Hikaru Umi and Fuu. . .Witches?!?
Chapter 3:
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At last the awaited day came. The whole group composed of the
Ryuuzaki Family, the Hououji Family (except for Kuu), and Hikaru Shidou.
On exactly September 1, Mr. Weasley led them to the King's Cross Station.
They followed him in a little line, and slowly led them between the platform
9 and the platform 10.He stopped facing the pillar, an pointed for them to
go through it. To the group, it was a good idea to lose some teeth. They just stared at him, making faces showing that it is impossible. "I'll do it then."
Mr. Weasley flustered "Watch very carefully." he walked casually and leaned
at the pillar. They saw him slowly sliding into the wall. One by one followed
at a run to make sure no one had seen them. Inside, was Platform 9 3/4 and
there were so many poeple hustling and bustling that each had to shout to
hear each other.The red train was almost going to leave, so the parents
brought into the train everything they brought for their school. The girls
waved goodbye when the doors of the train closed, and all three girls were
left to drag their baggage to find three seats.Their pets followed behind.
Almost all of the rooms in the car were full of people, they found one room
at the end of the last car and the last room good for four more. Two boys
also occupy that room. One had a quite tangled black hair and the other one
had a flaming red-brown hair the same as Mr. Weasley.They sat beside the boy
with black hair.Hikari sat down on the floor, Mokona on Fuu's lap and Hime
nearby the window.

For a while there was silence, but Hikaru could not wait to know
them. She borrowed Fuu's book and talked to them while holding on to the
book."Helo. My nam is Hikaru Shidou. Mai ay now yors?". Both boys looked at
her, they also seemed to have met each other before they came.

The red-browned haired boy introduced himself first. He brought out
his right hand to shake hands."My name is Ron. Ronald Weasley." he was
waiting for her handshake. Hikaru merely looked at his hand.

"Weasle, you men that your futher's Artur Weasle?" Fuu intercepted
out in mid air.

"Yes, my father is Arthur Weasley. How come you are familiar with
him?" he stared at them and put down his hand.

"Hee was our tor gide for a week." Umi itched in also into the
conversation.

"Tour guide...." Ron racked his brain. "Oh! so you are those japanese
students under observation. Did you do something wrong?"

"Iie!" Hikaru moved her head from left to right to make sure he
understood properly.

"May I plese kno aso yor nam?" Umi faced the boy with black hair.

"My name is Harry. Harry Potter." he answered.He watched at the
unchanged reactions of the three girls beside him.

"Don't you know Harry Potter?" Ron looked pretty surprised. He's a
well-known person in all of the Wizarding world.

"Iie. We do not know." her green eyes looked through her glasses.
"But you can tell us."

The five continued the conversation and lunch soon caught up with
them. The old lady with a trolley appeared and asked. "Anything off the
trolley dears?" she was offering their only opportunity for lunch.

"No thanks. My mom packed me a sandwich and it's corned beef. I hate
corned beef."Ron showed his packed lunch.

"I think I'll buy some of each for me to taste." Harry pocketed his
coins and brought out the exact amount.

"I wil buy thre of dis." Fuu pointed at the pumpkin pie. It was the
next best thing to normal food as she treated her best friends which does not
come very often.

Time passed all were sharing their food. Ron was eating mostly the
chocolate frogs for his card collection. Harry's first card was Albus
Dumbledore.'So he is the headmaster of Hogwarts.' Umi thought as she looked
at Harry's card. The picture was actually moving, as if Dumbledore himself
is inside there. Then someone opened the door.

The rounded-face of a boy peeped into the door. "Have you seen my
toad? He's lost somewhere."

All the people inside shook their heads. "He'll show up somewhere."
Harry assured him.

"If you do, please tell me." and he left.

Ron had been trying to turn his dull grey rat named Scabbers into
yellow. The round-faced boy returned with a girl with brown hair already
wearing her Hogwarts uniform.Her bossy voice babbled on as fast as she could
about the books she had read. As the scene goes on the three girls only
watched. Then three boys entered, Hikari growled at them while Mokona just
sat there with Fuu. Draco Malfoy introduced himself and what seemed like
his two henchmen with large bodies. "Ooh, I'm shaking with fear from a
dog." Draco insulted Hikari.

Hikaru sensed Hikari's anger and said in japanese "Sit down Hikari,
please hold your temper."

Malfoy raised a brow.They were those japanese witches who had muggle
parents his father was talking about. He faced Harry Potter "You'll soon
find out some families are better then others." he sneered at the other four
"I can help you there." later, he insulted Harry's parents.

That made the two boys pretty mad. They stood up to face the other
three. Goyle noticed they still have some unopened Chocolate Frogs and
grabbed one but Scabbers the rat bit him. He gave quite a howl. Hikaru wanted
to scare them away and told Hikari in japanese " Do you want to scare them
away Hikari?" Hikari gave a tail wag. "Then bark to scare them, stop when
they have left." Her dog did as it was told, the three backed away and left.

Hermione returned and told them to change into their Hogwarts
uniform, because they were almost near. The two boys did not mind waitng
outside their own room while the three girls change. When it was their turn,
the three stood outside.

"Going to this school seemed a bit dangerous." Umi huddled to make
them go nearer and whisper.

They reached Hogsmead station. They stepped down from the train,
worrying about their baggage. "Firs years here! Firs years come ter me!"
He raised a lamp over them to see if they were complete."Miss Shido, Ruzaaki
and Hoji!" he called on to the three. "Please follow me tergether with the
firs years."

Hagrid, the name Harry called onto him, lead them to a line of boats
beside the lake. Three passengers were to be in one boat.Harry, Ron and
Neville in one, Hikaru, Umi and Fuu in the other. For Hagrid, he took
the whole boat, for it fitted his body just perfectly. When they went up to
the steps of the castle, a woman with green robes and her hair worn in a
tight bun.She led them into a room to wait. All were surprised at the sight
of ghosts. When the woman wearing the tight bun returned, she opened the
large doors of the great wall for them. Everything seemed to amaze the three.
The five tables, the cieling and the dishes adorned on every table. They
followed her until they were in front of the teachers' dining table. Also
in front of them was a stool with a tattered-looking hat. The tattered hat
began singing about the houses they were to be placed in. "Hermione Granger."
the woman called on to them one by one.

"Gryffindor!" the Sorting Hat announced. The brown-haired girl went
to the table where other gryffindors sat.

"Fuu Hououji" she called out.

Fuu was nervous, she would be wearing the Sorting Hat anytime now.
What if she doesn't get to be classmates with her best friends? She wore
the Sorting Hat in a simple manner and sat on the stool, waiting to be
sorted.

"I see your whole destiny here. You are the bearer of the Holy Winds
and healer of battles." she heard the hat say unto her mind.

'You know?' she thought back.

"The Sorting Hat sees what is in your mind right now."

'Then assign me where I must belong but never tell or admit to
anyone the secret I conceal behind.' she sighed and closed her eyes. She
was ready to stay in any house at all costs.

"Ahh. You are an honorable person. . . . Gryffindor!" Fuu heard the
Hat say her house aloud.She stepped down from the stool and placed the Hat
on it.

"Harry Potter" she called out, reading from the parchment. There came
total silence. Everyone wanted to see the famous Harry Potter, the only
person who survived from He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. The Hat placed him in
Gryffindor.

"Umi Ryuuzaki" she called out. Up stepped a tall blue-haired girl.
No one has ever seen someone with blue hair or such beautiful face. She took
the Hat and wore it as she sat down.

"Hmm." the Hat spoke."You, like Ms. Hououji are bonded. You are
bearer of the Serene Water and the Tamer of the Blue Dragon.

'Do not, in any way reveal my true identity. I am asking of you.'
Umi pleaded.'My parents lives may be at stake here if they are ever affected'

"Then Gryffindor it is. You are prepared to sacrifice everything to
save others."

'Thank you.'

"Welcome"

"Hikaru Shidou" Hikaru's name was called. She came forward bravely.

" Well, well. What do we have here. You are the last of the three
bearers. The bearer of the Flaming Inferno and the wielder of the Light
Sword, which holds the light of the Earth.

'Yes I am.' Hikaru accepted.

"Your destiny should not be separated with the other two. Gryffindor
it shall be!"

Hikaru ran to the Gryffindor table, where the other two are. The
Sorting Ceremoy is almost finished. Albus Dumbledore, the man they saw in
the Wizard Trading Card with half-moon spectacles rose up. "Welcome!"
he paused to look at all the students. "Before we begin our banquet.."

Umi whispered at Hikaru and Fuu."Banquet? How can we eat with nothing
on the table itself except the plates and metal glasses?" she questioned in
japanese.

"...Thank You!" the Headmaster finished.

On the people's very eyes, food appeared on large platter for them
to serve themselves."Sugoi!" the three exclaimed.

All the people beside them in the Gryffindor table stared at them.
They felt a little red themselves. They do not even know how to use their
spoons and forks. Dumbledore, noticing the small scene the three were making,
stood up again. "Forgive me, I nearly forgot." The student's attention were
reverted back again to the Headmaster."These three," he pointed with his wand
"namely Hikaru Shidou, please stand up dear"

Hikaru stood up and bowed courteously and said "Konnichiwa!"

"Umi Ryuuzaki,"

Umi did the same thing that Hikaru did.

" and Fuu Hououji"

Same action. Fuu then sat down again.

" are japanese students who are under observation. The Ministry of
Magic confirms that they have magic but unsure if they have witch blood." he
paused."I want you to welcome them as your own family." then he sat down,
waved his wand and conjured three pairs of chopsticks for them to use.

"Hai! Arigato!" the three said as they started their sumptuous meal.

'Great. More mudbloods.' Malfoy thought. 'We'll see how good they are
at magic for the next few days.' his eyes glinted maliciously at the three
and then at Harry Potter. 'I'll show you which family is better, Potter."

Harry, who was talking with a ghost who missed eating, was chatting
away. All was going very well. Fuu paused and looked up at the High Table,
observing the teachers. One of the teachers was looking at Harry, it seemed
as if he hated him already. He had shiny hair, a bit long nose and pale skin.
'How come this teacher has some grudge on this boy who did not know anything
at all, even his true identity?' she observed the expression he made when his
eyes met hers. Fuu immediately turned to Umi, to make that teacher think
that she was chatting all long.

But Fuu was wrong. She was late on her reflexes as he, Professor of
Potions looked at the japanese blonde-brown haired girl named Fuu Hououji.
'Nevermind. We shall prove if you are truly as magical as what the Ministry
has been boasting about.' he gulped in some more of the special wine that
have been served only to the teachers.

"Ouch!" he held the scar on his head.Fuu looked at Harry. So did
Hikaru and Umi, they sensed a small jolt of negative energy which Harry also
felt. His scar was somewhat more sensitive then theirs.

"Is there something wrong Harry?" Percy, the Prefect and elder
brother of Ron looked at him with concern.

"No, it's just nothing." He looked at the same professor that Fuu had
looked at earlier. Fuu was also listening at the conversation with Percy and
she learned the name of the professor that acted much more differently then
the others.

"Ahem." Dumbledore's voice coughed importantly.

All attention went back again to the Headmaster. Fuu's thoughts
became muffled as she too moved again her attention.

"I have some start of term notices for you to follow." he went
stoking his long, silvery-white beard." Please take note,especially for the
freshmen that the Black Forest is strictly forbidden." he paused an looked
around."Mr. Filch also reminded me that the magic is not to be used in
between classes and when passing through corridors.And lastly,-" Dumbledore
showed his forefinger seriously."The third-floor corridor on the right is out
of bounds to anyone who wants to die a very painful death. Thank You" he
stayed standing up. He insisted on singing their school hymn before they
went to their houses.

If there was anything that Fuu was good at, it was singing. Since it
was an any-tune singing, she sang the mirror image song she sang when she
was in the Community inside the castle of Cephiro. The other two, who knew
some songs by heart sang the most common 'Sakura' song mostly danced together
with(the traditional song every Sakura Festival in Japan).

When it was finished, Dumbledore wiped a tear of joy from his face.
"Music, a beautiful gift. Now off you go!" Everyone shuffled towards their
respective houses. The three girls were about to pass through the large doors
of the Great Hall when the headmaster called on them again."Miss Shidou,
Ryuuzaki and Hououji, please stay." his twinkly eyes laid gently on them.
The professors continued their feast for about thirty more minutes.
"My fellow teachers, I think it is also time for us to go sleeping.Professors
with houses, please check your house. As for the others, please go directly
to your rooms if you have nothing else to do." he stood up and walked to the
endmost table of Gryffindor, where the three stood."Follow me." he walked
passed them. Wondering where they were heading, they just kept quiet
and followed him through the dark winding maze they were in which was the
castle itself. Reaching a dead end where a large stone statue of a gargoyle,
Dumbledore brought out his wand again tapped the statue twice and said
"Ice candy". The statue gave way revealing an old-fashioned elevator. Up, up
and up they went, when they came out of it they were now of what seemed like
an ordinay wizard office. Ordinary for wizards and witches, but not for them.
"Sit down." he said.

They sat down, since there were three chairs provided for them. Only
then Umi started to speak."Mista Dumbldor. May ay ask y ar we her?" she still
stumbled her words."

"That. That is the reason why I brought you here. You see, if you are
going to study in an english wizarding school, you should know how to speak
english. Barely do I notice that none of you three are fluent with it.
Studying to speak english and studying to learn magic may double your
works, assignments, etc. I plan to do something about it to make your studies
easier. Do you understand?"

The three looked at each other.The two seemed to agree, but there
was a question hanging in Fuu's mind. After all, she was considering
every possibility. "Hai!" said the two.

Dumbledore looked at the worried face on Fuu."Do you not like my
proposal Ms. Hououji?"

"Iie. Not at al. I wus thinkn, cud I, I men we, can stil tok in
japanese. Becoz I am qute atachd tou my dilect."

"Hmm." he stroked his beard again "that can be arranged. The three of
you want to read and understand both english and japanese. Is that correct?"
"Hai!" Fuu came first before the two could disagree. She gave the
two a reassuring glance to trust her. As they always followed Fuu's brilliant
ideas, which never backfired, the two agreed.

"Hai!"

"Settled now? Well then stand before me and wait. This will be a
complicated charm." he made his wand appear again. He started walking around
them waving his wand. Sprinkles of what seemed more like stardust came out of
his wand as he waved it here and there. After circling them thrice, He gave a
tap on Umi's head and said "CAPTUM LINGUA!" A tap on Hikaru's head "CAPTUM
LINGUA!" and a tap for Fuu. "CAPTUM LINGUA!" Dumbledore, went back to his
chair and sat down.

Umi then blurted " Is it done?" she gasped and amazement and covered
her mouth.

"Shh.." Dumbledore watched the sprinkles he had produced for the
charm."The charm should finish before you start using your new abilities.
That is when these sprinkles "he pointed at the slowly moving dust due to the
effect of gravity."touch this floor. Wait."


= The Corridors- same evening=
The charm had worked perfectly, they could understand and speak each
other in both english and japanese. The question that Hikaru had been
wanting to ask Fuu came back "Fuu, why both english and japanese? Why not
just english."

"Nobody understands japanese here, so I thought we could use it to
communicate in our own dialect freely if ever there is something wrong."
she finished.

"Ohhh. So that explains it. Good thinking Fuu." Umi said to Fuu.
"Hey! Wait up!"

The three had been following a tiny light that the Headmaster
made himself to lead them to their house. Dumbledore also told them the
password to get through the Fat Lady.

"I almost forgot." Fuu almost slapped herself angrily as the
followed the light leading them."Always wear your glove at all times. If
there is some emergency we'll be there prepared." she slipped on her green-
jeweled glove."Besides Umi, this is your chance to use the glove during
school. Remember, it brings everything and appears when we want to."

"Your right. I always wanted to test the glove for other uses." she
had her own already on. So does the one that belonged to Hikaru. "Hey! were
here!" Umi jumped joyfully. "I thought we'll be lost here forever."

"Yeah, I never thought there are students that will still enter
through the Fat Lady." a voice taunted behind them."Now I will have some fun
with the ickle-firsties!" It was a red poltergeist.

"Please, don't bother us, we need to go to sleep." Hikaru was itching
to see Hikari because she saved some leftovers for it.

"Yes, please leave us alone." Umi looked at it irritably.

"Oh I will leave you. . . after I have some fun!" He charged at them.

" You asked for it." Fuu raised her right hand. "Winds of
Admonishment!" she whispered so that she did not wake anyone asleep. Green-
colored winds binded him paralyzed."That should do it."

"What!?! I can't move. I'll get you one day or the other!" Peeves
struggled his body to get at them.

Inside their bedrooms, their pets were fed properly. All went to
sleep. Like a vision in a dream, the three dreamed of the dark shadow of a
large lady. Hikaru, all through the night, noticed that she was somewhat
familliar. She tried her best to remember, but she needed the sleep. She soon
drifted back to dreamland as she slept all through the night.


"Sleep Magic Knights sleep, for soon my power shall grow then it had
never been before."

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