Disclaimer: What is that mysterious ticking noise? It is my mind frustrated that I don't own Harry Potter!
Hermione gulped at her reflection. She held up one strand of hair while staring at herself. It was wild, unkempt and seemed to be full of static. She made a sudden motion with her hands on her hair; she tied it down and ran to her bedroom. She shut the door and hopped around on the spot. 'What should I do?' She quivered under her breath, her first thought would be to whip out her wand and perform a simple straightening spell but she couldn't do that under the conditions…
She dived into her suitcase and pulled out a spell book of potions. She flipped through its contents and found what she was looking for: A potion for immediate bodily effect in certain climates. Her heart pounded as she realised what would happen if she was caught. Of course, potions were not added to the list of banned spell work for students abroad. It was dead easy to use anyway.
Hermione set about the villa looking for ingredients. She needed ten things and seven of them would definitely not be found in a muggle home. She knew it would be useless. Never-the-less, she put the chocolate chunks, shampoo and pond weed under her bed for future reference.
The next day dawned with a dark cloud over Hermione's head. She was trying hard to leave her hair alone but it continued to look like something out of a Frankenstein film, so she merely bobbled it up and set out to the Hummer with the rest of the family. The ride to Disney World took half an hour and Hermione wasn't really looking forward to it. Cassie, on the other hand, was completely dazzled.
'You know, I'm going to show you all the rides first and then we can go get some burgers or something!' She quipped gleefully.
'Sounds good in that order,' Hermione had to admit.
Uncle Robert pulled into the immense car park and they strode over to the park gates. Hermione felt really weird in her shorts and t-shirt. She remembered Lavender Brown and Parvati Patil giving her a few tips on how to shave her legs and apply make up evenly for a sun kissed glow…or something like that. In the end, they realised their efforts were wasted so they sulkily showed her a simple charm to remove body hair by a simple flick of her wand. They managed to do this the night before she left Hogwarts.
'Come on, Hermione! Let's go on Space Mountain!' Cassie cheered, fully in her element.
For the next three hours Hermione Granger was attempting to have fun. But soon she couldn't face any more Space Mountain or anything of the like so she flopped down on a bench, shaded by a large umbrella and ordered a coca cola from the nearby bar. Cassie joined her and sucked happily on her fanta.
That's when Hermione heard it;
'Hey! Not all those Chocolate frogs are for you, you know!'
'Shush! Keep your voice down!'
'Sorry! I just want at least one of them!'
Hermione turned round and saw four teenagers sitting round a benched table like their own. They spoke with American accents and they seemed like perfectly normal muggles. One of them, a girl, frowned at a guy in front of her.
'Give them here!'
'What you looking at?' Cassie had spotted Hermione looking at the group behind them.
'Nothing,' she said quickly.
Cassie looked suspiciously at her but continued to suck on her straw. Hermione kept peering out the corner of her eye towards the group. Had she misheard them?
They all got up and headed away from the table towards a ride.
Hermione stood up too and followed them curiously. There were two girls and two boys; they looked the same age of about seventeen. One of the girls stopped to tie a shoelace and the others hung back, waiting for her. Hermione approached them. 'Hello,' she said sweetly.
They looked up at her. 'Hi!' One of the guys grinned, looking particularly amused at her hair.
'May I have a chocolate frog?' She grinned sheepishly.
One by one they looked at her with mouths hanging open. 'What?' One of the girls managed to squeak.
Hermione extended her arm and said, 'I'm Hermione Granger, I'm a student at Hogwarts!'