Disclaimer: I love PoT and Harry Potter, but I do not have rights to claim that they're mine. I'm not even related to their owners. But I am truly the one who typed these words.
A million times sorry for the very very very very very delayed upload of a new chapter for my fic. Gomen nasai! Gomen nasai! I've been experiencing lots of ups and downs since I last posted a chapter here. Yeah, my schedule at work is much better now than before, but some other things came up. Oh well…can you guys forgive me? Onegai? Do I still have readers? I do hope so! Hope you are all still hangin' in there!
Here's a new chapter and I truly admit I made some mistakes for the past chapters. The characters became OOC at some point and I don't mean to make it like that. I'm really sorry. Please forgive me. I'm still a newbie with this. But with all your help I'll be able to improve on this. Arigatou gozaimasu!
CHAPTER 10: THE END AND THE BEGINNING
The corridors in Hogwarts were already very quiet after the Seigaku students were dismissed by Professor Dumbledore. All of them tried to locate their house common room amidst the silence of the night.
"Echizen, what was stated again about our common room location?"
"It is located behind a portrait of a Fat Lady."
"Sou ka. But I don't see a portrait of a Fat Lady anywhere! We've been walking for ages already! We're following the right directions, ne?"
Ryoma suddenly stopped walking and said, "Momo-senpai, I think we arrived already at our common room."
Indeed they saw the portrait of the Fat Lady ahead of them but they saw two strangers arguing with the Fat Lady.
"But it's already late! Nobody would be able to advice us about the new password! Won't you let us in just this once without the password? You know very well that Harry and I are Gryffindor students!" the red-haired boy said.
"I am so sorry, but I am just following the rules of this school. No password, no entry." The Fat Lady said.
"It is all Snape's fault! He didn't have to lecture us again regarding the incident after Professor McGonagall and Professor Dumbledore waived our expulsion." the red-haired boy said angrily.
"So the only chance we have is to sleep outside and wait for the morning to know the password from our housemates?" the other boy with glasses asked.
The Fat Lady was about to reply but suddenly a girl's voice from the corridor hindered her to do so.
"It's snafflejack. So you don't need to wait for the morning to know the password. By the way, what have you been doing the whole day?"
It was Hermione, who seemed to be irritated by the two boys in front of the Fat Lady, She glared at them and said," You guys made us worried sick! What really happened? Are the rumors true regarding the flying car?"
"Would you please let us explain first?" said the red-haired boy.
"Oh, so it's true then! Didn't you think about the consequences on operating a flying car in the Muggle world? You could have…"
"Stop lecturing us Hermione! We've had enough with Snape! You don't know what really happened!"
"But still, whatever may have happened, you should have thought first about the consequences!"
"Oh come on, there was no time!"
Then the boy with glasses came between the two to stop their argument. "Won't you two stop it already? It's already late at night!"
While the argument was on-going, Ryoma realized something. He thought the boy with glasses was familiar to him. "Momo-senpai, isn't that the boy Kikumaru-senpai is very eager to meet?"
"Hontou ni? So it is! It's Harry Potter!" Momo's loud mouth interrupted the argument. They were surprised that Ryoma and Momo were there.
"Momo! Ryoma! I didn't notice you guys were there! What are you doing here?" Hermione asked.
"Well, we came from Professor Dumbledore's office, and he gave us directions to the Gryffindor common room. Are we correct to assume that we are at the right location?" Momo said.
Before Hermione could answer, the red-haired boy suddenly interrupted and said, "Who are they Hermione?"
"They are exchange students from Japan who have been sorted to Gryffindor. Takeshi Momoshiro, Ryoma Echizen, meet Harry Potter and Ron Weasley. These are my troublesome friends."
"Nice introduction Hermione." Ron said sarcastically.
The boys then shook hands with each other. The trio already forgot about the argument since Ryoma and Momo entered the scene.
"Harry Potter, we saw your collectible card picture, the one from a box of chocolate frog. We ate some at the train a while ago. It seemed you are very popular." Momo said.
"A collectible card from a box of chocolate frog?" Harry looked puzzled after hearing this.
"Oh Harry, your popularity is still heating up! Now you're included in the wizard card collection! Wicked! I still haven't got one! I'll search for it for sure. Do you have an extra one, huh Momo?"
"Well, I don't have one. Let me check out with my seniors. They were sorted to other houses. I just have to warn Harry in advance. One of my seniors who came with us here seems to idolize him. He's not your ordinary fanboy, he's very…uh…cheerful…uh…energetic…uh…can't find the right word to describe him! You'll know once you meet him." The others just laughed along with him.
After a while, all of them felt sleepy and decided to enter the common room. Hermione parted from the boys, while Ron and Harry helped Momo and Ryoma to locate their room.
Everything was settled already. Everybody went to sleep; even the other regulars have already fixed their things in their respective dormitories. A new morning full of magic and adventure is waiting for them.
7 am. Lots of students prodded their way to the Great Hall for their breakfast. Their schedules will also be distributed after a while. This was the first day for a new term at Hogwarts. This was also the first day for the regulars to be considered as Hogwarts students. They are Seigaku students no more.
The Great Hall was filled with noise. Everybody was chatting about last night's incident. Some sneered at Harry and Ron when they entered the hall, especially the Slytherins. But others cheered them for being able to do such a thing. The boys enjoyed the praises, but Hermione reminded them that it was not a thing to be happy about. Ron answered back by saying, "At least we got something positive from this."
As for our Japanese exchange students, they huddled in one corner to catch up with each other.
"Mataku, it took us a while before we were able to locate the Hufflepuff common room! I can't remember the time we were able to sleep." Kawamura said.
"Nya, that's not all! We even had a hard time finding this Great Hall again! It was the moving staircases' fault! Taka-san and I ended up in various places. If I'm not mistaken, I think we already reached every corner of this castle! Waaaahhhhh!" Kikumaru shared.
"Well thanks to Inui, we were able to find our common room within minutes. As usual, Inui's notes weren't for nothing. I think he already made a map of the whole castle, ne Inui?" Oishi said.
Inui just smirked at Oishi's remark. Of course, he was very flattered deep inside. Suddenly Kikumaru jumped at him and tried to convince him to give him a copy of his notes.
"Yada. We're not in the same house. I won't share this with you. You have to drink my newly formulated juice called Inui's Magical Juice firstbefore you can get a copy of my notes."
The others were horrified with the mention of another juice by Inui, but Fuji said "Hmmm…that sounds good to me. "
"Inui's Magical Juice? Even if it sounds good, I will never drink anything you make! You are selfish! So selfish! Inui no baka!"
"Kikumaru-senpai, you guys are not alone! Echizen and I experienced the same thing! But you now what? We met somebody…owwwwwwww!"
Momo was about to mention Harry Potter to Kikumaru when Ryoma stomped at his feet. He then whispered to his senpai that they should not mention anything yet about Harry Potter to Kikumaru since he may cause mayhem in the Great Hall when he learns about this.
"Huh, Momo? Who did you meet? Did you already meet Harry Potter? Did you? Did you?" Kikumaru felt really ecstatic.
"Uh, no senpai…actually it was just some of our housemates who also came back late to our common room. If not for them, we won't be able to know if we came at the right place." Kikumaru then frowned after hearing this.
Then breakfast suddenly appeared on each house table that prompted everybody to go to their respective table.
Everyone ate to their hearts content. Every type of bread was present at the table like croissant, French bread, muffin, wheat bread, bagel etc! The aroma of bread filled the air. All types of spreads were also there like cream cheese, peanut butter, jam, butter etc! To add to the excitement for breakfast, there were also loads of eggs, bacons, sausages and porridge!
Halfway through breakfast, flapping sounds were heard overhead.
"Waaaahhhh Taka-san! It's the attack of owls! What have we done to deserve this?" Kikumaru shouted.
Kawamura wanted to hide somewhere but he had no time to do this. The owls abruptly swooshed inches above their heads to drop packages to students. Suddenly a heavy package was dropped on Kawamura's head accidentally. This made him dizzy for a few minutes. A fellow Hufflepuff student kept asking for forgiveness to Kawamura since it was her owl's fault to drop it on his head.
"Ahhh...so the owls are used as messengers here in the wizarding world. It seems that the people here don't rely completely on magic alone." Fuji said to Kaidoh over at the Slytherin table.
"But it looks burdensome to me."
"Really? Hmmm…it seems you care about those owls, ne Kaidoh?"
"Fsssssssshhhhhhhhhuuu."
Fuji just smiled at his reply. He then overheard the conversation between Malfoy and the other Slytherin students.
"Look over there, Weasley's got a Howler! It's about time he shrinks in fear for their stupid antic last night. Hahaha!"
A loud voice was soon heard all over the Great Hall. It was from a red envelope over at the Gryffindor. It was a very loud voice message from Ron's mom, giving him a sermon regarding the Ford Anglia incident last night. The sound shook everything in the hall. All the students were unable to continue their meal since the table was shaking because of the sound. It was the worst for the Gryffindor students since they were the ones nearest to the Howler. Ryoma covered his ears while he rested his head on the table. On the other hand Momo still tried to continue eating even if it made him choke for a while because of the sound's strong vibration.
Tezuka seemed interested at the Howler and said "Maybe I should get one of those, it would be handy during our practice sessions." Inui agreed, but Oishi tried to convince Tezuka that his presence is enough and that such a Howler won't be necessary.
At last, the Howler already ended its business and it burned itself to ashes. Breakfast was almost done and chatting was resumed between the students. Some laughed at Ron, and some felt pity. It proved that getting such was not a pleasant experience. Harry looked at Ron with sympathy, while Hermione just gave him an I-told-you-so look.
The heads of houses then entered the hall to distribute the course schedules to the students. Upon receiving their schedule, the exchange students gathered up again in one corner and compared their schedule with each other. Each exchange student will have two subjects and a compulsory Muggle Studies schedule.
"Hmmm…I think I'm gonna love this subject" was Inui's remark regarding his course schedule. Kikumaru suddenly snatched it from him to see what subjects he got.
"Nya! You got Herbology and Potions! I heard that Professor Snape of Potions is the scariest one at this school! Nyiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! Looking at him for a while gives me the creeps!" But Inui did not seem to mind at all. He grinned while his mind flew and thought about the interesting potions that he'll be able to create during that class.
"Whew! Thank goodness I did not end up with that subject! But Ochibi and I have the same subjects! Transfiguration and Defense Against the Dark Arts! But too bad were not in the same level. Sigh. Sorry Ochibi, it seems we'll never be together in a class."
"I never expected that thing to happen anyway." replied Ryoma.
Momo, on the other hand felt really irritated with his subjects. "Why the hell do I have to take up Divination and Care of Magical Creatures? Where's the action in these subjects? Kusooooooo!"
"But you're not alone Momo. You and Kaidoh have the same set of subjects. It's a good thing Gryffindor and Slytherin have the same schedule in these subjects." Fuji said while looking at Kaidoh's schedule.
This made Momo and Kaidoh glare at each other.
"I'm gonna be in the worst subjects and be classmates with the worst Mamushi in school?! How bad can this still get?" cried Momo.
"The feeling is mutual, Momoshiro! Fssssssssshhhhhhhhhuuu!" said Kaidoh.
They were about to start another fight, but their seniors tried to pull them away from each other.
"How about you Fuji, what are your subjects?" inquired Oishi.
"We'll be classmates in Charms. I also have Potions along with Tezuka and Inui. It's a good thing I have the same schedule with the Ravenclaws. What's your other subject Oishi?"
"Well I also have Care of Magical Creatures. It seems I'll be alone in that subject. But I don't really think it would be bad. I do hope the creatures are as friendly as our pets though."
"I don't have a same subject with my doubles partner!" whined Kikumaru.
"Yeah too bad Eiji, but at least you're with Tezuka in Defense Against the Dark Arts."
"Wakatteru, demo…I'm alone in Transfiguration too!"
"Well, you're friendly anyway. You'll get along with the others soon." was what Oishi said in a "Seigaku's mother-hen" fashion.
"I'm happy I'm with Inui in Herbology, but I'm also alone in History of Magic!" cried Kawamura.
Oishi then just tried to comfort the crying Hufflepuffs.
"Don't forget, we still have Muggle Studies in our schedule. All of you are partners with your housemate, except me who was left alone for the last schedule. "Inui seemed to want some sympathy, but the others thought he did not need one anyway.
Here's a summary of their schedules:
Ryoma Echizen (2nd Year – Gryffindor)
Transfiguration (1400H-1500H, MWF)
Defense Against the Dark Arts (1600H-1700H, MWF)
Muggle Studies (1330H-1500H, TTh)
Kaoru Kaidoh (3rd Year – Slytherin)
Divination (0800H-0930H, TTh)
Muggle Studies (1100H-1230H, TTh)
Care of Magical Creatures (1500H-1630H, TTh)
Takeshi Momoshiro (3rd Year – Gryffindor)
Divination (0800H-0930H, TTh)
Muggle Studies (1330H-1500H, TTh)
Care of Magical Creatures (1500H-1630H, TTh)
Syusuke Fuji (4th Year – Slytherin)
Charms (0900H-1000H, MWF)
Potions (1100H-1200H, MWF)
Muggle Studies (1100H-1230, TTh)
Sadaharu Inui (4th Year – Ravenclaw)
Potions (1100H-1200H, MWF)
Herbology (1100H-1230H, TTh)
Muggle Studies (1500H-1630H, TTh)
Takashi Kawamura (4th Year – Hufflepuff)
History of Magic (1600H-1700H, MWF)
Muggle Studies (0800H-0930H, TTh)
Herbology (1100H-1230H, TTh)
Eiji Kikumaru (4th Year – Hufflepuff)
Defense Against the Dark Arts (1000H-1100H, MWF)
Transfiguration (1300H-1400H, MWF)
Muggle Studies (0800H – 0930H, TTh)
Syuichiroh Oishi (4th Year – Ravenclaw)
Charms (0900H-1000H, MWF)
Muggle Studies (0930H-1100H, TTh)
Care of Magical Creatures (1330H-1500H, TTh)
Kunimitsu Tezuka (4th Year – Ravenclaw)
Defense Against the Dark Arts (1000H-1100H, MWF)
Potions (1100H-1200H, MWF)
Muggle Studies (0930H-1100H, TTh)
"Sugoi Momo! You and Kaidoh have the best schedule among us! To think you only need to attend classes every Tuesday and Thursday! I envy both of you!" commented Oishi.
"You also have to see Ochibi-chan's schedule Oishi! He only has afternoon classes! He doesn't need to wake up early everyday! How nice!" said Kikumaru.
The three kouhais just smiled at their remarks. Getting the best schedule indeed was a big advantage because they will be able to maximize their free time to do things they would love to do. Their senpais still found a reason to rejoice anyway because it was as if they had loads of break time with their schedule.
But the cheerful atmosphere was shattered by Tezuka's announcement.
"Let me remind you that even if we are not in Seigaku, we still need to continue practicing tennis. So starting next week, we will resume our morning exercises and skills training in the afternoon. We'll have morning exercises at 6 before breakfast and afternoon practices at 5:30 before dinner. Inui will also be formulating new individual exercises for you to implement during your spare time."
It seemed that his members forgot that they were not invited there just to enjoy the magical world for their faces showed signs of disappointment.
"Don't give me those glum faces. They may have given us magical wands, but we are still Seigaku Tennis Club members. So daily training for tennis is still a must. You'll also have to remember to use the extra time given to us to do more research regarding our subjects. We also have a duty to assist the Muggle Studies professor. Be thankful we were given this opportunity. So let us use all our time here wisely. Do you all understand this?"
The members straightened up their faces and said "Hai!" in unison.
Breakfast was already over and everyone parted ways to their respective dormitories to prepare their things for the upcoming classes.
NEXT CHAPTER:
"Good day! This is Tezuka Kunimitsu, captain of the Seigaku Tennis Club and I'm here to announce to you all that classes will officially begin in the next chapter. I do hope my members won't cause any trouble. If they do so, I'll make them run 100 laps around Hogwarts. Now, go on and push those buttons and read Chapter 11: A Wizarding Experience or I'll make you run 100 laps around Hogwarts as well."
"Don't let your guard down."
Whew! Finally I finished Chapter 10! Let me apologize again for this delay. I did not mean to make you all wait. I do hope my old readers are still there and I would also be happy if there are new readers. Thanks again for all your reviews! I'm keeping them all in mind.
As for the subjects, whatdya all think? I do hope you understand we can't let the regulars get into all the subjects. It would be hard for them, ne? I'll try my best to make all the classes interesting.
I'm also happy that I was already able to watch the PoT live action movie! I can also imagine them as the ones acting in my story. Yihii! Yey also for our local channel, they brought PoT back! :)
Arigatou also for blood red tensai for pointing out my mistake regarding Tezuka-buchou's favorite line. He said it's "Never let your guard down" although most sites I've seen is "Don't let your guard down" so I chose the latter.
Ja!