Summary

Chapter 11 is where everyone is still reeling from the effects of chapter 10. Harry, Hermione, and Ron try to process the fact that Cho was deeply hurt by a premonition when she was young. (Which somehow implies Cho knew Harry when he was younger.) In the dream world, Jade helps Cho deal with Cho's past, convincing Cho she must move forward. Eli, however, agonizes over the fact that he may not be able to save his sister from her destiny.

Meanwhile, Tomoyo Hiiragizawa arrives in England. She's unaware that her estranged husband is in the same country, and that her husband is in the company (unwillingly) of three women. And in Godric's Hallow, the Li family (minus Jade) continue live their daily lives.

Back at Hogwarts, Eli finds out that Eriol is the DADA professor and is furious. Eli takes his anger out on the Hogwarts School, forcing the five Founding Towers back into existence.

Chapter 12: New Residents in the Founding Towers

DISCLAIMER: Card Captor Sakura is owned by CLAMP. Harry Potter is owned by J.K. Rowling. Star Wish owns nothing.

Green eyes scanned the room. Green and silver were practically everywhere. A smile curved on the female's lips, approving of the room. Then, as there was movement in the bed beside her, the figure promptly disappeared.

Another pair of green eyes woke in a new room. Where am I? She thought- but then she felt the aura and understood. Oh no, I'm in the First Tower! She panicked until she noticed the sleeping girl between the royal blue bed sheets.

The last green eyes blinked in another room, thoroughly confused. Harry found himself in a completely new bed, with silk red blankets. The large king-size bed was the only bed in the room, much unlike the dormitory where Harry usually woke up in. Although the rest of his possessions were in this room as if he had lived in it his entire life, Harry felt very displaced. "Hello?"

At the same time, a seventeen-year-old boy raised an eyebrow as he woke up in a yellow-themed bedroom. So this is what the Third Tower looks like. Deciding not to be concerned about it, he disappeared in a shower of blue lights.

And just for fun, Draco Malfoy stared at his surroundings in the Fifth Tower. "What the bloody hell?!"

There was instant pandemonium, of course. Ron yelled until Ginny and Hermione came out of their dormitories, informing them that Harry wasn't in his bed and all his belongings were gone. Zachary blinked when he noticed that his two patients, Jade and Cho, were not in the hospital ward. Marvel had disappeared as well.

Chelsea shook Eli awake. "Eli, Jade and Cho are gone!" Eli immediately awoke, believing there was some form of danger until he remembered his late night activity.

He ran away, leaving Chelsea bewildered. "They're fine," he told her as he ran, "Tell the others Harry's fine also."

The Gryffindors demanded Chelsea and Zachary to speak to Eli, but the Teredas had no answers to give. Ron was about to start a shouting match until a girl's voice spoke up. "I can help."

The group turned to see a little girl with a large dog- who else but Ying Fa and Snuffles?

Cho's opened her cerulean eyes slowly. Sitting up, she warily noted her new environment. Touching the violet curtains of the canopy gently, she thought, So this is what Rowena's room is like. She smiled.

Cho wordlessly noticed a weight on her lap. Recognizing the plush doll as Midori, dismay filled Cho. "Oh, I'm so sorry!" she said, bringing the kitten close to her chest. The power surged into the animal as Cho remembered.

Little Ying Fa had stopped, staring at a stuffed animal display in the toy shop. Leaning in so close to the glass window that her breath fogged up the view, Ying Fa gazed longingly at a little kitten plush toy. Its fur was dark with a purple sheen and it had cute little glass eyes.

Little Harry looked back to see little Ying Fa, and he tugged on his mother's dress. "Mommy!" Lily turned to her son, who pointed to Ying Fa. Lily smiled, and walked to the young girl with Harry close to her heels.

"Do you want it, Cho?"

Ying Fa blinked, hearing her name. She stared at Lily, unable to say anything. But the desire for the toy remained, and little Harry said, "Buy it, Mommy!" Lily raised a disapproving eyebrow, and Harry added, "Please."

"For you, then," Lily said. She went into the toy shop and bought it. Returning outside, she gave the little kitten to Harry. "Here you go."

Harry stared at the kitten in his hands, clearly not wanting it. He glanced at Ying Fa, and thrust the doll to her. "Here, Cho!" he smiled brightly. "It's name is… Midori!"

Common sense remained with Ying Fa as she glared darkly at Harry. "Midori means green. This is purple."

Harry's face fell. "Oh…" Lily sighed at the sad look on her son's face. She pulled the green ribbon loose from her hair.

Kneeling next to the two children, she tied the ribbon on the little kitten's neck. "It's green now," she said gently to little Ying Fa. Harry silently offered the stuffed animal to her. "Will you take it?"

Unable to say no to a person she admired, Ying Fa accepted the gift and hugged it to her chest. "Thank you, Aunt Lily." In a smaller voice she added, "Thank you, Harry."

Cho hadn't realized she was crying until Midori licked them off with her tongue. "I'm sorry," she repeated to the cat. "I'm sorry I stole the magic used to animate you just so I could kick my brother out. I guess I didn't want to end up… here."

"Well, here is rather a nice place," Eli said from the doorway.

Cho smiled, amused. "Isn't there some kind of rule where you need the occupant's invitation to enter a Tower?"

Eli shrugged, walking towards the violet canopy. "The school has reluctantly decided to do whatever I say. The Guardian gave me a hard time at the front door, though." He sat on the edge of bed. "Are you feeling better?"

Cho reached over and pulled his hand so it could rest on her forehead. "See? No fever. All better."

"But?"

"I do feel a little weak," Cho admitted.

"Then stay in bed," Eli softly said. "The others will never find you. The house elves will give you food. Everything you need is in this Tower."

Cho blinked sleepily. "Eli," she said as sleep tried to claim her. "When I gain the strength to get out of this bed, I will face Harry. I won't run away this time."

"All right. Do what you want. Stay with me, Cho," her brother said as he held her hand. "Why didn't you tell me about our father?" Eli could feel Cho freeze.

"I was going to tell you about Eriol. But I didn't… I didn't want Tomoyo to know."

"Mother," Eli corrected automatically. "You didn't want Mother to know."

"I'm tired, Eli," Cho begged. "Can we talk about it later?"

"All right. I'm going to go back home. There's something I need to do."

"Will you be back?"

"Of course," Eli said, watching her fall back into sleep.

"Yes. Okay. We'll see you then," Chloe said into her cell phone. The other girls looked expectantly at her and she told them: "She wants us there by twelve."

"So…" Jennie glanced at the room containing a slumbering Eriol. "If we're gonna get a move on, who's going to wake him up?"

Chloe rolled her eyes. "Jennie, you go pack up his things. Eve, set up some breakfast. I'll wake him up." Chloe filled a glass with tap water and headed towards the man's room.

Eriol groaned when she shook him awake. "Ohayo gozaimasu, Hiiragizawa-san. Ikaga desu ka?" Chloe said in fluent Japanese.

Eriol squinted at the harsh sunlight filling his room. "Iie. Atama ga itai desu." He replied without thinking as he rubbed his head.

Chloe gave a small smile. "Now, aren't you glad we stopped you from drinking? If we hadn't dragged you out, you probably would have an even bigger headache. Here, drink this," she said, offering the glass of water.

The pain dulled a little as the mechanics in Eriol's mind began to turn. Swallowing the last gulp of water, he said softly, "I never told you my surname or that I spoke Japanese, Chloe."

Chloe gave a small grin as she took the cup from his hands. "You should get dressed, Eriol. There's someplace where we have to be at twelve. If you want explanations, you better get moving."

Draco Malfoy read the parchment left on the bed stand. It was an (insincere) apologetic letter from McGonagal explaining his new move into the Fifth Tower. Since He-who-should-not-be-named is the true heir of the Fifth Tower, the letter said, we could circumvent him from actually entering Hogwarts by placing you into the Tower first. As long as you remain the occupant of the Fifth Tower, the Dark Lord should not be able to enter Hogwarts nor inherit Salazar's secrets.

Draco threw the letter into the fireplace angrily. Fine then. "House elf!" he called. Immediately the creature appeared. "Get me some breakfast."

There was no way Draco wanted to leave the Tower and see the famous Golden Trio.

Eli returned to the hospital ward, where Chelsea quickly grabbed him by the shoulders. "Tell me everything you know about Sirius Black. Now!"

"Excuse me?" Eli dubiously questioned.

Chelsea gave an exasperated sigh. "There was a dog that came in with little Ying Fa, and he turned into this man named Sirius Black. The other children knew him, but isn't he the one who was escaped from jail? Ying Fa seemed to know him, but she's not from this time, and she might not know about him. Zachary's with him now-"

"Chelsea," Eli said calmly. "Sirius Black is the one who escaped from the wizard Azkaban prison. He was convicted on falsely accused terms without a fair trial. He was our mothers' friend, and that's why Ying Fa trusts him. You have nothing to worry about. He won't harm you."

"Thank you," Sirius said from behind them. "You know, if you had just asked me, I would have told you. Let's see. Your parents are Chiharu and Takahashi Yamazaki, and they're both cousins of Silvia Sprout. When you were younger you were in charge of taking care of the other children."

Sirius pointed to Eli. "You are the oldest son of Tomoyo Hiiragizawa and twin brother of Cho. I remember you because you and Cho were the first ones to talk. You were always protective of Cho and -who was the other one?- Jade."

Eli smiled politely. "It's nice to see you again, Uncle Sirius. Sorry to cut this reunion short, but I was just about to go home."

Sirius nodded. "Say hi to your mother for me. She let me hide out in her house once. Tell her that if she ever wants a favor, I'll do it gladly."

"You're going home?" Chelsea said worriedly. "Are you going to tell Tomoyo oba-san about Hiiragizawa-san?"

"What?" Zachary asked. Sirius had a similar question.

"Cho and Eli's father is a teacher at this school," Chelsea explained. To Eli she said, "You should tell your mother. She's been waiting for him so long…"

"No," Eli firmly decided. "I do not know what Eriol Hiiragizawa's intentions are. I don't want to worry Mother about things she has already forgotten. I'm only going home because I'm not supposed to be here."

He nodded good-bye as he walked away.

Arabella knew she was the last one to wake up in the house. After eating her breakfast, she called one of Meiling's friends -Nicole Granger was her name- and told her where to meet. As Arabella was getting ready to leave, she remembered she had one last task.

She found Xiaolang in the fields, taking care of the animals. "Where are your parents?" she asked him.

Xiaolang put down the bag of feed on the ground. "Tou-san left to look for the other animals. But Ka-san is probably in the greenhouse," he said pointing to area.

"Thanks," Bella said as headed in that direction. True to his word, Sakura was in the greenhouse, watering the plants. Bella interrupted Sakura's little hum as the blonde said, "Sakura."

Sakura turned, waiting expectantly. Bella handed her a pack of cards, all of them black. "We finished it. We tested it, we blessed it…" Bella shrugged, "It works. They're kinda like…. shadow cards. They tell you which Sakura Card is being used at the moment, or which card was used recently. You could probably do some divinations, but that's about it. They're not meant to exact copies of the Sakura Cards. We just thought it would be useful."

Sakura nodded, accepting the pack. "Thank you."

Bella grinned. "Well, I'm going to take off. Watch me confront Eriol and bring him to his knees."

Ginny, Ron and Hermione followed the young girl through the corridors. "Do you know where Harry is?" Ron asked doubtfully.

Ying Fa walked with a hand on the wall. "Not specifically. Harry's in the Second Tower, which is difficult to find. Although you can see the Towers, its door is located on a separate plane."

"Towers?" Ginny inquired. "Like the North Tower, the Astronomy Tower?"

Ying Fa shook her head no. "These Towers belonged to the Founders themselves. When they died, the Towers were sealed off and placed under invisibility spells. Someone must have done a great deal of magic to undo that ancient magic. Look."

Nine year old Ying Fa pointed to the courtyard. The center courtyard now had a floating tower over it. The older kids stared. "That wasn't there before," Ron said.

"Is that the Second Tower?" Hermione questioned the young girl.

"No, it's the First Tower," Ying Fa answered. "Hold hands," she commanded, as she pulled the three of them under the space of the Tower.

The three teens passed a strange ripple in the air. Now, instead of the courtyard, the three were in a corridor leading to the base of the First Tower. "Now you're on the same plane as the Towers," Ying Fa said, pleased. "Don't try this at home, kids."

"Clow Reed," Hermione read, looking at the portrait guarding the front door. "This is him?" Ying Fa nodded.

"Hey, this one doesn't move," Ron noticed.

"It's the only portrait in Hogwarts that doesn't move," Ying Fa said. "The painter wanted it that way."

"And what's with the snake?"

"It's not a snake, Ron," Ginny corrected. "It's an eastern-style dragon. See?" she pointed to one of the legs. "It has feet."

"Its name is Ryu, and he's the Guardian of the First Tower." Ying Fa knocked the stone. "Wake up, Ryu."

Immediately the stone guardian was animated. As Ryu shook off the slumbers of sleep, the stone colored body faded into real blue flesh and scales. "Insolent child," the dragon scolded. "You need to learn manners."

The others gawked, but Ying Fa looked at the dragon confidently in the eyes. "We would like to get to the Second Tower, please."

Ryu exhaled a breath of smoke. "What have you to offer me?" Ying Fa hesitated, then unclasped the golden pendant and handed it to the dragon. "Ah, a time-traveling pendant. Very nice." Ryu jumped off the pedestal. "Follow me."

Ryu led them north to a new tower. "This is the Second Tower," it said right before turning back and returning to his post.

Hermione glanced at the Second Tower Guardian. It was a large lion, the animal of her house. Tentatively she placed a hand on the lion's mane. "Hello?"

"He won't answer to you," a voice said. "And stop leaning on the frame, boy."

Ron jumped at the voice. "Sorry… ma'am," he said to the woman in the painting.

"Gwenelle Gryffindor!" Hermione gasped as she read the name on the bottom. "You're Godric Gryffindor's older sister!"

"That I am," Gwenele Gryffindor answered. She focused on Ying Fa. "What business do you have here?"

Ying Fa was about to speak when she remembered Ryu's advice. After all her years of fine training, she curtsied magnificently. "I am Ying Fa Hiiragizawa, the heir of Rowena Ravenclaw of the Fourth Tower. Here I am accompanied by Hermione Granger, and Ronald and Virginia Weasley of the Gryffindor House. We wish to enter the Second Tower."

"So… Meiling Li and Arabella Figg asked you to stall me?"

Chloe nodded as she glanced at the graying sky. "Yeah. Shoot, it looks like it will snow soon."

"You know those two, right?" Jennie said from the backseat of Chloe's car. "Because as much fun as it was spending time in a five-star hotel for someone I've barely seen in the past year, I have much better things to do."

Eriol gave a noncommittal shrug. "I lived with Bella when I was a child and Meiling's a distant relative."

Chloe, Jennie, and Eve exchanged glances. Jennie rolled her eyes. "There you go."

"What?"

Eve sniffed. "We're friends with Meiling because we're all what you call 'squibs'. Just because we're not special enough to have magic doesn't mean we're going to snubbed by the looks of you."

Eriol blinked. "But I don't think of you that way. I don't think of you any less."

Chloe gave him a reproving look. "So why aren't you close to Mei? You went to the same school as her once."

"I haven't been in touch with any of my grade-school friends since I walked out on my wife. I haven't heard from Meiling since. It has nothing to do with the fact she doesn't have magic."

"Oh," came the quiet, chorused reply.

Chloe's car came to a stop in a clearing. "Here you go," Chloe said. "The Hiiragizawa house."

Eriol stared at the lone hill, where remains of a broken house stood. Arabella Figg waved.

"So how is it going over there, Madison?" Tomoyo could not help but grin as she spoke on the phone.

Madison, the moon guardian who looked exactly like Tomoyo, sighed in frustration. "Why did you leave me to do this by myself!"

"Well, you did say they were 'just children'…" Tomoyo could hear the squeals of young children on the other line. Tomoyo imagined a worn-out Madison, with seven little girls and boys all clamoring around her. Tomoyo bit back a giggle.

"Tomoyo-sama, I think you're enjoying my pain a little bit too much."

"Hmm…" Tomoyo paused to think about it, then laughed. "Yes, I am enjoying it. Don't worry. It's only for a few hours on the plane. I'll seen you then!" Tomoyo snapped her cell phone shut before Madison could complain any further.

Tomoyo heard a crash, and she turned to see Haley hanging onto the kitchen counter for support. "Oh dear. You've had a lot to drink, haven't you?" Tomoyo helped the younger girl onto the kitchen stool. "Stay there. I'll get you some water."

Haley rested her pounding head on the palm of her hands. "Man," she moaned. "How long did last night's party last? Why don't you have a hangover?"

Tomoyo smiled as she passed a cup of water to Haley. "I make it a point to not drink too much."

Haley paused, with the glass just centimeters from her mouth. She had caught the slightest bit of seriousness. "Why?" she asked.

Tomoyo's smile turned melancholy. "For my children." Haley nodded, knowing not to prod. As Haley drank, Tomoyo smirked and said, "Besides, someone had to be the adult here."

Haley gave Tomoyo a dark look as she finished off the glass. "Mrs. H, I've never said this to you before, but," Haley said as she used her cup to point accusingly at Tomoyo, "shut up." Tomoyo snickered.

"…so as the guardians explained to me, I'm supposedly the heir to Gryffindor, so this place is now mine," Harry explained as his friends ate lunch in his Tower.

"What are you so unhappy for?" Ron joked. "You have a whole Tower to yourself!"

"Yeah, but…" Harry ran a hand through his hair uncomfortably. "It feels strange to be in a room that belonged to Godric Gryffindor. Everything here is ancient."

"Ancient?" Ginny asked.

Harry nodded. "That's the only way to explain it. The atmosphere feels… old. Besides, there's so many rules. Non-residents can only enter the Tower plane with a resident and enter a Tower with the resident's permission."

"If you feel so uncomfortable," young Ying Fa said as she sipped from her teacup (she had eaten lunch in her own time), "then you can return to your dormitory. Being a resident of a Tower doesn't require you to live here. It simply means you own it."

"Really?" Harry felt relieved. "Then, I'm moving all my stuff back."

"What a waste," Ron shook his head. "You have to let us explore, Harry."

"I wonder who undid the magic for the Towers," Ginny mused.

The new resident and his guests continued to chat up to the end of breakfast. Hermione, however, remained silent as she stared stonily at the nine-year-old Ying Fa. The young time traveler felt the other girl's glare, but did not once turn to acknowledge it. It took Ying Fa everything to not make eye contact with Hermione, because Ying Fa knew if she did, she would barge into Hermione's mind without control. Besides, Ying Fa didn't need telepathy to know Hermione felt a certain hostility to her.

Ron, on the other hand, uneasily noticed his girlfriend's silence. "Hermione, are you alright?" Hermione looked at Ron and the others before turning back to Ying Fa. The room became still when Hermione decided to finally speak.

"You said your surname was Hiiragizawa," Hermione said frostily.

Ying Fa froze.

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