Harry Potter and the Thunderstruck Muggles(01) - Sahits

* * *Samantha came from a small town near Abilene. Both parents Muggles, and farmers, had shelived on that farm until she felt the wide space narrowing around her, especially around herunderemployed brain. Samantha's next station had been another farm, until she realized thehorizon wasn't widening this way. Then she had taken the job of a deputy sheriff.Around that time of their conversation, the first two steaks were ready. Harry took his own,admiring the size, the thickness, and the taste. Then he watched in astonishment as Samanthawas putting two more steaks on the grid. He asked, "Do you expect more people?""No - why?""Then who's going to eat those?"The question sounded pretty stupid to Samantha, only Texans seemed used to answer them."Us, you dummy ... Don't tell me you'll stop after one small steak.""Maybe not, but definitely after this wagon wheel."Samantha didn't believe him; at any rate, she wasn't going to stop after hers.All this took place in front of Hagrid's old hut. Samantha had adopted the place immediately,feeling more at home than ever since she had left Texas to widen her horizon.Harry watched her rapidly diminishing the large chunk of meat. "Did you learn to fight there -as a deputy sheriff?""Some more tricks, yeah, but I didn't start at scratch ... On a farm in Texas, and probably otherstates too, a virgin is someone who can run faster and fight meaner than the boys.""Oh ..." Harry was ready to take it for a bad joke, only Nagini kept silent. But maybe this hadto do with Nagin's own piece of raw meat, still visible from the bulge in her body.Sensing Harry's uneasiness, Samantha grinned. "It's another world ... Where did you learnyour own kung fu?""Kung fu? Is this another technique?""Dunno - in Texas, you fight with guns, or with fists - you may use your head too, or a jackhandle - anything else is called kung fu ... Far-east stuff.""Mine is called aikido ... I learned it in Japan, but that's just where it started - for the last year,I trained here in Hogwarts. Mr. Kenzo is the teacher, a Japanese.""No kidding? ... I figure I'd give it a try." Samantha glanced at him approvingly. "To behonest - it's quite a while since someone has blocked my kicking at such a short distance."Harry nodded. "Yes, I was too close, and you can hide your intention quite well."10