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Matt Coulter is starting at Hogwarts this year. He is currently sitting alone in a compartment on the Hogwarts Express.
chanuphis
"Okay. You can ask me if you want, I know enough about Muggle things not to be confused. Probably, anyway. It's going to be really different, Muggle London and wizarding London are more different than Muggle London and Muggle Melbourne."
“Yeah, I’ll ask you if I think of something.”
Matt wonders what to say in reply to the other part. He’s never been good at making conversation. The result of this is that he doesn’t say anything else in reply.
Matt wonders what to say in reply to the other part. He’s never been good at making conversation. The result of this is that he doesn’t say anything else in reply.
chanuphis
Miranda apparently isn't that great at making conversation either, or she's done trying for the time being. She pulls out One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi and starts reading from a bookmark partway in.
Matt takes this to mean that she’s not interested in talking to him any more. He withdraws a muggle fiction book from the backpack on the seat next to him and starts reading, also from a bookmarked page.
They’ll probably stay like this until the Food Trolley arrives.
They’ll probably stay like this until the Food Trolley arrives.
chanuphis
When the food trolley arrives, Miranda puts down her book and buys a package of six wriggling Chocolate Frogs and a pumpkin pasty.
"Be careful of the Every Flavor Beans," she warns Matt. "Sometimes 'every flavor' is chocolate, but sometimes it's sawdust, or worse."
"Be careful of the Every Flavor Beans," she warns Matt. "Sometimes 'every flavor' is chocolate, but sometimes it's sawdust, or worse."
Matt looks confusedly at the chocolate frogs. “Those aren’t living frogs made of chocolate, are they?”
chanuphis
"No, they're just enchanted to move around. They're really tasty. You can have one of mine if you don't want to buy six."
Smiling slightly, he takes the chocolate frog, bites it, seems to deem it palatable, then sets about eating the rest.
chanuphis
Inside the frog is a card, with a moving photograph on the front captioned Harry Potter, and a description on the back:
The first and only known wizard to survive the Killing Curse, earning the title "The Boy Who Lived." Youngest Quidditch player in the last century after gaining the spot of Seeker in the Gryffindor Quidditch Team in his first year at Hogwarts in 1991. Also known for having found Salazar Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets and defeating the monster within, which was a basilisk, in his second year at Hogwarts. Only known Gryffindor student able to speak Parseltongue. Youngest competitor of the Triwizard Tournament and winner of said Tournament at the age of 14 in 1995. The last master of death for having gained true possession of all three Deathly Hallows. Most famous for the defeat of the most dangerous dark wizard of all time, Lord Voldemort, in 1998.
The first and only known wizard to survive the Killing Curse, earning the title "The Boy Who Lived." Youngest Quidditch player in the last century after gaining the spot of Seeker in the Gryffindor Quidditch Team in his first year at Hogwarts in 1991. Also known for having found Salazar Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets and defeating the monster within, which was a basilisk, in his second year at Hogwarts. Only known Gryffindor student able to speak Parseltongue. Youngest competitor of the Triwizard Tournament and winner of said Tournament at the age of 14 in 1995. The last master of death for having gained true possession of all three Deathly Hallows. Most famous for the defeat of the most dangerous dark wizard of all time, Lord Voldemort, in 1998.
He looks at and reads the card while eating the rest of the chocolate frog. He’s not surprised by the moving image, he saw a few of those when he was taken to Diagon Alley. The card brings to mind several things that he could ask about, but everything that comes to mind sounds like it could be a stupid question and/or something he could find out on his own.
“Did you want this card?”, he asks. He’s not sure if she was offering him just the chocolate frog, or the card that came with it too.
“Did you want this card?”, he asks. He’s not sure if she was offering him just the chocolate frog, or the card that came with it too.
chanuphis
"I don't collect them. You can have the other five too after I've eaten my frogs, if you want, or if you don't care you can just throw it out."
“Alright, if you don’t mind.”
He then turns to his bag, pulls out his copy of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and sets about finding out what a basilisk is.
He then turns to his bag, pulls out his copy of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and sets about finding out what a basilisk is.
pleating
The door to their compartment opens. "Oh, you've got space," says the girl who opened it, "can I sit here?"
pleating
"I sat with my cousin's friend because I sort of know him, but his friends are not great company so I said I was following the trolley to get more Cauldron Cakes."
pleating
"I don't know if it's really much of a matter of want, I don't think I could get anything other than Ravenclaw even if sauntered in already wearing another house's colors with a live pet instance of their mascot and reciting poetry about their virtues. Ravenclaw should be good though."