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Haruhi stood facing the barrier between platforms nine and ten, nothing but a small battered chest by her side.
Staring at a seemingly solid barrier she wondered HOW the students that had passed through before her had done it.
As she studied the barrier she heard laughter behind her. Turning around she saw four boys approaching, each pushing carts with beautiful large trunks and gleaming cages holding stunning owls.
They were all rather attractive, if you paid attention to that sort of thing (which of course Haruhi didn't). The tallest had a stern face and a swath of black hair, the second tallest was blond and undeniably 'princely' while the third had black hair and sharp eyes that gleamed behind his glasses, the forth and shortest had large brown eyes and blonde curls, he didn't look much older than 11.
Haruhi stood back, trying to stay out of the way. Luckily they seemed to see right through her. Probably because she looked just about the exact opposite of them in her grungy clothes and badly cut hair.
With undeniable elegance the four of them simply stepped through the space between platforms 9 and 10. 'Is it really that easy?' Haruhi wondered.
Cautiously she approached the barrier. Just as she started to nervously take a step through the seemingly sold wall she heard two voices cry out behind her, "Look Mum! He must be a Hogwarts student also!"
Haruhi turned as a pair of identical red-heads ran towards her, their expressions were devious which put Haruhi on the side of cautious.
They came at her from both sides. When their faces were mere centimeters from hers they spoke again. "Soooo, ARE you a Hogwarts student?"
Haruhi looked between the two, noticing other travelers staring at their loud conversation, "Yeah... I guess." Haruhi shrugged.
"Cool!" They exclaimed as they each grabbed an arm and pulled her through the barrier. Haruhi just barely managed to hold onto her trunk.
After the initial shock of walking through a solid wall, Haruhi stopped and focused on her surrounds. They'd stepped onto a platform bustling with students and parents – waiting beside the platform was a scarlet steam engine, smoking billowing like clouds from it.
The twins seemed to suddenly lose interest in her as they began surveying the crowd. Haruhi took advantage of this, she held her trunk higher and slipped off into the crowd, almost running into a dark-haired man with glasses.
"Oh, sorry," Haruhi said mildly, over his shoulder she noticed a boy who must have been his son, a pretty middle aged woman with flaming red hair and a small girl with the same red hair.
"Don't worry about it," he said mildly before focusing his attention on the boy, who seemed to be rather nervous. Haruhi wondered if this was his first year also.
Dragging her trunk, she headed for the billowing train. She took a seat in the first empty compartment she could find.
While waiting for the train to leave she stared out the window, watching parents say goodbye to children. As she watched she could only wish that her parents were there to bid her farewell. Unfortunately it was impossible for her mother and difficult for her father since her mother was in heaven and her father could barely afford a plane ticket to England for her, let alone both of them.
Haruhi sighed, just as the compartment door slid open. The red-heads from earlier stood framed in the doorway.
Grinning broadly they stored their trunks and plopped down in the seat across from her. They continued to stare silently at her, even when the door opened again and another boy and girl joined them. Haruhi recognized the boy, he had been with the man she'd almost run over before.
"Mind if we sit here?" The boy asked glancing at them.
Haruhi shrugged noncommittally, but the twins were a bit more proactive. "Not at all! What are your names? We're Hikaru and Kaoru Hitachiin."
The boy blinked at them in confusion. The girl spoke first "I'm Rose Weasley and this is Albus Potter." She motioned towards the boy with green eyes and black hair.
"Nice to meet you!" The twins chorused before turning their attention back to Haruhi. "And what's your name?" As they asked this Rose and Albus stowed their trunks and took seats next to Haruhi.
Haruhi blinked at them. "I'm Haruhi Fujioka." She stated plainly.
The twins stared at her for a moment before pulling out a deck of cards and starting up a game of…something, Haruhi couldn't tell what. Rose and Albus began talking quietly to each other so Haruhi went back to looking out the window, watching the train leave the station and gradually pick up speed.
They travelled mostly in silence, that is silence besides the exploding card game the twins played or the random students that came through to visit. But before long they arrived at their destination.
By this time it was pitch black outside and Haruhi and her traveling companions had changed into their black school robes. Leaving their trunks by the side of the train the five of them joined a small crowd of students by a giant of a man calling out, "Firs' years! Firs' years this way!"
The man calling out easily towered above them all; his wild black hair streaked heavily with gray covered his shoulders.
Following him they boarded small boats on a lake. Haruhi ended up in a boat with the twins and a pale boy. Swiftly and silently they crossed the lake until, suddenly, they could see Hogwarts.
It loomed above the lake, stone walls rising against the night sky; the windows glowed with dim yellow light. Even Haruhi was overwhelmed by the sight of it.
She was so intent upon staring at the castle that she didn't even realized they had docked until she was the only one left in the boat. Clambering out she followed everyone up some stairs and into the castle.
They were ushered through a pair of large double oak doors into a stone corridor where the other first years chatted nervously.
Haruhi had no idea what would happen next. She wasn't sure she wanted to know either; some of the things the other students said were rather disturbing. The girl from earlier, Rose, mentioned something about wrestling a troll.
Before her worst fears could be confirmed a witch with pure white hair and a stern mouth approached the group. She explained to them about the sorting ceremony before beckoning them to follow her into the great hall.
Haruhi followed her up to the front of the great hall, where a ragged and singed hat sat on a stool. The witch, Headmistress McGonagall, then pulled out a list and began reading off names. Each person went up and put the hat on their head when their name was called. At last it was Haruhi's turn.
Haruhi could feel the eyes of everyone in the room upon her as she took a seat on the stool. Headmistress McGonagall dropped the hat onto her head and it fell over her ears.
For a moment there was silence, and then the hat began to speak. "Hmm…lots of brains I see, some courage, lots of ambition…oh, and an ability to accept all as they truly are. What a tough one you are. Hmmm, well, with your brains it had better be….RAVENCLAW!" The hat shouted to the whole room.
Haruhi took off the hat and stumbled toward a long table which was roaring with applause.
Once she was seated she heard the name Hikaru Hitachiin called. After a few seconds the hat called out, "GRYFFINDOR!" A few moments later his twin, Kaoru, joined him at the Gryffindor table.
The pale boy, Scorpious Malfoy, was placed in Slytherin, Albus Potter and Rose Weasley were each placed in Gryffindor with the twins.
Once everyone was sort Headmistress McGonagall said something about enjoying themselves and then the table was full of more food than Haruhi had ever seen before. It was also some rather strange food also, when compared with her normal Japanese food.
Needless to say, Haruhi ate until she thought she would burst!
Once everyone was done eating Headmistress McGonagall said something about staying out of the forest and things you couldn't use in school, but Haruhi was too full and tired to pay much attention, despite wanting too. Numbly she followed a Ravenclaw Prefect, Margret Slivany, up to Ravenclaw Tower.
Haruhi hardly noticed her dormmates as she fell onto her bed and fell fast asleep.
Author's Note: So, apparently wine isn't fun enough to create anything really super duper funny and instead makes us just tired. We shall strive to do better with the next chapter which shall involve beer instead of wine. Sound good? Anyway, leave us your thoughts and we'll try this experiment again. And now we're going to be like Haruhi and fall fast asleep.
Thoughts from the Other Author: Thanks for reading! Hope your enjoy our drunken cross over adventure~!
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