Muggle Studies Lesson 3 - Rides
 

Welcome to the carnival! As you walk around you notice a variety of rides - The ferris wheel, the Himalaya, Mr. Freeze, Superman, Batman, the Hall of Mirrors, Pharoah's Swing, UFO Ride, Tilt-A-Whirl, the Zipper, loop-a-plane, the log ride, bumper cars and even a small roller coaster. All rides are full size and in full motion, ready to carry you and your friends on an adventure of your own. Have fun, and don't get too dizzy on that Tilt-A-Whirl!

Jayne screamed with delight "Bumper cars!" she jumped into one and started driving around

Oh my word. What were these machines? She looked around for Professor Dumont so she could ask him. They looked pretty dangerous in her opinion. She just stared at them, waiting to see what they were supposed to do. Until then, she was staying far away from them so they couldn't mutilate her.

Penny looked at all the rides. This was going to be fun. Then she saw the tilt-a-whirl. Her fave ride in the whole world. Oh and the bumper cars. "Yay!" was all she could say!

Lucas walked into the classroom as his mouth hung open. What was going on? This was amazing! Professor Dumont was like almost the awesomest professor in the world. If only he let them dig in the dirt like Professor Lainey. Lucas clapped his hands and jumped up and down. "This is great!" He shouted trying to see what he wanted to do first.

Qaz made a bee line for the Tilt-a-Whirl. It was her favorite ride and she didn't even have to put up with her annoying brother. Off she went, round and round. She rode it several times, then thought she'd let her stomach settle a bit before she hit the junk food.

Antonio strolled around in the games area, making sure that everyone was okay and enjoying themselves. He was tempted to ride the roller coaster himself but that would be silly, it was a small one and he would look like a fool. He preferred the larger ones himself, the ones that did loops and went really fast, but these rides were great for the kids. He groaned as he passed the tilt a whirl, he had ridden that as a child but just didn't seem to have the equilibrium for it anymore. It was great that the kids liked it.

"Everybody having fun?", he called out.

Rapunzel loved loved loved this lesson. She had no idea what they were learning about today but she didn't care - she had been riding The Batman coaster all class and didn't plan on getting off anytime soon.

"Oh yes, Professor, you should be having fun too!" Punz shouted as the ride went by the teacher. "WHEEEEEEE!"

Rachel was enjoying herself immensely. She ran over to the bumper cars and jumped into an available one straight away. Bang, bam! I love this thing! Once the time was out, she wasted no time herself and ran over to the tilt a whirl. She took a deep breath and climbed on. "Weeeee!!" she shouted as she was hoisted into the air and screamed loudly as the ran began spinning madly.
This is so much fun!

Lima saw Penny staring at the rides in awe. Smiling, she made her way over to her new friend and said, "amazing, huh? Where do you want to go first?" This was incredible; the thought of going on rides made her so excited, that she didn't feel any sadness right then.

Whitney couldn't believe it. All of the pretty lights put her in a daze. When she snapped out of it she saw Lima not too far away with another Huffie, also staring at the rides. "Hey Lima! Isn't it pretty?"

Penny looked at Lima with excitment. "I know." she said nodding. Then she looked around. "I don't know. Where do you want to start?" she aske her friend.

Lima heard Whitney off to the side. She called out to her, "you got that right! Come on over and join us." The more people there, the better. And she really liked Whitney from their first meeting.

Turning back to Penny, she thought for a moment and said, "I like roller coasters. What do you think?" She raised her brow questioningly.

Penny listened to to what Lima said. "Rollercosters are good. I love them." she said getting really hyper.

Accepting Lima's invitation, Whitney walked over to her and the other girl. She heard them talking about roller coasters but didn't say anything. Instead she introduced herself to the other Hufflepuff, "Hi, I'm Whitney"

Penny smiled at the other girl. "Nice to meet you Whitney. I'm Penny." she said. She looked around wondering where Maddox has gotten off to.

Lima smiled as Whitney joined them. "What do you think about roller coasters?" she asked, glad that Penny had agreed with her.

Then she noticed Penny looking around her. She raised her brow and asked, "what are you doing?" while she laughed.

"Hi Penny," she said smiling. Thinking about Lima's question, Whitney looked up at the roller coaster. She never did well with heights, but maybe she had to get over her fears. "Um...they are....very high up." Even if it was a small roller coaster, it was still high up.

Also noticing that Penny was looking somewhere else, Whitney turned to see what she and Lima, both, were looking at. She only saw more rides and other students.

Penny looked at Lima and then looked around again. "I am looking for someone and he seemed to have dissapeard." she said. Where could he have gone. Hopefully not to far.

Kayla looked around her wondering which ride to go on first. She loved these classes, they were so exciting. She decided on the Tilt-a-Whirl first, being the thrill seeker that she was. She only wished that the roller coaster was bigger and had more loops in it. "This is totally cool" she muttered to herself as she sat down on the ride and waited for it to start.

Lima bit her lip at Whitney. Seemed that she didn't like the idea too much. "You not wanting to go on the roller coaster?" she asked kindly. If Whitney didn't like heights, it was okay.

She raised her brow at Penny but remained quiet. She knew who she was referring to. "Maybe he won't show up," she said rather hopefully.

Whitney had been trying so hard not to let her fear show. "No, I don't mind roller coasters, or at least I don't think I do. I've never actually been on one." She really didn't want to be a party pooper, and plus it was half true. She been on something that was like a roller coaster. She felt like she was dying. "I think I'll try it, and if I don't die or get majorly damaged, than I should have fun."

Realizing the two girls were talking about someone she didn't know Whitney decided not to ask. It really wasn't any of her business. All she knew was that Lima looked a little hopeful at this person not showing up.

"He is here somewhere." Penny said to Lima looking around. She listened to Whitney. "Hey, rollercoasters are like the most awesome ride in the world. You will like 'em" she said.