I mostly have the pairings done for this fic.
This fic has MAJOR SPOILERS for BOOK FIVE. Be warned.
It might be bland in the beginning, but please...continue...reading?
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"You can still see the future?" Dumbledore asked in mild surprise. The portraits stirred.
"Vaguely," Eriol said. "It seems Sakura still left traces of my original power in me...it's like removing the grease while leaving the stains."
"You say it with such disgust," Dumbledore noted with mild amusement.
"I wished to be completely rid of it," Eriol explained with a wave of his hand, as if trying to brush it away. "However, this time it was very useful. I must warn you, in every single future, I saw Sirius Black die."
"No!"
"Yes...even though there would still be a fifty-fifty chance for Harry to win, I have my own reasons for Sirius not to die," Eriol gave a small smile. "You know, it's true that there will always be only one person in the world that will make every second in your life enjoyable...and I want a certain person to have this joy."
"Ah...so I see. A new you, Master Clow," Dumbledore mused.
"Eriol," The magician replied, closing his eyes and smiling, obviously recalling his own.
"You always said that the future is better left unchanged."
"Some futures are meant to be changed," Eriol replied benignly with another wave of his hand. "In any case, she deserves it...after all, how many people are content with their beloved only seeing them as a friend?"
"Hmm...she does sound radical," Dumbledore stroked his long, white beard.
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"What?!" A chorus of voices shouted through the air.
Eriol didn't bother to make their voices lower, it was a pretty big mansion after all. He, instead, surveyed the faces. Sakura's was of complete surprise. Syaoran's was of surprise and...surprise, amazingly. Keroberos shot backward into a custard pie, so Eriol couldn't figure out what he was thinking. Yue arched an eyebrow-he was used to such missions by now. Meilin was actually sparkling at the thought. Tomoyo blinked in mild surprise.
Life had changed so much in so little time...it was only a few years.
Sakura, her hair grew one or two inches (think end of CCS manga) and she pulled her hair out of two ponytails, although sometimes she did make one. The Mistress looked older this way, but still a cute kid, in Eriol's opinion. She was finally going out with Syaoran (in fact, the moment Syaoran came back from Hong Kong and brang back the stuffed bear)
Syaoran, his hair didn't change much. However, he did grow older (and half a foot taller) and soon Eriol will have to change 'cute little descendant' into 'handsome kinda tall descendant'. Syaoran still had problems with openly admitting he and Sakura were going out.
Meilin...she liked playing with her hair a lot more than Sakura, but normally took out the buns and did a simple ponytail in the back. Eriol suspected this was because Meilin had discovered her magic: She was a pure Western, so that was why she was never able to do Eastern magic. Now that the girl discovered it, she practiced day and night (despite the fact she had no spells to practice, and was just concentrating it to see other magics. However, this did increase her capacity by hundredfold, the way she's been doing it). Meilin finally gave up on Syaoran...poor girl. She needed some comfort in that hole that Syaoran made. And Eriol knew just the thing that would help her.
Tomoyo was beautiful. In fact, she became even prettier than Sakura and Meilin. It was a pity she didn't have magic. Observant, though. He gave her a boost earlier so she could be part of the group...he knew Tomoyo would hate being left out.
Eriol took himself out of his daydreams.
"Hoee? You want us to go to England and have us enroll in a magic school to save a person's life?" Sakura asked, amazed.
"Half of us don't even understand English," Syaoran argued.
"Mmmpphh" Kero argued.
"That's unlike you, Eriol. People must always eventually die," Tomoyo wondered out loud. Eriol smiled benignly, and replied.
"The language barrier isn't a problem. However, the man in question must live to avoid more deaths," Eriol emphasized. "Syaoran can tell everyone about Voldemort and his terror in England, but you must know that a murderer has been released and he uses magic." Syaoran was the most shocked at the news. Of course. A murderer doesn't even compare to a mass killer that goes around using magic to torture people for long periods of time and then break them slowly just because they weren't pureblood. Eriol, sure that his point would be continued by Syaoran, began speaking again. "I have arranged for four of you to attend Hogwarts," Sakura blinked at the name (Honestly, Hogwarts?). "And the other two shall accompany the man. How you divide will be up to you. However," Eriol's eyes flickered with amusement. "Syaoran must attend Hogwarts."
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By now, Harry should be flying with the Order.
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"So...Syaoran-kun will be one of the people who attends the school," Tomoyo stated thoughtfully. "That means Sakura-chan will also."
"Wait a second!!" Kero barged in. "Why should they be together?! I personally don't trust this! I'm going with you too, Sakura!!" Kero jabbed a finger at himself while fuming.
"Ufufufufu...so much like Touya," Tomoyo laughed. Kero veinpopped. "But Kero-chan," her voice then dipped low. "you knew it was going to happen." Kero then just resorted to eating more pie.
"...Cerberus should not attend the school," Yue stated calmly. "There just aren't animals that attend classes...he would attract too much attention, even if he doesn't act as a normal student."
"Wha-Hey, Yue, I could just be a, a, a not alive animal!!" Kero argued.
"Fine then, you stuffed animal," Kero turned his head to growl at Syaoran. "Think about it this way. Hogwarts has four houses: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. We were told to keep tabs on Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter, Cho Chang, and some others. Assumedly, we will have to divide among the houses," Sakura and Syaoran grimaced. "So if you were in, Kero, we would only have three."
"And I want to go into Hogwarts too!" Meilin waved wildly. The others looked at her in surprise.
"Oh yeah...Meilin learned magic, I forgot to tell you guys that," Syaoran explained.
"Really? Meilin, that's great!" Sakura rejoiced, grabbing Meilin's hands. Meilin grinned.
"Although it hurts me to miss out on Sakura and Syaoran's cute little moments, I have no magic, so therefore I have to stay at the man's house," Tomoyo sighed as Meilin snickered at the duo's faces. Tomoyo and Meilin had launched this conspiracy thing together, or rather, Meilin joined Tomoyo in the 'ohohoho'-ing.
"That means I will have to attend Hogwarts," Yue concluded in his calm voice that had a trace of annoyance.
"Yeah...hey, Yue, do you know the man's name?"
"...Sirius Black."
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Sirius read the letter that Dumbledore personally delivered.
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Dear Sirius,
I'm sure nothing is going well over at your place, so I won't even ask. My name is Clow Reed, most likely your ancestor a couple ten, twenty generations back. Don't try to find my name on the tapestry, there was probably not enough space. In any case, I have two people coming over to your place. One is a Muggle that knows too much about magic, and therefore would be one of the first to be killed by Voldemort. The other is a magical beast with human intelligence. However, I have given the Muggle Sight and a small boost of magic, so do tell Kreacher that she is half-blood, to avoid Kreacher using a jinx on her. I do believe Hermione is having enough problems as it is, so you can imagine how Kreacher would feel about a complete Muggle coming in to your place.
I entrust them in your care, and I ask you: Do not leave them alone under any circumstances.
-Eriol Hiiragizawa
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Eriol handed letters to the group. They opened it up, and read Dumbledore's invitation to Grimmauld Place Twelve.
"Hey, we knew we were going there, why give us invitations?" Kero asked.
"It's...complicated. Let's say if you didn't receive these letters, you'd be repelled from the place. They all nodded like machines. If Eriol ever went into detail, they'd be stuck there for a week.
"Now, I'll leave you all alone while you figure out who shall go where," And Eriol left, knowing exactly what would happen.
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Sirius looked at Dumbledore. "Eriol Hiiragizawa...Clow Reed..." Dumbledore smiled at him.
"He was my mentor," Dumbledore started, causing Sirius to widen his eyes in total shock.
"However, his power has been halved with his other incarnation...I do believe it was Sakura Kinomoto..."
"Does that mean...Sakura Kinomoto is stronger than...?"
"...Yes," Dumbledore replied. "She is unrivaled in eastern magic, however, her western magic might take more time. Her power is split between both, but I specialize in western. It might take her a couple more years to catch up to me." Sirius breathed a sigh of relief. It was odd, thinking of somebody stronger than Dumbledore. He wasn't sure if he could've taken it. "Now, I warn you, do not accompany Harry to the hearing." And with that, Dumbledore walked out of the room.
Sirius felt irritated--This was the second time somebody emphasized his don'ts with a murderous eye behind it in one day.
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"Sirius Black...isn't he the murderer of twelve thirteen people in England?!" Meilin exclaimed. "They've even given him a nickname: Jack the Bomber because everyone he killed..." She trailed off.
"I'm sure...Eriol...has his reasons," Yue replied, his eyes lowered. It was so hard...so hard for him to accept Hiiragizawa Eriol was not Clow Reed.
"And Meilin, you know how sometimes the press are confused," Tomoyo patted Meilin's shoulder in reassurance. "I heard from Mizuki-sensei the story."
"Hoee? Tomoyo-chan, you've met Mizuki-sensei?" Tomoyo smiled.
"Yes. In fact, that was when Eriol gave me Sight," She replied, and explained Sirius's story. "I've been getting letters from Mizuki-sensei on issues around that area because I needed to plan a complete cover story-normal people aren't allowed into cities of wizards."
"Hoeee...poor Black-san, I don't know how I could endure that..." Sakura said, voicing the others' thoughts.
"You all done talking?" Said a cheery voice from the door. The group turned to see Akizuki Nakuru and Spinel. Nakuru waved. "Hiii~~!"
"Hi, Akizuki-san!!" Sakura waved back with the same amount of happiness. "Yeah, we're done!"
"Good!" She took out some really thick books and smashed them on the table, causing the desk to groan. "Now, you need to learn about English etiquette! Also, I'm going to be joining the classes, just to tell you. Don't want our duo separated now, right? Well, bye~!" She left as abruptly as she came in. Everyone sweatdropped at the abruptness of it all. "Oh wait, and another thing!" Nakuru rushed back from the hallway, gave Yue a kiss on the cheek, and then rushed back out of the room, leaving a fuming Yue behind.
"Seh..." Yue deftly wiped his cheek in anger and left the room. Tomoyo laughed as everyone else present sweatdropped.
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As Harry and Lupin led Mrs. Weasley downstairs from the room with the boggart, the doorbell rang, yet again. And Sirius's mother started shrieking again. And Sirius made a run from the stairs, jumped off half way, and dived. He grabbed the upper part of the curtain during his fall and pulled them over, did a flip and landed crouched on his feet.
"Whoa mate, don't you think that deserves a nine?" Fred whistled from the kitchen.
"Yeah, a nine point five," George clapped. Sirius grinned slightly, despite it all.
"Hello Mrs. Weasley, are you doing well today?" Said a calm, pleasant voice. Mrs. Weasley blanched.
"Wh-Who are you?" She asked, rather scared that someone out of the Order could arrive. Wasn't Dumbledore the Secret-Keeper...? The boy at the door bowed. He looked about one or two years older than Harry, and a rather interesting group trailed and bunched up behind him.
"Don't worry Mrs. Weasley, I am not your enemy," The boy said, as if reading Mrs. Weasley's mind. "However, would you be so kind as to let us in? It would be bad if people saw this company and overhear what we say?"
"What? Oh, yes, yes, of course..." Mrs. Weasley moved away from the door, allowing the...HUGE...company in. The HUGE company also, apparently, had huge bags of luggage. As they filed in one by one, they had their own comments.
"Hoee...Syaoran-kun, you don't NEED to carry everything...I, I can carry them..."
"Sure you could, that's why you stumbled the moment we got the books and flipped into the cauldron, was it?"
"Hey, is it just me, or did I see that clock sprout legs for a moment there?"
"I saw it too, Meilin..."
"How do they expect the great Cerberus to live in this place?"
"Oh come on, Kero-chan, I'll be living with you..."
"Are you angry at me, Yue-chan~?"
"Eh! Don't-!"
"Ruby Moon, get a grip. We DO represent Eriol..."
"If Eriol's got Kaho-chan, why can't I-"
"No one owns me."
"See? Look at how A D O R A B L E he is!"
"Um. Nakuru."
As Mrs. Weasley closed the door, Sirius spoke up.
"You're...Eriol Hiiragizawa, right?" Sirius asked the first boy. He smiled.
"Why, yes, Sirius. I believe this is the first time we've met?" Eriol held out his hand, and Sirius shook it. Eriol gestured to a pretty purple-haired teenager in a flowing white dress, who came up, holding a trash can sized bag. "This is Tomoyo Daidouji, one of those who will be staying with you. And this," A little stuffed animal floated over as Tomoyo bowed. "is Cerberus. He is the other resident."
"Howdy! I must tell you, this doesn't compare to Tomoyo's house, but as long as you give me food everyday I won't complain!" Kero jabbed a finger at himself. Sirius sweatdropped.
"This stuffed animal eats?" He pointed at the guardian that now launched himself at Sirius's hair, trying to bite out chunks. "Hey, wait a second, this-"
"This is merely his false form," Eriol said, smiling. "In any case, I'm sure Dumbledore has filled in the vague details, which are all you need to know for now. So, Mrs. Weasley, if you would be so kind as to escort the rest to Hogwarts, you will have my deepest gratitude." Eriol smiled. "Oh, and congratulations to Ronald Weasley on becoming a prefect." He Disapparated.
There was a pause. Not one of those little pauses where everyone accidently stops talking. It's one of those long pauses...those really, REALLY long pauses.
And there was another pause.
"Well, Dumbledore DID tell us about them," Lupin stated, breaking the silence. "Let's help the two staying over get settled."
Harry had a gut feeling that chaos was insued. And you know how gut feelings are.
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