When Illusions Subside

West To France?(WTF?)-Chapter Two

I Walked into the empty Charms classroom and sat down in one of the desks in the back of the room. I halled my bag onto the desk and unlatched the buckle, pulling out my Charms book, some parchment, and the Quill & Ink. It was awkward, getting used to these strange new materials, this school... life. No Dad to come home to at the end of the day. I missed him so much. At this point I didn't know how much longer I could hold back the tears. I was shaken out of my thoughts by a familiar voice.

"Lins, you there?"

I looked up to see Shane Nichols, one of my best guy friends from Yucca Valley. He was a seventh year Hufflepuff.

"Hey you." I smiled a bit and mentally smacking myself for looking like an airhead.

"Can I sit next to you?"

"Of course."

He took a seat at the desk seat next to me, smiling a bit more.

"I WANT CHICKEN!"

Randall ran screaming into Paula, a seventh year Slytherin. She pushed him away, causing him to run into the wall. I looked back at Shane.

"I think he's mental..."

He nodded, Jackie entering the classroom.

"Erm...I think Randall was just killed by a wall..."

I laughed. "Ya think?"

"Haha."

"...Chikitomuis!" came Paula's voice.

"West to France?" the three of us said in unision.

A chicken came into the Charms room.

I blinked. "It's a-"

"-Chicken..." finished Jackie, who laughed. "It's Randall!"

"I'm a chicken, I'm a chicken!"

"We see that." Jackie crossed her arms.

"Well you don't have to be so rude." he clucked.

"Sorry Randall...chicken...erm, Randall the chicken."

"It's okay Lindsay...wait, i'm not just a chicken, I'm a TALKING chicken!"

"He's lost it."

I laughed. "Did he ever have it?"

Jackie sniggered. "Good point."

Shane nodded. "He's insane."

Jackie laughed. "Ya think?"

I grinned. "On occassion."

"I see that."

"Of course you do, hence the reason you have eyes!"

Randall clucked and waddled around. "I'm a chicken!"

Jackie picked him up. "I'll go see if we can fix him somehow, maybe the nurse can help... there is a nurse right?"

I nodded."Think so."

"Okay, well, I'll see you guys later." She held onto the chicken who was formally our friend like figure. "I have a chicken to fix."

With that she left out the door as the classroom started to fill up with Hufflepuffs and Gryffindors. Shane and I turned back to each other and laughed a little. That was an interesting start of the day.