It was a sunny afternoon, a perfect day to hang out with friends.
But not for this little boy.
A young boy with long blue hair with a right hair bang, dressed in a simple turquoise shirt and blue short. He may have a cute face for a boy, but if only it wasn't covered in bruises. He was also covering his nose with a tissue.
The boy, Aichi Sendou, sighed. It was supposed to be a simple, fun, field trip to the zoo. How did it turn so wrong...
Earlier that day, Aichi walked alone between the group of fifth grader students when they entered the reptile house at the local zoo. While Aichi was not really a fan of reptiles, it was pretty cool. Behind the glass, all sorts of lizards and snakes were resting on bits of wood and stone. He glanced at the new attraction and froze his tracks. Not because of the lizard on the other side of the glass, but the group of students looking at it.
They were Makoto Itou, Kotonoha Katsura, and Sekai Saionji, the popular kids at class. And his bullies.
"Cool! It's got wings!" Kotohana cried, her eyes wide in surprise.
Aichi walked closer to the tank, but not to so for the kids to notice him. Inside the tank was a large lizard, about the size of a small dog, with red and goldish-brown scales. When it saw them, the lizard stretched like a cat, revealing its wings. It then closed its eyes again.
"Boring..." complained Sekai. "Is it just going to sleep all day?"
"Let's find something else," said Makoto as he walked away. Sekai and Kotohana followed him, not noticing Aichi near them.
Aichi walked closer to the tank and watched the lizard. It stared up at him, clearly just as curious.
"What do you want, hatchling?" it squawked up to him.
Aichi gasped. He glanced around to make sure he was alone before asking back, "You can talk?"
The dragon squawked again in surprised. "You can understand me?"
Aichi nodded timidly. "I guess I can. This is weird...This is my first time actually talking to a lizard or any animal."
"I'm not a lizard! I'm a dragon!"
Aichi gasped again. His blue eyes widened in awe. "A dragon? For real?"
The dragon stood on its four feet with pride. "You bet I am! By the way, what's your name?"
"A-Aichi Sendou."
The dragon shot up a few feet in the air. "AICHI?!"
Aichi nodded, rather stunned by the dragon's reaction.
"Why are you here?! This is no place for someone as important as you!"
"Important? What do you-"
"Kotohana, Sekai, come here! You won't believe what this winged lizard is doing!" Makoto yelled as he ran towards the tank with a surprising speed. Once he got there, he shoved Aichi into the wall. "Stay out of my way, runt."
"Aichi!" the dragon cried. Aichi stood shakily as he placed his left hand against the glass for support.
What happened next came as a shock to Aichi the glass beneath his hand began to boil. Within mere seconds it had cracks shaped like that of a spider web. Makoto, who had been leaning against the glass, fell into the tank. The dragon flew over to Aichi and perched on his right shoulder.
"Serves him right, the big bully," it said.
Before he could say anything, Aichi felt something collided with his nose. When he tried to look up, suddenly he was being pick up by his collar. By Sekai. Behind her, Aichi could saw Kotohana who was attempting to heave Makoto out of the tank.
"What did you do, Sendou?!" Sekai snarled. "You broke the glass didn't you? Tell me what happened!"
"I-I don't know!" Aichi yelled, struggling to break free. "One minute it was there then it was gone! The glass just break! It was like magic!"
Sekai only growled. She raised up her fist, Aichi closed his eyes, ready for the impact. Before she could strike down, the dragon bit down hard on her right wrist, making the girl let go of Aichi and scream. Aichi fell to the ground with a hard 'thud!'.
"The spoiled apple didn't fall far from the rotten tree!" the dragon chortled, clearly pleased with itself. "Well, I'd better go. Thank you, Aichi Sendou!" shouted the dragon. With that, it flew away, soaring with ease over the crowd's heads.
Aichi couldn't help himself; he stood up and started to laugh at the sight. It died in his throat, however, when Sekai shoved him down, knocking his head against wall in the process. "There's no such thing as magic!" she whispered in dark tone. Aichi couldn't take it anymore, he fell into the realm of unconsciousnes.
Lucky for Aichi, there were nothing wrong with his head, but his nose was broken. The teacher made sure Sekai will receive her detention, so Aichi can go home.
He finally reached his home. He let out a big sigh opened the door of his house. "I'm home."
Aichi was surprised to notice his mother was not alone. Sitting across his mother, Shizuka, and his little sister, Emi, on her right, in the living room was a woman with golden hair, dressed in purple theme clothes like a ringmaster.
Aichi quickly his the tissue in his pocket. "Mom?"
Shizuka turned toward his son and smiled softly. "Aichi, dear, come here," she said as she patted the empty seat on her left. Aichi did what she said and sat.
Shizuka gestured toqard the woman across them. "Aichi, this is…what did you say your name was?"
"Tamara Goldstein," the woman giggled. "Keeper of Keys, Beasts, and Grounds at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."
The woman that look at Aichi from his hair to his feet. She smiled. "My, my, kiddo, you've grown since the last time I saw you. You were just a litte baby. Could've fit you in my hand! And I've got to say, you look so much like you father."
"Wait," Aichi said. "Y-you knew my father?"
"Knew him?!" Tamara laughed. "Blaster Blade was my boyfriend's twin brother. We all went to school together. We were the Troublemaker Four, along with your mother."
Both Aichi and Emi looked at Shizuka. Emi who had been silent this whole time, finally asked "Mom, are you a witch?"
Shizuka shook her head. Tamara cheerful face turned into a frown. "Ms. Sendou," she said, making the other woman to turned to her. "You never told him?"
Shizuka sighed. "No."
"Tell me what?" asked Aichi. "Mom, what's going on?"
Tamara rubbed her forehead. "Dear Cray, this is going to be a lot harder than I thought," she muttered. "Well, here goes nothing...You're a wizard, Aichi."
Aichi's eyes widened. "I-I'm a what?"
"A wizard. And a thumping good one at that, I'd bet. Once you train up a little."
Aichi stood up. "No, you've made a mistake. I-I can't believe you."
Tamara raised an eyebrow. "Oh?"
"How...How can you prove youself if you're not lying? Are you a witch?"
Tamara let loud a low chuckles. "Well, yes. Yes I am."
"So...so, how can you prove that?"
"Well, how about I fix that broken nose of yours," said the witch with a playful smile, causing Aichi to covered his nose, and pulled out a wand. With a small wave, she whispered the word, "Episkey." The tip of the wand began to glow, and a flash of golden light hit his covered nose.
Aichi uncovered his nose then touched the tip of it. It didn't hurt anymore. "Well...thank you for that," he said with a blush, sitting back down.
Tamara smile softly. "You're welcome," she said. "As for prove that you're a wizard, let me ask you this: did you ever make anything happen? Anything you couldn't explain when you were angry or scared?"
Aichi thought for a moment and remembered everything around him when he was being bullied. He thought maybe it was just coincidence. One time, Makoto was stealing his pocket money, the fire hydrant beside him suddenly sprayed water at him, hard. And a few days before, under a tree at the town park, Sekai and Kotohana threatened him to wear a skirt when the branch above the bullies broke, but fortunately didn't hit them. Then, at the field trip with the dragon...
So...It was all the work of...magic?
"Umm...I think so," he muttered.
Tamara giggled. "But if you still don't believe me, then maybe you'll believe this." Then she flicked her wand and an envelope appear in front of her. "I think it's time you learn the whole truth, don't you?" Aichi reached out and took the letter.
The envelope was thick and heavy, made of yellowish parchment, and the address was written in emerald green ink. There was no stamp.
Mr. Aichi Majesty-Sendou
The Second Floor Bedroom
Miyazaki Street Number 4
Hitsue City, Japan
"'Majesty'?" Aichi muttered in confusion. He turned the envelope over. He saw a seal bearing a coat of arms, with what looked like four animals; a lion, a serpent, an eagle, and a badger. All surrounding a large letter 'H' with a writing "draco dormiens nunquam titillandus" underneath the seal. he ripped it open and began to read.
HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
Headmaster: Alfred King
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock,
Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)
Dear Mr. Sendou,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on 1 September. We await your owl by no later than 31 July.
Yours sincerely,
Gancelot Solitary
Deputy Headmaster
Aichi looked at Tamara. "Why there's a 'Majesty' in my name?"
Tamara sighed. She looked at Shizuka and nodded. "It's about your parents," she said. "Your real parent."
Shizuka put a hand on Aichi's shoulder. "Aichi, dear," she began. "You're not really my son. You're my nephew." She then put her other hand on Emi's shoulder. "You and Emi are cousin, not brother and sister."
Aichi gasped. "But...how...?"
Shizuka sighed. "You real mother name was Akane Sendou, a special child she was. Our mother and father were so proud the day she got her letter. We have a witch in the family. Isn't it wonderful? While me and my sister never get along with each other, I was happy for her. And then she met your father, Blade Majesty. He was a real gentleman from what she wrote in her letter. And then she had you, and I knew you'd be just like them. But..." Shizuka turned to Tamara. "I don't know how they died."
Aichi's eyes started to watered. "They're...gone?"
Tamara sighed. "I'm sorry, kiddo. They are," she said in a heavy tone.
"So what happened?" Aichi asked, his voice trembling.
"First, and understand this, Aichi, because it's very important. Not all wizards are good. Some of them go bad. A few years ago there was one wizard who went as bad as you can go. And his name was Void."
"Void?" Aichi repeated. But, Tamara put her index finger on her lips, shushing him. Aichi felt scared. The name burned with a cold feeling A chill swept over Aichi even as he pronounced the word, and he resolved then and there to use safer terms like You-Know-Who.
Tamara continued, "He was so terrible that only a handful of people dare to speak his real name. Everyone was afraid of him, even his own followers! He went to school with us troublemakers, but he was a few years above us. Soon after he left Hogwarts, he started to create an army full of people that believed in his cause, those who feared him, and all kinds of dark creatures to take over the world.
"It was dark times, Aichi, dark times. Anyone that stood up to You-Know-Who ended up dead. Your parents fought against him, but nobody lived once he decided to kill them. Nobody...not one. Except you."
"V- You-Know-Who tried to kill…me?!" Aichi gasped.
Tamara nodded. "Yep, with 'tried' being the key word. Somehow you survived." She pointed at Aichi bangs. "That's not an ordinary cut on your forehead, Aichi. A mark like that only comes from being touched by a curse...and an evil curse at that."
Aichi lifted his bangs, and there it was: a curious-looking scar, distinctly shaped like a bolt of lightning.
He dropped his hand again. "What happened to You-Know-Who?"
Tamara shook her head. "Some say he died. Codswallop in my opinion. Nope, I reckon he's out there, still, too tired to go on. But one thing's absolutely certain. Something about you stumped him that night. That's why you're famous in the wizarding world, Aichi. That's why everbody knows your name: Aichi Majesty. You're the boy who lived."
There was a silent in the living room, Aichi tried his best not to cry. Knowing that he was adopted, and his real parents died to protect him...This sucks...Tears were coming into Aichi's eyes. He wiped them away in anger or maybe desperation.
"Aichi..." Emi walked toward her brother/cousin and hugged him. Aichi couldn't take ot anymore, he cried into his sister's chest. Shizuka also hugged her children. Even Tamara's eyes also in tears.
When Aichi was done weeping, he looked up to Tamara. "I want to go to Hogwarts," he said, trying to keep his voice under control. "I want to learn the ways of magic and become a wizard like my parents."
Tamara stood up and ruffled Aichi's hair. "You parent will be very proud," she said. She looked at the three of them. "I'll come back in three days from now to take Aichi to buy his school supplies." She curtsied. "With this, I bit you farewell." She walked out the house.
Aichi looked at his acceptance letter, his finger traced the Hogwarts seal. Determination filled his heart.
Yes, he's a wizard, like his parent before him.
And he will make them proud.
And that's chapter two. We see our beloved Aichi (Majesty) Sendou as Harry Potter.
Characters mentioned:
1. Blade Majesty = Blaster Blade
2. Akane Sendou = High Dog Breeder, Akane
(Yeah, I kinda ship them.)
3. The dragon = Amber Dragon, Dawn.
And we have some special guest stars...Makoto Ito, Kotonoha Katsura, and Sekai Saionji from School Days! Funny things guys, when I was thinking who will be Aichi's bullies, I can't pick Morikawa because he will be important for the plot, so I have to choose someone outside Cardfight Vanguard. I guess I choose School Days because...well, some friends say that everybody in it are kind of an asshole, so yeah, they were chosen. But don't worry they will only appear once.
Also, did you find some Star Wars references in there? (giggles)
I don't own Cardfight Vanguard or Harry Potter. Oh, and also School Days and Star Wars. Everything belongs to the respective owner.
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