Hikaru, Umi and Fuu. . .Witches?!?
Chapter 8:
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"Magic Knights, you have donned us once more. We are ready to assist
you in your battles." The three voices of the Mashin chorused.
"Thank you again Lexxus, it has been quite a long time." Hikaru said
as they exited the dimensional portal into the earth's atmoshpere.
"It's good to see you again Celes." Umi joined Hikaru.
" Windam, I am glad that you are still here." Fuu hurried since
she was the last one to leave the portal.
"We will always be there. Just raise your sword and call our names."
The Mashin flew over that castle and transported the three back into their
dormitory. Nobody saw them at all because all of the Gryffindors were eating
in the common room. They willed their armours to disappear and joined in the
eating of the Halloween Feast. Harry, Ron and Hermione were sitting nearby
each other on one corner. They were eating silently. The three girls grabbed
a plate and started shoveling food into their plates. They went to the other
side of the corridoor, opposite of them and ate. One hour after another, the
crowd slowly dissipated, until only the six and the mess in between them
were left. They looked at each other's eyes, as it made contact.
"Who are you for real?" Harry asked from the far side of the room.
"Our identities will and always shall be a secret." Umi answered on
the other far side. All had their serious tone locked on their voices.
"Call us your precious allies, if you want but we will reveal the
truth when the time comes." Fuu raised her glasses for a better view.
"For now, all we want is to be your friends and temporary guardians.
Do not reveal this information to others, understood?" Hikaru finished.
"That is fine with us. Do you agree Hermione and Ron?" Harry asked
the two. They both nodded their head in approval. Silence filled the room
once again.
"About the incident you saw when Umi got hurt," Fuu wanted this
problem to end right now." it was real." she gripped her hand. "It was our
irresponsibility. Will you forgive us for lying?" she was now shaking in
anger, blaming herself.
"Stop it Fuu." Umi shook her to regain her posture. "It was not to
be blamed."
"Yes, you need some more rest. You used too much of you soul."
Hikaru made Fuu lean back on the chair.
"Don't worry about me. I will be fine." she massaged her temples.
"We forgive you. We really do. I'm also sorry for all the childish
actions that I have been doing." Harry stood up and offered to help them.
"Thanks, we're glad to hear that." Hikaru also stood up and brought
out her right hand. She now knew what was this for."Friends?"
"Friends." Harry shook it twice.
"Friends." Ron placed his hand on top of theirs. Hermione, Umi and
Fuu joined in.


=Sometime in November=
The Quidditch fever has been spreading like wildfire because the
first Quidditch match will be starting in a few days. Hermione began helping
Harry through his homeworks. With all the practices he had been attending,
who could perhaps, have enough time to study on the same evening after
practices. The three japanese students, still watched him like a hawk evey
practice in the Quidditch field. They too, were learning slowly how the
Quidditch system of rules are played. The day before the match, all six of
them took a break outside the chilly grounds. Hikaru had long returned the
borrowed book to Hermione, who had been pepping Harry to make him more
confident for the next day's match. Hermione had produced each of them a
blue flame imprisoned in jars put behind their backs to keep them warm
during the stroll. Then they met Snape, who was somewhat, walking awkwardly.
Snape saw their little group making guilty-looking faces as they huddled
more together, making Snape think that they were very cold from the weather.
"Potter, what do you have there on your hand?" he talked silkily to his
favorite, most often tortured student.
Harry just showed him the book Snape was looking at.
"Library books are not allowed to be brought out of the school. Five
points from Gryffindor for doing so." he took the book arrogantly and
limped slowly away from them. Everyone just gave a sigh and went inside the
castle to finish more of their studies. Harry's assignments seemed to pile
up indefintely for him, but he really had to study, unless he wants to be
removed from the Quidditch matches. The three girls in the other hand, were
attending to their pets. Hikari seemed to feel the cold all too well that
it started to sleep under Hikaru's bed for warmth. Hime did no have much
problem at all, although very pampered by Umi, it sometimes stayed with other
fellow owls in the Owlery. For Mokona, he stayed as jumpy and happy as
usual, sometimes making Umi angry from his constant pranks. Harry could not
help tearing his concentration from his studies. He wanted the book back, and
he wanted it badly. It seemed that Harry had used it as some kind of
'security blanket' to rid off of his worries for tomorrow's match. He wanted
it back, so he decided to visit the faculty room. Hikaru wanted to take
Mokona out for a stroll, but she had to bathe Hikari in warm water. "Harry,
since your going out and go around the castle, will you take Mokona along?
He won't misbehave, I assure you."
"Sure, why not?" he caught the bouncing fluff in mid-air when Hikaru
had let go of it."
"Now, Mokona, don't give Harry a hard time." Umi poked Mokona's
chubby stomach.
"Puu! pupupuu!" it flapped its ears from under Harry's arm.
"Well. . . I'm off!" he opened the entrance.
"Good luck!" Hermione said.
Harry let go of Mokona, who followed him eventually bouncing up and
down, making himself also as restless as Harry is. Harry knocked. No one
answered. Another knock. No reaction from behind the door. He opened the
door slightly and saw a different scene then the one he had expected. Filch
helped Snape bandage his oddly-large wound." Darn animal, how will you ever
keep an eye three heads when you are very busy with one?" Harry tried to
close the door quietly, Mokona jumped out of nowhere and pushed the door
to open wide. It went over to Snape. "POTTER!" Snape looked back and forth at
Mokona and him.
"I was wondering if I can have the book you confiscated back."
" Get out! GET OUT!"
Harry left, forgetting about Mokona. He realized it only when he
had already enterd the common room once more. " Were you able to get the
book back?" Ron asked.
"Where's Mokona Harry?" Hikaru was searching around for anything that
bounced up and down.
"Wait. I left him, he went near Snape when I accidentally opnened the
door a little. But listen first, Snape was bitten by the three-headed dog
in the third floor corridoor."
"Then that must have meant that thing you were discussing about in
Vault 713 is wanted badly by Snape." Umi tried to conclude. "Was that right?"
"No-he did not do it." Hermione said firmly.
"So he did not do it, can anyone accompany me to get Mokona?" Hikaru
pleaded the group.
"I'll go with you then." Fuu was a bit curious. Why would Mokona go
near Snape?
They went out. Halfway through walk, they met Snape holding Mokona
in the ears. Mokona thought that he was playing a game with him. "Your pet
has been disrupting the whole faculty room. You should not leave this animal
anywhere." Mokona was bouncing his ears up and down as Snape handed it to
them. The two were expecting to get minus points from him for leaving their
pet, but he did not. " Do not let this happen again." he turned around and
was walking a bit more normal then expected.
Fuu noticed it. " Professor Snape?" she called on to him. He did not
turn around, he was guessing it correctly that they were about to ask about
his sudden recovery.
Hikaru and Fuu went back. While walking, Hikaru asked him "Mokona,
did you do something to Snape?"
Mokona just smiled. He did not answer back.
"Maybe Mokona has his own reasons. Am I right?"
"Puu!"



=Next Morning-Quidditch Field=
Everybody was excited for the Quidditch match. Harry could barely
eat. At eleven o'clock all the people of Hogwarts went to the different
stands surrounding the field. Two team colors stood out from all the rest.
Red-gold and Silver-green, the house colors of Gryffindor and Slytherin.
The three girls sat with Hermione, Hagrid, Ron and Neville which was the
nearest and highest place they can ever reach. The two teams came out of
their lockers and prepared themselves for the match by warming up. Fifteen
minutes later, Madam Hooch went to the center of the field, calling them
to fly down. Wood shook hands with Flint, the Slytherin team captain.
Everyone positioned themselves. Wood went to their base (three hoops), the
chasers in the middle, beaters beside the chasers and the seeker above all
the teams. Madam Hooch let go of the Bludgers and the Snitch and held the
Quaffle. "I want a clean game. And no cheating!" she gave a very stern glance
on Marcus Flint.
"Annnd they're off!"said Lee Jordan, the commentator of the Quidditch
games, was seated beside McGonagall. "Angelina Johnson takes the Quaffle, one
of the *attractive* chasers of-"
"Jordan..." Professor McGonagall reminded him.
"- given to Alicia Spinnet then to Johnson and she throws but it was
caught by Flint in mid-air throw and runs towards the Gryffindor's base.
Good catch Wood! Passed to Katie Bell, got around Flint and going to the
Slytherin base to score. OUCH! hit by a Bludger from behind. The Quaffle is
taken by Adrian Pucey annnd was blocked by another bludger, thrown by George
or Fred Weasley. Back to Johnson with a clear shot and missed a Bludger
going directly to her. Tricks Bletchley into shooting the other hoop and
SCORE!!"
Minutes later, Harry caught sight of the Snitch and decided to
follow it. Terence Higgs, the Slytherin Seeker, also saw the glint of gold
as he dived also. Both were now equally near each other. Then something went
WHACK! The Bludger bounced by Flint on purpose, making Harry's broom to spin
and outbalanced Harry. The Snitch disappeared once more.
At the intentional throw of the Bludger on Harry, the Gryffindor team
was given a free shot. Harry, dodged another Bludger then something else
happened instead of what was being expected. His Nimbus Two Thousand
suddenly moved without the pilot's orders. It began moving left and right
more and more vigorously. Harry's instincts tell him to hang on the broom
for his dear life, still trying to control it as it twisted, turned and
shook like an earthquake. "What is he doing up there?" Hagrid, who was
mumbling in his words as he kept the binoculars on Harry.
On hearing these words, Hermione, Ron, Hikaru, Umi and Fuu moved
away their binoculars from the game and looked at Harry. Unknowingly, the
broom gave a sharp shake, making Harry hold onto the end of his broom with
his whole body dangling. "Did something happened when Flint hit his broom?"
Seamus asked.
"It can't have," Hagrid said, still looking at Harry through his
binoculars "Only Dark Magic can do that."
Hermione started scanning the whole stands. "I knew it! Snape"
The three turned their binoculars on the Potions Teacher. They must
do something-and quick!
"What should we do?" Ron wailed.
"Leave it to me." Hermione ran downstairs.
"We're going too." they told Ron. Hikaru's head was thinking. And
she though of a possible plan if ever Hermione's backfire.
"Fuu."
"Yes Hikaru?" She looked at the red-haired girl.
"Stay nearby the field, the nearest one to Harry. If ever Hermione's
plan does'nt work, use your magic secretly."
" Alright" Fuu ran faster and went before them because Harry was on
the other side of the field.
Hikaru and Umi followed Hermione to the teachers' stand. Hermione
did not even notice that she had knocked Professor Quirrell who was behind
Snape in the process. She crept behind him, making no sudden movements and
used the same spell she used in conjuring the blue flame on Snape's robes.
When Snape eventually realized that he was on fire, Hermione secretly removed
the fire and kept it in a container hidden in her pocket. They then returned
to where Ron's stand was. That made it. Harry was now able to clamber on his
broom once more and took full control, everyone gave a sigh of relief.
Harry sped to the ground as fast as he could and then the audience saw him
cover his mouth, something made him look sick. He let go of his broom and
fell to the nearby ground on all of his limbs, gave sudden coughs and out
came something gold from his mouth. 'I got it.' Harry thought "I got the
Snitch!" he jumped and waved the ball for everyone to see.
"Harry's got it! The Golden Snitch!" Lee Jordan told the crowd.
"Plus one hundred and fifty points to the Gryffindor team."


=Hagrid's cabin=
"Yer father should've seen it, he'll be very proud of it!" Hagrid
kept on tapping Harry's shoulder happily.
Hermione served the tea she made from Hagrid's stove to everyone.
She was now happy to see him alive and safe."Snape did it. He's the culprit."
Ron suddenly blurted out of the blue.
"Did what?" Harry blinked and looked at Ron with a confused look.
" He jinxed your broom Harry, he really did." Ron tried to convince
everyone inside the cabin.
" No. All yer sayin 's only a balloon full of hot air. Why would
Snape do something like that." He looked at them blankly.
The three just kept quiet. They knew sometimes that being calm and
quiet can make secrets appear. Everyone looked on one another, their
expressions were debating on to tell or not to tell Hagrid the the whole
truth. "We know something that you don't Hagrid." Harry continued. " Snape
tried to get past on the the three-headed dog last Halloween, and he got
bitten by it. We were assuming that he wanted something that was inside
the Forbidden Corridoor."
Hagrid's bearded jaw opened as it seemed to fall. " How did yer learn
about my Fluffy?"
"Fluffy?" everyone said together.
"Ye, Fluffy belongs to me, my pet. Dumbledore borrowed it from me
to guard the- the"
"Yes?" Harry wanted him to tell them so they listened eagerly.
"I-I should have not said that. Now you listen this is top secret,
ferget about it." Hagrid tried to make them forget.
"But Snape's after it"
"Trash, it's only trash. He's a Hogwarts teacher, he would not do
anything that is not for the benefit of the school." Hagrid defended Snape.
"He had tried to kill Harry!" Hermione said."I know a jinx when I
see one!"
"Yeh all wrong! He's a teacher. I'm tellin yeh again fer the last
time. He would'nt kill any student. Now all of yeh, yeh better ferget
everything about this or you yourselves will get into trouble. Ferget
everythin, ferget what Fluffy's guarding beacause it's only between
Dumbledore and Nicholas Flamel."
"Aha!" Harry found another clue."Someone named Flamel is also
involved."
"That's it! I'm angry! 'Til the topic is removed, yeh are
temporarly out of me cabin!" Hagrid was angry at himself and his big mouth
as he moved them out of his cabin and out into the grounds they went.


=Gryffindor Common Room=
"Nicholas Flamel, Nicholas Flamel, " Harry was walking around and
around. "I know I've heard it somewhere."
"Relax Harry, you've had a rough day. I'll be the one to research for
you. You've got to rest."
"Yeah, I guess your right." Harry jerked his arms, showing that he
had put aside his brain for the day. He was tired from all the celebration
the Weasley twins had been making, that he eventually went to bed.
"This was some adventure for today."Umi exclaimed. "Trouble here,
trouble there,"
"Trouble everywhere, unless we watch over Harry very closely."
Hermione, continued her sentence.
"Yes, Harry might really be fated for this kind of life." Hikaru
thought. "He's in the same situation as we do."
"Like the way we are here now." Fuu added.
"Well I think it's time to go to sleep." Ron put both of his hands
in his hips. Everyone agreed and all went to their respective dormitories.


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people have made me confident in finishing the whole story. Don't forget to
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Sailor Rainbow Ichi signing out.
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