Chapter 1 DUMBLE WHO?

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So, here we are, looking for a new camp site in the woods... again. Yep, you guessed it, it's me, Max. The flock and I have just saved the world by destroying itex. We're 'laying low' for a while till the world calms down a little. But Gazzy and Iggy don't know the meaning of 'laying low'. The reason we had to get a new camping spot in the first place was because they blew up the last one and set the entire forest on fire...

"Hey guys!" I believe Nudge said something about a clearing, but I could hardly hear her over the wind. For all I knew she could be saying 'I WANT FOOD!' But I'm guessing she's wasn't... Mostly because I could see the clearing I believe that she was talking about.

"Okay guy, lets head down!" I yelled over the rushing wind to the exhausted flock

Max, Nudge is really hungry, and so am I. Can we please eat soon? That was Angel. My little mind reader.

Okay tell her that I'll go get food. I replied in my mind.A few seconds later Nudge looked at me with an expression that was clearly a 'thank you'.

"I'll meet you at that clearing over there," I said pointing to the small gap in the trees. "I'm gonna go get us some food." I said as they start to descend.

I veered off towards the closest town and landed just behind the local store. I pulled on a bulky jumper to hide my wings before I walked in. I grabbed mostly tinned food and a few chocolate bars as a surprise. They haven't had chocolate in ages.

Behind the counter was a platinum blond teenager with a nail file in her hand. Uhhh, kill me. I walked up and put my items on the counter. She is paid no attention whatsoever, she continued to file away at her already perfect nails.

"Uhhh, hello?" She looked up, finally realising I was here "You have a customer, do your job." She was about to say something but I interrupted her. "Uh uh uh! The customer is always rite!" I said smugly. She tries a death glare but it failed. I couldn't help but laugh a little.

"That will be twenty nine fifty." She said snidely. I paid with the money that the flock and I had managed to pick up from here and there left the store. I walked to the back of the store, took off my jumper and with groceries in hand, flew off to meet the flock.

It's not a long flight to the clearing, only about ten minutes. I was about to land when I noticed the silence, normally Nudge would be talking non-stop or Iggy and Gazzy would be building a bomb. All I could hear is the wind, which has died down a lot since I first left.

I took the cautious approach and flew over the clearing to have a look. When I decided it was safe to go in, I doubled back and landed in the centre of the small clearing. I took a few seconds to take in my surroundings, nothing but a couple foot prints. It's like they were hardly ever here. Maybe this is the wrong clearing? I thought to myself, but then realised that there were no other clearings in the surrounding area anyway.

Something white caught my eye when I was looking for any signs as to where the flock would be, I slowly walked over to it and took a long hard look. I bent over and picked it up, bringing it close to my face.

A pure white feather.

I looked back down and saw a few different coloured feathers scattered around the small clearing. I started to panic, 'what if there's a new kind of eraser? No, we destroyed the school. What if their dead?' That was the one that scared me. 'Why am I thinking that? The flock are not dead, they can't be. '

'CRACK!' I whirred around ready to kick butt, but stopped when I saw a old man standing in the clearing with me.

He looked about two hundred and fifty thousand years old. He had a long white beard and a pair of half moon glasses perched on the end of his nose. He wasn't much of a threat, but I don't know how he got this close to me without me realising.

"I'm Professor Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry." He said slowly. A school? You gotta be kidding me, the flock and I don't do school.

"Dumble-who?" I asked. What kind of a name is Dumblesnore?

"Max-"

"How do you know my name? Who are you?" I asked cutting him off.

"I know your father, Jeb Batchelder. He asked me to find you, and I believe I already introduced myself." He said with a sympathetic smile on his face. "If you come with me I can explain what happened to your flock."

Holey shit! How does he know about the flock? Oh yeah, Jeb told him.

"You know where they are!"

"Max-"

"Don't Max me! Tell me where they are!" I know this may seem harsh but they're my family. I grew up with them and raised them. We saved the world together.

"Max, they're all dead." I gasped loudly then ran at the old man to threaten him some more. But before I could make contact he pulled something out of his pocket and yelled.

"potato!"

I crashed into an invisible wall which appeared in front of him out of nowhere. I looked at the object in his hand and saw a stick. What?

Then it hit me, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He thinks he's magic!

"Come with me and I'll explain everything, I promise." What if he's lying. The flock will wonder where I am, but what if he's not and they're dead. I'll go with him, but as soon as something fishy happens I'm out of there.

"Fine. But you have some serious explaining to do!" I yelled as I walked in the direction I thought he came from.

I just got to the trees when I heard him cough. So I turned around and walked back towards him.

"You coming?" I asked, but he simply held out his arm for me to take. Oh, I forgot how old he is. He probably needs help to walk. I took his hand.

"Take a deep breath Max."

"Wha-" I didn't get to finish my word. It felt like we were travelling a hundred miles an hour and not at all at the same time, my stomach was filled with butterflies and I was about to be sick. IT. WAS. AMAZING.

When I open my eyes we were standing in a completely different place. In front of me is a massive castle with bridges and watchtowers everywhere. Next to us was a huge lake. I turned around to see what was behind me, a small hut next to a scary looking forest. I would never camp there, not even with the flock. That's how scary looking it was.

"Welcome to Hogwarts Max."