Travels Through A Mirror
Part 5
By Songbreeze and AlantisB
Disclaimer: We don't own 'em. Enough said.
...Talking in Japanese...
"...Talking in English..."
'...Thinking in any language...'
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He was hiding. That much Heero Yuy knew for sure. He was hiding in the shadows as a blonde haired boy sat across from him on the stone staircase. The boy looked a doppelganger of his comrade, Quatre Reberbra Winner. His face, marred by shadows was looking across the room at an old man of about seventy. The man said something about beseeching gods and making a mirror a doorway of some sort. Then as soon as the man threw some...thing into the... cauldron, a bright light filled the room.
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Heero bolted up right as soon as his eyes opened. 'Good.' He thought as he noticed that he was still in his room. Panting heavily, he left his room in search of his other comrade in arms, Wufie.
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Quatre woke up with a start. Blinking rapidly, he gazed around the dorm room. To his right, Duo lay snoring, sprawled across the bed. To his left lay Trowa, he was fast asleep on his side, facing Quatre with his arm over the side of the bed where his gun usually resided. 'Hmm... I guess that while he lived with the mercenaries, he had to make sure his was armed at all times. Or they would have killed him... Or worse.' Quatre swallowed hard as he though what could have happened to his friend.
Sighing heavily he banished all thought from his mind and rolled over and fell back asleep.
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As usual Trowa, Duo and Quatre were up and dressed as soon as the first rays of the morning sun streamed through the window. Today was December twenty-third, two days before Christmas. The trio of young men was supposed to go out to Hogsmade so they could buy their school supplies.
"Hey! Quatre!" Duo hollered across the Common Room in Gryffindor Tower.
"Shh! Duo, it's 8 in the morning and some people are still trying to sleep!" Hissed Quatre as he crossed the room to speak with Duo. "What do you want?" He asked civilly.
"We're going to Hogsmade today, remember? We gotta leave early, common! Lets go!"
Quatre sighed at the over exuberant Duo, while Trowa just shook his head.
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Leaving the common room, they trekked down the numerous halls until the stood in front of the Gargoyle statue the blocked the entrance to Dumbledore's office.
"Now, what was the password... anyone remember?" Duo asked.
"Jelly beans," stated Trowa, who jumped a bit when the gargoyle jumped down from the post and reviled a door.
Just as Trowa went to open the door, a frazzled looking Professor Trelawny popped out and stared straight at the three boys. Her eyes widened and she paled considerably. Without so much as a "Hello," she rushed down the hall to her room.
"What was that about?" Duo asked.
"I have no idea," replied Quatre. "It doesn't matter though. We must go and see Professor Dumbledore."
With a sigh, Duo followed Trowa and Quatre through the door and into Professor Dumbledore's office.
"Good morning boys. I trust that you have all slept well."
"Yes, thank you, sir." Replied Quatre, speaking for all three.
"Umm... Professor Dumbledore, we were wondering what time we are to leave to get our school things."
"Ahh... is that all? We will leave after breakfast, I will come and collect you in the Great Hall."
"Professor Dumbledore, how will we pay for our supplies?" Trowa asked.
"Do not worry about it, I will see to that." The Professor said.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome. Now, I suppose that you are getting hungry?" He asked as Duo's stomach rumbled.
With a sheepish smile and a nod of his head, Duo dragged Trowa and Quatre outside the office and out into the hall.
Once outside the hall, Duo placed an arm around both Trowa and Quatre and said, "Well, you heard the Professor, time to eat!"
While Trowa masked his feelings with indifference, Quatre said, "Duo! Is food all you think about?"
Mockingly, Duo gasped. "Quatre! You wound me!" HE said as he placed a hand over his heart. "You KNOW I think about things other than food!"
"Oh?" Quatre asked as he arched his eyebrow.
"Yeah! I think about sleeping and sex and Heero... Ooh! Heero covered with chocolate sauce! Yum..." Duo said as he prattled on and on about the different sauces he'd like to try on Heero.
"Duo!" Quatre said in a stern voice.
Duo looked over at Trowa, then turned back to Quatre. Lowering his head he whispered, "Oh come on. It's not like you don't want Trowa like that," into Quatre's ear, and was rewarded when Quatre turned a pleasant shade of cherry red.
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When Harry woke up, he noticed three things. First: the new kids were gone, second: Ron was still asleep and third: the sun was up. Stifling a groan, Harry got out of bed and went to the bed beside his. "Hey Ron!" Harry whispered as he shook the red haired boy. "Wake up!"
"Noooo, gimme five minutes, Mom." Came the muffled reply.
"RON!" Harry shouted.
"AHHHHH!" Ron screamed as he bolted out of bed, "I'm up! I'm up!" Turning around, he saw Harry Potter.... A laughing Harry Potter. "What's so funny?"
"No-nothing." Harry choked out. After a few moments, he had calmed down enough to speak. "You'd better get dressed, breakfast won't last forever, and besides, Hermione and I want to go to Hogsmade today. Are you going to come?"
"Yeah, I'm running out of dung bombs."
"So, I'll meet you in the common room in a few, k?"
"Sure." Ron said as Harry left. Getting up, Ron rummaged around his trunk and pulled out his robes. After pulling them on, he dashed down the stairs and into the common room where he saw Harry and Hermione. "Good Morning all."
"Morning Ron." Hermione said smiling.
"Hey Ron." Said Harry, "Ready to go for breakfast?"
"Yeah, lets go." Ron said as he headed towards the portrait hole.
The three teens made their way down the hall, when they spotted the three new kids coming out of Dumbledore's office.
"Well, you heard the Professor, time to eat!" They heard the brunette with the long hair tell his companions.
"Duo! Is food all you think about?" The little blonde to his side asked him.
In a sarcastic voice the brunette, Duo replied, "Quatre! You wound me! You KNOW I think about things other than food!"
"Oh?" The blonde, Quatre asked.
"Yeah! I think about sleeping and sex and Heero... Sex with Heero. Heero covered with chocolate sauce! Yum..." The brunette.
Harry, Ron and Hermione took a double take at the boy's answer. 'Who's Heero?' and 'What?' were the most predominant thoughts that ran through the trio's head.
"Duo!" The blonde said in a reprimanding voice.
Looking closer, they saw Duo's head move down to whisper something in Quatre's ear after he looked at the tall boy. Sporting amused looks as they watched the blonde went from looking normal to looking like an overly ripe tomato in less than ten seconds.
The three boys kept walking down the hall as their little spat ended, the tall one looking behind them. Harry, Hermione and Ron knew they had been seen when the boy made eye contact with all three of them. He eyes flashed form a moment, before turning back to their normal, passive, look.
Glancing at each other, the three Hogwarts students had one similar thought run through their head, 'Who are these guys?'
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Trowa watched Quatre as Duo chatted continuously during breakfast. Looking down he ate some toast. 'How did we get here? And what are we supposed to do?' He thought.
Duo sat between Quatre and Trowa. He smiled as he noticed the looks Trowa kept shooting Quatre. "So then," He said between bites of scrambled eggs, toast, and bacon to Quatre, "What exactly are we supposed to get?"
"I believe that Professor Dumbledore will be handing us a list to use."
"Oh... hey what do you think'll happen to our Gundams?" Duo asked both Trowa and Quatre.
Quatre stiffened slightly. "I don't know, there are many different possibilities."
Trowa spoke up, the first time all meal, "They could be at the base still, or some how, using this magic, they could have been transported with us."
"Yeah, that's true... I wish Deathsythe were here. I miss him." Duo said. A moment of silence passed between the three boys.
"Good Morning!" A cheery female voice said.
All three pilots looked up into the smiling face of Hermione.
"'Morning babe." Duo said with a wink, causing Hermione to flush.
"Good Morning Hermione," Quatre said with a smile as he kissed her hand, while Trowa nodded his greeting.
"Good Morning," said two masculine voices.
"Good Morning Harry, Ron." Quatre said politely.
"Morning!"
Trowa barely nodded his head; through he did make eye contact with the boys and watched as they squirmed. "We must go and see Dumbledore." Trowa said to his two friends.
"Right," Duo said, "See ya guys later."
"Good bye."
"Uh... right." Said Ron, speaking for all three of them.
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"So, Professor, where exactly are we going?" Duo asked the older man.
"We're going to a town called Hogsmade." Reaching into his cloak pocket, he handed the boys all a book list. "These are the things that you will require this year."
Quatre, Duo and Trowa scanned their supplies lists.
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HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WHITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY
Uniform:
- Three sets of plain work robes (black)
- One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear
- One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)
- One winter cloak (black, silver fastenings)
Please note that all pupils' clothes should carry nametags.
Set books:
The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 5) by Miranda Goshawk
A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot
Magical Theory, Vol.5 by Adalbert Waffling
An Intermediate's Guide to Transfiguration by Emric Switch
The Complete Encyclopaedia of Magical Plants, Herbs and Fungi by Dreama Blossom
1001 Poison, Potions and Drafts by Drusilla Williams
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamandor
Vampires, Gouls and Hags: The Guide to Dark Creatures by Samuel Harris
Unfogging the Future, Level 5 by Cassandra Vablatsky
Other Equipment
1 wand
1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)
1 set glass or crystal phials
1 telescope
1 set brass scales
Students may also bring an owl OR a cat Or a toad
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No one spoke during the ride into Hogsmade, for each person was lost in his own thoughts...