I really apologize for being slow on updating but I have so much to do! I have to finish the preparations for Chinese New Year and the school's Valentine Prom and the school's funding activities and on top of that I have at least 2 tests everyday so it really is hard. I could hardly find time to write! Enjoy…
FLASH: TO THE PRESENT
FLASH: TO THE PAST
Chapter 11
The Beginning of Magix
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"Thank you stop by again sometime!"
"All right, thanks for the weapons!" An eleven year old Ten-Ten rushed out of the weapons store, upon her face was bright smile, on her right hand was a bag full of brand new weapons she just bought. Her left hand touched her heart, it felt light… like something magical was going to happen but she didn't know what will happen. It was annoying, knowing that something will happen but you don't know what will happen, expecting the unexpected; it really doesn't make any sense.
The young female did not realize that half the people were staring to her direction, staring also at the being behind her. An owl brown as a tree's bark, with a pure white envelope in its claws
A letter that will change a life.
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Ten-Ten was sitting on a bench, instead of a bag of brand new weapons which now was placed beside her on the bench; a medium-sized dumpling was there being eaten by Ten-Ten herself. "Yup, I love this food" She smiled as she took another bite and munched it. The brown owl swooped down and dropped the letter. "Huh?" The girl looked up, just in time to see a small owl-like figure flying away. "A letter? For… To Mrs. Ten-Ten of Konohagakure… Fire Country… third row bench to north… What the?" Ten-Ten looked around, realizing that indeed she was sitting on the third bench from a row of benches to north. Okay, she has a freaking stalker… and the writing's aren't even in Japanese! How in the world she managed to read that letter?!
Opening the letter, the girl did not realize another thing; once she opened that letter, means she has opened another path, another door, on her road of life. And this, will change everything.
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Oh god…
Oh god…
You have got to be kidding
This has to be a prank
She looked around the letter. No sign of mischievousness, the owl was enough proof, along with the other letters.
No longer having the strength, she gave in to her emotions.
The basket she was holding fell, flowers spilling out of it, the wind blew through the door of the flower shop, caressing her blond hair.
Then a scream was heard.
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It can't be…
It can't be…
IT CAN'T BE!
THERE HAS TO BE SOME MISTAKE!
Tears trailed down her face, her legs grew tired of running. She sat down on the ground and cried. Her head was on her knees and she hugged her legs. She wept on.
"Hinata right?"
She looked up. Pearls clashed with Chocolate. White with brown; sadness with worry
"Ten-Ten-san?"
"You okay?"
The weeping girl cried harder, shaking her head; in one of her hands, was a piece of a paper.
The Letter
Ten-Ten regonized the letter at once. She too had received not one, but 5 in fact.
Standing up, she took the crying girl's hand and they both ran.
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Minutes later the three of them; Ino, Ten-Ten and Hinata; were all sitting inside Ino's room; consisting of a chair and desk, one side was a mirror and make-up accessories, the other was several ninja items. Then there was her wardrobe and bed, along with a rug and a broad window.
"So you got it too huh?" Ten-Ten asked who was sitting on the chair near the desk. "10 copies of them in fact" Ino stated, sitting on her bed, beside her were ten letters, each of them are exactly the same, "I am not going to be what was stated in that darn letter. I won't, I won't!" "You think I don't? Duh, and Hinata please… Stop crying" Ten-Ten turned to the weeping girl who was sitting on the floor. "I… I'm so sorry… I-It's just that… If I am what was sta-stated in that letter… I… I would be a disgrace to the clan! I don't want to be any more disgraceful than I am now!" The Hyuuga Heiress cried even harder. Ino stood up; pitying the girl and patter her back softly, "Ssshhh… we all have the same problems… We'll face it together all right?" Ino looked at Ten-Ten; who nodded.
Hinata smiled, "Thank you…"
"I wonder though… If Sakura got it too…" Ino wondered out lout, "We used to be best friends, sharing the same things together… I want to talk to her"
"We could always ask her" Ten-Ten suggested. "Yeah, but we can't go up and talk to her and say 'Hey, have you got a letter to go to a wizarding school have you?' She'll think we're mad!" Ino replied.
SILENCE…
"T-Then how about… we ask her indirect-indirectly?" Hinata squeaked, after recovering for her tears.
"In… indirectly?" Ino and Ten-Ten looked at the white-eyed girl.
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"Forehead Girl!"
"Not good timing piggy" Sakura replied, throwing another kunai to a dummy on the training field, "What do you want? Info on Sasuke-kun? Well, I am not giving it" "Relax will you! I just came because I want to ask you whether… you know…didn't by chance… perhaps… have received a strange letter have you? Something about fantasy stuff, the impossible and um… stuffs?" Ino asked as she scratched her head, silently reminding herself not to make the same mistake that made her and Sakura enemies; Hinata and Ten-Ten were behind her. "You mean Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?" Sakura asked, surprised, "I have, and I see you have too" "You know about this?!" Ten-Ten asked. Sakura nodded, showing one of her own letters.
HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY
Head master: Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Great Wizard, Head Wizard, International Confederation of Magic)
Dear Mr. Potter,
It is with pleasure we announce that we have provided an available place for you in the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In the next page is a list of all of your books, tools and accessories you will need.
The new year of studies begins on the 1st of September. We will be waiting for your owl till 31st of July.
My honours,
Minerva McGonagall
Vice Principal
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HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF MAGIC
Uniform:
First Class students will need:
1. 3 sets of work robes (Black)
2. 1 conical hat (black)
3. 1 winter coat (Black with silver buttons)
Books:
All students are to have:
1. Standard Spell Book (Grade 1) by Miranda Goshawk
2. History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot
3. 1001 Medicinal Plants and Magic Mushrooms by Phyllida Spore
4. Magical Fluids and Potions by Arsenius Jigger
5. Fantastic Creatures and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander
6. Dark Magic: Claimant Self Protection by Quentin Trimble
Other accessories:
1. A Magic Wand
2. 1 Pot (Tin compounds- standard size: 2)
3. A set tube glass or crystals
4. A telescope
5. A set of brass scales
Students are allowed to bring an owl or a cat or a frog
PARENTS ARE TO BE REMINDED THAT FIRST CLASS STUDENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE THEIR OWN BROOM
"I found several old books in the attic, says stuffs about it. Wanna check it out?" Sakura offered. The three girls looked at each other. Ino answered first., Hinata next and Ten-Ten last.
"Sure!"
*nodding*
"You bet!"
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"This is… unbelievable" Hinata whispered. "I said that too when I first saw it. It was just a few weeks ago, not even a month…" Sakura said.
The attic was huge and dusty. The roof had two windows on it; letting some light in. On one side it had other ornaments and things that Sakura have moved in order to see the hidden library on the other side of the room. It was filled with info on magic. Sakura had placed 4 bean bags and a small round table there, helped by her parents of course. "Heh, I guess we all have the same fate…" Ten-Ten chuckled. Ino laughed, "Yeah… and Sakura" "Ng?" Sakura looked at the blond haired female. "I just want to say… thanks… and I… am sorry" Ino murmured. Sakura nodded, with a smile on her face she hugged her long time friend, "Me too"
Ten-Ten and Hinata smiled at the scene.
AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF FUN AND INTRODUCTION AND EXPLANATION
"So what will we all do now?" Sakura's voice broke the silence. "What do you mean?" Ino asked. "Well we got two choices now. Ignore the letter or accept the letter" "Ignore! I don't want leave ninja for a witch!" Ten-Ten said. "I don't want to become a freak… and become disowned by my family…" Hinata said; her voice soft and wavering but remained steady. "Me too, I ain't gonna be an ugly old witch, I so prefer ninjas" Ino nodded. "Then it's settled; Ignorance it is" Sakura clasped her hands together.
Few days later…
"GAH HOW MUCH LETTERS WILL I HAVE TO ENDURE?!" Ino screamed. The four of them was at Sakura house, in the pink haired one's room. "I can hear you loud and clear Ino… Even from outside" Sakura entered the room; she had just finished burning the rest of the annoying and persistent letters she had just received. Hinata nodded, no longer afraid or shy; she knew well about these 3 females and she trusted them, even if they have just been bonded for a few days, she felt like she had known them her whole life and it gave her strength and courage. "I know… The Hyuuga mansion is filled with owls…" "Ne, they sure are persistent aren't they?" Ten-Ten said. "I know what you mean…" Sakura sighed, "They just won't take no for an answer. I don't know how long I can keep up with this stuff" "Neither can I, another pile of letters and I'll snap!" Ino yelled, annoyed to the fact that yesterday, all the flowers in her shop were stuffed with letters. Either stuffed into the flower's head or into the pots, that's where the letters are.
"We can't keep on doing this…"
"What?" Ino asked. "I said, we can't keep this up much longer, we have to accept it!" Sakura replied. "Are you nuts?!" Ten-Ten yelled, "You wanna be a witch than a ninja?!" Sakura shook her head, "No… but we-" "Then that's that! A no is a no!" Ten-Ten looked away and folded her hands. "I know but, we could get new powers and maybe we could get stronger and we can't keep on ignoring it forever! It's reality!" Sakura replied. Ten-Ten sighed, knowing well, the girl was right. Someday, sometime, they have to face it.
There was no turning back.
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"So that's how you accepted it then?" Neji said. "Yes… That is my story" Ten-Ten said, "I couldn't believe that I actually hated being a witch so much back then. I was just afraid, afraid of something new… that's all. Now, I love it, not as much as being a ninja but that's the way it all goes…" "So what happens next?" Neji asked, like a young child listening to the mother's story. "You really wanna know huh?" Ten-Ten smiled. The said boy nodded and asked, "How did you get here? Who brought you here? How did they bring you here?" "Hey one at a time!" Ten-Ten laughed and continued her story, "So we decided to accept it and it stopped. The letters stopped coming; and instead, another surprise was sent..."
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"Who in the world are you?!"
The four girls stared at the huge; and I mean huge bearded man in front them with a young boy about the same age as them. "Rubeus Hagrid, and fella' behin' me is Harry Potter. Come on now, we haven't got much time to spend!" The girls were having a slumber party at Sakura's house; her parents have gone out and would not be back till tomorrow afternoon. They were all having fun till the arrival of the man and the boy surprised them. "Eh, you got no memory of me? I guess not, last time I saw you yer' still tiny as a palm of my hand! Ain't fast time flies!" Hagrid said. He took Sakura's hand and introduced her. "Harry, meet your twin, Floral Potter. Floral, meet your twin, Harry Potter" All of the children looked at him, obviously dumbstruck.
"WHAT?!"
Three minutes later, you can hear the sound of someone going unconscious and fell down to the floor with a loud THUD.
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Ten-Ten laughed, "I could never forget the look on Sakura's face when she found she had a twin brother! It was hilarious! Her eyes looked like it could pop out any moment and her mouth was wide agape and she looked so pale that time! Like she had seen a ghost or something!" "So what happens next? What about that boy? Harry Potter… What was his reaction?" Neji asked. Ten-Ten looked at him, Neji looked like an excited young boy, it made her heart warm to see him act like that, since he always was way………… to serious, "Well it was Sakura who fainted, I wouldn't be surprised. I would have probably done that if I knew that news. It's too shocking! Then we were told of our origins when Sakura woke up, after that we…"
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"So that's how it goes then?" Ten-Ten asked. Hagrid nodded in response. Sakura stood up and extended her hand to Harry, "Pleased to meet you, the brother whom I did not know he even existed till now" Harry smiled and shook her hand, "Pleased to meet you too, dearest sister whom I just met but I know I can trust" "Now enough with the introductions, we gotta get goin' it's already morning in London and we better go there" The five future Hogwarts students looked at the half giant, voicing the same question, "London?!"
Hagrid ignored them, took out his wand and waved it. A green portal suddenly appeared outta nowhere.
"Whatever for?" Harry asked. "Shopping for your school supplies of course! Ain't gonna be that long, just a few 'ours, maybe 5 to 7 or less than that" Hagrid replied, "So, who's comin' along?"
"I am" Harry replied. "I'm his twin, I stay with him" Sakura said. "I am going too!" Hinata said softly but determinedly. "I am not gonna be left behind!" Ten-Ten said. They looked at Ino, the only one who has not answered, yet.
"Well… I really do want to go but we can't just leave like that!" Ino protested. "I suppose you're right… but tomorrow's a day off since it is the weekends and our parents know we're in a slumber party… and I don't think shopping all that would take that long. Like Hagrid said, it's just gonna be a couple of hours. No one will notice" Sakura said. "She's right, come on" Ten-Ten nodded and Hinata smiled an encouraging smile. Ino looked at all of them and sighed, "Alright then! LET'S GO SHOPPING!"
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"So then you bought it in Diagon Alley right?" Neji asked. "Yup, same place you bought your equipments, am I right?" Ten-Ten asked. Neji nodded, "Yes, and it was weird there" Ten-Ten laughed, "You'll get used to it" "I'd rather not" Neji sulked, "I still choose Konoha" "Yeah, yeah, you're the loyal one" Ten-Ten shook her right hand, "Though I have to admit, Konoha is better than Diagon Alley" "Really?" Neji asked. "Nope, just a tinsy-itsy-bitsy-little- mini better than Diagon Alley" Ten-Ten smiled, "I like the weapons" "Of course you do. You're the weapon mistress" Neji rolled his eyes. Ten-Ten punched him softly and playfully. Neji smiled, maybe being locked up with her wasn't that bad.
Not bad at all…
Let's give these people some privacy… Off to Sakura and the gang!
"I see then… I suppose you will have to stay in here then. When you are better I expect an essay about moonshrubs and stone ores from you on my desk!" Professor Snape glared at the student who was resting in bed with a high fever, she nodded in reply. "Well then Professor Snape, should we head back to class now?" Sakura asked. "Of Course Mrs. Potter" The teacher said, leaving the hospital wing, taking out last look inside. Inside he could see Mrs. Rachael resting in bed and Madam Pomfrey taking care of her. He left, with Sakura following him behind.
Once they left, Sasuke got out from his hiding place, using his sharingan to make the nurse forget what had happended and then look at Naruto. The said boy had been pretending to be Ten-Ten and now he has returned to his normal self. "We did teme! TEAM 7 RULES!" Naruto yelled, punching a fist into the air. "Baka! Not so loud!" Sasuke hissed, bonking his friend on the head.
Mission complete.
Short, pathetic? I know it is. Sad, simply sad…. Tsk, tsk, well, I haven't got much time to type and think you know. I sincerely apologize for not making a better chapter and not updating sooner. Well, I guess that's all then.
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Happy Chinese New year! And a happy early valentine!
