A Day in the Market

[Fabio Santiago-Cruz]

Fabiano Santiago-Cruz hated being taken out of school, especially for stupid reasons. It was Antonello's birthday, and the whole family just had to go and celebrate. He had packed a whole backpack full of books and homework. How did his father expect him to be a good student when he was always being pulled out of school? The house was loud and Fabio started to rub his ears. Why was he born to such a loud family? He slung his backpack over his shoulder and headed for the door. "Where are you going shrimp?" Antonello yelled from the kitchen. "Away from here." he said softly. He walked out of the door and slammed it behind him. For a moment, there was a light ringing in his ears. He put in his earbuds so that the noisiness of the city did not drive him crazy. Having sensitive ears was no fun, but Fabio never had a fun life to begin with. All he knew how to do was study. He was forced to study all the time, and he was surprised his father did not chase after him and drag him back to the house. He had walked into a market. The smell of fresh fruit and food welcomed him. Fabio did not have a huge appetite like the rest of his family. He was the quiet one of the family until he was asked to speak. Almost every word out of his mouth was rude and poisonous. He just did not like people.

Fabio stopped in front off a cart full of a barrel full of apples. His favorite fruit. He picked up and apple and tapped the woman on her shoulder. The woman smiled at him. "Yes, dear?" He pointed at the apple and then held up five fingers. He wanted five apples. The woman seemed to understand and put five apples in a bag plus the one in his hand. Fabio reached in his pocket to pull out some muggle money, but the woman shook her head a him. "Since you are so adorable I will give these to you for free." she said very slowly as if he was deaf. Fabio simply nodded his head and took the bag of apples. He did not blame the woman for thinking he was deaf. He often pretended he was so he would not have to speak. He started to munch on an apple after he had spent awhile walking. Didn't he come out here to study? His back was starting to hurt from how heavy his backpack was. Fabio just sighed. He would have to endure it because there was not a bench in sight for him to sit on.

 

[Myuna Kickett]

A school trip was usually something that was enjoyable to the students going, it meant that they had some time without classes. this one seemed extra enjoyable as they would be away for two weeks. the first they were in Canberra and the second they were going up into the mountains on a sort of ski trip. Myuna wasn't happy. sure she got to miss out of a week of school, and got away from her grandma for a week, but she would alo miss a week of the holiday back home and the second week of the holiday she knew her mother would make her catch up on the magic she had missed. unfortunately she hadn't any choice on the matter. her grandmother had forced her to go and although the school had said it was random who actually got a place on the tip she was sure she had been given one because she was one of the few aboriginal or part aboriginal students at the school. what a joke. today was the third day of looking around the boring government places and museums. the history of australia. that was a joke too. more like, "an abridged history of white australia, with one wall about the natives so they don't feel left out". she was sick of it. today they were in another museum. "hey Una. look here it says the Abbos were classed as part of the wildlife until 1967" someone shouted. Myuna rolled her eyes, she knew they were just joking but still. "yeah, but in 2008 they had to apologise." she put on her strongest native accent "so you have to be supper nice to me now" she said. things had been like that for a while. As soon as she could she slipped away from the class and walked out of the museum. how long would it be until they realised she was gone? how long before they called her mobile? she wasn't sure but she was sure as hell not going to stick around to find out. she jumped on the first bus she found she didn't have a clue where it was going. she got off when it reached some markets. that would be at least something different to spend the afternoon. her stomach gurgled. as she passed the first food stand she saw. she remembered the linch was still on the bus the school was using. not that a sandwich mattered much anyway. the next food stall was selling potato twirls "I'll have one, with just salt" she said handing the stall keeper a crisp pink $5 note in exchange for the potato and a two dollar coin. she wandered through the market as she ate. her mind wandering. shame they were at stupid Canberra, none of the cities ere inland other than here, inland was bush, native land, and farmland. shame they weren't in Melbourne, sydney the gold cost or anywhere with a decent beach.
she wasn't paying much attention to where she was going. she walked straight into the boy before she saw him. "watch it" she said automatically before she looked at him. he seemed a similar age to her and a quick glance around showed that he wasn't with any one that she could see. "my bad, sorry" she said apologising for both walking into him and being rude. there wasn't really much fun being on her own, and this boy seemed better company than anyone else here or anyone on the trip.

 

[Fabio Santiago-Cruz]

Fabio found it easier to tune out all of the noise with his earbuds in. It was a muggle item, but he did not mind. Anything to help keep the noise out made him happy. Kind of. He was never really happy, just not as miserable and sad as he once was. Fabio pulled his beanie farther down on his head. His thick curly hair was in a ponytail in the the back of his head. It felt nice to be outside. The warm breeze relaxed him, and the sunlight made him feel warm. Normally, he was locked in his room with his father, studying. Then his mother would bring him up some crappy sandwich that showed she put no effort into it. He dropped an apple core to the ground. He reached in the bad and pulled out another apple. The apples were giving him energy to keep walking. He avoided all the food Antonello offered him because he was scared he did something to it. His brother was never to be trusted. Fabio felt his shoulder be pushed back with some force. Just enough force to knock his earbuds out. Noise filled his ears and soft ringing was heard. His apple fell out of his hand, and he covered his ears. His earbuds had fell onto the ground somewhere. Crap. The girl's words were muffled because of the light ringing. He scanned the ground with his eyes to see where his earbuds were. "Sh*t!" he yelled. That wench did this to him! Fabio removed his hands from his ears and turned his gaze to the girl. "What is wrong with you?!" he yelled at her. He knew she would not understand o word he said, but she could tell he was pissed. He pushed the girl away from him roughly and looked on the ground again for his earbuds.

 

[Myuna Kickett]

Myuna didn't really care that the boy was shouting at her. though she didn't know a word of what he said. "Watch it. I said I was sorry" she snapped back, she didn't know if he could understand her, she didn't understand him. but he seemed to have over reacted, as it wasn't like she had meant to do it. It seemed even Canberra had tourists, and tourists worse than perth than Margaret river, actually the tourists at the river were usually okay, most of them headed down to surf, so they were generally nice to the locals, though there was the odd coach load of them who were so obviously tourists, chattering away in Chinese or something. "you know you're in australia right, people speak english here" she said. at least thats what her gran thought. back home it was a mix english mainly and always to her mum but with the odd native word in. It wasn't that she was fully native, only half, but her dad had made sure she was brought up like everyone else, it was only her grandma's influence that had made her go to school in perth and act "like a girl should act" around her. she took a defiant bite of the potato and went to move on. she turned back. "you lost summut?" she asked as he was looking at the floor as if trying to find something

((summut short for something, i am not sure how you spell it right as it isnt technically a word))[/b]

 

[Fabio Santiago-Cruz]

Fabio was pissed. His ears were ringing and he did not have his earbuds. He knew going out was a bad idea. "Just stay out of my way!" he yelled at her. He threw his backpack to the ground and got on his hands and knees. He was going to kill that girl if his earbuds were lost forever. His father even said he was not going to get him another pair. He kind of heard the girl say something about speaking English. He did not have to. Spanish was his first language. Whenever he was frazzled or overwhelmed, like now, he spoke in Spanish. He simply ignored what she said. He looked under carts and possibly everywhere on the ground. Fabio stood up and stomped back over to the girl and slung his backpack over his shoulder again. He held out his hand to her. "Give me money." he told her. She made him lose his earbuds. He had to buy new ones. He knew his father would not. Fabio was going to get money from this girl. He had not problem with hexing her in public. It was not like she was worth much anyways. "Hurry up!" he yelled. He tightened his grip on his bag of apples in his other hand. The ringing in his ears got a little worse. He wished this idiot would hurry up.

 

[Myuna Kickett]

Una rolled her eyes. "I didn't try to get into your way, you should keep an eye on there you are going" she said getting a little annoyed at the boy. he was looking on the floor for things. "whatever you lost it's gone now" she said turning once again. she had been wrong this boy was ignorant, rude and certainly not worth her time. she began to walk away however the boy was there asking for, no make that demanded, money. "nah way mate. i don't owe you anything" she said brushing his demanding hand away and continuing walking. shame her grandma hadn't let her take her wand, she had found a prank spell book in new zealand and she had secretly been practicing the jinxes n there. her favourite at the moment was one that made the receivers teeth grow abnormally long.

 

[Fabio Santiago-Cruz]

Fabio scoffed. He should watch were he was going? Yeah right. He was the victim! "Says the girl that bumped into me!" he scoffed and rolled his eyes. He had managed to keep those earbuds for several years. Having annoying siblings and possessive parents made it hard to keep anything for a long time. This girl did not understand that. "Only because of your clumsiness." he snapped at her. Just hearing the girl's voice annoyed him. It made him wish he was deaf. Fortunately, he was not deaf. He just had a minor problem that frustrated him all the time. His hand was pushed away by the girl. He thought about taking out his wand and cursing her, but there were tons muggles around and he would officially be put onto the Ministry of Magic's list of people to stalk. Fabio just reached in his bag and took out an apple. The girl had not gotten very far, and his aim was near perfect. He pulled his arm back and threw the apple with all his might. He faithfully hoped that the apple would hit the girl in the back of the head. If that happened then he would forget all about the earbuds. He was sure he could just steal some from some from a muggle store. The next time he got out to one that is. He could not forget how strict and possessive his parents were, and for no logical reason either.

 

[Myuna Kickett]

Una rolled her eyes. "oh, whatever" she said brushing past him again. this time on purpose. there was no way he was getting any money from her. she kept walking but somehow he was still there. "look mate. I ain't got no cash, so quit asking she said totally lying. she had a $50 and a $10in her pocket along with the remains of the 5 that the had used to buy the potato stick. she just walked away for good when she felt an apple skim the side of her head. before hitting the side of a pram that caused the baby who was asleep to wake up and start screaming. she walked back past the boy. "look what you did now" she hissed as she passed. she then headed to another marked stall that sold doughnuts. "please may i have one chocolate one please" she said. the man gave her one and she handed over the four dollars. before biting into the sugary outside into the warm melted chocolate filling.

 

[Fabio Santiago-Cruz]

Fabio cursed when the apple missed. What a waste. A baby started to cry. He found children highly annoying. They were loud and obnoxious, and he hated them. He would rather live in total silence than be around a child. The girl claimed she did not have any money, but then she went and bought a doughnut. How fat of her. First a potato crisp and now a doughnut. What else was the fatty going to stuff her face with? He stood over next to the girl. Fabio calmed himself down. He calmed down his thought and cleared his head so he could think straight. He massaged his throat quickly. Screaming and yelling always made his throat sore. It also strained his voice. He was a developing boy, so his voice cracked here and there. "Liars don't get very far in life." he said along with some realistic sign language. He looked at the man. "Have you ever been interested in magic?" he asked and "signed" his words. He was sure that his English sounded a little strange because he could not really hear himself with all the ringing and noises going on around him. "I know a few spells that could give your...business a little more luck." he told the man anlong with some more "sign language". Four dollars for a doughnut was expensive, and that was probably why no one wanted to buy doughnuts. No one but the fat girl standing next to him. Of course. Fabio was not really going to give the man magic spells. He could say some hullaballoo and charge money for it. He saw in the man's eyes that he was desperate for more business.

 

[Myuna Kickett]

myuna just flicked her head as he said that liars don't get very far in life. her mouth was full of the sweet doughnut. but she thought neither do beggers. she kept eating it was a good doughnut, she wasn't allowed much unhealthy food at home, though she often went to get maccas after school. her gan had her on a diet of proper food not junk.
she overheard the boy ask the man if he knew about magic. this sparked her attention. magic, what was this muggle up to. she listened longer. as the man declined and said that business was fine, just slow as the markets were always a little slow on wednesdays. myuna chuckled. it seemed like the man didnt bleive the boy was capable of that sort of magic, Myuna knew he was right, studying magic with her gran and mum she knew that that wort of magic was advance and against the law. "what are you playing at you muggle gubba wannabe, didn't you just say liars never prosper" she said. if anyone asked what muggle meant she would say it was aboriginal slang for obnoxious or something. "let 'im be he aint going to get any custom with you yabbin on" she said. she didn't usually but that much slang in her words due to her grans influence of making her a proper British witch, but she wasn't here and she always subconsciously put more in when she was annoyed.

Out of Character:

maccas=mcdonalds, gubba=white person (derogatory, ironic as she is half white, and he isnt white himself hence why she said gubba wannabe) yabbin=talking.
I appologise for her being so rude

 

[Fabio Santiago-Cruz]

Fabio was playing deaf currently, so he ignored the girl's outburst. He was a pureblood. How dare she call him a muggle? He would show her. He took off his backpack and opened it. He searched for a his book of spells. He showed the purple book to the man. He decided to drop the sign language. "One spell out of this thing, and your business will be booming!" he told the man with a fake smile. The book had the Durmstrang crest in the top left hand corner. This witch would now know he was from one of the most prestigious magical academies ever. This wench would know not to mess with him or she would be in trouble. He was just having a little fun. Fabio opened the book and flipped the pages as if he was trying to find a spell. He smiled as if he had found fifty galleons in his pockets. He ran his finger down the page. "Here is the perfect spell!" he exclaimed softly. He looked back up at the man. "Shall we try it?" he asked. He reached his pocket for his wand. This girl was obviously a witch because she used the word muggle. She was bound to do something once she saw he was not joking.

Out of Character:

It's alright.

 

[Myuna Kickett]

Myuna watched as the boy looked in his bag for a book. finally he found the one he was looking for. a purple one. she didn't recognise the school crest stamped on the corner of it, the only schools that she knew of were hogwarts where her mum and grandmother had gone and Hogwarts new zealand where they were trying to get her in next year for OWLs. she still wasn't convinced. however she saw a few words that she recognised, different spells, nothing to do with business, just simple charms and jinxes. "what are you playing at. okay, you aint a muggle but you're still a gubba wannabe. if you are going to break the statute i am getting out of here" she said. though her accent was getting thicker so it sounded more like. "wachoo playin a, kay, you ain't a muggle but you still a gubbawannabe. if you gonna break the statue i'm gettin ou' o' 'ere" being home schooled she was allowed to do magic at home but there were strict rules and if she was caught doing magic out of classes or home then she was going to get in struct trouble. although she didn't have her wand she still didn't want to be there if he was going to do magic. if she got into trouble there was almost no way she would get into school next year, which meant almost no way she could finally leave the stupid muggle one she was at. she looked at the muggle owner. he looked at them like they were mad. surly he wouldn't buy a spell off a madman boy.
she looked at the spell he had picked. if she remembered right it was the tickling jinx. "what good is that gonna be" she said rolling her eyes. seriously.

 

[Fabio Santiago-Cruz]

Fabio looked back at the girl. Why couldn't she just shut up? Gubba wannabe? He had saw the word in a book before. It meant white. How was he trying to be white. She obviously thought trying to scam people was only something white people tried to do. "Oh! You're still here? I don't know why you are still here." he told her. Fabio turned back to the man. This book was from his first year. He always studied the spells and magic he learned previous years so he would not forget the foundation he started on. He wanted to make sure he stood on solid ground when it came to magic. This girl was so stupid if she thought he was really going to perform magic. He was that crazy. She was just a dumb racist. "How about we do something even more simple than magic?" he asked and closed his book. He took a black marker from his back pocket. The prices were on a big piece of paper taped to the front table. He crossed out the previous prices and lowered them. Four dollars to 50 cents. Now, the people were able to get more fatty sweets with the little money they had. Fabio stepped out of the way so the new prices were now visible to the people. Three people came over to buy some doughnuts. Then several others came to purchase sweets as well. Fabio nodded and looked back at the man. He held out his hand. "You're welcome." he said and looked at the man expectantly. He was handed ten dollars. Fabio smiled and stuffed the money in his pocket. He packed up his book and slung his heavy backpack over his shoulder. He took another apple from his bag. He started on his way.