Hermione continually whizzed through the library, section to section, bookshelf to bookshelf in her search for information that could provide some clues to the transfer students and their apparent expertise in the world of magic. At one point she was flicking through the wizard version of Berks when Eriol passed by.
"Do you need any help, Miss Granger?" He asked politely, she jumped and snapped the book shut.
"Err, no thanks, Eriol," She replied, "I'm just doing some research." Eriol nodded as though he swallowed her excuse and continued on his way.
'She's very sharp-minded,' He thought, 'But there's little round here that'll deliver a firm link between us and my past self.' As he wandered away Hermione checked back to the page she was looking at before going to change it for another.
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Sakura was heading back to the Gryffindor common room, there was still some time before her next class and she wanted to attend to a few things beforehand. As she entered the common room the house ghost appeared, causing Sakura to become petrified with a conflict between her primordial fear and her determination not to upset friendly spirits while not letting malevolent spirits gain satisfaction.
"Good afternoon," The ghost greeted, "You must be one of those new transfer students." Sakura only just managed to nod, but her face was turning blue with fright. "My name is Elizabeth Baker, I've only just become the Gryffindor ghost this year after the previous resident ghost finished what he had to do. What would your name be?"
"S…s…s…s…" Sakura stammered, "Sakura. Kinomoto Sakura."
"Well, it's nice to meet you, Miss Sakura." Elizabeth commented and extended her ghostly hand before withdrawing it again. "Oops, I forgot! I'm intangible." Her disposition put Sakura at her ease.
"Err," Sakura informed her, "My family name is Kinomoto." Upon hearing this Elizabeth giggled lightly.
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"Sugoi!" Amazing! Tomoyo exclaimed upon hearing of Sakura's experience. "You managed to overcome your fear at just the right moment." They both walked off towards the DADA classroom for their next lesson.
Along the way they bumped into Syaoran, who was reading a letter as walked.
"Kon·nichi wa!" Hello! Sakura greeted him, he turned round with a slight start; he greeted them in return after a few seconds to find his bearings. In their native tongue he explained to them that the letter was from Meilin and that she was wishing them all the best; Sakura always felt good after a letter from an old friend and spoke of her feelings before all three of them continued to Defence Against the Dark Arts.
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The good news for the Gryffindors was that Slytherin wasn't with them for this class; the bad news was that they didn't know what they were going to learn about.
"Good afternoon, class." Yukito started off. "This lesson will be a little… unusual… for the subject." Some the Gryffindors did an impression of a team on University Challenge before he continued. "Today, we're going to learn about…" He paused as he wrote down the word on the blackboard, "Auras." Half of the students looked confused. "Are there any questions so far?" Only two students put their hands up. "Yes, Miss Granger." He indicated.
"Professor," She started, "I can't see what auras have to do with Defence Against the Dark Arts. I always thought they were a Divination topic." Yukito smiled, nodded his head patiently and said.
"Usually they would come under Divination, but they can be used in Defence Against the Dark Arts as it helps you determine whether or not someone's gone bad." The other student who had put its hand up lowered it as it was the same thing it was going to ask. "Now," Yukito continued, "I would like each of you to close your eyes and feel for the other students and see if you can identify who they are and want their personalities are like." The students commenced to do so; Sakura, Eriol and Syaoran were naturals at this for they could identify the person and the personality as easily as seeing it with their own eyes. The other students were having some trouble; Hermione was getting her mindset difficult to control as she kept slipping back into the set magical knowledge that she was used to, hence why she was no longer in the divination class. However Many students managed to get the hang of it and read each aura in the room with limited success, except one that made those of the transfer students undetectable. Several students, especially Neville Longbottom, fainted upon registering this aura.
"Oh, Sakura-chan," Tomoyo whispered, "Your aura is like the bright light of heaven." She was all for practicing her English while she was here.
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"Oh dear," Yukito commented upon seeing that some of the students had passed out, "Could someone take them down to the hospital?" Harry's and Sakura's groups immediately volunteered, however Yukito asked Sakura to avoid doing so. Initially she was bewildered by this but it didn't take long for her to realise why.
"Hoe!" She exclaimed, it had been her aura that had overwhelmed the students, which explained why Tomoyo could sense Eriol, Syaoran and her but no one else. She would have to practice some control over her aura-reading as it caused hers to flare brightly.
