Disclaimer: "Sailor Moon", "Star Trek", "Harry Potter" and other genres belong to their respective owners.
Note: This is a multi-genre story.
Special note: This is a limited series that is a run-up to the movie-version of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire". Also, this story takes place between "Sailor Moon ST" and "SMST: Hero Unlimited Next". Enjoy!
Part 1
Location: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, United Kingdom.
When not conducting herself as the super-heroine "Sailor Moon", either adventuring with the Justice League Unlimited or her own Sailor Scouts, Usagi Tsukino, the would-be "Moon Princess", dons her guise as Lady Usashinko Rantsu of Hokkaido, Japan. And in THAT capacity, she occasionally teaches at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In spite of being flighty…and occasionally weird…Usagi is a powerful mystic in her own right, having been an apprentice to the likes of Atlan, Gandalf the White, Circe, Nabu, Calypso, Medea, Shazam, Solomon, Hermes Trimegistus, Merlin, the Ancient One, Dr. Strange and many of the great mystics and metaphysical philosophers past and present. Her quest to develop an extensive library of such knowledge is part of her quest to prepare herself for the role of the Neo-Queen of Crystal Tokyo, and of the role of "Sailor Cosmos". However, as potent a mage she is, either as a mystic or as a technomancer, Usagi can be unorthodox in her teaching methods.
"…And that's how you tell the difference between a succubus from a prostitute," Usagi said, as she turns off her slide projector. "Remember, demons of all type uses human vice to entice their victims…and mystics are just as susceptible to their guile as anyone else."
Usagi teaches many courses at Hogwarts. However, she is the designated homeroom teacher for these fourth-year students. And as the homeroom teacher, it was her job to introduce to her students different concepts of magic and everything else in magical society. Unfortunately, it also meant that three particular students have to deal with Usagi's bizarre nature once again.
"Why ARE we here again?" whispered Ron Wesley, as he leaned over to his friend Harry Potter.
"Shut up, Ronnie!" Hermione Granger said, as she was busily jotting down her notes from the lecture.
"Ron, we all know WHY we're here," Harry Potter replies. "Now if you don't want to get the teacher on our case-"
Usagi looks over to where "The Trio" was having their impromptu conversation.
"Mr. Potter," Usagi began, as she leans on her desk.
"Yes?"
"Is there something that you want to share with the class?"
Harry looks straight into Usagi's eyes.
"I was wondering if you had to go undercover in your…'hands-on' research of succubi activity."
The class broke out in laughter.
"Ah, very funny Mr. Potter. And here's the punch-line to your joke: pop quiz."
The class groaned in dismay.
"Way to go, Harry!" Ron says, as he pouted in his seat.
"And wait until class is over, Harry," said Mandy DeLisle, as the shorthaired, blond girl cracked her knuckles.
"Hehehehehehe!" laughed Billy Horvitz, her more dimwitted friend. "Harry is going to be beaten up by a girl-!"
SMACK
"Shut up, Billy!"
"Cool!" Hermione said, as she prepared to raise her grade-point average.
Harry shakes his head. He wanted to think that he did the right thing, when he and his pals had first helped Miss Rantsu…
FLASHBACK!A while back, Harry's friend Hermione came across a puzzle box, called the Lament Configuration, while shopping for trinkets. Ever the competitor, Hermione worked furiously to solve the puzzle…and was sucked into a section of Hell ruled by the dark god Leviathan and his Cenobite (humans turned into demons) minions. Never to abandon their friend, Harry and Ron went down the same path that Hermione took. And while they went searching for their friend, they had to deal with these Cenobites. Each Cenobite was reshaped into his or her own ethos or "id" in a rather painful manner, and all of them wore leather in a sadomasochistic way; they were also into blades, chains and hooks, and they use them rather effectively.
"Will we be able to save Hermione?" Ron asked. Since becoming friends with the girl, he has been protective of her.
"I don't know, Ron," Harry replies, as he re-checks his bag of tricks, before handed it off to his friend. "But we should always try!"
Soon, the two managed to go to the heart of Leviathan's citadel. However, instead of finding a diamond-shaped anthromorph that was Leviathan, they found a blue/gray-skinned blond with a ridiculous "dumpling" hairstyle. She wore a leather bodice and corset (open center), black elbow length gloves (with metal tips in the form of claws), and black leather skirt and black calf-length stiletto boots. Her entire eyes were black, and mechanical spider legs (six) were attached to her spine. And where her heart should be, a metallic diamond was imbedded in her chest. The female had Hermione on a leash. All around was a spider's web, and a room full of Cenobites, all of who were sharpening their blades for the kill.
"Hello, Mr. Potter," said the Leviathan, who spoke in a deep voice. "I am glad that you are here."
Harry looked at the diamond. According to his brief research, the diamond in the girl's chest was the true form of Leviathan. And in order to weaken him…now her… Leviathan must be reconfigured.
"Now!" Harry says to Ron. Harry was hopping that Leviathan was too focused on him to realize what was going on.
Ron pulls out a wand, and cast a spell that drew Hermione to him. Unfortunately, she was still attached to Leviathan's leash.
"Harry!" Hermione cried out, as she felt her neck being stretched by the leash.
"Just a minute!" Harry said, as he took out some magic powder, and created a protective circle. Still, with Hermione attached, Leviathan was casually pulling the girl back to her.
"Tsk, tsk, Mr. Potter. You are always over-reaching."
"No, you daft 'muggle'! I'm just setting you up!"
Harry reached over, and willed Leviathan's "heart" to him.
"Argh! You…will…pay…for…that!"
Quickly, Harry began to reconfigure the diamond into a puzzle box…
"Harry!" Ron yells, as he "pulls" with all his might.
…And then solves that puzzle box.
Out pops a crystal heart with wings of light. It fluttered about before flying towards Leviathan.
"No," Leviathan says, as she staggers backwards in fear, releasing Hermione's leash. "NOOOOOOOO-!"
Everything went white…
"Ugh," Harry says, as he and his friends found themselves just outside of Hogwarts. "What a mess."
"Guys, I'm, well…" Hermione began nervously.
"Hey, it's nothing," Harry replied.
"Besides, we need to always stick together," Ron smiles broadly.
Hermione smiles back, and then hug her friends.
"Thank you for releasing me," said a voice.
The three turns to see "Leviathan". Accept…it wasn't. Sure, she was dressed in a female cut gray business suit, but she still had that ridiculous hairstyle.
"YOU!" the kids shout out in unison.
"Not exactly," the girl says, as she takes off her sunglasses to reveal her blue eyes. "You see, I was being held prisoner, and was used as Leviathan's avatar."
"But why?" Hermione asks.
"In order to save my family, I had to pay a very steep price. So I was sent to the underworld to pay that price…and ended up as a tool of the dark god. For freeing me, I thank you."
The girl bowed her head, stood straight, and placed her index and middle finger to her forehead.
"See you around, Mr. Potter."
ZAP!
And with that, the girl was gone.
"I wonder if we will ever see her again," Ron thought out-loud.
"Well, if we do, it will be none too soon," Harry replied.
A month later…
"Listen up class," began Professor Minerva McGonagall, the head of Gryffendor House (the House that Harry and his friends belong to as students). "You will have a new homeroom teacher, who will act as your adviser and tutor. She has studied under great number magical traditions, so she will be introducing you concepts that are not normally taught in an official class setting. So, without further ado, I introduce to you Professor Usashinko Rantsu."
Harry, Ron and Hermione eyes widen, when they see who their new homeroom teacher is.
"Konichiwa!" Usagi says, with a smile and a wave of her hand.
The only thing Harry could do is bang his head on his desk repeatedly.
"Uh, Harry?" Hermione asks with concern.
END FLASHBACK!During lunchtime, Professor Rantsu was in the teacher's lounge, drinking earl gray tea, when headmaster Albus Dumbledore comes up to her.
"Ah, Professor Rantsu, do you have a moment?"
"Sure. Tea?"
"Yes, thank you. Anyway, I would like to ask if you would be interested in heading a field trip to Australia. I have learned that you are very familiar with 'Dreaming Magic', and could take a group of students to meet with the aboriginal 'shamans'."
"Doesn't the Ministry of Magical already have relations with them?" Usagi asks.
"Unfortunately, the Ministry of Magic is not seen in a very good light, ever since the days of colonialism."
"Yeah, I heard about that from the 'Dreamspeakers'. Alright, I know some people who owe me a favor, but I get to choose who gets to go."
"Fair enough. If this excursion is successful, then many more will be planned. Good day!"
As Dumbledorf leaves, Professor Severus Snape, the head of the House Slytherin lowers his newspaper from he seat.
"Ah, so the Moon Princess gets an opportunity to impress the faculty," the dark-haired man said.
"Feh, be quiet, Snape," Usagi says, as she leaves for her class. "You're an annoying little twit."
"Humph!"
Tbc.
Author's note: I will only go as far as the reviews indicate an interest in this story. Thus, C&C are welcomed.
Next time: Harry Potter and company head off to "the land down under". See you next time!