Chapter 4: Detention!
"Oi! I was wonderin' if you was eve' coming to visit meh!"
Harry, Ron, and Hermione smiled.
Sakura and Syaoran gaped.
A picture is worth a thousand words. Remember that.
Hagrid. Was. Simply. Huge. Very huge.
"An' who might these be, eh?"
Sakura and Syaoran blinked out of their state.
"Oh! Um, I'm Sakura and this is Syaoran, Mr. Hagrid, sir."
"Oh please! Call meh Hagrid!"
"Okay, Hagrid!" Sakura said smiling. Despite his huge figure, Hagrid was simply wonderful and kind.
"BARK!!! BARK, BARK!!!"
Sakura and Syaoran jumped.
"On'y Fang."
Of course. Fang.
Like... err... Like owner like pet. ^.^
They entered the small little cabin. It was small, yet cozy.
"Make yehselves at home!"
Sakura and Syaoran smiled and sat down next to Ron, Hermione, and Harry.
Hagrid went bustling about, fixing tea and biscuits.
"How's school so far?"
Harry, Hermione, and Ron got into this long discussion about what had happened at school in their classes. Even Sakura and Syaoran joined in after a while, Sakura giggling whenever Fang got to her turn of licking her on the knee. Hermione giggled when Fang licked her on the knee too. The boys only patted the dog.
After long, the group resentfully parted from Hagrid to get back to the common room, having been that their stomachs were far too full with tea and hard biscuits to even think about going to the Great Hall.
School went on regularly, as always. Hard and boring.
But Hermione thought that it was easy.
Sakura and the rest were doing average.
Except for Potions. And especially 'except for potions' for Syaoran.
"And the Gryffindors are all-"
"Excuse me, Professor Snape, but isn't this, ahem, Potions?" Sakura asked.
Some of the class giggled while others glared. But most of them gaped at her like he was crazy.
Snape got up into Sakura's face. Sakura and Syaoran, who was sitting next to her, winced.
"What did you say?!"
"Isn't this-?"
"SHUT UP!!!"
"Man... D'you want to borrow some of my tic tacs?" Syaoran asked, taking out a small box.
The muggle borns in the class howled with laughter.
The Slytherins raised their eyebrows.
Hermione and Harry clutched at their sides, both were on the ground, tears rolling down their cheeks from laughing so hard.
"What're tic tacs?" Ron asked, clueless.
"They're mints," Syaoran answered. He was the only muggle born that WASN'T laughing his ass off. Mostly cause he had been dead serious.
Snape didn't know what it meant, but he knew it was something bad.
"SILENCE!!!"
The muggle borns scrambled for their chairs and kept on sniggering.
"Detention for you young boy! And you, girl! Bye-bye 50 points! EACH!!!"
Some of the Gryffindors glared at Syaoran and Sakura. But Syaoran just shrugged and kept on staring Snape in the eye.
Tomoyo, Eriol, and Kero were just recovering from their laughter themselves.
"S-Syaoran is MAD!!!" Eriol said, wiping his eyes.
"Oh! That was SO funny!"
Even Kero had to congratulate the 'kid'.
Afterwards their smiles instantly vanished as they had read on.
"...Detention in the Forbidden Forest? But that's probably where the Evil Card IS!!"
"So? Then they can defeat it and come back!" Kero argued.
Tomoyo sighed. She agreed with Eriol. They would have no clue on what to do. Heck, does anyone here even know what the Evil Card DOES?! Didn't think so.
"Detention? In the Forbidden Forest?"
"Yeah. I'll be-"
"NO!! You read about those spiders!" Sakura shuddered, remembering Aragog, a giant spider that lived in the Forbidden Forest with all of his children. If one of his children, huge, gigantic spiders, happened to catch them, they would be gone faster than Aragog would be able to say 'Eat up!'.
"That's in the middle of the forest, Sakura! I'll be FINE!!"
"I'm coming with you!"
Syaoran sighed in defeat. Yeah, sure. Why would Syaoran be upset to have Sakura come with him? And he wasn't scared. No. He wasn't scared.
"All right, all right."
"Hey! Syaoran! Our first game is coming up!" Harry called after Syaoran.
"All ready?!"
"Yup! Come on! We need to go practice!"
Sakura kissed Syaoran quickly on the cheek and waved to him, saying she'll be down there in a little while.
"So, when?"
"Friday. Against the Slytherins."
"Harsh."
"Yup. Oh well. Madam Pompfrey is going to be the referee. So, no harm done. She's fair."
Syaoran nodded and they all met up on the field.
"I heard that this game is going to be the best they've had in years!"
"I heard that this game is going to be the hardest one ever!"
"I heard that this game is going to be the easiest!"
"Really? Why?"
"Cause Harry Potter is the captain! Gryffindor'll flatten out Slytherin!"
Whispers of excitement went around the stadium.
Meanwhile...
"You okay, Syaoran?"
"Yeah! Never been better!"
Syaoran never lies.
He was excited himself.
The girls were bickering on and on about something to do with makeup when a girl walked in.
"Hey Lavender!"
"Hey!"
"Hi, girl!"
Then, just to add to the bickering, a girl named Alex arrived.
"You wanna go outside?" Harry asked.
Syaoran nodded and they walked on outside of the changing room and to the back.
But then, they had to turn around again as they heard...
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! BOYS AND GIRLS!! THIS'LL BE THE EASIEST GAME EVER PLAYED FOR, HARRY POTTER IS THE GRYFFINDOR CAPTAIN!!!"
"DON'T MAKE ME COME UP THERE, LEE!!" was highly distinguished.
"EHEHEHE... SORRY, PROFESSOR. WELL! HERE'S GRYFFINDOR!!!"
The Gryffindor team ran on, brooms in their hands, and got to the sideline as the Gryffindor side erupted with loud cheers and applause.
"And the Slytherins."
The Slytherins ran in, getting an applause from the Slytherin side.
Harry sized up the new captain.
Skinny yet tall.
Ugly.
"Hmmm..." 'This'll be easier than I thought.'
Then Harry felt a glare on him and turned to Draco Malfoy. He glared back.
Syaoran nudged Harry in the ribs and Syaoran gave Malfoy the finger.
Syaoran smiled at Sakura and she waved to him. Hermione and Ron waved at them too, and Harry and Syaoran waved back.
"On your brooms!"
They obeyed.
"Ready!"
They got their legs into a push off position.
"GO!!!"
And they did so (Hey! That rhymes! Sorry, couldn't help myself. ^.^;).
Syaoran got into his Keeper position and stifled a yawn.
The game was going on okay.
But not for the Slytherins.
They weren't making any goals at all.
The crowds were cheering loudly and all of the Slytherins just stared at Syaoran like he was an alien (really he is but never mind that...).
And soon enough, Harry caught the golden snitch.
269-0.
How humiliating.
How should I put this?
Gryffindor. Hurt. Slytherin.
"Wow! Syaoran really did great!" Tomoyo squealed happily.
"Yeah!"
"Darn it! I was hoping he'd fall off his broom!"
Tomoyo whacked Kero over the head.
"Jeez... What a way to end a day..." Syaoran muttered, lying down on his bed.
He had just found out he failed three tests, Malfoy gave him a bloody nose for absolutely nothing, and now he had to go off into the Forbidden Forest. At least Sakura was coming.
Knock.
Knock. Knock.
"Come in, Sakura!"
Not only had Sakura and Syaoran made a secret code so people wouldn't stare at them whenever they talked in Japanese, but Syaoran could feel her aura. He knew she was coming a long, long time ago.
Sakura opened the door and plopped down next to Syaoran. She kissed him on the forehead.
"Bad day?"
"Wrong. Guess again."
"Very, very bad day?"
"Nope."
"A hell day?"
"Yup."
"Awww... My poor baby."
"Yeah. Baby needs a kiss."
Sakura patted Syaoran on the head. "No. Baby needs to get up so that baby can go to detention."
"I'll cry if you don't."
Sakura acted intimidated and quickly kissed Syaoran.
Syaoran pouted.
"SKIP!!! SKIP THIS!!!"
Tomoyo and Eriol's eyes were locked onto the page, and ignored Kero's pleas.
"Why do I have the feeling I'm being ignored?"
"Because you are. Anyways, go on."
"Sakura and Syaoran were interrupted by..."
"You know, if you don't get to detention soon, Syaoran, you'll be in a lot of trouble," Ron said, leaning against the wall as Harry tried very hard not to laugh.
Syaoran and Sakura set a new record! 20 shades in less that one-second! WOW!!!
Sakura and Syaoran were both very surprised to see Ginny standing there with her arms crossed and looking very, very angry. And then there was a small boy, Ginny's age they supposed, with white/blond hair and blue eyes.
"Hullo. I'm Colin Creevy!"
"Sakura."
"Syaoran."
"Huh? Oh! You two! I wouldn't expect you two to be here!"
"Well... I don't really have detention. I'm just here with Syaoran."
"Bad move," Colin said in a voice that you would use to tell a horror story. "Ever here of...You-Know.-Who?"
Sakura and Syaoran nodded.
Ginny rolled her eyes.
"Voldemort is back! Stronger than ever! He's sending followers over here to kill Harry Potter! He won't come himself because Dumbledore is over here! But, Voldemort. Is. Back!!" Colin continued in an evil voice.
Syaoran and Sakura exchanged glances and tried hard not to laugh.
"At least," Colin said in his regular squeaky voice. "That's what Ginny and I read in the newspaper in the restricted zone at the library. That's why we're here. We're not allowed there. In the restricted zone I mean."
"If only you had read the bloody sign then we wouldn't be here!"
"Hold on before you get all batty! YOU could've read the sign too, you know!"
"'It's all right', you said. 'We'll be fine', you said. 'IT'S NOT THE RESTRICTED ZONE', you said."
Colin laughed nervously and was about to reply when a giant came bustling through the bushes.
"We hav' a small group this 'round. Eh? Ginny? Sakura? Syaoran? An' who might you beh?"
"Colin Creevy, Mr. Hagrid."
"Jus' Hagrid. Please. Come on. This way. Now, the lake is to the right and the Forbidden Forest to the left, so you have to hurry. Well now... This here is Fang. Now... We' lookin' for special rocks that impersonat' stars. Sakura, Syaoran, go here with Fang."
Sakura and Syaoran nodded and petted Fang.
"You two come with meh. Well, now, we' off."
Sakura and Syaoran walked in one direction while Hagrid, Colin, and Ginny went in another.
"Hintos..."
"Wouldn't it be faster if we just...?"
They both stopped and looked at each other and smirked.
"They aren't!"
"They are too!"
"They're USING THEIR CARDS?!" Kero asked, jumping up. "At a time like THIS?! Wouldn't Voldemort's followers feel the card's ENERGY and MAGIC?! They've gone crackers."
Eriol and Tomoyo raised an eyebrow at Kero.
"Crackers?" they asked in harmony.
"...Um...I meant crazy..."
Tomoyo giggled and Eriol rolled his eyes. "Continue..."
"Right! Hohoho! Um... Oh yes! When Sakura and Syaoran finished, they both plopped down and stared at the grouped stars..."
"What're we going to do now? I'm sure that should've taken much longer without the cards..." Syaoran muttered.
Sakura smirked evilly. "Well..."
Syaoran caught her smirk.
He smirked.
"ARF!!"
Sakura and Syaoran jumped and turned their heads slowly at the dog. Fang was sitting there, his head turned, looking expectantly at Sakura and Syaoran.
"That dog is weird..." Sakura murmured without really moving her lips, as if she didn't want Fang to see she was talking about him.
Then, Fang bounded off.
Sakura and Syaoran giggled and Syaoran poked Sakura in the ribs softly.
Sakura giggled again. "S-stop!"
Syaoran smirked and poked her again,
"Stop LW!"
"No, CB!"
Uh oh... Not the initial nicknames...
They started flirting with each other and then after a long time they realized how late it was.
"They're probably looking for us. Come on!"
Sakura and Syaoran walked in silence for a long time, trying to find the second party with Fang not too far behind them.
Syaoran bit his lip, fighting the urge to kiss Sakura, not for the first time, of course. But it would be very wrong to do so in a dark forest where you're practically all by yourself.
But it was just that Sakura was looking so beautiful tonight. Her hair looked like an ocher scarf made of silk and her eyes greener today. It was always a jade color, but today her eyes were sparkling with emeralds of happiness. Well... actually she was always that way to Syaoran. Beautiful. She's especially beautiful when she's happy.
Syaoran always wanted Sakura to stay that way. That's why he was upset for them having to be stuck here in a book when it's obvious that Sakura wants to go home...
"Hey, Sakura?"
"Yeah?"
"I swear we'll get home soon."
"It's okay, Syaoran. Besides, I think it's nice here."
Sakura smiled genuinely at Syaoran making Syaoran feel a little better that he could do absolutely nothing to help Sakura feel better.
School is getting on my nerves. I can't really post the stories up sooner but I'll try. I swear I will try.
And, someone gave me feedback about maybe having Tomoyo and Eriol go along. I thought of it, but it would be too much dialog and it would be too confusing at parts of the story. So, ya know.
