In Through the Out Door
A Harry Potter UNIVERSE/ Sasporilla Bucket Fan Fiction
by Darren Kelly
Chapter 27
Karry and Zac showed Sasporilla their house in Hogsmead. It was very much like most magical homes, much bigger on the inside than it was on the outside. It was a lovely three bedroom with a loft on the third floor for Cabbie Patel, Zacs guardian, to live in. Cabbie was very happy about moving out of the flat in Essex and into Hogsmead as it was closer to her mom and dad in Edinburgh.
"We don't have a lot of furnishings yet." Karry said. "We've a couch and rocking chair in the living room and a small table in the kitchen to eat at. We need to buy a lot of things to flesh out the house."
"It's going to be a lot of work." Sasporilla said.
"Yes but now that we've passed our O.W.L.s we can aparate back and forth if we want, fly our brooms down to the city if we're feeling adventurous." Karry smiled. "Come I'll show you up stairs."
The steps were old and quite creaky. The railing was loose and the upstairs hall needed to have what looked like one hundred years of layers of wall paper removed.
Two of the three bedrooms were unfurnished but the master suite had a big king size canopy bed. The decor was traditional but a bit to opulent for Sassys taste.
"Fully furnished bedroom I see?" Sasporilla smiled. "Apropos as its the room you two will spend most of your time in."
"Sassy don't be a judgey cow!" Karry laughed.
"Moooooo." Sasporilla laughed.
"I know how it seems." Karry said embarrassed.
"Now now." Sassy said putting her arm around her friend. "I'm just playing."
"So you're not judging me?" Karry smiled.
"Oh I'm judging you to the moon and back!" Sasporilla laughed. "But if it's what my best friend wants, then I'm behind you.:
"Thank you." Karry said hugging her friend. "You're the best."
"You better believe I am." Sasporilla said. "Smart, beautiful and generally wonderful."
Karry chuckled at her best friends modesty.
"And to be honest, just a tad envious."
"Thank you Sasporilla." Karry said. "I needed to hear that. It's the closest I've heard to approval by anyone I care to hear it from."
"You're in love. Everything is chocolates and Roses right now. I saw how hard things were for my mother. I want everything in your life to be absolutely perfect."
"Well at least we'll never quarrel over money." Karry smiled.
"Just how rich is your man?" Sassy asked.
"I'm afraid to ask." Karry said. "I don't want to come off as some gold digger."
"Yes I would imagine it could seem that way." Sasporilla said. "Besides it's not really his money you want?"
"Are you being judgey again?" Karry laughed.
"Just a bit." Sassy said. "Just remember the old saying. The man won't buy a cow, if he gets the milk from for free."
"Ya but why should I buy the whole pig when all I want is the odd sausage?" Karry said.
Both girls collapsed in laughter.
"That's what I like to hear." Zac said smiling coming up the steps. "My girl and her best friend laughing."
"Hello honey." Karry said kissing him.
"What were you girls discussing?" Zac asked.
"The price of milk and sausages." Sasporilla smiled.
The girls couldn't stop laughing. Karry and Zac gave Sasporilla an escort to the train station and saw her aboard the Hogwarts express. She was excited to get home for the summer. It had been a very, very long year.
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Music blasted from the stage as Sasporilla and Penny danced surrounded by Azkaban Angels.
"This is so awesome!" Penny yelled.
"I've never heard this kind of music before!" Sassy yelled back. "So powerful, so gritty, very real!"
"Its got a serious beat too!" Penny yelled back.
The music festival had a lot of things going on besides just the music. There was an entire area of vendors selling everything from T-Shirts to broom parts. There were areas where areas where broomers were dueling and not by the competitive rules. There were a number of booths to get various forms of food and strong drink. The one thing Sasporilla noticed was though broom service and maintenance was readily available there was nothing for wands.
As Sassy and Penny made there way back to camp Sasporilla saw some of the broomer girls had small make shift booths selling hand crafted jewelry and leather work. Some of it was quite beautiful.
"Penny?" Sassy asked. "Do you think anyone would mind if I set up a spot at the back of my caravan to do wand maintenance and repairs?"
"That's a great idea!" Penny said. "You'd be safe in camp, we could still hear the music and if there's anyone we want to go see we can go see them! Not like your booth has standard hours of operations."
"We?" Sassy smiled. "You would want to help me?"
"It's safest for you if we stick together." Penny said. "Look, these men are not all the nicest people and this is a culture with no respect for women unless they've kicked a lot of behinds. Women are passed from man to man like library books. It's disgusting and demeaning and most of the women accept it as normal. No broomer in the club would dare lay a hand on me because of my family, but you! You're young, pretty, kind of sexy in your own way, not my type but..."
"Oh stop it you!" Sassy laughed.
"Seriously though," Penny said. "Few of these men are good family guys. These are mostly outlaws and criminals. Some of the other clubs out there aren't. There is a huge bunch of holy roller clubs on the far side of the field. They're morally upstanding people, a lot of family people. They just love to ride and they do a lot of charity work. However they're still hardcore broomers under it all and not to be taken lightly. So yes when I say we, I mean it. We stick together!"
Penny stayed over at Sasporillas that night. They talked into the wee hours as Sassy went through the wand kit Mr.Olivander had given her. As much as was in the kit Sassy wasn't sure she had enough supplies for more than maintenance of two dozen wands are so.
"Don't know if I have enough supplies." Sasporilla said. "I've been building my kit up but I never expected anything like this."
"Well then do as many as you have supplies for." Penny said. "You make a few galleons then close up shop. That's how it works here."
Sasporilla accidentally tipped over her bottle of Linseed oil. She grabbed it lightning fast and only a couple of drops leaked out. To her surprise the oil rolled across the bottom of the kit and disappeared into the edge seam of the bottom of the kit. Sassy felt along the inside edge. There was no oil residue? The edge of the inside bottom seemed a bit loose. The last thing Sassy wanted was to get oils leaked into the bottom of the leather kit. It could ruin it.
"I need a knife." Sassy said thinking a loud.
Penny popped one out of her pocket and flicked it open. "Here you go."
"You carry a knife?" Sasporilla said.
"Yes." Penny said a bit surprised. "Don't you?"
"It's illegal." Sasporilla said.
"In the U.K. ya." Penny said. "Not everywhere."
"I carry a wand." Sasporilla said. "It's enough."
"How'd that work for you with the Bracelet on?" Penny said pointing to the brand on Sasporillas wrist.
"Some people will try to take everything from you." Penny frowned. "I know. I made the mistake of ditching the lads and going to another camp once. I got attacked. They took more than my wand! They took things from me I can never get back. I spent a few weeks in St.Mungos. started eating my feelings. Then I learned to defend myself without a wand and started carrying my knife. I've never used it for anything more than a cutting tool and I hope I never have to."
Sasporilla gulped at the severity of the warning. She put the blade of the knife under the loose bottom and lifted it up. What she saw made her laugh.
"What?" Penny said coming over and looking down into the bottom of the kit which was lined with rows of bottles that went down the edges as far as the eye could see. There were stacks of woods, cores and even devices for supporting wands for maintenance and retuning cores!
"I think WE have enough!" Sassy said amazed.
Karry and Zac showed Sasporilla their house in Hogsmead. It was very much like most magical homes, much bigger on the inside than it was on the outside. It was a lovely three bedroom with a loft on the third floor for Cabbie Patel, Zacs guardian, to live in. Cabbie was very happy about moving out of the flat in Essex and into Hogsmead as it was closer to her mom and dad in Edinburgh.
"We don't have a lot of furnishings yet." Karry said. "We've a couch and rocking chair in the living room and a small table in the kitchen to eat at. We need to buy a lot of things to flesh out the house."
"It's going to be a lot of work." Sasporilla said.
"Yes but now that we've passed our O.W.L.s we can aparate back and forth if we want, fly our brooms down to the city if we're feeling adventurous." Karry smiled. "Come I'll show you up stairs."
The steps were old and quite creaky. The railing was loose and the upstairs hall needed to have what looked like one hundred years of layers of wall paper removed.
Two of the three bedrooms were unfurnished but the master suite had a big king size canopy bed. The decor was traditional but a bit to opulent for Sassys taste.
"Fully furnished bedroom I see?" Sasporilla smiled. "Apropos as its the room you two will spend most of your time in."
"Sassy don't be a judgey cow!" Karry laughed.
"Moooooo." Sasporilla laughed.
"I know how it seems." Karry said embarrassed.
"Now now." Sassy said putting her arm around her friend. "I'm just playing."
"So you're not judging me?" Karry smiled.
"Oh I'm judging you to the moon and back!" Sasporilla laughed. "But if it's what my best friend wants, then I'm behind you.:
"Thank you." Karry said hugging her friend. "You're the best."
"You better believe I am." Sasporilla said. "Smart, beautiful and generally wonderful."
Karry chuckled at her best friends modesty.
"And to be honest, just a tad envious."
"Thank you Sasporilla." Karry said. "I needed to hear that. It's the closest I've heard to approval by anyone I care to hear it from."
"You're in love. Everything is chocolates and Roses right now. I saw how hard things were for my mother. I want everything in your life to be absolutely perfect."
"Well at least we'll never quarrel over money." Karry smiled.
"Just how rich is your man?" Sassy asked.
"I'm afraid to ask." Karry said. "I don't want to come off as some gold digger."
"Yes I would imagine it could seem that way." Sasporilla said. "Besides it's not really his money you want?"
"Are you being judgey again?" Karry laughed.
"Just a bit." Sassy said. "Just remember the old saying. The man won't buy a cow, if he gets the milk from for free."
"Ya but why should I buy the whole pig when all I want is the odd sausage?" Karry said.
Both girls collapsed in laughter.
"That's what I like to hear." Zac said smiling coming up the steps. "My girl and her best friend laughing."
"Hello honey." Karry said kissing him.
"What were you girls discussing?" Zac asked.
"The price of milk and sausages." Sasporilla smiled.
The girls couldn't stop laughing. Karry and Zac gave Sasporilla an escort to the train station and saw her aboard the Hogwarts express. She was excited to get home for the summer. It had been a very, very long year.
******************
Music blasted from the stage as Sasporilla and Penny danced surrounded by Azkaban Angels.
"This is so awesome!" Penny yelled.
"I've never heard this kind of music before!" Sassy yelled back. "So powerful, so gritty, very real!"
"Its got a serious beat too!" Penny yelled back.
The music festival had a lot of things going on besides just the music. There was an entire area of vendors selling everything from T-Shirts to broom parts. There were areas where areas where broomers were dueling and not by the competitive rules. There were a number of booths to get various forms of food and strong drink. The one thing Sasporilla noticed was though broom service and maintenance was readily available there was nothing for wands.
As Sassy and Penny made there way back to camp Sasporilla saw some of the broomer girls had small make shift booths selling hand crafted jewelry and leather work. Some of it was quite beautiful.
"Penny?" Sassy asked. "Do you think anyone would mind if I set up a spot at the back of my caravan to do wand maintenance and repairs?"
"That's a great idea!" Penny said. "You'd be safe in camp, we could still hear the music and if there's anyone we want to go see we can go see them! Not like your booth has standard hours of operations."
"We?" Sassy smiled. "You would want to help me?"
"It's safest for you if we stick together." Penny said. "Look, these men are not all the nicest people and this is a culture with no respect for women unless they've kicked a lot of behinds. Women are passed from man to man like library books. It's disgusting and demeaning and most of the women accept it as normal. No broomer in the club would dare lay a hand on me because of my family, but you! You're young, pretty, kind of sexy in your own way, not my type but..."
"Oh stop it you!" Sassy laughed.
"Seriously though," Penny said. "Few of these men are good family guys. These are mostly outlaws and criminals. Some of the other clubs out there aren't. There is a huge bunch of holy roller clubs on the far side of the field. They're morally upstanding people, a lot of family people. They just love to ride and they do a lot of charity work. However they're still hardcore broomers under it all and not to be taken lightly. So yes when I say we, I mean it. We stick together!"
Penny stayed over at Sasporillas that night. They talked into the wee hours as Sassy went through the wand kit Mr.Olivander had given her. As much as was in the kit Sassy wasn't sure she had enough supplies for more than maintenance of two dozen wands are so.
"Don't know if I have enough supplies." Sasporilla said. "I've been building my kit up but I never expected anything like this."
"Well then do as many as you have supplies for." Penny said. "You make a few galleons then close up shop. That's how it works here."
Sasporilla accidentally tipped over her bottle of Linseed oil. She grabbed it lightning fast and only a couple of drops leaked out. To her surprise the oil rolled across the bottom of the kit and disappeared into the edge seam of the bottom of the kit. Sassy felt along the inside edge. There was no oil residue? The edge of the inside bottom seemed a bit loose. The last thing Sassy wanted was to get oils leaked into the bottom of the leather kit. It could ruin it.
"I need a knife." Sassy said thinking a loud.
Penny popped one out of her pocket and flicked it open. "Here you go."
"You carry a knife?" Sasporilla said.
"Yes." Penny said a bit surprised. "Don't you?"
"It's illegal." Sasporilla said.
"In the U.K. ya." Penny said. "Not everywhere."
"I carry a wand." Sasporilla said. "It's enough."
"How'd that work for you with the Bracelet on?" Penny said pointing to the brand on Sasporillas wrist.
"Some people will try to take everything from you." Penny frowned. "I know. I made the mistake of ditching the lads and going to another camp once. I got attacked. They took more than my wand! They took things from me I can never get back. I spent a few weeks in St.Mungos. started eating my feelings. Then I learned to defend myself without a wand and started carrying my knife. I've never used it for anything more than a cutting tool and I hope I never have to."
Sasporilla gulped at the severity of the warning. She put the blade of the knife under the loose bottom and lifted it up. What she saw made her laugh.
"What?" Penny said coming over and looking down into the bottom of the kit which was lined with rows of bottles that went down the edges as far as the eye could see. There were stacks of woods, cores and even devices for supporting wands for maintenance and retuning cores!
"I think WE have enough!" Sassy said amazed.
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I am in no way affiliated with Warner Bros. or with J.K.Rowling. My work is purely that of fan fiction & do not ask for, nor accept money, gifts or other compensation for my work. If you really feel you must do something, research which charities J.K.Rowling donates to, then donate to them as such.
I am in no way affiliated with Warner Bros. or with J.K.Rowling. My work is purely that of fan fiction & do not ask for, nor accept money, gifts or other compensation for my work. If you really feel you must do something, research which charities J.K.Rowling donates to, then donate to them as such.