A/N: SORRY IT TOOD SO LONG TO UPDATE!!!! No I have not abandoned my fics lol here is an update, school was really getting to me and now I can finally update YAY!
BIG NOTE: everything typed in Spanish is translated right below the phrase in parentheses (-)
Disclaimer: I do not own HP
Chapter 4: Hello! – Er Hola!
The Marauders minus Peter and Lily stepped out of the airport in awe. They knew they were no longer in England. After they walked passed typical city stuff, everything changed. The roads were dirt or brick, the houses were either clay color with brick roof. They usually had a large wall around the property with an iron gate. There were some shacks but most of the homes had farms. It was very beautiful.
"Look at this design." Said Lily admiring a gate.
"Uh- huh…." said the Marauders who weren't listening. Lily turned around to look at them. They were immersed in a little book.
"What are you reading?" she asked
"That's nice…" said James not listening
Lily sighed and took the book from them.
"Spanish for dummies…" she read "No hablo Espaniol?" She inquired
"What? Was that in insult?" Sirius demanded
"No, I asked if you couldn't speak Spanish." She replied closing the book with a sigh. "Apparently not, I'm glad I took it at home." She said with a grin.
"Yay for you." Said Remus sarcastically taking the book back.
Dumbledore stopped in front of a large iron gate.
"Students," he announced, "We have arrived."
The Iron Gate opened and before them was the school.
It wasn't nearly as large as Hogwarts in fact it looked like any other ordinary house.
The students followed Dumbledore quizzically.
"I know you said it wasn't as large as Hogwarts but this is…." James started
"I just pictured it larger…" Sirius added
"A lot of people say that about my school." Everyone turned around. A short, slightly plump middle-aged Mexican man stood behind them.
"Headmaster Pedro!" Dumbledore greeted,
"Albus!" Pedro greeted in return. The two men shook hands.
"So," Pedro began, "These are your magnificent students." Pedro motioned to the 16 of them.
"Yes, " Dumbledore confirmed "Is everything ready?"
"The Taxi's are waiting in the back."
"Taxi's?" Narcissa questioned.
"Welcome Students of Hogwarts" Pedro greeted them "I hope you enjoy your stay here in Mexico, school is closed, so you will be living with some of our students who have kindly volunteered their homes for you to stay in."
"Wait a minute," Regulus interrupted, "We're not staying here?"
"Are you mad?" Pedro said incredulously "Only I live here, this is a day school not a boarding school, and school not in session right now because we are preparing for the Dia de los Muertos, and we need all the help we can get. You all are here to learn of our special festival and to assist us in preparing for it. The taxi's know where to take you, good luck and enjoy your stay." Pedro showed them where their taxi's were waiting and each house went into one taxi.
Once all of them were seated in their respectable taxi, Pedro and Dumbledore waved at them, and they were on their way,
For the Gryffindors, the ride wasn't for too long, the taxi stopped at a different Iron Gate, and they all filed out taking their trunks with them. The taxi immediately drove away.
James, Lily, Remus and Sirius turned awkwardly towards the gate; it looked smaller in the car. Remus walked forward and gave the gate a tug.
"It's locked," he said, Lily put both hands on the bars and looked at what was surrounding them.
"Oh my," she said in awe. "It's beautiful." Remus nodded in agreement as James and Sirius joined them.
Beyond the gate was a sandy drove way, and surrounding the house were tons of plants, and a birdbath. It was so different from the houses in Europe.
"Look!" said Lily. Emerging from the house were two figures.
"They're gonna let us in!" said James in relief.
As the two figures approached them they realized they were both girls their age. Both with long raven black hair, and tanned skin that glowed. They were very beautiful.
"I call them both." Sirius whispered to James and Remus.
"No, that's not fair!" James whispered back.
"Yes Remus agreed, "I got dibs on one of them."
"But" James complained "What about me?"
"You have Evans so shut it and be happy." Said Sirius
"Buenos Dias!" One of the girls greeted them.
"Hola!" Lily returned,
"? Eres des Hogwarts?" the other asked her
"Si, soy Lily Evans, y éste es de Remus Lupin, de Sirius Black, y de James Potter"
(Yes, I am Lily Evans and this is Remus Lupin, Sirius Black and James Potter.)
Lily introduced them and each of the Marauders waved when they heard their name.
"Mi nombre es Maria, y ésta es mi hermana gemela Rosalina."
(My name is Maria and this is my sister Rosalina.)
Said the first girl introducing herself and her sister.
"¡Placer de encontrarte!" said Lily
(Pleased to meet you!)
"¡Recepción a México!"
(Welcome to Mexico!)
Said Maria opening the gate.
"Muchos Gracias!"
(Thank you very much!)
Lily thanked them and walked with them with the Marauders trailing behind.
"Aqui nos honran para tenerte."
(We are honored to have you here.)
Said Rosalina smiling
"Somos sí muy emocionados él somos tan hermosos aquí."
(Yes, we are very excited it's so beautiful here.)
"Gracias" said Maria and Rosalina in unison.
"I wonder what they're saying." Remus muttered trying to flip through the Spanish book
"They're probably scheming against us." Said James, "You know women."
"Or," Sirius added "worshipping me"
"Ha, ha" Remus laughed half heartedly, 'With Lily the one talking to them they're probably planning our deaths."
"Yeah you're right." James agreed. Sirius snatched the Spanish book and flipped through it.
"Maybe I can settle this…Ok, I think I got a convincing phrase…" Sirius ran up to Maria and Rosalina.
"¡No matar mi pingüino¡Somos realmente feos y sarcásticos y malos¡Tu chinchilla está rasguñando mi extremo!" Sirius said in a hopeful tone with a bad accent.
Lily burst into hysterics, while Maria and Rosalina giggled.
"We do speak English you know." Said Rosalina. Lily was still laughing really hard.
"Si," Maria agreed "Plus you guys didn't have to wait so long outside in the heat. There is a doorbell by the gate."
Lily was still laughing.
"You-" she gasped "You didn't know what you said did you!"
"Do I want to know?" Sirius asked nervously
"It's not that bad" Lily then said in a mocking voice "Don't kill my penguin! We are really ugly, sarcastic and mean! Your chinchilla is scratching my butt!" Remus and James joined Lily in hysterics.
"I was trying to say: Don't kill us. We are really sexy, charming and nice. Your presence makes me itch for more… or something like that…" Sirius told the Marauders quietly.
"Oh well," said Remus "I doubt it would've worked anyway, even if you did say it right."
Sirius slumped in defeat.
Maria opened the front door and beckoned them all in. It wasn't very different from the outside – except air-conditioned. It was large though.
"We'll give you a tour once your all settled in. " said Rosalina leading the way. They walked up a large flight of stairs. Then they walked down a hall. "Lily this is your room." She opened a door, and motioned Lily inside. It was a very large room very luxurious, with a private bathroom.
"Will it do?" Maria asked.
"Oh it's perfect." Said Lily dreamily. Rosalina was already walking ahead of them Sirius quickly following her. They stopped at the door right across from Lily's.
"James this is yours." James stepped into his room and shut the door.
Remus and Sirius eagerly followed the girls.
Maria stopped and smiled at Remus. "This one is yours, Remus."
"¡MARIA¡PARAR EL DEJAR DE TUS LIBROS HACIA FUERA¡SIMONE ACABA DE DISPARAR¡CONSEGUIR ABAJO AQUÍ Y COGERLOS!"
"Oh dear," said Maria. "I'm always leaving books around, I have to go clean them up."
Remus took this as his chance to flirt.
"I'll come and help you." He offered.
"Gracias!" said Maria. The two walked off. It was just Sirius and Rosalina. Sirius was astonished at the move Remus just pulled. The nerve of him!
"Well come on then!" said Rosalina. Sirius immediately snapped out of his jealously and quickly followed Rosalina to his room. Once he got all his stuff in the room Rosalina turned to leave, but then turned back to him.
"Oh, dinner will be ready at 6, don't be late, my family is excited to meet all of you." She quickly turned on her heel and left before Sirius could respond.
A/N: I'm gonna be on vacation for a week but I promise I'll update next week ok?
Please review it'll make me wanna update reallllly bad when I return.