Dannichigo - Juria: More epicenes is coming soon! Now let's hope some chara's of ours won't take the story over... It's still supposed to be about the DC guys!
Black Phantom XD we may get somewhat carried away, but it is originally all a roleplay~
Juria: Whoo, roleplay~
Oshichao - Black Phantom: 8D thank you, hope you like this chap too~
Juria: We sure do, though the next one will be even more awesome!
Firepaw - Juria: We have some awesome things in store for them! *winks*
Black Phantom: 8D that we do~
candycat30 - Black Phantom: thank you~ we'll try to update this often~
Juria: Third chapter roleplay already done~ Next chappie's coming as soon as K-chan *looks at Black Phantom* here finishes typing it out~
Black Phantom: *laughs sheepishly* which takes different amounts of time...
DayDreaming0f y0u -
Juria: Omg, you're daydreaming of me? You perv!
Black Phantom: err... that's their username Juria-chan, and we would never let Shinichi off with something that normal~
Juria: It is? Oh... We love to torture the guys, wait till you see chapter three! Bwhahah!
WolvesAngelz - Black Phantom: wait no more! ~
Juria: Though it took you a while, K-chan! *shakes head* Slow K-Chan, you deserve a ribbon for the work you do though!
Black Phantom: DX don't blame me, I feel mean leaving the poor other stories
Juria: I know~
WavesWindWhirlpool - Juria: We just randomly cut it into pieces because otherwise it would be a bit long... And she isn't. To the school question, read the chapter!
Black Phantom: I think that she just got really annoyed with kai so she hit and the charged up magic leaked out and got back at him (like the glass with harry when he was young) and then it sorta went out of control
Juria: I have no comment on that part =3
Anele1996 - Black Phantom: hehe, sorry for the while I took ^^'
Juria: But it's here! And there's no why and what, there's just a me who was thinking about doing some cross sketches of DC chara's as other characters, like Hakuba in Ravenclaw robes or Kaito as Peter Pan~ The HP DC idea lingered, and my brain got stuck to it, so I asked K-Chan to do it as our next project
Black Phantom: and I went and encouraged it ^^'
Juria: So I deserve a thank you, don't you think?
Black Phantom: thank you!
Black Phantom: welcome back to the madness that is this fic~
Yuri: Yaaay!
Juria: Where did you come from?
Kirsti: she broke the forth wall again, I just followed her
Juria: Well, it's a wall that likes to be broken *sweatdrops*
Black Phantom 1412: -_-' you know if you two hang around like this we wont get to actually introducing you in this chap...
Kirsti: Opps~
Juria: *shoves Yuri out of the door* so bye!
Kirsti: enjoy the chapter~
Black Phantom: HEY THAT'S MY LINE!
Yuri: No fair!
Juria: And please start reading it before these two make a mess here...
Chapter 2
Shinichi Kaito Ran and Aoko waited in an almost awkward silence after that until the bell rang out again. Kaito glanced at Shinichi with a smirk, "Tantei-kun, answer your door~"
Shinichi glared at Kaito then got up and walked to his door looking out of the peephole at who was there. At the gate stood Heiji and Kazuha, and Hakuba standing on the opposite side as Kazuha looking disapprovingly at Heiji who was impatiently ringing the bell again, "Ah, they're all here!" He said opening the door slightly and glancing around it, "Please get inside quickly!"
"Quickly? What's wrong?" Hakuba asked as the three of them slipped around the gate and made their way to the door,
Shinichi glanced around nervously, "Err, well, there is a book outside..." he then yelped and shut the door quickly as the book rammed the door again, running back into the house, Heiji laughing after him,
"Ya serious?"
Hakuba raised an eyebrow as the book fell unmoving to the ground, "Suddenly I feel lucky that they fly 'away' from me."
Kazuha shoved past Heiji lightly trying to get through to the door, "Jus' hurry an' close tha' door!" She said with a hiccup as another bubble escaped out her mouth,
Shinichi watched as Hakuba and Heiji followed Kazuha and the door was shut behind them, "So, how come you three are here at the same time, walked into each other?"
"Unfortunately," Hakuba muttered looking to Heiji,
"Well, yah could' say tha..." Heiji frowned then looked to Hakuba, "Oi! Wha's tha supposed ta mean?"
"Calm down before my house is on fire will you?" Shinichi asked remembering what Heiji had said over the phone,
"Yeah, that would be a problem tantei-han~!" Kaito said in a 'sing-song' voice bouncing out of the kitchen,
"Who're yah?" Heiji asked frowning at him,
Hakuba and Shinichi rolled their eyes, "Well he did just call you 'Tantei-han'" Hakuba muttered,
"It is kind of obvious..." Shinichi agreed.
Heiji frowned, "Well, tha only one tha' calls me tantei-han is…" He glanced up at Kaito who was grinning at him, grinning with the infamous 'KID grin', "Ya were right Kudo, KID does look like ya,"
Kaito pouted, "I look way cooler..."
Hakuba deadpanned him, "Kuroba, your hair probably eats combs,"
Kazuha was staring at Kaito. "K-KID?"
Kaito grinned at her and held out his hand offering her a red rose, "At your service miss, though I am no KID now…"
Heiji frowned at Kaito then he turned to Shinichi, "So Kudou, where's dis 'secret hideout' at?"
Shinichi blinked, "Oh right, I forgot about that," He said remembering, "It's not far from here, I'll show you,"
Kazuha glanced around, "Where's Ran-chan?"
Ran walked in from the kitchen, "I was just clearing the stuff away," She said smiling at her,
"Ran-chan!" Kazuha said happily before she hiccupped and another bubble escaped,
Shinichi stared at the bubble a moment then he grabbed his coat and glanced at Kaito, "Can you get Nakamori-San? I want to go to the there as soon as possible."
Kaito glanced around, "Where is Ahoko?"
Aoko walked in from the kitchen behind Ran, "I'm here Bakaito!" She said angrily as she hit him on the head and Kaitos hair turned bright red,
"Just hurry up," Shinichi said ignoring Kaitos hair as he glanced around the door looking nervously for the book, "I want to lock this thing away as soon as possible."
"Yah look really funny when yah pull a face like tha, Kudou." Heiji said chuckling as he followed him, Kazuha staring at Aoko's now red eyes,
"Don't mention it…" Shinichi said frowning lightly at Heiji before throwing his jacket over the book and pulling it to the door,
Kaito grinned at Heiji, "Just don't touch the front door tantei-han, it's made of wood!"
Heiji glared at him then frowned and looked down at his hand when he smelt burning, "Kuso!" He yelled as he tore his glove off and threw it to the ground stopping on it as it caught on fire. Kaito laughed quite loudly at this, "It ain't funny!" He yelled at Kaito,
Kaito slowly stopped laughing but still grinned, "Looks like only me and Ran-chan got off easy~"
Shinichi Slammed the front door shut and pulled his jacket back on before glancing at Kaito, "What did happen to you then?"
"Well I can change my clothes, but I can't choose what to…" Kaito then smirked as he tapped his currently normal blank shirt and it turned back into KIDs blue shit with his tie lying on his shoulder.
"Watch it," Heiji said glancing around, "Before someone sees ya,"
"So?" Kaito asked tying the tie, "KIDs not been around for about 4 years now,"
"Tha' ain't what I mean," Heiji said looking slightly annoyed,
Aoko glanced at Kazuha, "Is he always like that?" she asked indicating Heiji who was growing more and more annoyed with Kaito who was sticking his tongue out at him,
Kazuha nodded, "Though he can be worse..."
"I'll jus' pretend I didn't hear tha'..." Heiji muttered at her,
"H... he's not bad all the time though..." Ran muttered smiling weakly.
Kaito, who was walking ahead, glanced back at the girls, "Oi, make sure you don't fall behind Aoko," He said with a grin,
Aoko frowned, her probably red eyes hidden by the sunglasses she had put on, "And you make sure I won't make your hair stay that color, I think I actually like it better this way."
Kaito paused, then looked ahead pouting, "I'll behave"
Hakuba raised an eyebrow, "Now that I'd like to see,"
They eventually reached Beika park and Shinichi glanced back at the others as they reached the edge of the trees, "We're nearly there, stay close." He said before slipping through a small gap in the plants,
All the others moved closer along the narrow path and eventually it lead to a clearing with what looked like a large shed stood in the centre. Shinichi walked over to a row of long dead flowers in pots and lifted one up pulling out a key from the inside. He lightly brushed some of the clinging earth off it then walked over to the door and unlocked the door with it, "Come in," He said as he pushed the door open.
They all walked to the door and Kaito raised an eyebrow as he looked down at the plants, "…Flowers could do with a watering," He muttered before following the others in,
The inside, despite a tinny amount of dust that had settled in it, was actually very well furnished. There where chairs in it and a small bookshelf that was currently devoid of books. It had some lights and spaces where larger ones mush have sat at one point and more things in it that wouldn't normally be found within a 'Childs hideout,'
"You're parents really are rich." Aoko muttered looking around in slight awe,
Shinichi laughed nervously as he dusted off a chair, "Yeah..."
"Wow, and it didn't go to your head?" Kaito said with a small grin, "You have new respect from me tantei-kun~"
Shinichi rolled his eyes as he sat down, "My parents didn't want me to become a spoiled airhead, so I had to earn things instead of just getting anything."
"Not tha' your self earned fame didn' get to yah head..." Heiji said with a smirk.
Shinichi deadpanned him, "Speak for yourself, Hattori"
Aoko laughed slightly as she sat down, "Ah, Bakaito probably has the biggest ego of all."
"So, Kudou-Kun," Kazuha asked still hiccupping slightly, "Wha' are we gonna speak about?"
"Hakuba nodded slightly, "Well, I guess there is no other explanation..."
Kazuha looked at Shinichi with a small frown, "Wait, I don't remember ya being there…"
Shinichi shifted nervously at that and Ran looked down, "Well…" Ran began nervously, "C…Conan is Shinichi"
"Say what?" Aoko asked confused. She knew about Conan from her dad talking about him after heists and she had seen him chase KID…Kaito a few times,
"Conan... I don't know 'how' exactly we haven't gotten to that part yet but they're the same person..." She slowly glanced up at Shinichi.
"I said enough about that." Shinichi said looking away from the rest.
There was then a faint sound, like something hard tapping against glass. Shinichi frowned slightly then stood up and walked over to the window. He then opened it a tinny bit so as to look out and see what was making the sound. The window was then forced open and three Japanese Scops-owls flew into the room making the rooms occupants yell in surprise,
"Owls?" Hakuba asked looking at Kaito,
Kaito held up his hands in defence, "Not me, I don't even have 10 doves at this age!"
The owls, which they now noticed where carrying large looking letters, dropped the letters in a small pile in the centre of the room and landed on a shelf clicking their beaks at them.
After a moment of looking at the owls curiously Kaito leaned down and picked out one of the letters and glanced at the back, "It's got an old wax seal..." He said tracing his finger over it. It was bright red and had an odd looking crest on it,
Shinichi also picked up on of the letters and cast his eyes over the address. His eyes widened and he glanced from the letter to Hakuba then back to the letter, "This one says 'Hakuba Saguru, Shed in Beika Park, Beika City...'"
Kaito blinked and turned his over, he had picked up his own one, "And mine, 'Shed in Beika Park"
Hakuba reached out and took the letter as the others went through the pile, "All of them?"
"I ave one too, and so do yah, Kudou." Heiji said passing Shinichi his own letter,
Shinichi frowned as he took the letter and turned it over in his hands carefully looking it over. It was an olden looking envelope, slightly yellow and rather tick feeling, "Should we open them? I don't like it that they are directed to us, being in this shed."
"Well do you have a better idea of what to do then?" Kaito asked before turning it over and breaking his letters seal,
"What does it say?" Aoko asked slightly nervously as Kaito pulled out the piece at the front out,
Kaito unfolded it and skimmed the words before reading them aloud, "'dear Mr. Kuroba, we are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hoguwatsu school of witchcraft and wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment. Term begins on September 1...'"
Hakuba tore his own out as Kaito trailed off, "School of witchcraft and wizardry?" He asked as he read over his own almost identical letter,
"Seriously?" Shinichi asked taking is own out and one of the other piece fell down to the floor,
"...I take it that's what it meant by a supplies list?" Kaito said looking down at it,
"Tha' would be obvious." Heiji said as Hakuba leaned down to read off of it,
"'The required items are... three sets of plain work robes, black. One plain pointed hat for day wear, black. One pair of protective gloves, dragon hide or similar…" Hakuba also trailed off as he continued reading about cauldrons,
"'All students should have a copy of the following.'" Shinichi said reading out another part of the letter, "'the standard book of spells, a history of magic, magical theory, a beginners guide to transfiguration, one thousand magic herbs and fungi, magical drafts and potions, fantastic beasts and where to find them, the dark forces: a guide to self protection…'" He skimmed over the rest until he found a note at the bottom, "'Please note that due to missing the first year, both the books for first and second grade will be required.'"
"Missin firs' year? They expect us ta do all tha' in one freakin year?" Heiji asked looking at the long list,
"All what though," Hakuba asked frowning, "What is this hog-whatever place..."
"It's a school for wizards and witches, ne K-chan?"
They all jumped slightly at the voice that came from behind the shut door, there was no glass in it so they couldn't see who was outside or the second person who spoke after her, "Yeah, though you should open the door to let the owls out, one of you shut the door behind them..."
Shinichi glanced around at the others then walked over to the door pushing it open, "And you are?"
Seeing the door open the three owls flew out of it making two girls duck quickly to avoid being hit. The first one to straighten up had curly hair a medium shade of brown which fell around her face as she stood up "Iwamoto Yuri, nice to meet ya~" She said with a wide smile, "We spotted the owls and decided to say hi~"
"And I'm Teshigawa Kirsti, nice to meet you." The other one said, she had an English look to her and her hair which was tied back in a loose ponytail was a very close colour to Hakubas. She looked to the envelopes on the table, "Looks like you're students there too now."
"You're students from dere?" Kazuha asked,
"Yup, second years, to be precise~" Yuri said with a grin,
This made Kirsti roll her eyes with a tinny smile, "And just because we are now no longer the youngest year does not mean we will pick on the first years as soon as we get back"
"Right..." Heiji said carefully looking over the two girls, "Dis letter says we 'ave ta catch up with tha whole first year..."
"Then you're laties!" Yuri said happily
"Laties?" Aoko asked confused,
"Yeah, that means you're abilities are discovered too late, it doesn't happen often, but it isn't uncommon." Yuri explained,
"Yeah, sort of like the abilities hid away then they come out at once." Kirsti added before frowning curiously, "But all of you at the same time?"
"It is a bit strange, but not like they can help it." Yuri said, "Anyways, shouldn't we take them along to Daiagon Arrei, since we are going too? We might want to get their parents though, you can't buy school supplies without the money~"
"True."
Hakuba glanced between the two girls, who seemed to be talking to themselves now, "…What is going on here!" Hakuba all but shouted stopping the two girls instantly,
"Huh?" Yuri looked at him with a look of surprise, "What so you mean?"
"This school and 'whatever'-alley, just what is this all about?"
Kirsti looked at Hakuba curiously then her eyes widened slightly as if she figured it out, "...not to be rude but are you all muggle-born?"
Shinichi frowned slightly and tilted his head, "Muggle-Born?"
"That's when you're parents aren't witches or wizard." Yuri explained and Shinichi glanced around at the others who looked equally confused,
"Neva saw me dad do any magic tricks," Heiji said trying to ignore the image of his dad in a purple wizard outfit complete with silver stars.
"A magician yes but I doubt he did real magic... Kaito added and the others shook their heads too,
Yuri sighed, "That explains your confused faces, but that makes it hard. If you guys are muggle-born there should have been someone from the ministry of Magic to explain this to you and your parents..."
"Maybe they're on their way?" Kirsti suggested glancing at the door as if expecting someone to show up right then. "Maybe we should wait outside?"
"The owls could find it," Yuri pointed out,
"Owls have a sky advantage, someone from the ministry wont be flying around over a muggle filled park,"
"Have a bit more faith in me Kirsti."
The two girls jumped slightly at the voice behind them and the others in the shed all looked up to the third person now at the door. His hair was jet back and was messily stuck up in different directions. He wore round glasses behind which his green eyes looked down at the two girls with a small trace of amusement,
"P-Potter-sensei?" Kirsti squeaked spinning to face him,
"Potter-sensei~" Yuri squeed in excitement up at him, "I didn't know they would sent you, this is so awesome~!"
The others all just stared at him, the girls blinking in confusion,
"And now another comes…" Hakuba muttered making Yuri turn to him frowning,
"That's disrespectful!" She said with a glare,
"Nice to see you're doing well Yuri," Harry said with a faint smirk at her as she turned to face him, "did you finish the summer essay yet?"
She nodded, "I did my best, though I have to admit Tousan helped me, he really knows a lot~"
Harry chukled then looked to the others smiling slightly as he stood in the doorway, "Permission to come in rather than standing in the doorway?"
"Err yeah," Shinichi muttered, "Come in I guess,"
Harry smiled again and walked in looking round the shed with a faint trace of approval
"So, I guess yah here ta enlighten us on tha situation?" Heiji asked carefully watching him,
Harry nodded, "Basically. I didn't know I had magic at first either; I even unintentionally landed my cousin in a snake's cage at a zoo once,"
Kaito thought about what harry had just said then smiled widely, "...I like him!" He said happily which made Hakuba roll his eyes.
"So you were muggle-born too?" Aoko asked curiously,
"No," At this question Harry's smile faltered for a moment and a faint shadow passed through his eyes, "My parents died when I was young so I was... raised by a muggle family."
"Not to be rude," Shinichi said pulling the trail of the conversation back to the main point, "But how does that convince us this is real?"
"We're not easily convinced yah know" Heiji added with a nod.
Harry looked to them thinking for a moment, and then he pulled out of his pocket what was probably a wand if this was all true. It was slightly damaged looking, the front having the most scratches on it as if it had been put through a lot but the wood had a faint shine to it as if he had cleaned it not too long ago. He then gently waved it through the air and out of the tip a soft looking smoke seeped out which then formed into a sort of trail in the air. It then seemed to take on a life of its own and floated away from harry stopping in front of the first person it came to, Ran. It seemed to look at her which made her lean back slightly, then it trailed through the air softly almost like it was dancing leaving behind a more solid ribbon like trail which spelt out 'Ran Mouri' before it moved on to Kazuha, then Heiji, Hakuba, Aoko and Kaito. But when it got to Shinchi it stopped again but seemed to pause for longer than it did with the others. It then began to twist itself writing out 'Shinichi Kudo' but it moved under it and then wrote 'Conan Edogawa' before fading away leaving the words lingering.
Heiji blinked as he read the 'Conan Edogawa', "Yah know, tha' thing is pretty accurate..." He muttered,
"Well," Harry said looking at the name in front of Heiji, "Does this reach your standards Heiji? It's not something easy to believe in one go I know but…"
Heiji sighed and leaned back in the chair scratching his cheek "I dunno, it's pretty weird tha see names float in tha air..."
"And especially since our little Edogawa shouldn't exist..." Shinichi said frowning at the names in front of him.
Harry looked up and frowned slightly at the double name, but waved his wand for a second time and the words gently faded away into nothing, "I don't know why it wrote them, magic tends to have a way of doing its own thing at times but we can train you to control the main of it," He then stood up again, looking around at them again, "But we best get your things if we're to finish in today, coming? Or do you still not believe me?"
There was silence for a moment, then Kazuha slowly nodded, "I believe yah, and yah, Ran-Chan?"
"…Yeah"
"And me!" Kaito added nodding viciously,
"Bakaito, you like this too much... Sorry for the problems he will cause, Potter-San." Aoko said which was basically her saying yes too,
Hakuba pinched the bridge of his nose, "I must be a raving lunatic at this point but me to..."
Harry chuckled slightly at Hakuba then looked to Shinichi and Heiji, "And you two?"
"That wand spelled out a name that shouldn't exist yet, so I don't have a choice but to believe you..." Shinichi muttered and Heiji nodded in agreement,
"Yeah, whatever. Just show us tha' Daiagon Arrei..."
"Heiji!"
"Wha'?"
Harry laughed again at Kazuha and Heiji then looked to Kirsti and Yuri, "You two coming or do you have buying your things planned for another day?"
Yuri clapped her hands excitedly, "I'm coming, but hen I should tell tousan, he promised to go with me this year~" She said before pulling out a phone and starting to type a text,
"Will you tell him to tell mine to?" Kirsti asked looking at the text,
"Sure~"
Yuri quickly finished up the text and sent it. After a couple of moments there was a bang that made all but Kirsti, Yuri and Harry jump and they stared wide eyed at the door as a man walked in. He was about average height with a heavy build. He had short hair that was a slightly darker colour and Yuris only with a hint of grey here and there and it was also curly. He leaned forwards and ruffled Yuris hair looking at her fondly with his similar coloured grey green-blue eyes, "Of course. Kirsti, your dad is a bit busy, but he promised to be there when we arrive at the arrei. I hope you don't mind."
Kristi smiled up at him, "Thanks, oh this is Yuris dad Albert"
Hakuba, who had finally recovered from his shock, stared at him with wide eyes, "Bloody hell," He muttered in English.
Albert chuckled, understanding what Hakuba had said, "Don't worry you'll get used to it," He said also in fluent English before laughing,
"Dad cut it out," Yuri said with a small glare which only made him laugh harder,
"Well, we should go, the school things don't buy themselves!" He said putting his other hand on Kirstis shoulder,
"Quite right," Harry agreed with a nod, "But this lot are going the normal way, shall we?" He looked to the others and walked to the door as the others all nodded and started to walk to the door,
"Then we'll meet you at the bar," Albert said, "I'll take these two,"
Shinichi jumped slightly as when he walked next to Albert and the two girls they disappeared as suddenly as he came with another bang, "Is it normal to travel that way?"
"Well, personally I prefer by broom but yes it is faster." Harry said pushing his way through the bushes back into the main park,
"Broom?" Heiji asked with a raised eyebrow, "Yah people actually fly on broomsticks?"
Harry felt a tinny pang of offence but he tried not to show it, "One of the best ways to travel,"
"You'd like that, don't you, Kaito?" Aoko asked looking to Kaito, her eyes hidden behind sunglasses again. Kaito thought for a moment, then snickered at something, "What?"
"Nothing~" Kaito said innocently,
"So Potter-san," Shinichi said trying to distract Kaito and Aoko from what was probably about to become one of many arguments between the two, "For a foreign person your Japanese is very good."
Harry blinked then smiled sheepishly. He reached under his shirt and pulled out a necklace with a pendent of a stag. It was an odd colour, like misty white, "It's a charm a friend of mine back home made me, it takes everything you are all saying and translates it to English," he explained placing the charm back under his shirt, "To me your all talking English,"
"So your cheating?" Hakuba asked with a raised eyebrow,
"No it's not cheating," Harry insisted, "More… 'Taking advantage of ones resources.'"
Kaito thought over how Harry had put it then grinned widely, "I like him even more~"
Aoko rolled her eyes and looked around. They had just passed through the gates to the park and were now walking along slide the road dotted with regular looking shops, not the faintest hint of a place were you could get robes let alone the other things, "So how long will it take to get to the arrei place?"
Harry glanced around, they weren't far from the centre of Beika, "Luckily it's not far from here, there's a small pub called the drunken dragon. That's how we get in."
Shinichi raised and eyebrow, "I never heard of it before."
"You couldn't have, got an enchantment over it so muggles and magically-inactive people don't notice it,"
Shinichi nodded, "I see, but then what about the money?"
"Oh the ministry pay for the supplies of students unable to get it otherwise. And for the personal items off the list I have some money for that too." well… its not like he didn't have some money to spare. After all Hagrid had paid for some of his things out of his own pockets when he first took harry to Diagon Alley back in London when he was 11…
"Do wizards have there own kind o' money?" Heiji asked dragging Harry back into now,
"Yeah, but I'll explain that at the bank..."
Shinichi looked up then blinked in confusion. He was looking at a wall that for as long as he could remember was just an ordinary blank wall. He had never bothered with it before, but now that he looked at it he noticed an old looking door the same colour as the wall, black with cracked paint that was chipped away at places showing the wooden underside of the paint. "Is this it?" He asked looking to Harry,
"Ah yes, this is it," He said walking to the door. No one walking past seemed to even know the eight of them where there all crowding around the door. A sign squeaked above as it swung lazily in the small breeze as Harry stood with his hand on the doors handle.
Shinichi walked to the door then jumped back quickly as a familiar book flew in front of his face, "Yabe…" the book then lunged forwards and connected with his face with a dull 'thunk'.
"Yah alrigh' Kudou?"
Harry looked around quickly and was very relived to see the book was within the protective bubble hiding them from muggles and there was no one following it, "Friend of yours?" He asked with a raised eyebrow as he pulled out his wand as Shinichi pulled the book off his face, there was a trail of blood coming from is nose which he wiped slightly, "I'd remember if my best friend was a book that liked to hit me."
The book then moved backwards reading another hit and harry quickly waved his wand and the book shuddered before falling unanimated into Harrys outstretched hand. He looked up at Shinichi and frowned slightly seeing the blood, "Are you ok?"
Shinichi shrugged, "It's just a nosebleed, I've had worse"
Harry ignored that and held his wand carefully in front of Shinichis face, "Hold still," He said before muttering something under his breath. A wisp of light blue mist came out of the end which floated to Shinichis nose. He couldn't feel the mist, but he knew that when it reached his nose the nosebleed stopped and Harry handed him a tissue to wipe away the blood from his face,
Once it was fixed, they turned to the door and Harry pushed it open holding it open for them to walk in. Inside looked like a worn down old bar with a large table to the far side with some smaller tables dotted around and a creaky looking staircase which probably lead to rooms for people to rent out. Over at the bar sat on a bar chair Yuri looked over then jumped down quickly, almost spilling her drink over Albert and Kirsti who were sat with her, "That took you guys a while~"
"Well we were walking," Harry pointed out.
Hakuba raised an eyebrow, "…Watch your drink,"
"Well, we should go now," Yuri said excited as Albert and Kirsti walked up next to her, "I wanna look for a broom today! I'm so going to join the tryouts this year~"
"Me too!" Kirsti said also with a look of excitement, "I want to try for beaters though, im rubbish at catching things."
"Beater?" Kaito asked with a look of confusion,
"Its part of a sport called Quidditch! We'll explain it to you if you want, but that'll have to wait, I really want to get my school supplies!" Yuri said grinning.
"Then lets go~" Albert said with a smile before turning to walk out of a door next to the drinks bar,
"Chotto Tousan!" Yuri shouted before running after him,
"Someone's eager," Harry muttered before following them and the rest followed after him.
They didn't quite know what they where expecting to be on the other side of the door, but it was certainly not what it was. The place looked basically like a tinny unkempt garden,
"...A back garden?" Hakuba asked with a raised eyebrow,
"Didn' think tha would be a backyard in 'ere." Heiji said walking into the garden after Albert,
"Well, does that really surprise you?" Shinichi said,
Albert walked past them and pulled out his wand, it was somewhat short and thick and had a grey-brown walked over to the wall opposite to the door into the pub then tapped some of the bricks in what seemed to be a specific order to them. As he pulled his wand away the bricks all seemed to shift then they started to shift and fold in on each other, which made Hakuba, Heiji, Shinichi, Kaito and the girls move back as the bricks started to form double pillars while Harry watched with a faint smile,
"Love this sort of entrance way." He muttered, more to himself then anything, remembering when he stood in front of the entrance to Diagon Alley for the first time,
"Eh?" Kaito glanced at him confused
"Back in London the main alleys entrance is like this,"
Albert chuckled, "This far I've only seen them do it like this in London and in Tokyo. Amsterdam and Berlin have a really interesting way to enter the wizard world!"
"...If this is a normal way I can't wait to see an interesting way!" Kaito said in awe,
"It's not that interesting believe me," Yuri muttered, giving her father a slight glare.
The bricks had now all finished moving and the street on the other side was in full view. Hundreds of people all seemed to be busily moving around in and out of various shops. They were all wearing robes varying from blacks and greys to bright yellows turquoise and other colours, although with all these odd outfits around they couldn't help but feel they were the ones wearing the odd clothes and sticking out.
And the shops were just as odd, one had stacks upon stacks of boxes on display like you'd find at a fruit store only instead of apples and such there were jars filled with what looked like scales, only huge, and odd coloured powders and plants they had never seen before.
Yur,i Albert and Kirsti all just walked into the alley as if it was nothing new and Yuri quickly pointed out a shop with a large grin of excitement, "Maybe you guys should start with your wands~ Miruha is the best wand maker ever!"
Harry chuckled at her enthusiasm, "Slow down Yuri, we still need to get money from the bank." and he started walking down the street and the others quickly followed, staying close out of fear of being swept away and getting completely lost in the crowed yet very curious place,
Yuri, Kirsti and Albert quickly followed him, Yuri opening her mouth in an 'oh', "Right, I forgot since tousan already went there..."
Kirsti chuckled, "Well dad said he'd put my money for my stuff in my account so I need to head down anyway."
Albert nodded with a smile, "Then you'll go and I'll wait outside~"
"I'll keep an eye on them," Harry said with a nod, then he turned to them, "Come on, the banks this way." he said to them and they nodded and moved even closer, Kaito grinning with a mix of wonder and excitement which made Aoko glare at him slightly.
After a moment they came into view of a huge white marble building. It easily towered above the other buildings in the alley and seemed to loom over them, the two white marble gargoyles that sat on top of the pillars either side of the door looking down and watching them with the sharp ruby eyes that seemed to shine dangerously,
"I-is that the bank?" Aoko asked eying it nervously,
"Ah yeah, Gringotts," Harry said with another smile, "It's the only bank in the entire wizarding world and it's run by goblins so the security makes it one of the safest places in the world."
"And inside dragons guard the vaults!" Kirsti added excitedly, her face lighting up slightly,
"D-Dragons?" Heiji stammered,
"Yeah," Kirsti said and Harry smirked slightly which gave Shinichi a feeling that she was not going to leave it there, "They have them deep underground guarding the treasure so they don't even know how many attempts at braking in there are because the dragons get them. You can't really see them when travelling in so most people say it's a rumour but Potter-sensei knows it isn't right sensei? Because he's actually broke in and rode one!"
Harry chuckled nervously and sweatdropped, but Yuri was all to pleased to pick up where Kirsti left off, "Potter-Sensei rode a dragon that was guarding the London Gringotts safes when he fought against Voldemort!"
Harry cleared his throat, rather loudly and looking somewhat embarrassed, "Err, yes well that can wait until their history lessons."
Kaito pouted, "But I want to hear about that, braking in a stealing a dragon!" He said with a hint of respect which made Hakubas eyes widen in slight worry,
Aoko frowned darkly at him, her eyes still hidden by sunglasses, and she raised a fist, "Bakaito!" Se slammed down her fist and hit Kaito in the centre of his head and again his hairs colour all rippled past her fist and changed into a bright purple,
"...So that's what you've been doing..." Harry said with a raised eyebrow pulling out his wand again, "But there is a risk it will go out of control..." He raised an eyebrow, almost as if asking for Aoko's permission,
"Please do, it's pretty annoying," Aoko said with a nod as she pulled her sunglasses off and Harry saw the faintest traces of a violent red leavening her eyes as they became a soft blue "Especially the eye thing..."
"...I can imagine, thought sunglasses where odd," Harry said with a raised eyebrow before waving his wand over her and her eyes turned to her normal darker blue and the mist spread to Kaito whose hair returned to its dark brown colour. He then glanced at the others, "Anything else I need to fix whiles the wands out?"
"Yeah, I could use some help fixin' ma burnin' problem," Heiji said before looking to Kazuha with a grin, "an' Kazuha would' wan ta stop hiccin' up rainbow bubbles."
"Rainbow bubbles?" Kirsti asked confused and as if knowing it had a chance to cause some embarrassment Kazuha hiccupped and a small bubble slipped out her mouth causing Heiji to chuckle at her.
Harry raised an eyebrow, but said nothing as he swung his wand again and the mist re-appeared floating over both Heiji and Kazuha,
Shinichi glanced at Kaito Hakuba and Ran, "Maybe they could use some help too, unless you want to roast every piece of food you touch, Ran..."
"She can do that? Yuri asked and Ran blushed slightly,
"As useful as it sounds im sure it's an inconvenience," Harry said with a chuckle, "If you'd be so kind as to hold out your hands Ran..."
Ran nodded then nervously held up her hands to let the mist fall on them as well.
Hakuba thought, "I did make a book fly away, but it seemed to stop working when i tried to stop Kudous book..." He glanced at Kaito but Kaito only tightened his tie around his neck which he was still wearing and seemed to silently say to everyone that he was not giving up his one connection to KID.
"Well," Harry said drawing back their attention, "Now that we're all sorted shall we go in?"
"Yes!" Yuri said as Kirsti ran in at top speeds,
"Anything for a dragon that one," Harry muttered with a sweatdrop as Yuri raced after her,
Harry and the rest all followed after them and Kaito gazed up at the rubies set into the gargoyles eyes, confirming for himself that they were real. 'Wow… must be worth a fortune…' His eyes then moved from the gargoyles to an inscription on the door written in an old styled writing,
Enter, stranger, but take heed,
Of what awaits the sin of greed
For those who take, but do not earn,
Must pay most dearly in their turn.
So if you seek beneath our floors
A treasure that was never yours,
Thief, you have been warned, beware
Of finding more than treasure there
Kaitos mind traveled back to what Kirsti had said about dragons guarding the treasure, then decided to keep extra close to the others lest a dragon may think he looked snack-sized.
The inside Kaito quickly found was even more impressive than the outside. The ceiling seemed to reach far beyond that than it looked outside and from it hung several chandlers which held crystals that caught and shone the lights inside beautifully onto the room below. Its floor was decorated with white and black marble which shone reflecting the lamplights from the countless desks filled with stacks of paper which small, hook-nosed creatures were hard at work, some writing furiously while others counted out large piles of bronze silver and gold coins and weighed out various gems.
"Don't mind the goblins," Harry said noticing Kaito looking around, "As long as you keep your hands to yourself you'll be fine,"
"I'll be right here, so I'll see you later~" Albert said stopping at a desk and smiling at them with a wave before he turned to watch the entrance,
Yuri ran up to a main desk where a goblin looked up to her and seemed to smile while Kaito glanced at a large pile of riches on a desk with the words 'curse-breaking' written on it, "Wow, there's at least 7 diamonds and 10 rubies in that!" Kaito said trying to calculate the worth then guessing just how much the other gems were,
"So, yah tha smar' un huh." The goblin said with a smirk, "Touch 'em an' yah loose yah fingers!"
Kaito thought back to the inscription and the image of a very hungry dragon came to mind, "…I want planning on," He said with a shudder.
"Keep tha' in mind!" The goblin said with a wider smirk, while Hakuba stared at it in what seemed shock,
"…A Kansai goblin…" He muttered quietly.
Harry chuckled as Kaito moved away from the pile then looked to the goblin, "I'd like to take some money out of vault 687 please, the money should have transferred by now I take it?"
"And I'd like to take money out of vault 246~" Kirsti added standing next to Harry
The goblin checked something on a sheet of parchment then nodded, "Tha money came in jus' now, Mr. Potter. Then, please han' me yah keys an' we'll ge' goin'."
Harry took a small key from Kirsti then passed both to the goblin who jumped off his stool and walked around the desk, "Follow me please," He said before walking towards a large set of heavy looking wooden doors.
"Dis day's getting' weirder every minute..." Heiji muttered as he started to follow,
"Do we all come?" Hakuba asked,
"Well I could leave you alone with the other goblins…" Harry said with a faint smirk,
"But then, Silvernail is the nicest here, so that wouldn't be a good idea..." Yuri said. looking around at the less 'friendly' looking goblins,
"Yah go' tha' right!" the goblin, Silvernail, said with a grin,
"...I'm following them!" Kaito said moving next to Harry,
"Chotto!" Aoko said following Kaito closely while Ran moved closer to Shinichi and Kazuha grabbed on to Heijis sleeve slightly,
Harry chuckled slightly then quickly followed Silvernail through the doors into the room through it. It had led them to a long platform made of stone in front of a metal set of rails on which a large cart was slowing to a stop as they stood on the platform. The rails led off into a dark looking tunnel dimly lit by torches with a low fire,
"All aboard," Harry said with a smile
"I will spot a dragon one day!" Kirsti said determined as she walked to the cart,
"Big chance~" Yuri said as she dropped into the seat next to her,
Kirsti frowned, "I saw fire last time!"
Yuri raised an eyebrow, "Fire doesn't equal to dragon, K-chan~"
"It does when in Gringotts, why would they light up the tunnels with that much light for only a second?"
Shinichi sweatdropped at Kirsti as he climbed into the cart along with the others as Silvernail sat up at the front and held something that seemed like a steering stick and Harry grabbed onto the side of the cart, "May I suggest holding on to something tight?"
"All han's aboard, we're goin!" Silvernail said as he grabbed onto the strict and rammed it forwards hard. The cart lurched forwards and in less than a few seconds the cart was speeding so fast that it put any rollercoaster that any of them had ever ridden to shame instantly. Silvernail was closely watching the doors they passed and he then pulled back on it bringing the cart to a stop right next to another platform.
"…What the," Kaito was sprawled in his seat having slid down it from the speed,
Hakuba looked up, his hair had been blown into a mess.
"Vault 246!" Silvernail said as he stepped out of the cart and onto the platform, "Please come while tha rest wait 'ere!"
"That's me!" Kirsti said jumping out and walking up next to Silvernail. They walked up to a large round door with multiple locks on it. Silvernail took out the small key that Kirsti had given him earlier and he put it into one of the many keyholes and the door made a loud clunk noise as the locks inside all started spinning and the heavy door grunted open.
Shinichi stared into the vault with wide eyes, never had he seen so much wealth in one place. The room was filled with a huge pile of coins, bronze at the bottom with silver above them and gold coins thrown over them. "Wow..."
"That's a lot, K-Chan~!" Yuri said from the cart.
"Heh, not as much as Potter-sensei I bet~" Kirsti said as she took some of the larger coins and shoved them into a dark blue pouch that seemed way to small to hold what she was shoving in it.
"Well yes," Harry said rubbing the back of his head, "But mines mostly the money my parents left me"
"I wonder how much tousan has, he never allows me to come, but I know he's rich~" Yuri said with a grin which made Kirsti roll her eyes with a smile as she walked back,
"Yah dad is one of tha' persons owning a vault guarded by tha dragon, mylady!" Silvernail said shutting the door and taking out the small key, "Next stop, vault 687!"
"Hontou?" Yuri asked wide eyed,
Kirsti jaw dropped slightly, "...Can we take a detour and pass her vault? Please,"
"No detours taday, come fer a trip later!" He said before grabbing the lever and pushing it forwards making the cart rush forwards again. Now knowing what was coming the others had all grabbed hold of the edges and held themselves in place until the cart finally slowed again, "Vault 687!"
"This is me," Harry said climbing out of the cart along with Silvernail who opened the vault door. What they had seen in Kirstis vault was nothing compared to this. The room was bigger and mostly the golden coins filled the room.
Harry moved into the room quickly and tried to get it together quickly as the others stared into it in awe, "Err, my parent's money" he said while even Yuri was shocked into speechlessness.
Kaito blinked as he didn't even try to hide his awe, "...Wow"
"U…uso…" Heiji muttered wile the rest looked open mouthed,
Kirsti blinked then glanced to Silvernail, "Why doesn't potter-sensei have a dragon?"
"Tha dragon is fer royals an' ol' rich families, mylady." He explained while Harry tied off his bag and walked to the door,
"Royals?" Hakuba asked looking to Yuri,
"Well, dad is from a low royal family, he's a Kreuzwendedich von den Borne~"
"So he's German?" Shinichi asked,
"Well, yeah, but he was born in Holland."
Harry slipped the empty looking pouch into his pocket and sat back down into the cart, "Right, shall we go buy your stuff now?"
"Righ, grab tha car', cause we're leavin." Silvernail said as he put his hand on the lever,
Kirsti leaned over and smiled hopefully, "Detour?"
"Nice try, mylady!" Silvernail said with a smirk before pushing on the lever and the cart began to lurch forwards,
"Don't worry, K-Chan, I'll ask dad to take us next time~"
Yuri: Well, I can promise that, but it's the question if he'll say yes...
Kirsti: ...dragons?
Black Phantom: *sighs*
Juria: We should end it soon before they spoil too much...
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