Culture Clash at Hogwarts
Ch. 11. The Princess' tale
The students in the Great Hall quiet down when Haruhi Fujioka entered the room wearing the cute winter clothes packed by her father. Not caring, Haruhi sat down on her usual seat at the Gryffindor table and started munching her porridge.
Surrounding her are students tried there best to avoid her. Even Harry who she developed a close friendship with tries his best to avoid her.
"Haruhi!" Tamaki exclaimed. Haruhi momentarily looked at him then continued to eat her breakfast.
"You look absolutely adorable!!" Tamaki said happily.
"Thank you senpai." Haruhi said weakly. Tamaki sat down right next to her making some female students whisper amongst each other.
While showing no interest of what the Hogwarts students are talking about, Haruhi asked weakly "Where are the others?"
"They're still sleeping; I guess the others were pretty tired for yesterday. Kyouya wants to have a meeting by the way." Tamaki said.
"Hmm? Why?" Haruhi asked in an almost uninterested tone.
"Something about the club's profits." Tamaki raised his head. "I think it bother him about our trips- whoa Haruhi! Look at the ceiling!" Tamaki exclaimed. For the first time, he finally noticed the people could see through the Great Hall's ceiling and candles float above it.
With Tamaki's innocent idiocy, Haruhi can't help but giggle. Tamaki blushed and smiled as well. 'This is nice.' Haruhi thought.
"Haruhi, you look so cut-"
"Senpai, you are wearing your pajama shorts by the way." Haruhi said quickly. Tamaki looked at his pants. He panicked and blushed in embarrassment as people in the Great Hall laugh, even Dumbledore and Haruhi laugh at him.
'Good for you, filthy half breed.' Draco thought. Tamaki ran as fast as he could as he yells "Mother! Our daughter is being mean again!!" in Japanese.
Haruhi finished the last spoonful of her porridge and merrily went toward her dorm so that she could start on her chemistry project. As she made her way toward her room, more and more people seem to avoid her. But being the girl that she is, Haruhi didn't bother they're actions.
A handsome boy from Slytherin with high cheekbones and long, slanting eyes whom Haruhi recognized as the person that insulted her several times before appeared right in front of her. In response of his presence, Haruhi moved farther away from him. But it didn't seem to work since the boy just pursues her even further.
The boy soon blocked her way with a great smile on his face. Haruhi maneuvered left but the boy continued to block her way. "Excuse me, could you please move out of the way." Haruhi said courteously.
The boy moved himself so that Haruhi would be cornered against the wall. "Why should I? I can't just leave a very pretty girl like you without even mentioning a single word." He rested the palm of his hand against the wall and used his other hand to cup Haruhi's chin. Haruhi looked away, with annoyance written all over her face.
"Humph. You never even said a word with me before so why do you start now?" Haruhi snapped.
The boy chuckled. "I would have been nice you sooner if you told me more about your background back then." The boy said seductively. He caressed her face gently.
"What is there to know? I'm just your average muggle going through life." Haruhi said simply.
The boy chuckled. "I see, you're still pretending to be Miss innocent. Look, we already know who you really are, so you could stop pretending." He continued to corner Haruhi against the wall.
"Blaise! There you are." Blaise and Haruhi turned their heads to see Draco Malfoy walk toward in a commanding way.
"I've been looking all over for you." Draco said in a very unfeeling kind of way.
'Wait, the way he talks remind me of someone.' Haruhi thought.
"You know you could just wait for me at the common room." Blaise said. Draco stood right in front of Blaise.
"That's not what I meant. We're going to be late for class." Draco said. Blaise took a sharp breathe then smirked.
'These Slytherin students remind me so much of someone.' Haruhi thought. She rested her head above her clenched fist. "Let me see… hmm…couldn't be from middle school…" she mumbled. 'I know! It's Kyouya!' she thought.
"Let's go Blaise." Malfoy ordered.
"Coming." Zabini said in a bored tone.
"And here I thought that you were turning into a blood traitor." Zabini said.
"Huh what do you mean Blaise?" Draco asked.
"When you danced with that girl I thought your betraying your family. If it wasn't for Rita's article this morning, I would still misunderstand you right now. But isn't it dangerous? Even if she's You-Know-Who's daughter, he would have no second thoughts once he found out that she's a blood traitor."
"I doubt it. Since she hangs out with Potter and that mudblood, they must have brainwashed her even before she gets to see our views. Watch, if she just hears me out, I'm sure she won't be talking to any of them anymore."
"Hmm… But aren't we being a little too close?" that wasn't a question, it's a statement.
"What are you talking about Blaise?" Instead of answering, Blaise chuckled and quickened his pace.
"Hey! I'm talking to you!" Draco exclaimed. But Blaise, with a great smirk on his face, neither stopped nor slowed down.
"Blaise! Tell me what you are talking about!" Draco practically screamed.
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Fujioka Haruhi took a beaker from the table. "Let's see, a couple of drops of these…" she mumbled. "And heat it for a few minutes..." she checked her watch.
'It's lunch time, I better go.' Wondering why the twins haven't bothered her for half a day, she removed her protective goggles, turned of the Bunsen burner and set aside some of her chemicals.
When she opened the door of her dormitory, Parvarti Patil and Lavender Brown leaned against the wall. It was obvious that they have been looking for a chance to get inside but was too afraid to do so.
Haruhi gave them both a confused look because aver since she moved to their dormitory, the two have been really friendly toward her. Haruhi became more confused when she walked down the Great Hall. She knew that she asked for some privacy but people avoiding her wherever she goes is ridiculous!
So many questions popped on her head that was only answered once she entered the Great Hall.
"Haruhi! Have you seen this paper?" Hikaru greeted her angrily when she seated
"No, why?" Haruhi asked innocently.
"Well you better start reading the newspaper!" He angrily gave the Daily Prophet to Haruhi. After reading the article for a few minutes, Haruhi laughed softly making people look at her in confusion. "So this is why people are avoiding me the whole day." She removed a tear from her eye.
"Haruhi." If she didn't saw Tamaki's mouth move, she wouldn't believe that Tamaki is capable to say her name in such a serious tone.
"This matter is nothing to be laugh about. Apparently this 'Dark Lord' caused a lot of terror back then that Fleur asked me to stay away from you."
"Fleur? Oh you mean your cousin. You should know better than believe that article. I just wonder where the reporter got the idea from." Haruhi chuckled.
"But aren't you afraid that the whole wizard world would probably hate you Haru-chan?" asked Hunny who is sadly looking at the humongous pumpkin pasties in front of him.
"Hmm? What others think is only irrelevant right?" said Haruhi with a genuine smile on her face. Without warning, the host club minus Kyouya created a group hug and kept calling her a brave girl.
"Huh?" Hikaru turned his head and found Luna Lovegood joined the group hug. As creep out Hikaru is, he chose not to question her actions ever since they arrived the day previously.
"I can't breathe!!!" Haruhi yelled. The group hug immediately broke as Haruhi take deep breathes.
"By the way, who's the dark lord in the first place?" Haruhi asked curiously.
"I have no idea." Hikaru said casually. 'Then why are you so afraid if you don't know him in the first place?' Haruhi thought.
"Voldemort." Harry said from a few feet away. A lot of wizards winced.
"You mean the guy who killed your parents?" Haruhi asked casually. Harry nodded.
Knowing how hard it must be for Harry to talk, Haruhi sat right next him. "I'm sorry, Haruhi. I shouldn't have doubted you even for a second." Harry apologized.
"So you really aren't you-know-who's daughter?" Ron asked.
"Of course not." Ron and Harry sighed in relief.
"See. I told you there's nothing to worry about." Said Hermione. "Honestly, could you even imagine Voldemort caring for somebody to begin with?" Harry and Ron laughed.
"Voldemort? Having children? Your right that does sound preposterous." Said Harry.
"Voldemort getting children is the same as Crumple-Horned Snorkacks showing themselves willingly." Luna said. The fact that Luna, a Ravenclaw, sitting on a Gryffindor table raised some questions for people within the Great Hall.
"Crumble what?" The host club echoed.
Not knowing who exactly Voldemort is the host club members just watch.
"Hmm? This is an interesting article." Kyouya said as he took a sip of his midday coffee.
"What do you mean senpai?" Kaoru asked.
"Miss Rita Skeeter's accusation lack evidence, yet many believe this article." He took another sip of his coffee. "Although, the accusation isn't completely impossible." He added with a smirk on his face.
The last statement created confusion within the friendly group. "What do you mean? That Haruhi really is You-Know-Who's daughter?" Ron asked.
"Possibly, only that, some of their qualities is similar." Kyouya took out his black notebook and fear spread across people's faces.
"For starters, while Tom Riddle formed a group while he's at Hogwarts, the similar concept applied to Haruhi while she's in middle school." Ron and Harry hanged their mouths slightly open.
"How does even know You-Know-Who's real name?" Hermione exclaimed.
"He has his sources." The host club replied in unison. Haruhi on the other hand, took a big bite of her fish. 'Needs hot sauce.' She thought.
"And not only that, look at the members of the group she created." Kyouya took out profiles of various people from his notebook. Hikaru and Kaoru quickly snatched the profiles away from Kyouya's hand.
Hikaru quickly scanned the paper. "Haruhi! You never told me that Akito is a singer and lead guitarist of an uprising band!" Hikaru exclaimed.
Haruhi swallowed her lunch. "He is? I guess he managed to recruit the band member that he wanted in his new school." Haruhi said in a slightly interested tone. "Kaoru, can I have some Tabasco that you brought?" Kaoru absentmindedly gave her a bottle of Tabasco then she start to sprinkle it on top of her fish and chips.
"And the girl with the sprained ankle is actually the leader of a famous dance group!" Hikaru exclaimed.
"You mean Kazumi? Yeah… they formed the dance group while we're at middle school. But the group separated after graduation." She took a bite of her fish then added more hot sauce on her already fully covered plate.
"Wait, I remember her." Said Luna, on her hand is a profile with a picture of a girl wearing a martial arts uniform and medals piling on top of each other around her neck. Haruhi glanced at the picture.
"Oh, you mean Asia?" Haruhi asked. "We call her 'deadly beauty' by the way."
"Yes, she thought me how to do this." Luna grabbed Hikaru's shoulder and he faint immediately. Kaoru dropped down to the ground and screamed his brother's name while the others stepped away.
"What did you do to him?" he pleaded to Luna.
"Luna what in bloody hell did you do to him?" Ron exclaimed.
"You guys better calm down before you cause a riot!" Haruhi said loud enough for the worried bystanders to calm down. Now standing, she pointed at Kaoru, "Look, nothing happened to Hikaru, he just fainted, that's all. He'll be awake in a few minutes. I should know, Asia did that to me several times before." A lot of people calmed down a bit.
"As for you senpai, what's the point on showing profiles of my middle school friends?" asked Haruhi.
"The point is, with this kind of friends, your group almost has the same amount of influence to the public as the Hatachiin family." Kyouya said calmly.
"Are you serious?" Kaoru exclaimed, momentarily leaving his brother on the ground.
"Yes, I'm dead serious. Since uprising musicians and athletes include the group, very soon the group would become very influential throughout Japan." He said with a serious face. For what seemed like minutes, which in fact are only mere seconds, the group was silent while Haruhi just looked at Kyouya quizzically.
"So? Is there something wrong with having friends who just happened to be influential?"
"As far as I'm concerned, there's nothing wrong with that matter. But if you apply Ms. Skeeter's theory, it's questionable that your friendship is for a noble reason." Haruhi frowned.
"Are you implying that I'm after influence when pursuing my friends?"
"Huh? What's happening?" Hikaru said weakly. Kaoru help his brother stand up and assist him a few feet away from Haruhi and Kyouya.
"Hey, what's happening here?" Ron asked.
"Don't ask, just stay away." Mori said. Slightly baffled after hearing Mori talk for the first time since Christmas, the golden trio hesitantly moved away.
"…And are you well aware that your friend who thought the move Ms. Lovegood used on Hikaru knows a move that could paralyze or worse, kill her enemy." Kyouya said.
"Yes, I am well aware of that move." Haruhi said bluntly.
"But with friends with practically has a lot of connections, it's easy to assume that your intentions on creating the group isn't noble at all." Haruhi walk toward him and gave him a hard slap on the face, enough for the Great Hall to stop what they're doing.
"Excuse me, what is going on here?" Professor McGonagall said as she walk toward them but a serious faced Tamaki block her way.
"You have no right whatsoever to even get a background check on me and my friends! And how dare you say my intentions are not pure." She exclaimed. Kyouya fix his glasses.
"Au contraire ever since Ranka signed that contract I have the right to know everything to know about you."
"So this is how the shadow king gets to know somebody."
"'Shadow King'? I see that you already develop a pet name for me. Should I call you 'Haru-chan', 'Ms. Most likely to rule the world', 'Dark princess' or 'Princess of Death Eaters'?" He said with an etching smirk on his face. Haruhi silently thought how he found out she was given the 'Most likely to rule the world' silly award while in middle school. (1)
Haruhi's blood boil and a great urge to slap his face again fill her body. 'What the heck, I'll just do it.' Haruhi slap his face again, only softer than the last time.
"Maybe having a murderous father won't be that bad if I have to marry somebody with great evil lurking within like you!" She exclaimed. Haruhi looked away and angrily marched toward her dormitory. She spent the rest of the day angrily thinking of what happened. She only left the room during dinner time.
As she passed Hogwarts' corridors, A few girls practically ran pass her whispering something about muggles playing a game on the grounds.
Upon entering the Great Hall, she sat down at the edge of Gryffindor table. Slightly hungry, she ate every exotic food within her reach, surprising many of those who are already trying to avoid her.
"Haru-chan!" Hikaru said excitedly! On his hand is a basketball and he is wearing basketball jersey with matching shorts. He's covered with so much sweat that Haruhi is forced to cover her nose when he and his brother sat right next to her.
"I've been meaning to talk to you! I tried to go to your dormitory but the stairs turned into a slide when I entered it." Kaoru explained.
While still covering her nose using her t-shirt, she asked. "How come?"
"We asked Hermione, and she said that it's because the founders of the school thought that boys are more trustless than girls. That's why girls can enter the boy's dormitory." Explained Hikaru.
"Anyway, we were wondering." Said Kaoru seriously. "What exactly happened earlier between you and Kyouya-senpai?"
"Nothing."
"What nothing? It has to be something! Especially your last statement, 'I would rather have a murderous father than marry someone like you.'"
"Hmm that? Oh yeah… I forgot to tell you guys…" she said while biting her spoon. She whispered her situation between the two.
"WHAT! YOU'RE MARRIED!!" The twins exclaimed loud enough for the Great Hall to hear.
"I'm not married you boneheads!! I'm just engaged." Haruhi said in Japanese.
"But that's practically the same thing!" Kaoru said in Japanese.
"And how could you get engaged to someone." Hikaru started. He reached his hand within the gathering crowd around them and pulled out Kyouya. "Like him? You do know he's the greatest evil the world has ever known right?"
"Yes I know that. Why do you think I hate him so much?" Haruhi said in English this time.
Kyouya removed Hikaru's hand from his shirt then straightened it.
"Although I am flattered to be called the most horrible person that ever lived by no other than the Dark Princess herself, I must say I really hate you too." He said with a smirk.
"Then if you hate me so much then why didn't you try to get the engagement canceled? You know that you won't benefit anything when marrying me." Haruhi retorted.
"But my father thinks that I would benefit greatly upon doing so and trying to cancel it would cost me dearly. Besides, if you opposed it so much then why didn't you just tell 'your father' to begin with?" Haruhi slowly removed the fork on her mouth and angrily excused herself. Kyouya knew very well why she can't oppose the arrangement. Is he purposely trying to insult her? Because if he is, he's succeeding and she just made her want to be Voldemort's daughter even more just so that her first request is to have him mauled and tortured by his minions.
After the twins informed the rest about the situation, nobody spoke of the matter for days. It was obvious for the host club that Haruhi and Kyouya didn't chose to be in the predicament and that they can't get out of it. So instead being angry toward them, they feel pity, especially for Tamaki.
"Hey where's Nymph-chan?" Hunny asked one day before the twins, Tamaki, Hunny and Mori was about to leave the club leaving behind Haruhi and Kyouya together.
"I think she's at the Dark Magic Club." Kaoru replied.
"Haruhi! You better go and fetch her!" Hikaru said. Silently Haruhi wonder why ever since they arrived earlier that week, all chores were placed on her. A good reason might be because the host club is trying as much as they can to keep the two of them separated. And she really appreciates their efforts, especially the twins. Lately, they have been trying their best to keep her smiling and distracted from all the problems the wizard world and Kyouya have brought her.
When she slightly opened the door of the Black Magic Club, she heard two familiar voices talking inside in English.
"Thanks for your assistance this afternoon." Nekozawa said. She heard a sigh.
"What's wrong?"
"It's just that, I really like this guy but there is an age gap." Tonks replied.
"Well, love is blind. If you really like this guy, then this age gap shouldn't really stop you."
"But there's more. He's unnatural you might say."
"Well…I'm unnatural but that didn't stop you from being friends with me." Tonks chuckled.
"May I ask who this guy that you like is?" Nekozawa said courteously.
"You don't know him, but his name is Remus Lupin." Although Haruhi can't see it, she's sure that Tonks is smiling right then. Softly, she knocked the door.
"Excuse me, is Tonks here?" Tonks sighed in relief.
"Phew. I thought that you're going to call me Nymphadora. So let's go home." Tonks said happily. On the way home, a very uncomfortable silence was placed between them. The silence was also present between her and almost everybody else at Hogwarts. And even people outside Hogwarts made sure that she's not welcome by giving her wonderful letters and Howlers.
How dare you even make yourself known! How can you live with yourself knowing that your father killed so many people? You should be ashamed! You don't deserve to live while so many others have died by your father's hand!
The fist howler was a surprise for Haruhi. Papers that can talk? But the contents didn't surprise her at all. The only ones she felt comfortable with are Harry, Hermione, Luna, Ginny, Ron, sometimes Draco and the host club (minus Kyouya). Especially the twins.
"What! What do you mean we can't go to Hogsmeade?" The twins asked Professor McGonagall in unison on January 14, 2005
"I'm sorry but Hogsmeade was founded as a refugee from muggles. And if you and your friends joint the others then the very purpose of creating Hogsmeade would be wasted."
"But…" The two dropped their heads.
"Sorry Haruhi. We weren't able to convince her." Hikaru apologized. Silently, she thought of how relieved she is.
"I know how we can give back to you! How about exploring the castle?" Hikaru suggested. Haruhi rolled her eyes. The twins assisted her to various places they explored during their free time at Hogwarts. It amazed even Haruhi that there were so much secret passages at Hogwarts.
"I know! We could explore the castle further if we split up!" Kaoru suggested. Haruhi mentally thanked Kaoru.
"You're right! Quick! Kaoru, look at the towers, I'll go underground while Haruhi go to the grounds." Hikaru said almost excitedly. "And try not to bump into Charity Burbage!" he added talking about the Muggle studies teacher who always try to convince them to have an appearance on one of her classes. Haruhi quickly sprint toward the grounds. Finding out about secret passages at Hogwarts excite the twins so much that Haruhi guessed the two were only rubbing off on her since they spend so much time together.
At the grounds was a portable basketball hoop that Haruhi suspected the twins set up to play basketball a few days ago. Haruhi saw a few first years and second years that weren't old enough to go to Hogsmeade play with the orange basketball. Right at the edge of the Forbidden Forest that she heard so much about from Ron is a small hut that she never noticed before.
She knocked on the wooden doors and a tearful Hagrid opened the door. Having never met each other before, they look at each other for a moment. "May I help you?" he asked.
"Nothing, it's just that I never saw this hut before." Haruhi said bluntly.
"Well, would you like to come in?" Haruhi nodded and Hagrid, still crying, prepared tea for Haruhi. "I'm sorry that it's very crummy in here."
"No, I think it's homey." Hagrid place a bucket sized cup in front of her. "If you don't mind me asking, why were you crying?" Doubtfully, Hagrid told her about how Rita Skeeter's article made her depressed so much that he can't teach Care for Magical Creatures anymore.
"That's a pretty pathetic thing to be upset about." Haruhi said bluntly. Hagrid nearly spilled his cup.
"Halfblood, pureblood, mudblood it's all irrelevant isn't it? All that matters is that you all belong to the same wizard world." Hagrid was silent for a moment.
Then loud banging noises were heard outside and Haruhi knew it must be the golden trio. When Hagrid opened the door, the three of them were surprised to find Haruhi inside.
"Hagrid! You have to go back teaching! You shouldn't care that a lot of parents were planning to pull their students out of Hogwarts!" Ron exclaimed.
"Ron! Its okay, I'm going back." Huge smiles form on their faces.
"But how?" Hermione asked.
"Well… its thanks to your friend over here." Hagrid said pointing at Haruhi. By the door came Dumbledore.
"Good afternoon Professor Dumbledore. Would you like to come in?" Dumbledore entered the hut followed by the golden trio. Hagrid served the four of them with bucket sized cups of tea.
"Professor, I'm going back teaching as soon as possible." Hagrid announced.
"I appreciate that you're going back already, but what caused you to go back so suddenly?" Dumbledore asked.
"Well, it's thanks to this young lady over here."
"I see… Well we have Ms. Fujioka to thank then." Hagrid nearly choke on his tea.
"Fujioka? Haruhi Fujioka? The girl Rita accused as You-Know-Who's daughter?" he asked with a surprised look on his face. The four teenagers in the room laugh.
"No, we already comprehend that it's one of Rita Skeeter's ridiculous stories." Ron said. Dumbledore shifted on his sit.
"Professor, is there something the matter?" Hermione asked.
"It seems that I have to tell you the story a little bit early then." Dumbledore said to Haruhi.
"What story?"
"You see…I regretfully inform you that you are Voldemort's daughter." Dumbledore said. His blue eyes pierced through Haruhi.
"No! That's impossible!" Harry exclaimed.
"I'm afraid it is so. You see, there was a time when Tom Riddle asked me to be a Defense of the Dark arts teacher. During his visit, he met a younger pureblood girl from Hufflepuff. It's is my belief that Riddle have a sense of duty to continue the family line so he approached the girl.
"The two had a brief affair and years later the girl became pregnant. But unfortunately, the girl never heard of her husband's wrong doings before and once she heard about it…"
"She ran away." Haruhi finished.
"Yes, so far away, my guess is that she took on another appearance and married a muggle in Japan. And you know the rest." The hut was silent for a moment.
"I would originally ask you to keep it secret but since Rita Skeeter already published and article about it, I guess we don't have to worry about it. But I would ask you to keep your information about Tom Riddle a secret." Everybody else in the room nodded.
A.N. lol. Sorry if I didn't update for a while. But along the way I lost inspiration. The title for this chapter is Princess' tale, since I fell in love with Snape (in a non romantic way) on chapter 33. What a tragic hero…I feel so sad for him. R.I.P…
(1) In my old school, there's a tradition to give silly awards on the Magnet banquet. I have a friend who is surprisingly like Kyouya (Seriously) who got 'Most likely to rule the world'. True story.
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