Ch. 2
(I'll think up a song later!)
Rei awoke to a most delicious aroma wafting into her room. She yawned sat up, debating the merits of getting up and going downstairs to just laying here before she entered a world she knew nothing about. She then saw Usagi walk past her room on her way downstairs and decided to get up and eat before Usagi ate it all.
When she got downstairs, she received quite a shock: there was a giant sitting at a table! He had a tangled mess of a beard and hair. Two black eyes glittered out at her, but they were warm and friendly. Usagi was sitting by him, talking to ham in broken English. Rei smiled.
"Hello," she said. The giant smiled at her.
"'Ello! You one o' them Senshi, then?"
Rei nodded. "I'm Sailormars."
The giant stuck out his hand. "Rubeus Hagrid. Everyone just calls me Hagrid, tho. I'm goin' t' show yeh around Diagon Alley, help you get yer Hogwarts stuff."
Rei grinned. "So we can get to Diagon Alley from here?"
"Sure!" Hagrid boomed. "Dumbledore ses yeh're s'posed to get everythin' yeh'll be needin': wand, robes, broomstick, th' works. Even bin given some Galleons to buy yeh stuff fer yeh. Mind yeh, got th' Weasleys commin' up today, too, so yeh'll be doin' yer shoppin' wi' them, as well as Hermione and Harry."
"Who's Harry?" Rei looked up, startled, to see that everyone had risen and come into the room. Hagrid smiled at Setsuna, the one who had spoken.
"Yeh're really not from our world, are yeh, not t' know about Harry Potter. Why, he's only th' greatest hero that the wizardin' world has known. Harry was th' downfall of You-Know-Who."
"No, I'm afraid we don't know who," Ami said, confused. "I'm sure it'll be in our books but, please, who is you know who?"
Hagrid frowned. "Don' like to say th' name…he was a wizard that went bad, bad as could be. He was killin' everyone and everythin' that stood in his way. He killed Harry's parents, an' tried to kill Harry. Harry was only a year old, but fer some reason, he couldn't kill Harry. Harry got a scar, but tha's all. After that, his power broke, an' he's only jus' now commin' back to power."
"But, please," Ami pressed. "You haven't told us his name yet."
Hagrid sighed. "His name was Voldemort." He shuddered. "Don' make me say it again, if yeh please."
Ami was about to ask another question when her attention was drawn to the fireplace, which had just erupted in bright emerald flames. Hagrid smiled.
"That'll be th' Weasleys and they friends."
Sure enough, as the astonished Senshi watched, a redheaded boy came whirling out of the fireplace, covered in soot. He looked up and grinned.
"Hi."
The Senshi waved dumbly. They watched as another boy came through the flames, looking exactly like the one that had come before him. Twins, Haruka thought with some unease. She'd never been comfortable around two people who looked exactly alike. One reason why she'd so avoided the Inner planets in the Silver Millennium.
The other twin grinned. "Hello. I'm Fred Weasley, and this is my brother, George. Our brother and sister will be here soon."
George stepped aside from the emerald flames as another redheaded boy, younger this time, came out of the fireplace. He was younger, but taller than either twin, and thinner too. He grinned widely.
"It's really you! My friend, Hermione, will be excited to meet you. But I think Harry's coming next."
"Harry Potter??" Chibiusa asked. Already she was eager to meet this hero that Hagrid had spoken of with such pride.
She watched as a boy nearly fell out of the fireplace. He wore glasses, had bright green eyes, and untidy black hair. And on his forehead…
Chibiusa stared. She then turned to Hagrid as the boy continued to brush soot off of his Muggle clothing.
"On his forehead…is that where…"
Hagrid nodded. Chibiusa turned back to Harry with newfound respect in her eyes.
Next to come through was a brown-haired girl. She brushed soot off of her clothing as well before turning the Senshi and, producing a piece of parchment and quill, demanded their autographs. Usagi blushed. Her horrible handwriting was a joke throughout the superhero community. Hermione, however, treated her signature as if it were gold, which, to her, it probably was. As Hermione took autographs of all the Senshi, another redheaded person came through the fireplace, obviously, by this time, the Weasley daughter.
Haruka smiled as a familiar face came into view and Arthur Weasley came whirling out of the fireplace, followed by who must have been his wife, Molly. Molly smiled.
"You must be the Sailor Senshi, I've heard so much about you-"
"Mostly from Hermione," Ron muttered. Hermione went bright red, but said nothing. Ron turned to Harry.
"We've got to stop by Quality Quidditch Supplies, I've got to pick up a twig clipper for my broom."
"Uh…Quidditch?" Makoto asked, a little confused. Arthur turned a mock-reproving eye on Hagrid.
"Hagrid, you didn't tell them about Quidditch?"
"Didn't have time t', Mr. Weasley. I was only jus' tellin' them 'bout Harry here."
Harry blushed as well. Hagrid got to his huge feet.
"Well, everyone's here, we bes' be off."
Hagrid walked out the back of the Leaky Cauldron, to the trash can that sat there. Rei raised an eyebrow.
"If this is Diagon Alley," she whispered to Minako in Japanese. "I'd hate to see what Hogwarts looks like." Minako grinned. Hagrid, meanwhile, was busy by the wall. He grunted, stood up and tapped a brick with his umbrella. Immediately an archway large enough for even him appeared in the wall. Through it they could see a winding street with crooked little shops on it. Hagrid looked at the shocked faces of the Senshi and laughed.
"Welcome to Diagon Alley."
As the group passed through into Diagon Alley, Minako leaned back over to Rei.
"Still reluctant to see Hogwarts?"
Harry glanced at the Senshi. Hermione had told tales of their adventures: The Sailor Senshi and the Black Dream Hole, the Sailor Senshi and the Ice Queen, the Sailor Senshi and the Dark Kingdom. She hadn't mentioned that they were so very tall, all with the possible exception of the pink-haired girl who had to be Chibimoon, and even she was tall for her age. He'd been a bit nervous being with them, but Chibiusa, as she said her real name was, had struck up a conversation almost immediately and the two of them were talking comfortably by the time they got to Gringotts. Chibiusa now looked up at the big white bank in awe.
"This is the wizard bank?"
Harry nodded. "Yeah. They say there's dragons guarding the higher-security vaults."
Chibiusa's big red eyes were wide. What Gohan-chan wouldn't give to see this place. He was always complaining that she got all the good adventures.
Chibiusa ran inside and for a second stood in wonder at the sheer number of goblins writing in ledgers, showing people in and out of doors…
She noticed that the rest of the Senshi were at a long counter, where they seemed to be exchanging Yen for Wizard money. She looked at the strange coins.
"What are those?"
Harry smiled. "The gold ones are Galleons. The silver ones are Sickles, the bronze ones Knuts. Twenty-nine Knuts to a Sickle, seventeen Sickles to a Galleon. It's easy enough."
"Are you kidding me?" Chibiusa said incredulously. "It took me long enough to figure out the American money system!"
Harry laughed, then turned as his sleeve was tugged on by a goblin. Hagrid frowned.
"We don' have t' take those infernal carts, do we?"
Hagrid exited Gringotts some time later with everyone else, looking slightly green around the gills.
"If y' don' mind," he said. "I think I'll stop fer a drink…"
Hagrid lumbered off and Molly smiled.
"I think you could all do with some refitting for robes, and the Senshi need to get theirs. So how about Madam Malkin's robe shop?"
Harry smiled a bit, then frowned remembering that the robe shop was the first place he'd met Malfoy. Ami clapped her hands excitedly.
"Hang on a minute," She said. "We're going as the Sailorsenshi, so we've got to be in our fukus before we're fitted.
She turned to everyone.
"Minna," she said grinning. "Henshin yo!" (Everyone, transform!)
Haruka, Michiru and Setsuna nodded.
"Uranus Planet Power,"
"Neptune Planet Power,"
"Pluto Planet Power,"
"Make Up!" they chorused.
The inners grinned.
"Venus Crystal Power,"
"Mars Crystal Power,"
"Mercury Crystal Power,"
"Jupiter Crystal Power,"
"Make up!" they yelled.
Finally Usagi and Chibiusa nodded and held up their henshin brooches.
"Moon Crisis Make Up!" the said in unison.
Sailormercury noticed for the first time that quite a few witches and warlocks had stopped to stare as the girls had transformed. They'd now burst into applause, the Weasleys, Harry and Hermione included. The senshi flushed. Mercury turned to Molly.
"You were showing us the way to Madam Malkin's?"
Madam Malkin's robe shop was just was it was when Harry had last seen it. A witch came bustling up to them.
"The Sailor Senshi, I presume. Yes, I was expecting you, Dumbledore sent an owl to let me know you were coming."
"Sent an owl?" Chibimoon asked curiously. Harry smiled.
"It's how wizards communicate. I have one myself, her name's Hedwig."
Chibiusa smiled. The witch showed them to the back of the shop, where someone else was being fitted. Harry frowned, then scowled. He recognised that head of pale blond hair. The boy turned around and confirmed Harry's suspicions.
"Potter," the boy said in a drawling voice that was barely masked with politeness.
"Didn't expect to see you here. Or you either, Weasley," the boy added, glancing coldly at Ron. Harry forced a polite smile.
"Malfoy," he said stiffly. Malfoy's pale eyes flicked over the rest of the group as Chibimoon stepped up to be fitted. Her red eyes already showed an initial dislike of Draco Malfoy. Draco, however, showed more interest in the younger senshi than he'd even shown Harry.
"You must be Sailorchibimoon," he said, suddenly flashing a gracious smile.
"My name is Draco Malfoy, I'm a student at Hogwarts. I'm in P-Harry's class," he corrected himself quickly, nodding towards Harry. Venus grinned at Chibimoon.
"Watch out, Chibiusa," she said in Japanese. "Gohan-kun may have company."
Chibimoon grinned, then turned to Draco.
"I'm Sailorchibimoon," she said very stiffly and politely. "I don't suppose you happen to know anything about racing brooms, do you?"
She caught Harry's eyes and grinned. Harry had already told her all about Gryffindor's Quidditch matches against Slytherin, and about Malfoy's results as Seeker. Malfoy, however, grinned.
"Or course I do," he said smiling. "And what would you like to know?"
"I would like to know," Chibimoon said. "By just how much a Firebolt outstrips a Nimbus 2001."
Ron clapped his hands over his mouth in order to avoid bursting out laughing right there and then. Harry had a sort of odd amused grin on his face, and Hermione looked absolutely scandalised that her hero would sink to such a tactic so quickly. Malfoy's smile faded quickly, and was just as quickly replaced.
"Not by much I assure you," he said. "It's really not worth it to buy a Firebolt, as it's all extra varnish and lettering, anyway," he said, casting a sharp sideways look at Harry. Hermione now grinned.
"Gee, Malfoy," she said. "I don't know, in that last Quidditch match, Harry did get to that Golden Snitch pretty fa-"
"Not by much," Malfoy interrupted, shooting Hermione another brief look. "I'd be more than happy to give you a ride on mine to show you once term starts."
Chibimoon seemed to think about it. The witch who was fitting Malfoy stood and let him down. He gazed up at Chibimoon. "Think about it."
With that, he walked out. Chibimoon turned to Venus.
"It's he who should watch out," she said. "If I fall off of that broom, Gohan-chan will come here and Kamehameha him five ways to Sunday."
The Senshi laughed.
"I want a 5th Avenue bar," Sailormoon wailed. Hermione smiled.
"They don't sell 5th Avenues in the wizarding world. How about a bag of Every flavour beans?"
Harry grinned. "I could go for that."
"Then it's settled," Molly Weasley said smiling. Venus frowned.
"Every flavour beans?"
Ron nodded. "Yeah. There's the normal ones like cherry and chocolate. But then there's liver and tripe. They mean every flavour."
Uranus smiled wryly. "This ought to be interesting."
Hermione ran off to buy them a bag. Arthur looked at his list.
"We ought to stop by Flourish and Blotts to get your books. But first we'll need to get your cauldron."
"Why?" Mercury asked with avid curiosity. Arthur grinned ruefully.
"Because you'll have so many books, you'll need to keep them in the cauldron until we can get them into a trunk, that is."
Sailormoon paled. "There's that many??" she asked incredulously. Mars grinned.
"Looks like you'll have to study, Usagi-chan," she said in Japanese. "I'm sure Ami-chan can show you how."
Sailormoon flushed. "Maybe you ought to go back to Ryo, Rei," she spat venomously. "Otherwise once I've learned a really good curse, I'm using it on you."
"No you won't," Mars shot back with a smirk. "You know I'm better than you at everything anyway."
Sailormoon would have launched herself at Mars had Uranus not stepped directly between them. She gave Moon a hard look, then Mars an even fiercer one. Mercury smiled. No matter how bad things got, Uranus could always quell the most explosive of fights between those two. She blinked as they had stopped. She looked up at the book store. Flourish and Blotts. She shrugged and went inside. Then she gasped. So many different books! And such strange titles. She was used to seeing books like "The idiot's guide to RPG games" and stuff like that. Not to see a bunch of books in a cage tearing at each other. She frowned.
"We won't be needing one of those, will we?"
"The Monster book of monsters." Harry sighed. "Yeah, you'll need it for your Care of Magical Creatures class."
Pluto gulped. Just what were they getting themselves into??
About a half-hour (and numerous bites for the clerk) later, Hagrid had returned with their cauldrons, and Mercury had to admit she was grateful for it as she tipped her books into it. She dusted her hands and blew out her breath through her bangs. She opened her mouth to ask where to next when a high-pitched beeping cut her short. Her communicator! She quickly whipped it out, nothing the worried expressions of everyone else. She frowned as Touma's face filled the screen.
"Nani desu ka?" she asked. (What is it?)
Touma flushed. "Um…you wouldn't know where the fire extinguisher is, would you?"
Mercury nodded. "Under the basement steps. Why?"
"Well," here Touma flushed more. "I was cooking and-"
Jupiter had snatched the communicator away from Mercury.
"If you've burned down my kitchen, Touma-kun, I swear I'm never going to forgive you!! Never! Never! Never!"
Touma was now totally red. "Shin-kun just gave me the same speech…no, the roast is burning. See, I had turned it up high, so that we'd eat on time but the outside burned and the inside isn't cooked yet."
"Tell Raja-kun to order Chinese!" Venus suggested, her voice tinged with amusement. Mercury sighed.
"Tou-chan, you know I don't mean anything by this, but we're rather busy buying our school equipment."
Touma grinned. "Send me an e-mail when you get there!"
Mercury smiled.
"You'll hear from me, that's for sure. Just do me one favour?"
Touma smiled. "Anything."
"Keep the windows open. Ja ne!"
She cut off the connection and several Senshi burst out laughing.
"What was that all about?" Hermione asked. The Senshi quickly explained it to them. Harry chuckled.
"He'll get a shock when your first letter arrives by Owl Post."
Mercury giggled. "Where to now?"
Arthur consulted the list. "I do believe that our last stop is Mr. Ollivander's Wand shop."
The Senshi tingled with excitement. Getting a wand was the fun part! Or…so they thought.
Mr. Ollivander's eyes were like an owl's. He looked at the Senshi.
"Ah, yes. Dumbledore wrote to say you'd be coming. I suppose I'll start with you, Sailormoon. Which is your wand arm?"
Sailormoon held out her right arm and Mr. Ollivander's tape measure began to do it's work. Mr. Ollivander began flitting about the shelves, pulling down a few boxes.
"Here," he said. "Maple, Unicorn Hair, 8 1/2 inches. Very supple."
Sailormoon gave it a wave, but it was snatched out of her hand almost at once.
"Try this," he said, thrusting another wand into her hand. "Oak, Dragon Heartstring. 10 inches."
Sailormoon waved this wand too, and had it too taken from her.
So it continued, until Sailormoon never wanted to see another wand again. The more wands she tried, the happier Mr. Ollivander got. He pulled out one.
"Hmmm. Elder. Phoenix Feather. 14 inches."
Sailormoon took it, and felt a warm tingling in her fingers. She gave it a wave and a shower of beautiful silver sparks cascaded from the end. The other Senshi cheered as Sailormoon's wand was wrapped. Mr. Ollivander looked at the other Senshi, eyes sparkling.
"Ms. Mercury? I believe you're up. Here. Ash. Unicorn Hair. 9 inches."
Sailorvenus collapsed into her bed that night, clutching her "Oak, Unicorn Hair, 9 3/4 inches" to her chest. In a few weeks, she would be off to Hogwarts. In the mean time, she was going to be pouring over her books, learning new spells. And given how much she truly did not like to Study, that was saying a lot. She had no doubt that Ami-chan, of course, had already by now learned ten spells by heart and had practised them to perfection. She fell asleep, her wand in hand, yet wishing Seiji were there to share the moment with her.