Leeroy stumbled off the airplane with 165 dollars in his pocket. He didn't like flying much. He pulled out his map. He had taken time on the airplane to mark out his route. There was a bus terminal in front so he stood at the bus stop and waited for bus #10 to show up.

The bus was $1.75 so he handed the driver a five, got his change, and went and sat down. He had to pay close attention to the stops and got off at Eastridge to get on the 22. It took about a 10 minutes to show up. This bus would take him most of the way there. He sat down next to a nice looking man with a red bandana and said "hello". The man looked at him funny so he spent the rest of his time looking around.

He got to the bus station and could see the pavillion building. He was early so he decided to get food. He looked around and saw a sign that said "OLD SPAGHETTI FACTORY" He liked spaghetti so he stepped inside. It wasn't very crowded. A lady walked up to him and asked him where his parents were. He didn't have them with him so she didn't let him stay. He walked back out and down the street to a McDonalds. He bought a burger and sat down to eat. It was a pretty good burger he thought.

When his burger was finished he looked at his watch. It was 5:45. He decided to head toward the pavillion and soon realized that he was smart in doing so. The concert didn't start until 7 but it was packed already. He spent an hour in line getting pushed around by little girls and girls his age. He felt out of place.

Finally he made it inside. This was it! He still had $155 and decided he wanted a souvenir. The shops sold everything from wigs to key chains to t-shirts to bags. He bought a pink shirt for his sister and a key chain for his niece Delilah, both had pictures of Britney. Then he bought a bag with a logo on it for himself and put the extra stuff in it as well as his map and left over money, except for the $20 he kept in his sock.

On the way to his seat he bought a bottle of water and a soft pretzel. A security guard was checking peoples tickets and making sure they were sitting in the right spots. He sat down and the air was tense with anticipation. And then the lights went down. A spotlight shown center stage, all eyes on Britney. The music began, then the words, "There's only two types of people in the world..."

By the end of the concert he was exhausted. Half-way through he had started dancing with the crowd. He stayed awake to get onto the bus and made the bus swap. He got back to the airport and wondered how muggles survived everyday with no Floo Powder. He was exhausted as he sat down on a chair in the terminal and fell asleep.

Oh yeah this was going to be fun!

Sarah stepped out of the airport and took a deep breath.Taking in the Californian air and sunshine was magical,it always rained where she lived in the UK so this was a whole new experiance.

Looking round to check John was behind her,Sarah stuffed her hand inside her bag and pulled out her map.
Unfolding the thing... boy is this big!... "We seem to be a way away..." she said,tracing the route with her finger. "Guadalope parkway seems to be where we need to start...I think.I do know that we have to get to West Santa Clara Street,that's where the HP Pavilion is," she sighed closing the map and turning to look at her travel companion.

Hoisting her bag over her shoulder,Sarah looked around for modes of transport.We could walk,but might get lost.There maybe a bus,but how would we know the right stop? Taxi is our best bet...take us straight there,but it might be expensive.
"What do you think?," she asked,smiling at John. "I suggest we go for a taxi.At least that way we won't get lost,and we can pay half each." she muttered,looking down at her watch. "I think there is only a couple of hours until the concert starts!"

John looked at Sarah. "I think a cab would be the best way to get there." He smiled as he hailed a cab. "Here's one now." He hoped she would get in as he knew the concert was about to start soon. "I thing we can get Dumont something from the concert and we can get a few things for ourself at the concert." He smiled. "Yeah we will go halfs."

Sarah smiled as John hailed a taxi.She felt so much safer with someone else for company,she certainly would not have liked to do this on her own.

Getting in the cab it only seemed like a couple of minutes before they were at their destination. "Wow it looked further away on the map!" she said taking her purse out of her bag. "How much do we owe you?" she enquired of the driver.
"$10? Okie dokie hang on...here..we...go." She struggled to get the note out of her small purse,but managed it in the end.Nudging John she said "You can pay me your half later."

Scrambling out of the car,Sarah was in awe. "This place is amazing! We have one hour until show starts,enough time I think to look at the souvenir stand....come on!" She grabbed John by the sleeve and dragged him inside.

John smiled as he was dragged into the stadium. "This is so buetiful." He laughed as he looked up in awe. "So what do you think that Dumont would like?" He asked as he held $5 out for Sarah to take." He looked into the stadium and saw one of the souvenir stands. "Here we go."

Hmmm what would Dumont like? He was alot older than them,and a guy,Sarah had no clue.Browsing the stand she saw t-shirts,key chains and posters....a poster!
"How about this?!" she asked John,showing him what she had in her hand.



"We could get one for ourselves too,if you want,they're only $5 each!"
Handing over the money for one for herself and Professor Dumont,Sarah glanced in the direction of the auditorium.People were filing in and finding their seats.It must be nearly showtime!
With a quick "Thank you!" to the seller,Sarah carefully placed the rolled up posters into her bag and got out the event tickets ready to hand them over at the door.
"Shall we go my fellow Huffie?" she laughed,turning to John.
Oh she couldn't wait.Her very first concert!


Entering the auditorium Sarah was met by a wall of noise.Thousands of people already cheering and eager for Britney to appear.
Making sure that John was still close by she set about finding their seats.Turns out they were not that far from the front,close enough to be able to see the stage without the need for the big screens anyway.
Wedging her bag firmly between her feet,Sarah started to join in the cheering. "Wooohoooo come on!!"
Beaming she turned to John at her right side. "This is great! I don't ever want to leave!"

Suddenly the background music stopped and the crowd hushed.Snapping her head back to the stage,Sarah was just in time to see the woman herself come rising out of the middle of the stage,opening chords of 'Womanizer' being played by the band behind her.

Dancing and jiving about is not something that comes naturally to Sarah,but on this occassion she couldn't help herself,even if it was for 2 straight hours.Knowing the words to most of the songs she had started singing along as well.Glancing round she hoped that John and those around her wouldn't mind.
"WoooooHoooo."

Eventually it was over.Britney did an encore and accepted the standing ovation,and it was time to leave.Oh noes!
"Oh wow that was amazing wasn't it?!" she beamed at John. "I wonder where her next concert will be,I may ask mum and dad if I can go to that to!"

John smiled as he brought himself one. "Yeah that will do great for Professor Dumont." He smiled as he walked into the concert, he laughed as he heard that the concert was starting so he went into the stadium and as he heard the first song he started to sing it after that he decided that he didn't know the rest so stopped after awhile he looked at Sarah and smiled as she saw her in full voice. Well he didn't mind if she was having fun, he wondered if she was enjoying the concert. but he couldn't say anything to her as the noice was getting loud.

Copernicus studied all the signs as they exited the airport, finally finding the one that directed them to the taxi stand. That was silly... taxis couldn't stand. He gestured for the others to follow him as he approached a man leaning against the hood of a long yellow sedan.

"There are four of us, and we need a ride to the HP Pavilion," he gestured to those behind him, but when he turned... he only saw Anna and Plymouth. Oh no! "I mean three. Three of us." The man quoted them $30, and Cope agreed.

"Dudes," Anna mumbled, pointing at a few cars driving down a nearby road. "Check that out! Those people are driving on the wrong side of the road! Fruitcakes! I don't even drive yet, but even I know that that's one dumb move right there." Shaking her head and giggling at the nonsense, Anna followed Cope to the taxi stand. "I don't understand why we have to take a dumb cab," Anna mumbled, standing in line behind Cope and Plym and watching more and more dumb drivers go up and down the road. "I obtained American money, I rode on an airplane for ten frazzling hours, and then I saw a taxi cab! Can't we just apparate over to the Harry Potter Pavilion?" she whispered, making sure the nearby muggles didn't hear her.

"I mean, if they're going to drive on the wrong side of the wrong, then I really don't think we should get in the car with any of them," Anna said, still fussing about the cab ride she was about to be forced to take. Anna rolled her eyes as Cope paid the man thirty dollars---enough for three people. Wait---THREE PEOPLE?!?! "Stopppp!" she yelled, jumping out the of the cabn she was about to get into. "We can't go with Cale!!!"

"He knows where he's going and he has the ticket," Copernicus sighed. "We won't be able to find him here, but if we meet him over there, our tickets have seat numbers." Cope slid further into the cab. "Come on, Anna Bella. Come with us, and he'll meet us there."

"Well, okay...if you say so," Anna said, shrugging and sliding into the seat between Cope and Plym. She didn't feel so sure of the fact that Cale knew his way around, though. Sure, he had a ticket, but would he really know what to do with it? Anna turned around and glanced out the back window on the off chance that she'd see her boyfriend's curly head coming through the crowd. She sighed nervously when she saw no sign of Cale, though, and then turned back around to face forward. "Well, off we go, I suppose! To the Harry Potter Pavilion, sir!" Anna exclaimed, smiling at the cab driver.

Plymouth snuggled up to Anna after giving the taxi driver a $1 bill (he was running low on money and still had to get Cela a gift, okay??). He put an arm around both his buds. "Boys and girls. Should we warm our voices up on the way over? So we don't pull a vocal cord or something?"


Ahem. "LaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAaaaaLAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

Little did Cale know it, but on the opposite end of the HUGE airport, his girlfriend and the Ravvie brothers were headed off for the concert, leaving him all alone on the opposite terminal, waiting for a cab himself to come pick him up.

He glanced at the map he had bought back home and sighed. This would be sooooo helpful if he knew which direction he was facing. He had a pretty good internal compass, ironically, but it wouldn't do him any good if he was nothing more than a tiny black dot on the map right now.

"Hey, I need a cab!" he yelled, waving his arms around. Wasn't that how you were supposed to get their attention. No, it didn't seem to be working--in fact, he just kept getting weird stares from people. What, had they never seen a person try and hail a cab before? Sheesh. "Oi! Cab Man!" he tried again. Nothing.

Copernicus wasn't going to sing. He was too busy watching over the cabbie's shoulder to see where they were going in case they ran out of money and had to walk back or something. "I think it's just HP? HP Pavil..." He stopped speaking and pointed to the huge venue that was now visible. "Oh! There it is."

Anna giggled as Plym handed the cab driver a whole dollar bill. "Well, you have more money than I do! Cale has all my cash with him...wherever he may be," Anna said, putting her arms around Cope and Plym, as well. "Are you sure he'll be okay? I mean, the muggles won't kill him or something, right?" Anna knew she wasn't making any sense, but she was nervous and really wanted to find Cale. She glanced over at Plym, who was singing. Okay, so maybe that would help.

"LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LAAAAAAAAAAA LA LAAAA!"

Anna stopped singing when Cope mentioned that he saw the Pavilion. Anna sat up in her seat and stared at the huge venue. "Ohhh, Britney's in there somewhere," she said, in awe of the fact that she was at a real-live concert. "Someone needs to tip the man," Anna said, climbing out of the cab. "I would, but yeahhh...Cale has it all."

Finally, a poor old cab driver took pity on Cale and pulled up. Scurrying into the cab, he pulled out some money (he had no idea if it was the right amount or not) and stuffed it into the guys hand. "Erm, hi. I need to get to the HP Pavillion for the Britney Spears concert, please. Sir. Thanks," he said with a sheepish smile as the car started driving off. He checked his watch--ZOMG THEY HAD ONE HOUR! He had one hour to get there and he had heard numerous times that California traffic was horr--where they on the wrong side of the road? OHMIGOSH!

The cab driver was trying to kill him!

Plymouth didn't have any more money for TIPS. Especially if he was going to have to take care of Anna now, too (Which - clearly - since Newell was being a ninny he was going to have to not that he minded that much ). So, Plymouth hugged the cab driver from the backseat. The driver got a tight, happy hug from behind. "Thank you, kind sir! Couldn't have made it here without you! I'll tell Britney hello for you!!"


Plymouth hurried everyone out of the cab, then turned to help Anna out. "Perni - you know where to go? THis place looks.... erm big."

"We're not going to make it! We're not going to make it! WE. ARE. NOT. GOING. TO. MAKE. IT!" Anna yelled, running into the Pavilion and yelling for Cope and Plym to do the same. Anna scurried into the venue in record time, ready and excited to see Britney Spears in concert. What she was more excited to see, though, was her boyfriend entering the Pavilion right after her. "CAALLLEEEE!" she yelled, running over and practically jumping into his arms. "I love you, I love you, I love you!" She grabbed him by the hand and pulled him towards the seating part of the venue. "Cope! Plym! she yelled. "Let's gooooo!" Anna drug Cale further and further into the venue, trying to get to her seat in the nick of time. Just then, her eyes fell upon a piece of posterboard nearly jammed into the trash can. Oh, look....a poster!" Grabbing the abandoned poster, Anna hurried into the seating area, waving her poster up for Britney to see.

Cale watched as the cab pulled up to the center they were supposed to arrive at--at least, he hoped they were in the right place. It seemed like the right place...a bunch of people were walking around with Britney Spears banners, so he was pretty sure he was good.

As the driver pulled to the drop off area, he suddenly spotted a few familar faces in the crowd. EEE! He had found them! What were the chances? He had thought he would never see them again!

"STOP THE CAB!" Cale cried, nearly giving the driver a heart attack as he slammed on the brakes and sent Cale flying into the back of the drivers seat. Rubbing his head, he tossed a few more five dollar bills at the guy before climbing out of the car.

"Anna! Plymouth! Copernicus! Anna!" he cried, running at Anna and enveloping her in a big hug. "I thought I'd never find you guys again! Come ON! Let's go to the concert!" he exclaimed. Eee, he was giddy. Giddy with excitement in finding the gang again.

Cope followed more slowly along behind the rest of his group, tipping the cab driver and then making sure he got to his seat just as the concert was beginning. Surely THIS was the right place? Surely? He cheered as some blond girl came on the stage to sing.

Daniel arrived at San Jose and hailed a taxi. He smiled at the driver and sat at the rear seat. He said, "Sir, can you please take me to the HP Pavilion." he smiled.

Daniel was very nervous at that moment. He was reminiscing his taxi ride from the airport. He was now standing at the queue of the HP pavilion and waiting permission to enter to the concert. I have never heard of Britney Spears but she looks so hot.

He then saw the ones he had talking to just before they have left.

He looked at them and waved, Hi there. Mr. Plymouth, Mr. Copernicus, Mr. Cale and Ms. Anna. So this is where you were heading then?" he said with a giggle.

Plymouth... well," Perni? Um... PERNI! SHE IS HOT, RIGHT??"

She totally was. She was... amazing. She was beautiful.



She was a CARNIE!





If Plymouth wasn't happily into his girlfriend, it's like that he'd been seeking Britney to be his girl. Plymouth was buying Cela a top hat for her souvenir. "HEY DAN!!!"

Daniel waved at Plymouth and said, "I never thought you all would pick this event also." he smiled recalling the transportation center conversation.

"Have you had any idea if this Ms Spears is any good?" he asked.

Abby makes her way through Customs. She didn't like the man playing with her wand. What did he think it was a toy? She makes her way to the information desk and finds out how to get around San Jose. I really like taking the buses undergrounds, and trains on the last trip we took for Muggle Studies. I think I'd rather take the buses to this strange thing the woman called a cab. It sounded expensive. Abby makes her way out of the Airport terminal. The woman at the desk said I need to head northwest on Airport Boulevard to Terminal A. It's amazing how many different words muggles have for a road. I don't care what they call it. They all look like roads to me. Abby finds the bus stop in the left. She gets on Bus 10, the Metro/Airport-San Clara CTRN. The bus driver asks for her money. [I]The woman said it would be $1.75. She hands the driver two dollars. Abby tells him she's a tourist here in San Jose for the Britney Spears Concert. She also tells him the lady at the airport said she would need a transfer. Whatever that is. The driver hands her a piece of paper. Abby give it a queer look. He explains she will need to give it to the next bus driver. The man says Abby will have to change buses to get to the HP Pavilion. He suggest Abby take the seat behind him. He'll let her know when it's her stop. Abby sits down and watches the city go by. In no time the bus driver is telling her it's time to get off. Abby check the information she has. She asks if this is the Santa Clara Caltrain. The man shakes his head yes. Abby says good-bye and gets off the bus.

She waits at the bus stop for Bus 22, the Eastbridge-Palto Alto/Menlin Park bus. In a few minutes it arrives. Abby hands the driver her transfer and finds a seat. She looks at the information she got at Hogwarts. It has a picture of the HP Pavilion and the poster for the concert. Abby looks out the window for the HP Pavilion. The bus stops and the driver says she needs to get off here. Abby exist the bus and looks around. No HP Pavilion or anything that looks like this Britney Spears person. She read her directions. It say she has to walk to 525 West Santa Clara Avenue. Abby starts walking about a minute latter she sees it. The HP Pavilion.

SPOILER!!: HP Pavilion at San Jose

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This must be the place. Abby walks in and sees a poster for the concert.

SPOILER!!: Britney Spear Circus Poster

Abby buys her ticket and heads for the concession stand. She buys a drink the guy called a Coke and a box of some kind of strange stuff he called popcorn. It looks weird, bit it taste good. The guy looked cute too. Abby then buys some souvenirs and heads in for the concert.