AN:I do not own Bleach or Harry Potter

Toshiro finished the last page and closed the Beginners Guide to Dueling, raising his eyes from the leather bound book he looked around the room. People were scattered around the room ,sitting in plush chairs and couches or one of the long wooden tables that were placed in the room, some were talking in hushed voices, some were laughing loudly as they joked with each other, others were simply reading one of the many books kept in the Ravenclaw common room. Yoruichi was nowhere to be found and Hermione was sitting nearby utterly focused on the book in her hands, Break with a Banshee by Gilderoy Lockhart. Hitsugaya couldn't figure out why she loved his books so much, he hadn't been able to get past page five of any of his books no matter how much she tried to get him to read them. As he tried to shake the pompous author from his mind he heard the main door opening and heard a rush of feet coming up the stairs.

The figure of Sam followed by about a dozen others soon emerged into the common room. Without a word she made her way to the board and tacked a piece of paper up, then turned and left. The moment she was out of the way every occupant in the room, even those who hadn't tried out, rushed to see who had made the team this season.

Hermione closed her book then and made to get up before spotting Toshiro still sitting in an overstuffed chair. "Aren't you going to see if you made the team?" She sounded confused as to why he wasn't at the board already.

He raised an eyebrow and let a small smirk cross his lips, "You don't think I made it?"

The girl seemed flustered as she tried to defend herself, "Well, maybe she didn't mean what she said. You know, about the best players playing. She might not want a first year on the team, no matter how good you were." Her voice trailed off as she decided to stop before she made a fool of herself.

Toshiro set his book down and looked at her, then the crowd, "They'll clear out soon enough, then we'll know. There's no point in getting in the middle of that if I don't need to." With that he got up, grabbed his book and headed back to the bookshelf he had gotten it from. As he slid the book back into its place he noticed someone coming toward him. Turning, he saw Valarie Broom approaching him with a mix of emotions on her face.

She gave him a small smile before she started talking, "Congratulations Toshiro, you made the starting lineup." With that she reached out her hand for him to shake.

Taking her hand in his he shook it and gave her a curios look, "Thank you. But what about you?"

She let her smile drop, "I didn't make the team." Toshiro wasn't sure what he should do in that moment, thankfully she continued with her small smile back on her face, "Its alright really, I mean, I played my third and fourth year, and I made the backup squad the year after that. It's all for the best I suppose, it gives me more time to get ready for my N.E.W.T. exams this year." She sounded as if she was trying to convince herself that was true.

Toshiro just nodded and the two lapsed into uncomfortable silence for awhile. Then, suddenly, her eyes widened and she jumped just a little before she looked at him. "You're a first year right?" Hitsugaya nodded at her wondering why she needed confirmation on a fact she already knew. "That means you don't have a broom here then, right?"

"No, I don't have one."

She nodded her head, "Follow me." With that she made her way to a simple wooden door near the main stairs. She opened the door and took a couple of steps inside, without looking back she spoke, "This is where we keep are brooms." She turned then to wave him in, He sighed to himself and walked into the broom closet. She smiled at him as he made his way to her, "I may not be on the team this year, but I can still help. Without a broom of your own they would give you one of the school's to use, and I'm sure you know that will put you at a huge disadvantage on game day." With that she reached out and picked up one of the brooms, looking at it with a great deal of affection before she extended her hand and the broom to the first year. Smiling, she spoke again, "You can use my broom."

Toshiro eyes widened a little at what she said. A faint tinge of red dusted his cheeks, "Thank you, but I, I couldn't possibly. I wouldn't feel right if something happened to it."

The girl just smiled, "I hope you wouldn't feel right if it was your fault. But don't worry. My father promised me a new broom for a graduation gift. Besides, it's a good broom. It may not be as fast as a Nimbus, but Cleansweeps are a lot more durable, so don't worry about breaking it."

"I don't know, I…" He was cut off as she forced the broom into his hands.

"Just take it will ya. I don't want to see us loose because you were riding a crappy broom."

Toshiro looked at the smooth wood in his hands before giving a slight nod of his head, "Alright. Thank you, Valarie. I'll try not to damage it."

The girl just gave him a satisfied smirk before taking it and putting it back in its spot. "I'll make sure Sam knows you're using my broom. Just come get it from here before you go to practice or the games, and put it back when you're done." The captain just nodded his understanding and made his way out of the closet. Looking around he noticed the mob around the board had thinned considerably, so he went up to confirm his own place on the squad and see who else had made it.

Ravenclaw Quidditch Team

Starting Line

Keeper: Grant Page

Chaser: Randolph Burrow

Chaser: Roger Davies

Chaser: Toshiro Hitsugaya

Beater: Samantha Bryne

Beater: Jason Samuels

Seeker: Jill Silverstone

Reserve Players

Mike Hill

Sara Tyler

Jeremy Stretton

Duncan Inglebee

As his eyes roamed the names on the sheet his mind tried to fill in the faces and skills of the other players. Sighing to himself he realized he didn't know any of them all that well, hell, the first time he even spoke to any of them was yesterday at the tryouts. Davies was pretty good, and he knew he had started last year as well. Sam was the captain, so she should have some talent, through he hadn't seen her play yet. The others, he had only seen in passing when he had been able to let some of his attention wander. He would just have to wait and see how the rest did at the first practice, when ever that was.

As he turned around and began to make his way back to his seat he was forced to walkthrough a gauntlet of congratulations and pats on the back from people he didn't even know. He was relived when was finally able to sink back into the overstuffed arm chair he had vacated to return the dueling book. However, even that didn't last as he realized Hermione was staring at him. "Yes?"

"I would think you would be happier about making the team. There hasn't been a first year on the Ravenclaw team in over eighty years."

Toshiro met her eyes, "I assure you I am quiet happy to have made the team, especially to have earned a place on the starting lineup."

She just gave a slight nod to show she understood him before she pressed on, "Well, I still don't see what the big deal is. The way people were acting at tryouts, and even now, when she posted the lineup, you would think someone's life was on the line."

Toshiro gave her a small smirk, "Didn't you get up to go look at the roster right after she posted it?"

Her cheeks took on a light red tinge as she scrambled to explain, "I was just curios to see if you made the team."

"And going to the tryouts?"

"I was trying to immerses myself in wizard culture. If I'm going to be a part of this world then I need to understand it, and quidditch is a big part of their culture whether I like it or not." She crossed her arms across her chest and gave him a defiant look, as if challenging him to argue with her.

Hitsugaya just gave her a nod, "I do understand Hermione, after all, I don't understand everything they talk about either." He waved his arm around the room to encompass the many wizards and witches gathered around the room. "But for me, the game is a way to blow of steam. After all, it's better to bash into another player then to punch some slytherin boy for annoying me, less chance of being expelled to. Or am I wrong?" He raised his own challenge.

She shook her head, "No, you're right, it is better then letting you anger get the better of you. Through I can't imagine you losing control Toshiro."

At these words memories flashed across his mind. He remembered many times when he lost control of his emotions, Aizen and Ichimaru were not the first to destroy his precious calm. No, there had been many times he had let the rage and bloodlust consume him. Shaking himself out of his memories he looked back at the girl who sat nearby. Hermione had a strange look on her face, had he let some of his true emotions cross his face while he was distracted, he had no way to know. "It's best to always have a backup plan Hermione. You can't predict the future after all."

The girl looked at him before smiling, "Actually, there are several ways to predict the future. They even have a couple classes here you can take in your third year if you want, Arithmancy and Divination." And so she launched into a detailed account of the classes and what they taught.

September past and October was preparing to join it. Toshiro sat in his seat in the Charms classroom as he waited for the lesson to begin as the remainder of the Ravenclaw and Gryffindor first years made their way in. All the while, Professor Filtwick was standing on a pile of books at the front of the room. The short teacher looked over his pupils with a smile on his face before he raised his voice to begin the class, "One of a wizard's most rudimentary skills is levitation, or the ability to make objects fly. Ah, do you all have your feathers?" His teal eyes were drawn away from the teacher by the sudden movement to his right as Hermione grabbed her feather and raised it for Filtwick to see. As she put it down he continued, "Good. Now, don't forget the nice wrist movement we've been practicing." The short teacher pulled his wand out of his robes to demonstrate, "The swish and flick. Everyone."

The students around the room picked up their wands and began to wave them, "The swish and flick." Their voices showed their boredom of having to go through this technique for weeks without actually doing anything.

"Good. Oh, and enunciate. Wingardium Leviosa. Off you go then." He smiled at his class as they lifted their wands.

Toshiro lifted his wand and looked at the feather before him. All around him he could hear the rest of the class repeating the spell to no effect. As he took a moment to focus and remember his lessons, he looked around the room. He was surprised to see Hermione had not yet even attempted the spell. Just past her he saw the red hair of the Weasley kid as he franticly waved his wand.

Hermione, who was beside the boy, suddenly reached out with her hand towards the boys wand, "No, stop, stop, stop!" Finally the boy's motion ceased, "You're going to take someone's eye out. Besides, you're saying it wrong. It's Leviosa, not Leviosar." She sounded as if she was lecturing a child about something he should already know.

Despite how true that might have been, it was clear the boy was insulted by her attitude. He looked at her before waving to her feather, "You do it then, if you're so clever. Go on, go on." He looked smug as he waited to see her fail.

Hermione looked at him for a minute, obviously insulted by his belief that she couldn't do it. Straightening herself out, she looked at the feather before she raised her wand, "Wingardium Leviosa." She finished the spell with perfect pronunciation and wand movement. The feather lifted into the air as she raised the tip of the wand up, and a smug smile found its way onto her face. The attempts by the other students ceased as they watched her feather float higher and higher, this of course attracted the teachers attention.

Professor Filtwick beamed at her from his perch, "Well done! See here, everyone, Miss Granger's done it! Splendid!" Toshiro watched as Weasley pouted and laid down on his books trying to put as much distance between himself and Hermione as possible.

And so the class continued, a Gryffindor boy was the first to resume practice, and through he blew up his feather, he was able to get the remains to float just above his work station. As the class settled back into their task, Toshiro finally raised his wand to perform the spell. "Wingardium Leviosa.", the feather before him trembled for a moment before going still. Toshiro looked at it curiously before trying the spell again, "Wingardium Leviosa." Again the feather shook before returning to its motionless state. Now Toshiro was glaring at the inanimate object as if it was its fault the spell wasn't working.

"You're doing it wrong you know."

Turning his head he saw Hermione giving him a small, sympathetic, smile. "Pardon?"

She motioned to his wand, "You're swish and flick are to rigid. They need to be fluid, one motion. Look, this is what you're doing." She raised her wand to the starting point and began the motion. The wand flew up quickly before stopping for a moment, then she brought it down with even more force and speed, the tip stopped abruptly as it pointed at her still feather. "Remember what Professor Filtwick said, slow and steady. One fluid motion, like this." She raised her wand again, "Swish and flick. Just like we were taught." She beamed at him, and his eyes could see the red head behind her mocking her silently behind her back.

Deciding to ignore the buffoon for now, he studied the gleaming surface of his wand. He realized he was probably using to much force in his motions. Years of sword training had taught him to strike hard and fast, now he needed to slow it down to make this magic work. Sighing to himself he looked at the white feather before him. This time he concentrated on keeping his motion smooth, "Wingardium Leviosa." This time the feather lifted off the wooden surface it was resting on for a moment before gliding back down.

"Better, but you're still moving your wand to fast. You need to slow it down, be gentle with it." The thought of being gentle with a weapon struck him as strange, but before he could think more on it he felt the girl's hand on his. She guided it to the starting point, then through the motion, "Swish and flick." She did twice more before she let go. She smiled encouragingly at him, "Now try."

The captain raised his wand for another attempt, "Wingardium Leviosa." The feather that had been giving him such trouble before was now floating two feet in the air, and he couldn't stop the smile of satisfaction that appeared on his lips.

The smile on the girls face expanded as she watched her coaching payoff, "See, I told you.

Hitsugaya gave her a small nod, "Thank you, Hermione."

The girl blushed a little, "It, it was nothing, really." Toshiro decided against embarrassing her and kept silent. And so he spent the rest of the class perfecting the simple charm.

By the time class ended most of the students were able to get their feather airborne, even if only temporarily. So it was that when class ended most of the students were talking animatedly with each other about the class. As Toshiro and Hermione made their way out of their final class of the day they fell instep behind a group of Gryffindor boys as they made their way into one of Hogwarts many courtyards. Toshiro's teal eyes landed on the back of Ronald Weasley's head as he started to speak in a mocking tone, "It's Leviosa, not Leviosar. She's a nightmare, honestly! No wonder she hasn't got any friends." The boys around him laughed and smiled at what he said. However, the girl beside Toshiro lowered her face at the comment and stormed off, running her shoulder into Ronald on her way.

The boys stopped and watched as she disappeared into the crowd, "I think she heard you." Toshiro walked by them as the famous Harry Potter uttered those words, he actually sounded concerned about the girl he was just laughing at.

Wondering why he cared so much, he gave the red head a glare over his shoulder as he walked off after her. Deciding she probably didn't want to make a scene in public, he stayed back, following her spirit energy until he found himself standing outside one of the girl's lavatories. Not sure what to do, he dropped his bag and leaned against the wall by the door, content to simply wait until she was ready.

So it was that more then four hours latter Toshiro was still waiting, now sitting by the door, thankful for an excuse to avoid the library today. His stomach was complaining loudly at missing the Halloween Feast but he didn't move from his spot, that is, until he felt a shift in spiritual pressure coming from the Great Hall. It seemed as if everyone was leaving the feast early. His gut told him something was wrong, and after all these years he had learned to trust his instincts. His teal eyes roamed the hall as he reached out with all his senses trying to find something that wasn't normal.

There! A strange spiritual power was drawing closer, very faint, but definitely not human. Unsure of what it was, or what it was doing, he decided to wait and see what would happen next. The next few minutes were spent in strained silence as he monitored the movement of the strange energy as it drew ever nearer, till he finally heard a low grunt echo around the corridor. The grunts got louder as their source drew nearer and were soon joined by the sound of heavy footfalls.

Toshiro tensed, but held his ground as he waited to see what it was. Soon a large shadow appeared on the wall at the end of the corridor. The captain's eyes focused on that point as the shadow continued to come. Finally the figure emerged, and it was a sight to see. His quick mind raced to identify the creature as it turned to face him. It stood nearly twelve foot high, its balky frame was covered in a mossy green hide, a ragged loincloth and vest were all that it wore, and a large wooden club was being dragged behind it. Taking all this in he realized the danger just as the troll turned to face him, giving him a lost look, it began to approach him.

"Shit." Toshiro turned and pounded on the door, "Hermione! Hermione, we need to go! Now!" He wasn't afraid of the troll, his job required he face far worse, but he needed to get Hermione out of danger without revealing himself, and so he forced panic into his voice.

His cries were answered when the door opened to reveal a distraught girl who had clearly been crying. Just as she opened her mouth to speak she saw the troll over his shoulder and her mouth hung open. Toshiro knew he needed to act, reaching out he grabbed her hand and pulled her after him as he began to run down the corridor. The troll watched them for a moment before finding a little life and giving chase.

The troll seemed to bring Hermione out of her funk, "Why is there a troll here!"

The sound of the troll running after them echoed in the confined space, "I don't know. I've been waiting outside that door for the last four hours." Even as they ran for their lives she stopped, forcing her white haired companion to stop to. The sound of the troll growing ever closer, "We don't have time to stop Hermione."

She looked timid as she spoke, "Why?"

His eyes roamed the hall as he thought of what to say, what she needed to hear, "Because Weasley's an idiot. You have friends Hermione, no matter what that fool says. Now lets go before the troll catches us." As if on cue, the huge troll rounded the corner howling and flailing his club. "Run!"

The two began to run again, Toshiro leading the way towards a cluster of souls nearby. Rounding the corner he saw his target, the groundskeeper had several students trailing behind his large frame. Hagrid looked shocked to see the two first years as they raced towards him with the echoes of the troll filling the space. Before he could address the two newcomers the troll made his entrance. It came up short as it spied the massive man who was nearly as large as it was.

"Over here." The large man spoke softly as he waved the two Ravenclaw students to get behind him. When they were behind him he half turned his head, keeping his eyes on the troll he spoke, "Now back up, nice and slow, no sudden movement…Tha's it, nice and slow." The group slowly back up, putting distance between themselves and the troll as it watched confused, trying to figure out what was going on.

Suddenly the troll raised its club, roared and charged them. Hagrid reacted immediately, he shouted his own battle cry before rushing the oncoming troll. The two massive bodies slammed into one another at full steam, the large club went flying. As they fell to the ground, fighting for dominance, Hagrid saw the shocked students standing nearby. Raising his right fist he drove it into the face of the troll with all his might, stunning it long enough to look at the students, "Run! Now!" He was cut off as the troll punched him in the side, knocking the breath out of him.

Just as they turned to leave they saw Professors McGonagall, Snape, and Quirrell rushing towards them. The teachers swept past them, placing themselves in-between the danger and the students, wands at the ready. McGonagall took charge of the situation, "Hagrid, get out of the way!" The large man kneed the troll in the stomach, giving himself enough time to untangle himself and stagger away while the troll got back to its feet.

The moment he was out of the way the teachers raised their wands, "Stupefy!" Three red orbs of energy slammed into the troll, it staggered, "Stupefy!" The second wave of spells was to much for the troll as its eyes rolled back and it slammed face down into the floor.

McGonagall turned to the students, "Is everyone alright?" Receiving positive response she turned to Hagrid and the troll, "Hagrid, are you alright?"

The groundskeeper was bloodied and bent over, but he looked up and smiled at McGonagall, "I'll be fine Professor, don't worry bout me."

Toshiro heard more footsteps approaching, turning his head he saw Headmaster Dumbledore and several more teachers coming down the hall. The headmaster surveyed the scene before him before speaking, "Professor Quirrell, would be so kind as to escort Hargid to Madam Pomfrey?"

"Hm, oh, yes, of course." The turban wearing teacher went over to the large man and reached out, taking his arm he proceeded to guide Hagrid away to the medical wing.

The blue eyes of the headmaster turned to face the students, "Professor Snape, could you escort these students back to their dormitories?"

The black haired teacher looked at the troll, then to the students, "Of course headmaster. Follow me!" With that Toshiro and the others followed their potions teacher down the hall. Passing through the silent castle, Toshiro was thinking of the spell the teachers had used. It would be easier to analyzes if he had some tools, but he would have to rely on his observations. He entered the tower with the Hermione and a fourth year he didn't know. It didn't take long before the fourth year was telling his story to the crowded common room. Deciding he didn't want to have to answer a bunch of questions as to why the troll was chasing him and Hermione, he gave Hermione a quiet goodnight before he slipped out of the room and headed for his bed.

I wasn't sure where they keep all their brooms, so I put them in a broom closet in each houses common room. I don't think Hitsugaya would be afraid of a troll, he has fought stronger, smarter, faster, and deadlier enemies. But he couldn't think of a way to defeat it using first year magic, which meant he needed to get out of their, and being a captain, I don't think he would leave someone in danger if he could help it, which is why he felt he had to get Hermione out.

I also know that the teachers aren't stupid, they would know that some of the students were outside the hall, probably using the bathroom after drinking to much pumpkin juice, so they would probably send someone to collect them and keep them safe while the troll was unaccounted for, of courseHitsugaya and Hermione were not useing the bathroom closest to the Great Hall, which is why they had to run to find Hagrid. As for Hagrid fighting the troll, he is not allowed to perform magic nor did he finish his education, but he did fight in the first war, so he has to have some experience with combat. Not to mention he knows there is no reasoning with a troll once it attacks, and he had to keep the students safe, so he did what he had to do. Any feedback would be appreciated.