Minerva McGonagall was very proud of her position as the deputy headmistress of Hogwarts, but she still wished she didn't have to do certain jobs this position entailed. Like, for instance, bringing the headmaster this list of all the students that have called in sick... she really had better things to do.

When she came around the corner and saw the group of girls standing in front of the headmaster's office, she frowned. She would have a stern word with them.

"What are you all doing here?" she sternly asked. "Do you have to loiter in front of the headmaster's office?"

"Oh, P-p-professor McGonagall..." Usagi stuttered. "S-sorry about this, but..."

"I already had a word with them, Minerva," Setsuna quickly said. "They promised me to never do it again."

"Is that so?" McGonagall grumbled. "Well, I think I can let them off the hook this one time."

"Oh, thank you, McGonagall-san!" Hotaru smiled, not noticing the Japanese suffix she was addressing her house teacher with.

Minerva blinked. Had she met this girl before? "Excuse me, Miss..."

"Um, this is Hotaru Tomoe," Setsuna explained. "Another one of my students."

McGonagall raised her eyebrows. "Another one?" she wondered. "My, they are springing up like mushrooms, aren't they? I suppose you'd like me to organize another private sorting, or am I wrong, Setsuna?"

"Well... I was just going to ask..." Setsuna grinned sheepishly.

The transfiguration teacher shook her head. "I suppose the headmaster knows of this, but let me tell you that I do not approve of the way you are introducing your students to this school. The sorting ceremony is an old tradition that shouldn't be held anytime because your students can't attend them in time."

Setsuna cringed a bit, because she hated to be pictured as an unprofessional. She was a bit relieved when the deputy headmistress' tirade was interrupted by the arrival of a certain, almost-headless ghost.

"Professor McGonagall!" Sir Nicholas gasped. "Thank goodness I found you! Something... something terrible happened to the Fat Lady! You must come and see!"

"Something terrible? Could you please elaborate, Sir Nicholas?" McGonagall frowned.

"Somebody... somebody attacked her! Her picture... it has been perforated by magic spells of an unknown nature. The Fat Lady was so agitated that she hid on a different painting on the second floor. It was Peeves who found her..."

McGonagall let out a gasp of surprise. "My goodness... did she also tell him who attacked her?"

The Near Headless Nick lowered his voice to a whisper. "She... she told him it was a blonde girl - young enough to be a student - who wore an unusual outfit."

"We have to inform the headmaster," McGonagall said resolutely. "Sir Nicholas, please inform the other teachers to bring their students down into the Great Hall. Setsuna, I want you to do the same with your charges." Nick nodded and floated right through the ceiling.

Usagi, Rei and Makoto looked at each other with worry. "B-but Minerva..." Setsuna protested. "Just because of a harmless prank played by one of the students? Isn't that a bit much?"

"We can't be too careful, Setsuna," McGinagall said. "Who knows who that girl is... now that we know Sirius Black is on the loose, we have to fear the worst. Maybe she thought it was a harmless prank, but what if Black forced her to do it while she was in Hogsmeade? Or what if she IS Black, disguised as a normal girl?"

"The Dementors would have recognized him in that case," Makoto pointed out.

"I didn't ask for your opinion, Miss Kino," McGonagall harshly said. "Now, would you finally bring your students down into the Great Hall, Setsuna?"

Setsuna realized there wasn't much she could do to protest. "Very well... come this way, girls!"

McGonagall sighed. "Finally... now, I need to make sure that everyone is safe... Where in the world is Percy Weasley? As the new Head Boy, I expected him to be a bit more dependable than that..."

"Setsuna!" Usagi whispered as the Senshi walked downstairs. "I need to go back. The headmaster is needed in such a situation. If it really is Black..."

"I know, I know," Setsuna sighed. "But what can I do? Minerva ordered me to bring you down, and as she is the deputy headmistress, I can't really defy her. And when she sees that one of you is missing..."

"This isn't good..." Rei muttered. "They will need every teacher to help with the search... and who will inform the students of my house?"

Ami frowned. "You know, I think I just figured out the identity of the girl who attacked the Fat Lady..."

Usagi snickered. "That's our good old Ami! Always ahead of us!" She hesitated. "Um, and who is it?"

"Can't you imagine? A girl our age, blond, wearing unusual clothing, magical attacks..."

Makoto gasped. "You can't possibly mean... Minako?"

Ami nodded. "Exactly! It has to be her!"

"But why would Mina-chan do something like that?" Usagi wondered. "And why doesn't she reveal herself to us?"

"Maybe she doesn't even know we are here," Setsuna pondered. "I don't know who she could share a soul with, or what made her attack the Fat Lady, but we have to make sure that she doesn't do it again."

"I wonder..." Hotaru murmured. "Who could it be?"

Makoto and Rei exchanged a worried glance, but didn't say anything else. Both of them had a hunch, but hoped that it would turn out to be wrong...

In the evening, when every student had returned from Hogsmeade, the remaining teachers had brought all of them down into the Great Hall. Sleeping bags were placed upon the floor, since Minerva had decided that it would be safer if they were all sleeping here, checked upon by the teachers regularly.

Rei was very nervous when she slipped into her sleeping bag. "I shouldn't be here," she whispered. "I should be helping the other teachers to find... well, whoever is to blame."

"I don't like it either, but we have to play our part for now," Makoto whispered back. "If it is really Minako, I see two possibilities: Either she is reasonable enough to turn herself in, or she is sneaky enough to get away."

"Minako and reasonable?" Rei huffed. "Don't make me laugh..."

Hotaru was the one who felt most uncomfortable of them. She nervously glanced over to where Penelope was talking to Professor McGonagall. She also looked over to where Ron, Harry and Hermione were getting into their own sleeping bags.

"I really hope Ron doesn't recognize me like this..." she muttered.

"He already knows our secret," Ami whispered. "You have to tell him sooner or later."

"But... no, I can't do that!" Hotaru blushed when she imagined the hysterical laughter of her younger brother... or was that big brother right now? Or even worse, when he told Fred and George... or her parents...

"Hi there, Hotaru!" a red-headed girl smiled as she sat down next to her. Hotaru gasped. "G-ginny?"

"Hey, you remember my name!" Ginny grinned. "I'm glad." She looked over to Ami and the others. "Are these your friends?"

"Y-yes, we are, um, all from Japan..."

"Hey everyone!" Ginny greeted them. The Senshi waved back (Rei only after getting pinched by Makoto).

"What do you think of this?" Ginny asked them. "I mean, everyone says that the Fat Lady was attacked by some girl... and I've heard the most ridiculous theories about her identity." She chuckled. "Some even say that she is Sirius Black in disguise."

The Senshi stared at her, then Rei and Makoto started to laugh. "Teeheehee, imagine that, Sirius Black as a blonde schoolgirl!" Makoto giggled.

"Yeah..." Rei snickered. "What a stupid idea..."

Usagi, Ami and Hotaru looked at the laughing girls with worry. Then Usagi looked at Ami and mouthed the word 'Sirius?' with her lips. Ami shrugged.

"All right now, everyone into their sleeping bags!" Penelope Clearwater said as she came past them. "And no talking anymore!"

Hotaru watched how her girlfriend walked around, making sure that nobody was talking to his neighbor anymore. She also noticed how she was looking after the younger students, in case they were afraid.

She was surprised when all of a sudden, Penelope turned around and knelt down in front of her with a smile. "Hey, are you a first grader as well? You're not afraid, aren't you?"

"N-n-no..." Hotaru replied with a blush. "I'm fine..."

"You don't have to worry," Penelope tried to calm her. "I believe that this is just one giant prank and the teachers are overreacting... say, you are in Gryffindor, right?"

"Um, y-yes," Hotaru nodded.

Penelope smiled. "My boyfriend is also in your house. He's the Head Boy, you know?" She then frowned. "Although I really wonder where he is. It's not like him to ditch his responsibilities like that... If he doesn't show up soon, I'll give him a piece of my mind."

She chuckled, but Hotaru gulped when hearing that. Penny sighed. "Oh well, I guess I won't do it after all... I just like him too much."

"I like... I mean, I'm sure he likes you as well," Hotaru murmured.

Penelope smiled. "Aaah, that's so sweet of you! Oh, but why am I bothering you with this? Well, sleep well, and don't be afraid, okay?"

"O-okay..." Hotaru nodded while Penelope closed her sleeping bag for her.

Afterwards, Penelope walked over to Professor McGonagall and whispered: "Could you find the girl?"

"No, I'm afraid we didn't," McGonagall whispered back. "Is everything fine here?"

"Everything's under control, ma'am!"

"Good. I don't think we should scare them by telling them the truth. I found another guardian for the Gryffindor common room."

"The... truth, ma'am?" Penelope wondered.

"Professor Flitwick talked to the Dementors guarding the main gate, and they said that this afternoon, a blonde girl had come into the school building. They let her through, but they also told him that this girl had a trace of fear around her... of a kind they had tasted before."

Penelope gasped. "You can't mean..."

McGonagall nodded. "Yes, I am certain. That girl has to be Black, in some clever disguise. It even confused the Dementors enough that they didn't stop her from entering Hogwarts."

"Didn't they want to help looking for him?" Penelope murmured nervously.

"Yes, but I told them that Dumbledore's wish was to never let one of these creatures into the school."

Usagi, who had quietly listened to their conversation, smiled with satisfaction. "Good job, Minerva..." she murmured.

"But what about the headmaster?" Penelope wondered. "And Professor Snape and Lupin? Could you find them?"

McGonagall shook her head. "No, and I don't have any idea why they should abandon their offices like that. Either they are already after the perpetrator, or..."

"Or what, Professor?"

Minerva thought about it, then she shook her head. "Ah, just a silly idea... I doubt that it's true."

In a dark tunnel, deep below Hogwarts, a blonde girl in a Sailor Fuku was sitting. Her head was perched upon her knees, and she was sobbing.

"Why did I do that?" she sniffled. "I am one of the defenders of love and justice, aren't I?"

Her tears continued to flow, even when a grimaced of hatred appeared on her beautiful face. "But I HAD to go in there! The thought... of what he could do... the thought that Lily and James could still be alive..." She made her hands into fists. "He will pay for that..." she whispered.

And then she hid her face in her hands and continued to cry.

But just a moment later, a familiar voice next to her spoke up: "Well, are you finished with crying your eyes out? If yes, why don't you come back to the school so we sort this out?"

Minako gasped when she saw the white cat standing in front of her. "A... artemis?"

"Why did you do it, Venus?" Artemis asked the Senshi who had been his protege in a former life.

"Um, no particular reason..." she innocently said. But for some reason, she couldn't look into his eyes.

He sighed. "Mina... look at me!"

She did so, and he could see they were filled with guilt. "So... is it true?"

She blinked. "What?"

"Are you Sirius Black?"

She went pale as a sheet. "A... artemis... how did you...? I, I mean... I have no idea what you're talking about..."

The white cat smirked. "Nice try, Padfoot! You are one of the few people who know about this tunnel, after all."

She gasped. "How did you... the only ones that knew me by that name were... can it be?"

Artemis grinned. "Surprise! Prongs is back in school! Although I don't seem much like a stag now..."

"JAMES!" Minako shouted and hugged the white cat to her chest. "Ohmygod, I mean, how? I can't believe it's you! Oh, I thought you were dead..." She started sobbing.

Artemis sighed. Oh boy, teenage girls' hormones really were fun sometimes. "Hey, it's alright, Mina-chan!" he smiled and padded her shoulder with his paw. "Yes, I was dead, but... when my soul came close to Artemis' body, we... merged, similarly to how you and Venus merged."

Minako sniffed. "It was all I could do to keep my sanity in A-askaban... I was lucky that the Dementors don't really have eyes. Minako's happy memories of her friends helped me in the darkness... but I could only escape by turning into a dog."

"I suppose you aren't the killer everyone is taking you for, huh?"

She shook her head. "No, you've gotta believe me! I mean, I wanted to get that dirty rat, but..."

"Sirius..." Artemis said in a very serious voice. "I know that Peter betrayed us, and I don't hate him any less than you do... but you do realize that he lured you into a trap, don't you? You would have never been sent to Askaban if..."

"I know, I know," she grimaced. "But... I couldn't stand the thought... it was ME who suggested to switch, you know? It had been MY fault that you and Lily were dead... you must hate me, now that she's gone... even worse, now you can't be with her..."

Artemis sighed. "Lily is Luna."

Minako was surprised. "Really? Oh, um, I... I really got myself into trouble this time, huh?"

Artemis couldn't help but grin. She reminded him so much of the original Minako now... "Say, what happened to Wormtail anyway? How could he escape?"

"The... the rat in Harry's room..." Minako muttered. "The one belonging to the Weasley boy..."

Artemis' eyes went wide. "You mean that's him? Oh boy, I should have known..." He gasped. "But wait a minute, if he's close to Harry, then..."

"You see why I tried to get in there?" Minako said. "I had to get him! Not only to clear my name..."

"By blasting the Fat Lady with Crescent Beams, huh?" the cat frowned.

Minako winced. "I know, I know, that wasn't the best idea... but do you have an idea how it is to be in Askaban? It was so horrible..." She started to cry again. Sirius Black had been void of any emotion except for hatred since he had been in Askaban, but Minako Aino was still full of pity and love, making this very hard for her.

"It's okay..." Artemis said and patted her arm. "It's okay, we're gonna find a way... Dumbledore and Moony are there, and together we will..."

"What? No!" she protested. "You can't tell them!"

"Why not?" Artemis wondered. "Mina-chan... Sirius... this is serious, don't you understand? Dumbledore will believe you, but if you continue to stay in hiding, then..."

"I... I am ashamed of myself..." Minako whispered. "I... I know Dumbledore is Usagi-chan..." She sniffed. "And Moony is Mako-chan..." She looked at her advisor with a miserable expression. "I couldn't face them like this! Where is Sailor Venus, the Senshi of Love? She's nothing but a wanted killer who has to hide like a dog in the dumps... I can't face them like this..."

Artemis sighed. "I really don't like this, Mina... but okay, if this is what you wish, I will keep it a secret... for now!"

"Oh thank you, Artemis!" she cried and hugged him again. "Thank you thank you thank you!"

Artemis gasped for air as he was pressed into a pair of soft and suffocating globes. "Minako... can't... breathe..."

"Oopsie!" she giggled and let go of him. "Silly me..."

Professor McGonagall gasped in surprise when she entered the headmaster's office and was confronted with two persons she didn't expect to meet. "Headmaster... Professor Snape... where have you BEEN?"

"Hogsmeade, Minerva!" Dumbledore smiled. "A few students already told me about the incident, and Severus had the idea that if it really was Black, he would try to hide in Hogsmeade. So we searched through the village, together with Professor Lupin. We couldn't find him, and it was getting late, so we stayed at the pub of my brother for the night."

McGonagall frowned. "Really, Dumbledore! This isn't like you! You could have sent us a message!"

"I am sorry if I caused any inconveniences... Well, Severus and I were just talking about the upcoming Quidditch match..."

She raised an eyebrow. "Yes?"

"Well, since both Flint and Malfoy are still in the Hospital wing, I wondered if we could switch the Slytherin team with Hufflepuff for this match," Severus explained.

McGonagall didn't like that at all. "I thought the Slytherin team had a replacement for Flint?" she wondered.

Severus sighed. "Yes, but she..." He looked uncomfortable for some reason. "Didn't have enough chances to train for the match. It would give Gryffindor an unfair advantage."

"I already talked with Pomona, and the Hufflepuff's captain, Diggory! They see no problem with it."

The transfiguration teacher sighed. "Very well, I agree." She then glared at Snape. "But the next match for Gryffindor will be against Slytherin, understood?"

"Perfectly!" Snape smirked. It wasn't like him, but that had changed after a certain, black-haired girl had become part of his identity, and right now, Rei was whooping with joy from within Snape's heart. She really needed the extra training...

After McGonagall had left, Snape turned back into Rei, who grinned at Dumbledore and said: "Thanks!"

Dumbledore grinned. "It was my pleasure! Say, Rei... I have noticed that ever since you have started to remember your past, you have used any chance to become your female self. Is there a reason behind it?"

"If you have to know, I'm trying to get more comfortable with my double life," she grimaced. "Besides, I have some Quidditch training to attend tomorrow morning, so I need to get to bed early today... as Rei, of course!"

"Try not to forget Lupin's potion, okay?" he reminded her.

"Hey, I'm not as scatter-brained as a certain meatball head!" she grinned and stuck out her tongue.

Dumbledore laughed. "You know, any other student would get detention for that."

It was getting late when Rei arrived at Lupin's office. She entered. "Lupin? Or Makoto? Anyone?"

"I'm here!" Makoto shouted as she came running from the adjoining room. "I just finished installing my new magical kitchen... you wanna take a look at it?"

"Um... maybe another time, Makoto! Here's your potion!"

"Thanks!" The brunette accepted the goblet. "You're late, by the way! Any minute now, and I'm gonna transform."

"So... any reason why YOU use every opportunity to be Makoto?" Rei grinned.

"Well, it's nice to be a young student again... but the main reason is that tonight, I wanted to try something. Both of us know that Remus Lupin is a werewolf. But... is it also true for Makoto Kino? I'm gonna drink this potion, but I will also try if I transform at all when I'm in this form." She smiled. "Wouldn't it be great if I didn't have to turn into a werewolf every full moon?"

Rei chuckled. "You know, just a week ago, I wouldn't have cared if you would turn into a werewolf or into a Puffskein, but now... I think it would be great if that works! Give it a try, Mako-chan!"

"All right, here goes nothing..." She swallowed the wolfsbane potion, put the goblet on a table, stood in front of the window and waited.

They had to wait some time until the full moon appeared, but then, his silver rays shone down on Makoto's body.

"N-no need to be afraid," Makoto murmured. "Even if I transform, the potion will allow me to keep my mind... Urrrgghhh, I feel something... it's beginning... aw drat, I guess I'm transforming after all..."

Rei took a step back when suddenly, Makoto doubled over. Her clothes ripped apart when her new body expanded with newfound muscles, and her skin got covered in a coat of brown fur... at least this was different from Lupin's original werewolf form. Her ears grew pointed, her face stretched out into a muzzle... but only into a short one. And when her tail erupted from her backside, the female werewolf let out a soft howl.

Rei blinked. She didn't look like a normal werewolf. "Ma... makoto?" she muttered. "You still have got, um, boobs!"

Makoto looked down at herself. "I do?" She then gasped. "I do! And I can talk! Wow, is this awesome or what? And look at me, I look much more human-like than before. And I can talk and walk on two legs and..." She grinned as she picked the empty cup from the table. "Look here! Opposable thumbs!"

Rei smirked. "Well, at least it's a partial success. I suppose you won't be too bored when waiting for sunrise."

"You bet I won't, girlfriend!" Makoto smirked back. "I'm gonna try out my new kitchen, no matter if I have fur or not! You wanna stay and keep me company?"

"I'd love to, but I have some Quidditch training tomorrow!" Rei apologized.

"Ah, yes, I remember... That reminds me, I still have a bone to pick with you, Rei!" She frowned. "What's this about Slytherin stepping back? Wood told me that Hufflepuff is the team we're gonna play against."

"It's true," Rei admitted. "It's because Flint and Malfoy are still in the Hospital wing. And don't look at me like that, it wasn't my idea! I'm just glad that I can use that chance to train a bit for my first match..."

"I bet you do..." the furry Senshi grumbled. "But it will be against Gryffindor, you hear me?"

"It's a promise!" Rei nodded.

The last day before the day had been a very weird day for Harry Potter. First, Professor Lupin wasn't present during the DADA class and Snape filled in for him. Harry and his friends were prepared for the worst, but Snape wasn't nearly as bad as they had feared. One time, when Neville gave him a wrong answer, it looked like he would want to give him a tongue-lashing, but he just murmured something like "That's okay, Longbottom!"

"He's acting kind of strange lately, doesn't he?" Ron whispered. "Do you think he's been possessed by a friendly ghost?" The potions lessons were not any different. Malfoy and the Slytherins were still getting more points for their deeds, but you could see that Snape was much more forgiving to the Gryffindors than he had been previously, which bothered most of the Slytherins visibly.

The rest of the day, Harry was being followed by that new, black cat from Mr. Filch. He wondered what reason the caretaker could have to keep such a close eye on him, but he made sure not to do anything the cat would report to Filch. It would be kinda stupid if he got in trouble just before the first Quidditch game of the season.

And when he, Ron and Hermione were on their way to Divination, the strangest thing of all happened. They came across Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle, and the trio was up to no good as always. Malfoy had been angry the whole day because of the graciousness his house teacher had shown the Gryffindors over the past few days and wanted to pay Harry back by once again insulting his parents - with the intended result of getting Harry angry.

Harry made sure that neither of Filch's two cats was around, then he pulled out his wand. Hermione and Ron wanted to stop him, but Harry didn't care.

"What's wrong, Potter?" Malfoy mocked. "Are you afraid? You think your poor mother would get a heart attack if she saw her son like that?"

"Accio shoes!"

Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle didn't even have time to gasp when suddenly, their shoes got pulled out from under their bodies, causing them to fall down flat on their faces. Their shoes slipped off their feet and flew towards a blonde girl wearing a red bow. Neither Harry nor Ron and Hermione had ever seen her before.

She grinned and threw the shoes down the stairs. "What's wrong? Did you stumble over your huge feet?"

Malfoy got back up to his feet. He was so angry that he wanted to pull his wand, but just then, Professor McGonagall came out of the classroom next to them and promptly took a few points from Slytherin for wanting to use magic on the corridor.

"But Professor, what about her?" Draco protested. "She used a spell to take away your shoes and... huh? Where'd she go?"

Just as everyone had looked over to Professor McGonagall, the strange girl had left.

"You should come up with some more believable lies if you want to get out of trouble, Mr. Malfoy!" MgGonagall frowned. "Now get to class... and put on some shoes!"

When Harry, Ron and Hermione were continuing their way to class, Ron snickered. "I don't know who that girl was, but I definitely like her. Did you see Malfoy's face when he fell on his nose? Priceless!"

Hermione frowned. "I just think she should try not to use any magic if we aren't supposed to do so. Professor McGonagall would have taken points away from Gryffindor as well if she had seen her."

"She was a Gryffindor?" Ron wondered. "Wow, I never saw her before..."

Harry, on the other hand, had a hunch about that girl... but he didn't tell his friends about it yet.

The big day of the Quidditch match had arrived, and Harry woke up early. He quietly left the dormitory, making sure not to wake up the others.

When he opened the door, he saw Hermione's white cat looking up at him. Artemis purred and rubbed his body along Harry's legs.

Harry chuckled and pulled Artemis back before he could enter the dormitory. "I'm sorry, but I'm afraid Ron is right about what he said about you. Leave Scabbers alone, okay?" And he closed the door.

Curiously, Artemis followed him the rest of the morning, even when he went down into the Great Hall to have his breakfast. The white cat asked strangely affectionate. And as soon as they entered the Great Hall, Filch's black cat showed up again and joined him.

Harry shook his head in confusion. He would never understand cats in his life...

Wood, the Weasley twins, Makoto and the rest of the team were already sitting at the table.

He smiled at Makoto when he sat down. The tall girl tried to smile as well, but failed when she opened her mouth for a massive yawn.

"Still tired, huh?" he asked her.

"You have no idea..." she grumbled. "I couldn't sleep the whole night..."

"You are not sick, are you?" Wood asked with worry. "We have no replacement for you."

"I'm not sick, I just had problems with... fleas..." Makoto grumbled.

Oliver and Harry exchanged a confused glance, then they shrugged and went back to eat.

Outside, it was pouring. The match would be difficult for both sides, but Harry still wished that the weather would have been a bit nicer this day.

The stands were filled with students from all houses, but their loud shouts and cheers weren't loud enough to drown out the loud thunder that crackled in the background.

Rei was sitting with her Slytherin friends. "Go, Hufflepuff, go!" Pansy Parkinson screamed.

"You are for Hufflepuff?" Millicent asked in surprise. "For those losers?"

Pansy grimaced. "I'm not for them, but I want them to defeat Gryffindor! You rather want to cheer on Potter? What do you think, Rei?"

"Oh, I'm definitely for Hufflepuff..." Rei murmured. She had spotted the tall figure of a certain boy in the Hufflepuff team, and her eyes brightened when she recognized him as Cedric Diggory.

A small smile appeared on her face. "Go, Cedric!" she whispered, so that Pansy and the other Slytherins couldn't hear her. She knew she wasn't supposed to feel like this, but she couldn't help herself... Diggory was just too cute in his yellow cape, even if he was completely soaked by the rain.

One time-out later, Gryffindor was leading with fifty points. Makoto Kino scored ten additional points by skillfully dodging a Bludger sent into her direction by one of Hufflepuff's Beaters while scoring a goal.

Harry was glad that they had taken Makoto into their team, at times she looked like she was an even better Chaser than Alicia. He was also glad that Hermione had been able to enchant his glasses, so they would repel water.

It happened when a bright lightning bolt came cracking down in the distance, and Harry saw the highest, empty row of seats... where a dog was sitting.

He froze. Was that the Grim again? But... this dog was much smaller than a Grim. And while he couldn't see it clearly because of the heavy rain, he still believed that its fur wasn't black, but yellow.

Harry shook his head. He had to concentrate on the game. He had no idea where that dog came from, but he really should stop panicking every time he saw a four-legged animal. He was starting to become as suspicious as Professor Trelawney...

He tried to find the Snitch again, but something was wrong... it was getting cold. Harry shivered. He had felt that coldness before... in the Hogwarts Express!

And then he saw the Dementors that were floating in the air. At least hundred cloaked figures, and he shivered even more when he started to hear the screams... he didn't even hear the surprised shouts and screams coming from the crowd... he slowly lost his grip on his Nimbus 2000...

"FIRE SOUL!"

"SHINE AQUA ILLUSION!"

"MOON TIARA ACTION!"

Harry was so surprised by the female voices and the magical attacks that came flying at the Dementors that he forgot the cold and the screams in his head. He looked down.

On the field, three young girls in strange outfits had appeared. The middle one, a blonde with a hairstyle that reminded him of Usagi, pointed at the Dementors with the strangest-looking wand he had ever seen.

"This sportive event is supposed to be a fair match in which two teams can use all their skills to compete with each other... and I won't let you disturb this game! No matter how annoying this rain is... I'm wet, I'm miserable and right now, I'm pretty mad at you!"

She struck a pose. "We are the Sailor Senshi! I am Sailor Moon... and in the name of the moon, I'm gonna punish you!"