A Magical Speculation

Chapter 2
Rated PG-13
By: Resident Goddess

Disclaimers: Harry Potter and all it's corresponding characters, events and elements belong to J.K. Rowling. Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon and all it's corresponding characters, events and elements belong to Takeuchi Naoko. This story belongs to me :P

A/N: Okay, so I'm trying something new. The senshi get letters from Hogwarts...what a surprise...just go ahead and read it, it's kinda...different. Beware, Haruka/Michiru ahead. Ignore spelling and grammar errors. Thanks to: Saturn Angels, Silent Whispers, EA Simpson, Goddess-of-Light and Buns for the reviews ^^;;

Ages
Michiru and Haruka- 16
Hotaru, Usagi, Rei, Minako, Makoto and Ami- 15
Chibiusa- 11
Setsuna- Appearance of 26
Harry and the gang- 15

Anywho...

By the by, Buns, Mamoru will show up later...if I'm feeling kind...mwa ha ha ha.

***

Life at the Leaky Cauldron was very interesting, indeed. The senshi spent a total of five days there, walked around Diagon Alley each day, seeing something new every time, and aqquainted themselves with the ways of the British. Usagi was even calling Rei a 'stupid git' by the end of the week.

On that fateful Monday morning, September 1st, everyone (even Usagi) woke early and headed down to King's Cross to board the Hogwarts Express.

"Setsuna..." Hotaru said as they walked, she was looking down at the paper in her hand. "I don't think this is right...this says Platform 9 3/4, but there are only platforms 9 and 10 here."

"Don't worry about it, Hotaru-chan. You just walk right through the barrier between Platforms 9 and 10. Rei, Usagi, you two go first." Setsuna said, and Rei raised an eyebrow.

"Setsuna, that's solid concrete." Rei said, giving her an odd look.

"Don't you have no faith in me, Rei? Don't worry! We'll see you on the other side!"

"Yeah, the other side of conciousness," Rei mumbled, but looked at Usagi and shrugged. Usagi seemed to be indiffernt about the whole process, and decided that whatever Setsuna thought was best, obviously was. So, the two girls (Rei with a very determined look on her face), made their way (in the most un-suspicious way possible) to the barier, pushing their trunks in front of them. Rei closed her eyes and prepared for a loud crash and a lot of laughter. When it neither came, she opened her eyes cautiously, they were met with a gigantic scarlet steam engine--The Hogwarts Express.

***

"This is um..." Chibiusa trailed off, looking for a good word to describe the scene before her, "cool." She said lamely, frowning.

"Let's get you on this train, shall we?" Setsuna said, smiling in delight. She helped them board, and after they had all given her hugs and promised to write, she stood outside a safe distance away.

Being the last one in line, Hotaru was the last one into the compartment. Being the last one into the compartment, she was the first one to realize that there were not enough seats for all of them.

"Oh, Hotaru..." Michiru said, looking around. "You can sit on Haruka's lap..."

"The whole way?!" Haruka squealed,

"It's okay, Michiru. I'll go find somewhere else to sit...I am fifteen."

"I'll go with you, Hotaru! You shouldn't have to go by yourself just because Haruka won't let you sit on her lap!" Chibiusa said and got up, giving Haruka a glare. Haruka pouted.

Hotaru and Chibiusa decided on the compartment across the asile from their friends and went inside and sat down. A few moments later, the train started to move, very slowly and Chibiusa squealed with delight.

"I'm so excited!"

"Hey! Wait!" Someone yelled from outside the train, and Hotaru looked out the window to see three students running to catch them. Evidently they had, because moments later the door to the compartment opened to reveal two boys and a girl, all breathless.

"All the other compartments are full, do you mind if we sit here?" The girl asked, Hotaru shook her head and looked at the others. The girl had long brown (slightly bushy) hair and brown eyes, one of the boys had flaming red hair and tons of freckles, the last boy had emerald green eyes and messy black hair. "I'm Hermione Granger, what are your names? I don't think I've seen you around before...are you new? Transfers maybe?"

"I'm Tomoe Hotaru, nice to meet you."

"Chiba Chibiusa."

"Woa, you guys have weird names...I've never heard the names 'Tomoe' and 'Chiba' before...by the way, I'm Ron. Ron Weasley." The red head said, Hermione sighed and rolled her eyes.

"Their names aren't 'Tomoe' and 'Chiba', Ron. Those are their last names. In Japan it's last names first, first names last, right?" She looked at Hotaru and Chibiusa.

"You got it," Chibiusa said with a crooked smile. Ron seemed to blush a little and sat back in his seat.

"I'm Harry Potter," He held his hand out in front of Hotaru. She looked at it and then back at him. Oh! Thank God for all those etiquette classes! She took it and shook it firmly.

"Are you transfers?" Ron asked, obviously he had gotten over his blush attack.

"We're transfers...yes." Chibiusa said, trying to recall what Setsuna had told them to say in a situation like this. Just then, saving them (for the time) from answering any more questions, the door slid open and a witch with a cart full of food smiled in at them.

"Anything off the cart, dears?" She asked, motioning to the cart. Hotaru looked at Chibiusa and shrugged, grabbing and paying for a bag of Every Flavor Beans, raising her eyebrows when she searched through the bag looking for something that wouldn't taste too awful. She assumed they meant 'every flavor' when they said 'every flavor'.

"Did you come here by yourselves...all the way from Japan?" Harry asked Hotaru, who was still looking through her bag when she replied:

"No...I came here with my friends and my guardian."

"What about your parents?" Harry said, Hotaru looked up.

"I don't have any parents."

"What happened to them? Did they die?" Ron asked, Hermione silenced him with a punch to the stomach. Before Hotaru had time to answer them, the door opened again and a very smirking, very blonde Draco Malfoy walked in. Harry rolled his eyes.

"What do you want, Malfoy?"

"Just to chat, Potter, it's been awhile." He said, and noticed Chibiusa for the first time. "Who're your friends?" He asked, looking at Hotaru. She cocked an eyebrow at him.

"You aren't flanked by your usual side dishes, Malfoy. What happened? They decide to try to grow brains and jumped off a cliff?" Ron said.

"And I would answer that, Weasel, if it made any sense, but seeing as it didn't, I can't possibly."

"I understood it," Hermione said,

"Well you would, wouldn't you, Granger? It takes a freak to know a freak."

***

"Do you think that they're all right in there?" Haruka said, looking at Michiru.

"I don't know, Haruka. You were the one who didn't let Hotaru sit on your lap, after all."

"I'm sure they're fine, Haruka. Hotaru and Chibiusa aren't babies anymore." Rei muttered, still miffed about the whole platform 9 3/4 incident.

"Yeah, but they were like...yesterday." Haruka mumbled, slumping down in her seat. The compartment door opened and a witch looked in at them.

"Anything from the cart?" She asked, motioning to the cart she had been pushing. It was stock piled with all sorts of foods that none of them had ever seen before.

"Oooh!" Usagi squealed, diving in. After everyone had paid for their food (Usagi's sum being the most, of course), they set to work eating their purchases. Usagi had quite a bit of trouble getting a chocolate frog in her mouth, and Rei wasn't having much luck, either.

"Damn thing keeps hopping around!" Usagi giggled as she made a grab for the frog, and finally managing to catch it, she hurriedly stuffed it in her mouth. "Thisisreallygood!" She said. Her companions stared at her and Rei raised an eyebrow.

"I'm not even going to ask..."

***

Hotaru studied Draco Malfoy. From they way he stood to the way he talked she could tell that he was a commander. Someone that wasn't to be crossed. She raised her eyebrows at the scene before her, as Ron Weasley jumped up, red in the face and got as close as possible to Malfoy without kissing him.

"You had better take that back, Malfoy, or you'll be worse off then you were at the beginning of last summer."

"Oh yeah, Weasely? If I remember correctly, your brothers got you out of that mess, and I've recovered quite well, you impertant git. Sod off."

Again Hotaru's eyebrows went up, new language for her to learn. Fun stuff. Just then, with a glance back at Hotaru, Draco decided that Ron and the rest weren't worth his time, and he left. Ron sat down heavily.

"One of these days...Malfoy is going to get what's coming to him."

"Friend of yours, Ron?" Hotaru asked, nodding to the door. Ron looked at her in surprise, while Harry laughed, catching the sarcasm that Hotaru rarely ever used.

"Quite the opposite, actually," Hermione said with a genuine smile. She leaned forward in her seat. "Malfoy has been a tick under our skin for the last four years, and he's looking to make this the 5th year in a row."

"Every school has one," Chibiusa put in mildly. All three of them nodded, and Hermione looked outside. Clouds were beginning to gather, and suddenly they opened and rain started pouring down.

"Looks like it's going to be a great start to the new year." Harry muttered, sitting back. "Anyone want to play exploding snap?"

"Exploding what?"

***

After teaching Hotaru and Chibiusa Exploding Snap and playing several games, Ron drifed off to sleep, Hermione settled in to reading a book, and Harry seemed quite content to just sit in the compartment quietly. Hotaru looked out the window at the sceneary, and Chibiusa had gone moments earlier to see the others.

Chibiusa came back and looked at Hotaru with a shrug. "They said we should change into our school uniforms. We're almost there."

"All right," Hotaru said, and got up to gather her things.

When they returned, they saw that Harry, Ron and Hermione had all changed, and they noticed one major difference in their school attire.

"Your outfits are different then ours." Chibiusa pointed out, she pointed at Ron's red and gold tie and his badge. "By the way, your tie is crooked."

Ron grabbed his tie and straightened it, Harry looked at Chibiusa. "They're our house colors. When you get to the school, they'll sort you into a house. Gryffindor--that's us, Slytherin--Malfoy, Ravenclaw or Huffelpuff."

"Sounds exciting," Chibiusa said mildly. The train slowed and stopped. "Looks like we're going to be able to do that sooner then we'd planned."

***

After much excitement, everyone had gathered in the main dining hall. Hotaru and her friends sat at a special table until it was time for them to be called up. Once Professor McGonagall had gone from 'Almanna, Brittany' to 'Xaiver Charles' (Sorting Chibiusa to Huffelpuff in the meantime), Professor Dumbledore stood up and smiled at the group of people before him.

"Today, I am pleased to start this wonderful year with thewonderful announcement that we have ten transfer students from Japan!" Claps rang out across the hall, and loud hoots came from the Gryffindor table. Dumbledore looked at Professor McGonagall and motioned for her to get on with the process. She opened a entirely seperate scroll and looked at it.

"Aino Minako!" Professor McGonagall called. Minako squeaked.

"Why do I have to go first?" She whispered hurriedly as she stood up.

"You're first because of your family name!" Michiru said, and watched as Minako sat down on the stool in front of the hall.

Hmm, a voice said in Minako's ear, you've got quite a pure heart here, and a nice amount of bravery too. I see that you are very kind to everyone you meet, and sometimes overly kind. I can't see that you are a work-a-holic, so no Ravenclaw for you, and I can't see very much nerve in you...I suppose it must be "Huffelpuff!" The last word was shouted to the enitre hall, which burst out in clapping when Minako got up and walked over to the Huffelpuff table.

"Hino, Rei!"

Why here in your mind I see a truly brave heart! You don't get many of those these days! Quick to stand up for your friends and quick to anger, you are, I see! A flaming Pheonix flies in your heart! There is only one place for you, Hino Rei, for I can only see you in "Gryffindor!" Rei smiled, clapping, clapping, more clapping as she walked past the Ravenclaw table to the Gryffindor table. She got a few glances and quite a few whispers from the male population, but she managed to hide her excitement behind a mask of stone.

"Kaiou Michiru!"

Quite a bit of talent you have here, Miss Kaiou, and quite a mind as well. I see you love the arts, this is a good thing, seeing as there is such good talent here at Hogwarts. You are willing to learn, and grateful to, I see. You must be put in "Ravenclaw!"

"Kino, Makoto!"

My my! The heart of a lion, you have here! Quite a temper as well, and willing to stand up for what you believe in! I can see that you would do well off in any of the houses, excluding Huffelpuff, but your wit and bravery surpass all of your other traits...you must be put in "Gryffindor!" Makoto smiled smugly to herself and looked at Haruka, mouthing the words "You owe me 200 yen."

"Mizuno, Ami!"

Well, you Japanese are the smartest I've seen in quite a long time! I see here in your mind that you are quite a bookworm, and yet you are somewhat shy and ashamed to admit it. You are smart, Ami Muzuno! Sing it lound and sing it proud, for brains will get you far here, my dear! Nothing but Ravenclaw would suit you! "Ravenclaw!" Ami smiled and went to sit next to Minako.

"Not much of a surprise there," Haruka muttered, but was cut off by Professor McGonagall calling her name.

"Tenou, Haruka!"

Oh dear, don't you have a tempremental mind?
"Put me with Michiru, or I'll eat you for lunch." Haruka thought,
Hmm, touchy too, but brave enough to stand up to me! I shall put you in "Gryffindor!" Haruka nearly threw the hat off and stalked over to the Gryffindor table where Makoto and Rei were already sitting.

"Stupid hat," She muttered, cursing lightly. She stopped when Hotaru's name was called.

"Tomoe Hotaru!" The hall fell silent as Hotaru's small white figure got up and walked to the stool. She sat down, and the hat fell over her eyes, engulfing her mind into it's self.

A troubled past haunts your mind, dark angel. I see it here, hidden as it may be, but still it remains. You have lived a hard life, and there was evil at work in your body, I can see that now. Special you are, and your mind is smart. Standing up for yourself comes naturally to you, but so does knowledge, and evil follows you everywhere. It wouldn't do to put you in Slytherin, and I believe you might make trouble in Gryffindor. Let's put you in Ravenclaw, and give your mind a workout, shall we? "Ravenclaw!" Hotaru remembered getting up numbly and walking over to Michiru and Ami, seated at the Ravenclaw table.

"Tsukino Usagi!"

You must be related to that younger ball of energy, the first year, Chibiusa. Your mind and her mind work in the same ways, and it seems as if they function together. I can't imagine you two being apart, so I shall put you in "Huffelpuff!"

***

During the dinner, everyone got to know the others in their year. Hotaru, Michiru and Ami had a very interesting conversation going at their table as they ate, and Hotaru was silent through most of it until a 7th year looked at her and spoke up.

"Do you play Quidditch, Hotaru?" He said, Hotaru knew a little about Quidditch but she shook her head no. "You've the perfect build for it, maybe you could try out...a beater perhaps."

"No way Mike!" Someone shouted from further down the table "The poor kid would get killed! Look at her! She's too frail! She'd only be good as a seeker!"

"I thought that Cho Chang was your seeker," Michiru said, looking down the table at the Chinese girl who was eating quietly.

"Not this year," Mike said, "Dumb girl was practicing this summer and broke her arm. She's out for six months, and we need a replacement seeker. Why don't you drop by tomorrow after classes. We'll see what you can do, Hotaru."

[End Chapter 2]