The Provisional Laws of Acquired Behavior or Learning
Authors Note: Never did get a close look at Susan Bones in the books or the movies I've heard her described as blonde, redhead, brunette so meh.
Did I pretend to turn this fic into a Yaoi fic the previous chapter? Yes, yes I did.
Disclaimer: I don't at this time own any published work of Sega or JK Rowling, if I did I'd gut the current Sonic fandom and only allow literate people to contribute cutting the fandom back by 90% and improving the quality by the same percentage.
"I'm Susan, by the way. Susan Bones"
"Maurice Bluewind, at your service, here let me help you with your trunk"
Susan smiled as Maurice carefully dragged the trunk into the compartment putting it under a seat "Such a gentleman"
"I aim to please, milady"
Susan blushed and Maurice inwardly cursed Mrs. Figs whose sappy romance novels he was drawing reference from.
"So are you a first year like me?"
"Yes, What house are you hoping for? I'm hoping for Ravenclaw"
"Read much?"
Maurice nodded abashedly waving The Standard Book of Defensive Spells (Grade 1) by Rufus Scrimgeour before grinning "also can you imagine someone like me dressed in red, yellow or green?"
Susan smirked "You'd clash with yourself horribly"
Maurice pointed his nose in the air in mock offence sending Susan into helpless giggling.
"So what are you like in the air?"
Maurice groaned into his hands "Please tell me you're not a Quidditch fanatic"
Susan shook her head "I meant racing like the Sky Patrol, My aunt took me to their Sky Show last week"
Maurice's eyes lit up with unholy light "Did you see that one racer who came in on a hippogriff?"
Chatting about the Ministry's latest recruitment drive the two made themselves comfortable as they got to know each other.
Susan seemed to gather herself for a second "So are you a Metamorphmagus?"
Maurice blinked at the off topic question "Excuse me?
Susan blushed lightly "Its just your hair is bright blue and the only person I know who can do that is Auror Moody's apprentice who can change her own appearance"
Maurice waved it off "I got drenched by a dodgy mixture and changed colour when I was a kid"
"Huh"
Just then the door opened and a elderly lady peaked her head in "Anything off the trolley dears?"
"I'll have a dozen chocolate frogs"
"I'll have two jelly slugs, a dozen of Mr. Spindle's Lick "O" Rish Spiders and four Pumpkin Pasties"
"Hungry are you?" asked Susan at the last part of the order.
Maurice shrugged taking two Pumpkin Pasties out offering one to Susan and placing the rest of the box at the end of the seating out of the light "Its for later, its going to take hours to get to Scotland at this snails pace let alone Hogwarts"
Susan inched the bridge of her nose lightly "Now why didn't I think of that?" her expression cleared "anyway about what I was saying earlier that apprentice I was talking about? She tripped and I ended up drenched in a experimental potion when Aunty took me to work one day."
"What was your original hair colour then?"
"My hair colour didn't actually change, but I ended up in St. Mungos but in the end my memory did become way better, Its actually the reason why I don't need to bring any books to Hogwarts I can remember them in my head"
Maurice blinked "Lucky"
Susan bit into a chocolate frog "All that really means is that Auntie is making me take the theory part of the exams early, I still have to actually learn magic so I won't be bored at least."
"Speaking of boredom what are we going to do for the next few hours?"
Companionable silence reigned for a few moments as both students ate their sweets.
"I think I brought a chess set, maybe?" Susan offered
Much later
"We should get dressed" Maurice grumped fresh from his 31st defeat at wizard chess vowing to introduce Susan to non-magical board games that didn't insult the player "s'suppose we should" grabbing a bundle of clothes Susan smirks exiting and closing the cabin door behind her. He changes in a minute and waits in the hall for Susan to get dressed, the carriage hallway is quiet, it's a change from the loud screaming of hyper children hopped up on candy earlier. Susan opens the door in uniform and Maurice re-enters.
"So I noticed you have a Nimbus where'd you get it?" Maurice looks up at the broomstick in the overhead rack "Owl ordered it and everything else"
"You didn't go to Broomheed then?" Susan asks abruptly.
Maurice shook his head "Felt wrong after Diagon Alley, Next year though"
"I only asked because Broomheed's flying store ran out of stock last week and Auntie did say some people were selling fake or cursed brooms"
Maurice rolled his eyes pulling down the Nimbus 2000 broom from the rack and waving it pointedly "I got this in Diagon Alley before, it's not cursed"
"Good I don't want to lose my first friend to shoddy workmanship"
"Because you'd get less free pasties, Nice to be appreciated for the right reasons at least" Maurice snarked, Susan giggled.
"So Maurice, how good are you at flying?"
Maurice shrugged "Ok but I'd rather run, I'm faster"
Susan looked sceptical "The nimbus 2000 goes from 0 to 130 in 5 seconds"
"Yes your point? You didn't think the blue hair was the only change did you? I really am the fastest thing alive"
"Show me later?" Asked Susan
"Only if I can call you Sue"
"Done, and what can I call you Mr. fastest thing alive?"
Maurice shrugged in amusement "I'm sure you'll figure something out."
