Well here it is. I got good feedback saying you all wanted this chapter so here it is...Ikukos' ties to the wizarding world. There may be some suprises here but there are more on the way. I hope you all like it thank you so much for reviewing! I love reviews!
"Are you sure you don't want me to go with you?" Ikuko asked a month later when Usagi stood on her front porch with Setsuna.
"Mama how would you explain that to people who recognized you?" Usagi asked.
Ikuko shrugged, "I don't know."
"Mama it's better this way. I don't want to be known for who I am, or who I am related to."
"Who you are related to doesn't have anything to do with your character!" Ikuko stated fiercely.
"Mama I know that. But that isn't exactly how everyone else thinks. It's all ready going to seem weird to everyone else that I am starting in my 7th year. For a reason I don't even understand," Usagi shot a look at Setsuna who obviously avoided her eyes contact.
"We should probably go now." Setsuna stated.
"All right. Bye Mama love you." Usagi hugged her mother quickly and followed Setsuna quickly to the waiting cab.
"Bye Usagi-Chan." Ikuko waved as her daughter got in the car and she couldn't help but see herself getting ready to leave for her 7th year at Hogwarts.
~Flashback~
"Albert dear is it really necessary for Ilene to go to Diagon Alley early?" Megan Riddle asked her husband.
"Megan she's fine. Besides Tom will be with her." Albert replied.
"Sure Megan I wouldn't do anything to put you and dad's baby in danger." Tom messing up Ilene's hair. Ilene rolled her eyes at her older half brother and ducked away from him.
"I don't know..." Megan said still unsure.
"Tom is perfectly capable Megan, he's nearly 28 years old, perfectly capable of taking care of his baby sister. Now lets let them go and be done with it." Albert said taking is wife by the arm and dragging her away before she got a chance to hug and kiss her daughter.
"Whew." Ilene sighed as they walked into the Leaky Cauldron, "I almost thought that Mom wouldn't let me come."
"Your mom is to overprotective. But Dad made the decision to allow us to come and he wasn't backing down." Tom replied.
"Whatever. So where is this guy you wanted me to meet? And who is he anyway?" Ilene asked searching the room.
"Lucius Malfoy was a year ahead of you." Tom replied.
"Was he in my house? I think I remember him." Ilene replied.
"That's right Lucius was in Slytherin last year."
"So what do I have to do with any of this anyway? Why am I being set up?" Ilene asked.
"None of your business," Tom barked.
Ilene put her hands on her hips, "It is so my business. I'm not spending the week with a guy if you won't tell me what it is about."
"Fine. I want to go into business with Lucius. But I need a way to get him in the right position." Tom admitted.
"So I'm a bargaining chip? Mom was right not to let me come!" Ilene cried.
"You aren't a barraging chip."
"Then what am I?"
"Nothing I just think that maybe we will get along better if we have something in common." Tom suggested.
"Fine. But only because the Lucius I remember was cute." Ilene replied.
"Good here he comes."
Thus was the be of the romance between Ilene and Lucius. The two didn't see each other often, only on Hogsmead visits and when Ikuko could get away. By the time 7th year was over Ilene and Lucius were engaged to be married. A year later Ilene found herself in a beautiful wedding gown in front of a large crowd of witch and wizards. Despite the growingly darker times everyone was still happy to see two young "good" kids from good wizarding families married.
By the time Ilene was pregnant the times were darker than ever before and Ikuko had finally put together the pieces of the puzzle. Pieces like where her brother had disappeared to and who he had become. And like where Lucius spent all of his free time and what he was doing.
Ilene figured she could wait it out, she was married to one of the most powerful wizards in their world, she would be safe. That was until the Michael McGowers wife and children were killed by Voldermort. Michael McGower was Lucius' right hand man and Ilene knew that she could no longer protect herself and she took her daughter and ran as far as she could.
Ilene ended up in Tokyo, Japan, changed her name to Ikuko and her daughter's to Usagi. Despite the space between her and the wizard world Ikuko still learned of Voldermort demise and that's when the letters began to come to her. Letter's begging Ikuko to come back, for herself, for him, for their family. But nothing would persuade Ikuko to put herself back in the situation that had terrified her and eventually an owl arrived with a letter asking for a divorce because Lucius had found someone else to marry and in a short time Ikuko to was remarried.
~End Flashback~
Ikuko sighed and sank into the steps on her porch and watched the taxi pull away. Despite the fact that that time was now nearly 18 years ago the fear that had consumed Ikuko during that time was still memorable. Ikuko could still remember the fear when the first letter had arrived asking Usagi to attend Hogwarts, even if Voldermort was gone Ikuko still feared the wizarding world. But now Usagi was entering the world that Ikuko had grateful left behind.
"Are you sure you don't want me to go with you?" Ikuko asked a month later when Usagi stood on her front porch with Setsuna.
"Mama how would you explain that to people who recognized you?" Usagi asked.
Ikuko shrugged, "I don't know."
"Mama it's better this way. I don't want to be known for who I am, or who I am related to."
"Who you are related to doesn't have anything to do with your character!" Ikuko stated fiercely.
"Mama I know that. But that isn't exactly how everyone else thinks. It's all ready going to seem weird to everyone else that I am starting in my 7th year. For a reason I don't even understand," Usagi shot a look at Setsuna who obviously avoided her eyes contact.
"We should probably go now." Setsuna stated.
"All right. Bye Mama love you." Usagi hugged her mother quickly and followed Setsuna quickly to the waiting cab.
"Bye Usagi-Chan." Ikuko waved as her daughter got in the car and she couldn't help but see herself getting ready to leave for her 7th year at Hogwarts.
~Flashback~
"Albert dear is it really necessary for Ilene to go to Diagon Alley early?" Megan Riddle asked her husband.
"Megan she's fine. Besides Tom will be with her." Albert replied.
"Sure Megan I wouldn't do anything to put you and dad's baby in danger." Tom messing up Ilene's hair. Ilene rolled her eyes at her older half brother and ducked away from him.
"I don't know..." Megan said still unsure.
"Tom is perfectly capable Megan, he's nearly 28 years old, perfectly capable of taking care of his baby sister. Now lets let them go and be done with it." Albert said taking is wife by the arm and dragging her away before she got a chance to hug and kiss her daughter.
"Whew." Ilene sighed as they walked into the Leaky Cauldron, "I almost thought that Mom wouldn't let me come."
"Your mom is to overprotective. But Dad made the decision to allow us to come and he wasn't backing down." Tom replied.
"Whatever. So where is this guy you wanted me to meet? And who is he anyway?" Ilene asked searching the room.
"Lucius Malfoy was a year ahead of you." Tom replied.
"Was he in my house? I think I remember him." Ilene replied.
"That's right Lucius was in Slytherin last year."
"So what do I have to do with any of this anyway? Why am I being set up?" Ilene asked.
"None of your business," Tom barked.
Ilene put her hands on her hips, "It is so my business. I'm not spending the week with a guy if you won't tell me what it is about."
"Fine. I want to go into business with Lucius. But I need a way to get him in the right position." Tom admitted.
"So I'm a bargaining chip? Mom was right not to let me come!" Ilene cried.
"You aren't a barraging chip."
"Then what am I?"
"Nothing I just think that maybe we will get along better if we have something in common." Tom suggested.
"Fine. But only because the Lucius I remember was cute." Ilene replied.
"Good here he comes."
Thus was the be of the romance between Ilene and Lucius. The two didn't see each other often, only on Hogsmead visits and when Ikuko could get away. By the time 7th year was over Ilene and Lucius were engaged to be married. A year later Ilene found herself in a beautiful wedding gown in front of a large crowd of witch and wizards. Despite the growingly darker times everyone was still happy to see two young "good" kids from good wizarding families married.
By the time Ilene was pregnant the times were darker than ever before and Ikuko had finally put together the pieces of the puzzle. Pieces like where her brother had disappeared to and who he had become. And like where Lucius spent all of his free time and what he was doing.
Ilene figured she could wait it out, she was married to one of the most powerful wizards in their world, she would be safe. That was until the Michael McGowers wife and children were killed by Voldermort. Michael McGower was Lucius' right hand man and Ilene knew that she could no longer protect herself and she took her daughter and ran as far as she could.
Ilene ended up in Tokyo, Japan, changed her name to Ikuko and her daughter's to Usagi. Despite the space between her and the wizard world Ikuko still learned of Voldermort demise and that's when the letters began to come to her. Letter's begging Ikuko to come back, for herself, for him, for their family. But nothing would persuade Ikuko to put herself back in the situation that had terrified her and eventually an owl arrived with a letter asking for a divorce because Lucius had found someone else to marry and in a short time Ikuko to was remarried.
~End Flashback~
Ikuko sighed and sank into the steps on her porch and watched the taxi pull away. Despite the fact that that time was now nearly 18 years ago the fear that had consumed Ikuko during that time was still memorable. Ikuko could still remember the fear when the first letter had arrived asking Usagi to attend Hogwarts, even if Voldermort was gone Ikuko still feared the wizarding world. But now Usagi was entering the world that Ikuko had grateful left behind.