Chapter 5: Ilha Principal
AN: For the Disclaimer read Chapter 1...For everyone who commented on the lenght of the chapters I hope this is to your taste since I can'write more in one go right now! And on with the story :)
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Slowly, Harry woke up in the early morning and stretched and yawned.
Sitting up and listening for the other inhabitants of the flat, the dark-haired teen made plans to wake the twins up with the scent of freshly brewed coffee and breakfast.
Half an hour and a visit to the showers later, he got to work and true to his plans halfway through the two suitably tired looking red-heads showed up.
"Get yourselves showered and then we can breakfast.", Harry told them.
The twins nodded and trotted to their bathroom.
To the noise of running water, the petite boy finished with his work and set up the table.
He was already sitting at it with a mug of coffee in his hands when considerably more awake looking Weasleys sat down.
Gratefully, they drank their caffeine-containing concoctions and then ate together with Harry.
After clearing up the table and taking care of washing the dishes with a few charms, the three of them worked together on packing the purchases of the day before in the emerald boy's new trunk.
Several hours filled with laughter and mischief later, they finished.
A soft humming noise vibrated through the flat.
"Ok, dearest brothers of mine. It's time to go to the Portkey Haven. Our portkey starts in half an hour.", Fred said.
Grinning the other two walked up to him so Harry could side-along apparate with Fred. George was entitled to shrinking their luggage and securing it in his pocket.
One swirl of colour and an upset stomach for the littlest Gryffindor later, they were standing near an access point to Portkey Haven which was situated in the middle of London. Or to be exact below the middle of London.
The Haven used the expanse of space between the tunnels of the London Tube. All through Muggle London were entrances to the different caves since every cave was dedicated to another part of the world.
One of these caves for example was filled with water from the river Thames where all portkeys to and from Atlantis were boarded.
Since no witch or wizard could directly apparate or floo into the caves for reasons of security, the twins had chosen an Point-of-Apparition (PoA) near Cleopatra's Needle.
Walking up to the magnificent obelisk the two devils explained the proceedings from this point on.
"We walk up to the lion on the left and then we go down the stairs behind it…" "And go through the archway which is hidden from Muggle eyes." "After five meters or so waits a SecWiz for everyone to board a portkey to the Bermuda Triangle." "He will make us do a charm with our wands to discern our intentions. Then we will go show our tickets to the KeyMaster…" "Who will also show us to our places."
"Our places? But I thought we all have to place our finger on an old shoe or something like that like at the Quidditch World Cup?", Harry asked.
"Oh no, those are just for short range travels. For long distances, there is a portkey which is constructed like a room…" "With several rows of benches with seatbelts." "The journey won't be as short as that to the Quidditch World Cup but it will still only take a few minutes." "In fact, the boarding and exiting process will take longer then the portkey itself!"
When the two were finished with their speech, they stood in front of the SecWiz.
After a short greetings, they were instructed on how to cast the Intention Charm. One after another all three of them cast it and their wands glowed a bright green.
The wizard who was clad in dark violet uniform robes nodded and pointed them to their KeyMaster.
Said KeyMaster was actually a KeyMistress that wore a royal blue lady's suit.
"Hello, my name is Mary and I am your KeyMistress for today.", she said in slightly high-pitched voice.
The twins and Harry greeted her and Fred showed her their tickets which the twins in their incredible wisdom had booked and paid for beforehand.
"Third row, seats 9 to 11. Have a nice journey."
The three Gryffindor sat down and since they had arrived rather punctually, they only had to wait for a few minutes before Mary walked in front of the wall the passengers were facing.
"Please put on your seatbelts now and thank you for travelling with MacRubens Keys!", she said and then turned around to leave the room and activate the spell.
When his stomach dropped in a distinctive familiar way, the winner of the TriWizard Contest felt reminded of a night two years ago when he not quite accidentally got portkeyed to a graveyard in Little Hangleton and witnessed a cold blooded murder.
Shivering, he got rid of the remnants of a particularly bad memory and concentrated back on reality, just when they landed on the main island of the Bermuda Triangle.
A KeyMaster greeted them. This time, it was a wizard in royal blue shorts and yellow shirt which only seemed to accentuate his muscular frame.
"Welcome to Ilha Principal, ladies and gentlemen. Please exit through this door.", he said with a slight accent and pointed to the door to his right. "Have a nice day and we at MacRubens Keys would feel honoured to see you again on your next portkey!"
All passengers nearly stood as one and walked through the exit.
The three Gryffindor followed the stream and once they got out of the room, they seemingly had also left the building the portkeys travelled from and to.
Brightly, the sun shone onto their faces. Warmed up the skin and left them sweating in their clothes which might have been fitting for the rainy weather of London but not the nearly stifling heat of the equatorial sun of the Bermuda Triangle.
Forge who had been keeping their tickets also had the maps of Ilha Principal and Ilha das Máscaras and as such was unanimously chosen as the leader of their little group.
"Ok, we have to go to the registration centre for Masquerade Island which is this way!" Exaggeratedly, he pointed in the direction. When he began to walk, the other two followed, grinning in good mood.
Since it only consisted of signing the Forms of Identification, Emergency and Silence and of them choosing their symbols, the registration process did not take too long and they were out in a few minutes.
After that they were shown to a wizarding variation of a speedboat.
The guide who was the one responsible for the speedboats explained that he'll only type in their destination in to the enchantments of the boat and then the three of them wouldn't have to do anything other than sit there and enjoy the sun.
The twins whopped when the vehicle took of at high speed.
Harry grinned at the antics of the two pranksters and then took to watching the ocean which he was seeing for the first time in his life.
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AN: If you think that I'm overloading you with information or anything is unclear and you have questions: Please review so I can answer questions and hopefully make reading the story as enjoyable as writing it is...