Chapter of the present; the futility of possesion Harry was glaring out of a second story window contently. Earlier that day, Professor Snape had paid a visit to Sprouts garden to gather some kikyou sap for a Juresai potion, when the giant bell flower swallowed him half whole, and that days potions class was dismissed. From the second story window Harry was standing at, you could see the greenhouse in which Snape was being captured. Harry let out a giggle as he watched Hagrid pass by, make sure no one was looking, and shove Snape farther down into the plant. Hagrid tried not to let out a laugh as Snape howled nonsensical, muffled threats.
Hermoine was, of course, on her way to the library during that moment. Silently shuffling her books and trying to walk straight at the same time, she began to pass the entrance to Dumbledores office. Out of nowhere, Peeves flew directly in front of Hermoine, laughing, before he disappeared into the next wall. "Whhhooaaa!", Hermoine screamed, as she scuffled backward, quickly losing her balance and falling onto the cold floor. "Ugh!" Hermoine said, clenching her fist, "Peeves...", she let out a sigh, and went to gather her books, until she noticed they weren't there anymore. "Hey!" she blurted, quickly glancing right, left, until she looked up. There, standing in front of Hermoine was a young man with short, unkept dark hair, and a small ponytail. He smiled at an awestruck Hermoine, and offered her books back, she stood, took them back, and nodded thankfully.
The young man outstreched a hand, wearing a fingerless glove with a single green jewel embroidered onto the back of the fist "Hi, my names Keiichi, its nice to meet you" he said, with a kind smile. Hermoine grabbed his hand nervously, "Nice to meet you too, I'm Hermoine Granger." she said excitedly, with a bashful smile. "Who was that... thing... that just played that mean trick on you?" said Keiichi, with a puzzled look on his face. Hermoine gave him a look that said 'Are you serious?' "That was peeves the poltergeist, you know who that is... don't you...?" she said with an interogative tone. Keiichi let out a nervous laugh, and blushingly said "Actually... eh, no. I just arrived here at Hogwarts, I'm a new exchange student.".
Hermoine suddenly became extremely interested "Oh! Wow, what school have you come from?"she snapped happily. Keiichi blushed, and said " I came from Ree-you toe Tora Academy " he held up a small card that said "Ryuu to Tora Academy". Hermoine blinked, looking a little confused "Looks more like Rye-you too Tora to me... but you went there, I suppose the name must come from another language or something." she said. Keiichi nodded, "Yes, the name means Dragon and Tiger" he said, with an informative tone. All of a sudden, the entrance to Dumbledores office opened up, and there was Dumbledore, smiling enthusiastically at Keiichi. "You can come up now and be sorted, Keii" Dumbledore said happily, before Hermoine piped up "Hey, can I come watch?", Dumbledore nodded, smiling.
Keii sat down in a chair, and Dumbledore slipped the hat onto Keiis head. Hermoine and Dumbledore watched enthusiastically, and Fawkes looked once or twice before returning to his nap. 'What the....... hmmm... tricky...' Keii heard a raspy voice in his head as the hat fidgeted 'Well... Your old school only had two houses, the Tiger and the Dragon, and you were a dragon... Virtuous, intelligent, caring, powerful...'. After about ten minutes, the hat fidgeted, and then howled one thing: "Okay, okay, I decide that you belong in... Gryffindor!!" Hermoine clapped with enthusiasm, and Dumbledore smiled kindly. "Well, Keii, Hermoine here is already a member of Gryffindor, she can show you everything"Dumbledore said, happily, "I'd be happy to!" Hermoine piped up, smiling.
They walked around the school for about an hour, as Hermoine explained everything. "Well, this is the entrance to the Gryffindor common room" said Hermoine, smiling. She quickly whispered the password into Keiis ear, he looked around, and turned to the portrait, and said the password quietly.
They walked through the Gryffindor common rooms, introducing Keii to everyone she saw."Thats Percy Weasly, Percy, this is Keii, he's a new student" said Hermoine, waving at Percy enthusiastically, "Hullo..." Percy said with a grunt, as he returned to writing a note, letter, or something of that nature. "This is Ginny Weasly, Ginny, this is Keii, he's a new exchange student", Ginny ran her fingers through her hair and waved hi, blushing and smiling.
After awhile, they got to Keii's bed, which was only a door down from Harry and Rons. "Well, this is your room" Hermoine said , smiling "I've got to be going, see you tomorow", Hermoine walked out of the room. Keiichi took a quick look around the room, noticing the fact he was the only student there at the moment. Keii glanced around at a few posters, one of the "Gyrington Gryffins", a quidditch team with a couple of rough looking players. He let out a sigh, and layed down on his bed, staring at the ceiling. 'Why... why did they make me leave Ryuu & Tora' he thought, staring hard at a crack in the ceiling. Keii thought for a little while, until his eyes became too heavy to bear. 'Wake up ickie newbie!' said a high pitched voice. Keiichi lifted his eyelids wearily 'Why is it so cold?' Keii thought... he could feel goosebumbs all over his arms. When he finally opened his eyes fully, he noticed one thing, one really odd thing... He could see the ceiling... but it had an odd white tint to it. He blinked, and heard a shrill cackle. Keiichi jumped off the end of his bed "Whaaaaaaa!!!" he screamed, as he flew through Peeves hitting the wall across from his bed face first. His roomate opened his eyes just in time to see Peeves fly through the ceiling laughing hysterically. "Hey, are you okay!?" he said, running over to Keiichi, who was busy rubbing his head. "Ugh, yeah" Keii said, before he looked upward at his roomate. He saw a slender, almost weak looking boy with dark green hair that was kept rather tidy. "Nice hair" Keiichi said, with an odd look on his face "Yeah, well, it's my natural color, I just have to dye it black to go out in front of muggles." The boy shrugged "I'm Elijah, nice to meetcha.". Keii looked puzzled "Nice to meet you too, Elijah." Elijah laughed with a smile "But you can just call me Eli, your Keii, right?" Keii nodded. With a shrug, Eli hopped back into bed, "News travels fast around here" Eli blurted with a laugh, before falling back asleep.
Keiichi awoke with a shake this time. "Hey, wake up, we have Transfiguration soon, better go eat breakfast" Eli said, shaking Keiichis bed with his foot. Keii grunted affirmatively, and slipped his robes on. They walked down to the breakfast hall together, but they didn't end up sitting together. "Hey, Keiichi!" Hermoine said, smiling "C'mon, eat with us!" she tugged at his arm happily, Keii waved goodbye to Eli and walked over to the table where Harry was sitting. Hermoine took up a surprised look "Oh, and Keii, this is Harry" she said, pointing at a slim boy with dark, unkept hair and an odd scar on his forehead. Harry smiled and waved, but Ron and Hermoine were surprised by Keiichi's reaction: nothing. Keiichi simply said hi, and went back to eating his bacon. Hermoine and Ron exchanged odd looks, before going back to their breakfast.
Later that morning, Keiichi walked to transfiguration with Eli, who was busy telling all the storys about his first and second year, the mountian troll, Harry being the only first year to be a seeker in a LONG time, the petrified people. They sat themselves down in Mc. Gonagall's class room, Keii sitting in the only empty seat, next to Neville, who kept whining about losing something or other. "Okay" Mc. Gonagal said, as she walked into the class room. "Lets start out with some practice, turn these apples into wine goblets", she flicked her wand, and an apple appeared at each table. She walked over to Keiis table, and asked him "Where's your wand Keii...?". He handed her a small note, which Mc. Gonagall read and handed back "Oh... Okay...". She walked away, slightly bewildered. Neville poked Keiichi once or twice, asking the same question. Keii poked Neville back once, and said "Just watch, okay?". Keii cracked his knuckles, which attracted the attention of a few student. He held his hands over the apple, and closed his eyes. The people already watching told their partners, and half the room was staring, giggling at how silly he looked. "Looks more like he's going to crush it".
The apple begin to shimmer brightly, and everyone turned their heads to see, and in a small flash, the light faded, and there on the table stood a magnificant crystal goblett. Keiichi looked around, wondering why everyone was staring. "He can do magic without a wand!?" blurted out one girl. Mc. Gonagall walked over to Keii and held up his hand. "No, no. He has a wand, only in a different shape" she pointed to the gem on his glove. Keii smiled nervously "It's dragon heartstrings and cherry tree wood". Everybody 'Oh'd, and turned back around.
Keii wasn't having the best day. In every class he recieved a large audience about his differences until he explained them. After having a quiet dinner in a corner table of the dining hall alone, he bid Eli a good sleep before laying down in bed for the night. Luckily for him, Keii's next morning wasn't quite as bad. He awoke alone, Eli had already gone to breakfast. In the dining hall, he sat alone in his corner again, although this time he was plagued by Neville, who didn't have anywhere better to go. After babbling on and on for about half an hour, Neville metioned how happy it was that they got today off, no classes. Keii sighed in a relieved fashion, before walking out of the dining hall and onto the school grounds.
Hermoine quietly crunched her toast as she looked at the enchanted dining hall ceiling. It looked like a hot day, the sun was shining brightly. She turned her site to Keiichi, who was being bothered by Neville. 'Why does he sit all alone like that?' she thought, staring intensely at Keiichi, who was barely holding interest in Neville's speech about forgetting things. "Hey Harry" ron said, looking at Hermoine with a funny grin "Me thinks Hermoine has a crrrrrrush!" being to sure to say it within earshot of her. Harry laughed a little before going back to his breakfast and watching the clouds pass on the ceiling. Hermoine's eyes widened as she realized she was being talked about, she turned to Ron, narrowing her eyes "I'll have you know it's no such thing!" she said, blushing brightly. Ron cackled under his breath, and turned back to his plate before shoving a spoon of cereal into his mouth. Hermoine turned around just in time to watch Neville leave (forgetting his wand, ironically enough) and Keiichi, shortly there-after, walk out onto the grounds. She turned back into her seat just to notice that Harry and Ron were watching her as she gazed at Keiichi. She blurted once again, rather furiously "No such thing! Not AT ALL!!".
Under a gentle tree, sat Kei. He sipped a cup of tea, watching the sky thoughtfully as deep red leaves fell about him, landing without so much as a sound on the dry yet quiet grass. With a deep look of anguish on his face, Keii was remembering something of the past. Hermoine walked up and sat at the same tree, holding multiple books. "So Keii, enjoying everything so far here at hogwarts?", she said kindly, with a small blush on her face. "Mmm-Hmm, everythings just fine" he said, trying to be nice although whatever he was thinking about, it was hard to draw himself from it. "Feeling homesick at all?" Hermoine inquired, shuffling through her books, trying to appear casual in attitude. "Well, I..." Keii stopped abruptly...
"Huh?" Hermoine sayed, turning to Keiichi. He was on his feet, glazing at the sky intensly, clenching both fists. Hermoine quickly dashed to her feet, pulling herself to Keiichi's side. "Wh-What is it?" Hermoine said, intensifying her stare at a blotch in the sky that seemed to be moving. "How the hell did it follow me all the way here!?" Keiichi said, shocking Hermoine a little with the extreme alarm in his voice. In a flash and blast of air, the thing blasted overhead too quickly to be seen. Keiichi turned to strike a glare at the thing, which was winding its way back around for a real strike. "God! I hope this works!!" Keiichi said, quickly pointing his right fist at the creature in a docile manner. He began sweating, his eyes shutting, and his muscles began to constrict. Hermoine watched speechlessly as a bright purple ribbon of energy, snake like in movement, begin to float circularly around Keiichi's outstreched fist. Keiichi started coughing, and his knees began to shake, Hermoine had no idea what to do, as the ribbon entered the jewel on Keiichi's glove, making it glow an extremely bright array of colors. The creature grew closer, and Keiichi's knees were about to buckle. His fist was now glowing a magnificant white. Finally, his fist seemed to explode with luminence, and a beam of light engulfed the creature. His knees buckled, and he fell to the ground, losing consciousness.
Part 2, Chapter of the Past
