HP-Hogwarts
Story So Far
Transcript
Two
Inside
the Bookshop
The bookshop was quite empty as Elizabeth entered
except for the bookstore owner, who glanced at her and kindly
beckoned her in. It was just wonderful crammed with magical
books both old and new. It was also filled with comfy armchairs
where one could curl up. The owner kindly offered to make her
a hot drink, while she browsed.
She thanked him and settled in for a very pleasant
stay. "Oh! Thank-you kind sir," she grinned at Marvo with obvious
humour in her voice. Kat entered the shop and looked around.
The bookshop was bigger inside than it looked from the outside.
There were labels for the different sections. History, sport,
fiction, muggle books, 'Ummm. Do I look for that book, or shall
I go help Marvo find Elizabeth,' she thought.
She decided and turned to Marvo "So, where do
you think we'll find her? In the fiction section?"
'If I know 'Busy Lizzy' she'll probably be looking
for a book on dream work'. After a very quick look around they
find Elizabeth sitting crossed legged in an aisle surrounded
by piles of books.
Marvo walks up beside her, but she is so engrossed
in a book she doesn't even notice them. 'ahem!' Elizabeth isn't
at all startled, just turns the page and looks up. Marvo crosses
his arms and smiles '....well?' he asks.
Elizabeth smiles and says: "Oh, hi, Marvo, hi,
Kat - isn't this bookshop wonderful? I mean the library is great
but these can be kept and there are some quite advanced titles."
Marvo continues to stare at her, his question
unanswered. After a few seconds awkward silence she responds
"Well, what....?"
In another aisle: Madison and Yvette were still
looking through books:
Madison nodded, suddenly distracted. She had noticed
a book entitled Mind Control Spells...Is It Possible? She grabbed
the book and frantically flipped through it, hoping to find
something, anything, that might help her.
Yvette tucked the book she was looking at under
her arm and sneezed. "Looking for something?" she asked Madison
"Yeah," Madison answered distractedly. "Maybe
something about...um, mind control spells. How to take over
someone's mind while they're sleeping....or something like that."
Yvette was looking through the aisle again when
she spotted a big book with black binding. Noting that Madison
was deep in thought, she took it out and opened it, occasionally
glancing over to make sure she wasn't watching. The letters
were so dark they almost leaped out of the paper, and Yvette
felt herself pulled towards it, almost like it was a cyclone.
She HAD to buy it without anyone seeing...
"I'll be right back." She told Madison, then bought
it with her other book, getting a lot of funny looks from the
shopowner. He gave her a bag and she put it in, then wandered
back to Madison, holding the bag tightly.
Madison glanced up at Yvette, who was clutching
her bag. "Sorry, I didn't mean to keep you waiting..." She took
the book she was reading, and another book she found, and set
them on the counter. "Ready to go?" she asked, after paying
for them. She noticed Yvette still clutching her bag tightly.
"I'm not gonna steal it," she joked.
Yvette nodded guiltily. "I know..." She absently
popped a Berti Bott's Bean in her mouth. "Bleah! Mustard flavoured!"
"Hey, I haven't been to Honeyduke's yet!" Madison
realised. "I need to stock up on some sweets." She stuffed her
change in her pocket as they left the bookstore, and noticed
how heavy Yvette's bag seemed. "Whoa, how many books did you
get?"
Again, Yvette looked almost nervous. "Two. One
was kind of big, though."
Madison glanced at her curiously. "You bought
that Divination book? Cool. What's the other one? Another Divination
book?" She paused to get a better grip on her bag of books.
Yvette coughed. "Erm...you could-uhh...say that."
Madison paused and gave her a small smile. "Mm-hmm.
Okay, spill. Is something going on?"
"What? No! Of course not! Nothing! Nothing at
all!" Yvette looked more guilty than ever.
Madison nodded and smiled at her. "Mm-hmm. Not
very convincing." Then she turned serious. "Look, you can trust
me. And if something's wrong, I can try to help. So what is
it?"
Yvette cleared her throat. "Well...I...can't tell
you here. I'll tell you when we get back to Hogwarts."
Winifred Fanel, silently left the group of Slytherins
and makes her way to the bookstore. As she pulls open the door,
she notices that Marvo, Elizabeth, and some other students are
in there as well. She eyes them cautiously and heads over to
the back corner of the store. Scanning the titles, she pulls
one off the shelf. "Gemstones and their Uses: A Comprehensive
Guide," mutters Winifred as she reads the title. She quickly
glances at the table of contents and flips to the section marked
"Emeralds" and begins reading.
Marvo and Kat await an explanation from Elizabeth:
Marvo looks at Elizabeth. 'Well who WAS that man?
and what did he want with you! Come on Lizzy! Spill the beans'
Kat watches this lack of exchange. "And why was
Snape so pleasant to him. That is so unlike Snape. How could
anyone do that to him? I know you might not want to tell us
about it, but it might help to talk, and we might be able to
help you in other ways, like with that Lagrand family." Kat
smiles encouragingly at Elizabeth, and waits for her to answer.
Looking at Kat and Marvo's expectant faces, she
put aside any sense of embarrassment over the day's events she
might feel:
"His name is Marcus Falconer. He is now working
with my father in his new position. He came here to deliver
a gift from my father and to give me some training in its use."
Their faces were still full of questions, mainly
Elizabeth felt as to what the gift was....she sighed knowing
that it would be prudent not to arouse too much curiosity:
"Not exactly an 'it'. He brought me a falcon.
It's a Hawkwood family tradition to use falcons as messengers
though he's not going to be my 'pet' as such. I'll still have
Cally for that, when she grows up." Elizabeth's pet Cally was
still very much at the cute kitten stage rather than being a
familiar. "OK?"
"Wow," says Kat. "At least you're not in any trouble.
What have you done with him? Can I see him. I really love animals
and birds. It is a he? I guess he'd be good for watching over
you with that wonderful vision that Falcons have. I guess you're
parents don't think the school owls are secure enough. I don't
blame them, there are far too many strange things going on."
Kat wonders whether this will prompt Elizabeth
to say any more because she is sure that something is not being
said. She doesn't want to push too much though. Hopefully Elizabeth
will say more in time.
Marvo looks slightly perturbed. 'So he'll be hanging
around for a while will he? I just hope he doesn't get in the
way'
He turns to Kat and whispers 'I bet Morticia will
be jealous'
He looks to Elizabeth wanting more information
but can see from the way she is concentration on the page in
front of her that she isn't willing to tell any more. He decides
to move to another aisle so perhaps Kat may have more luck 'girl
to girl'.
He moves around the bookshop and picks up a book
'Dark Arts - The real truth' and quickly flicks through the
pages. his left eye fluttering as he dose so.
Then he sees Morticia and quickly puts the book
back and goes 'hide' in another aisle, not sure what to make
of their previous 'conversation' yet.
Kat watches Marvo skulk away from them, and also
wonders if she can persuade Elizabeth to talk now that he has
gone. She looks at Elizabeth. "You know I never did ask you,
but I know you don't like being called Lizzy and some people
call you Nimue, what do you prefer?"
As for my name - Marvo tortures me with Lizzie
because he knows how I hate it. I do prefer Nimue that's what
I am called at home. Elizabeth was only used when we were around
muggles but I started to feel self-conscious about my name when
I was on the train and thought it might be best to use Elizabeth
because, well there aren't so many 'associations' with that
name and I wanted to fit in, not be seen as anyone who was odd
because of a name."
She paused more serious for a moment: "Some names
carry a burden you know."
Kat didn't look surprised by that. "Marvo seems
to torture everyone. If I didn't know any better I'd think that
he only ever cared about himself. He does seem to care about
some people though." Kat looked meaningfully at Elizabeth. "If
you prefer Nimue then that is what I will call you." Kat wondered
what was meaningful about the name, but decided that she didn't
want to push about something that was obviously uncomfortable.
Kat grins self consciously about having to ask
a question like that. "Anyway, what is that book you're looking
at? I love books too. There are so many here." She scans the
shelves around her as she talks, picks a book about "Animal
charms for experts" and settles down in a chair to flick through
the book while she talks.
Elizabeth seems somewhat relieved that Marvo has
moved away. His instinct was right she was more willing to open
up to Kat.
"Oh, I've only met Marcus. He had some other business
so he just filled me in on things and we'll start working with
the bird tomorrow. As to why yes, I think my father is very
security conscious these days for all sorts of reasons.
"So, Marcus will be around for a while?" Kat grinned.
"I think that will upset Marvo he seems to want your undivided
attention. "So is Marcus the bird trainer then? I guess you'll
be busy for a while with him. Not much time for reading books."
"Only for a day or so as long as I can pick things
up quickly. He's not exactly a trainer - I'm not sure what I'd
call him?.. . I don't think Marvo
will be bothered - he just wants to know what's going on all
the time, that's all."
Kat wonders why Nimue goes quiet when she thinks
about Marcus. There was something about him, and Kat didn't
know what. She let it drop.
Kat leaned over and whispered to Nimue. "I think
your father is very sensible. I've been trying to find out what
is going on at the moment, because you can tell that something
really bad is in the air when teachers, or the MoM won't tell
you anything. This has got to be really bad. What I've seen
in the forest confirms that. I just wish I had some idea of
what was going on as it scares me." Kat pondered the things
that she knew are going on for a few minutes.
"Our safety is of concern to everyone" said Nimue
somewhat defensively, " and I think the teachers want all the
students to feel that we can get on with out studies. Even the
MoM is probably just trying to protect us. As for what's going
on - all of us seem to be getting drawn into it. Some maybe
more than others."
"Anyway, Nimue, how do you know Marvo?"
Our families lived close together when we were
children. Our mothers were very good friends, so we played together.
It made it easier if we did any magic by accident."
Nimue then switches her attention to the book
Kat is flicking through: "That looks interesting. Are you going
to get it? There are so many great books here that I feel spoilt
for choice. We maybe should consider finishing up. I expect
time is moving on and we'll be going back to the castle before
long."
"I don't know about the book. There is one I want
though. I love reading muggle books. There quite strange, but
also fascinating at the same time. I've seen the fiction book
I want. I'll pick it up after I've had a browse. How about you?"
"I have a few already selected but I think I will
browse a little more." Replied Nimue
"You're probably right." Kat sighs. "Well I'm
going to dig around in the muggle fiction section. It fascinates
me so. I might catch you later. Have fun browsing, and good
luck for tomorrow."
Kat wandered off with a look of resignation. Nimue
was quite difficult to get to talk and she had to go and find
that book she wanted. She still had not been to the sweet shop
either.
In another part of the bookshop:…..
As Morticia entered the bookshop with Ceridwyn
the owner greeted her. "Oh, you again. So, have you thought
about it?" Morticia smiles. "Oh, uhm... yes. I mean.. I have,
but I don't know, it IS really expensive..." "Well, it's antique,"
the bookseller smiles. "Too bad they're out of print. But you'll
have a hard time finding another copy, so..." Morticia sighs.
"Alright, I'll take it." She searches her pockets, looks around
quickly to make sure nobody's watching (she doesn't see Marvo
in his hiding-place) and shoves an incredible amount of money
on the counter. The bookseller quickly puts it away and hands
her a huge book bound in black leather with glowing letters.
Morticia hastily puts it into the bag with books she's already
carrying so Marvo can't read the title. "Thanks," she says.
"I'm sure you won't regret it, Miss. It's the best of its kind."
When they enter the bookshop Ceridwyn quickly
goes off without Morticia. After several minutes she returns
with a strange antique-looking snow globe. "Found it." She says
smiling to Morticia. Morticia stares at the globe quizzically.
Ceridwyn, noticing this decides to respond by saying, "This
is something I've been looking for for a long time. When we
get back to Hogwarts, I'll tell you all about it." Ceridwyn
rushes to the counter, pays the three galleons for the snow
globe, and quickly puts it carefully in her sack. There is a
now obvious grin on Ceridwyn's face, which doesn't seem to be
going away.
Marvo watches from between the books on a shelf,
careful not to be seen as Ceridwyn paying for the snow globe.
Then he turns away in deep thought.
Ceridwyn, seeing the book Morticia has just purchased,
is immensely deep in thought. She is quickly interrupted when
she spots Marvo hiding in another aisle. "Morticia, wonder if
he saw the book? That doesn't really matter... I'm much more
concerned about anyone finding out what I've bought. However,
I think that the only two who would possibly have any idea about
it... don't. I really need to talk to you and Egreen when we
get to Hogwarts, only in the common room though. This is too
sensitive for ANY prying eyes/ears. And we know how they can
turn up." Ceridwyn looks in Marvo's direction as she says this.
"It doesn't really matter if he's seen the book.
It's nothing bad or forbidden, I just don't want to brag with
the money, that's all. But you MUST tell me about the globe
later in the common room!"
Kat had noticed first Morticia and Yvette buying
black books and trying to hide the fact. She raised her eyebrows.
"What do you supposed they are up to?" she asked Nimue.
"To be honest I'm not really sure. I doubt the
shopkeeper would sell anything dangerous to anyone our age and
black covers ...well, it's kind of expected for their house
isn't it? I bet all their night-clothes are black."
Andy, a third year Gryffindor, walked down the
paved sidewalk in Hogsmeade thinking to himself. Maybe he did
have the power. Maybe it was hidden inside him all these years.
Maybe he could obtain it like his father had. His fathers name
was Lucifer. Lucifer Warden was one of the many apprentices
to Lord Voldemort. He was caught by dementors and taken to Azkaban
where he later died of paroxysm. Andy looked up to the sky where
his owl, Skeith, was watching over him. He calmly walked into
the bookshop where he hoped to solve his problem.
Peesey comes into the bookshop, spots Winifred
and says: "Hey, what ya reading?"
Winifred, who was engrossed in her reading, looks
up, startled. "Oh, hi Peesey. I didn't notice you standing there.
I'm just looking up some stuff on emeralds. I found out some
interesting facts." Winifred looks around. "I can't talk about
it here though. I wouldn't want anyone to hear."
Illessa stares around her in delight as she enters
the bookshop and wishes she had longer to stay here, a few months
would do it. Her smile fades as she sees the Slytherins filling
the shop 'seems like this is a very ambitious year' she mutters,
until she finally spots Kat, one of the few people whom she
saw coming out of the Ravenclaw common room when she was shown
the way by the house prefect. Happy to have found someone, Illessa
settles down to read 'Riding the winds: Advanced air magic'
until a sufficient break in the conversation came between Kat
and the Gryffindor girl so she could introduce herself
As Kat was wandering towards the muggle section
she spots Illessa. "So you're a book fanatic too? It seems to
be a common trait in our house." Kat grinned. "What sort of
books do you like?"
"You could say that" Illessa smiled back, "I'll
read anything I can get my hands on, but I really love Muggle
fantasy, they can have such funny ideas about magic!" "It's
really good to finally be here, my dad's a conspiracy theorist
extrordinaire he's been too paranoid about the escaped Dementors
every since he heard about them from a friend who works at the
Ministry to let me out of the house, it's taken this long to
convince him that I'll survive the trip to Hogwarts! Parents
can be so silly sometimes, I hope I haven't missed any important
lessons?"
"I wouldn't have said so. The most important lessons
come later in the year. Are you coming back to Hogwarts? I'm
just going to buy these books and then head back. Are you coming?"
Marvo starts to walk towards Elizabeth and Kat
then suddenly stops dead in his tracks!
He stares at a bookshelf and reaches for a book
with a deep purple cover. He picks it up and quickly hides it
behind another book.
He straightens his robes (Picard manoeuvre LOL)
and carries on to stand by Elizabeth/Nimue
Kat had watched Marvo move in on Nimue as she
starts to edge off and talk to the Illessa.
"You back to torment her are you? Why can't you
leave Nimue alone? If she wanted to talk to you she would."
Kat frowns, then calms her tone a little. She bustled into the
group Marvo is stood with, linked her arm quite firmly through
his and pulled him away. She said loudly "You know if you wanted
to get more into reading, you don't have to choose such heavy
stuff. You can find better things to read in the fiction sections."
As she gets further away from the other students
Kat drops her voice to almost a whisper. "You know Marvo, you
really shouldn't push Nimue so. She doesn't appreciate it. I
didn't get much more out of her before you ask, she's a very
close person. Did you know that she believes that all you are
after is information, not a friendship. Maybe you ought to start
treating her better, unless you want to spend all your time
chatting up Slytherins. She's noticed that too."
Kat finished with an expectant look on her face.
She did wonder why she was doing this, after all Marvo was a
nice guy and obviously cared about people. She liked him. It
was just exasperating watching him always ribbing people about
things instead of being nice to them occasionally.
Marvo looks totally shocked, speechless and slowly
going redder as Kat speaks to him. 'I.. I don't... I didn't...
I.. I. never....'
After a moment flustering he takes a deep breath
and sighs. 'Do I really seem like that? I mean, I do TRY to
be nice, but people just, well, just seem to not understand
me I really just want to be liked, to Be part of peoples live,
to be..... normal....'
He stops talking and looks up to the ceiling,
you can just see his right eye is watering slightly.
'I... I haven't had much experience of making
friends' He says, more to himself than Kat Then he looks down
and smiles. 'Chatting up 'Slytherings'? ME! what on earth gave
you that idea!' He says with a smile.
"Why would you think that you weren't normal?
And you have made friends, it's even occasionally obvious you
care about people. It's just that the people you seem to like
the most are the ones you tease the most, and they get upset
or frustrated with it. Then when you do show you care they are
so confused..."
Kat tried to look sympathetic. Then she grinned.
"And yes, those Slytherins. Like Morticia for example. She does
try to be kind to everyone, but has to keep up traditions. You
spend so much time arguing with her that you obviously like
her..."
"Anyway, I count you as a friend. Just try to
show an interest in people and their feelings occasionally.
Why would you think you weren't good at making friends? Didn't
you get many before you came here?"
Ceridwyn, seeing Kat pull Marvo away from Nimue,
overhears Marvo's comment about "chatting with Slytherins",
and takes the opportunity to go over to Marvo and ask, "So that
means you can't talk to me? I kind of found you interesting,
I mean, I know you're a Gryffindor..." Ceridwyn is trying to
hide the fact that she is blushing. "I think it would be good,
especially this year with the current circumstances, if we could
traverse the lines built up between houses." Ceridwyn looks
away, semi-selfconcious, and realising what she's just said
to a Gryffindor, in front of a Ravenclaw!
Marvo goes very, very red and just stands there
smiling weakly.
Ceridwyn softly replies to Marvo, "So, are you
going to answer me? Can you talk to me, or do you just not want
to? Look, I didn't mean to come off so strong. I was simply
trying to state the immense interest I have in sharing knowledge,
with everyone. And I think that you are intelligent, and interesting."
Ceridwyn smiles slightly. She is still blushing slightly, but
is waiting for Marvo's response.
Marvo still red, smiles. 'I.. of course we can
talk. and I agree we should forget about the 'house' stiff.
and I.. I think your... nice... too...'
Kat just gives Ceridwyn one of THOSE looks. "Really
dear, I wouldn't go telling just anyone that. You do know you
have to queue up behind Morticia and Elizabeth don't you? Well
never mind dear, I'm sure he's interested to know." Kat chuckles
down inside while Marvo goes even redder.
She turns to Marvo and whispers, "See, popular
I think is the term I'd use. Especially with the girls." Kat
give him what she hopes is a meaningful look.
Marvo goes so red he looks like he may burst into
flames
Ceridwyn, seeing Kat's giggles and looks, and
interpreting them as snobbish, decides that she will comment.
She smiles amusedly and says, "Kat, I don't LIKE Marvo, but
I do find him intellectually interesting, which is what I thought
about you, but... I've come to realise that was a misassumption.
I've already eyed someone else, and he's not quite as "popular"
as Marvo. But thank you for your unrequested opinion."
Ceridwyn looks at Morticia who has come to join
them and says, "I thought Ravenclaw was supposed to be known
for its intelligent students... I guess standards can't always
be upheld", She says coldly, and glances at Kat.
Joss walks into the bookstore. She has been...elsewhere.
Just walking mainly. She seems to want some alone time lately.
And after leaving the Three Broomsticks she felt the need for
one of those times. But now she wanted her books. Her favourite
hobby being reading. well after flying. So here she was. She
looked around the store was very busy it seemed. She began to
browse through her favourite sections; she found some very...
interesting books. Some muggle fictions, some interesting dream
book (none of these she bought though), and an extremely interesting
The symbolic and the magical. a book of symbols, old incantations,
and oldest of ancient magical rings, crowns, necklaces, amulets,
stones...etc. It was like an encyclopædia of all the things
she loved to explore. She almost ran to the cashier to buy it.
Feeling it safely in her bag bought and paid for. She looked
around. Spotting Cer, Marvo, Kat, and Nimue a little from them,
in a corner of the store she walked towards them. What happens
when she is about close enough to hear, is not what she would
have liked to hear.
Morticia joins Ceridwyn. "You know, I agree. I
think we need to work together to figure out what's going on
here." She smiles at Marvo.
"So Long as we are talking about working things
out together, fine.' Said Kat, "Just don't crowd the poor boy
with all this blushing, fluttering eyelids and going red business.
I agree that to work out what has been going on around here
we need to talk to each other. And you Marvo need to ignore
all these people blushing at you..."
Kat grinned at them. Hoping that she had put them
right on some scores...
Morticia frowns and hisses in a very snake-like
way: "I don't BLUSH or FLUTTER EYELIDS when talking to Marvo!
Gosh, why do you have to be so silly? Something very important
is going on in Hogwarts, I try to settle my differences with
Marvo and have a purely business-like relationship, And you...
you... oh, I can't WORK with these people!" She rushes out of
the shop.
Morticia decides she's done in Hogsmeade and heads
straight back to Hogwarts, still angry. "You guys coming too?"
she asks when she meets some other Slytherins.
Andy stands at some distance and watches in awe.
He didn't know what had been going on between Marvo and the
Slytherins, but he had a feeling he was about to find out. Andy
looked at Ceridwyn and had a strange feeling that she had no
idea who he was. So he thought that he would just pretend to
look at books because, after all, it wasn't really his business.
Andy continued to look at all the different books
on the shelf. Seeing an opportunity he walks over to Marvo and
the others. "Hey, guys," he said. "What's up?"
Marvo looks shocked for a moment. He had not seen
Andy there. 'Oh! Hi Andy. sorry no, I was just going to see
if the girls had finished there browsing.' HE smiles 'I bet
it took them WEEKS to pick their robes '
Andy looks over at Elizabeth. "Oh...right, I know.
Don't you like her?," Andy whispers.
Marvo blushes slightly '....not like her....Why
do you say that? She okay.... for a girl.'
*Ouch* Marvo walks straight into a darkly tanned
swarthy but lightly messy looking boy in his mid teens. The
boy seems to be on another planet. "Oh, so sorry, really sorry,
didn't mean to, I mean, look ermmm."
The boy looks rather embarrassed and slightly
scared despite the fact he seems at least afoot taller than
Marvo, and is much better built.
"Hey," says Andy who is standing next to Marvo.
Andy, a little bit shorter than him, but not by much, asks blankly,
"Who are you?"
"My name is Achel", says the well-built scruffy
looking lad. "I have just come back from a Hogwarts trip to
the Amazon, to study rare magical plants, sorry if I'm in your
way. The trip was over the summer, but we were quarantined when
we came back to the UK, but, well I'm not supposed to talk about
why .. but don't be worried I'm okay now."
Achel smiles weakly as if he is not entirely
convinced.
"I'm in Hufflepuff, and Prof. Sprout says that
I have a promising future ahead of me in herbology and the care
of plants, plants seem to like me and do what I say ...
a bit like being a parsel tongue I suppose"
Achel looks around nervously, not that I know
any parsel tongues myself.
' Really? do you know anything about the ban of
Greenhouse 6?' enquired Marvo.
Looking out of the window in Honeydukes or the
bookshops, people can see Mr Lagrand, Ambassador for the French
Ministry of Magic and Morticia's father talking with Snape.
They both laugh a lot and seem to have an awfully good time!
Andy looks out the window of the bookstore and
sees Mr. Lagrand. "Hey, Marvo," said Andy. "Isn't that Morticia
Lagrand's dad? They look a lot alike."
'Yes. I do believe it is. And he seems to be getting
on well with Snape too! Look! their Laughing! I didn't know
they could do that '
Andy smiles, Hey, Marvo, what time do we have
to leave Hogsmeade? I wanted to go get a butterbeer."
I think we have plenty of time, er, Andy is it?
that's a muggle name isn't it? short for... let me see... Andrew?
Well I've had a couple of Butterbeers already, but another one
wouldn't go a miss, but I also need to grab some sweets too'
I think we have plenty of time, er, Andy is it?
that's a muggle name isn't it? short for... let me see... Andrew?
Well I've had a couple of Butterbeers already, but another one
wouldn't go a miss, but I also need to grab some sweets too'
"Yea, my name...Hi Kat. What's up?"
Andy knew Kat was his friend, but he couldn't
help being strangely attracted to her. Andy was very attractive
so he found it difficult to know which girls were really his
"friends".
Hi Andy. I hate to do this to you, but I need
to take Marvo to one side and have a few words. I'll catch up
with you later, maybe over that butterbeer....
Marvo, now feeling like he is surrounded rubs
his right eye. Thank you, both of you. lets get back to Hogwarts
and see what we can find out'
He straightened his robe once more and gesturing
towards the door, only glances back one to look at Andy and
his eyes flick to the area he hid the book.
Kat disappears with Marvo looking a little confused...
Andy sees Marvo glance at the book at look back
at him. Something was happening with that book, but Andy didn't
know what. He waited until everyone left, grabbed the book,
and walked out of the bookshop.
Nimue feels quite grateful that Kat drew her out
even though she remains fairly reserved like a lot of shy people.
She gathers her books (more now than just a few) and totters
to the proprietor's desk with them.
The proprietor seemed quite happy with the amount
of books she was purchasing and presented her with a book that
she signed and said: "I'll have those delivered to the castle
later today Miss Hawkwood." "Thank you" and left with the others
to head back to Hogwarts.