A/N: Thanks so much to all who reviewed. Ok this chapter is a little longer than some of the others, but I just couldn't break it up. One quick note, everyone in the wizarding world knows all about the moon kingdom and the prophesies of the sailor senshis' coming, so if you don't remember any of that I sugguest you reread chapter 8.
Just a reminder I'm switching point of views so to differentiate I'm using the following code:
Quartet POV- Harry and Co.
Senshi-POV- Sailor Moon crowd
Keep voting on who gets the key please
Harry- 1
Usagi- 8
Another Senshi- 1
Someone else- 1
Chapter 10
Senshi POV
All of them were entering Gringotts completely unaware of the four high schoolers that were following them.
"If I remember correctly you should all have accounts here." Luna said as they walked through the bank.
"What are these creatures?" Hotaru asked Michiru as she watched funny looking little creatures busy helping people.
"Those are goblins. Try not to bother any of them. Goblins aren't exactly friendly." Michiru looked around somewhat curious herself. She now knew all about them, but never once saw one.
"Yes?" The goblin at the counter asked impatiently when they all walked up. Luna jumped down from Usagi's shoulder onto the counter.
"We'd like to make withdraws from accounts 27-36." Luna stated as she remembered which accounts were theirs. The goblin just looked at them and then left, returning with his superior.
"What seems to be the problem here?" The goblin snarled at them. Haruka got a little annoyed at the service they were receiving so far.
"There's no problem here. We just want to access our accounts." Haruka spoke as she walked up to the counter beside Usagi.
"Which accounts may I ask are those?" The head goblin was now glaring at the one they first spoke to at the counter.
"Accounts 27-36" Haruka repeated which accounts Luna had mentioned previously.
"Impossible! Those accounts haven't been accessed for close to 1000 years." The head goblin now understood why the other goblin had come to get him.
"I assure you that these are the true owners of those accounts. They all have the henshin pens required for the access to those vaults." Luna spoke out and the head goblin noticed she was sitting there for the first time. His eyes widened in shock when he recognized the golden crescent symbol on the cat's forehead.
"YOUR MAJESTIES!" The head goblin fell to his knees in a bow and the other goblin copied his actions exactly.
Quartet POV
"I wonder what the problem could be." Harry wondered out loud as the goblin came back with the head goblin. After a moment of talking the head goblin had used a greeting normally reserved for royalty and then bowed.
"Ok goblins don't bow to just anyone. I wonder those people could be." Hermione said as the four watched the group heading in towards the vaults.
"Ok look they're going into the vaults we can't follow them there. Can we please give it a rest now?" Ron whined since he'd rather spend the afternoon looking at all the new quidditch supplies than chasing after some strange group of people.
"No! Those people are too much of a mystery to give it a rest." Hermione just couldn't leave a mystery unsolved. "We're staying right here and waiting for them to come out."
Senshi POV
"Vault number twenty-seven." The head goblin stopped in front of a dark looking door. Near the top was a symbol of a rose.
"I suppose that must be my vault then." Mamoru stated as he pulled out a red rose. Standing in front of the door he ran his fingers across the door looking for the lock. After several minutes his fingers brushed across a small hole. Taking the rose he pulled out he stuck the stem in the hole all the way up to the flower. As soon as the flower of the rose hit the door the area around the hole retracted into the door a little way. Slowly the door opened to reveal piles upon piles of galleons, sickles and knuts.
"Wow." Mamoru whispered when he looked in. The goblin's eyes grew. He knew the entire history of all the vaults they had requested access to, but he never knew how the doors were to be opened. Mamoru gathered what he thought would be enough for his books, wand, and robes. He walked out to rejoin the others. Once out of the vault he took the rose out of the door as it closed and locked itself again.
"Vault number twenty-eight." The goblin motioned to the next vault which had a golden crescent moon near the top.
"This must me my vault." Usagi said as she approached the door. After feeling the door with her hand as Mamoru had done she found a heart shaped indentation the same size as her broach. Usagi took her broach off and placed it in the indentation. The broach opened and the lid disappeared as the crystal inside began to shine brightly. Just as Mamoru's had when he placed the rose in it, the door started to open, revealing just as much money in Usagi's account as in Mamoru's. She gathered the money she thought she'd need and walked back out of the vault taking her broach off the door when she was out.
"Vault number twenty nine." The next vault had the blue symbol of Mercury at the top of the door. Without saying a word Ami walked up and took out her henshin pen. She could see a rather large hole in the door that she stuck her pen into. The crystal went in smoothly and in a second the door was covered in a blue light. The door slowly creaked open. Ami walked into her vault that contained as much money in hers as there was in each of Usagi's and Mamoru's vaults. She came back out once she collected some money and took her pen from the door.
"Vault number thirty." There was the red symbol of Mars on the next vault. Rei copied Ami by sticking her henshin pen in a large hole on the door. In a matter of seconds the door was bathed in red light as it opened. Rei took out what money she needed and then closed the vault again.
"Vault number thirty one." Makoto walked up to the door after seeing the sign of Jupiter near the top of the door shining like emerald. Like Rei and Ami did Makoto used her henshin pen as the key to the door. Green light covered the door while she walked in and gathered money before walking back out.
"Vault number thirty two." Minako walked up to the door with the golden orange symbol of Venus at the top. In a matter of minutes she had used her henshin pen to open the door, gathered her money, and walked back out remembering her pen on the way out.
"Vault thirty three." Haruka walked up to the door. Near the top was the dark blue symbol of Uranus. Just like the others she used her henshin pen to unlock the door and get some money out. Then they were on their way to the next vault.
"Vault thirty four." The door had the dark aqua symbol of Neptune near the top. Everyone watched as Michiru used her henshin pen to open the door to get some of her money out.
"Vault thirty five." Hotaru stepped up to the door with the dark purple mark near the top displaying the symbol of Saturn. Unlike the others Hotaru took out her Silence Glaive. The head goblin cowered in fear when he saw it. Hotaru sliced through the middle of the door. She had seen a faint line there when she approached it. The door split in two and opened like a set of double doors. "What?" Hotaru asked when she saw the looks of fear and shock that covered the faces of her friends and family. After withdrawing some of the money the doors closed and once again looked like all of the other vault doors.
"Vault thirty six." The head goblin announced the last of the vaults requested. This one, to no one's surprise held the dark garnet mark of Pluto near the top of the door. Setsuna took out her Time Staff and put it in the large key hole shaped lock in the middle of the door. A few minutes later she emerged with the money she thought she would need and a large staff with a golden crescent moon at the top.
"I had been wondering where this got to." Setsuna said when she emerged from the vault. "Usagi-chan, your mother, Queen Serenity-sama, asked me to guard this staff for you until you were ready for it. I think that it is about time you received it." Usagi took the staff from Setsuna. It looked like a large version of her crescent moon wand, only the handle was a silvery white.
"But that's.....that's" Artemis began with his trembling with shock.
"That's the Crescent Moon Staff, one of the single most powerful items in the galaxy!" Luna finished with wide eyes.
"One of the most powerful items in the galaxy?!" Haruka repeated with wide eyes.
"Is it even more powerful that Hotaru's glaive?" Minako had always thought the Silence Glaive was the most powerful item.
"Well sort of. By itself it rivals the glaive, neither one stronger, neither one weaker, but the Crescent Moon Staff is supposed to be able to combine itself with other powerful weapons creating an unbeatable force." Luna explained as everyone, including the goblin, stared at the staff in awe.
Quartet POV
Hermione was stretched around the corner of a building nearby Gringotts Bank waiting for the group to come out. She saw them walking out and started smacking the person directly behind her, who just so happened to be Ron, to get the attention of the other three.
"What the bloody devil are you smacking me for?" Ron hissed at her.
"Look!" Hermione shot back not once taking her gaze off of the group they were watching. "They're heading into the pet shop. Let's go." Hermione took off after them grabbing a handful of material on Ron's shirt since he made the mistake of not moving after she smacked him.
"Maybe I'll finally be able to get some shopping done." Lia muttered to herself, but Harry overheard it.
"Maybe, but I doubt it's going to be easy." Harry replied as the two headed towards the pet shop too. When they walked in the group Hermione was intent on watching was over looking at the owls. Lia walked in the opposite direction hoping to avoid them and since Harry was feeling the same way he just followed Lia through the store. All around her she heard chattering coming from all sorts of cages and animals. The cats were having a discussion about how soft and beautiful their fur was. Not interested, Lia walked past them and further into the store while Harry continued to follow.
"Ick!" Lia said suddenly as she passed by several tanks of bull frogs that were discussing the bugs they had for lunch. Harry looked around to see if Lia saw something that grossed her out. Lia then continued absent-mindedly. "Bugs for lunch." Harry gave her an odd look because he had no idea where that came from. Next to the frogs there was a tank of mice, and another filled with rats. In both tanks the males only had one thing on their minds; getting the females. Lia turned away from them and headed into the back of the store. Not knowing what else to do Harry kept following.
"Oh how beautiful." Lia said as she stopped in front of a tank with a large black snake in it. His eyes were like two golden shining gems.
"Why thank you." The snake said as he rose his head up to talk to her.
"You're welcome." Lia replied as Harry's eyes widened in shock.
"You're a parcelmouth!" Lia just looked at him like he was crazy when Harry pointed at her and called her a parcelmouth.
"Parcelmouth? What's a parcelmouth?" Lia was confused. Her English lessons with Hermione didn't cover anything about a parcelmouth.
"It's a wizard word for someone who can talk to snakes. By the way, what is your name? I like to know who it is I'm speaking to." Both of them turned to the snake.
"My name is Lia and this..." Lia went to introduce Harry, but he beat her to it.
"I'm Harry." Lia looked at him in shock before he continued. "I'm a parcelmouth too. Sorry if I looked a little freaked before, but I've never met another parcelmouth, well at least not a nice one. The person who killed my parents was a parcelmouth too." Harry had told Lia about his parents getting killed when he was younger. That was part of the reason the two became fast friends. Both of them knew what it was like to not have parents.
"So now that you know our names, what is yours?" Lia turned back to the snake.
"Kamali."
"Well Kamali would you like to come with me?" Lia asked since she had no interest in taking any of the other animals.
"You want to take me with you? Most everyone else usually wants one of the other animals." Kamali was looking from Lia to Harry and over at the other cages and tanks.
"Well to be honest the other animals really don't have anything interesting to say. You're much better at conversation than they are." Lia lifted him off of the table he was on and carried him over to the counter. She recognized the woman in front of her in line. It was the girl with the computer that opened the portal to Diagon Alley. She was there buying a baby eagle owl. After Lia paid for Kamali she took him out of the tank and draped him around her neck. She then walked over to Ron and Hermione with Harry still behind her.
"Hermione can you please give it up already! All they did was buy an owl. Is that so much of a crime?" Ron was still pleading with Hermione.
"Ron if you haven't noticed what an odd group they are I mean first they opened the portal to Diagon Alley with no wands, they've got a talking cat, then the goblins at Gringotts bowed to them, and on top of that isn't it even a little strange that all of them look like they're in their twenties except for that girl with the short black hair. She looks like she can only be ten or eleven. There is definitely something weird about them and I'm going to figure it out." Hermione turned and went back to watching the group while the others sighed, the snake included.
