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"Albus, what are we going to do?" asked Minerva McGonagall, sitting in an armchair. The deputy headmistress looked worried.
"I fear that not only the power of wizards is enough to conquer Lord Voldemort now that he has found the crystal, Minerva," said Dumbledore heavily. Professor McGonagall flinched at the name.
"However, I do believe there are five teenagers who may be able to help us," continued Dumbledore. "They live in America, and they are the protectors of a city. Together with Harry, Ron, Hermione and several others, Voldemort may yet be defeated. But they are not what you would call... normal."
"Friends, we have mail!" exclaimed Starfire, the redhead hugging the letter to her. "Isn't it glorious? Someone wishes to contact us through paper!"
"Mail?" Beast Boy's ears pricked up. "Ooh, must be a thank you note from the town. I mean, we've saved their butts like forty times!"
"I do not believe so," answered Starfire politely. Robin paused his video game and looked at the letter.
"Can I see that Star?" he asked. Starfire handed it to him. "Weird... look at this." On the letter was a wax seal. It bore a snake, a lion, a raven (I think that's the symbol for Ravenclaw... am I right?) and a badger.
Robin slit the letter open. He gaped. After a few moments, he remembered how to speak. "Whoa, this is from a school... but a school for wizards... in England."
"WHAT?!" demanded Beast Boy. "After that episode where Mad Mod hypnotized me into a British accent, there's no WAY I'm even READING that letter! USA! USA! USA!"
"They need our help, Beast Boy," said Robin. "Read the letter."
The letter read:
Dear Teen Titans,
I daresay you have never heard of Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, given we try to keep it a secret from non-magic folk, or Muggles as we call them and it is in a different country. However, there is an evil overlord named Voldemort that we must conquer, and we cannot do it alone. We need your help. To help us, you must attend our school.
I assure you that Hogwarts is a wonderful place. I must caution you that machines all go haywire around Hogwarts. However, if Cyborg is given a wand, he shall quickly adjust.
The specific reason I have sent this letter will be discussed on September first. In this letter, all I will say is you are needed to protect and aid the boy who lived and his friends. If in fact you wish to help us, Floo over to the Leaky Cauldron in London. There you will meet a rather dashing teenage boy named Ronald Weasley. He will assist you from there. Enclosed are a packet of Floo powder and instructions on how to use it.
Please take into consideration my proposition. We would be most grateful for your help.
Yours sincerely, Albus Dumbledore
Headmaster
Order of Merlin, First Class
Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot
Beast Boy looked over the letter at Robin. "It's a bunch of nutjobs playing a prank on us, big deal," he said lightly, tossing the letter back at Robin.
"I shall show this letter to Cyborg and Raven," said Starfire. "Then we shall relive American democracy by voting on whether to go or not."
"I'm NOT going to England!" said Beast Boy loudly. "Maybe I would if Terra were still-" he stopped, paling. "Uh..."
"It's okay, Beast Boy," said Robin. Starfire exited, and a few minutes later returned with Raven and Cyborg.
"This sounds like something we should do," said Raven in her monotone voice. "The headmaster of Hogwarts is not lying."
"I say we should give it a try," said Cyborg.
"All hands to the vote," said Robin. "All in favor of going to Hogwarts?"
He, Raven, Starfire and Cyborg raised their hands.
"Okay, I'm going to be overruled," said Beast Boy grumpily. "Fine, we'll go to the Land of Wacked-Up Super-Villains. Happy?"
"Wonderful, Beast Boy!" exclaimed Starfire. "Let us go to London!"
Ron POV
It was almost five o'clock. Dumbledore had said that the Teen Titans would be here by now; he said they had accepted. I'd been waiting in this tavern for about three hours. I ran a hand through my red hair. I was getting bored.
Suddenly, the fireplace glowed green and a beautiful girl with long red hair, wearing a small purple shirt and skirt tumbled out. She stood up, looking scared. A lot of people were staring at her. I hurried over.
"Are you a member of the Teen Titans?" I asked her, my height topping hers by several inches. "I'm Ron Weasley."
"Glorious!" she exclaimed. "Yes, I am Starfire of the Teen Titans. You are a wizard, yes?"
"Mm-hm," I said. "So you got here okay, huh?"
"Actually, I am a bit dizzy," Starfire said. "I thought Albus Dumbledore's instructions were very strange!"
"You would, you're not used to Floo powder," I said. I pulled her over to the booth I was sitting at, right next to the fireplace. Suddenly, the fire glowed again and out stepped another girl. Her skin was slate-gray and her hair was dark blue. She was wearing what looked like a black, long sleeved leotard and a blue cloak. Er...okaaay....
She introduced herself as Raven, speaking with little emotion, and began to speak with Starfire.
Next to come out was... I can't describe him. He explained he was a robot man, but what in hell is a robot? He explained it to me as best he could, but I don't get it. All I know is that parts of him are blue, silver, white and shiny. His name is Cyborg. Fourth out was a skinny, black haired boy who looked kind of like Harry, except he had this weird mask thing where his eyes should have been. His name is Robin.
It was about fifteen minutes before the fire glowed again. Apparently, the last Titan was debating with himself whether to go or not. The green flames expelled a boy with such force that he hit a table and knocked it over. The drinks of the witches who were sitting there (butterbeer) spilled out all over him.
He had green skin and darker green hair. A fang protruded from his mouth. He looked unhealthily skinny. Definitely weird, even in the wizarding world. Except for the last part, that's something you might see from day to day. But not even the weirdest cases in St. Mungo's looked like some of these guys.
"I'm Beast Boy," he said. "You must be that Ronald dude." He got up and walked over to us, shaking off the butterbeer much like a dog.
"Call me Ron," I said. Damn, these people were weird. They even had weird accents. Dumbledore hadn't been joking around when he said "unnatural." "Okay, I've got your school supply lists right here," I said. I rummaged around in my pockets, first coming up with the one for a third year. "Okay, er, which of you is thirteen?"
"Me," said Beast Boy. I handed him the list.
"Er... two of you are sixteen?"
Robin and Raven.
"Fifteen?"
Starfire.
"And seventeen." I handed the last list to Cyborg. "Okay, next stop: Diagon Alley!"
First we went to Gringott's Wizarding Bank. After we went to the Titans' vault (don't ask me how it got there, Dumbledore did that), Beast Boy pulled a little copper disk out of his pocket and compared it with a Knut.
"What's that?" I asked him, indicating the little copper thing. Beast Boy looked surprised.
"Dude, it's a penny," he said. "You know, one cent?"
"Er, all right..." These people used the weirdest money. (Dude?)
The robe-fitting went fine, as did the actual supply-buying. Until it came to the wands.
Robin accidentally set fire to Beast Boy's everyday, not-the-school-uniform robes, which I had insisted the Titans put on so they didn't attract quite so much attention, and Mr. Ollivander had to put it out with his own wand. Then, Starfire knocked Cyborg out with an accidental Stunning spell, and I clumsily revived him. Finally, the five Titans were situated with wands. Dumbledore had said they were all somewhat magical. Are robots magical? I have no clue....
Starfire had an episode with a fire crab in the magical creatures shop, which Beast Boy had ducked into before any of us could grab him. Once the witch who ran the place had fixed the girl's burn, we had to find Beast Boy. I looked around the room. He wasn't there!
"It's not going to be hard to find him," said Robin. "He turns into animals, but he's always green." And then he took in the many green animals in the store. "This is going to take awhile..."
At long last, Beast Boy had been discovered playing with a crup. He was really excited when he found out he could turn into magical animals as well. Too bad for him crups aren't green. But finally we left Diagon Alley via Floo powder, and went home to the Burrow.
I was the last one to go, as the Titans had had little experience with it and I wanted to make sure nothing happened. Beast Boy went last, simply because the other Titans said that he should. It took about ten minutes of coaxing to get him into the fire. I ended up pushing him in.
Once I stepped out of the fireplace at home, Hermione (what was she doing there?) threw her arms around me.
"Oh, there you are Ron!" she exclaimed. "Harry and I came while you were getting the Titans their school supplies!"
"Hey, Hermione," I said. "Yeah, it was an interesting experience, to say the least."
"Harry and Robin just ran into each other, and they're really hitting it off," continued the brunette. "They're in your room, talking. Starfire, Raven and Cyborg are sitting at the table, your mum's explaining things to them. Beast Boy's playing with Crookshanks."
I saw the two cats running around the table, one the familiar, I-ran-headlong-into-a- brick-wall-faced ginger cat and the other one slim and green.
"I'm glad term starts tomorrow," I said. "I can't wait to see Malfoy's face when he sees Cyborg!"
Hermione looked at me. "You know what 'cyborg' means, right?" she asked. I shrugged. "It means a human that was fused with a robot using modern science technology. He was probably severely injured and a scientist fixed him up with robot parts. I expect that he calls himself Cyborg because he doesn't remember his name ,or he doesn't like it."
I stared at her blankly. I hadn't understood a word.
"Oh, honestly!" Hermione grabbed my wrist, pulled me over to the sofa and began to explain the complicated idea of robots.
Beast Boy POV
Despite their weird lingo and even weirder (and horribly familiar) accent, these people weren't so bad. Hermione's cat, Crookshanks, was a load of fun. He told me all about Anamagi, Metamorphmagi, and Transfiguration into animals. It sounded pretty neat, but I didn't exactly need it.
I followed Crookshanks into the garden. He had made up a sport called Gnome Chase. It sounded like fun. Even though I had not idea what in heck gnomes were.
Be silent when you go through the garden so you don't scare them, he said, crouching low to the ground. I mimicked him. Suddenly, a brown little man tentatively peeked out of a bed of shamrocks. He walked onto the dirt, revealing a head the size of a potato. Crookshanks vaulted after it and I followed. Maybe England wasn't so bad after all.
Overall view
"We've got some guests that are coming, so you might want to yell up the stairs, dears," said Mrs. Weasley, speaking to Raven, Starfire and Cyborg.
"Guests?" asked Hermione. She and Ron came into the kitchen, Ron looking slightly dazed. "Who?"
"Most of the Order," said Mrs. Weasley. "Mundungus Fletcher is away, thank heavens. As if we need him in the house..."
"The Order?" asked Starfire, Cyborg and Raven at once.
"The Order of the Phoenix," explained Hermione. "Group of people fighting against Voldemort." Mrs. Weasley and Ron flinched.
"Hang on, we haven't really been told why we were asked to come here," said Cyborg, looking very odd indeed with his mechanical limbs sticking out of the robes. The word "Voldemort" had made him remember the letter.
"We don't really understand either," said Hermione, shaking her head. "Professor Dumbledore will explain everything tomorrow."
"What's wrong with him?" asked Raven, looking at Ron. The redhead was still looking dazed, his eyes unfocused.
"I started to explain robotics to him and apparently short-circuited his brain," said Hermione bitterly. "Come on, let's go get Robin and Harry and Ginny and the rest."
"Who's Ginny?" asked Cyborg.
"We'll introduce you all," said Hermione. "Let's just go get them now."
Later...
"Wonderful dinner, Molly," said Sirius Black, stretching. A/NSirius isn't dead! He's alive! ::sticks fingers in ears:: la la la la la la la la la la la I can't hear you Sirius is alive... He had gotten along with the Titans really well, once he had gotten over the shock of a robot-teen, a boy with green skin and a girl with gray skin. Starfire was kind of strange as well, given the whites of her eyes were pale green.
Almost all of the Order had come. Nymphadora Tonks, Remus Lupin, Bill, Charlie, Arthur, Percy, Fred and George Weasley, Mad-Eye Moody, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Elphias Dodge, Dedalus Diggle, Emmeline Vance, Sturgis Podmore, Hestia Jones, Professors Sprout, Vector, McGonagall and of course, Rubeus Hagrid.
"Thank you, Sirius," said Mrs. Weasley.
"Yeah, it was really great," said Beast Boy. Mrs. Weasley had prepared a number of vegan dishes for him.
"Oh, thank you dear," she said. "I'm glad you liked it. I'll go bring out the desserts."
"Oh, let me help you with that, Molly," said Tonks brightly, standing up. Her hair was lime-green and sticking up in jagged points. Mrs. Weasley winced.
"Er... no thanks Tonks dear, I can manage it..."
"Oh no, I'll help!"
Mrs Weasley, shooting helpless looks at the rest of the guests (all but Hermione, Professor McGonagall and the Titans were sniggering into their plates), led Tonks back into the house.
Ron, who was getting along very well with Beast Boy, said, "You're gonna die from joy when you go into the Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes. Beats the hell out of Zonko's Joke Shop..."
He began to explain about the walls upon walls of gag merchandise. Beast Boy looked thoroughly interested.
Harry began to explain to Robin, Cyborg and Starfire why Tonks and the kitchen were a deadly combination, while Hermione filled Raven in on the basics of magic.
"If you put your mind to it the first few times, the spells are quite easy..."
"...dead clumsy, give her Velcro gloves and a fuzzy toy and she'll drop it all..."
"...Extendable Ears, best thing in the world if you want to eavesdrop on people..."
The garden was full of chatter. Professor Sprout was deep in conversation with Mr. Weasley, talking about several honking daffodils that had somehow made it into a garden owned by Muggles. Sirius and Remus Lupin were discussing werewolf rights, Hestia Jones and Professor Vector (who was very young as teachers go) were having a heated conversation about Quidditch, and Sturgis Podmore and Bill Weasley were talking about how house-elves could possibly help them against Voldemort.
Mrs. Weasley and Tonks came out into the garden, Mrs. Weasley carrying a large platter with cakes, puddings, cookies, pies, etc. Tonks was holding napkins and a smaller platter full of the desserts nobody liked, so it wouldn't be a tragedy if Tonks happened to drop them. But Mrs. Weasley's plan, a good one at that, was foiled.
Tonks pitched forward as she tried to put the platter down. She landed face first into an apple pie, the recipe of which Beast Boy had scrounged up in his suitcase. Apple goo and crust splattered Raven, Hermione, Bill and Sturgis, who were sitting in front of the apple pie.
"Aw, I wanted to try that!" exclaimed Harry. "It looked good."
Bill tasted it. "It is. Great job, Mum. Great recipe, Beast Boy."
Raven looked kind of taken aback at being covered in apple goo. "Uh... anyone mind if I clean myself off?"
"Not at all dear," said Mrs. Weasley. "The bathroom is-"
"I don't need a bathroom, Mrs. Weasley," said Raven. She stood up. "Azarath, Metrion, Zynthos!" A black glow surrounded her and the apple goo floated off of her. The entire table became quiet and stared at her. "What?"
Dinner ended with the Titans staging a tournament (Raven won) to get everyone used to their powers. Ginny fell off her chair when Beast Boy morphed into a T-rex and roared at everyone for effect. Robin's birdarang nearly decapitated George (Hermione Banished it with her wand just in time and Robin had to go chasing it) and Starfire accidently hurled a starbolt into a tree, but all in all, it went well.
Meanwhile...
"A simple potion, not very time-consuming... but there still remains the matter of his friends, particularly the gray one..."
"I assure you that if we sent them a visual they wouldn't attempt anything my Lord," said a voice from underneath a black cloak. "I have my sources in Jump City, in America, where they are from. The other four care too much about him to try anything that would harm him."
"What about Harry Potter and his friends?"
"They will listen to the 'super heroes' my Lord... we shouldn't have a problem."
"Very well... send for Avery to make the potion..."
Author's Notes and Bloopers
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SCENE: The Letter
"Can I see that Star?" asked Robin. She handed it over. "HOLY CRAP THIS IS A LETTER FROM A SCHOOL FOR WIZARDS!"
"CUT!" said Lindsay, who was sitting in her director's chair. "Robin, you didn't even read the letter. You have to READ it before you know what it's about."
"Dude! You screwed it up!" exclaimed Beast Boy, laughing. Robin, who had been eating salty things all day, began to fume and lunged at Beast Boy.
"ROBIN! WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MY CO-STAR? STOP IT! YOU WANT TO BE IN THIS FIC OR NOT?"
SCENE: The Titans Arrive
Suddenly, the fireplace glowed green and a beautiful girl with long red hair, wearing a small purple skirt and shirt, shot out of the fireplace and into me, knocking the both of us into a table at which sat two old wizards.
"CUT!" exclaimed Lindsay furiously. "The spaz-out scene is when BEAST BOY gets into the Leaky Cauldron, Starfire! Not you! You make a graceful entrance!"
"I have not done the graceful entrance well?" asked Starfire, confused. I slapped my head.
"Star, you're supposed to somersault out and stand up." I looked at Lindsay, who was pulling herself together (we'd done this scene about forty times already).
SCENE: American Money
"Dude, it's a penny," said Beast Bo, surprised. "You know, one - GAH!"
"CUT!" yelled Lindsay. "What?"
"I dropped it!" Beast Boy dropped to his knees, feeling the ground for his penny. "No! I told you I didn't want to use my lucky penny! I DROPPED IT!"
Lindsay glared at Robin. "ROBIN, GIVE BEAST BOY HIS PENNY BEFORE I THROTTLE YOU!"
"You can't throttle me!" laughed Robin. "I'm the Boy Wonder, nobody can get their hands on me."
"YEAH? WELL I'M THE AUTHOR! LIGHTS OUT, BUCKO!" Lindsay magically made Robin's eyes disappear and he blundered around, arms stretched.
"I give! You have the ultimate power! GIVE ME MY EYES BACK!" (No, Lindsay does not like Robin. She thinks he's a melodramatic, bossy, turning-on-her-green-beau-and-saying- he'll-send-him-to-jail jerk.) Lindsay gave Robin his eyes back.
SCENE: Ron Arrives at the Burrow
Hermione threw her arms around me, knocking us back into the fireplace. It glowed green and with a whoosh, we were send into 12Grimmauld Place.
"Hey Sirius," I greeted Harry's godfather, who DID NOT DIE IN OUR FIFTH YEAR. Back at the Burrow, Lindsay was in a tizzy.
"AAH! MY OTHER CO-STAR! RON! ACK! HERMIONE! GAH! WHERE IN HELL DID YOU SEND THEM ROBIN? WE NEED RON! HE'S A CO-STAR! WE NEED HERMIONE! SHE'S MY THIRD CO-STAR'S GIRLFRIEND! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!"
"That wasn't me, it was Cyborg!"
"CYBORG, YOU ARE DEAD!"
"Thanks Robin. I'm going to run away now." Cyborg began running.
SCENE: Tonks Learns Why Molly Dislikes It When She Helps In The Kitchen
Tonks pitched forward, and Draco caught the platter just in time. He also stopped Tonks from falling into the apple pie.
"CUT!" called Lindsay. She strode over to Draco. "You're not in the fic yet Draco! You're spoiling what happens later!" Lindsay turned towards the camera. "WHY ARE WE ROLLING? EVERYONE WHO READS THIS IS GONNA KNOW WHAT HAPPENS! ROBIN YOU SNEAK! TURN OFF THE CAMERA!"
Lindsay held up her hand. A wooden club (which looked mysteriously like she had gotten it off a troll) appeared in it. She then focused all her energy on bashing the life out of the camera.
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