Chapter Four; The Four Women

"Sometimes I feel more like Eve's father than her brother." Harry muttered to himself underneath his breath while he flew through the sky. Meanwhile Eve and Sabrina had finally managed to catch up with the other women.

"Koko de nani o shite iru nodesu ka, do yatte watashitachi o mitsukemashita ka?" One of the women asked them as Sabrina and Eve exchanged blank stares before one of the other women rolled her eyes at her.

"Look at them Kasai, they're obviously not from around here and they don't have a clue what you're saying." She said.

"You guys speak English?" Eve questioned her with uncertainty and disbelief.

"Well obviously, it's just that sometimes she forgets to speak it around tourists." She told her speaking with her thick Japanese accent. "Anyway, my name is Sasame Amari and you already met Kasai, and the other two girls are Sarayu, but she prefers to be called Sara and the youngest one over there is Ame." She explained.

"It's nice to meet you. I'm Sabrina and this is Evangeline but she prefers to be called either Eve or Evie." She told her while she touched her chest and then touched Eve on her arm as she said her name. Sasame smiled at them both and Eve was just about to ask her what they were doing when suddenly they heard the sound of gunshots inside the distance and Sasame's smile instantly vanished from her face.

"I'm sorry but we've got to go." She told them. "Sa, ikoyo!" she exclaimed before the four ladies took off running. Sabrina gave a sudden loud gasp.

"That sounded like gunshots." She said. "My father was a muggle and he was in the military, so I know the sound of guns when I hear them." She told her friend when suddenly both witches found themselves being pushed aside into the corner of a building. A few moments later Harry stepped out of the shadows with his broomstick inside the palm of his other hand.

"Just what do you think that you were doing running off like that young lady!?" he hollered at his sister. "Do you have any idea how worried Dad and I were about you!?" he yelled before he turned his head and looked over at Sabrina. "And Sabrina, I know that I and even your father have no authority over you whatsoever but I have to say that we're awfully disappointed in you. Since you are an adult witch, you should want to set an example for Eve." He told her as Eve took a deep breath and gave a heavy and sad sigh.

"Don't be mad at Sabrina. It isn't her fault. She tried to stop me but I wouldn't listen to her." She told him.

"Yeah well, you should just consider yourself lucky. Those were gunshots that you heard a few seconds ago. Do you remember what a gun is? It's a muggle weapon that they use to kill each other and just as deadly as a wand. Now, I was going to ask you if you would like to go on a shopping trip with Hermione, Luna, and Ginny but since I can't seem to be able to trust you or take my eyes off you for one second you're coming back to the hotel with me. Is that understood?" he questioned her as she hung her head sheepishly.

"Yes Harry." She told him suddenly feeling overcome with a sense of guilt.

"Good. Mum's probably looking down at you from Heaven right now wondering when you're going to start using the wisdom that you inherited from her. Because I know for a fact that you do have it, but for some reason or another you often choose not to use it." He said as he mounted his broomstick again and Eve swung her legs over the handle as she sat down behind him. "Now Sabrina, you better get back to the hotel too. I have a feeling that your father wants to speak with you." He told her as Eve wrapped her arms tightly around Harry's back before they shot back up into the air.

Sabrina gave a sad sigh as she stood there watching them before slowly turning around and walking away and eventually disapparating.

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Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Luna, and Neville entered the mall together. "It's too bad that Eve couldn't come with us." Luna said while she walked hand in hand beside Neville.

"I know, she loves shopping." Ginny said.

"Well I just happen to agree with Harry and his father. It serves her right for running off like that. Maybe having to stay back at the hotel will finally teach her a lesson." Hermione said while she walked hand in hand with Ron beside Neville and Luna.

"I highly doubt it." Ron began. "I've known Eve for as long as she's been alive, and when has she ever learned from her mistakes?" he wondered.

"Quite a few times actually. Notice that she isn't as bratty and bitchy as she used to be when she was a kid." Hermione told him.

"You're right. That's Jenna now." Ron said.

"Oh please! Jenna's a lot worse than she used to be. Although ever since Harry's talked to her, I have to admit that she is a lot better but still." Ginny told him and that's when she caught a glimpse of the four Asian girls that they had seen earlier out of the corner of her eye. "Those are the girls that Sabrina and Eve met. I wonder what they're doing here." She said.

"Oh c'mon Ginny, you're a girl. You should know that girls hanging out in the mall together is a universal thing. It doesn't matter what country you're from." Ron told her but that's when Hermione noticed that one of the girls broke a window and then leaped through it into the store while the other girls followed suit. Hermione gasped while she felt her jaw nearly hit the ground as the alarms began to sound.

"Oh yeah? Then why did they just break into that store?" Ginny questioned her brother while she pointed over at it as a brigade of police officers hurried over to it while yelling in Japanese. The girls leapt and tumbled back out of the window a few moments later. Kasai, who appeared to be the leader of the group was concealing something inside her hands as she and the other girls hurried out of the exit doors.

"They're burglars!" Ron exclaimed with a breath of astonishment, bewilderment, and disbelief.

"We've got to stop them." Ginny said.

"What!? Have you gone mental!? They're muggles, think of what they can do to us!" Ron shrieked as Ginny withdrew her wand.

"More like think of what I can do to them. After all, I'm the one with the wand." She said as she quickly hurried outside after them. "Stupefy!" she yelled as she hit the youngest one square in the chest. Ame stopped running and fell down to her knees clutching her chest. The other three girls stopped and hurried back to her as she tumbled over onto the ground and fell flat on her back becoming unconscious.

"Ame!" Sara cried when suddenly Ginny pointed her wand at her.

"Petrificus Totalus!" she exclaimed as Sara's arms and legs locked together and she fell over backward as stiff as a board. Sasame turned her head and glanced down at her. Neither of the two remaining girls could understand what was happening to them until Sasame looked up at Ginny and saw her standing a crossed the street holding a wand in her right hand.

"Nanite kotoda! Sore wa majoda!" she cried while she pointed at Ginny. Ginny didn't have any clue what she was trying to say but she didn't want to take any chances that the other girl would figure out what she was.

"Silencio!" she hollered pointing her wand at her. To Sasame's complete and utter astonishment and bewilderment she had found that her voice had vanished. She placed both hands on her chest and tried to speak but instead all she could do was mouth the words. Kasai glanced up in Ginny's direction and their eyes met for the first time. She narrowed her eyebrows at her and glared. Ginny knew that if looks could kill there would be no way in hell that she would survive. She had never seen anybody look so angry before.

Luckily for her the police burst out the door and hurried a crossed the street handcuffing Ame and Sara before tackling Sasame to the ground. Although unluckily for them, Kasai ran away and managed to escape even with the police firing their guns at her. Ginny quickly turned around and ran back inside while she had the chance. For she didn't want to find out what would happen if they found out that she was a witch.