A new year


Here I go, I don't own Escaflowne, Harry Potter, or Inuyasha.

As you may have surmised from the disclaimer, this fic will be
anything but normal; then again none of my fics are, just give it a
shot okay if you don't like it you can scream at me.

" There's no such thing," the boy at the train station
muttered to himself, " there's no such thing as platform 9 ¾." By now
he was getting aggravated. He had a big trunk of things and now people
were beginning to stare at him.

" Come here dear," he heard a woman's voice call him, " it's right
over here." Thank God, he was beginning to think that this had been a
big joke.

" You're awful tall to be a first year," the woman said when he got
over there.

" Well I will be a fifth year, but I've never been to the station
before so I'm a little confused," the boy replied.

" He's funny lookin'," a girl by the woman commented.

" Ginny that's not very nice," the woman replied sharply.

" It's true though," Ginny replied. It was true, the boy was wearing
that were about a third of this shin high, his tan slacks were tucked
into the boots. He had on a sword scabbard out of which he had taken
the sword so that it looked like a belt with an extra large loop. This
hung cockeyed on his waist so that one side, the side with the loop,
was lower than the other side. He wore a bright red tank top that had
a drawstring on the upper chest part, even in the chilly fall weather.
His black hair hang down across his face in between his eyes and stuck
up on his head causing him to look as though he had just tumbled out
of bed.

" I suppose you're not used to my appearance," he mused out loud, so
this is how Hitomi felt when she came to Gaia the thought. The woman
had many children with her; he counted four in all, the young girl, a
pair of twins and a boy that looked to be about his age. The twins saw
the scabbard and immediately started asking questions.

" Do you have a sword?"

" Can you use it?"

" Have you ever killed any one?"

" Boys that's enough out of you," the woman cut in, " I'm sorry about
them they're trouble makers."

" The answer to all your questions is yes," the boy replied.

" You're not planning to kill anyone at Hogwarts are you?" the woman
asked suspiciously.

" No I only use it for self defense now," the boy replied.

" Good."

" So where is platform 9 ¾?" the boy asked.

" Oh just follow Ginny and the boys," the woman replied.

" Thank you," the boy said tilting his head downwards slightly.

" Bye Ginny, boys be good," the woman called after them.

" We will," they all coursed. What a bunch, they had that timed he
thoughtm, noticing that none of them were listening.

" Okay," the girl known as Ginny turned to him, " you just run
straight into that barrier."

" Running into a wall on purpose," he thought out loud, " this isn't
some cruel joke is it?"

" No I'm quite serious," she said.

" Okay," and with that the boy ran through the barrier.

^-^

When they got on the platform, the twins introduced everyone. " I'm
Fred, and this is George, and these two are Ron and Ginny."

" Pleased to meet you," the boy replied, " I'm Van Fanel."

" So you're special." he was cut off by a voice behind him.

" Who's special Ron?" It was Harry and Hermione.

" Van here," Ron said, " he gets to skip four years."

" You must be very smart then," Hermione praised.

" You could say that I guess," Van replied.

" You can sit with us on the train," Harry offered, " that is if you
want to."

" Sure, why not," Van replied.

" It could be dangerous," Harry said.

" I've seen danger before," Van replied calmly.

" So have we," Hermione stated bluntly. Van pulled the sword out of
his bag and pulled it out of the sheath, it was covered in bloodstains
and Hermione gasped.

" If you had seen half the stuff I've seen, you'd be hiding under the
covers for the rest of your life," and with that he put the sword
away.

" I thought you were just joking when you said that stuff to my
brothers, but you really killed someone?" Ron asked nervously.

" More than one someone," Van told them, " but they had killed
everyone in my country." Hermione automatically felt sorry for the
boy. 'He's killed, why do you feel sorry for him?' she asked herself,
'maybe because he lost everything before he was our age.' That was it,
she felt really sorry that such a thing had happened to a little boy.

" My offer is still good," Harry said.

" Thank you," Van said smiling at him.

" No problem," Harry said. They all got on the Hogwarts express and
Van picked up a small box off his trolley. The box had holes cut out
and it shifted a little when Van picked it up.

" What's that?" Hermione asked pointing to the box.

" A cat," Van said, beginning to open the box.

" I have a cat too," Hermione stated.

" Yeah? They're my favorite type of animal, they're smart and
defensive, yet kind and loveable." He pulled a small kitten out of the
box and wrapped it in his arms.

" It's so cute," Hermione squeaked. The kitten was brown with black
tiger stripes and huge crystalline eyes.

" She reminds me of a friend," Van said looking down at the kitten,
which had fallen asleep in his arms.

" Snack trolley," a woman's voice called from the entry way to their
booth. They had been so busy talking they hadn't even noticed that she
had come to the door. Harry ordered a lot of food from the trolley and
the kids set upon it like a pack of wolfs.

" Here have some," Harry offered a few chocolate frogs out to Van.

" No thanks, I think I'll take a nap, I'm really tired," Van
responded, and with that he closed his eyes and fell deep into the
realm of dreams.

* Dream*

"The war's over," Van exclaimed, " we did it we beat Zaiboc."

" Oh lord Van now we can go home," Murel squeaked.

" Yeah, we can can't we?" Van said. Just then the sky opened
up and the

blue light pulled both Van and Hitomi to Earth.

*End Dream*

" Van, Van wake up," it was Ron and for the second time in his life,
Van awoke looking at Hogwarts. As Van got out of the train he heard
Hagrid's voice, " ready for school Van?"

" I hope so," Van replied.

" Ah, you'll do all right'," Hagrid said.

" No I'll probably fall down the trick stair again but thanks anyway,"
Van laughed.

" Get on with ya," Hagrid said shaking a hand towards Hogwarts, " don'
wanna miss the feast do ya? Go on."

" See you later Hagrid," Van waved as he walked toward the castle with
Harry and co.

" Van you seem so much more confident here, then you did at the train
station. What changed?" Hermione asked.

" What changed is I'm not so tiered, not as frustrated, and I have
good friends," Van smiled again, " I also know my way around
Hogwarts."

" So you've been here before?" Ron asked.

" Yeah, but I always seem to get stuck in the trick stair, this is the
only castle I know of that has one," Van replied. Hermione realized
that Van's kitten had fallen in step with him.

" So Van what house are you in?" Hermione asked, " or have you not
been sorted yet?"

" I'm in Gryfindor," Van answered, " but that talking hat kinda
freaked me out."

" Oh so we're all in the same house that's a plus," Harry said, " Um,
Van I have a question, are you one of those people that always tells
when someone does something wrong?"

" Heck no," Van said, " I get into plenty of trouble on my own, I
don't need to tell on anybody."

" Good," Harry said, " Because we have a nasty habit of breaking
rules."

" So do I," Van laughed, " So do I."

"Let's just go to the feast," Harry suggested.

" Good idea," Ron seconded. They turned to go inside and not a
moment to soon, because seconds later and arrow thudded into the
ground where Van had stood.

" Damn it," a male voice half laughed, " I missed."

" You wouldn't have hit the target anyway," another voice
laughed, " I told you, you should have let me do it."

Hee, Hee, Hee, please review, I'm always looking for a good review.
Anyway I just started this account and I already have more stories
than my friend that's had hers for a long time any way don't stop
reading it gets better. Sorry Inuyasha fans if I get enough demands
for him I'll put him in the story but as of now he's not in it, I just
need to borrow villains. Please Review!!!!!