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The next day, most of the classes had been cancelled because of a blizzard.
V-mon had just woken up and was coming down the stairs. When he had woken up, Daisuke wasn't in bed. He was looking around to find his partner, but he wasn't anywhere. V-mon spotted Patamon, Tailmon, Takeru, and Hikari at a table playing wizard chess.
"Morning. Have you guys seen Daisuke?" V-mon asked.
"He was sitting down by the fire during the morning, doing nothing, so I told him to go and look for Jerai-san if it would make him feel better." Hikari said, as she started to come up with a new plan to even the game she was clearly losing.
V-mon looked around continued looking around, now looking for Jun, who he found reading a book.
"Hey, Jun. I need to ask you something." V-mon said.
"Let me guess. It's related to Suruberu Sarabara." Jun said, closing her book.
"Yeah. Are you and Daisuke really related to him? Do you know?"
"Honestly, V-mon, not that I know of. And I can't speak Parseltongue. Some of the people around school just think I didn't inherit it." Jun said. "How's Daisuke handling it?"
"He's really confused about all this." V-mon said. "But he's more worried about what everyone is thinking about him."
"I don't blame him. This is really strange. Since I wasn't the one who spoke to a snake in front of everyone, people aren't talking about me so much." Jun said.
"Okay. I'm gonna go look for him." V-mon said.
(Meanwhile)
Daisuke had gone to the library, believing that Jerai might have gone their first to finish some work. He found a group of Chuhorus seating together, studying. Thinking maybe Jerai might be with them, he started walking up to the group, when he heard them talking about him, and he hid behind a bookstand.
"So I told Jerai for him and Kotemon to hide inside the dormitory for a while. Wouldn't want him to run into Motomiya now, especially after Jerai told him he was a Muggle-born. Not something you'd really want to tell the Suruberu's heir." Hamiru Hotaru said, a blond boy from Chuhoru who had a Starmon for a partner, said.
"You really think it's Daisuke, don't you, Hotaru-san?" Hena asked.
"Of course it was him, Hena-chan! He's a Parseltongue. That's the sign of a Dark wizard. And all the people who were bothering Daisuke somehow."
"But Daisuke always seemed so nice, though. And he was the one who made Zoltel disappear." Hena said.
"No one knows how he survived the attack by You-Know-Who. He should've been blasted to smithereens. Only a really powerful Dark wizard could've survived that. That's probably why You-Know-Who wanted to kill him in the first place. Didn't want another Dark Lord competing with him." Hotaru said.
Daisuke finally couldn't take it anymore and let out a loud cough, before appearing from behind the bookstand. Hotaru and the others became pale.
"Good morning." Daisuke said, trying to be as polite as possible. Last thing he needed was people getting an even further bad impression of him. "I was wondering if you would know where I could find Jerai-san."
"What do you want with him?" Starmon asked.
"I want to tell him what really happened at the Dueling Club." Daisuke said.
"We were all there. We saw what happened." Hotaru said.
"Then you saw that after I spoke to it, the snake backed off." Daisuke said.
"All I saw was you speaking Parseltongue and chasing that snake at it." Hotaru said.
"I wasn't chasing the snake at him! It didn't even touch him!" Daisuke said.
"It was a near miss. And before you get any ideas, I'd like to inform you that you can trace my family back through 9 generations of warlocks and witches and you'll find my blood's as pure as anyone's…"
"I don't care what kind of blood you have!" Daisuke said. "Why would I want to attack Muggle-borns? !"
"Maybe because you're the heir of Suruberu?" Hotaru said.
"I am NOT THE HEIR OF SURUBERU! !" Daisuke said before leaving the library.
On his way back to the Goono common room, he bumped into Hengai.
"Hey, Hengai-san, what are you doing here?" Daisuke asked.
"Another rooster's been killed this term. Second one already. I think it might be foxes or something." Hengai said. "I was just getting permission form the Headmaster to apply a charm around the coop. You okay? You seem stressed."
"It's nothing." Daisuke said, before moving on.
As Daisuke was walking up with the stairs, he met up with V-mon, who had finally found his partner.
"Hey Daisuke, I was looking for you." V-mon said, having just come from the Great Hall.
"Yeah, what is it?" Daisuke asked, the exhaustion apparent in his voice.
"I just talked to Jun. She said that isn't aware of you guys being the descendants of Suruberu, but that she at least can't speak Parseltongue." V-mon said.
"Yeah, but I can. That's isn't really a good sign, V-mon." Daisuke said as they turned around the hall, and saw the last thing they needed to see.
There, lying on the floor in the middle of the hall, were Fucamitsu Jeria and Kotemon, rigid and cold, a look of shock frozen on their faces; and next to them was Nearly Headless Ogai, floating in the air, black and smoky, the same look of shock on his face.
Just then, Mojo arrived in the room, and before Daisuke and V-mon could even think about stopping, he started shouting about another attack.
"ATTACK! ATTACK! THERE'S BEEN ANOTHER ATTACK!"
"I'll kill you, Mojo." V-mon muttered under his breath.
The shouting eventually attracted the attention of Nakamura, Hotaru, White and BlackPawnChessmon, and Starmon.
"Caught in the act! I knew it was you!" Hotaru said.
"That's enough, Hamiru-san." BlackPawnChessmon said. "You too, Mojo."
"WhitePawnChessmon, BlackPawnChessmon, go back and stay with the class. Motomiya, V-mon, come with me."
Daisuke and V-mon, without questioning the their teacher, followed her through the halls until their arrived in front of a gargoyle statue.
"Lemon drop." Nakamura said simply, the gargoyle sprang to life and flew upwards, bringing with him a set of spiral staircases. "This is out of my hands, Motomiya, V-mon."
As Nakamura left, Daisuke and V-mon walked up the staircases until they found themselves in front of a door with a griffin etched on the front. Daisuke slowly opened he door, and he and V-mon found themselves in a large circular room filled with silver instruments. There were also several portraits of the previous headmasters and headmistress all over the wall; and dozens of bookstands, filled with more books than Daisuke and V-mon could count together. On top of one of the bookstands was an old and tattered hat…It was the Sorting Hat.
"Is there anything I can help you with?" The Sorting Hat asked, finally noticing the duo's presence.
"I was…just wondering whether you put me in the right house." Daisuke asked.
"I stand by what I said last year." The Sorting Hat said. "You would have done well in Suruberu."
"…You're wrong." Daisuke said.
Daisuke and V-mon turned back and then they finally noticed the golden, medium-sized dragon, just a bit smaller than Daisuke. It was golden, with some areas of its body being a combination of orange and red. And its wings, somehow, while not having feathers, resembled mostly that on a bird than a dragon.
"Daisuke-san, V-mon…" Damaro said as he and Hyokomon came in.
"Professors. We were just…observing your dragon." Daisuke said.
"I see you've met Subaru." Hyokomon said with a smile. "Subaru is a Scottish Golden Head, a rare specie, thought to have gone extinct many centuries ago. He is one of the last of his kind. Few wizards know of his existence. They're different from most dragons; they actually resemble more phoenixes, with their tears that can heal people and immense loyalty and faithfulness. Many actually believe they are somehow connected to phoenixes."
"So anyway boys, what can we help you with?" Damaro asked as Subaru went back into the special room built just for him.
Before anyone could continue, Hengai and Muchomon burst through the door.
"It wasn't Daisuke or V-mon!" Hengai said.
"We're ready to swear in front of the Ministry of Magic!" Muchomon said.
"Hengai, Muchomon…" Damaro said.
"You've got the wrong boy, or boys! I know Daisuke and V-mon, and they would never…"
"Hengai, Muchomon, we do not believe it was either Daisuke or V-mon." Damaro said.
"Of course you don't and…Oh…Right…Well then…We'll *ahem*, we'll just wait outside." Hengai said as he and Muchomon said.
"You do not believe it was us, Professor?" V-mon asked, relief passing through him.
"No. However, we must ask, V-mon, Daisuke, is there anything you wish to tell us? Anything at all?"
Daisuke and V-mon thought about when Koaku said "You'll be next, Mudbloods!". And what Takeru had said about hearing voices being a bad sign in the Wizarding World. Not to mention the Polyjuice Potion in the bathroom and Daisuke's possible connection to Suruberu Sanabara. They had to get some answers before they came to Damaro and Hyokomon for help.
"No…There isn't anything, sensei." Daisuke and V-mon said simultaneously.
"…Very well, then. Off you go." Damaro said.
And with that, Daisuke and V-mon left the room.
I hope you guys liked this chapter. I'm trying to finish it before I focus seriously on any other fic. Well, review, please.
