Chapter Five
Setting Out
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Early the next morning Hermione, Blaise, Draco, Harry, Ron, and Ginny boarded the Hogwarts Express so that they could return home. They made sure that they got there own compartment, no reason why anyone else should be in on there little adventure. When the train reached the station, everyone's luggage was removed and they were all told what time they had to be there for them to take the train back to school.
"That time may be a little hard for us to make considering we have no idea how long this is going to take." Stated Ginny
"I know it is best if we do what we can with what we have. If we don't make it we will find a way back." Replied Hermione
"Well, I guess this is good-bye for a few days, take care until we see each other again." Stated Harry
Then everyone went there separate ways. Ron and Ginny went home to spend sometime with there family, and open there presents. Harry went to his home, if you could call it that. He only lived there because he could not stay at Hogwarts all the time, and it was really the only family that he had left, how he dreaded going "home".
When Hermione got home, her parents were expecting her, as well as Draco and Blaise. Her parents were not happy about Draco Malfoy coming to visit, they had heard some mean things about him, and all of them were true. They could not be too upset with Blaise; they hardly heard anything about him.
"Hello mum, dad, this is Draco and Blaise," Hermione said as she pointed to each one, "they are going to be here only a few days, I didn't want to go running off and leave you two worried about me."
"Hello." Both her parents said
"I am going to show them to the guest room, and around so that they can become familiar with everything."
As Hermione walked, she was busy explaining what everything was. This was definitely going to be a new experience for all of them.
When they finally reached the guest room, Hermione was dieing for a glass of water, she needed something after answering every little question that the guys had.
"One more thing, you have to pick up your own dirty laundry. There are no house elves here to do it for you. Do not worry about setting the alarm clock, not that you would know how, I will wake you up after I get up, any more questions?"
"What is an alarm clock?" Asked Blaise
"See that thing with the numbers displayed;" as she pointed the guys looked and nodded, "that is an alarm clock."
Hermione left them to unpack, which may have been a little more then they are used to.
"No house elves to unpack, or pick up after you or to do your laundry. How do they manage to get anything done around here? I know Hermione said that her family hired maids to clean up after them but that they did not do there laundry. I just do not understand any of this." Said Blaise
"I do not either man, this is one crazy place."
When Hermione finally found her parents she was nearly exhausted, how was she going to survive with Purebloods in her house?
"Darling you look tired, what can we do to help?" Asked Hermione's dad
"Nothing at the moment, what is for dinner?"
"I was thinking something easy, how does pizza sound?" Replied her mother
"That sounds good. I'll go ask our guests what they like on there pizza."
"Okay, be careful." Stated her mother
When Hermione finally reached the guest room she saw that the guys had settled in nicely, they had opened there suitcases and left them like that. They were also lounging on the bed, watching something on the television.
"What are you watching?"
"I do not know something with a lot of violence." Replied Blaise
"Oh, your watching Silence of the Lambs and it was not all that scary."
"Well, it is to us, we have never seen it." Stated Draco
"Okay, point taken. What do you like on your pizza, or have you ever had pizza?"
"Pizza, you mean we can eat pizza here?" Asked Draco
"Yes you can eat pizza here. What do you like on it?"
"I like pepperoni, and olives." Stated Blaise
"A man after my father's heart. What about you Draco?"
"Well, I like pineapple and ham."
"Just like my mother, looks like three pies it is."
"Well, what do you like?" Asked Draco
"I like pepperoni, green peppers, olives, and tomatoes."
"My goodness, you like a lot of things."
"That's what my parents say. I had better go and tell them so that they can order it. Would you like anything to drink?"
"Raspberry, Mango juice." Stated Blaise
"Okay, how about you Draco?"
"The same."
"Easy, I'll be right back."
"Okay."
They were glued to the television before she even left the room. This may be easier than she had expected. She was expecting all kinds of trouble. Then again the day was not over yet, lots more could still happen.
When the pizza arrived Hermione had to pull the guys away from the television, they were still glued to it. However, they had changed the channel and were now watching cartoons on the Disney Channel. Yes, this was going to be interesting.
"Why do we have to leave, why cannot we just eat in here?" Asked Draco
"Because mum does not allow food anywhere in the house, except for the dining room. She would take it as a personal stab if you two did not join us."
"Okay, just let me turn off the television. This thing is really addicting, I do not know why we do not have one." Replied Draco
"Maybe you could bring it to all of the wizards, I am sure that if you did that, it would be a hit."
"Maybe, but I'll have to snick it there, people would go crazy if they knew that I was here."
"Maybe you could start a new trend and make it acceptable to travel to here, anything is possible."
"Maybe we could go get some food before we all starve." Stated Blaise
"Yes, maybe we could go get some food."
Off they went to get food, and talk to other muggles for the first time. This should be interesting.
"So, Draco how is your family?" Asked Hermione's mom
"Dad is off somewhere doing something with someone. Mum is breaking apart and possibly going crazy."
"Your mother is having a nervous break down, oh you poor child."
"I guess."
"So, Blaise are you new to Hogwarts, Hermione has not mentioned you much?" Asked Hermione's dad
"You could say that, I came to Hogwarts sixth year. It is better than being surrounded by guys all the time."
"Oh, how many different schools do they have for those magically inclined?" Asked Hermione's dad
"I would say at least three or four, I have never really thought about it." Replied Blaise
"This must be a shock for you two, how many things are different?" Asked Hermione's mom
"For one we have house elves that clean up after us, though they are treated badly in some houses." Replied Draco
"Badly, you mean beaten?" Asked Hermione's dad
"Yes, beaten. My father, when he was around used to beat the elves when they did not perform a task to his liking."
"We do not have televisions at all, or alarm clocks. I guess in a lot of ways we are alike but in others we are not that different." Replied Blaise
"Magic is more accepted there than it is here, and we do not have to cook, we just think of something and conjure it up." Stated Draco
"So you mean that pots and pans are a thing of the past so to speak?" Asked Hermione's mom
"Yes, I had to ask Hermione what they were when I passed them on the tour. I was hasty in my judgment of muggles, sorry. I do not mean to offend, that is just what wizards call those that are not magically inclined. I guess I could live here and get along just fine, if I had someone patient to teach me how to do things."
"I myself, think that I would like to live here and get away from all the political drama that is going on in the wizard world." Retorted Blaise
"Political drama? You mean to tell me that you have political drama there like we have here." Asked Hermione's dad
"It's not like here dad, they are more corrupt there than we are here. It's more on the verge of war between good and evil, the age old fight."
"Good versus evil. Who has more players?" Asked her dad
"Good, but with magic numbers do not really matter. You could incapacitate someone with the flick of your wand and not think twice about it." Replied Draco
"Oh my, are they teaching you kids how defend yourselves?" Asked her mom
"Yes, mother. Defense against the Dark Arts."
"Well, good. I want you all to be careful."
"We well." They all replied
"Who's ready for dessert?" Asked her dad
"What is for dessert?" asked Draco
"Razzleberry Pie and vanilla ice cream."
"Sounds good to us."
After they had finished eating, Draco and Blaise went back to their room. They were both extremely tired and needed to just lie down and do nothing. But then again they both had pent up energy that needed to be expelled before they were able to go to sleep. With everything that they had in their room, they decided to play video games. Neither of them had ever played Grand Theft Auto, or any video game for that matter. Rather than sleep right away they played the night away and got very little sleep.
The next morning both of them were so sleepy that they did not hear Hermione come in and clean up the room, they only noticed it when they woke up.
"She sure is sneaky Draco. I cannot see why you like her; Ginny is so much more vocal about things. Hermione just does, it is a little scary."
"Shut up man, you want her to find out or something. You could blow my whole plan."
"You still haven't told her!"
"No, I haven't told her and don't plan to until we are in Las Vegas."
"Wow, how romantic, getting married after defeating the most evil wizard that ever walked the planet, yeah that is going to be hot."
"Shut up Blaise. She is not to know anything until it happens."
"Okay, sorry."
While the guys were having their little tiff, Hermione was downstairs finishing cleaning the house and calling about hotel rooms for everyone. The first task was easy; the second one was just time consuming, who would have thought that finding a nice suite was going to be so much money. Good thing that Hermione's parents loved her and left ten-thousand dollars in her checking account at all times, otherwise funding this little adventure would have been hard for her to do.
After her final call, she went upstairs to see if the guys were awake and to pack her suitcase for the trip.
"Good to see you both awake. If you want to eat there are doughnuts, cinnamon rolls, and cereal in the cabinet marked "Breakfast Items". The milk in the refrigerator, the big rectangular box by the cabinet marked "Breakfast Items". I am going to pack my suitcase; we are leaving for the airport tonight."
"We are leaving so soon, we only stayed her for a night and two days. That is not really a crash course." Stated Draco
"There is more to learn, just not here. That and we have to leave as soon as possible. Christmas Break is only so long; therefore we only have so much time to get things done."
"Okay, we will eat and pack. Are we going to have dinner with your family again?" Asked Blaise
"Yes, they are driving us to the airport, so dinner is going to be early. Try not to eat all the breakfast goodies."
"We won't."
The day passed by quickly and before they knew it, they were on a plane headed for Las Vegas, Nevada.
