A month later, inside the Sakura's house…
"In just a few minutes, my dad, two of my friends and their mothers will be watching me leaving to attend Hogwarts instead of Mahoutokoro with my friends like I planned a month ago because of a certain old headmaster manipulating and pushing me to go to Hogwarts because of a troublesome magical contract and for some other reasons that he clearly withheld information from me and my dad. Whatever the headmaster reasons for me are, I'll try to find out." thought Ruriko as she gave another thorough inspection on her school supplies, her wand (12 and a half-inch Cherry Wood and Thestral tail hair core) and other necessary items lying inside her black and white leather school trunk to make sure that she didn't missed anything and once Ruriko's done inspecting her school supplies, she closed her school trunk before lifting and bringing her school trunk and her pet cat/familiar Morgana out of her room, went down the stairs and into the living room where her dad, her two friends and their mothers are sitting and waiting for her.
"Good morning, Ruriko. Are you ready and do you have everything you need in your school trunk before you attend Hogwarts in Magical Britain?" asked Sojiro concernly to Ruriko after he bade her a good morning.
"Good morning, dad and everyone else and yes, I didn't forget anything." replied Ruriko with a nod of her head.
"That's good to know. But I'm still displeased that in a way, you're being manipulated and forced to attend another magical school in a different country instead of the one here in Japan with my daughter and Yukino's son and others because of a Hogwarts magical contract that's signed by your parents and that Mister Dumbledore told you…" said a fair-skinned, shoulder length black-haired, dark grey-eyed spectacled woman named Wakaba Isshiki (who's wearing a sleeveless black shirt, long black pants and black sandals on her feet) with a displeased look on her face.
"Wakaba, Sojiro and I are of the same minds with you about the magical contract. We did check the contract to see if it's really signed by Ruriko's parents and whether it's authentic or not and unfortunately, they did sign the contract and it is indeed authentic enough." said another fair-skinned, long light brown-haired, maroon-eyed woman named Yukino Akechi (who's wearing a sleeveless white shirt with a long sleeve pink cardigan over it, knee length grey skirt and white flats on her feet) sadly to Wakaba.
"Yukino's right, Wakaba. What's done is done." said Sojiro with a resign look on his face to Wakaba.
"It's too bad that you won't be able to attend Mahoutokoro with us and the rest of our friends and we know how much you're looking forward to it, Ruriko." said a fair-skinned, long orange-haired, mauve-eyed girl named Futaba Isshiki (who's wearing a long sleeve black shirt with tiny green hieroglyphs on it and black shorts) sadly to Ruriko.
"Yeah, too bad and we know that you'd rather attend Mahoutokoro with us instead of Hogwarts, Ruriko." said a fair-skinned, shoulder length light brown-haired (with some bangs on his forehead), maroon-eyed boy named Goro Akechi (who's wearing a light grey T-shirt and black shorts and with a red-eyed black crow pet/familiar standing on his left shoulder) sadly to Ruriko as well.
"I know, Futaba-chan, Goro-kun." sighed Ruriko.
"We'll miss you. And study hard, make new friends, try to stay out of trouble, steer clear of Dumbledore in a subtly manner and contact us if you ever need anything and we'll see you for the holidays, Ruriko." said Yukino softly to Ruriko.
"I know and thanks for the advices, Yukino-san." said Ruriko as she nodded at Yukino.
"Come, Ruriko." said Sojiro as he waited for Ruriko near the fireplace before she (and her pet cat/familiar and school trunk) walked toward Sojiro, watched Sojiro grab a handful of grey powder from a small bowl hanging near the fireplace before Ruriko and Sojiro entered the fireplace and Sojiro say some words, threw the powder down at their feet, caused bright green flames to appear and enveloped himself and Ruriko before they vanished into thin air from the fireplace.
"There they go." thought Wakaba to herself in her mind as she, Yukino and their two kids watched both Sojiro and Ruriko take their leave from Japan to Magical Britain.
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In Magical Britain, in the station…
Once both Sojiro and Ruriko arrived and stepped out of the fireplace onto platform nine and three-quarter of the train station where they could see a bright red and black steamy train vehicle with the words "Hogwarts Express" written on the train with dozens of adults standing and talking to their own kids around them on the platform, both Sojiro and Ruriko quickly brush the soot off their clothes before Sojiro glance and say some more words to Ruriko.
"Well, guess this is where I'll say goodbye and good luck to you. Remember what Yukino told you earlier and feel free to contact us if you need anything or got into trouble and try to avoid a certain someone, alright, Ruriko?" said Sojiro concernly to Ruriko.
"I know and will remember Yukino-san's words and goodbye, dad." said Ruriko reassuringly to Sojiro.
"Good. Now go on before the train leaves the station, Ruriko." said Sojiro.
"Right. I'll be going now, dad." said Ruriko as she nodded and hugged Sojiro before she turned and stepped into the train vehicle with her trunk and Morgana with the other kids while Sojiro and the other adults watched the kids got onto the train before the train closed it's doors and drove away from the station and after the train is gone from the station, Sojiro and the other adults turned and apparated or used the fireplaces to go back to their homes.
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Inside the train…
After Ruriko bade farewell to her father and stepped into the train with her school trunk and Morgana with her, she make her way down the train's corridor past some older-looking kids in search of an empty compartment room until she managed to found an empty one near the back of the train, went in and closed the door behind her before she lifted and put her trunk on the metal rack above her, lifted and put Morgana down on the seat before she sat down beside Morgana and look out the window at the scenery outside and a few minutes later, Ruriko heard someone knocking on the compartment door from outside.
"Excuse us. Are there any vacant seats in there for me and my friends?" asked a young boy's Italian-accent voice politely to Ruriko from outside the door.
"Yes, there is some vacant seats for you and your friends. Come in." replied Ruriko politely back to the boy.
"Thanks." said the boy before he opened the door and Ruriko saw that the boy is a dark brown-skinned, short black-haired, dark blue-eyed boy wearing a short sleeve black T-shirt with black jeans and short black boots on his feet and standing behind the boy is two girls (a fair-skinned, short wavy light brown-haired, pale blue-eyed girl wearing a sleeveless light grey and white dress with a long sleeve black cardigan shirt over it and white sandals on her feet and another fair-skinned, short dark brown-haired, grey-eyed girl wearing a short sleeve white blouse, long blue jeans and short black boots on her feet) and another boy (who's wearing a short sleeve grey T-shirt with blue jeans and short grey boots on his feet) before the two boys and two girls stepped into the compartment room, lifted and put their trunks on the rack next to Ruriko's trunk before the 2 girls sat beside Ruriko while the 2 boys sat on the seat opposite them.
"Thanks for letting us sit in this compartment with you. Nice to meet you and now for introductions, I'm Bethany Selwyn, heiress to the Ancient and Noble House of Selwyn and these three are my friends…" said the fair-skinned, short dark brown-haired, grey-eyed girl named Bethany Selwyn to Ruriko.
"Hello, I'm Hanameel O'Rourke, heiress to the Noble House of O'Rourke." said the fair-skinned, short wavy light brown-haired, pale blue-eyed girl named Hanameel O'Rourke.
"I'm Blaise Zabini, heir to the Noble House of Zabini. Nice to meet you." said the dark brown-skinned, short black-haired, dark blue-eyed boy named Blaise Zabini politely to Ruriko.
"Theodore Nott, heir to the Ancient and Noble House of Nott." said the pale-skinned, short dark brown-haired, grey-eyed boy named Theodore Nott.
"Nice to meet you all, Selwyn, O'Rourke, Zabini and Nott. I'm Ruriko Sakura, heiress to the Noble House of Sakura." said Ruriko as she introduced herself to them. "And also heiress to the Ancient and Noble Houses of Potter and Black but it's a secret." thought Ruriko in her mind.
"Noble House of Sakura? You're from Japan? But you don't look Japanese…" said Hanameel in confusion to Ruriko.
"That's because I'm not Japanese but I did live in and come from Japan." said Ruriko.
"Oh, I see. That'd explain it…" said Bethany with a small nod of her head before the compartment door suddenly opened up and reveal a slightly tan-skinned, short orange-haired, brown-eyed freckled-faced (and a bit of dirt on his nose) boy wearing a second-hand short sleeve white T-shirt with a long sleeve black and white stripe flannel shirt over it, second-hand brown pants and white shoes on his feet.
"Hey, have any of you seen where Lucerne Potter, the "Girl-Who-Lived" is?" asked the freckled-faced boy to them.
"Ugh, a fanboy who see me as the "Girl-Who-Lived" instead of as myself and it's Ruriko Sakura, not Lucerne Potter, not anymore for me." thought Ruriko with an annoy look on her face at the freckled-faced boy.
"No, we didn't see her." said Bethany as she shake her head at the freckled-faced boy, who didn't say anything to them and left (which displeased Bethany and Hanameel at how rude he is) and right after the freckled-faced boy left their compartment, a fair-skinned, long bushy brown-haired, brown-eyed girl wearing a short sleeve white shirt with long blue jeans and white shoes on her feet showed up and asked them in a very irritated and bossy manner on whether they'd seen a missing toad that belongs to a boy named Neville and Bethany, Hanameel, Blaise and Theodore gave their "No" replies to the bushy-haired girl (while Ruriko stay silent) before she turned and walked off to keep searching for the toad and after the bushy-haired girl left, Hanameel swiftly stood up to close the door and sat back down on her seat as the train drove on toward Hogwarts.