I everyone! I recently made a post about which Hogwarts Houses the Akuma no Riddle characters would fit the most, and since the idea of a crossover between those two universes seems to interest some people, I decided to give it a try and wrote a fic about. The story takes place in the same universe as Harry Potter, but in 2018 (so almost 20 years after the last HP book timeline). I hope you'll like it.

ps: Daily reminder for those who didn't read any of my fics before, I'm not an English native so it's plausible that I might have done some mistakes.

Looking through the window, Haru could see that the bus was going on an abnormal speed. It was like everything around them was moving incredibly fast, but she knew that it wasn't the case. It was the bus that was moving that way.

"Excuse me, may I sit here?"

Without even looking at the other person, Haru replied: "sure".

She then saw a girl around her age sitting in front of her. The other girl smiled politely, which Haru replied with a friendly smile. Despite looking like a teenager, the girl in front of her had a rather mature gaze in her golden eyes.

"Nervous?" the other girl suddenly asked. "Is the wizarding world something new for you?"

"Uh? Wizar...What are you talking about?" Haru replied, trying to play dumb.

"Don't worry. I'm a witch too. Everyone on that bus is a wizard. Muggles can't see the bus."

"Muggles?"

"Humans without magics. They are also known as no-majs. Just by the way you reacted by those words, I suppose you were never exposed to magic before, am I right? So you must be a muggle-born."

Before Haru could ask what it means, the bus suddenly stopped. Multiple people, teenagers, went aboard and sat. A young girl with fluffy brown hair approached from their seat and, since the bus was almost full, she sat on the seat next to Haru.

"Oh, uh...Hi. Um, just to be sure...you're witches too, right? I am...in the right bus?"

"Uh? Witches? Are you sure you're alright? But yes, this is the right bus for you, we're going to the asylum," the golden eyed girl replied with a sly smile.

"W-What!? No, I'm not crazy, I'm really a wi...Ah, I wasn't supposed to say that in front of muggles, now I have to use a spell to make you forget...what it is again? More importantly, I have to go take the right bus…"

But before the brunette could rose up, the other girl suddenly put her hand on her shoulder and smiled in a comforting way.

"Sorry, it was too easy. Don't worry, we're witches too, it's the right bus."

"Ah, it was just a joke...haha...don't do that ever again."

"I can't promise anything."

Seeing that the brunette looked far from being amused, Haru tried to calm things down.

"A-Anyway, it seems that we're all going to the same place. Perhaps...you would want to talk about it?" Haru proposed.

"You mean Myojo Academy? Is it a magic school?" the brunette asked.

"Not exactly," the golden eyed girl replied. "But this is where wizards from our regions go in order to access the real magic school, Hogwarts High."

"Ah, I see...Okay no, I don't really understand. I'm not really used to all of that, it's still new to me. Oh, by the way, my name is Kenmochi Shiena, nice to meet you."

"Ah, I completely forgot to introduce myself. I'm Shuto Suzu."

"Me, It's Ichinose Haru!"

Suzu suddenly looked surprised when she heard her name, but she said nothing about it. Shiena had no reaction, other than a normal one after hearing someone's name for the first time.

"So Ichinose, Shuto, I was wondering...why the school is named that way? Isn't Hogwarts the magic school in England? But we're staying in Japan, right? Isn't there another Japanese school?"

"For you to not know that, you are indeed new to this world. Let me guess, you're a muggle-born?" Suzu asked with curiosity.

"Yes, I am...is there a problem with that?" Shiena replied, a little bit suspicious.

"Not with me, I couldn't care less about the purity of blood. It doesn't make any sense anyway. Magic isn't in the blood, it's a gene," Suzu explained. "But it does explain why you don't know about that, since you were raised in a muggle family. But there are people out there who despise muggle-borns, especially pure-blood families. And it became worse after that event, the same event that caused the existence of Hogwarts High. Would you like to hear more about it?"

"Of course we want! Right, Ichinose?"

"Uh? Oh, yeah, sure…" Haru replied, still confused about why Suzu had called her a muggle-born.

"Very well," Suzu began to say, with a smile clearly showing that she was the type of person who liked to act as a teacher. "It all begins with a certain pure-blood family that was a little bit too much into dark magic. Students from Mahoutokoro, the magic school in Japan, who tried dark magic were immediately expelled, which created a lot of frustration and anger among them. The pure-blood family used that to start a rebellion against the school. They build an army of dark magic partisan, and attack the school. But it was only a distraction to them, that family never really cared about Mahoutokoro. All they wanted was a distraction so they could attack the Japanese Ministry of Magic. That family true goal was not only to legalize the use of dark magic, but also to force their belief on others, that family was a pure-blood supremacist one. But another group decided to take advantage of this rebellion to fight for their own agenda. It was a clan fully composed of muggle-born wizards, all adopted. Well, they didn't view themselves as wizards, but muggles, or rather, humans. To them, pure and half-bloods weren't humans. They felt frustrated by the despise they received by a lot of wizards, and even felt that wizards were oppressing muggles. They wanted to destroy Mahoutokoro and reveal the wizarding worlds to muggles. All of this created a devastating war in Japan, and no one could attend Mahoutokoro for years. When the war was finally stopped and both groups responsible for it eliminated, peace came back in the country, and Mahoutokoro was reopened. But because of that, lot's of kids who should have attended were now teenagers, with no magical education. The school wasn't interested in teaching to them, as well as those who couldn't pursue their studies due to the war and were now judged too old. Let's say Mahoutokoro is really strict about ages."

"Wait, when did this war happen? I didn't remember anything like that happening in Japan," Shiena suddenly interrupted.

"Ah, that's because the war happened in the wizarding world. The Ministry of Magic did their best to avoid the muggle world to be affected. Sure, there was a lot of lost, even for muggles, so it was a hard work to erase their memories and made them believe that those who died were killed in natural disasters. You must remember that 5 years ago, lots of accidents happened, right?"

"Uh, yes...so the war happened 5 years ago. It's not that much. Then, what happened next?" Shiena asked.

"Technically, the war started 8 years ago, and ended 5 years ago, so it last 3 years. Mahoutokoro was attacked in the first year of the war, thus had to close for the students' protection. Then things slowly escalated and the real war only happened in the last year. It ended when the leader of the pure-blood family was eliminated. The rest of the family was executed shortly after, as well as the muggle-born clan. The family just lost their motivation after the death of their leader, and the clan became too daring after the defeat of their enemies and ended up easily captured. But even if Mahoutokoro reopened after the war, there was a problem. So many wizards couldn't attend education because they were too old, or had to drop their studies because of the war. Those people has still the right to have a magical education. This is why an old Hogwarts student, who was originated from Japan, decided to create a new school for those who couldn't attend Mahoutokoro anymore. The Japanese Ministry of Magic allowed it, and even made it an occasion to make an alliance with the English Ministry of Magic. Since the old student was from Hogwarts, they decided to make the new school a second campus for Hogwarts. Since the school is only meant to be a temporary one for the students who could no longer attend Mahoutokoro, they decided to keep the Hogwarts Houses for the second campus, to make it more simple. We were all supposed to go at Mahoutokoro, but since the war started when we were around 7 years old, the school closed because we could attend. Hogwarts High is active for 2 years and accept students from 15 years and more."

"So you mean that...we are the first year to go there who never went to Mahoutokoro before?" Shiena asked.

"Exactly," Suzu replied, looking happy to be so well listen. "All our senpai had at least spent a year at Mahoutokoro because the war, and were then unable to continue or go back there. Hogwarts High will continue to exist until the last young wizards who couldn't attend Mahoutokoro will finish their magical studies. Which means...the school will continue to exist for at least 6 more years I believe. After that, Mahoutokoro will be the sole magical school in Japan."

Haru discretely grabbed her chest. Hearing about that war caused her to feel some pain in her chest, and brought back some bad memories. Unlike Shiena, she knew about that war.

"Since our years is the first one who has received no magical education, I guess our classes will be easier, to let use the time to adjust. It's a good thing for you two, since you're muggle-born…"

"Uh, Shuto-san...why are you calling us muggle-born? We are witches too," Haru suddenly said.

"Ah, don't worry, it isn't an insult meant to diminish your witch statues, it simply means that you were born from muggle parents…"

"My mother was a witch," Haru interrupted.

Suzu suddenly went quiet.

"Was…?" Shiena dared to ask.

"She died 5 years ago, along with my father and brothers," Haru replied, before she smiled softly. "But I'm not sad. They died to protect me. They didn't want me to be sad, they wanted me to be happy. To see me smile, not cry. This is why I'm not sad, to honour their sacrifice."

Shiena went quiet too, looking surprised to see Haru being so optimistic while talking about her family's death.

"My condolence," Suzu said sincerely. "And what about your father, if it's okay to ask. Was he a wizard?"

"No, he wasn't. So I guess he was a muggle."

"I see. Then I was wrong. You aren't a muggle-born, but a half-blood. You're born from a witch and a muggle. But still, I feel like you didn't really know about the wizarding world until recently…"

The bus stopped once again. A young girl went inside the bus and looked around nervously, probably looking for a seat. Haru waved at her, to show her that there was a free seat near her. Shyly, the new girl approached them and sat next to Suzu. She immediately brushed some of her silver hair to make it hide half of her face, much to everyone's confusion.

"Uh, are you okay? Are you...a witch?" Shiena asked.

"I...yes, I think so…," the silver haired girl replied, almost as she was afraid.

"You are, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to see the bus," Suzu replied. "So, is there a reason why you're trying to hide your face? You don't have to answer if you don't want to."

The silver haired girl continued to brush her hair to hide her face, shivering slightly.

"It's because...I have...a...a scar…"

The new girl then went quiet, showing no sign of wanting to continue to talk. Shiena looked rather uncomfortable with the conversation, while Suzu looked somewhat intrigued. Haru could understand the silver haired girl's feelings, she could even relate personally. This is what gave Haru a sudden idea to try comforting her.

"There is nothing to be ashamed about scars," Haru suddenly said softly. "Myself, I have scars."

Haru suddenly began to unbutton her shirt, much to everyone's confusion.

"I-Ichinose!?" Shiena exclaimed, blushing. "What...What are you doing? Where's in a bus!"

"It's not what you think. I'm just merely proving my point."

Haru stopped unbuttoning her shirt when her collarbones were fully exposed, as well as the scar she had on her chest. A glimpse of interest appeared in Suzu's golden eyes, and the silver haired girl looked at her with surprise. Shiena looked dumbfounded.

"See? And I have few more. I'm usually hiding them, because I don't want others to feel sorry for me. But I'm not ashamed of them, they are a part of me, and they will always be. And...ah, sorry, I didn't even ask you your name! Mine is Ichinose Haru."

"I'm..Banba...Mahiru…"

The silver haired girl continued to gaze at Haru's scar, before she suddenly brushed her hair out from her left eye, revealing a long scar that was covering half of her face. Haru smiled in a friendly way to her, which the other girl replied with a shy yet happy smile.

"Um, this scar, this X shape slightly looking like a butterfly, could it be...Ichinose-san, where did you get it?" Suzu suddenly asked with curiosity.

Haru buttoned her shirt, kind of uncomfortable with Suzu's question.

"It's...a witch who did this to me," Haru replied. "Why?"

"Because it looks identical to the scar the girl who defeated the pure-blood family leader. The latter tried to kill her with the death curse but for an unknown reason, the curse didn't work on the girl and was sent back to the dark witch, killing her instead. The curse left a scar that, according to the books I read, looks exactly the same as yours. In fact, your name was even mentioned in some of those books. That's why I knew your name was familiar to me…"

"Wait, do you mean...yes, I have read about someone who survived the death curse, a certain...yes, I remember! You must be Haru Potter, isn't it!?" Shiena exclaimed.

Following the brunette's statement, everyone became silent for a moment.

"Uh...My name is Ichinose Haru, not Potter…"

"Kenmochi-san, I believe you're mixing up Ichinose-san with Harry Potter, a British wizard who also survived the death curse a long time ago," Suzu replied. "Anyway, it seems that you didn't know about that."

"No, I didn't...I always thought it was just a regular dark witch who did that to me...I lost consciousness after the attack so I never knew I...caused her death."

"Don't feel bad about that Ichinose, that witch tried to kill you. And you didn't cause her death on purpose, that evil witch got what she deserves. It's karma," Shiena replied.

Even so, Haru still felt guilty. She knew that it wasn't her fault and that she was nearly killed, but she couldn't help but think that she had blood on her hands. She already felt guilty about her family's death, she didn't want to feel responsible for any more death.

The bus finally stopped. The students went out and discovered that they were in front of a big school, on a campus.

"Myojo Academy," Suzu began to say. "The school is closed today, to avoid muggle students to see a bunch of new students arrived and then disappeared."

A tall man with black hair suddenly approached them, waving at them with a friendly smile on his face.

"Ah, you must be the new students! My name is Mizorogi Ataru, and I'll be one of your teachers. Follow me, I'll bring you where your fellow first-year classmates are."

Haru, Suzu, Shiena and Banba followed the teacher inside the school, where he left them in a classroom so he could go retrieve the other first-year students.

Already waiting in the room there was an elementary school-looking girl, holding hands with an adult-looking girl. There was also a short blond girl. Haru honestly wondered if they were really first-year students.

"So which house you think you'll end up in? Personally, I think I would fit in Slytherin," Suzu said.

"Uh, the house with a snake as crest? Isn't the house with the darkest wizards and full of pure-blood supremacists?" Shiena asked with some disdain in her voice.

"I can't deny that Slytherin had a lot of dark wizards in it and was built on discriminatory values, but not all Slytherin are bad or have prejudice. I may be a pure-blood, but I don't care about such thing, as I already told you. But I can't deny that I'm cunning."

"You, a pure-blood? I thought you were a half one, since you don't seem...Anyway, Gryffindor seems like a good choice, Ravenclaw too, and Hufflepuff isn't so bad. Really, anything except Slytherin…," Shiena added.

"Gryffindor is overrated, Ravenclaw is full of pretentious snobs, and Hufflepuff...no one wants to be a Hufflepuff. It's where those without talents go," The blond girl suddenly said. "Slytherin is definitely the best choice."

Despite those harsh words, she was giving off a rather friendly vibe.

"Excuse me? Slytherin, the best choice? You must be a pure-blood," Shiena replied with contempt.

"There's nothing wrong with being proud of your heritage. And Slytherin isn't all about blood, but being ambitious. It's the best house if you want to succeed in life," the blond girl added calmly, smiling. "Ah, by the way, I'm Hashiri Nio."

"I'm Ichinose Haru, nice to…"

But because she could finish, Nio rushed towards her, with sparkles in her eyes.

"No way, you...you're the Ichinose Haru, the one who survived the death curse from the dark witch?!"

"Um...apparently, yes," Haru replied, trying to smile despite the uncomfort she was feeling.

"You're the second one to survive to the death curse, the first one was Harry Potter...ah, Haru, Harry...Haru Potter!" Nio exclaimed, laughing at her own joke.

Mizorogi finally came back with some new students. One of them was a boyish-looking girl with short blue hairs, who looked really cold and even wary of everyone.

"Everyone is here now. Welcome to all new students! It's now time to go to your real new school, thanks to a portkey. Everyone, when I say it, touch the desk over there."

Following the teachers' instruction, everyone got around the desk and, when Mizorogi asked them, they all touch the desk at the same time. Haru felt like she was spinning, everything was blurry around her. This sensation eventually stopped, and she realized that they weren't in the classroom anymore. They were inside of what appeared to be an old hut.

"Everyone, follow me!" Mizorogi asked happily, as he exited the hut.

The students follow him and all went out from the hut. Haru was surprised when she discovered what was outside. They were definitely not at Myojo Academy anymore, nor the cities. In front of them, there was a castle, surrounded by nature. They seemed to be in the middle of a big forest. Mizorogi suddenly turned back to look at them, with a big smile on his face.

"Everyone, welcome to Hogwarts High, your new home for the next three years!"

So all this war thing was an attempt for me to explain why a bunch of Japanese characters living in Japan could possibly have Hogwarts Houses. But don't worry, all this war background won't be use as a mere excuse for that, it will play an important part in the story.

Should I continue this crossover? And in which Houses you think each AnR should go? Don't hesitate to tell me your opinions in a review!