A Magical Speculation

Chapter 4
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: To answer some questions:

Red: (Who said): "So, Setsuna say that she is going to stop time for the other Senshis to teleport to Diagon Alley so as not to frigthen the people there, but how is this going to frighten them? The witches and wizards there would probably thought that they had apparited or something."
Me: (^_^;): I was referring to their appearing in Senshi uniforms. Wouldn't you be disturbed if you saw several females in mini-skirts appear in front of you in a blast of light?
Red: "And the most important thing of all is that aren't the inner senshi and the outer ones too old to attend Hogwart? What are their purposes there?"
Me: (^_^;;): Well, I think I explained this in the first chapter(which you may not have caught), after another battle after Galixia, the Senshi were reborn. Haruka and Michiru aren't too old to attend Hogwarts because they are now 16. And, for the second part of that question, you'll find out what their purpose is soon!

Silent Whispers and JudgeDP: When/who is the first Quidditch match (aginst)?
Me: (~_^): Well, I would have to say that probably not in this chapter ^^;;;, you can probably expect it in chapter 5. And the first match is Ravenclaw vs. Huffelpuff :)

Thanks to: EA Simpson, Red, Silent Whispers, JudgeDP, Goddess-Of-Light, and Rings of the Cosmos for reviewing!

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....

***

Groaning, stretching, and then aching from head to toe, Tomoe Hotaru got out of bed and showered. It was 5:30 in the morning. Mike had made Hotaru practice stretches on the school's broom once it was decided that she was the new seeker. She stretched in ways that she had no idea that she could strech in. She hurt in places she didn't even know she had muscles, and as she looked in the mirror, she could have sworn to herself that she had grown...at least an inch.

Coming out of the shower was a little easier then getting into it, and Hotaru dressed and was downstairs in the common room when Michiru woke at 6:00. Grabbing a Potions book, Hotaru dismissed herself and went down to the Great Hall for an early breakfast. Her plan was to eat and then go to the owlry, to send Setsuna an owl. Her plans were changed, however, when she reached the Great Hall. First, she ran into Professor Flitwick, the head of Ravenclaw (Please, feel free to correct me if I am wrong here). After large amounts of praise from him on becoming the new seeker, she got a heads up on what would be taught in class that day. Leaving Professor Flitwick, she ran into Draco Malfoy. Literally. It was as if the boy was a bad penny, turning up in the most odd of situations. He muttered something about her watching where she was going, scowled a bit, and picked up her potions book.

"Trying to show me up in potions, are you, Tomoe?" He asked with a bit of sarcastic humor in his voice.

"No" Hotaru said with just as much malice.

"Heard you're the new Ravenclaw seeker," Draco said, leaning against a pillar, the enchanted sky was beginning to lighten, and Hotaru hadn't even acomplished anything she had set out to do. "Well, at least you'll be able to get a few games in before you play us, and ruin the winning streak that you'll most likely have, considering that you're playing Huffelpuff first."

Oh God. The sarcasm. It was almost too much. Almost.

"Yes, and it must be because we are playing Gryffindor after Huffelpuff...you couldn't be referring to Slytherin...could you? No." Hotaru smirked and held out her hand for the Potions book. Malfoy cocked an eyebrow at her, smirked again, and handed her the book. He headed in the direction of the library, and Hotaru continued on the way to breakfast.

The Hall was scattered with very few students, and Hotaru noticed that none were sitting at their house tables. It must be the early hours, no one cared since there were not enough people to fill up even one table in the great hall. Hotaru sat down at the Ravenclaw table and took a roll and some orange juice, opening the Potions book, Hotaru read up on the Erfuiniel potion, noticing that it not only caused you to spill your guts to whoever chose to listen, but some common side effects was light-headedness and nausea. Hotaru groaned as she read the common mistakes made. There was a list of 26.

"You're up early." A voice said from behind her, Hotaru whirled around, nearly spilling her orange juice, and saw Harry Potter holding a heap of books and looking rather weary. "Do you mind if I sit down? No one else is awake yet."

"Go ahead, I was just doing a little reading up on Snape's stupid potion."

"Snape, eh? Who's your partner?"

"Malfoy."

"Bummer," Harry said and took some oatmeal and milk from the center of the table. Hotaru wrinkled her nose a bit and took a bite of her roll. "Not a fan of oatmeal?"

"Milk. I hate milk." Hotaru mumbled after swollowing.

"Where do you get your calcium, then?"

Hotaru had a feeling that this was going to turn into a lecture, just like one Michiru used to give her every morning when she didn't drink milk at breakfast. Luckily she was saved from that when Usagi came bouncing up to them, full of spirit and happiness. Hotaru was surprised.

"What are you doing up so early, Usagi?"

"Nothin' I just couldn't sleep because I was excited, and I had to tell you!"

"Tell me what?"

"Minako got a position on the Quidditch team! A chaser! She's really good on the broom. By the way, how did practice go yesterday. You know I don't have any connections with anyone now that we're in different houses." Usagi said, her cheeks were slightly flushed as she had probably been running around the school looking for Hotaru. Hotaru muttered something incoherent about how she had made the team, and quickly stuffed a piece of roll in her mouth so she would not have to answer any more questions. Usagi looked questioningly at Harry, who nodded at her with a half smile/smirk.

"I have to go write to Setsuna." Hotaru said quickly and stood up.

"Do you know where the Owlry is?" Harry asked, sounding as if he wanted to go with her. Hotaru nodded.

"I'll find it." She raced off with a roll in her hand, to the owlry where she found Atsui, looking as beautiful as ever on her pearch. Though Hotaru still didn't know her owl well, she felt no fear as she took Atsui off her pearch and put her on a window sill where she wrote Setsuna the following letter:

Dear Setsuna,

It's wonderful here at Hogwarts, and very different from home. I'm having no problems in school here, but the Potions master is rather strict and doesn't seem to like anyone but the Slytherins. I have already made some new friends, and I'm on the Ravenclaw Quidditch team as Seeker.

What do you know about Voldemort, the man who killed Harry Potter's parents? Michiru couldn't tell me that much aobut him, either that, or she wouldn't. Are we here to protect the students from Voldemort, or is it just a coincidence that we came to Hogwarts this year?

I hope you aren't too lonely at home all by yourself. I don't know if we're coming home for Christmas break, I haven't talked to anyone, and it seems so far away. All Hallows Eve is in a month, a English holiday where people dress as creatures from other worlds and beg for candy. Do you think I could pass as a Sailor Senshi?

Michiru sends her love, and so does Haruka, I'm sure, though I haven't talked to her. Everyone is divided now, into seperate houses. Usagi is with Chibiusa and Minako, so she is well protected.

Please write me soon,

Love,

Hotaru

Hotaru folded up the note and tied it to Atsui's leg, sending her off.

***

"There you are, Hotaru, class starts in a few minutes, and I've been looking for you all morning." Ami said, running to catch up to Hotaru, who was walking down the hall to Charms in her own little world.

"I was in the owlry." Hotaru said, Ami stopped walking.

"You didn't write to Setsuna, did you?" Ami asked, looking shocked.

"Yes, she told us to write and I had a few questions about Vol--..."

"Hotaru, if you had any questions about Voldemort, you should have asked me! Setsuna doesn't need any correspondance about Voldemort with what's going on right now!"

"Excuse me?" Hotaru asked, puzzled and a little angry at Ami's sudden outburst.

"You didn't know?"

"What do I hit you as, stupid, Ami?"

"No, it's not that...perhaps no one told you...I'm sorry. It's just that Setsuna prefers to keep the letters general...she's working with the Ministry of Magic to track down Voldemort, and Professor Dumbledore is trying a different method to rid our world of Voldemort...she doesn't think they should mix." Hotaru raised an eyebrow, and without even a reply from Setsuna, she had answered her own question. They not only were here to learn, they were here to fight a new enemy. So much for a vacation.

***

Hotaru sat down in the back of the Charms classroom and watched Professor Flitwick run about preparing things. He told them that he would be putting them into groups of four and they would be practicing a mirror charm. He walked around the classroom mumbling to himself and placing them into groups, he put Hotaru in a group with Ami, Harry and a boy named Seamus.

"You're Japanese, eh?" Seamus said, he had a thick Irish accent, and many freckles, which made him look more or less like a country boy. Before either girls could answer, Professor Flitwick stood on top of a stack of books and told them that they would send harmless spells at each other, and the person recieving the the spell would mutter 'Enrosia', hopefully sending the spell to the other person. He demonstrated with Neville Longbottom, sending a giggling charm at him, and Neville erupted with giggles for the rest of the period.

"You'll be doing a simple rotation in your groups...two people in a row and two people directly across from them. You then move left, and the person next to you moves forward. If there is no one next to you, then you move forward."

Well, needless to say, the class was not all that productive. Most of the class was in fits of giggles when they left, some were crying (due to a crying spell that had been used), and others were sneezing. Ami found that she couldn't quit jumping around.

"I don't think this is good," Hotaru said, "Can't you counter the spell you used, Seamus?" Seamus shrugged, and Hotaru sighed. Harry, who had been laughing the whole period, continued to do so until the two Japanese girls had parted for Herbology.

***

"Why aren't they here yet, Minako-chan?" Usagi said, pacing the door outside the greenhouse, minutes before class started.

"Don't worry, they had to come all the way from the Charms classroom, don't get so excited."

"But Hotaru seemed so detached this morning...what if something happened??"

"She's probably just worried about the first Quidditch match...Ravenclaw vs. Huffelpuff, you know, and since I'm the new chaser..."

"Minako. Your ego is big enough already." Ami said, walking up behind her, Hotaru followed. Usagi heaved a sigh of relief and they walked into the greenhouse together.

Herbology, Hotaru had decided, was disgusting. Not only did they have to mess around with plants, most of which were dangerous, but they had to get dirt in places that she didn't even want to think about. Hotaru wasn't interested in plants, she even had tried to get out of watering Michiru's garden at home several times, just because it required stepping in the dirt. She prefered things that could think for themselves, like animals. This, was, of course lucky for Hotaru, because the next class that they were going to was Care of Magical Creatures.

***

Hotaru heard Ami gasp, who was walking in front of her.

"What is it?" It couldn't be much, Hotaru thought, they were just reaching the hut where the class was held. Well, what was it?

Oh.

There was a man of gigantic proportions standing by the hut. He was huge, and not only that, but there was also this huge dog standing by him. Hotaru wasn't surprised that Ami gasped. Usagi, however, had quite a different reaction.

"Look at that cute doggie!!" She ran up to the dog, and before anyone could protest or shout a warning (to the dog, of course), Usagi had her arms around it and was patting it's head. "You are sooo cute! What's your name, cutie?"

Well, the giant of a man had quite a surprised expression on his face, as did most of the class. Minako spun around, now facing away from Usagi, and started to whistle and walk away, pretending that she didn't know her. Ami turned scarlet at her friend's behavior, and Hotaru managed to keep a nonplussed look on her face.

"Uh, do yeh mind gettin' yern hands off Fang? Class is about teh start." The giant said, he had a booming voice, but a kind face.

"Oh!" Usagi said, just noticing him. "Hi! I'm Tsukino Usagi! What's your name...Professor..."

"I'm Hagrid...jus' Hagrid. 'O righ every one!" He said to Usagi, then to the class, "Get in groups o' four and then come over here! We're goin' to have a look at some faries today!"

Usagi rejoined Ami, Hotaru and Minako, and they all walked over to a secluded place, just outside the line of trees that marked the forest. There were several bird's cages there, and each one held four fairies. Each group gathered around one, and Hagrid gave them instructions. They were to talk to the fairies and then write a paper on what they had learned.

***

"What does he mean, 6 inches, Ami?" Usagi asked, looking puzzled.

"I think he means that's how long the paper has to be. You measure it." Ami said, shrugging. Their talk with the fairies had been quite boring, finding that all the creatures had to talk about was flowers and their home, which was in fact a big flower. The fairies, Ami had found out, only ate fruit, they didn't talk to many other creatures, but mostly among themselves, and, well, they were obsessed with flowers, using their scent in perfumes and their petals to make clothes.

"Well, we'll see you later, you guys have the rest of the day off, right?" Minako asked Ami.

"Until tonight, we have Astronomy wiht Slytherin." Ami said, shrugging.

"Ah, Slytherin. That cute boy is in Slytherin, right?" Usagi said. All of them srugged, not quite knowing which cute boy she was referring to.

"I have to go." Hotaru said, "I'll see you at dinner, Ami, I have Quidditch practice."

[End Chapter 4]