Here is the next chapter. It seems to be a little easier to edit the chapters since they were already prewritten. I altered the meeting a great deal so I am hoping to take the chapter into a different direction. Hope you all enjoy it.
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'thinking'
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change in scenery and/or time
End of Dinner
'I guess that it's time to go talk with Genkai,' thought Alex. 'I hope no one is there yet. I want to talk to Genkai alone about some stuff before we make some concrete plans with everyone.'
On her way to Genkai's room, Alex was lucky to not run into any nuisances. She almost ran into Malfoy but was able to take a quick shortcut. Malfoy was still a little pissed off about Alex being the evidence to making him appear a fool.
"Hello?" yelled Alex as she entered the classroom. When she got no answer, she realized that she was the first one to arrive and no one was hiding around the room.
"Guthart, what was all that yelling for?" asked an irritated Genkai.
"Sorry Master Genkai. I guess I don't want to have this meeting. I have already told Kurama and Hiei about some of the stuff I have done. I wanted to talk to you alone about some stuff. Has anyone else arrived for the meeting?"
"No. The baka and the dimwit are probably still eating, Kurama is probably reading or doing his homework, and Hiei is probably training. The other three are at the door now."
"Oh. Hi guys. Master Genkai, can we talk later after everyone has left?" asked Alex.
"Hi Alex," said Ron. "See Hermione, we're not late. Alex and Professor Genkai are the only ones here."
"I can see that Ron. But I would rather be here first than walking in late. You should know that by now."
"Professor Genkai, I have a question. You said that you can unlock any spirit energy. Can you tell if we have any?" asked Harry.
"I will explain this better in class in the future but I can tell you some now. Spirit energy is what Yusuke and Kuwabara uses. It is one of the main energies that humans use. Demons have their own type of energy. Alex, Hiei, and Kurama use that. Now with wizards, you call it magic. It is the same thing as spirit energy but you use a wand and commands to manipulate the energy. When wizards complete wandless or comandless spells, they have mastered their spirit energy and can manipulate it at will," explained Genkai. "It is my goal to teach you all to use spirit energy without the wands. This is because spells affect demons differently than humans. For example, the Killing Curse does kill any human it hits. When it hits a demon, it is not all that powerful and might cause them to become unconscious. This is not a guarantee so relying on the spells you know weakens yourself. Using pure spirit energy can be more powerful and will help you survive if you encounter demons," explained Genkai.
"Cool. Can we manipulate it anyway we want?" asked Harry.
"A person can manipulate the energy into specific items. Kuwabara used a sword earlier and so he can manipulate his energy into all sorts of blades. Yusuke can manipulate his into all forms of projectiles, like a single bullet or a shot gun barrage. You never know until after the energy comes to the surface. Well determine that later on this year when we unlock all of yours."
"Yo grandma. Why did we have to have a meeting? You're cutting into my nap time!" compained Yusuke as he threw open the door. Following him was Kuwabara, Hiei, Kurama, Keiko, and Yukina.
"Dimwit. Why are the girls here?"
"It isn't like they have anywhere else to go. They don't have a house yet."
"We'll have to take them to the Headmaster later I suppose. We are here so that we can get a complete idea of the mission from Alex. She has had the mission longer than you. She knows what has happened and knows what she has done to protect the school."
"Thank you Genkai. I guess it might be good to update Harry, Ron, and Hermione on this. Where would suggest I start?" inquired Alex.
"How about the beginning? Starting with why Voldemort is obsessed with Mr. Potter."
"That works. Harry, Ron, Hermione. Feel free to add in anything I miss when I speak about stuff here at school. Well I assume Koenma gave you a brief overview of the first war. Voldemort was brutal on how he treated those that were not of pure wizarding blood. He would find entertainment in torturing and slaughtering those people. If any opposed him, he would kill them without hesitation. One night, he tried to kill Harry but did not succeed. In doing so, he was thought to be dead and life returned to normal for most of the wizarding world. Koenma knew that Voldemort was out there somewhere because his spirit did not return to the Reikai. When wizards and witches turn 11, they typically receive acceptance letters to a school somewhere. Most of England comes to Hogwarts. Koenma was worried that some of Voldemort's devoted followers would try to bring his reign back and try to harm Harry while at school. Because of that, I was sent here as a student. In the first year, things were interesting. There was a troll that caused some damage around Halloween but Harry took care of that. Towards the end, those three decided to try to reach an artifact so that Voldemort would not become immortal. Ron, please stop cringing, it is just a name. As I was saying, Voldemort was trying to become immortal via a special stone. Before I knew what happened, those three had ventured into an area of the school to retrieve it. By the time I reached them, Harry had retrieved the stone and passed out. Professor Quirrell was rolling on the ground in pain with burns all over his hands. I didn't see Voldemort so I killed Quirrell to relieve him of the pain. In the second year, a creature called a basilisk was terrorizing the school. This was because of a diary from Voldemort in school trying to kill off all the students that weren't pure bloods. He was once again trying to regenerate his powers. The third year, there was some incidents with people from the first war. Sirius, Harry's godfather, had broken out of a wizarding prison and was trying to contact Harry. It was believed that Sirius had been the one that gave Voldemort the Potter's location in order to kill them. Instead it was another friend, Peter Pettigrew, which betrayed Harry's parents. So Sirius was looking to help protect Harry and to find Peter. The dementors, guards of the prison, were constantly around the castle grounds and causing issue with the group. We found out that Peter Pettigrew was pretending to be Ron's pet rat. I believe he was acting as a spy for Voldemort and was relaying information for the 3 years before that to Voldemort. He got away and is now currently with Voldemort. Last year, there was a tournament between here and two other schools. Somehow, Harry was a participant in the tournament even though he was not old enough. The final task included a maze that led to the trophy. When Harry and another contestant, Cedric Diggory, touched the trophy, they were transported away from the school. When I saw this I immediately left to try and find them. I couldn't find them but somehow Harry returned to the school with a dead Cedric. Harry, I know what you told me but would you be willing to tell everyone else generally what happened?"
"Yeah. When Cedric and I got to the trophy, we were immediately transported to a little cemetery somewhere. We both saw a cauldron, Peter Pettigrew, and some form of an infant. Peter immediately killed Cedric before we could do anything. Peter dragged me to some tombstone and bound me there. He cut my arm and poured some of my blood into the cauldron. He also threw in an old bone and cut off his own hand. Then he picked up the infant. It was actually Voldemort and Peter dropped him in there. Soon Voldemort rose from the cauldron in a whole new body. Out of nowhere, a bunch of Death Eaters appeared in the cemetery. I was able to somehow fight my way towards the trophy and brought Cedric's body back to the school. I don't know what happened to Voldemort after I left but I know he is still alive. The only person in charge that believes me is Dumbledore. The Ministry of Magic thinks I am telling lies."
"Why don't you also tell them of this past summer?" interjected Alex.
"Well I was once again attacked by dementors. The Ministry doesn't believe that I was attacked and think I am making it up."
"So what that means is that the Ministry is losing control of its prison. I am afraid that this means that Voldemort will try to break out all of his followers and will send the dementors here to attack the students. It will be another thing we need to keep an eye on. I believe that is all," explained Alex.
"Wow, and I thought my life was messed up at times. Yours takes the cake man," said Yusuke.
"So Alex, you said this morning that you already had some things in place for protection. Care to elaborate?" asked Kurama.
"Sure. Well at the moment, I have some plants woven throughout some of the walls to keep an eye on some of the more populated areas like the library and the Great Hall. There are also a few keeping an eye on the perimeter. I am currently doing rounds between training at night and training in the morning to keep watch on anything suspicious. There is one other thing but I need to speak with Genkai privately about it before I allow others to know. I'm sorry."
"Aw come on, secrets are no fun," whined Yusuke. All that was heard next was a loud smack. When everyone looked around, they all saw Yusuke rubbing his now reddened check. "Damn Keiko, what was that for?"
"She said she needed to speak with Genkai before telling anyone else. Can't you for once grow up and respect someone else's privacy?" exclaimed a fuming Keiko.
After that incident, they spoke of different plans to implement in order to protect the school. Surprisingly, Harry didn't take the fact that Alex was sent there to protect him as badly as she hoped. She was thinking that once he found out, Harry would think she only became friends with him because she was forced to. But then again, it had been 4 years and he had started to get to know as much as she wanted him to know.
Once that was done, everyone started to head back to the dorms. Keiko and Yukina stayed behind with Alex and Genkai. They soon started their way to the headmaster's office. Upon arrival, Genkai knocked on the door and waited until she heard Dumbledore's voice say come in.
"Ahh Genkai. What can I do for you? And who are these two young ladies?"
"Dumbledore. This is Keiko and this is Yukina. Koenma decided to send them here with the boys as transfer students. I believe it is probably to have a few more healers just in case. They will be needing rooms to stay in."
"I see. Will you two be actual students or working as an apprentice?" inquired Dumbledore.
"Sir, neither of us have any school supplies so I guess we will be apprentices. I know some basic first aid and want to be a nurse when I finish school in Japan," answered Keiko politely. "Yukina has phenomenal healing abilities due to her heritage. Is it possible to maybe apprentice in the infirmary?"
"Of course. I believe Madam Pomfrey would love to have some students to teach on her own. It will probably be beneficial to sort you into a house anyway so that you will be around students your own age. If you will please take a seat here, I will get the sorting hat."
Once he returned, Dumbledore placed the hat upon Keiko's head. After a little deliberation, the hat announced to the room that she would be placed in Ravenclaw. Then it came time for Yukina to be sorted. Relatively quickly it decided that she should be in Hufflepuff and told the room. After they were done, they thanked the headmaster and left to find their common rooms. Alex and Genkai led Keiko to Ravenclaw first and then Yukina to Hufflepuff. After they dropped the girls off, both returned to Genkai's classroom to finish talking. "So what else did you want to say, Alex?" started Genkai.
"I wanted to talk to you about one other precaution I have put in place. While most of the wizarding world does not believe in demons, there are actually a number of hanyous that live in England. Some of them also attend here as students. They are Parvati and Padma Patil, Hannah Abbot, and Mandy Brocklehurst (1). Cedric Diggory, the student who died last year, was also a hanyou. While the killing curse is not strong enough to kill a full blooded demon, it still kills hanyous. I have talked with them about helping patrol the school in the past and many are glad to help. They are slightly reserved though because they are hanyous and don't want people to know that they are part demon. I wanted to know if you would like to speak with the group about helping us all the while keeping their identities hidden."
"That would be a good idea. I will speak with them tomorrow after classes. I will let them know at breakfast that I need to see them. What type of hanyous are they so that I can be prepared?"
"The Patil twins are water hanyous, Hannah is a fire hanyou, and Mandy is half siren. Cedric was an ice hanyou. I am also wondering if you would like to invite them to train with the boys. I know it will be good experience for them and also a nice way to work on controlling their powers," suggested Alex.
"I will think about that. You said that Mandy was half siren. How are her powers helpful?"
"When I first realized she was half siren, I started working on separating her powers. It was much like having a miko learning to separate the purifying powers from her healing powers in order to heal someone with demon blood. So now her voice cause men to become paralyzed instead of seduced."
"I see. That would be useful when going up against a large number of male opponents. Not very useful against female opponents though."
"I understand. I was hoping to improve her spell casting so that she has another form of defense if she does come across a female opponent."
"Good idea. It is getting late. I will be speaking with them tomorrow and let you know what becomes of this."
"Thank you. Have a good night Master Genkai." With that, Alex left and returned to Gryffindor's common room. Of course upon entering, all the boys were asking where Keiko and Yukina were. Alex explained that they would be apprenticing under Madam Pomfrey and had been sorted into the different house. It was no surprise that Yusuke and Kuwabara were livid that they were not in Gryffindor. It took a while, but Alex was able to get through to them that the girls were sorted the exact same way as they were. Both girls knew that the boys were in Gryffindor but trusted the hat when it placed them in other houses. Alex thought it was a good idea since that meant they would get to know other people in the school. She trusted that the girls would let them know if something was not going well in their dorms.
With that, she bid everyone a good night so that she could complete her homework and possibly train for a bit. She also wanted to do another patrol through the Forbidden Forest to say hello to the centaurs. She also wanted to warn them that Voldemort had returned and to keep an eye out. The Forbidden Forest was very spacious and could hide a large army making its way to Hogwarts.
1. She is a Ravenclaw student who is also in Harry's year. I found the name during the sorting ceremony in the first book.
I was quite surprised on how this one turned out. I am hoping to bring the other characters in that are not given much spot light in the books. But we'll see what happens. Until the next time, I would like to hear a little bit of feedback. This might be seen as begging but I really feel as if I need some idea on if people are reading and enjoying this. If not, I still want to hear so that I can improve as a writer. It doesn't have to be a lot or a long response. Something small will do. Thank you.