a good trip

2- We’re off to see the wizards.

More fluff and nonsense… involving blatent self insertion and characters even more blatently not owned by me.

So, two hours later our heroines are sitting in a carriage, on a train feeling much less hung-over and rather excited. Daisy has done Joys hair and make up so she now looks presentable with her chestnut curly hair no longer a wild ball of frizz, and Joy has returned the favour so that Daisy’s choppy blond bob is looking shiny and her greyish blue eyes are no longer bloodshot. They have both decided to keep the clothes they were already wearing on (jeans and vest top for Joy and jeans with smock for daisy), not feeling ready to make fools of themselves by dressing up in full on wizarding costume.
“Oooh, look we’re here!” cried Joy, nose pressed against the window, “Look this must be costing someone a fortune I can see Maggie smith with the kids dressed as Gryffindors!”
“Whoa! I didn’t think Robbie Coltrane was that big in real life, this is getting a bit weird you know, there’s no way any one can be that tall seriously.”
“Let’s go check it out, come on!” Joy grabbed her case and bag and pulled Daisy out of the carriage and then onto the platform. They go up behind the huge beardy figure who is ushering lots of small children off the train.
“Um excuse me, Mr Coltrane?” Daisy tugs the back of his coat and stands back.
“Wa’ that? Who did yer say Miss?” the huge man turned round to them, “I think you’ve got the wrong chap, though I don’t get mistooken for many people!” he boomed laughing.
“Hang on” Joy whispered to her new friend,”we’re all in character then.” Now she raised her voice and addressed the man supposed to be the Hogwarts game keeper,
“Are you Rubeous Hagrid from Hogwarts school?”
“That I am miss, and who may I ave the pleasure of talking to?”
“Well I’m Joy Bagshore and this is Daisy Redthorne and apparently we are going to be joint muggle studies and miscellaneous studies teachers”
“Well well, I was expectin’ some older ladies!” He chuckled,” Just follow me then both and I’ll put you on a carriage to the school, Dumbledore’ll meet you when you get there.”
“yeah, of course, no worries” Daisy and Joy grinned at each other and jumped up into one of the carriages, and they pulled away.

“So I guess we stick with character names then?” Joy said matter of factly.
“I guess, what year do you suppose we’re meant to be in?”
“well, thinking in terms of fan fiction, we’re certainly not canon so I guess it could be any, Obviously Dumbledore’s not dead so its gotta be pre half blood prince.”
“Right, well I’d go for teaching staff from the year of prisoner of Azkaban but if the kids were a bit older,”
“Mate, you old perv!”
“He he come on they’re all about 18 now, its not that bad!” Daisy slapped Joys arm playfully.
“Yeah ok I’d go with that then.” The air felt slightly tingly suddenly.
“ew, that was weird, feels like static, thunder storm?”
“hm, I’m not sure.” They both frowned.

As they approached the imposing and impressive school they were both stunned into silence at the scale of the building and grounds, when Joy swallowed,
“You know, this is starting to freak me out a bit, it’s really too big to be a wind up.”
“I know.” Daisy looked back at her, not smiling anymore.
“Either one of us is dreaming this in some weird trip or coma or something and the other’s a figment of their imagination or this is actually happening which is so not possible but….”
“I know its just so, real. Look, lets just make a pact to enjoy ourselves and get the most possible fun out of this before it ends whatever’s going on behind it.”
Daisy put her hand out and Joy took it,
“Ok, you’re on, look out Hogwarts here we come eh!”

They hadn’t noticed that they’d reached the castle main entrance as they were talking,
“Ladies!” a familiar voice shook them from their conspiracies, “Welcome to Hogwarts.”
“Dumbledore!” they both squealed, jumping down from the carriage and shaking his hands excitedly.
“It’s really cool to meet you sir!” and then to Daisy “Look he’s even got that twinkly eye thing, so cool!”
He did indeed have a twinkle in his eye as he chuckled and gave both of them a hug. “Come now, its time for the sorting feast you two will need to take you seats at the staff table.”
“Um, Professor, before we go in, can I just ask who the defence teacher is this year?” Daisy looked at Joy and winked.
“Well we are welcoming back Proffessr Lupin this year, do you know him Miss Redthorne?”
“Well not exactly, we’ve both heard of him”
Joy quickly added “All good things, he sounds like a really nice guy.”
“Indeed he is.” Dumbledore looked hard at them both, “I can see you two are going to make this an interesting year.”
“We hope so sir” both ladies linked arms with the white haired wizard and giggled as they walked on into the school staring wide eyed at everything they encountered.

It turned out they were the last teachers into the hall except for Minerva McGonagall and sat down quickly together at one end of the table.
Daisy was staring at the sky/ ceiling and floating candles muttering expletives, mainly consisting of, “this is not fucking happening” and “bugger me”.
Joy took a leisurely gaze down the table and then snapped her head back quick enough to induce whiplash. She elbowed Daisy sharply in the side,
“Daisy, they’re all here! I mean, just like in the films or books whatever.” She took a breath, “you know when we were talking about making the most of things.”
“yeeeaaaah” Daisy stretched the word out.
“Well I call Snape!” Joy blurted out quickly.
“Joy! No way, you can’t do bagsies.”
“You can have Lupin or Sirius, or Lucius Malfoy if you want, what about all three?”
Both of them were struggling to hold in giggling fits now and hadn’t paid any attention to the fist years coming in or the start of the sorting.
“Look,” Daisy hissed, “I have a cunning plan!” then giggled more.
“Let me guess I should listen very carefully, you will say this only once!” Joy nearly fell of her stool as Daisy snorted her juice.
“Look, is there any reason we cant have it all? This isn’t the real world Joy, whatever it is that’s going n, we’re not looking at relationships with marriage and babies are we? I say share and share alike.”
“hehe bad girl, I like your style, besides two heads are better than one. We should get plotting as soon as this is out of the way.”
Just as they were high fiving each other they heard the voice of the headmaster,
“……. Our 2 new teacher Miss Joy Bagshore and Miss Daisy Redthorne”
They both instantly flushed and tried to look composed, failed and waved out to the students laughing.