[3 Broomsticks] A Good Drink

[Girty Hubbles]

Girty looked at the man as he sat down. She let the grip of her wand loosen a bit but she kept it in her grasp. Her eyes narrowed as she watched the man.

Count Black? It could not be….must be another relation.

Girty’s mind swam with thoughts and ideas, not one were relaxing. She need to search more, to set her at ease.
“Forgive me for asking but do you have any family here? Or are you here purposely on business reasons?”

[Mandrake Black]

Mandrake thought about the question. Could she possibly know? "I do have family here, but i also have business here. I plan on buying a shop in Hogsmeade." mandrake shifted uneasily, hoping she was still in the dark. A trickle of sweat appeared on his brow. He was nervous.

[Girty Hubbles]

The man before her was making Girty feel uneasy. Her grip remained tight around the wands handle as she looked over at the man seeing the a small bead of sweat shinning in the light. He was nervous too.

“Oh. Well I hope your business will flourish. What will it be?”

Girty’s eyes were hard and stared coolly at the man. Something was not right, he had a presence around him. One that send a shiver down her spin, her stomach turn and a cold sweat to run down her neck. No, Girty had met this man before and something bad had happened.

[Mandrake Black]

Mandrake gave a smile, and calmed down. with a sigh he spoke,

"A book shop. I will be selling my library at my Romanian estate. Its a large selection. So how has your year went at Hogwarts?" and he leaned back in his chair giving her one of his mad smiles.

[Professor Daniel Hubbles]

Dan was looking around for his sister. He was determined to surprise her and desired to see the look on her face as he strutted in to the same room as her. With a cheeky laugh he pushed open the door to the Three Broomsticks. It had took a long time to find Girty. He had to ask around a few people, some who gave him very strange answers but eventually he saw her, although she was not quite how he would have expected to see her.

She seemed to be very nervous with another man sitting opposite her and a boy at her side. The smile went from his face as he walked closer to the table. He overheard the older man talk and ask Girty some rather random questions. With a small cough to clear his throat Dan dived into the conversation.
“Excuse me miss, do you know this man?”

[Girty Hubbles]

Girty looked hard at Count Black, there was still something about him she did not like, something that made her feel she had met this man before. Trying to overcome the silly notion, Girty heard a voice that she could not help put leap to her feet.
There before her stood her older brother. Girty flung her arms around his neck with a load laugh.

“I heard rumours you were coming. Mum kept dropping big enough hints. But I can not believe you’re here!”

Girty kept on smiling at Dan, letting out the odd tiny laugh. Girty knew that now with Dan in the castle she would be safe. Ever since the incident with Mandrake Black last term, Girty knew that Dan was nervous about her being in the castle, without proper protection and with the tournament coming up.

[Professor Daniel Hubbles]

As his sister started to laugh and threw her arms around him, Dan hugged her back. It had been such a long time since he had seen Girty as she had indeed grown. Breaking out of his sisters grasp he gave a small punch on the shoulder.
“Well I’m not an figment of your imagination, so I must be here.”

Dan gave a small chuckle and looked at the other two people at the table. He gave them both a small bow of the head noting that the younger boy was a Slytherin.
“Girty are you going to introduce me to the other people at the table? Mum would not be impressed with your lack of manners.”

[Girty Hubbles]

Rubbing her arm where Dan had punched her Girty turned around and looked at the other two people at the table. Her mother always told her that when introducing people you need to give informative facts so that the person who was being introduced could bring up a topic for both to talk about.

“Well this here is Mort or as I like to call him, Morty boy. He is a very good Quidditch player and asked me out for a drink. And this…” Girty turned and faced Count Black. As she looked into his eyes she knew she had seen the same darkness before. Then it clicked. “Mandrake Black.”

Girty lowered her hand and stood in shock. She could not believe it, there was something about the man she did not like but this was crazy. He died. Grace saw it, he died…there must be a mistake.

[Mandrake Black]

Mandrake gave another dangerous smile and sat up in his chair. "Hello my good man. Tis a pleasure to meet you. Count Blacks the name." and he shook the mans hand, and then turn to Girty. "There must be some mistake milady. Mandrake Black is dead. Please don't remind me of my dear cousins death. Horrible accident. It was a terrible loss to my family and to this school. Let us discuss happier matters." and Mandrake leaned back into his seat with that same cold smile.

[Professor Daniel Hubbles]

Dan looked down at the man. He was not convinced. Spiking up the front of his hair Dan then turned around and pulled up a chair.
“I has never met Mandrake Black so I can not comment, but my sister had a few running with him, and trust me I heard about them. And if Girty says that your him…then well to be honest, I believe my sister rather then a freaky looking man who looks like he has come out of a fancy dress shop.”

Like Girty, Dan had his hand tightly fixed around his wand handle. He was ready to pounce if this loser tried anything on his sister.

[Mandrake Black]

Mandrake smiled. "I see we greet strangers a little differently. I assure that Mandrake Black is dead. You were at his funeral Girty! How is this not proof? I am simply Count Edmond Black. Not my cousin Mandrake Black. Is there any other way i could proof it to you?" and Mandrake fell silent. His temper was rising.