Part 3

Chapter 12: England vs. Bulgaria in America and Pluto vs. Padfoot in Anaheim

On the train back home,

"Wow. This was one quick year." Adam stated.

"Tell me about it. Only seven chapters and at least five of them were Christmas Holidays." Colin said.

You are not supposed to know that this is a story, Colin.

"So, what are your plans for the summer?" Ariel asked ignoring the author like she should.

"Well, America's hosting the World Cup." Megan said. "England vs. Bulgaria. We're going."

"Sounds like fun." Ariel said. "I'll try and talk my Mum into it."

"There you five are." A familiar voice said from the door of the compartment.

"Harry? What are you doing on the Express?" Vega asked.

"Well, Ginny and I decided to spend most of the summer at Potter Manor so we can all go to America as a family. Each Weasley gets a certain amount of tickets because Ron plays for England. And between Hermione, Ginny, Fred, and George, there are enough for all of us."

"YES!"

"And by the way, we are all going back to Potter Manor." Ginny said coming in. "James fire-called earlier."

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It was finally time to leave. 5 A.M.

"Do we have to get up this early?" Megan complained.

"Yes." James said. "The Portkey leaves in an hour."

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After they made it to the Portkey and were sent to America, they looked around.

"Dusty." Adam observed.

"Yes. This is Death Valley." Colin read from a pamphlet.

"Death Valley?" Vega asked.

"It's just a name Veg." Ariel told her. "This isn't too far from where I grew up."

"You're right." Jennifer told her daughter. "Just across the desert."

"There's the stadium!" Megan shouted.

They went up to the campground manager.

"Potter." James told him.

"Ah. James Potter. Good to see you again." The wizarding manager said.

"First time I went to the World Cup, the manager was a muggle." Harry whispered to his sister.

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The World Cup was the best thing that ever happened to the kids. Ron was Keeper for England and was doing a great job keeping the Bulgarians from scoring. He missed a few, but that was alright because the Bulgarian Keeper was doing a worse job. It was 150-50. (Ron's gotten better. Actually, all of the players are excellent). The Seekers were the most interesting. Harry had a hard time keeping an eye on Ron as he watched Krum and Diggory looking for the gold ball.

"IT'S OVER BY RON'S HEAD!" Harry screamed.

"Geez Harry. Why don't you just go out there and do it yourself?" Megan teased.

"Don't give him any ideas." Hermione told her. "Once, in the sixth year, the Slytherins pulled a prank so that he broke his leg badly just before the game. Madam Pomfrey wouldn't let him play. He was lucky to even be watching the game on a pair of crutches. Ron and I had to literally hold him down as Ginny took his place. She crushed Malfoy."

"Nobody messes with Harry Potter while I'm around. Especially after we started dating. I cursed Malfoy afterward and made it look like it had backfired on him. I even rigged his memory." Ginny said with a smirk.

"No wonder Malfoy hates me." Megan said.

"Finally!" Harry said. "Cedric noticed the snitch."

"Probably because Ron was trying to signal him." Hermione said.

"No. He was shooing it away. It was annoying him." Ginny corrected with a laugh.

"Just like when you took my place as seeker." Harry said.

Cedric and Viktor were racing for the snitch. It was neck and neck. Both men reached out and started to grab for it. A couple of times, they accidentally grabbed each other. Finally,

"KRUM CAUGHT THE SNITCH! BUT ENGLAND WINS THE WORLD CUP! 320-250! ENGLAND WINS THE WORLD CUP!

The stadium was filled with cheers.

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"Ron! Cedric! That was amazing!" Harry said as he, Hermione, Ginny, and Sabrina went into the locker room. (You can't say no to Harry Potter unless you are related to him).

"Thanks Harry." The keeper and seeker said.

"Hi Harry." Cho said.

"Hi Cho. Hi Matt." Harry said to his once crush and her son.

"Hi." Matt said to his father's friend.

"It should have been you out there though." Cedric told him.

"Yeah." Cho Chang now Diggory agreed as she held her son.

"Not again." Harry rolled his eyes. "How many times must I tell you? You deserve this Cedric. You were the only person to defeat me in Quidditch."

"Only because you fell off your broom." Cedric repeated himself.

The two seekers continued arguing over the first Quidditch match of Harry's third year.

"Here they go again." Ron, Ginny, and Hermione sighed.

"Should we say it was a tie?" Hermione asked.

"No. They won't be happy until the other one gives." Ron told his wife.

"That was great Daddy." Sabrina said to her father.

"Herm-own-ninny?" a familiar Bulgarian voice came up from behind them. (I do that a lot)

"Viktor!" Hermione said shaking his hand. "It's been awhile. Nice catch."

"Thanks. Hello Ron." Krumm said to the British Keeper.

"Hi Viktor. Great game. I haven't seen you in person since my fourth year." Ron said.

"I know. I vas real surprised vhen I heard Diggory was aliff and playing for England."

"Well…" Ron started before Hermione "accidentally" stepped on his foot giving him a shut-up look.

"I'm glad too." Ron finished with a wince.

"Is that Sabrina?" He asked.

"Yes. Sabrina. This is Viktor Krumm. He's a good friend of Mummy and Daddy." Hermione introduced.

"Hi. You were good." She said.

"Thank you. Vhat do you haff planned for the rest of the summer?" Viktor asked.

"Nothing really." Hermione said. "Just preparing for the new school year."

"Vhat are they arguing about?" Krumm asked noticing the other two seekers.

"Over if Harry falling off his broom as Cedric catches the snitch is a valid play." Ron explained. "Harry thinks so, but Cedric is determined that it wasn't. Our captain at the time accepted the fact that they lost, so he denied a rematch."

"As to what we are planning to do for the rest of the summer in America," Hermione said getting back on track, "We were going to discuss that today."

"Vell, the rest of the team and I are going to Miami." Viktor told her.

"I heard of that." Ron said. "It's supposed to be covered in beaches and American girls in bathing suits."

Hermione glared.

"ForFredandGeorge." He finished extremely quickly.

"There you guys are." Lily said coming into the locker room with her grandchildren.

"And these must be Taran and Tara." Viktor said.

"Yes." Ginny said "Taran, Tara, this is Viktor Krumm. He's a good friend of ours."

"Hi." Tara said.

Taran just hid.

"Shy?" Viktor asked.

"Oh yeah." Ginny agreed.

"Hi Taran." Matt said.

Taran came out from behind his mother.

"Hi Matt." Taran said as he went to join his friend.

"OMG. You're Viktor Krumm!" Vega and Megan said.

"Can we have your autograph?" all five of the Hogwarts students asked.

"Sure." He laughed.

"Well, we've talked it over," Sirius said. "And if you guys agree, we have a plan for the rest of the trip to America."

"What?" Ron, Hermione, and Ginny asked.

"DISNEYLAND!" the kids shouted.

"Ariel told us all about it." Megan said. "There are rides, foods, and people dress up as princes, princesses, animals…"

"Sounds like fun." Ron said.

"I've always wanted to go." Hermione said. "Disney was how I first found out about magic. I've always wondered if there was such a spell as Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo."

"Uh. No." Ron told her looking confused.

"Well, I think we have Hermione's vote." James said with a smile.

"You bet." She said.

"Sounds like fun." Ron and Ginny said.

"That's two more." John said.

"How about you Harry?" Remus asked.

Harry was still arguing with Cedric.

"He's overruled anyways." Hermione said.

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In Anaheim,

"Nice castle." Megan said as she saw the castle in Disneyland.

"It's Sleeping Beauty's Castle." Ariel told her. "Too bad Dad couldn't come."

"You know he has to work." Jennifer told her daughter.

"I just remembered something." Lily said. "Wasn't Ariel the name of the Little Mermaid?"

"Yes. We named her after that. Joe proposed to me at the parade as Ariel's float was passing."

"That's so romantic." Ginny said.

"Flying Elephants?" Sirius asked as he saw the Dumbo ride.

"Dumbo!" Ariel said.

"You know, if Sirius was an animagus and he if was an elephant, that would be the perfect name." Remus teased.

"Very funny Wolfie." Sirius teased back.

"C'mon. I'll show you all the great rides. I'll warn you right now. Do NOT get on the Small World Attraction. If you do, you'll be singing that song for the rest of your life." Ariel warned.

"We'll meet back here at closing! And listen to her." Jennifer called as the kids ran off. "It is one of the most annoying songs in the world."

"Small world? Oh. You mean, 'It's a world of laugh…" Sirius started singing.

"Yes!" Jennifer said before covering his mouth.

"We heard it before." Melissa said. "We taught it to the boys after we got back from Boston."

"We took a trip to Disneyworld." Spica explained.

"We used it for a prank." John finished the explanation.

"A prank?" Jennifer asked

"Back-to-School prank." Lily explained. "I think we had the Ravenclaws sing it."

"Yeah." James told her.

"That wasn't a prank. It was cruel and unusual punishment."

"At least for the teachers." Spica said.

"I guess we split up." Ron said.

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The witches and wizards had a great time. Megan, Ariel, Vega, Adam, and Colin saw lots of things. They saw Tara and Taran meet Mickey. Poor Taran was hiding behind Harry.

"That was so cute." Megan said after Taran managed to summon enough courage to shake the large mouse's hand.

Just then, Pluto went running across their path being chased by a huge black dog.

"Was that a Grim?" Adam asked.

"No. It was the biggest black mutt I've ever seen." Vega corrected.

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After the day in Disney,

"There are the kids." Harry said holding Taran who was wearing the Mickey Mouse ears.

"Did you have fun?" Jennifer asked.

"Yeah. We saw Donald, Goofy, Cinderella, Snow White, Robin Hood, Ariel the Mermaid, …"Adam started listing.

"And we saw Taran and Tara meet Mickey." Megan said.

"Yep. He was a very understanding mouse when it came to Taran." Ginny said.

"I liked him." Taran said.

"Me too." Tara agreed with her brother.

"And we also saw Pluto." Vega said. "But he was being chased by another dog."

"It looked like a Grim." Colin said.

All the adults looked at Sirius.

"Why is everyone looking at me?" He said innocently.

TBC

Preview:
"What was THAT!" Megan asked.

"So that's who got it." Harry said in reply.

"Harry?" Ginny asked.

"Ollivander said that there was another after he sold mine. But he didn't tell me who received it." Harry told her.

"Um. Ha…I mean Professor Potter, What was that?" Megan repeated.

"Priori Incantatem." Harry told the class.