A/N: Thank you to all who have stuck with my story. Special shout out to BloodyAlexy, thanks for being honest and for using my speech as canon. That was freaking awesome and really made my day. As for this story, I am actually going to return to life with just our boys (eh, not in this chapter but you get the gist of it). This idea comes to us again from Crystal, who suggested I do a Harry Potter/Peabody and Sherman crossover, only I've decided to put a little twist on it.
P.S: Okay, sending grade school kids from New York to England does sound crazy, but back in my middle school this was something we did to celebrate our last Debate tournament only the team went to Hawaii instead. Anyway, you also have to remember that Penny and Sherman have gone farther in the time machine before and also that they are very intelligent so they're probably on some honor role that allows it.
WARNING: DO NOT QUESTION ANY OF WHAT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN UNTIL YOU READ THE PUNCHLINE!
School teams travel sometimes, Peabody knew this for a fact. What he didn't know is that certain school groups would travel as far as London, England for certain trips. Regardless of the distance though, Sherman had proven himself mature enough to handle the trip so one permission slip and a check signed later, and Sherman found himself along with Penny, for she was in their group as well and getting permission from her own parents, traveling to the train station that day to board their ride to take them there.
"You're sure you have everything?" Peabody pestered his son as he handed off his bag. "Brushes, wallet, stun gun-"
"Stun gun?" Penny piped up suddenly, looking over her own list of things taken with her and checking it off as she did so.
"You can never be to sure, miss. Peterson." Peabody reminded her sternly, returning briefly to his son to fix his hair quickly. "It is just a safety precaution after all."
"Peabody, stop!" Sherman groaned, backing out of his father's range of reach and messing up his hair again. "I already double checked everything and I haven't forgotten a thing. I think."
Penny rolled her eyes at this commented and went to Sherman as she grabbed his arm and began to drag him away towards the train, muttering things like 'Lets go Sherman, we'll miss our train. See ya mom and dad!' and then ending with 'did you remember your cellphone?' and so on. Sherman of course, paled a bit in the face, though it was unknown if he did it due to the time limit or the fact that he had forgotten his phone. Never the less, he sped up his pace towards the train with Penny following close behind now, calling out their good byes over their shoulder as they did so.
"Have fun, kids!" Patty called, seeming to be the only parent who was not nervous at all about this trip. "Call us when you get off the train!"
"We will mom!" Penny called back, practically pushing Sherman now that he had slowed down.
With their parents now lost in the crowd of other parents and relatives, the two children boarded the train and quickly scrambled to find their assigned seats. Once seated, the two children instantly began their excited chattering about what they would both see and do when they arrived at point B. While Penny wanted to see all of the sights that she could during the trip, Sherman was more so focused on what the team would have to do if they wanted to win their tournament.
"Sherman! Can we please not focus on school work for once?" Penny whined, taking out her cellphone and texting someone random as she did so.
"Penny, this tournament is the last one of the season!" Sherman reminded her brightly, poking her arm as he said this. "We have to make this one count!"
"Okay, okay. I get it. We'll talk ab-" She suddenly paused, and her eyes darted over to the person sitting across from them. "Hey, Sherman? Was that guy sitting here before?"
Penny pointed directly at the person, causing Sherman to face palm as he quickly knocked her hand from the air and looked up slowly at the man Penny had mentioned. He was surprised when he saw what looked to be a giant from a story book, who had not been there before, suddenly sitting across from them on the train. Surely a man like that would have been noticed by the kids when he first sat down, but he wasn't. He just kind of phased into the seat like a spirit. The man's beady eyes suddenly snapped up and looked at the blonde and the ginger. The kids visibly tensed as the man leaned forward towards them, his face suddenly very stern and serious.
"You're a wizard, Sherman." He said, looking both ways as he whispered this softly to them. "You as well, Penny."
"Woah! Really!" Sherman exclaimed, more excited than Penny was at this random statement, but still suspicious none the less. "But Mr. Peabody says that magic isn't real. He even proved it at one point-"
"Yes! You are real wizards, and we're on our way to a school of Witch Craft and Wizardry, where you will be taught in the ways of potions, and defense against the dark arts, and-"
"Hold on a second! Sir, we're on our way to a tournament for our school! Why the sudden witch craft crap?" Penny snapped, not convinced.
The man reached into his pocket and withdrew two envelopes, and handed them to the kids. They each took the one with their names on it, and opened them up quickly. They read through the letters quickly, not really able to read the squiggly writing of each letter. Sherman folded his letter first, and reached into the pocket that contained his stun gun as he waited for what the man to say next. It was Penny who stopped him from tazing the man though.
"Sherman! Look at this!" Penny announced, pointing to her own letter as it sudden went blank and began to rewrite itself, as if by magic.
Wait! Wait! This is real! No need to do anything harsh!
The letter now read, making the kids gasp in amazement. They looked up quickly with curious gazes and then back down at the letter, which didn't seem to be changing now. The man noticed their curious gazes and decided to explain this to them.
"That is physic paper." The man said suddenly, his voice sounding far away. "Its used to show what ever the viewer wants it to-"
Suddenly a man in a blue suit approached the group, in his hand he held a screwdriver and at his side, a blonde woman stood, looking just as confused as the others did. He swiftly walked over and plucked the paper out of Penny's hands before scanning over it relatively quickly and frowning as he dropped it back down in her lap.
"Hey! The paper bit is my thing!" The other announced, looking over at the kids quickly. "And don't listen to this man, he is an alien duplicate disguised as a man!You're not wizards, you're both time lords from a far away planet, and I'm the doctor by the way, nice to meet you, anyway I've come to ask if you wanted to travel with me in my TARDIS-"
"If that's like a time machine, then Sherman already has one." Penny jumped in suddenly. "Doesn't travel to planets though."
"Wait a minute, haven't I seen you at Hogwarts before? Some kind of werewolf was it?" The giant snapped suddenly, ignoring Penny's comment and trying to study the 'doctor's' face more closely.
"Sir, I might have been." The doctor snapped, turning back to the kids when suddenly another man wearing an over coat and holding a magnifying glass entered on scene.
"Oh- um well this is awkward." The overcoat man muttered, surveying the scene before him as suddenly everything went quite.
The three strange men exchanged glances, and then the two females exchanged glances as well, and then everyone else began to stare at the other, trying to figure out what was going on at the moment while the train whistle blew loudly in the background. At long last, Sherman finally found the courage to speak up, and what he said was such a horrible pun that it would make his father proud if he heard it.
"Well, no shi*, Sherlock!"
"Mr. Peterson!" Peabody roared suddenly into the phone, growing quite annoyed with the man's story. "What was the point of this phone call! You do realize that is it is almost four in the morning!"
"And that's whats going to happen while they're in England!" Paul concluded, ignoring his friend's annoyance and just kept right on blabbering.
Peabody groaned and rubbed the bridge of his nose slowly as he tried to process what he had just been told. It took him quite a while though, since logic obviously did not apply to this story at all. With a gentle huff, he thought of three key points to hit if he wanted to assure Mr. Peterson that none of that was even plausible.
"Paul, our children are part of a tournament for their school, there will be officials there who make sure that the children are accounted for and their are chaperons who will be attending with them." He began, trying to keep his voice calm as he spoke. "Next, it is impossible to take a train from New York all the way to London, and that is why they took a plane instead, and thirdly all of the men you've listed in your story do not exist."
"Who says they are! Hogwarts is hidden by some kind of magic spell so muggles don't find it, Detectives do exist, and time travel is possible! You've proven it before!" Paul shrieked, causing Peabody to hold the phone at a distance and sigh heavily yet again as he slipped in two quick sentences before promptly hanging up the phone.
"Go to bed, Paul. I do believe you are drunk."