Author: sKiTzO sHy VioLeT
Summary: Response to a fanfic challenge: What if Janeway, Chakotay, and any other crew member was transported to Hogwarts as first years during the time of Harry Potter? How did they get there? Remember Q? Q's son?
Disclaimer: Janeway and company belong to Paramounts, Harry and company belongs to the brilliant J. K. Rowling and Scholastic
Warning: If you haven't read every book, turn around now. And if you don't like Voyager, you might not like this.
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Seven of Nine Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix Zero One sat in the oversized chair in the middle of the Slytherin Common Room at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy in the first year of the twenty first century. She glanced around, observing each person as they walked around the room. These "wizards" puzzled her. How could anything they do be possible? She watched one boy, Draco Malfoy, make an object fly over to him. It was as if they had the powers of a Q, only they were human, and they required words to make it possible, rather than a snap of the fingers.
This boy, Draco Malfoy, walked over to Seven, flanked by two larger boys.
"Welcome to Slytherin." he said with a smile. "I see your two siblings weren't good enough to get in."
"I have come to understand," Seven didn't miss a beat, as was her way. "That no House is better than the next. Rather it is Inter-House competition that makes it seem as if that is untrue."
The boy's face broke into a sneer. "Well then, why don't you join Hufflepuff and then see if you still think that way." he laughed. "But you're in Slytherin. After a few days you'll know what I mean."
"What you 'mean'," Seven went on. "Is irrelevant. I will not be here for long." With that she stood up and went to her bed."
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Morning was hell. Janeway dressed in her robes and met up with Chakotay. They walked to the Great Hall together, keeping their eyes peeled for Seven of Nine. When they saw her they were sitting at their table, and she walked in with a few other kids from Slytherin. Seven attempted to break off from the group and join her Captain and First Officer, but the other members of Slytherin stopped her.
"Where are you going?" they demanded.
"I am going to sit with my ... siblings." she replied with irritation.
"Why?" a fifth year girl demanded. "They're at the Gryffindor table!"
"What table they are at is irrelevant." She narrowed her eyes. "I must speak with them."
"Suit yourself." Draco Malfoy muttered as he passed by. With that the other Slytherins left her alone, and she walked over to Janeway and Chakotay without a further challenge.
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"Why is there a Slytherin sitting at our table?!" Ron demanded. He couldn't believe it.
"Leave them alone." Hermione rolled her eyes. "It's their first day here. They probably need each other."
Ron narrowed his eyes at the Slytherin girl one last time before turning away.
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"I don't understand it." Janeway whispered to her two companions. The Hall was noisy so no one could hear them if they whispered. "Why did Q send me here?"
Seven raised an eyebrow and nodded. "And why did he send Commander Chakotay and myself with you?"
"What did he say to you?" Chakotay asked, the curiosity eating away at him.
"He said he could give me something I've always wanted." she replied sounding a little far off. "But then why would he send me here?"
"What have you always wanted?" Seven asked as if it were nothing, as she did sometimes.
Janeway smiled at her naivety. "That's a little personal, Seven." she responded to the question as if she was talking to a child (for in some respects Seven was a child). "But it has nothing to do with this."
Chakotay nodded and pushed his food away. "I think we better get to class. What class do you have next, Seven?"
"Potions." she stated simply, she never felt she had to state more than was needed.
"That's the same as us." Janeway nodded. "Come on, we better get a move on."
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Hogwarts was trying a new thing that year. On the first day, first years were to be teamed up with fifth years in their classes. Just to help them get a feel of things. Janeway was paired up with Hermione and found the girl quite frustrating. She spoke of magic as if it were science. Chakotay was paired up with Harry and was in awe of his scar. Part of him wished he had his tattoo back. And finally Seven was paired up with Ron, who she found even more frustrating than Janeway found Hermione.
"This House competition is irrelevant to your school work and serves no purpose." she said with anger. "So why are you treating me this way?"
Professor Snape seemed to take a liking to Seven, much to her annoyance. "He is an insufficient teacher if he chooses favorites." she stated to Ron who smiled at the comment.
"I've been saying that for years." he laughed. Seven raised an eyebrow when he laughed but allowed one of her small amused smiles play across her lips. She didn't know it, but Janeway caught the smile. She poked Chakotay and pointed to the ex-Borg.
"Wow." Chakotay smiled. "He got Seven to smile on the first day. That has to be a record."
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That night Kathryn trudged into her room, exhausted by everything impossible that was possible in this place. She was about to fall asleep when she heard someone singing softly. She looked over to another first year that shared the room with her. She had headphones over her ears and was listening to a CD player.
Wait a minute... she thought sitting up. "I thought those didn't work here."
The girl had seen her lips move and she pulled the head phones off. She had brown eyes and brown hair and a face that seemed very friendly.
"Huh?"
"I thought electronic 'muggle' devices didn't work in here." Seven of Nine had "assimilated" the History of Hogwarts book and told her superiors about some of the things she'd read.
"Yeah they don't." the girl said before her face broke into a grin. "Normally."
Janeway was about to ask why when another girl, who seemed to think everything was a rush, burst into the room. "Your brother's looking for you." she said before leaving hastily.
Wondering what he wanted, Kathryn walked out of the room. He was sitting in a chair with a chess board out in front of him and a grin on his face.
"Want to play Wizard chess?" he asked eagerly.
Why's he so excited? She thought to herself. It's just chess.
"What's the difference between it and regular chess?" she asked him sitting back in the chair across from him.
"Muggle chess is boring." Janeway leaped out of her seat. One of her pawns had said that! But... But...
"That pawn just spoke!" she blurted out, causing a few people to look over at her. Chakotay laughed.
"Yeah it did." he chuckled. "You asked the difference between regular chess and wizard chess? The difference is: In Wizard chess, the pieces are alive."
So they played three games, Chakotay winning every one. Kathryn would have been fine, except one of her rooks kept shouting moves at her. It was very hard to concentrate. And on top of that one of her knights kept trying to bite her.
"I don't think my pieces liked me very much." she laughed, drinking her hot chocolate and snuggling back in her chair. Chakotay smiled.
"Do you know what this reminds me of?" he asked, his eyes taking on the laughter they often do when his mouth smiles.
"No..." Janeway replied. "What?"
He wished he could have gotten closer to her. Sat next to her in her chair and held her in his arms right then. But he knew she wouldn't have allowed it. Besides, these people here believed they were brother and sister and that wouldn't have been appropriate.
"Chakotay?" he hadn't realized he had gotten lost in his thoughts about her until he heard her call his name.
"Sitting in your ready room, drinking coffee."
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To be continued