A Magical Speculation
Chapter 5
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 those of you that have been wondering about Setsuna stopping time in the first chapter...I realize that this would kill her, but let's just pretend that everything's okay, all right? It just fit with the storyline, and afterall, it is fanfiction, people :) (Thanks for pointing it out though :D) Aaand, I'm sorry about this chapter taking so long to get out, my grandpa died and I've been a bit pre-occupied lately -_-;;
Thanks to: Silent Whispers, Goddess-of-Light, Elenhiril, JudgeDP, and Bun-chan 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
Riiight...so...
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At midnight that night, Hotaru was not only cold (being outside and on the highest tower), but she was also very tired from Quidditch practice earlier and all the homework she had to complete. Professor Sinistra was walking around muttering in low tones to them what the Astronomy class was about, and Hotaru listened with half an ear, paying more attention to actually warming herself up, which seemed the more important of the two.
Professor Sinistra, Hotaru noticed, went about things in a quite different way then other teachers. Instead of putting them in pairs with their friends, as Professor Flitwick had done, and instead of pairing them by an evil seating chart, like Snape, she just went around, randomly grabbing hands and shoving students off to a telescope. Hotaru was once again paired with Malfoy, and pushed off in the direction of a telescope.
"We will start tonight with something simple. You are to spot each planet in the night's sky and record their coordinates on a map. I will check them at the end of class. Get to work!"
Draco immediately headed for the telescope, as Hotaru picked up the map and stood at the railing of the tower, looking up.
"I think that's Saturn," Draco said, not bothering to look at Hotaru, who rolled her eyes.
"It's not." She said, and he turned to her, sneering.
"*You* haven't even looked through the telescope yet."
"Yes, but I do know that Saturn is on the opposite side of the sky tonight, Kouryuu. You're probably looking at Sirius, the star."
"Whatever, and what the hell did you just call me?" Draco looked her, his mouth in a thin line. The light from the moon made his hair shine, and he looked even more menacing with the shadows it cast on his features. Hotaru sighed, surprised that the Japanese word had come out of her mouth in place of his name.
"Kouryuu...it means 'rain dragon' or 'hidden genius' in Japanese, I'm sure there's *got* to be more to you then what you're showing." Hotaru muttered absentmindedly, walking over to the telescope. She turned it around and got a good view of Saturn (picking it out in seconds), and wrote it down on the star chart. Draco had a slightly abashed look mixed with the element of surprise. "I can't find Mars..." Hotaru said, looking at Draco.
"To the West." He said bluntly. "Further," Hotaru turned the telescope further to her left, "More." Further. "Keep going."
"Why don't you find it?" She said, looking once again at Draco.
"Because, you should be right on top of it now."
And so she was.
"So you know about Mars, but you mistook Sirius for Saturn?"
"I have never been able to find that damn planet." Draco said with a huff and took the map from Hotaru, quickly writing down the coordinates as he looked in the telescope.
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"I'm so excited! The first Quidditch match is in three days! Three days, Hotaru!" Usagi squealed at lunchtime the next day, the two girls had been walking aimlessly around the halls, Usagi chatting all the way. "And what makes it even more exciting...we're playing you!"
"Quite exciting, Usagi...quite." Hotaru muttered, looking around. "It's time for Defense Against the Dark Arts...I have to go. See you at dinner, Usagi. Sayonara." Hotaru waved and walked down a passageway to the right.
"Sayonara, Hotaru-chan!" Usagi called, and took the passage to the left.
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"Today, class, we will be discussing the rise of the Dark Arts, and the new rise of Voldemort." Professor Lupin said, a few people gasped at the mention of his name, but many didn't react with quite so much vigor. "First off, this is not on the syllabus because i did not intend it. Professor Dumbeldore came to me early this morning and asked me if I would include it in one of my lessons, and, as I say, better to get it done and out of the way. Now, first things first, does anyone have any questions that I can answer for you before we get started?"
Ami raised her hand.
"Professor, has there been any recent studies on the night Voldemort fell from power recently?"
"Not recently, the Ministry did a study about 6 years ago, and their hypothesis can be found in the school libraray." Though Hotaru was curious about Voldemort herself, she could see that this class discussion wasn't going to answer any of her questions, and she promptly turned one ear towards Professor Lupin, and one ear towards her worries of the Quidditch match in three days.
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The days passed in quick succession, and Hotaru groaned as she awoke on the morning of the first Quidditch match. She sat up quickly and felt a rush come to her head, and, as she put her feet on the ground, they brushed against something long and hard. Hotaru was startled, and when she looked down, she saw a long box wrapped in brown paper at her feet.
Miss Hotaru Tomoe
Second bed on the right
Ravenclaw Dorm
She picked it up and tore the paper, opened the box, and let the broom fall onto her hands. No note came with it. Hotaru hadn't gasped with surprise, she had expected that it *was* a broom, afterall, and just in time. She read the words printed on the handle. Firebolt. Hotaru smiled, oh how she loved Setsuna.
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"Okay, Hotaru, here's your orange juice." Michiru said, and set a glass of orange juice in front of Hotaru at the breakfast table that morning. Hotaru had been to a very early morning practice, and she wasn't all that thristy. Hotaru looked at the juice with distaste, but before she had a chance to tell Michiru off, two strong hands gripped her shoulders.
"Ready for the big game, champ?" Haruka said, giving Hotaru's shoulders a squeeze. Hotaru looked up and saw not only Haruka standing there, but Rei as well. Hotaru muttered a reply that sounded something like 'I hope so', and took a sip of her orange juice. "Well, since Minako is on the Huffelpuff team, there's no way that Usagi would let us be decked out and cheer just for you, so we're in the neutral crowd, though all the Gryffindors will be cheering for you...especially that Harry fellow."
"What's that supposed to mean, Haruka?" Michiru asked with a glint in her eye. Hotaru grew rigid with suspicion of Haruka and her meddling ways.
"Nothing much, but I've seen how he looks at our Hime-chan..."
"Lay off her Haruka, she's got enough stress already." Rei said, crossing her arms. She winked at Hotaru and pulled out a little bronze and blue cloth that she had hidden in her pocket. She waved it entergetically under the table. Hotaru gave her a small smile, and Professor Dumbledore stood up, his hands clapsed together.
"Is everyone ready for the first Quiddtich match of the season?" He asked with glee, a loud chorus of 'yes!' filled the hall and shouts and whoops littered the air. "All right then! Let's head out then!"
Hundreds of students got up and crowded the doors, while Hotaru and the other Quidditch members took a side door that was off-limits to the other students. The arrived on the field minutes before everyone else, and, as they had already changed into their game-robes, Mike began giving them a pre-game prep. The first words that came out of his mouth were 'Huffelpuff's got nothing on us', and the speech went downhill from there. He finally ended with a exasperated sigh and the words 'just do your best'.
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"Welcome to the first Quidditch match of the year!" Lee Jordan's voice boomed over the Quidditch field, and Professor McGonagall stood closely by, watching his every move. "This year we have new seekers for both the Ravenclaw team and the Huffelpuff team! Maschriff Lenner is the new Huffelpuff seeker, and the Japanese exchange student, Hotaru Tomoe, is the new seeker for Ravenclaw. But she's not the only Japanese student on a house team this year! Minako Aino is making her stand as chaser this fine morning!
"Madam Hooch calls for the shake between Mike Malcom and Chesney Stuart, and the Quidditch match is on! And it's Ravenclaw in posession of the Quaffle, no! It's now Huffelpuff in posession, new chaser Minako Aino heading down the pitch! She takes a shot! Great save by Malcom!"
Hotaru listened with half an ear to Lee's voice as she scouted around for the snitch. The game raged on below her, and she caught glimpses of her friends in the clouds. Lenner was circling many feet below her, and she set her sights parallel to him.
"It's Ravenclaw back in posession, Jordyn Becker down the line, he's coming up fast on Keeper Jennifer Matterson, he's sporting a menacing grin...a buldger nearly misses him, and he's shot the ball...! And it's 10 nothing Ravenclaw! What a score by Becker!"
Hotaru looked down at Lenner below her, he seemed to be having little luck, though she had spotted the snitch for only a moment to her left, he seemed completely unawares.
"And it's Aino with the Quaffle, she's on her high horse headed towards Malcom now, she prepares to shoot....Oh!" Loud gasps are heard from the crowd, "A buldger tips her broom and it's Ravenclaw in posession!"
Hotaru caught a glimpse of the snitch again as Ravenclaw scored once more, but it was gone as quickly as it had come, and she grumbled to herself dejectedly.
"Matterson down the line, Chesney with the buldger, he's taking aim, there's a true beater for ya there! But what a dodge by Matterson! Matterson passes to Riley Smart, Smart up the field, coming up on Matterson, she shoots, she scores! This game is 30-nothing Ravenclaw! What a surprise!" Lee let a hint of sarcasm creep into his voice, and Professor McGonagall glared at him. "We'd like to take this time to give thanks to our professors," Lee gulped, "for without them, we would just be dumb students with no education.
Well it's Jake Moyer of Huffelpuff with the quaffle, headed down the line, he passes it to Aino who is wide open, a beater headed towards her with a buldger, she shoots, and it's right past Malcom! Huffelpuff finally gets on the scoreboard with a score of 30-10, Ravenclaw's favor!"
A glint of gold to Hotaru's left was little warning of what was to come next. Lennar took a flying lunge upwards, and Hotaru caught the snitch in her gaze a mere 50 feet off. She swivled around with ease on the Firebolt, and it was a neck-to-neck race between her and Lennar for the snitch.
"And I think they've caught sight of the snitch! It's Lennar and Tomoe heading for the snitch with Ravenclaw again in posession of the Quaffle! Tomoe is starting to pull away now, clearly the firebolt is too much for a Nimbus 2001! Look at her go! She's nearly there, another three feet and she has it...there it is! Tomoe has the snitch! Ravenclaw wins 180 to 10!"
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[[End Chapter 5]]