This is my first fan-fic, so please be easy on me. Yes, I replaced Lockhart with Matsumoto, he isn't really that important... but I'll try to get Matsumoto to fill his space as well as I can. (Anyway, he seemed to be the only one I could replace, everyone else is far too important). Please review and if anyone spots any spelling errors, typos, grammatical errors and bla bla bla please tell me. :]

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or Harry Potter (sadly)

The barn owl had flown in through the open door, clutching two envelopes in its beak, one from the Captain Commander and one from a Professor McGonagall. The owl had attached itself firmly to Hitsugaya's desk, digging into the wood with its sharp talons. A vein immediately started pulsing in his head and he attempted to shoo the bird away, resulting in a rather painful peck in the back of his hand.

Annoyed, Hitsugaya grabbed the envelopes from the animal's beak, wondering why on earth the Captain Commander would give him an order in an envelope, why he had sent it in the beak of this irritating bird that had just ruined his desk and whom the other envelope was from. He opened the letter from the Captain Commander first, eyeing the owl with such ferocity it squawked and dislodged itself from his desk, flapping its wings in a frantic attempt to get as far away as possible from the white haired captain.

Hitsugaya-taicho, the letter read, we have received intelligence of some strange human activity in England, in a castle by the name of Hogwarts. From our information this castle is a school for magical children in the country…

Hitsugaya stopped reading. Skipping back to the beginning of the letter, he read it again, and again, trying to see if there was some alternate meaning to it. When he didn't find anything he threw the letter down, deliberately covering the deep dents in his desk, and gave an exasperated sigh. Either the captain commander was cracking a rare joke, he had gone cuckoo in the head, or this was some trick by Matsumoto.

He took a deep breath, and shouted out the name which he had shouted out so many times before:

'MATSUMOTO!'

The strawberry blond vice captain looked up at the sound of her name, wondering what she had done wrong this time. She gave a long sigh and reluctantly abandoned the sake bottles she had recently emptied and hurried to her captain. He was standing behind his desk with his arms crossed, a piece of paper clutched in his hand. Matsumoto smiled and, pointing to the front of his desk, asked,

'Taicho, what happened to your desk? It looks like you've been drilling holes in it; is there something wrong?'

He brandished the piece of paper in her face, and shouted,

'Matsumoto, what is the meaning of this? Is this supposed to be a joke for me to laugh at or are you trying to get yourself demoted?'

Matsumoto gave him a confused look, and tilted her head slightly so she could read it.

'Taicho, this is from the captain commander! Look, you can see he signed it here.'

The snowy haired captain flipped the paper over, fixing his green eyes on the signature at the bottom, along with the captain commander's stamp of approval. While the signature was relatively easy to forge, the stamp was almost impossible to get. But this was Matsumoto. She was capable of almost anything.

'So, Matsumoto,' he said, 'are you trying to get me to believe that these 'witches' and 'wizards' exist?'

'Taichoo,' Matsumoto complained, 'I already told you I didn't do this!'

Hitsugaya threw himself onto the sofa and reread the order, trying to ignore the fact that these 'wizards' weren't supposed to exist. Matsumoto read it over his shoulder.

Apparently, their mission was to masquerade as a student and teacher, Hitsugaya the student and Matsumoto the teacher. They had to investigate these magical people, and see if they were a threat to Soul Society.

'A whole year?' Matsumoto exclaimed, clutching the sofa. 'We have to go for a whole year?'

Hitsugaya continued reading. He was to pretend to be a twelve-year-old child (his fists clenched at the thought- having to pretend to be a little child when he was not) and Matsumoto was supposed to be teaching a subject called 'Defense Against the Dark Arts'. Hitsugaya noticed a long list of books for her to read up on the subject. Matsumoto blanched at the prospect of having to read so many books, and gripped the sofa even tighter, poking a hole in it.

Finally, at the bottom of the page was Hitsugaya's excuse for missing out an entire year. Throwing the paper at Matsumoto, who was on the verge of tears, he got up and grabbed the other envelope, opening it to reveal yellowing parchment that stank slightly.

HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY

Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore (Hitsugaya couldn't help but snigger slightly at the name)
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)

Dear Mr. Hitsugaya,

We are pleased to inform you that you have a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.

Term begins on 1 September. We await your owl by no later than 31 July.

Yours sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall

Deputy Headmistress

Hitsugaya's eyelid twitched at the names, then raised his eyebrow at the part about the owl. Really, why owls? They left their droppings and feathers everywhere and pecked you with their beaks (yes, his hand was still red). Sighing, he pulled out the second piece of parchment, scanning through the equipment he needed.

1 wand

He felt a slight throbbing in his head, since these were magical people they would be using magic, and seeing as he was supposed to be pretending to be one he had to do the same. Hopefully these wands didn't have souls of their own, like the shinigami's zanpaktous, or... Hyorinamru would have to share his mind with another.

He dismissed the thought; it would only be for one year, after this mission he could throw the wand (stick) away.

There was another letter inside for Matsumoto, which he left beside her. It was in the middle of August, which would mean they needed to leave pretty soon. Hitsugaya groaned, setting off to pack his things. This was going to be the longest year of his life.

Yes, the owl somehow flew from the real world to Soul Society... I'm just assuming that it's been enchanted or something because I'm not really bothered to think up of a reason :D. Anyway, hopefully I'll have the next chapter up soon, my mind has run dry of bright ideas so... I dunno. Please review, it'd be much appreciated :]

Edited 3/09/10

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