Title: Exchange at Hogwarts. (2/?)
Author: Ronnie Watts.
Email: [email protected]
Catagory: Action/Adventure.
Keywords: Exchange, Australia, USA, Canada
Rating: 15+
Spoilers: All
Summary: Five students from three countries are offered places at Hogwarts. Have you ever wondered what the wizards from outside of Europe are like? Are there Dark Wizzards in America? Is the notion of "mudbloods" a world wide idea? Do Canadian Wizzards say "eh" alot? And do Australian wizzards wear accubras (large hats) and singlets to potions? Some of the questions are yes, some of them are no. Find out which in this story.
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Chapter 2: The Meeting.
Most people had no idea 1596 George Street existed and when walking past; had no idea there was a 150 floor office building next to them. On the 51st floor five people sat outside the office of Jason Bowman. He was the Australian Co-ordinator of the Exchange Program. An elderly woman and middle aged woman sat with a middle aged man and a young girl on one side of the room, while a young boy sat on the other side alone.
The door to the office opened and a cheery faced man emerged, announcing, "What luck, both of you here on the same day. Come in, come in," Jason began. When everyone was seated in the office, he continued, "Term begins in two weeks. We can today and spend the last of the holidays in London, if you are both agreed," he asked them.
"I'd like to go now... I don't have anywhere to stay in Sydney if I didn't go. I didn't exactly tell anyone where I was going and if I turned up there again, they would lock me up there and I'd never get out," Kahless explained, blushing a little, as all eyes were on him.
"No worries. We'll also have a foster family waiting when you come back. One from the magical community, so you can do your homework and everything," Jason explained warmly.
"Umm," Sarah said.
"Yes, Sarah?" Jason asked her.
"Where will we be staying?" Sarah inquired.
"There is a place in London called Diagon Alley, a wizarding neighborhood." "There is an inn called the Leaky Cauldron where you will be staying there," he saw the worried look on Sarah's Father's face and continued, "Don't let the name fool you. The accommodations are as good or sometimes better than what you get at some first class hotels around the world. They will be well cared for there."
"You said that they will be staying at this place, won't you be staying with them?" Sarah's mum asked.
"No, I have a lot of work to do. Hogwarts will be sending one of their teachers to look after them and you will like Hagrid much more than me," he directed at Sarah and Kahless.
"I'd like to go now then. Is that OK, Mum?" Sarah looked at her Grandmother hopefully.
"Better to go now and meet the other kids than go later and have no one to talk to," her father told her, looking nervous.
Now that all of that was settled Kahless asked an important question, "Are we going by plane or... Brooms?"
He looked a little upset when Jason laughed, "No, we have recently made a world wide network of portkeys, normal items that has been enchanted to transport you somewhere else when touched. We'll go from Sydney to London in a matter of seconds," beamed Jason.
Kahless muttered "Beam me up, Scotty," but the only person who heard him was Sarah, who giggled.
"Well, off we go," Jason said and ushered them to the Portkey Storage Room on the 80th floor. He walked to the attendant and said, "London please Jerry."
"Sure thing, Mr. Bowman. Accio kettle," said the man, who seemed to be named Jerry. He handed it to Jason when it flew into his hands.
"Thanks Jerry," Jason told him and walked back to the others, "Let's get going then," he smiled at everyone.
Sarah hugged her parents and Grandmother "I'll miss you and I'll write all the time," she said to her crying mother then walked over to where the others stood.
"All you need to do is touch it. One finger will do, see you there."
After a moment of disorientation, they found themselves in an almost identical room as the one before, only instead of Sarah's parents there were three other children and a man who looked a lot like Jason.
"James!" yelled Jason.
"Hello Jase," said the person referred to as James.
"Luck and more luck," said Jason, who then asked the attendant for the portkey to the Leaky Cauldron
"Already have it, Jase," James told him, holding up an old boot.
"Ahh, good. Off we go then," said Jason, holding out the portkey. Everyone touched it, and they were taken to a pub.
"This is where we're staying?" asked Phillip, sounding revolted, but Jason and James ignored his revoltion and said "Yep" at the same time.
"Ah, here's Tom. Tom? TOM! Five rooms please and Hagrid's usual for when he arrives. Can you look after these guys as well? We both need to get back to work, I think," James requested.
"Sure thing," said Tom and came over to join them.
"These are Jenna, Freya, Sarah, Phillip and Kahless. This is Tom, he owns this place and will look after you until Hagrid arrives." Jason introduced, "Now James and I have to go send an owl to Dumbledore and Hagrid. See you guys later!" he said, and both of them left.
Tom sat them down at a table and went off to get some drinks and food for them all. Phillip started muttering to himself, "Filthy bars! Mudbloods! Two weeks of this! Fuck!" he yelled but only those at the table heard him.
"Oh shut up, Phillip," Jenna said.
"Don't tell me to shut up! And why are you defending these Mudbloods? You of all people don't need to!" he yelled again.
"Because I'm not a small minded jackass like you. Now shut the hell up before I hit you with something." Jenna and Freya were watching what was happening, but Kahless, knowing he was being insulted, wasn't looking very happy.
"And what would a Mudblood be?" he asked, trying to keep his voice level.
Phillip smirked and said, "You are.... Mate," looking happy at his little joke and not noticing that Kahless was standing up. Jenna tried to diffuse the situation by explaining about Mudbloods and that only small minded idiots used the term. This shut Phillip up.
"He calls me it again and the only thing that will be filthy is the way smash his face in," said Kahless, smiling.
"Is that right? Kahless is it?" Phillip stood up and continued, "Let's see what you've got... Mudblood."
Then in a blur, Kahless clipped Phillip in the jaw, and then hit him between the legs with his knee. As Phillip hit the ground, Kahless said to him, "Told you I fight dirty," and walked to the other side of the room as everyone in the room stared at him.
After a few minutes, Tom took Phillip upstairs and the girls came over to where Kahless was sitting.
"That was really fast! How'd you do that?" asked Jenna while Sarah said, "You'll get in trouble for that... It was a stupid idea to hit him." Freya grinned, "That's really gotta hurt! Glad I'm not him," but Kahless just shrugged them off and went up to his room to sleep.
Authors note: Thanks to Anna for beta reading for me! Hope you like this FF. I am current;y doing Year 10 at school, so I may not be able to update this as often as i would like. But I'll try! You can talk to me on AIM with the name Kahlesskaj or ICQ with the number 8622061. Thanks for reading!
Author: Ronnie Watts.
Email: [email protected]
Catagory: Action/Adventure.
Keywords: Exchange, Australia, USA, Canada
Rating: 15+
Spoilers: All
Summary: Five students from three countries are offered places at Hogwarts. Have you ever wondered what the wizards from outside of Europe are like? Are there Dark Wizzards in America? Is the notion of "mudbloods" a world wide idea? Do Canadian Wizzards say "eh" alot? And do Australian wizzards wear accubras (large hats) and singlets to potions? Some of the questions are yes, some of them are no. Find out which in this story.
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Chapter 2: The Meeting.
Most people had no idea 1596 George Street existed and when walking past; had no idea there was a 150 floor office building next to them. On the 51st floor five people sat outside the office of Jason Bowman. He was the Australian Co-ordinator of the Exchange Program. An elderly woman and middle aged woman sat with a middle aged man and a young girl on one side of the room, while a young boy sat on the other side alone.
The door to the office opened and a cheery faced man emerged, announcing, "What luck, both of you here on the same day. Come in, come in," Jason began. When everyone was seated in the office, he continued, "Term begins in two weeks. We can today and spend the last of the holidays in London, if you are both agreed," he asked them.
"I'd like to go now... I don't have anywhere to stay in Sydney if I didn't go. I didn't exactly tell anyone where I was going and if I turned up there again, they would lock me up there and I'd never get out," Kahless explained, blushing a little, as all eyes were on him.
"No worries. We'll also have a foster family waiting when you come back. One from the magical community, so you can do your homework and everything," Jason explained warmly.
"Umm," Sarah said.
"Yes, Sarah?" Jason asked her.
"Where will we be staying?" Sarah inquired.
"There is a place in London called Diagon Alley, a wizarding neighborhood." "There is an inn called the Leaky Cauldron where you will be staying there," he saw the worried look on Sarah's Father's face and continued, "Don't let the name fool you. The accommodations are as good or sometimes better than what you get at some first class hotels around the world. They will be well cared for there."
"You said that they will be staying at this place, won't you be staying with them?" Sarah's mum asked.
"No, I have a lot of work to do. Hogwarts will be sending one of their teachers to look after them and you will like Hagrid much more than me," he directed at Sarah and Kahless.
"I'd like to go now then. Is that OK, Mum?" Sarah looked at her Grandmother hopefully.
"Better to go now and meet the other kids than go later and have no one to talk to," her father told her, looking nervous.
Now that all of that was settled Kahless asked an important question, "Are we going by plane or... Brooms?"
He looked a little upset when Jason laughed, "No, we have recently made a world wide network of portkeys, normal items that has been enchanted to transport you somewhere else when touched. We'll go from Sydney to London in a matter of seconds," beamed Jason.
Kahless muttered "Beam me up, Scotty," but the only person who heard him was Sarah, who giggled.
"Well, off we go," Jason said and ushered them to the Portkey Storage Room on the 80th floor. He walked to the attendant and said, "London please Jerry."
"Sure thing, Mr. Bowman. Accio kettle," said the man, who seemed to be named Jerry. He handed it to Jason when it flew into his hands.
"Thanks Jerry," Jason told him and walked back to the others, "Let's get going then," he smiled at everyone.
Sarah hugged her parents and Grandmother "I'll miss you and I'll write all the time," she said to her crying mother then walked over to where the others stood.
"All you need to do is touch it. One finger will do, see you there."
After a moment of disorientation, they found themselves in an almost identical room as the one before, only instead of Sarah's parents there were three other children and a man who looked a lot like Jason.
"James!" yelled Jason.
"Hello Jase," said the person referred to as James.
"Luck and more luck," said Jason, who then asked the attendant for the portkey to the Leaky Cauldron
"Already have it, Jase," James told him, holding up an old boot.
"Ahh, good. Off we go then," said Jason, holding out the portkey. Everyone touched it, and they were taken to a pub.
"This is where we're staying?" asked Phillip, sounding revolted, but Jason and James ignored his revoltion and said "Yep" at the same time.
"Ah, here's Tom. Tom? TOM! Five rooms please and Hagrid's usual for when he arrives. Can you look after these guys as well? We both need to get back to work, I think," James requested.
"Sure thing," said Tom and came over to join them.
"These are Jenna, Freya, Sarah, Phillip and Kahless. This is Tom, he owns this place and will look after you until Hagrid arrives." Jason introduced, "Now James and I have to go send an owl to Dumbledore and Hagrid. See you guys later!" he said, and both of them left.
Tom sat them down at a table and went off to get some drinks and food for them all. Phillip started muttering to himself, "Filthy bars! Mudbloods! Two weeks of this! Fuck!" he yelled but only those at the table heard him.
"Oh shut up, Phillip," Jenna said.
"Don't tell me to shut up! And why are you defending these Mudbloods? You of all people don't need to!" he yelled again.
"Because I'm not a small minded jackass like you. Now shut the hell up before I hit you with something." Jenna and Freya were watching what was happening, but Kahless, knowing he was being insulted, wasn't looking very happy.
"And what would a Mudblood be?" he asked, trying to keep his voice level.
Phillip smirked and said, "You are.... Mate," looking happy at his little joke and not noticing that Kahless was standing up. Jenna tried to diffuse the situation by explaining about Mudbloods and that only small minded idiots used the term. This shut Phillip up.
"He calls me it again and the only thing that will be filthy is the way smash his face in," said Kahless, smiling.
"Is that right? Kahless is it?" Phillip stood up and continued, "Let's see what you've got... Mudblood."
Then in a blur, Kahless clipped Phillip in the jaw, and then hit him between the legs with his knee. As Phillip hit the ground, Kahless said to him, "Told you I fight dirty," and walked to the other side of the room as everyone in the room stared at him.
After a few minutes, Tom took Phillip upstairs and the girls came over to where Kahless was sitting.
"That was really fast! How'd you do that?" asked Jenna while Sarah said, "You'll get in trouble for that... It was a stupid idea to hit him." Freya grinned, "That's really gotta hurt! Glad I'm not him," but Kahless just shrugged them off and went up to his room to sleep.
Authors note: Thanks to Anna for beta reading for me! Hope you like this FF. I am current;y doing Year 10 at school, so I may not be able to update this as often as i would like. But I'll try! You can talk to me on AIM with the name Kahlesskaj or ICQ with the number 8622061. Thanks for reading!