Freaks: Year Two

Fly 'N Date

"Wow, you look great!" Meg exclaimed as Toby exited the bathroom wearing fresh clothes that somehow she had shrunk to fit him, and his now Horned Serpent robes over them, black square glasses on his face.

"Thanks..." Toby said slowly. "I hope this works...but...now what?"

Meg shrugged. "Anything. That's the fun part! Now, before we find your brother, there is one more thing I think we need to do to complete the idea that you're definitely a student at Ilvermorny."

"What is it?"

Meg led him to the makeshift common room again, and said, "The subjects. You need to seem knowledgeable about the classes just in case."

Toby slowly nodded. "I think I know them."

"What do you know?"

"There's er...Defence Against The Dark Arts." Meg nodded. "That's where you learn spells that help to protect yourself and others from harm."

"Correct, do you know any of the spells?"

Toby chewed on his lower lip, trying to think of all the spells Jasper had been using at home. "Erm, well there is one where you can knock someone out."

"That's Stupefy."

"And...there is this shield one..."

Meg looked thoughtful for a few seconds before saying, "I think that's Protego...do Hogwarts students learn shield charms that early? Lucky!"

Toby shrugged. "I don't know many other spells...but I think I know all the classes. There is Charms. That one has spells like floating and unlocking and locking doors I think..." When Meg nodded, he continued, "And then there is the plant class...Plantology?"

"Close, Herbology."

"Right, and then there is Potions...and Magical History..."

"At Ilvermorny we call it Magical World History."

"And then there is...is..." Toby's voice trailed off. "I don't think I actually do remember them all."

"You were almost there, you're just missing Transfiguration and Magical Theory," Meg told him. "The first one is where you figure out how to make one object into another object and the second focuses on...well the theory of magic and what magic is. It seems like Ilvermorny and Hogwarts have the same classes for the first years."

"I guess so."

"I have to ask your brother if he knows what electives Hogwarts has," Meg said. "I am taking Basic Healing and No-Maj Studies. I want to take Native American Practices next year."

Toby looked up with interest. "You have a healing class?"

Meg nodded. "Yeah."

"I don't think Hogwarts has that...but Jasper is only a second year...I don't think there is a Native American Practices class either, I think he would have mentioned it if there was one whether he could take it or not."

"Well, now I will have to talk to your brother about what classes are offered here versus the ones offered at Ilvermorny," Meg said solemnly. She stood up from the sofa, holding out her hand. "Let's go find your brother."

Toby took her hand with hesitancy, and she pulled him to his feet. He followed her out of the blue Volkswagen van. Once they back out on the grounds, Toby actually finally got a good look at them for the first time since arriving here.

The grounds of Hogwarts were huge. The castle was massive, many torrents throughout the castle exterior. He looked up at the tallest tower, seeing two small specks talking on the balcony. He looked around the grounds and saw many huge trees and the field went on and on, and there were three huge hoops that went way up to the sky. He spotted four sets of stands, each with the house colours in one area around the rings. He wondered if that was where Jasper played quidditch. He saw that there were groups of students out chatting, brooms in their hands. He stared, looking at the group of the kids his age chatting with joy on their face, one of the Gryffindor girls floating a small ball to float around the group, acting it like a game of catch.