Draco listened with awe as Emrys described the colonies in general. He never knew the muggles could do such amazing things without magic! When Emrys mentioned the war between the colonies and Earth, Draco found himself on the Gundam Pilot's side.
The twins were equally amazed, and immediately joined the pilot's side when they learned the truth. Now they had a solid alibi when they needed to go on missions!
Then the question of Hermione and Ron came up.
"Those two are too loyal to Dumbledore to be trusted. Once I have solid proof that Ron is his spy, Harry should join us."
"What about Granger?"
"In my time, she was an ally, but I'm not too sure about now. Until I can say with absolute certainty that she can be trusted, leave her in the dark. She's a muggleborn, so if she gets her hands on the knowledge of our Suits, she can use it against us."
Wu Fei looked sheepish...
"Who do you want to bring in?" asked Emrys.
"Luna. While I find her amusing, I think she can be trusted with this. Plus, she's a Pure-blood, which means she has nothing to gain from exposing us."
"She can be trusted. Her father runs the Quibbler right? And she talks about creatures no one believes in?"
"Affirmative."
"In that case, tell her what she needs to know. If I remember right, she has no friends to speak of."
Wu Fei nodded in confirmation.
"What should we do now boys? Prank Lockhart or annoy Dumbles?"
"Lockhart!" said Draco with enthusiasm.
"By the way, anyone want to get a book out of the restricted section? I'm sure Lockhart would be idiotic enough to give us permission."
After reading every book in the restricted section that they could safely get their hands on, they began planning for a confrontation with either Dumbledore, Voldemort or the Ministry.
They weren't taking any chances. They were in a war already, and to be caught unprepared against an enemy could mean certain death or worse. Emrys was suspicious when Hermione checked out 'Most Potente Potions'. So he came up with an easy way to determine the identity of his friends.
Fred and George= password to the map
Draco= knowledge of Emrys' true house
Wu Fei= name of his Gundam
Okami= his animagus form
Emrys= knowledge of Okami's codename
When Hermione and Ron followed Okami and Draco, they knocked them out and took a few hairs. They then went with Wu Fei to the secret room, only to be hit with a stunner from behind when they failed to answer the question correctly.
Emrys dragged the two to the hospital wing, and told Pomphrey his suspicions. Forty five minutes later, the potion wore off and the two were given two months detention. Not to mention the howler from Mrs. Weasly when she found out. Or the fine from the ministry. Emrys refused to help pay for the fine.
The twins were mildly upset with Ron, and he was pranked mercilessly. Nothing exciting happened until after Christmas break...when Emrys was almost kidnapped by an 'unknown' assailant.
(cough cough Dumbledore cough cough)
"Attempted kidnapping by Headmaster! Boy-who-lived speaks against Dumbledore!"
"Harry! How could you say such a thing about Dumbledore? He's..." ranted Hermione.
"The greatest wizard of an age, defeater of Grindlewald, finder of the twelve uses of Dragon blood, goat-fucking Dumbledore. Shut up about that old bastard, or I'll personally hex you."
Hermione was put out with Emrys comeback, and Ron looked worried. Soon they were muttering about him going Dark in the common room, only to find their conversations being broad-casted across the room.
"I'm not dark, you twits. I'm realistic. I'm not about to trust a man who couldn't tell one of his own staff members was possessed even when he was in close proximity to the man for months."
Snickering meet this speech, as everyone knew it was true. Dumbledore was ancient. Soon the house was divided to two sides. Those who believe Emrys was not going to turn dark, and those who believed he wanted Voldemort's throne.
((The majority was on Emrys' side. Mostly because no self-respecting Dark Lord would voluntarily take healing lessons or express an interest in becoming a Healer.))
Emrys finished his first-year of Healer's training, and passed with high marks, to McGonagall's surprise. As a reward, Snape gave him a complete list of basic healing potions...along with a bit of homework on the disastrous effect of certain ingredients if added. He said that if Emrys passed on that, he'd give him any help needed with the potion's half of the qualifications exam.
(This bit left McGonagall and the other professors staring in shock...or in the case of Flitwick, looking for the four horsemen of the Apocalypse.)
Second year ended on a high note for Emrys. He had loyal friends, the knowledge that the twins would help him no matter what, and solid proof that Ron was Dumbledore's spy...and apparently Hermione as well.
Duo, Maoke and Quatre meet them on the platform, and much to Draco's surprise, Harry was there as well. Under the invisibility cloak anyway. Draco told Emrys he'd be in touch in case his father tried anything DE related.
Emrys spent half his summer taking his Healer's exam. The required courses were only a minor part of the exam, but since he had read ahead to begin with, he finished with high marks on the written exam. Taking the classes next year would only be a minor matter. Especially since Emrys actually passed the practical with a perfect score. With a few hints from Snape on potion problems, Emrys became a junior healer. His teacher would be Pomphrey during the school year, but that was a moot point.
Quatre, Duo and Maoke sent in the required papers to join Hogwarts next year, and were accepted. They would join the others next year. Sakura taught them a trick she called 'Shadow Clones', which would make it easier to sneak out and perform missions. They could last for days, which delighted Okami to no end.
Soon they left for a mission to Siberia...which ended in disaster. Trowa saved Heero...and Wing. The destroyed Gundam was actually a doppleganger, but the explosion was real enough. Heero was out for weeks. Finally Trowa e-mailed Emrys, who healed him to a point.
When Zechs challenged Heero (he had figured out that the Gundam parts he salvaged were fake...mainly because they were actually titanium instead of Gundanium) and was surprised to see him reply back.
"You're on."
"I thought I said to take it easy Wolf-boy."
"A challenge is a challenge."
"Fine. But I'm going with you."
"What about your training?"
"I train with the school nurse during free periods. Any injury you get now will be a bitch to heal later!"
"I'll be careful."
"I'm still going with you!"
As it turned out, Emrys ended up running interference with his least favorite female...next to Kate during the week from hell. Relena's shrill voice made Emrys grind his teeth together. He then posed the question that Okami had been asking himself for many months now.
"Would someone remind me why we can't kill this bitch?"
"That bitch, as you call her, is my little sister."
"She's still a stalker...and a color-blind one at that. No one should be that obsessed with the color pink!" Emrys calmly retorted.
Zechs blinked...
"She owns a pink limo for Buddha's sake!"
"..."
Relena gave a speech from a letter...giving all the pilots a massive migraine. Emrys, Trowa and Heero made a break for it, when the Romafellor (spelling?) Suits came. When they landed for a bit, Emrys passed out the potions. They drank them without complaint. He then handed them a small bag to carry on them.
"Inside that are five skelegrows, ten migraine potions (in case of prissy-in-pink), four all around cure alls for things like the flu, twelve cold-reliefs, four in-general poison antidotes, and ten blood replenisher. I sent one of these to the others with Hedwig before we left. Try not to use them all up in a month, alright?"
"What, no pain relievers?" joked Heero.
"I'm not ready to do those yet, according to the Ministry," said Emrys with a grimace.
A grimace passed on each of their faces, not a single one of the pilots liked the prejudiced Ministry. Especially when they heard of the laws that made it impossible for Remus to get a wizard job.
Trowa parted ways, as Emrys went to Quatre and Duo. Heero went to train his panther, Guenhwyvar.
Guenhwyvar was big enough to do some serious damage, if trained properly. With Sakura's help, it went smoothly.
When they meet up at Diagon, things weren't so good. First Duo was captured by OZ, and his picture paraded on the news. Then his spare Gundam was completely annihilated. If it weren't for the fact that he had opted to put his Suit in a temporary tattoo that would only come off when he called his Gundam out, he would have lost Death scythe.
The only good piece of news was that Sakura and Sirius had found a base of operations in space that was now sufficiently warded from OZ satellites. Plus the fact that even if a muggleborn (Hermione) recognized him from the news, they had no way of alerting the authorities without breaking the Statute of Secrecy...and be banned from the Wizarding World permanently.
Emrys, Harry (Sirius proclaimed him safe from Legimens) Wu Fei, Maoke, Okami, Quatre and Duo were staying at the Leaky Cauldron for the week. Emrys got a huge discount for them when he told the manager how to calm the Monster Book of Monsters down. It really helped because he had a permission pass for an expensive set of Healing for intermediates.
Harry was shocked to find out about Hermione, but he stuck to Emrys all the same. They pretended that Emrys was his twin brother, who was hidden on the L5 colony during the war. It actually worked, because the wizards they met never thought too hard about it.
Emrys posed as a new transfer as well, and alerted Pomphrey to the truth before he even entered Hogwarts.
They all took somewhat different subjects, but they mostly stayed with either Emrys or Harry.
Okami-CoMC, Arithmancy, Ancient Runes
Trowa- CoMC, Ancient Runes, Divination
Quatre- Ancient Runes, Muggle Studies, Healing with Pomphrey
Wu Fei- Ancient Runes, CoMC, Arithmancy
Duo- Divination, CoMC, Healing
Emrys- Ancient Runes, Arithmancy, CoMC, Intermediate Healing
Harry- Arithmancy, Divination, CoMC
Ron and Hermione rounded on Harry and Emrys when they went to Flourish and Blotts. Harry hide shamelessly behind his double, who snarled at the two.
"Back off."
"You back off, you impostor! I bet you took Harry's place last year too!" accused Ron.
"Actually I did. But he still won't trust you anymore."
"Who do you think you are?"
"I'm Emrys Guang Chang, his brother. And I don't trust anyone that would betray my brother to Dumbledore for no good reason other than their suspicions."
Harry disappeared and brought the other pilots with him.
"Is there a problem here?" asked Okami, giving them his best death glare.
Hermione's eyes widened at the sight of Duo. Emrys smirked.
"You can't raise the alarm. If you try to tell OZ, you'll be breaking your precious Statute of Secrecy, which would result in permanent expulsion from Hogwarts."
Hermione kept her mouth shut.
Emrys remembered something important.
"Guys, make sure you hand me your tech before we leave the pub. I need to put that charm that allows them to work at Hogwarts, otherwise they'll be fried."
That got her attention. She ducked out for a bit, and came back with a few devices that she had stowed in her trunk.
Emrys raised an eyebrow, then grinned.
"If you promise not to rat about Duo to Dumbles, I'll enchant your tech. Deal?"
"Deal!"
Emrys cast a simple charm around her cell and laptop, then handed her the key so she could get wireless in the castle.
The pilots were shocked to find Remus on the train. Apparently he decided to become DADA for a year. Draco joined them for a while, and actually struck a truce with Harry. In exchange for not mocking muggleborn students or the Weasly family, he would be civil to him in public.
Emrys bought plenty of sweets for Duo, who was ecstatic over his first chocolate frog. Quatre liked the Bertie Bott's every flavored beans...until he got a sand-flavored one.
"Ugh. If I wanted to taste sand I would have stayed with the others in the desert!"
Maoke laughed. When the twins dropped by, Okami groaned. Somehow, he knew that Duo and the terror twins together would result in the castle being in ruins at the very least. Duo went with them to meet Lee Jordan...they didn't see him until the train arrived at Hogsmeade.
The train stopped unexpectedly for no reason. Emrys looked worried, and drew his wand. The window began to mist over, and the air became chilled. Quatre whimpered, as his Space Heart started going into overdrive with the dark vibe that was permeating the air.
"Crap. Harry, I want you to put this chocolate in your mouth, and start chewing. Concentrate on Sirius, while I get rid of the Dementor."
The door opened...and revealed a cloaked figure. Harry saw a decomposed hand; as if it sensed his eyes, it returned to the folds of the cloak. A rasping breathe was heard...and it felt as though all the happiness in the world was gone. Quatre had a death grip on Trowa's hand. Trowa held his blond friend in his arms, trying to keep him awake.
"EXPECTO PATRONUM!" cried Emrys. A large werewolf erupted from his wand, and knocked the creature out of the compartment. The silvery light enveloped them, relieving the pressure. Quatre sagged to his knees, with Trowa still holding him. Tears were falling from his face.
"That's it. I'm teaching you and Harry the Patronus charm. We can't have our strategist falling prey to the Dementors. Why are they here anyway?" demanded Emrys.
"Dumbledore made some lame excuse about Sirius having a muggle Mobile Suit, and Fudge fell for it. Like they would work without that charm you discovered," snorted Remus.
Emrys directed his patronus to sit next to Quatre, which calmed him down enough to get up. Though he did enjoy Remus' look of amusement at it's form.
"I like wolves."
Remus went to talk to the driver, after he and Emrys handed out large chunks of chocolate. Emrys rubbed Quatre's back, which got him back to normal. When they left the train, Quatre was pulled aside by Madam Pomphrey, as was Harry.
"Emrys gave me some chocolate the minute he recognized the Dementor's effect. Quatre is an empath, so it affected him more than us," explained Harry.
McGonagall left them in her care, and took Quatre to be sorted.
Trowa- Slytherin
Emrys- Slytherin (obviously)
Quatre- Hufflepuff
Duo- Ravenclaw (imagine Wu Fei's shock!)
Quatre sat next to the prefect, a Cedric Diggory. The main question he was asked was "Are you related to Malfoy by any chance?"
Trowa and Emrys sat next to Draco. Much to their amusement, Dumbledore looked highly annoyed.
Gabriel, the basilisk of the chamber, slithered out of Emrys collar and hissed. Emrys smirked, and replied back.
"You're a parslemouth?"
"So is Harry actually. This is the creature of the chamber. I just shrunk him so he could be easier to hide. His name is Gabriel."
"What sort of snake is he?" asked Blaise.
"Basilisk. A ninety-foot long basilisk to be precise. If I didn't have his consent, I wouldn't have been able to do it."
The feast ended with a warning not to cross the Dementors. Emrys and Trowa followed Draco to the common room, and placed their trunks at the end of the bed.
