Chpt. 14

Harry and Ron had retreated to their room after the warning about eavesdropping, hoping to not anger whatever being had known they were there in the first place. Or, as Harry thought, they were just being paranoid.

Hermione had gone to read a book in her own room, while Harry and Ron played a game of Exploding Snap. Neither boy had said a word.

The deck exploded, covering both boys in slime.

"Eugh" Ron said, wiping some away from his face. Harry mirrored the action and grabbed the towel on the floor. For once, the boys had thought to grab it beforehand.

After Harry had wiped away the majority of the slime, he passed the towel to Ron.

"Thanks," he muttered quietly as he wiped the slime away. "But, seriously, what the hell is up with them!?"

"They suddenly appear here, though it's supposed to be undetectable unless Dumbledore tells you himself! So, how the hell do they get in here, undetected? And then, it turns out they're not human. So what are they? Maybe they're just Death Eaters sent here to kill us!"

"Maybe," Ron said forcefully, "They're exactly what they say they are. But I don't buy it. Not one bit."

Harry opened his mouth to respond, but Ron had already gone off on another rant.

"And the letter, Harry! The letter. 'Rose' knew we were listening. If that's not creepy I don't know what is."

"I agree," Harry said before Ron could go off again. "We'll have to be very careful around them."

"But what about John?" Ron asked himself. "There was nothing he, or anyone said that suggested he isn't human. So, what's he doing with Karkat and Terezi?"

Harry shrugged, "Beats me. Maybe they tricked him or something?"
Ron shrugged and went back to wiping away the mess.

~ATH

There really is nothing he can do besides being bored. John and the mom-lusus or whatever her name is were talking about supplies, and to be honest, Karkat really didn't care. Terezi entertained herself with all the smells in the house, and all he can do is sit in a chair and bitch about his life.

Really.

Human.

Really.

He sighed for what had to be the thousandth time and began to sort through his Sylladex. To any onlookers it would look as though he were looking at the ceiling, but as aforementioned, he really doesn't give a shit.

John turned to face Karkat, with that same buck-toothed smile that made his vascular pump beat in protest, god, how could anyone still be happy after all they went through, and said, "Karkat, Mrs. Weasley here is going to take us to get our school supplies really quickly."

"Okay. Now tell me what that has to do with me."

"We have to get our wands and robes and stuff! Come on Karkat, it'll be fun!"
"Oh great. I can't wait to acquire more useless magic bullshit." Mrs. Weasley purses her lips.

"Oh yes," Karkat continued, "Why don't we all go get more weapons we can kill each other with? It'll be fun."

Terezi turned around so that her face was directly in Karkat's. "Why not? It will be fun."

"Oh my god," Karkat said in a completely monotone voice, "You're all completely f***ing insane."

Terezi continued grinning in his face before Mrs. Weasley broke the silence, "Well then, we should go now."

"You know what, fine, fine, whatever, just don't blame me when you die in a freak 'accident' or something."

"Oh don't worry," she said, still grinning that horrible grin, "I will." It took all of Karkat's willpower not to do a face-palm.

~ATH

John had never been so excited in such a long time. After SBURB, he thought he had seen all there was to see. By now, he was used to new planets and aliens and even dying and coming back to life, for god's sake he had seen a lot. So it was always a pleasant surprise when something new turned up that wasn't trying to kill him for once.

And there was something so perfectly normal about it all.

He had missed normal.

So he had a reason to be happy.

He knew that no one trusted them, no matter what they said or did. And he really couldn't blame them.

So now, he was buying supplies for a freakin' magic school, and he had never felt more normal.

It really did say something about his life.

And now he was buying a wand.

He grinned as Ollivander passed him a wand. "Cherry and dragon heartstring, 7 inches, quite stiff."

The moment he had it in his hand the man took it away from him again. "No, no, that's not it..." and proceeded to go to the back of his store before coming out again holding a well-polished box.

He gave John the wand, and the moment he waved it around a small gust of wind blew throughout the store and John knew that it was his wand.

Ollivander nodded, "Willow with a phoenix feather core, 8 inches, surprisingly swishy."

Karkat began walking forward, going so far as to push Terezi out of the way, but Terezi retaliated by pushing him to the ground. Mr. Ollivander chose to ignore their actions and began measuring Terezi. He gave her many wands before retreating into the back of the store, and came back holding a very dusty case.

"I made this in my youth when I was experimenting with a combination of cores and woods to make a more powerful wand. I made twelve in total. Cherrywood, 8 inches and a shred of a rare albino dragon's scale. It was a very peculiar dragon, blind, and no one could get close enough to tell what species it was. In the end, this was all I was able to recover."

Terezi waved the wand and teal fire burst from the end of the wand.

Ollivander nodded.

And at last it was Karkat's turn.

As per usual, the measuring tape began its duty and Ollivander asked the compulsory question, "What's your wand hand?"

"Left."
Ollivander began with the normal wands, but eventually he went back to wherever he had gotten Terezi's wand and gave Karkat the wand from the box.

"Another one from the collection. "Crabwood, 9 inches with a core of a fragment of a shell from a large bipedal crab. Again, a peculiar species. Quite stiff."

Karkat gave him a grimace and waved the wand. "I feel like f***ing Ampora," he muttered under his breath.

Red water gushed out of the wand and onto the floor. Karkat looked at it with distaste.

Ollivander cleared the mess with a wave of his own wand. "Peculiar," he said. "Never before have I given out two wands so powerful in one day. The wand chooses the wizard, I suppose. That'll be 38 galleons."
Mrs. Weasley looked shocked.

John gave a small laugh and retrieved the money from his sylladex. It appeared boonbucks did have monetary value in the real world; they had turned into the currency the moment he flew through the window.

He passed the change and they continued their shopping in a world where magic was real, and maybe, so was a future.

I AM ALIVE!

Haha, wow, that was a long hiatus. I can't promise that the next chapter will be quicker, but I'll try.

So hey, how about them updates? They were actually perfect for the story. Now I have the timeline all figured out and stuff! But…yeah.

Terezi knows more than she's telling shhhhhh

Harry, Ron stop digging godammit you might not like what you find

~ATH is the new linebreak

And I feel like I should clarify, all the Harry Potter ships are canon, except Neville and Luna (I don't think that's in the books but it is in the movies so…)

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-SkaianClouds

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