

"Is that all you think about?" Taranee asked sceptically.

"Hey, tell that to Irma, she's a walking black hole, absorbing every piece of food inside!" Hay Lin replied.

"You got that right." Irma's voice agreed, "Which reminds me, I haven't eaten anything since this morning!"

"Aye Vie." (sp?) Cornelia sighed.

"Aye Vie?" Will asked.

"Its Jewish." Taranee explained. "You say it when you're amazed by someone's stupidity."

"Hey! Are you saying I'm thick!" Irma objected.

"Well maybe I am!" Cornelia almost shouted. "If maybe just once you'd think of something OTHER than your stomach!"

"Thanks Corny, I've just gone deaf." Will said.

"Sorry. But don't call me Corny."

"Hey! I see light up ahead!" Hay Lin exclaimed.

"I can't see how. The sky is about as black as the tunnel!" Taranee said.

Hay Lin gave a little sigh and Taranee smiled.

The fire guardian gave a breath of relief when she could see the twinkling stars and silhouettes of trees again.

They all sat up and immediately started smoothing their hair down.

"I don't know about you guys, but now I'm even more tired than before!" Will yawned.

"Mm-hmm!" Taranee agreed.

"Well I'm not!" Hay Lin said enthusiastically. "Ooh! I just got a great idea! Irma, listen!" She bent down to her friend's ear and whispered something into it.

"Hay Lin, you saucy minx!" Irma laughed. "I'd love to! Oh, but it's my shift now."

"Whatever the reason, I'll cover for you." Will smiled.

Irma's face practically lit up. "You will? Thanks babe, you're a star." Irma gave Will a hug before taking Hay Lin's hand. "Let's go!"

Taranee watched the two guardians depart into the rain, which made a path for them. "I wonder where they're going." She mused, before laying down with her head on her arms.

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"Why hello officer." Irma hovered at the driver's door, looking very seductive and flirtatious.

The young train driver, of about 20, gaped at the young women who were entering the driver's compartment.

"Uh, can I help you?" the blonde driver asked.

"Well, you see, my friend here," Irma gestured to Hay Lin, who had just entered through another door, "saw you earlier, and wondered if you were single."

"W-well, a-as a matter of fact I—" he stuttered.

"You are? Oh, I knew it!" Hay Lin threw her arms around the man and winked at Irma.

"Look, uh," He said.

"Hay Lin." The guardian breathed. "But you can call me anything you like."

The poor guy turned beet red and Irma almost laughed. Hay Lin was good at this.

"She gave you her name. Can you give us yours?" Irma asked.

"J-Jimmy." He stammered.

"Well J-Jimmy, why don't you sit back and relax, I'm sure you're awfully tired." Coaxed Irma, pushing him gently into a chair. "You look like you need a break, doesn't he, Tink?"

"I think you need more than a break." Hay Lin said. "I think you need some fun."

Hay Lin walked calmly in front of Jimmy and started to grind her body against his.

"Now, you put your hands on my waist." Hay Lin said, taking Jimmy's hands and placing them just above her guardian skirt.

Irma stifled a laugh as she could practically feel steam rising from the driver's face.

She took the opportunity to place her fingers on the skin beneath Jimmy's neck and rub it tenderly, earning a small sigh from the driver.

She stifled a laugh and massaged it harder, this time earning a low groan. Irma grinned. This wasn't a bad idea of Hay Lins. Irma's grin turned to a frown as she heard raised voices in a different carriage, but they were muffled and distant.

"Hay Lin, you hear that?" Irma asked.

Hay Lin stood up. "Yeah."

"Can you pick up the vibrations?" Irma queried.

Hay Lin waved her hand dismissively. "Way ahead of you, sister." She smiled. "It looks like there's a case of bullying on the train."

Irma scowled. "I hate bullies. Let's go teach 'em a lesson in manners."

Hay Lin nodded. "Farewell Jimmy." She said, blowing him a kiss.

"See ya, Blondie." Irma said before flying into the carriages corridor.

The two girls zipped past twenty compartments until they came to a big bundle of people.

In the middle, harsh comments were coming out of the mouth of a white haired boy.

"You stupid mudblood! You almost knocked me over! My father paid a lot of money for this robe, only to have filthy mudblood germs all over it!"

Irma scowled. She didn't know what a mudblood was, but she could tell that it was like an offensive swear word.

She grabbed Hay Lin's hand and stormed through the crowd. "Shove! Get out of the way!"

"Uh, Irma? You know that you're exposing us to a crowd of people in our guardian forms!" Hay Lin whispered into her ear.

Irma froze. She had completely forgotten about that. "Whoops." She said.

She glanced around at the crowd's faces. There were some of shock and bewilderment, some in awe and some completely disgusted.

But Hay Lin was nowhere to be seen. "Uh, Tink?" Irma asked.

"I'm right next to you." Air whispered. "I'm invisible."

"Oh, thanks. Leave me to handle it." Irma snapped. She felt for Hay Lin's arm and pulled her to the front of the crowd where the boy was still shouting.

"Hey, you. What do you think you're doing?" Irma walked over to the boy and stood in front of him, an angry expression on her face, hands on her hips.

"Oooh." The crowd said, noting Irma's wings. An Asian boy reached out to touch them and Irma snarled, sending a blast of ice-cold water at him.

"Don't touch the wings." She said in a low voice.

"What the hell are you meant to be?" The bully asked.

Irma looked at him. He was quite tall with greasy white hair. He had aqua blue eyes, much like Irma's, but his were a lot harder. And he was sporting a black robe with a snake on it.

"You're worst nightmare." She said, pointing her palms at him.

"Ha! You must be joking! Go join the circus!" He laughed, turning his back to her.

Irma saw the person he was turning to, and quickly sent a hard jet of water at his back, making him fall flat on his face.

"Tink, I need you now." Irma whispered.

Hay Lin turned visible again, and flew over to the girl who was being bullied by the boy. She picked her up from under her arms and hovered back to Irma.

Irma crouched down and looked the girl in the face. She had dark brown hair, freckles dotted around her face, and chocolate brown eyes. How could that jackass tease someone as cute as this? Irma thought

"Hey, kid. You okay?" Irma asked.

The girl nodded and Irma smiled, giving a thumbs up to Hay Lin.

"Right then." Irma said, standing up.

The two guardians looked at the boy, who was regaining his posture.

"What the bloody hell is your problem!" The boy shouted.

"Temper, temper." Irma smirked.

"When my father hears about this." The boy snarled.

"Running to daddy now? How sad. What's your name?"

"Draco Malfoy." The boy said.

"You know, Malfoy, we really don't like bullies. Do we, Tink?" Irma asked.

Hay Lin shook her head. "They are idiots who have nothing better to do than make other peoples lives miserable."

"Why you!" Malfoy shouted, pulling out his wand.

"Irma, I'm getting tired. Can we finish this?" Hay Lin asked.

"Sure thing." Irma replied. It was so going to be fun teaching this boy a lesson.

Hay Lin and Irma clasped hands, combining their magic. Irma smiled, getting a rather nice feeling in her stomach. Then they let it all out, aimed at the boy.

"Water!" Irma cried.

"Air!" Hay Lin all but shouted.

The crowd watched as silver and blue streams shot out from the girl's hands towards Malfoy, stopping him on the spot.

The magic curled around Malfoy like a big bubble, and it became so dense that you couldn't see the boy trapped inside.

The left over magic zapped back into Irma and Hay Lin's hands. The girls looked at each other, pleased with their work.

"Well it looks like our work here is done." Hay Lin said, giving Irma a high-five. "People should be nicer when in our company."

"Totally." Irma agreed. "Well anyways, we've gotta run. If you ever need us just call!" Irma called, going into the nearest compartment and opening the window.

"Chow!"

The crowd just looked from the window to the boy, who was now frozen on the spot.

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"So much for 'I'll cover for you'." Irma said sarcastically.

"Oh, give her a break! She's worried about her mum and Mr Collins, you know they're getting married soon!" Hay Lin whispered.

Irma sighed. The three guardians that they left atop of the roof were all asleep! Cornelia was curled into a cute little ball, Taranee on her back with her arms flung out and Will with her head on Taranee's stomach.

"Well can I give them a wake up call? I mean – we're here now anyways."

"Want some help with that?" Hay Lin asked.

"Yeah, you can catch them when they fall off the edge." Irma smirked and put her hands in front of her. "Water!" she cried, emitting a huge jet of liquid onto the sleeping girls.

"Ah!" the girls screamed and leapt up. Taranee lost her balance and fell off, only to be caught by Hay Lin.

"IRMAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Cornelia yelled, her hands glowing greed.

"NO, Cornelia! Change us back!" Will commanded to the heart.

In a flash of fuchsia, the guardians turned to girls again. This time, they were in their robes and were with their wand belts.

Hanging upside down over the side of the train, Hay Lin opened the window. "Harry's gone." She said, climbing in.

The rest followed. Those with pets picked them up, and the wandered with the crowd to a line of magnificent carriages, bulled by black winged horses.

"Oh wow! They're even cuter than Hugons!" Hay Lin exclaimed.

"What kind of horses are they?" Will wondered.

"Oh gosh, all five of the new girls can see Thestrals!" a boy said to his friend as he walked past.

"Well duh! We're not blind, thank you very much!" Cornelia snapped.

"Over here, girls!" Taranee said, pulling open a carriage door.

The guardians clambered in and Will closed the door behind them. They watched a giant octopus wave to them from the lake.

And, of course, being the water-guardian, Irma had a nice conversation with it in Octopusese.

The two said their goodbyes when the carriage pulled up in front of the castle.

"Woah." The girls chorused.

The castle looked magnificent. It reflected of the moonlight, giving it a very magical feeling.

It gave off good vibes, and the girls felt welcomed by the light of the windows and the castle's calming feeling.

The guardians jumped out of their carriage and followed the crowd to the main doors.

"First years over here!" Came a strong Scottish voice. "Oh, and you five as well."

The girls came to a stop as the Scottish-voiced person flagged them over.

"I am Professor McGonnagal. There will be no need for introductions since I will get to know most of you later. Now, when these doors open, you shall proceed into the Great Hall in an orderly fashion, and you shall be called up alphabetically to find out which house you will belong to." The professor paused for a moment. "It is time. Follow me."

Walking in front of the first years, the guardians led the crowd into the hall. Feeling quite nervous, the girls formed a line, each holding onto someone's hand.

Cornelia's was in Hay Lin's, Hay Lin's was in Irma's, Irma's was in Will's, and Will's was in Taranee's.

They came to a halt in front of a stool with an ageing, frayed hat on top of it.

A couple of yards behind that was a long staff table. Sitting there were thirteen teachers, including Hagrid., who waved at the girls cheerfully.

After a moment, Professor Dumbledore stood up and called for silence.

"Welcome!" he started, "to Hogwarts! Now, we are very fortunate to have five transfer students here with us. They will be studying with you this year and next, and will leave when they desire it. We shall see the sorting, and then shall feast. Thank you." He said, sitting back down.

Applause rang out through the hall until Professor McGonnagal asked for hush. The new transfer students. Taranee Cook!" She called.

Will dropped Taranee's hand and watched as the fire guardian walked up to the hat.

The hat was lifted and placed on Taranee's head. Then, to Will's amazement, it started talking!

"Difficult… Your courage is equal to your brains… Oh really? So be it then… GRYFFINDOR!"

Will watched as Taranee flashed her a grin and walked over to the Gryffindor table.

Don't worry Will. You'll be fine. Taranee spoke in Will's head.

Will smiled at her and turned her attention to Cornelia, who had just been called.

"Hmm… this is amazing, so many earthly qualities…" the hat murmured. Will saw Cornelia blush and her hand stroking the flower in her lap.

"So… green is your colour… but I don't fancy you in Slytherin… you would do much better in Gryffindor!"

Will saw Cornelia smile and fix Caleb into her hair as she went to join Taranee.

"Irma Lair!"

Will let go of Irma's hand and saw her gulp before taking to the stool.

"Well well… This might come as a bit of a shock, so brace yourself… RAVENCLAW!"

Will giggled as Irma scowled at the hat and went over to the Ravenclaw table, which was clapping loudly.

"Hay Lin!"

Hay Lin smiled at Will before heading up to the hat.

Will lifted her fingers to her mouth, rubbing her lower lip. She had found that she did that whenever she was worried or anxious or curious.

Hay Lin seemed to be up there longer than any of the other guardians.

It seemed that the hat was having a hard time placing her.

Will waited patiently for the hat to call out a house. She grew excited when it opened a seam to speak.

"RAVENCLAW!" the hat shouted.

Will was happy for Hay Lin – she would be with Irma; the two sisters of the group would be together. But now it was her turn.

"Wilma Vandom." Professor McGonnagal called.

Will gulped and flattened her hair out as she neared the stool. It looked very intimidating, even for a stool.

Will turned around and sat down, eyeing the hat wearily as it was placed on her head. She almost gasped as she felt in enter her mind.

"Hmm… you are just like Potter, you know that?" the hat spoke, and Will blushed deeply. "You would make a fine asset to Slytherin."

What! No, I don't want to be in Slytherin. Anything but Slytherin. Will thought desperately.

"It is just as I said, you are just like Potter. There is only one house suitable for you. And that would be GRYFFINDOR!" the hat shouted, almost deafening poor Will.

Will smiled gratefully as the hat was lifted off of her head and she made her way to the Gryffindor table.

She sat down in between Taranee and Cornelia, taking their hands and smiling happily. She felt like she was where she truly belonged.

So how do you like it? I myself thought it was a pretty boring chapter, but oh well lol.

Please dont knock me about what houses the girls are in, but i felt that it needed to be that way, for some reason.
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