Worlds Collide (crossover fanfiction)

Chapter 34

Thea waved her hand around. "Ew, no. I'm not going anywhere close to you if you wear that to a party. That is absolutely disgusting."

"I would apologise for her attitude, Alistair, if she wasn't so true." Kylie said with a rare grin. "And of course, I would not undermine her authority."

Alistair waved a hand irritatedly, everything reverting to how it was before. "Well I don't know, okay?" With a snap of his fingers, white powder appeared on his face, red paint smeared across his mouth. With a 'colovaria', he changed his hair color to green. "Happy now? I'm the Joker."

Kia grinned, agreeing heartily to Thea's previous statement. "You still need the evil laugh thing." She turned away, still snickering.

Thea tossed him a crowbar. "Fit in with the theme. I still feel bad when poor Jason Todd got smashed and tortured by a crowbar. All because he was voted out by the public. But of course, because DC is absolutely amazing, so I don't know why Max is such an avid Marvel Fan."

"Batman all the way." Dom said from behind.

"Unfortunately, I know what he means. But since I do share an Institute with Simon and Clary, I was converted to Marvel. I'm more of a manga fan though. Anime is pretty good as well, since the Japanese versions are so much better than the English dub."

"I don't watch pokemon. You should have seen the girl I met before. She had blonde hair with black tips like a pikachu." Thea laughed.

Alistair caught it singlehandedly. "Thanks." He only had a slight clue what they were talking about, as wizard families were slightly behind on Muggle technology and TV shows. He'd only watched Batman because one of his Muggle friends forced him too. At this moment, he was glad he did, or else he wouldn't have known what to wear. He jumped up on Porkpie, cantering up next to Kia. "I can't wait to get flying."

Kia slumped down on the bony Thestral. "I, however, can." Phasma flapped his wings, and Kia yelped, grabbing onto the reigns. "Holy Hephaestus, calm down, horse!" Indeed, she was terrible with all sorts of animals.

"His name is not horse, Kia. Animals are like humans. Her name is Phasma, with the lovely cheerful name that means ghost or spirit." Thea humphed, crossing her arms. Macaron hurried an agreement. Yes my Lady is right! We have names too! "She can't hear you, Macaron. She's a very closed minded person." She shot a glare at her.

Kylie, on the other hand, was attempting to control Sugarcube. "Down, girl. Calm down!" She said, holding onto her mane tightly. "Slow down! Stop!"

"Calm down, Sugar." Thea said, slowing down Macaron to a slow glide next to the skittish grey horse. "Kylie, she won't listen to you. They all listen to me. And Sugarcube's a little nervous around new people."

"Jeez, okay, sorry." Kia closed her eyes. "I hope you're not going to make me apologize to Phasma?"

Alistair laughed, leaning over and playfully looping an arm around Kia. "I'm glad my ride is being nice to me. Hopefully Porkpie won't start-" Porkpie bucked wildly, almost throwing Alistair off. He yelped, clinging onto the reins for dear life and shrieking wildly.

Kia grinned. "That's karma for you, Selwyn."

"Good job, Porkpie. You should feel glad I didn't make you bring Dom or Kia." Thea heard the pegasus's eyeroll, if that was even possible. "Also, you have to apologise to Phasma. She has feelings too. Don't make the pegasi ride so closely together, it's uncomfortable for them. Imagine if me and Dom were squishing you two together. Would you like that? No. Phasma's a girl, Porkpie's a guy. And Porkpie doesn't like you death folk. You smell like disease for them."

Kia groaned. She couldn't believe she was apologizing to a flying death-horse, of all things. "I'm sorry for calling you a horse, Phasma." She muttered emotionlessly. But thestrals were a species of horse... weren't they?

"Not a horse. Horse. You're generalizing her." Thea scolded. "Say it with sincerity, or Phasma will nearly certainly throw you off in midair, and since you're not the biggest fan of heights, I suggest you do as I say because horses are very easily insulted." I'm not that insulted, my Lady. Phasma said to her in a neigh. I know. Thea replied. But some of your brethren aren't as open-minded as you. She needs to learn. It's for her own good honestly, and the rest of our extended family.

Kia grunted, rolling her eyes. "I sincerely apologize to Phasma the thestral for calling her a horse." She leaned forward, slumping down. "Bloody easily insulted horses," she muttered under her breath, "shadow-travelling is so much easier." She made the mistake of looking down, instantly feeling sick and woozy. "Not gonna do that again."

Thea humphed. "You still don't get it. You called her Horse. A horse is okay. Horse is not."

Alistair sighed, unable to help being on Kia's side. "Just let this go for once. Solve the problem later. I want to enjoy my flight. I haven't flown this high since being forced to catch Lorc's Billywig." He was Chaser for the Gryffindor team in fourth and fifth year, and in sixth year he went to Romania with the Scamanders, where Lorcan accidentally let go of his Billywig.

Kylie closed her eyes and let the wind blow through her hair. She had never been so high up before: she never flew in a plane in case there were demons in the plane; she only portalled. It felt nice, to be so high up, and Thea was right: it was so free up in the skies. "When are we touching down, Thea?"

"In about 5 minutes? Our guest is nearly there, and I'm trying to coordinate our times. It's hard to control a pegasus so far away, even if Swanny is my main pegasus."

Berniss whooped in delight. She'd never played Quidditch for the Slytherin team, but she now understood why her older brother loved to fly. Granted, broomsticks were never alive, but flying high above the clouds still felt good. Swan whinnied, and Berniss laughed, her ponytail flapping in the wind. Maybe she'd try to manage a broom better in the summer, or ask Alistair for help. Honestly, flying and hexing people were the only things that he was good at.

Dom flew through the air on Treacle, the two of them in perfect synchronization as Treacle darted through the clouds, showing off. "Guess that bonding really did pay off." Dom grinned.

Thea smiled as well. "I told you it'd be a good idea if you want to be close to the daughter of Poseidon."

Alistair sighed nostalgically. "If only I had my broom." After telling his father he was off to find Kia, he had left his broom and almost everything he owned back at the house. He missed the old Quidditch days, along with making fun of the captain.