AN: First review! Anon, I will forever be in your debt. Also, thanks to Zenallen, for the Alert Sub. Now, the new cover art; is it delayed? Yes. For a short time? Also yet. I was a bit nervous about this chapter; so many places where I could mess up the continuity… and then it turned out to be the chapter after this that had that problem. Woe is me. That's partly why it took a while to update; also I have a successful career as a heart surgeon. Well, I do on Second Life. To Chapter 10 and beyond!

Chapter 10

Kim had decided to report to Dumbledore early; securing herself a refreshing three hours sleep. She dragged herself out of the dormitory with a low moan.

"Guys… we need to get up…" The only response was a perfectly harmonised, somewhat muffled

"Five more minutes…"

"We need to report to Dumbledore… I didn't get up at four in the morning for nothing. You guys need to get up if we're going to avoid awkward questions…"

"Stop moaning… I'm up." Rin rose, zombie-like from the third sofa from the left.

"Where's Cam?" In response, a slumped figure entered the room.

"We're reporting to Dumbledore this morning, right?"

"Yeah. Hopefully he's easier to wake up than this lot." Miku subsequently rolled off her sofa without waking up. "Rin, I'll lend you one of my uniforms."

"As long as I don't have to stay in this sailor suit." A few minutes later, Rin's reaction was quite different. "I can't wear this!"

"Too bad, it's the uniform. Miku's waiting, get on with it."

"Fine, fine." Finally, a small congregation of people with awkwardly-coloured hair were standing outside Dumbledore's office.

"Lessons start in a little while, hopefully Dumbledore will be here…" Kim nervously knocked on the door and chewed her lip for a few seconds.

"Please, come in." A kind voice escaped from behind the door, and the group entered the room. They found Dumbledore's usual collection of 'magical' stuff, which seemed to shock everyone but Kim. "Well, would I be right in guessing that the project has taken great strides since I saw you last?"

"Um – yes. This is Kaito Shion," Kim pointed to Kaito, "Miku Hatsune," Miku, "and Rin and Len Kagamine." Rin, and Len. "They were originally programmes living in my laptop, but I – uh-" Kim didn't really want to recount the tale of how she and Cam took a book from the forbidden section on her first night at Hogwarts – but he already seemed to know. 'I wonder which one of these things told him that…' Kim eyed a triangular, blue object that seemed to be wired up to the wall. 'Security cameras…?'

"I see. Very impressive. I presume you don't want your deeds to be openly announced?"

"Actually-" Kim was a little suspicious – why on earth would she want to discard the credit for an amazing feat?

"Kim, perhaps that's a good idea…" Kim turned to face Cam. She was surprised that he'd think -

"It would help us blend in more…" Miku seemed to agree. But why…?

"Dumbledore, I did this, and I would like the credit." Dumbledore seemed to be growing uneasy.

"But surely you don't want -" He appeared to be panicking. Very quietly.

"But surely I do want for people to know that I did this. Right, guys?" Kim looked around at her companions, who seemed to be staring, glassy-eyed into the distance. Kim frowned a little, and stared back at Dumbledore. She narrowed her right eye slightly, and frowned. Dumbledore sighed.

"Kim, you have accessed a magic that not many wizards know of al all. Your safety is my utmost concern, and there are many who would abuse the power, possibly through you." There was a short silence. "Also, it's pretty darn awesome that you could do that in the first place."

"Fair enough. I'd like Miku, Len, Rin and Kaito to be grafted into the school. As some form of squib education program. Uh, which one of these things hypnotised my friends?" Dumbledore pointed to a small atom-shaped toy on a shelf, which was slowly rotating. Dumbledore snapped his fingers, and it ground to a halt.

"W-wah?" Cam blinked a few times and looked around. Kaito seemed puzzled, Len and Miku seemed scared, and Rin seemed bored.

"I'm glad we came to an agreement." Dumbledore smiled, and wrote something on a scrap of paper. "I think you'd best be going to your lessons."

"Thanks." The group left. As soon as the door was closed Cam looked at Kim nervously.

"What just happened back there?"

"It was like the time I listened to 'Abandoned on a Moonlit Night' for two hours straight…"

AN: Try it. I sure did. WOO-HOO,WOO-HOO, WOO-HOO!

"You were pretty loopy for a few days…"