"Hello, and welcome to my story. This is just a quick little info page before the actual story. This is my first fic, so please don't troll, but I will HAPPILY TAKE CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM. So basically, each "one-shot" will be in two parts, and each will feature a child from a different part of the world in their respective school. They will go in this order (Probably, but I might change depending on when inspiration strikes): Mahoutokoro, Hogwarts, Uagadou, Beauxbatons, Castelobruxo, Durmstrang, and Ilvermorny. Harry, Hermione, Ron, Fleur, and others will be popping up too, so keep your eyes peeled for them! Also, pay attention to what I am about to say: I am an ignorant American trying to write about other countries and cultures. Please do not be offended if I misinterpret, or say something somehow offensive. Simply correct me and I will change it ASAP. Also, I have a feeling my reviewer and I will be best friends. So I want to reward them. If you would like a character based off of you, just give me your (characters) name, age, looks, personality, school, and house (If you choose a school that has houses). Ok, before I leave you to your reading, I would like to say that I probably won't update frequently. I am navigating high school in all honors classes and I do a sport, so I am always busy. But I will make an effort to write as much as I can. If you think its been too long without an update, please PM me or leave a review, and I will try to work harder on an update. THANK YOU SO MUCH! -H. Star
Ok, so it was brought to my attention that not everyone keeps up with Pottermore as much as I do, so here is some information about Mahoutokoro taken directly from Pottermore."Mahoutokoro has the smallest student body of the eleven great wizarding schools. It takes students from the age of seven, (although they do not board until they are eleven). While they are day students, wizarding children are flown back and forth to their homes every day on the backs of a flock of giant storm petrels (Storm petrels are seabirds. These smallest of seabirds feed on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering). The ornate and exquisite palace of Mahoutokoro is made of mutton-fat jade and stands on the upmost point of the supposedly uninhabited Volcanic Islands of Minami Iwo Jima. Mahoutokoro's reputation rests not only on its impressive academic prowess, but also on its outstanding reputation for Quidditch. Which they supposedly learned from a band of foolhardy Hogwarts students." I believe that is all of the information needed to understand my story, if you want to learn more, just go to pottermore and search Mahoutokoro. All the information given here, and more is there.
So, without further ado: Here is Mahoutokoro (Part 1)
"Mom, when are they getting here!" Mai said impatiently, bounding into her parents room, already dressed in her nicest clothes for her arrival at Mahoutokoro. The "They" that Mia was referring to, were the flock of giant storm petrels that transported the students of Mahoutokoro to and from the school, until they began to board at the school at age eleven. Mai was seven, and about to start her first day, which was the cause for her impatience.
"Mai, honey, relax. The petrels won't forget you. They have lots of children to pick up, and it is still early." Mai's mother soothed, still sitting in bed.
"I bet Akiko and Taro have already been picked up." Mai grumbled, crossing her arms.
"Really, well I bet Akiko and Taro are having the exact same conversation with their parents right about now." Mai's father said, pulling the covers off of himself and getting out of bed. "Come, let's eat some breakfast."
"Ok!" Mai said, her mood instantly improved with the mention of food.
Her mother laughed at the instant improvement of Mai's attitude, "I'll be down in a moment." She said, as she slowly got out of bed, and made her way to the bathroom to shower.
Mai raced down the hall towards the kitchen, and by the time her father arrived, she already had everything set out.
"Wow, save your energy for school sweetheart." He said, sitting down at the table.
"I can't! I'm too excited! Oh, I'm going to completely embarrass myself in front of everyone! They are all going to think I'm crazy!" Mai said anxiously.
"Mai, everyone will love you, just be yourself. And you don't have to worry about finding friends, you have Akiko and Taro." Her mother soothed, walking into the kitchen.
"Yeah, I guess you're right." Mai agreed, calming down.
"Of course I'm right, now come here." Her mother said gently, "Now turn around, I have a surprise for you." Mai turned so her back was to her mother, and felt her mother tieing something into her hair.
"What is it?" Mai asked, once her mother was finished, turning her head trying to see what was in her hair.
Mai's mother laughed at her daughter's antics, she pulled her wand out of the bathrobe she was wearing, and waved it, creating an image of the back of Mai's head in front of the two of them. Her hair had been tied back into a loose ponytail, with a bright red ribbon, which was in a neat bow.
"Oh! It's so pretty, thanks mom!" Mai said, carefully shaking her head, watching how the ribbon caught in the light.
"It's just a little something for good luck on your first day." Her mom said, smiling
"Not that you need it!" Her father added, "Our little Mai is going to be the best student that Mahoutokoro has ever seen! Well, she will be if she ever eats her breakfast."
"Oh! Right!" Mai exclaimed, diving into her breakfast and demolishing it within soon as she finished, she bolted to her bedroom, and grabbed her bag with all of her school supplies in it and raced to the front door to await the storm petals that would take her to and from school for the next four years. The wait was not long, and soon, the flock of storm Petrels arrived. "Goodbye mom, goodbye dad!" She said, picking up her bags, and running to give them hugs.
"Goodbye honey, have a good day!" Her father said, giving her a tight hug.
"Remember to be respective to your teachers." Her mother reminded her, as she waved her off.
Mai climbed up onto the back of the petrels and found that her friends were already there, along with other children, ages varying from seven to ten. "Akiko! Taro! You're here!"
"Well of course we are here, where else would we be!" Taro said, laughing
"Yeah, I was one of the first ones on, and Taro just got on." Akiko said, energetically, "I love that ribbon Mai, when did you get it?"
"Really! You haven't even been here one minute and you girls are already talking about clothes!" Taro complained.
"Taro, it's not clothes, it's an accessory, and thanks Kik! My mom just gave it to me this morning." Mai said
"Whatever." Taro replied.
The rest of the ride went quickly, with the three friends chatting animatedly, and anxiously awaiting the arrival at Mahoutokoro.
"Look!" Taro exclaimed, pointed out a faint shape off in the distance, "It's Mahoutokoro!" Mai, Akiko, and the majority of the other seven year olds on the petrels, looked over, anxiously straining their eyes to catch their first glimpses of the school they would attend for the rest of their schooling days.
"I hope we have classes together." Akiki said worriedly
"Of course we will, Kik! There are lots of classes, so we are bound to have at least one together!" Taro said confidently.
"Yeah, plus, we will have lunch together!" Mai reminded.
"Oh, right!" Akiko said, relieved, "I guess I was just worried about being all alone."
"You'll never be alone Akiko, you'll always have us!" Mai said, giving her friend an encouraging smile. Taro also smiled in reassurance to his nervous friend, then the trio turned back just in time to see their ascent to the the large jade castle glistened majestically at the highest point of the Volcanic island, Minami Iwo Jima.
"It's so big!" Taro exclaimed, craning his head back to try to see the enormous school in its entirety. Many of the other first years mumbled their agreement with Taro. As they neared the base of the school, Mai noticed a woman standing in front of the large and ornate doors. She was wearing a golden cloak, with long, trailing sleeves. Her long dark hair was pulled up into a bun near the top of her head, and had a flower poking out one side. She stood unmoving until the storm petrels had landed, and all the students had gotten off.
"Hello, and welcome to Mahoutokoro. For those of you who are joining us for the first time this year, I am Headmistress Kita, and you may refer to me as such. Now, I would like to have all students get into groups by year, so that you may receive your schedules, first years, please stay with me." The headmistress said, She then pointed out places for the other students to go, and waited for them all to be congregated in their groups before continuing. "Now, will second years please go to Professor Hikawa's classroom, I assume you all remember where that is. Third years, please head towards Professor Mori's classroom, second floor. Fourth years, to Professor Sasaki's classroom. And first years, you will come with me to the Dining hall."
As the groups began to move, per Headmistress Kida's instruction, Mai noticed that each group had a certain color of robe, she had remembered her parents saying something about enchanted robes, but she couldn't quite remember what. She continued to mull this over in her head until she realized that they had stopped in a large hall, with many large, circular, tables placed around the room in clusters. She assumed this was for the different years, because there seemed to be about eleven clusters, and they each had different colored place settings.
"Now," The Headmistress said, regaining Mai's attention, "I will call your name, and you will step forward to receive your schedule and robes. The robes are enchanted to grow with you and will change colors as you advance in your magical studies. If your robes turn white, it means you have gone against the Japanese Wizarding Code, and have adopted practices of illegal, or dark, magic. For your robes to turn white is a terrible disgrace to you and your family. It results in an immediate expulsion, as well as a trial at the Ministry of Magic." She gave a few minutes to let her words sink in before continuing, "But on to a much lighter note, let me begin distributing your robes." She pulled a small, ornate, jade box from a poker in her long robes, set it on a table, and tapped it twice with her wand. The students looked upon it with amazement as it grew, but it still did not look large enough to hold all of the students schedules and robes. She then reached into another pocket and pulled out a rolled up scroll of parchment. Headmistress Kita unrolled it, and began to read off the list of names. "Aya Nakano." A small girl with short dark hair scurried up to headmistress Kita, the headmistress instructed her to reach into the box. She put her hand in, and when she pulled it out, she was holding her robe and a rolled up piece of parchment in a jade container. She quickly hurried back to the crowd of students, eager to be out of the spotlight. "Hina Tachibana." She called, the tall boy did the same as Aya had, and reclaimed his place in the crowd. The list went on for a while, with both Akiko and Taro getting called before Mai, but then it was her turn. "Mai Hiishi." She called, Mai nervously hurried forward, like the many student before her. She paused for a moment in front of the beautiful box, before putting her hand in. At first, she felt nothing, but then she felt the soft silky fabric of a robe, and the hard jade container with her schedule. She pulled her hand out to see that they were indeed there. The robe was a light pink, the color of a cherry blossom. She walked back to the students and examined her robe more closely before putting it on. On the upper left part of the robe, there was a small, golden flower stitched into it, and on the other, there was the Mahoutokoro crest. She put the robe on over her plain navy colored top and skirt, admiring how well it fit.
"I can't believe I have to wear pink robes!" Taro complained, walking over to Mai with Akiko at his side.
"Taro!" Mai giggled, "It's not pink, it's salmon! Get it right!"
"Oh Taro, what are we going to do with you?" Akiko asked, sarcastically.
"Yeah, yeah, Taro's hopeless, so what are your schedules?" Taro asked, chasing the subject.
The trio pulled the rolled up parchment out of the jade cylinder and examined them. "First hour?" Mai asked
"Charms." Said Taro
"Transfiguration." Akiko replied
"Darn, I'm Potions!" Mai said, deflated, "Second hour?"
"History of Magic in Japan." Taro stated
"Same!" Both Mai and Akiko said together, the trio shared high fives before continuing to list off the rest of their schedules, Mai and Taro had Astronomy together, Akiko and Taro had Herbology, the girls had the same Beginning Defense class, and they three all had flying together.
"See," Mai said, turning to Akiko, "I told you we would have classes together!"
"Yeah, I guess I was worried for nothing." Akiko admitted, before turning back to headmistress Kita, who dismissed them to head towards their classed.
"Good luck on your first day, students. If you ever get lost, just ask a teacher or older student, and they will be happy to show you the way. Now off you go!" Headmistress Kita said, before vanishing, very dramatically, with a puff of read smoke that swirled into the shape of a cherry blossom before dispersing itself.
"Well that was rather dramatic." Akiko stated
"Nah, I liked it." Taro replied
"Come on you two, time for class!" Mai said, hurting ahead of her friends, determined not to be late on her first day.