Chpt. 7
"Bloody Hell," was all Ron could say after hearing what the two newcomers had just said.
"What did we just hear?" Hermione said, slightly panicked. Harry was at a loss for words, though he was able to pull the Invisibility Cloak off of them.
"I-" he stuttered, "I'm not sure."
"I'm not either. Do you think it was true?" Hermione asked. Harry walked over to the computer Karkat had left out.
"I don't know, but they seemed pretty convinced. Want to see who he was talking to?" Ron and Hermione gathered around the computer as Harry booted it up. The chat Karkat had previously initiated was still displayed on the screen.
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"What's up with that one guy's weird way of talking?" Ron asked.
Hermione's shoulders sagged, "Really Ron?" she said, "That's all you're thinking about?"
"Hey!" he complained, "Excuse me for saying my thoughts!"
Harry groaned, "Can you two stop fighting for a second? We need to find out what's going on."
Hermione gave Ron one last scathing look and turned back to Harry.
"You're absolutely right. They obviously aren't human, unless they're all delusional, which is highly unlikely, unless they were Confunded before whoever- or whatever- brought them to Grimmauld Place, but twinArmageddons isn't here, so he would have to be Confunded as well, and he could be anywhere," Hermione finished, breathless.
"Hermione?" Ron said with a pained look, "Please speak English."
"I am speaking English, Ron!" Just because you can't keep up with me, doesn't mean I'm speaking nonsense!" she snapped. Harry sighed.
"Can we stay on topic here?" he begged.
"What do you think was on Karkat's face?" Ron asked, changing the subject tactfully, "Do you think he was bleeding?"
Harry shrugged, "I dunno. His bed was stained red as well, if you want to take a look." Hermione went over to the bed and felt it curiously.
"Hey, it's wet." Harry frowned and felt it as well.
"You're right. I wonder what it is?" Ron looked at Harry and Hermione like they were crazy.
"Come on," he said like he was explaining something to some small kids, "It's obvious, isn't it?" Hermione raised her eyebrows imploringly.
"They're aliens, duh. That's Karkat's sweat, and-" Ron was cut off from his implausible theory as the window opened with loud bang. Long tendrils of blue light moved with a purpose into the room. Harry stood dumbstruck as they began to form a shape. He could have sworn he heard someone grumble, but the words were indistinguishable. The shape began to solidify, and soon a boy materialized in the room.
"F***!" he said as he fell on the floor, "I hate it when that happens!" Harry was too dumbstruck to say anything other than, "What?"
The boy stood up off the floor and dusted his pants off. He had untidy black hair with several cowlicks. He wore thick square glasses, and he had bright blue eyes not unlike a certain headmaster's. The glasses combined with his overbite gave him a very dorky look. His shirt was black with some sort of ghost on the front. He wore a dark green overcoat, jeans, and bright red shoes with decorative flames along the side.
"Hi!" he said with a large smile, "I'm John!"
"Who the bloody hell are you?" Ron asked.
'John' frowned, "I just told you. I'm John, remember?"
"Yeah, I know. I'm not stupid. I meant to ask, how the bloody hell did you get here?"
John seemed to think for a second, his eyes lit up with excitement, "I'm an immortal god with complete control over the wind from another universe who came here to protect you!"
Hermione raised an eyebrow, "The truth, if you don't mind."
John shrugged, "I dunno. Hey, have you seen my friend? He's short, grumpy, shouty..."
"Karkat?" Harry asked.
His face lit up, "Yeah! Beep beep meow! Was anyone with him?"
"Er, Terezi?" Hermione said, confused from his attitude.
He thought for a moment, and then, "Oh yeah! Terezi! I remember her! She was the one that threatened to kill me." He trailed off at the end.
"Why would she threaten to kill you? She seems pretty nice to me," Hermione asked, but she did remember the story she had told the other night.
John frowned, "We were talking online and I laughed with her and she thought I was laughing at her blindness. I kinda think she was joking, but I'm not quite sure. She did almost succeed, but that was an accident, and she helped me afterwards."
"You take her almost killing you very easy," Harry said, remembering some of the attempts on his own life.
"Immortal god, remember?" John said with a smile. Harry responded with a smile of his own.
"Of course," he said, "How could I forget?"
John shrugged, "It happens a lot."
Hopefully that fixed it.
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