Chapter 8. Hidden Powers and a Stranger
"Congratulations! You three had succeeded!!! Bravo!!!" cried Chang Yu.
"Thank you, thank you, for all your support! Without the encouragement by my fans around the world, I would never have done it!" announced LilyII, pretending she was sobbing. "Thank you, Thank you!" James looked at her, stunned.
"I would like to thank my father, my mother. They both have been always on my side to supported me and encouraged me. And - and I would like to thank all my friends, my teachers, which gave me many support.... " said Lily, trying to act as if she was crying. Then she hugged her twin and her twin hugged back. Both hiding their faces. They were not crying but trying hard not to laugh and while that, the sound they were making were exactly like they were crying. The others in the room stared at them.
"You guys aren't really crying, aren't you?" asked Chung Ming, alarmed. Hearing this made the girls laughed harder.
"It's all a fake. Pull yourselves together." said Hoi Nga.
"Look at them, they are laughing so hard." said James. "It seems that I'm so calm all of the sudden! I succeeded too you know, but I didn't laugh that hard."
"Miss Evans? Miss Lee?" called the professor who was supervising them. "Enough acting!"
Then the two separated, there were tear stains on their faces.
"I did it!" Lily crooked.
"We did it." sobbed LilyII and both of them cried and hugged each other.
"Is this real, now?" asked Chung Ming, looking at Hoi Ching's stunned look with a grin.
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"So we finally completed our magic." said LilyII. "So I guess we need to find back the two pixies, shall we?"
"Sure." said Lily and they went back to where they separated into two. By their amazement, the two pixies were sitting on the water, with tiny chairs and a table. There were tea and snacks on the table and the two pixies were chatting along until Lily cleared her throat.
"Oh, I'm sorry. We didn't notice you." said the water pixie. "We've been expecting you guys these days. You have already done all the Natural Magic of your stream, is it?" the two girls nodded. Then the answer came unexpected.
"But you guys haven't combined back together again...... that means something had gone wrong." said the fire pixie, sipping her cup of tea.
"WHAT?" cried both of the girls. "You mean we can't turn back to one?"
"No, I never said that." said the fire pixie. "What I meant to say is we all thought that after you have succeeded in the magic that Mor Ai had taught you, it means you have already mastered your magic. However, in this case, you two still have some hidden magic in you, and until you have use all the magical gene in you, you are still twins."
"How do we know when we are going to turn back?" asked LilyII.
"What are we suppose to do to find out our hidden Magic?" asked Lily.
"You got to find it out yourself." said the Water pixie as if she had just talked about the weather.
"Suppose we never find it?" cried Lily.
"Believe me, you will." said the fire pixie, looking at Lily straight in the eye.
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"We need someone to help us." said Lily.
"Someone that already mastered this kind of magic." said Lily's twin. They both put their heads into their hands, staring at their classmates in the common room. They saw the twins, playing with fire and water balls.
"The twins, of course!" cried both Lilys at the same time. They approach at the twins.
"Hoi Nga, come with me!" cried Lily, holding Hoi Nga's hand and the water ball at the same time.
"Hoi Ching, come with me!" cried Lily's twin, holding Hoi Ching's hand and fire ball. The two whispered something to Hoi Nga and Hoi Ching.
"WHAT?"
"Shu!!!!" cried both Lilys.
"Okay, let's go outside to talk." said Hoi Nga urgently.
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"So that's why Sui Ling and For Ling was so secretive these days. I half thought they were going insane, not planning any tricks." said Hoi Ching to her twin.
"Sui Ling? For Ling?" asked Lily, looking at them.
"The two pixies you said." said Hoi Nga. "They are our pixies. They were with us when we were born. Mine is Sui Ling, the water pixie and For Ling, is Hoi Ching's."
"So can't you tell them to help us combine?" asked LilyII, desperate.
"I think they aren't fooling you about your power." said Hoi Nga. "I know what they are saying and I've heard. Once you seaparated your magic self in two parts, the only way is to master them. There are some kind of problems in this.
"One witch seaparated herself like you did but she didn't combine both selves until both of them are married to other wizards!!! After the combine she didn't know which husband to choose!" said Hoi Ching excitedly.
"Yeah, you're lucky you haven't seaparate yourself. Chung Ming would be heart broken if he needs to share his wife with someone else." said LilyII, annoyed.
"I wonder if someone is behind this." said Hoi Nga, looking thoughtful. "They rarely do so serious stuff."
"Unless that person is a person they trust that will knows what is she thinking...." said Hoi Ching. Then they clapped their hands and cried out the same time. "Professor!"
"Professor?" asked Lily. "Professor Sui, you mean??"
"Yup."
"So shouldn't we find her right now?" asked LilyII.
"But.... would she want us to find out the cure ourselves?" asked Hoi Ching, looking at her twin. "Professor wouldn't let us go though a high risk you know."
"So, what is your plan?" asked Lily.
"I guess we need to follow your plan, about practicing more and try something harder." said Hoi Nga.
"Actually, would you mind Chang Yu and Chung Ming in the secret?" asked Hoi Ching. Lily stared at her.
"No, listen. Chung Ming is more better than me in fire magic, so I think it is more likely to work." said Hoi Ching.
"Chang Yu have different ideas and we can try them too." said Hoi Nga.
"Great, both of their boyfriends have some kind of use. What about James, Lily?" asked LilyII. Lily just glared at her.
"I guess Chang Yu can help James with his magic...." muttered Lily.
"So that's settles. Why don't you find Chung Ming and Chang Yu now?" said Hoi Nga, turning to her twin. "James is very tired today and he went to bed early. So there is no problem."
"Okay." said Hoi Ching and hurried off.
"Er... should I still call you Lai Lin? I mean, you are Lily and she... she is too but er..... " said Hoi Nga uncertainly.
"What ever you like." said Lily generously.
"Really? What about I call you Water Lily and you Tiger Lily?" asked Hoi Nga thoughtfully. LilyII gave her a look.
"Joke, joke!" said Hoi Nga hurriedly. Then she turned herself in a 'solemn' status. "Now, Lily, throw a stone into the pond please." LilyII obendiatly threw one. Hoi Nga immediately froze the splash of water. It was like a ice crown on the pond.
"Lai Lin, you try it." said Hoi Nga. LilyII threw another stone in the pond. Lily managed to freeze a little part of it, but she wasn't fast enough. She continued practicing until Hoi Nga cried. "They're here!"
There came up a grinning Chung Yu, a panting Hoi Ching and a quiet Chung Ming.
"So, there is only Lily all the time, not Lai Lin, right?" asked Chung Ming, staring hard at Lily, trying to match up the girl with red hair, but couldn't.
"I'm so sorry, I've never meant to lie to anyone, but the pixies told me not to tell the people around me." explained Lily. "I owe you all an apolyige. Will you forgive me?" Chung Ming nodded slowly and the others did the same.
"Okay, first, Lai Lin and I will practice while Lily practice with Chung Ming." said Hoi Nga, giving instuctions. "Then Chang Yu should plan and think how are we suppose to have them!"
"Wait!" cried a tiny, tinkling voice.
"For Ling!" cried Hoi Ching. Two pixies flew back to their mistress' place.
"Hoi Ching, I forgot to remind you: A boy name James Potter must help in this. He must also fullfill all his magical power to help Lily and her twin combine." said For Ling.
"The Headmistress told us to remind you!" cried Sui Ling.
"Great." said Chang Yu. "I'll go and call him to wake up and explain everything......"
"Wait..... can you wait..... a few days later?" asked Lily timidly, thinking about the ten weeks is coming up.
"Er.... okay." said Chang Yu, seeing Lily's reaction.
"Oh, I nearly forgot!" cried Chung Ming suddenly. He look slyly at Lily. Lily had the feeling that Chung Ming already guess is going in her mind.
"It's your last day for you to teach James to chase yourself, isn't it?"
"Sum Mor?" cried Hoi Nga and Hoi Ching.
"That means 'What?' in Chinese." explained Chang Yu to the two Lilys.
"I'm just doing a tiny experiment, that's all." said Lily, red in the face.
"Tiny? You got yourself spilt because of that?" roared Hoi Ching.
"Well, I didn't exactly spilt because of that...."
"Oh, never mind." moaned Chung Ming. Then he took LilyII to another side. "We should be practicing now. I really hope you are more sane than the real Lily." Hoi Ching followed them.
"We are twins, what do you expect?" asked LilyII, with a laugh.
"Let's practice too, Lai Lin." said Hoi Nga to Lily and they started throw stones in the pond and freezing them.
Only Chang Yu sat down under the tree, looking at the beautiful sky. It would be a shock to James. James obviously have some feelings to Lai Lin too.... but which would he choose? Oh, please let him choose right.
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"Where are you taking us?" asked LilyII.
"Taking you to a tour around Hong Kong." said Chang Yu. Then a tram came to their direction. "Climb in!"
The seven students climb up to the upper floor of the tram. There was one one passenger sitting there. He was obviously a wizard, wearing a cloak and all. He had black hair but he wasn't asian and with a very cold hard face. But he was good looking if he didn't look so harsh. Lily didn't take any notice of him and choose one of the seats next to a window.
"It's very windy here." said Lily, enjoying the breeze.
"My favourite Muggle transportation is taking a tram." said Hoi Nga, looking out of the window. All of them looked at the scenery of Hong Kong in silence. Suddenly, the black hair wizard approach to them.
"Excuse me." said the stranger to Lily. He pointed at the necklace. "My mother... have one of these and she lost it when she was very young. I want to know if you are willing to sell it to me? Name your price."
"I'm sorry," said Lily, politily. "But I'm very fond of this necklace. It is not for sale."
"Really, please! I want to give it to my mother as a surprise....... it's her.. her..... "
"Birthday?" proprbed James.
"Yes, her birthday. You are a very good girl and the necklace is very important to her...... " said the stranger, his eyes gleaming as he watched Lily's necklace changing colour.
He's a fake. This necklace don't have the same shape if it had changed owners, said LilyII to Lily in her thought.
Really? But then what can I do? asked Lily.
I think he recognise the necklace......
"Lai Lin? Hoi Nga? I think we have arrived to our stop!" cried LilyII. The stranger was going to glare at LilyII just before he noticed that LilyII had the same necklace.
"Why there is two of them?" he muttered. Then he turned to both Lilys. "Name your price. I will buy both of your necklaces..... "
"First the necklace is not for sale, and excuse me we need to get off!" cried Lily.
"How dare you disobey the Lord..... " cried the man, and trying to snatch the necklaces off Lily and LilyII. But the necklace glowed and no matter how, the wizard cannot touch the necklace. He went to grab the girls but Hoi Nga stopped him immediately, making an ice wall around the wizard. The wizard wanted to push the wall but it burnt his hand.
"Impossible.... " he cried. He pulled out his wand and muttered charms to break off the wall.
"Let's go!" cried Hoi Ching urgently, shoving Lily and the others out of the tram.
"That was close." said Hoi Nga. She stared after the tram and saw her wall was completely destoryed. "That wizard must be a very powerful wizard. The wall was one of the most powerful magic I have learnt..... no wand magic could break it in such little time. Without my command it problely will never break unless other powerful wizards can use natural magic to tackle it...... "
"He must have known this necklace." said Chung Ming. "This necklace don't have a second one. Especially when it changed colour, it's a sign already."
"Why did he use muggle transport? He's a wizard!" cried James.
"Hong Kong is a very small and populated city. Everywhere is full of people, so the goverment doens't allow wizards or witches to apprarate or whatever during day time. You will scary the muggles to dead if they see you disappearing or appearing suddenly!" said Hoi Ching.
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"That girl must be from that school, " muttered the stranger, looking at his burnt hands. "If what I heard is true, that red head girl and black head boy are the heir...... and Dumbledore must have sent them here to learn...... they must be..... but why that Asian girl have the necklace?"
"The heir of Nature...... not one can defeat me..... not unless...... the legend of one girl and one boy..... what if....."
"No!"
"Congratulations! You three had succeeded!!! Bravo!!!" cried Chang Yu.
"Thank you, thank you, for all your support! Without the encouragement by my fans around the world, I would never have done it!" announced LilyII, pretending she was sobbing. "Thank you, Thank you!" James looked at her, stunned.
"I would like to thank my father, my mother. They both have been always on my side to supported me and encouraged me. And - and I would like to thank all my friends, my teachers, which gave me many support.... " said Lily, trying to act as if she was crying. Then she hugged her twin and her twin hugged back. Both hiding their faces. They were not crying but trying hard not to laugh and while that, the sound they were making were exactly like they were crying. The others in the room stared at them.
"You guys aren't really crying, aren't you?" asked Chung Ming, alarmed. Hearing this made the girls laughed harder.
"It's all a fake. Pull yourselves together." said Hoi Nga.
"Look at them, they are laughing so hard." said James. "It seems that I'm so calm all of the sudden! I succeeded too you know, but I didn't laugh that hard."
"Miss Evans? Miss Lee?" called the professor who was supervising them. "Enough acting!"
Then the two separated, there were tear stains on their faces.
"I did it!" Lily crooked.
"We did it." sobbed LilyII and both of them cried and hugged each other.
"Is this real, now?" asked Chung Ming, looking at Hoi Ching's stunned look with a grin.
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"So we finally completed our magic." said LilyII. "So I guess we need to find back the two pixies, shall we?"
"Sure." said Lily and they went back to where they separated into two. By their amazement, the two pixies were sitting on the water, with tiny chairs and a table. There were tea and snacks on the table and the two pixies were chatting along until Lily cleared her throat.
"Oh, I'm sorry. We didn't notice you." said the water pixie. "We've been expecting you guys these days. You have already done all the Natural Magic of your stream, is it?" the two girls nodded. Then the answer came unexpected.
"But you guys haven't combined back together again...... that means something had gone wrong." said the fire pixie, sipping her cup of tea.
"WHAT?" cried both of the girls. "You mean we can't turn back to one?"
"No, I never said that." said the fire pixie. "What I meant to say is we all thought that after you have succeeded in the magic that Mor Ai had taught you, it means you have already mastered your magic. However, in this case, you two still have some hidden magic in you, and until you have use all the magical gene in you, you are still twins."
"How do we know when we are going to turn back?" asked LilyII.
"What are we suppose to do to find out our hidden Magic?" asked Lily.
"You got to find it out yourself." said the Water pixie as if she had just talked about the weather.
"Suppose we never find it?" cried Lily.
"Believe me, you will." said the fire pixie, looking at Lily straight in the eye.
************
"We need someone to help us." said Lily.
"Someone that already mastered this kind of magic." said Lily's twin. They both put their heads into their hands, staring at their classmates in the common room. They saw the twins, playing with fire and water balls.
"The twins, of course!" cried both Lilys at the same time. They approach at the twins.
"Hoi Nga, come with me!" cried Lily, holding Hoi Nga's hand and the water ball at the same time.
"Hoi Ching, come with me!" cried Lily's twin, holding Hoi Ching's hand and fire ball. The two whispered something to Hoi Nga and Hoi Ching.
"WHAT?"
"Shu!!!!" cried both Lilys.
"Okay, let's go outside to talk." said Hoi Nga urgently.
*****
"So that's why Sui Ling and For Ling was so secretive these days. I half thought they were going insane, not planning any tricks." said Hoi Ching to her twin.
"Sui Ling? For Ling?" asked Lily, looking at them.
"The two pixies you said." said Hoi Nga. "They are our pixies. They were with us when we were born. Mine is Sui Ling, the water pixie and For Ling, is Hoi Ching's."
"So can't you tell them to help us combine?" asked LilyII, desperate.
"I think they aren't fooling you about your power." said Hoi Nga. "I know what they are saying and I've heard. Once you seaparated your magic self in two parts, the only way is to master them. There are some kind of problems in this.
"One witch seaparated herself like you did but she didn't combine both selves until both of them are married to other wizards!!! After the combine she didn't know which husband to choose!" said Hoi Ching excitedly.
"Yeah, you're lucky you haven't seaparate yourself. Chung Ming would be heart broken if he needs to share his wife with someone else." said LilyII, annoyed.
"I wonder if someone is behind this." said Hoi Nga, looking thoughtful. "They rarely do so serious stuff."
"Unless that person is a person they trust that will knows what is she thinking...." said Hoi Ching. Then they clapped their hands and cried out the same time. "Professor!"
"Professor?" asked Lily. "Professor Sui, you mean??"
"Yup."
"So shouldn't we find her right now?" asked LilyII.
"But.... would she want us to find out the cure ourselves?" asked Hoi Ching, looking at her twin. "Professor wouldn't let us go though a high risk you know."
"So, what is your plan?" asked Lily.
"I guess we need to follow your plan, about practicing more and try something harder." said Hoi Nga.
"Actually, would you mind Chang Yu and Chung Ming in the secret?" asked Hoi Ching. Lily stared at her.
"No, listen. Chung Ming is more better than me in fire magic, so I think it is more likely to work." said Hoi Ching.
"Chang Yu have different ideas and we can try them too." said Hoi Nga.
"Great, both of their boyfriends have some kind of use. What about James, Lily?" asked LilyII. Lily just glared at her.
"I guess Chang Yu can help James with his magic...." muttered Lily.
"So that's settles. Why don't you find Chung Ming and Chang Yu now?" said Hoi Nga, turning to her twin. "James is very tired today and he went to bed early. So there is no problem."
"Okay." said Hoi Ching and hurried off.
"Er... should I still call you Lai Lin? I mean, you are Lily and she... she is too but er..... " said Hoi Nga uncertainly.
"What ever you like." said Lily generously.
"Really? What about I call you Water Lily and you Tiger Lily?" asked Hoi Nga thoughtfully. LilyII gave her a look.
"Joke, joke!" said Hoi Nga hurriedly. Then she turned herself in a 'solemn' status. "Now, Lily, throw a stone into the pond please." LilyII obendiatly threw one. Hoi Nga immediately froze the splash of water. It was like a ice crown on the pond.
"Lai Lin, you try it." said Hoi Nga. LilyII threw another stone in the pond. Lily managed to freeze a little part of it, but she wasn't fast enough. She continued practicing until Hoi Nga cried. "They're here!"
There came up a grinning Chung Yu, a panting Hoi Ching and a quiet Chung Ming.
"So, there is only Lily all the time, not Lai Lin, right?" asked Chung Ming, staring hard at Lily, trying to match up the girl with red hair, but couldn't.
"I'm so sorry, I've never meant to lie to anyone, but the pixies told me not to tell the people around me." explained Lily. "I owe you all an apolyige. Will you forgive me?" Chung Ming nodded slowly and the others did the same.
"Okay, first, Lai Lin and I will practice while Lily practice with Chung Ming." said Hoi Nga, giving instuctions. "Then Chang Yu should plan and think how are we suppose to have them!"
"Wait!" cried a tiny, tinkling voice.
"For Ling!" cried Hoi Ching. Two pixies flew back to their mistress' place.
"Hoi Ching, I forgot to remind you: A boy name James Potter must help in this. He must also fullfill all his magical power to help Lily and her twin combine." said For Ling.
"The Headmistress told us to remind you!" cried Sui Ling.
"Great." said Chang Yu. "I'll go and call him to wake up and explain everything......"
"Wait..... can you wait..... a few days later?" asked Lily timidly, thinking about the ten weeks is coming up.
"Er.... okay." said Chang Yu, seeing Lily's reaction.
"Oh, I nearly forgot!" cried Chung Ming suddenly. He look slyly at Lily. Lily had the feeling that Chung Ming already guess is going in her mind.
"It's your last day for you to teach James to chase yourself, isn't it?"
"Sum Mor?" cried Hoi Nga and Hoi Ching.
"That means 'What?' in Chinese." explained Chang Yu to the two Lilys.
"I'm just doing a tiny experiment, that's all." said Lily, red in the face.
"Tiny? You got yourself spilt because of that?" roared Hoi Ching.
"Well, I didn't exactly spilt because of that...."
"Oh, never mind." moaned Chung Ming. Then he took LilyII to another side. "We should be practicing now. I really hope you are more sane than the real Lily." Hoi Ching followed them.
"We are twins, what do you expect?" asked LilyII, with a laugh.
"Let's practice too, Lai Lin." said Hoi Nga to Lily and they started throw stones in the pond and freezing them.
Only Chang Yu sat down under the tree, looking at the beautiful sky. It would be a shock to James. James obviously have some feelings to Lai Lin too.... but which would he choose? Oh, please let him choose right.
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"Where are you taking us?" asked LilyII.
"Taking you to a tour around Hong Kong." said Chang Yu. Then a tram came to their direction. "Climb in!"
The seven students climb up to the upper floor of the tram. There was one one passenger sitting there. He was obviously a wizard, wearing a cloak and all. He had black hair but he wasn't asian and with a very cold hard face. But he was good looking if he didn't look so harsh. Lily didn't take any notice of him and choose one of the seats next to a window.
"It's very windy here." said Lily, enjoying the breeze.
"My favourite Muggle transportation is taking a tram." said Hoi Nga, looking out of the window. All of them looked at the scenery of Hong Kong in silence. Suddenly, the black hair wizard approach to them.
"Excuse me." said the stranger to Lily. He pointed at the necklace. "My mother... have one of these and she lost it when she was very young. I want to know if you are willing to sell it to me? Name your price."
"I'm sorry," said Lily, politily. "But I'm very fond of this necklace. It is not for sale."
"Really, please! I want to give it to my mother as a surprise....... it's her.. her..... "
"Birthday?" proprbed James.
"Yes, her birthday. You are a very good girl and the necklace is very important to her...... " said the stranger, his eyes gleaming as he watched Lily's necklace changing colour.
He's a fake. This necklace don't have the same shape if it had changed owners, said LilyII to Lily in her thought.
Really? But then what can I do? asked Lily.
I think he recognise the necklace......
"Lai Lin? Hoi Nga? I think we have arrived to our stop!" cried LilyII. The stranger was going to glare at LilyII just before he noticed that LilyII had the same necklace.
"Why there is two of them?" he muttered. Then he turned to both Lilys. "Name your price. I will buy both of your necklaces..... "
"First the necklace is not for sale, and excuse me we need to get off!" cried Lily.
"How dare you disobey the Lord..... " cried the man, and trying to snatch the necklaces off Lily and LilyII. But the necklace glowed and no matter how, the wizard cannot touch the necklace. He went to grab the girls but Hoi Nga stopped him immediately, making an ice wall around the wizard. The wizard wanted to push the wall but it burnt his hand.
"Impossible.... " he cried. He pulled out his wand and muttered charms to break off the wall.
"Let's go!" cried Hoi Ching urgently, shoving Lily and the others out of the tram.
"That was close." said Hoi Nga. She stared after the tram and saw her wall was completely destoryed. "That wizard must be a very powerful wizard. The wall was one of the most powerful magic I have learnt..... no wand magic could break it in such little time. Without my command it problely will never break unless other powerful wizards can use natural magic to tackle it...... "
"He must have known this necklace." said Chung Ming. "This necklace don't have a second one. Especially when it changed colour, it's a sign already."
"Why did he use muggle transport? He's a wizard!" cried James.
"Hong Kong is a very small and populated city. Everywhere is full of people, so the goverment doens't allow wizards or witches to apprarate or whatever during day time. You will scary the muggles to dead if they see you disappearing or appearing suddenly!" said Hoi Ching.
*************
"That girl must be from that school, " muttered the stranger, looking at his burnt hands. "If what I heard is true, that red head girl and black head boy are the heir...... and Dumbledore must have sent them here to learn...... they must be..... but why that Asian girl have the necklace?"
"The heir of Nature...... not one can defeat me..... not unless...... the legend of one girl and one boy..... what if....."
"No!"