Travelling Greenhouse - Wizarding Twins
On the backside of the magic wall, the twins emerged onto the actual train platform. Waiting for them was the Hogwarts Express, a fiery red steam train, puffing out white steam that made your sight blur. The whole platform was crowded with kids, parents, owls and magical pets of all kind, hurriedly loading luggage onto the trains wagons. The two were about to run off into the crowd, when their mother and Mr. Copperbottom appeared, just in time to hold them back. Mrs. Honeycutt had spent more than enough time looking for the twins in crowded places like shopping centers, zoos and amusement parks, since they had a natural talent from evading ones line of sight, no matter how much one kept an eye on them. She figured, looking for them in a magical place like this would prove even harder, so she kept her hands on their shoulders, until they had reached the door of one of the train wagons. The twins turned to their mother. „Now, it seems I can’t keep these from you any longer.“ She fetched their wands from her purse and held them out. The twins wanted to grab them, but she drew them back for a second. „Promise you won’t cause any trouble with them?“ „Yes, of course!“ „Trouble? Us? We’d never…“ Adrian answered with an innocent smile. Mrs. Honeycutt raised an eyebrow and gave him a cheeky smile. The Twin’s hands finally enclosed the wood of the wands. „I love you.“ Mrs. Honeycutt said, giving them a kiss on the forehead. „We love you too, mom.“ they answered. Mr. Copperbottom hauled the last suitcase onto the train, just as it slowly started moving. The twins waved their hands as the train vanished into the distance. Their mother held her smile until they were out of sight, but then wiped a few tears from her eyes. „They’ll be fine.“ Mr. Copperbottom said reassuringly and handed her a handkerchief. „I know.“ Mrs. Honeycutt answered and they turned back to the magical wall, which led back to the Muggle world.
Finally aboard the train, the twins couldn’t sit still for a second. Since no-one was there to stop them, they quickly unpacked all of their magical equipment from their recent shopping tour. Soon, the whole compartment was cluttered with quills, boilers, books and clothes as well as crumbs of cookies, which they had brought as snacks and equally distributed between themselves and Harold, their new pet owl, who was happily cooing about. Soon however, their belongings had been properly inspected and loosely thrown back into their cases. Of course, the idea of trying out their wands lay at hand, but a few unsuccessful attempts prove that there was more to magic than just swinging a stick of wood around and the twins were back to boredom. The journey prove to be longer than expected. Thus, Adrian suddenly got up and proposed a discovery tour through the train wagon, an idea that instantly won Abby’s approval. Leaving Harold to watch the luggage, the two of them slipped out of their compartment and started peeking through the windows of the neighboring ones. Earning nothing more than a few irritated looks and rejecting hand gestures at the first few, they finally struck gold at the rear of the wagon. Behind the thin glass that separated the compartment from the corridor was a dense, bright green jungle of hundreds of plants. Adrian almost hadn’t noticed the boy sitting amidst the greenery, had he not cursed loudly as he cut his finger on the scissors he was trimming a particularly green plant’s leaves with. Abby slowly opened the door of the compartment and warm, misty air hit her face. She carefully tip toed her way through the forest of plants in all kinds of pots and jars that covered the floor. „Careful or the the snake tendril will catch you.“ Abby looked up and saw the boy with the scissors point to her left leg, which a thin, bright green branch of a plant was slowly moving towards. Abby brought her leg out of reach of the plant. „Why do you have all these plants with you?“ Adrian asked, admiring the greenery that spread through the compartment. „Ah…“ the boy sighed, „Now that I’m going to Hogwarts, my parents are traveling the worlds and my mother can’t take her greenhouse with her. She told me to give the plants to Professor Sprout, when I arrive.“ He took a look through the compartment. „Though, I have no idea how to even get all of them out of the compartment, let alone the train, on my own.“ „We can help!“ Abby chimed instantly. „I’m Abby by the way and this is my brother Adrian.“ The boy’s face lit up. „That would be awesome! Together we can do it! Oh, and my name is Liam.“ He got up from his seat. „Now, I’m no expert, but there are some plants my mom warned me to be careful with, the Razor Lily for example…“ he went on to explain several plants to them, some of which sounded more dangerous than even the most notorious beasts of prey, as he casually handed them over to the twins. Abby listened to him with utmost curiosity, while Adrian did admire the plants, but cared little for what their story was. By the time they arrived at Hogwarts, Abby had gained quite a substantial knowledge of magical flora. After changing into their new school uniforms, the trio made their way onto the platform at Hogsmeade, packed to the brim with pots and jars. Gladly, they were soon relived of their photosynthetic luggage by Professor Sprout, the teacher for herbology, who had been informed by Liam’s mother of the plants arrival. Glad to be freed of the plants, that, as Adrian swore, even had grown in the short time they had carried them, the three of them made their way to a tall, bearded man in a brown coat. He introduced himself to them as Hagrid and led them to the shore of a lake, where a few boats were towed. They occupied one of them and thus took yet another step towards Hogwarts, which awaited on the opposite side of the lake.
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A late happy easter to you and your families! I hope you like this new part of my Harry Potter story. It took me a while to get the story right, long enough to have built the next part already. So, stay tune for more coming soon!
Travelling Greenhouse - Wizarding Twins
On the backside of the magic wall, the twins emerged onto the actual train platform. Waiting for them was the Hogwarts Express, a fiery red steam train, puffing out white steam that made your sight blur. The whole platform was crowded with kids, parents, owls and magical pets of all kind, hurriedly loading luggage onto the trains wagons. The two were about to run off into the crowd, when their mother and Mr. Copperbottom appeared, just in time to hold them back. Mrs. Honeycutt had spent more than enough time looking for the twins in crowded places like shopping centers, zoos and amusement parks, since they had a natural talent from evading ones line of sight, no matter how much one kept an eye on them. She figured, looking for them in a magical place like this would prove even harder, so she kept her hands on their shoulders, until they had reached the door of one of the train wagons. The twins turned to their mother. „Now, it seems I can’t keep these from you any longer.“ She fetched their wands from her purse and held them out. The twins wanted to grab them, but she drew them back for a second. „Promise you won’t cause any trouble with them?“ „Yes, of course!“ „Trouble? Us? We’d never…“ Adrian answered with an innocent smile. Mrs. Honeycutt raised an eyebrow and gave him a cheeky smile. The Twin’s hands finally enclosed the wood of the wands. „I love you.“ Mrs. Honeycutt said, giving them a kiss on the forehead. „We love you too, mom.“ they answered. Mr. Copperbottom hauled the last suitcase onto the train, just as it slowly started moving. The twins waved their hands as the train vanished into the distance. Their mother held her smile until they were out of sight, but then wiped a few tears from her eyes. „They’ll be fine.“ Mr. Copperbottom said reassuringly and handed her a handkerchief. „I know.“ Mrs. Honeycutt answered and they turned back to the magical wall, which led back to the Muggle world.
Finally aboard the train, the twins couldn’t sit still for a second. Since no-one was there to stop them, they quickly unpacked all of their magical equipment from their recent shopping tour. Soon, the whole compartment was cluttered with quills, boilers, books and clothes as well as crumbs of cookies, which they had brought as snacks and equally distributed between themselves and Harold, their new pet owl, who was happily cooing about. Soon however, their belongings had been properly inspected and loosely thrown back into their cases. Of course, the idea of trying out their wands lay at hand, but a few unsuccessful attempts prove that there was more to magic than just swinging a stick of wood around and the twins were back to boredom. The journey prove to be longer than expected. Thus, Adrian suddenly got up and proposed a discovery tour through the train wagon, an idea that instantly won Abby’s approval. Leaving Harold to watch the luggage, the two of them slipped out of their compartment and started peeking through the windows of the neighboring ones. Earning nothing more than a few irritated looks and rejecting hand gestures at the first few, they finally struck gold at the rear of the wagon. Behind the thin glass that separated the compartment from the corridor was a dense, bright green jungle of hundreds of plants. Adrian almost hadn’t noticed the boy sitting amidst the greenery, had he not cursed loudly as he cut his finger on the scissors he was trimming a particularly green plant’s leaves with. Abby slowly opened the door of the compartment and warm, misty air hit her face. She carefully tip toed her way through the forest of plants in all kinds of pots and jars that covered the floor. „Careful or the the snake tendril will catch you.“ Abby looked up and saw the boy with the scissors point to her left leg, which a thin, bright green branch of a plant was slowly moving towards. Abby brought her leg out of reach of the plant. „Why do you have all these plants with you?“ Adrian asked, admiring the greenery that spread through the compartment. „Ah…“ the boy sighed, „Now that I’m going to Hogwarts, my parents are traveling the worlds and my mother can’t take her greenhouse with her. She told me to give the plants to Professor Sprout, when I arrive.“ He took a look through the compartment. „Though, I have no idea how to even get all of them out of the compartment, let alone the train, on my own.“ „We can help!“ Abby chimed instantly. „I’m Abby by the way and this is my brother Adrian.“ The boy’s face lit up. „That would be awesome! Together we can do it! Oh, and my name is Liam.“ He got up from his seat. „Now, I’m no expert, but there are some plants my mom warned me to be careful with, the Razor Lily for example…“ he went on to explain several plants to them, some of which sounded more dangerous than even the most notorious beasts of prey, as he casually handed them over to the twins. Abby listened to him with utmost curiosity, while Adrian did admire the plants, but cared little for what their story was. By the time they arrived at Hogwarts, Abby had gained quite a substantial knowledge of magical flora. After changing into their new school uniforms, the trio made their way onto the platform at Hogsmeade, packed to the brim with pots and jars. Gladly, they were soon relived of their photosynthetic luggage by Professor Sprout, the teacher for herbology, who had been informed by Liam’s mother of the plants arrival. Glad to be freed of the plants, that, as Adrian swore, even had grown in the short time they had carried them, the three of them made their way to a tall, bearded man in a brown coat. He introduced himself to them as Hagrid and led them to the shore of a lake, where a few boats were towed. They occupied one of them and thus took yet another step towards Hogwarts, which awaited on the opposite side of the lake.
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A late happy easter to you and your families! I hope you like this new part of my Harry Potter story. It took me a while to get the story right, long enough to have built the next part already. So, stay tune for more coming soon!