Chapter 5
Usagi woke up the next morning with a headache, she knew it was from the pill that Setsuna gave her. Setsuna had said that most of her memories would come back in the night and they had. Mostly she just now had knowledge she didn't know she had but she did remember vaguely missing her senshi friends who were back on the moon, then they had known where she was. But slowly her years at school as he became friends with the other students attending.
Yawning and stretching Usagi looked around her dorm room, Hermione, Lavender and the other girls. They all seemed nice enough, from what Usagi could gather though Hermione was a lot like Ami always studying. From what Usagi could gather from the talks between Lavender and her friend, what was her name Parvati? Hermione was friend with Harry Potter and his red headed friend and although she was Head Girl she was in the process of begging for permission from Professor McGonagall to be let stay in the regular dormitories.
Usagi liked the girls she shared a room with well enough, but they weren't her friends and she was beginning to miss the girls terribly.
The rest of the girls weren't up yet but Usagi had planned on being up earlier than everyone else so she quickly slipped into her school robes and checked the note that had been sent to her via her owl Selene.
~Cassi~
Meet me in the library before breakfast.
It was unsigned but it didn't matter Usagi knew who had written it. Draco was the only one who ever called her Cassi. Cassiopeia was what her biological father, Lucius, and his wife called her. But Cassi was the nickname that only Draco called Usagi. The twins hadn't spent much time together throughout their lives. Lucius terrified Usagi so she had never spent anytime in the wizard world. But Draco had spent every summer between the ages of 5 and 10 in Tokyo and then the summer when it had been decided that Usagi wouldn't be attending Hogwarts Draco hadn't come for the summer at all. But after that summer they saw each other one weekend a month in the summer. It wasn't enough for the twins but the two were still very close despite the thousands of miles between them. But because of the confusion between why Usagi lived with one parent and Draco with another and Usagi's name change Usagi had never told the girls about Draco and now she felt guilty about it.
Draco walked towards the library after having sent a letter to his father. Draco knew that he would get a return owl the instant his father got his letter and he didn't need to read the letter to know what it would say. It would say: "Covert her. Turn her to our ways son. She's your twin sister. Together you can be powerful." And Draco again knew he would fall under the commands of his father, he always did, he always would do his father's biding. Doing what his father wanted was a sure way to get into his good graces be loved if only for a minute.
For now though, until that letter came Draco was going to make the best of his time with his sister, for once just let them be twins. When Draco walked into the library he found Usagi sitting at a table with her back to him her head resting in her hands. Draco walked up quietly behind her and covered her eyes "Guess who?"
"Mamo-Chan?" Usagi guessed.
"Wrong." Draco stated taking the seat next to her. "So how is Mamo-Chan? Are you two still dating."
Usagi looked crestfallen and her gaze fell to the tabletop.
"What's wrong? Do I have to beat the bloody hell out of him?" Draco asked suddenly getting defensive.
Usagi shook her head, "No. But I don't know if we are still dating. To come here I couldn't tell him that…well…that I was coming here. I didn't talk to him for a month and the last conversation we had was a fight. So I don't know where we stand right now."
"I'm sure you guys will fix everything. Are you going home for Christmas?" Draco asked.
Usagi nodded, "Mom made me promise. Do you want to come back with me?"
Draco shrugged, "I'd have to talk to dad. So how's Shingo and your parents?"
"Shingo's good. He starting high school this year. And Mom and Daddy are OK."
Never had Lucius been referred to as Usagi's mother and the only time Draco called Ikuko mom was when he was staying with her. "What about your parents? How are they?"
"Mom's fine. Dad's been busy with work."
"I'm sure he has." The words were out even before Usagi could stop them.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Draco asked.
"Nothing I didn't mean to say that." Usagi replied shaking her head.
Draco and Usagi carried on small talk for a few minutes longer but eventually Usagi stood up, "I better go. I'd like to get to know some of the other 7th year Gryffindors before classes start this morning."
"Who like Potter, Weasley and the Mudblood?" Draco sneered.
Usagi's jaw dropped, "Draco Malfoy I can't believe that came out of your mouth!"
"Cassi Slytherins and Gryffindors don't get a long it's practically a law of the school." Draco stated but suddenly regretted it as he watched the tears form in the blue eyes that mirrored Draco's.
"Does that mean we can't get along either?" Usagi asked before turning away from the table and running out of the library.
Did it? Draco didn't know so he couldn't go after Usagi to reassure her. Did the fact that they were in rival houses mean Draco and Usagi were never meant to be close? Could they ever really be close anyway? Usagi his innocent twin sister and him, Draco the person who lived to make weaker, lower people miserable be more than just acquaintances? Draco didn't know the answer and before he could comfort his sister he had to find out the answer.
Usagi was in tears by the time she actually slowed down but she still stumbled along in her tears. She couldn't believe Draco had said that, he had basically come out and say that they couldn't be friends.
When Usagi ran into someone instead of being shaken out of her thoughts her brain jumped to other thoughts. Memories of running (literally) into Seiya and Mamoru and with those thoughts her brain jumped to thoughts of the girls and she was suddenly guilt ridden.
"I'm sorry." The person Usagi had run into stammered.
Usagi sighed and shook her head even the voice sound like…Usagi looked up and was greeted by a familiar face. "Seiya-kun?"
"Odango? Or I guess not." Seiya said taking in Usagi's shortened hair, it now fell halfway straight down her back. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm going to Hogwarts this year. What are you doing here?" Usagi asked stunned.
"I'm teaching." Seiya responded.
"Wow." Usagi's jaw dropped and she couldn't help but fling her arms around Seiya's neck and give him a cheerful hug. "I'm glad you are here."
"Are the rest of the girls here then?" Seiya asked, "I never realized you guys were into more magic than just senshi stuff."
Usagi shook her head and put up a brave smile; "No the other girls aren't here. They don't know where I am. They don't know any magic like here. It's in my lunarian blood."
"I'm sorry you must miss them terribly." Seiya said reading Usagi immediately.
"I do but I do Setsuna's biding also. Are Taiki and Yaten here?"
Seiya nodded, "Taiki is teaching a new class just for 7th years, Use of Magic in the Muggle World. And Yaten is teaching a class on Pointless Spells That Will Simplify Your Life."
"And you?" Usagi asked.
"Defense Against the Dark Arts. They can't keep a teacher in that division."
"Leave it up to the three of you to have the longest named classes. Normal teachers have Potions or Transfiguration." Usagi laughed.
"What would be the fun in that?" The two continued walking towards the Great Hall in silence and finally Seiya asked, "So are you going to tell me what you were crying about?"
Usagi's breath caught in her throat, "How'd you know?"
"Usagi your face gives away every thought that enters your mind."
Usagi sighed and explained to Seiya her conversation with Draco and Seiya sighed but gave Usagi's shoulder a light squeeze, "It sounds like Draco is very caught up in his ways. It will take him awhile to adjust to having his twin sister not only at his school but also in his rival house. Just give it time Odango."
Usagi stared at Seiya's face stunned, "What is it?" Seiya asked, "Did I cut myself shaving?"
Usagi shook her head her loose hair swinging back and forth, "No. You just seem different."
"Good different? Or bad different?" Seiya asked.
Usagi shrugged, "Just different."
By the time Seiya and Usagi finally entered the Great Hall for breakfast Hermione, Ron and Harry who had made up the night before sat in a group with Seamus and Neville, Ron had also apologized to him, and a few other 7th years.
"I wonder who that is." Ron stated and Harry looked up his green-eyed gaze settling on the beautiful exchange student that had haunted his dreams the night before.
"Oh." Hermione stated in her voice that said I know everything. "That's the new Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher. Professor Kou."
"I thought Professor Kou was our Use of Magic in the Muggle World teacher?" Harry asked.
"I thought Professor Kou was our Pointless Spells That Will Simplify Your Life teacher?" Seamus asked at the same time.
"They are. As far as I can tell they are three brothers." Hermione replied. "He doesn't look very old does he?"
"No." Lavender shook her head, "But he sure is nice looking."
"Uh-huh." Parvati added.
"Well I hope he keeps the class interesting." Ron stated, "I wonder if he will last more than a year?"
"What does it matter to us?" Neville asked, "We are done at the end of this point."
Ron shrugged, "Just curious."
"Well I'm going to go introduce myself." Hermione said standing up. "Be back in a few."
Usagi stopped, "Well I guess you can't sit with me at breakfast. You have to sit with the teachers right?"
Seiya nodded, "With the school divided into houses it would show favoritism if I sat with you."
"Professor Kou?" Hermione joined the two as he finished his sentence.
Usagi nudged Seiya realizing that Seiya hadn't realized he was being addressed. "Seiya-kun this is my new friend Hermione Granger. Hermione this is our Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher Seiya Kou."
"Pleased to meet you Professor Kou." Hermione said extending her hand to shake Seiya's.
"Nice to meet you. But I insist that my students call me Seiya. I'm the same age as you 7th years I just didn't attend a magic school like Hogwarts."
Usagi woke up the next morning with a headache, she knew it was from the pill that Setsuna gave her. Setsuna had said that most of her memories would come back in the night and they had. Mostly she just now had knowledge she didn't know she had but she did remember vaguely missing her senshi friends who were back on the moon, then they had known where she was. But slowly her years at school as he became friends with the other students attending.
Yawning and stretching Usagi looked around her dorm room, Hermione, Lavender and the other girls. They all seemed nice enough, from what Usagi could gather though Hermione was a lot like Ami always studying. From what Usagi could gather from the talks between Lavender and her friend, what was her name Parvati? Hermione was friend with Harry Potter and his red headed friend and although she was Head Girl she was in the process of begging for permission from Professor McGonagall to be let stay in the regular dormitories.
Usagi liked the girls she shared a room with well enough, but they weren't her friends and she was beginning to miss the girls terribly.
The rest of the girls weren't up yet but Usagi had planned on being up earlier than everyone else so she quickly slipped into her school robes and checked the note that had been sent to her via her owl Selene.
~Cassi~
Meet me in the library before breakfast.
It was unsigned but it didn't matter Usagi knew who had written it. Draco was the only one who ever called her Cassi. Cassiopeia was what her biological father, Lucius, and his wife called her. But Cassi was the nickname that only Draco called Usagi. The twins hadn't spent much time together throughout their lives. Lucius terrified Usagi so she had never spent anytime in the wizard world. But Draco had spent every summer between the ages of 5 and 10 in Tokyo and then the summer when it had been decided that Usagi wouldn't be attending Hogwarts Draco hadn't come for the summer at all. But after that summer they saw each other one weekend a month in the summer. It wasn't enough for the twins but the two were still very close despite the thousands of miles between them. But because of the confusion between why Usagi lived with one parent and Draco with another and Usagi's name change Usagi had never told the girls about Draco and now she felt guilty about it.
Draco walked towards the library after having sent a letter to his father. Draco knew that he would get a return owl the instant his father got his letter and he didn't need to read the letter to know what it would say. It would say: "Covert her. Turn her to our ways son. She's your twin sister. Together you can be powerful." And Draco again knew he would fall under the commands of his father, he always did, he always would do his father's biding. Doing what his father wanted was a sure way to get into his good graces be loved if only for a minute.
For now though, until that letter came Draco was going to make the best of his time with his sister, for once just let them be twins. When Draco walked into the library he found Usagi sitting at a table with her back to him her head resting in her hands. Draco walked up quietly behind her and covered her eyes "Guess who?"
"Mamo-Chan?" Usagi guessed.
"Wrong." Draco stated taking the seat next to her. "So how is Mamo-Chan? Are you two still dating."
Usagi looked crestfallen and her gaze fell to the tabletop.
"What's wrong? Do I have to beat the bloody hell out of him?" Draco asked suddenly getting defensive.
Usagi shook her head, "No. But I don't know if we are still dating. To come here I couldn't tell him that…well…that I was coming here. I didn't talk to him for a month and the last conversation we had was a fight. So I don't know where we stand right now."
"I'm sure you guys will fix everything. Are you going home for Christmas?" Draco asked.
Usagi nodded, "Mom made me promise. Do you want to come back with me?"
Draco shrugged, "I'd have to talk to dad. So how's Shingo and your parents?"
"Shingo's good. He starting high school this year. And Mom and Daddy are OK."
Never had Lucius been referred to as Usagi's mother and the only time Draco called Ikuko mom was when he was staying with her. "What about your parents? How are they?"
"Mom's fine. Dad's been busy with work."
"I'm sure he has." The words were out even before Usagi could stop them.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Draco asked.
"Nothing I didn't mean to say that." Usagi replied shaking her head.
Draco and Usagi carried on small talk for a few minutes longer but eventually Usagi stood up, "I better go. I'd like to get to know some of the other 7th year Gryffindors before classes start this morning."
"Who like Potter, Weasley and the Mudblood?" Draco sneered.
Usagi's jaw dropped, "Draco Malfoy I can't believe that came out of your mouth!"
"Cassi Slytherins and Gryffindors don't get a long it's practically a law of the school." Draco stated but suddenly regretted it as he watched the tears form in the blue eyes that mirrored Draco's.
"Does that mean we can't get along either?" Usagi asked before turning away from the table and running out of the library.
Did it? Draco didn't know so he couldn't go after Usagi to reassure her. Did the fact that they were in rival houses mean Draco and Usagi were never meant to be close? Could they ever really be close anyway? Usagi his innocent twin sister and him, Draco the person who lived to make weaker, lower people miserable be more than just acquaintances? Draco didn't know the answer and before he could comfort his sister he had to find out the answer.
Usagi was in tears by the time she actually slowed down but she still stumbled along in her tears. She couldn't believe Draco had said that, he had basically come out and say that they couldn't be friends.
When Usagi ran into someone instead of being shaken out of her thoughts her brain jumped to other thoughts. Memories of running (literally) into Seiya and Mamoru and with those thoughts her brain jumped to thoughts of the girls and she was suddenly guilt ridden.
"I'm sorry." The person Usagi had run into stammered.
Usagi sighed and shook her head even the voice sound like…Usagi looked up and was greeted by a familiar face. "Seiya-kun?"
"Odango? Or I guess not." Seiya said taking in Usagi's shortened hair, it now fell halfway straight down her back. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm going to Hogwarts this year. What are you doing here?" Usagi asked stunned.
"I'm teaching." Seiya responded.
"Wow." Usagi's jaw dropped and she couldn't help but fling her arms around Seiya's neck and give him a cheerful hug. "I'm glad you are here."
"Are the rest of the girls here then?" Seiya asked, "I never realized you guys were into more magic than just senshi stuff."
Usagi shook her head and put up a brave smile; "No the other girls aren't here. They don't know where I am. They don't know any magic like here. It's in my lunarian blood."
"I'm sorry you must miss them terribly." Seiya said reading Usagi immediately.
"I do but I do Setsuna's biding also. Are Taiki and Yaten here?"
Seiya nodded, "Taiki is teaching a new class just for 7th years, Use of Magic in the Muggle World. And Yaten is teaching a class on Pointless Spells That Will Simplify Your Life."
"And you?" Usagi asked.
"Defense Against the Dark Arts. They can't keep a teacher in that division."
"Leave it up to the three of you to have the longest named classes. Normal teachers have Potions or Transfiguration." Usagi laughed.
"What would be the fun in that?" The two continued walking towards the Great Hall in silence and finally Seiya asked, "So are you going to tell me what you were crying about?"
Usagi's breath caught in her throat, "How'd you know?"
"Usagi your face gives away every thought that enters your mind."
Usagi sighed and explained to Seiya her conversation with Draco and Seiya sighed but gave Usagi's shoulder a light squeeze, "It sounds like Draco is very caught up in his ways. It will take him awhile to adjust to having his twin sister not only at his school but also in his rival house. Just give it time Odango."
Usagi stared at Seiya's face stunned, "What is it?" Seiya asked, "Did I cut myself shaving?"
Usagi shook her head her loose hair swinging back and forth, "No. You just seem different."
"Good different? Or bad different?" Seiya asked.
Usagi shrugged, "Just different."
By the time Seiya and Usagi finally entered the Great Hall for breakfast Hermione, Ron and Harry who had made up the night before sat in a group with Seamus and Neville, Ron had also apologized to him, and a few other 7th years.
"I wonder who that is." Ron stated and Harry looked up his green-eyed gaze settling on the beautiful exchange student that had haunted his dreams the night before.
"Oh." Hermione stated in her voice that said I know everything. "That's the new Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher. Professor Kou."
"I thought Professor Kou was our Use of Magic in the Muggle World teacher?" Harry asked.
"I thought Professor Kou was our Pointless Spells That Will Simplify Your Life teacher?" Seamus asked at the same time.
"They are. As far as I can tell they are three brothers." Hermione replied. "He doesn't look very old does he?"
"No." Lavender shook her head, "But he sure is nice looking."
"Uh-huh." Parvati added.
"Well I hope he keeps the class interesting." Ron stated, "I wonder if he will last more than a year?"
"What does it matter to us?" Neville asked, "We are done at the end of this point."
Ron shrugged, "Just curious."
"Well I'm going to go introduce myself." Hermione said standing up. "Be back in a few."
Usagi stopped, "Well I guess you can't sit with me at breakfast. You have to sit with the teachers right?"
Seiya nodded, "With the school divided into houses it would show favoritism if I sat with you."
"Professor Kou?" Hermione joined the two as he finished his sentence.
Usagi nudged Seiya realizing that Seiya hadn't realized he was being addressed. "Seiya-kun this is my new friend Hermione Granger. Hermione this is our Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher Seiya Kou."
"Pleased to meet you Professor Kou." Hermione said extending her hand to shake Seiya's.
"Nice to meet you. But I insist that my students call me Seiya. I'm the same age as you 7th years I just didn't attend a magic school like Hogwarts."