[Hogwarts Between] Wondering Around the Ministry of Magic (Heath)

[Brandon Klutzke]

On Nov 20, 2007 5:05 PM, Karen Klutzke <kklutzke at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 14, 2007 7:26 PM, Brandon Klutzke <cinrus at gmail.com> wrote:
> >  "Oh yes!" she answered brightly. "That is how Master and I came here."
> > >
> > > "Berry?" a man's deep, sonorous voice called from around the corner.
> > >
> > > "Oh! Master is calling! Come with me, and I will ask to guide you back
> > > to the lobby with the fireplaces that smells of floo powder and
> > > shoes!" Berry, for that was apparently her name, tugged on Heath's
> > > pant leg.
> >
> > "Uh, ok." said Heath, letting the... Berry, pull him toward her
> > master, who or what ever that was. Potential help was better than
> > none, right?
>
> The small creature took Heath's hand and fairly dragged him toward the
> voice. Around the corner she pulled him, and Heath came face-to-face
> with not another creature like her, but a regular man. Well, regular
> for this place, anyway.
>
> He was average height and a little portly, with a dark mustache that
> merged into mutton chops on the sides of his face--very stylish, if
> you happened to be from Victorian London. He was dressed impeccably
> from his waistcoat and jacket--complete with a gold watch hanging from
> a chain--past his pinstriped pants and down to the spats on his shoes.
> He looked surprised at what Berry had managed to capture, but regained
> his composure quickly. "Berry, I sent you for the morning paper and
> you came back instead with a young man. Can you explain this, please?"
>
> Berry hung her head, embarrassed. "Oh, Master, I was on my way to get
> your paper and I saw him looking around confused. He was lost! I said
> to myself. Now what should I do about this? I thought about the errand
> that you had entrusted me with and I very much wanted to fulfill my
> responsibility to my Master and my great-aunt Holly told me once that
> I should always--"
>
> "Berry..." the man interrupted calmly. "Skip the ruminations and
> introspection and get to the point."
>
> "Oh, I'm sorry Master!" Berry bit her lip in consternation. She turned
> to look at Heath, then back to the man. "I offered to help the young
> man who was lost to find the lobby that smells of floo powder and
> shoes because that's where he wanted to go and that's also where I was
> going to get Master's paper and I thought I could do both at the same
> time for Master says that we should help our fellow man, yes, and this
> seemed like the perfect opportunity to do both and I thought Master
> would be so proud of me, but Master called before I could finish!"
> Berry looked up at the man beseechingly.
>
> The man raised his eyebrows and turned to Heath. "Please allow me to
> introduce myself. I am Professor Giles, teacher of Defense of the Dark
> Arts at the Hogwarts School of Magic. You've already met my house elf,
> Berry."
>
> Professor Giles held his hand out to Heath to shake.
>
> "Are you indeed lost?" he asked.
>
Heath stood there stunned for a little bit. How on earth did Berry
spit all that stuff out in less than five seconds. Even more amazing
was that this Professor Giles actually understood it. Had to be magic.
Recovering, Heath shakes Professor Giles's hand and replies, "Ya, I
kind of am. My parents and I were at the floo powder lobby checking in
when I had to, uh, go. You know. So I went and when I was done I
thought I could look around a little. The only problem was that when I
tried to back track I didn't end up at the restroom like I thought I
would. If it's not to much trouble, could Berry show me the way back
to the floo powder lobby? I'll even see if I can't help her find your
paper." As Heath was saying this something gnawed at the back of his
brain. It wasn't painful, just a little ticklish. Heath would have
scratched it if one could scratch the inside of one's brain, with
magic they probably could. Then it hit him. Magic! Hogwarts! This,
Giles, was a teacher at Hogwarts! Heath would have to ask his mom
about the Defense against the Dark Arts class though.
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