A/N: Uh. . .Sorry All! I forgot about Spinal! I'll put him in this chapter!
Before that, Eriol was hiding Spinal in his robes and bring his around.
Kay? Oh and don't kill me because this is late! It's an extra long one.
*Sees the readers advancing with knives*
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter and Card Captor Sakura. I only own the plot and the names of the exchange students okay? So don't sue me! Please!
Chapter 10 : A Trip to San Angelecos and a Ball.
. . .and asked her "Um. . .Hermione. . .I. . .Will. . .Will you go to the ball with me?" Harry asked, blushing.
"Um. . .Sure. . ." said Hermione, also blushing.
"Then I'll meet you at the Common Room at 6.00pm on tomorrow," said Harry, the blush starting to fade away.
"Um. . .Okay. . ." said Hermione turning back to finish her food.
"So, did you get her out for the Halloween Ball?" asked Ron with a smirk on his face as they started to walk back to the Gryffindor common room.
"Um. . .Yeah. . ." said Harry, his face reddening again.
"Woo who! Good job man!" said Ron, slapping Harry on the back. Harry coughed from the forceful slap on his back.
"Hey ya Harry! Could you come over here for a minute? I've got something to ask you," asked Star who had just come out of the portrait hole.
"Uh. . .Sure. . ." said Harry, went up to Star and turned to Ron. "I'll be back in a sec. Go into the Common Room and wait for me."
"Uh. . .Okay. . ." said Ron uncertainly, stepping through the portrait hole.
"So Harry, what did you say to Hermione to make her blush?" asked Star, a faint smile on her face.
"Uh. . .I. . ." said Harry, redness seeping into his cheeks again.
"Well? What is it?" asked Star, grinning.
"Uh. . .Well. . .Remember the ball that Dumbledore announced just now?" asked Harry, his face turning a deeper shade of red (A/N: He's a bit like Syaoran, ne?). Star just nodded.
"Well. . .I. . .just asked her to it," said Harry, his face turning STILL redder.
"Good job! So when are you proceeding with the next step?" asked Star jokingly.
"HEY! So what were you going to ask me about just now?" asked Harry, quickly changing the subject.
"Oh! I was going to tell you that Kajov just told me that there was an ex- GUWWM student at the Slytherin table here," Star informed Harry in German.
"What?! Who's he/she?" he asked in Roman.
"He's Draco Malfoy," said Star in Germany.
"WHAT?" yelled Harry in English, which attracted a few stares in his direction.
"You can't BE serious!" said Harry( still in English).
"I am!" said Star calmly.
"He. . .When. . .was he expelled?" asked Harry faintly.
"Weeelllll. . .he wasn't exactly expelled. . ." said Star slowly.
"Then?" asked Harry, bewildered.
"He. . .was taken out of the school by his father. . ." Star said.
"Why?! I mean, we are talking about GUWWM here! It's the best magical school in the world! No one sane will ever, and I mean EVER, take his son out of the best school in the world! GUWWM even rejects some people just because of the many people that wants to go into the school!" said Harry, shocked.
"Well, his father did just that-took him out of GUWWM. Kajov said that Draco had told him that his father had wanted to put him in Drumstrang," said Star.
"Is he mad? Doesn't he know anything?" asked Harry in disbelief.
"It seems that Draco's father had wanted Draco to learn the Dark Arts," explained Star.
"What?!" shouted Harry again. The people around looked at him again.
"Can you not say this so loud?" asked Star, a little annoyed. "I'm also here to ask you if you want to take your friends to San Angelecos."
"Can I?" asked Harry, a grin appearing on his face.
"Sure! Just meet at me at the entrance of the Great Hall tomorrow at 9.00 am (A/N: It's a Saturday)," said Star. "Oh yeah! You wanna know what the other Gem Knights are going to do?" Harry nodded excitedly. Star whispered something into his ear which resulted in Harry busting in to peals of laughter. The students who were walking along the corridor looked at Harry as if he had lost his mind.
"That's. . .That's. . .Just the best we've ever done!" said Harry between gasps of laughter.
"Well! Now that you have stopped laughing, can we go back to the Common Room? I still have my Transfiguration and Potions homework to do," said Star as she turned to the portrait hole and entered it.
Harry entered the portrait hole behind her and went in search of his friends. He saw Ron and Hermione with Sakura and her friends, talking and laughing about something so he walked over to them.
"Hi ya all!" said Harry as he came up to them.
"Hi Harry!" greeted the others.
"So! What did Star want to talk to you about?" asked Ron.
"She wanted to ask me if I want to take you all to San Angelecos, GUWWM's um. . .village" explained Harry.
"Really?" asked Hermione excitedly.
"Yes!" said Harry.
"Sure we'd want to go, right?" said Hermione, turning to the others. They nodded in agreement.
"It's settled then? Let's meet tomorrow at the Entrance of the Great Hall at 9.00 am," said Harry.
"Okay! I want to get back to my dormitory," said Sakura yawning and standing up. Tomoyo and the others followed what Sakura was doing and went back to their dormitories. The last thing Sakura heard before she was entered her dorm and went to bed was Hermione saying, "Why don't you tell us you went to GUWWM?"
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**Next Morning**
Sakura awoke to Kero looking at her in front of her face.
"HOEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Her shout echoed all over the Gryffindor Tower and spread throughout to the whole of the school, which awoke in confusion. Sakura's curtains were ripped back while Kero quickly pretended to be a stuff animal and rest on the bed. Hermione's head poked in through the hole in the curtains a second after Kero was on the bed.
"What happened Sakura? We were almost deafened by you," said Hermione sleepily. The some of the girls in the dorm were sitting up in their beds and rubbing their eyes while some of them were already in the bathroom.
"I'm. . .Sorry. . ." Sakura pulled her curtains to the side and saw that the bed beside her, which was occupied by Tomoyo, was empty and had been made.
"Its okay!" said Hermione as she took her clothes and went to the bathroom.
"Hmm. . .Wonder where Tomoyo went. . .Oh well! Better get changed," thought Sakura as she went into the bathroom, took a shower and changed into a light green T-shirt and a mini skirt. She took up her black school robe and slipped in over her clothes, put Kero on her shoulder and when down the stairs where she met the others (plus Harry, Hermione and Ron).
"Hi everyone!" said Sakura as she reached them.
"Sakura! Why did shout out? And why is the Stuffed Animal on your shoulder?" asked Syaoran, sending a glare to Kero. Kero was seething that he could not retaliate back at the Gaki.
"Oh! Kero startled me when I woke up this morning," said Sakura in Japanese. "Um. . .Let's go get breakfast okay? It's 8.00 am now."
"Okayyyy. . ." Tomoyo said as they trotted down to the Great Hall for breakfast. When they reached the Great Hall, the saw that it was almost full of students and teachers eating their breakfast. The main talk topic of the House Tables was "Have you heard of a loud 'HOEEEE!' this morning?" Sakura's face was fiery red by the time they went and sat down at the Gryffindor Table.
"Come on Sakura! Eat! Don't think about what they say," said Syaoran consolingly, passing her a piece of toast. Sakura took the piece of toast offered to her and took a bite from it. She immediately felt better. Nakuru, see that they had taken a seat in the Great Hall and Kero was on Sakura's shoulder, walked up to them.
"Eriol! Can you lend me Suppi?" asked Nakuru. Eriol immediately had an inkling that Nakuru was up to something.
"Why do you want him?" asked Eriol suspiciously, unable to suppress a smile.
"Oh nothing!" said Nakuru innocently. Everyone in the CCS gang was immediately on the defense. "Is Spinal with you now?"
"Yes," said Eriol and he pulled an angry Spinal out of his pocket. Nakuru took out a chunk of chocolate from her pocket. Spinal, seeing the chocolate, immediately began sweating. Nakuru took hold of Spinal and stuffed the chocolate into his mouth. Spinal, having just eaten the chocolate, went on a sugar high and flew about the Hall, eating the sweets on the Tables.
The students seating at the different House Tables were surprised when they saw a black cat with butterfly wings flew to their House Tables and began eating everything sweet in sight.
When everything sweet on the House Tables were eaten, Spinal started towards the Teachers' Table where he cleaned up the sweets. The students, by then, had already break into laughter. Dumbledore just sat in his chair, a smile on his face, his eyes twinkling while the other teachers stared in shock.
Finishing the sweets on the Teacher's table, Spinal was just flying out of the Great Hall to the kitchens when Eriol decided that enough was enough (although his face was one huge smile). Eriol waved one of his hands and Spinal came floating to him, asleep.
"Please warn me when you do that, Nakuru," said Eriol, turning to her, the smile still on his face.
"But it takes the fun out of it!" said Nakuru with puppy dog eyes. Everyone sweatdropped.
"May I remind you that you are a teacher, Nakuru?" asked Eriol, raising an eyebrow at her. "It won't do to set a bad example will it?"
"Umm. . .Yeah. . .You know, for a minute there, I forgot about it," said Nakuru. Everyone fell down in anime style.
"Well. . .huh. . .you know what? This reminds me of the school fair we had," said Tomoyo after she'd picked herself off the ground. "Oh no! We only have 10 minutes to eat before we have to meet Star at the entrance!" Echoes of "Kuso!" were heard while they rushed to the table and quickly ate the food while desperately swallowing them with mouthfuls of Pumpkin Juice. Finally a few minutes, they wiped their mouths and went to the entrance of the Great Hall where Star was waiting for them.
"Are you ready?" asked Star. The others nodded their confirmation.
"Door openrus atala," a circular hole appeared in front of Star. "Toa leh GUWWM evano vas gorveradoes Entrance Hall; Entrano la figros; Pasuwordo ecatos la vamu; requesto entrance Princess Star Crystal of the Royal Magical House of Cambrala, tenth year student in Grffinado, Global PhD, Head Girl of tenth year in GUWWM carpara de entrance toh mara javaca da noveco; requesto entrance baiya guestas; Pasuwordo ca voice camanda pa velos coupra; transportation starto la vica." The others gasped at the long spell Star had said while the circular door, which was a dull gray, lit up in a soft yellow colour.
"Come on! Let's go," said Star and she stepped through the door. The others hesitated before stepping through. When they stepped through the door to the other side, they gasped. It was very large, around twice the size of the Hogwarts Entrance Hall. It was decorated in a rich brown with a few pictures hanging on the walls. There were also a few display cases on each side of the Hall displaying a few elegant but expensive looking ornaments with sliver plagues underneath them which stated their names, history and where and when they were made.
"This is the Entrance Hall of GUWWM," said Star, motioning around the room.
"This?" asked Sakura looking around in awe. "This is so big!"
"Yeah!" The others agreed with her.
"Come on! I'll lead you to San Angelecos," said Star walking towards the great oak door at the right side of the Hall. Sakura and her friends followed her through the door where they traveled through a stone path. The grass on the side of the path was green and moved gently in the breeze. Star led them along the path until they reached the town.
"Umm. . .Where do you want to go first? We've got 2 hours till 1.00pm when we are going to get out lunch," said Star, looking at her watch.
"How bout the bookshop?" asked Hermione excitedly. All present sweatdropped.
"Okay. . ." said Star and she began leading them pass several large shops until they stood in front of one. The words 'Angelecos Bookshop' was framed and placed above the glass doors into the bookshop. Hermione pushed opened the glass door and rushed inside and ran to one of the bookshelves to look at the books. The others sweatdropped again.
"Is she always like that?" asked Star.
"Um. . .yeah. . .pretty much. . ." said Ron. All of them went into the bookshops and split up.
"Remember to meet back at the entrance at 12.30pm," said Star as they parted.
~ Time Gap~
Sakura, Hermione, Star, Syaoran, Tomoyo, Meilin, Harry and Eriol brought their purchases to the counter for payment. Eriol, who was first in line, put the books( which consisted of some 20-30 big tomes) on the counter. The casher raised his eyebrows before ringing up the purchase of the books.
"70 Galleons and 7 Sickles please!" said the casher who looked as if he don't believe that Eriol could pay it.
"Charge it to my account," said Eriol with a smile on his face. The casher wrote something down and turned to Syaoran who was behind Eriol. He rang up Syaoran's purchase and Syaoran paid him. This continued for sometime until everyone had finished paying and they walked out of the bookshop to a restaurant (Hermione was clutching more books than Eriol).
"Ano. . .Eriol. . ." said Sakura.
"Yes Sakura?" asked Eriol, who was waving his wand on the pile of books. They float out of his hands and floated beside him.
"Don't you have enough books at your home already without having to buy some more?" asked Sakura.
"Iie! I don't have these books," said Eriol. "And that isn't my home."
"Hoe? Isn't the house we went to stay this summer your house?" asked Sakura, puzzled.
"Yes, it is my house," said Eriol.
"Then why did you say it isn't your home?" asked Sakura puzzled. The others had by the time walked nearer to hear what Eriol and Sakura were talking about.
"Tree Top House isn't my home actually. . ." said Eriol.
"What do you mean?" asked Sakura.
"Well. . .It's. . .actually one of my Summer Houses. . .one of the smallest in fact. . ." said Eriol.
"WHAT?!" shouted all of them. "A Summer House?!"
"Well. . .Yeah. . ."said Eriol, puzzled. "Is there a problem?"
"Ah. . .no. . ." said Sakura and began walking. The others started walking, throwing occasional glances at Eriol. Eriol was oblivious to it all and he walked calmly and smiled his mysterious smile.
"Ah! We're here!" said Star as they stopped in front of a restaurant. The words "Food Haven" lettered cursive and golden in colour announced the restaurant's name.
"Let's go in!" They entered and a waiter, seeing Star, hurried over to them and showed them to one of the best tables in the restaurant. Evidently, Star was a very important customer. The waiter gave each of them a menu and went off to serve some other people. All of them looked at the menus the waiter had given to them.
"Wow. . .They have all sorts of food here," commented Eriol.
"Yeah!" agreed Syaoran.
"Where's the waiter?" asked Sakura, looking around. "How can we order our food if his not here?"
"You just have to say it to your plate and the food will appear," said Star, putting down her menu. "Cream mushroom soup." A bowl of creamy hot soup appeared in front of her. The others, catching up on how to order, placed what they want with the plate. Bowls of soup appeared in front of them.
"So. . .um. . .Star. . ." said Hermione hesitatingly.
"Yes?" asked Star, turning to her.
"Um. . .Can you tell us what is in the question paper we are going to do in DADA?" asked Hermione.
"Actually. . .No. . ." said Star. The hopeful look on Hermione's face fell.
"But I can tell you that it won' be hard. . ." said Star, finishing her soup. "Steak," Star said to the plate. The bowl disappeared and was replaced with a tender and juicy steak.
"Really?" asked Hermione skeptically as she placed her order of her main course with the dish.
"Yes. Where do you want to go?" asked Star, changing the subject.
"Can we go to a clothes shop?" asked Tomoyo, her eyes shining.
"Uh. . .Sure. . ." said Star, sweatdropping. The others also sweatdropped.
After finishing their food, Star asked Harry to lead them outside and wait for her while she paid for the food they had eaten.
"But shouldn't we go and pay for the food ourselves?" asked Sakura uncertainly.
"Nope! When Star wants to pay for you, she's gonna pay for you. Regardless of what you say. Anyway, she wanted to treat you all to lunch here as it's your first visit to San Angelecos," said Harry.
"Uh. . .Okay. . ." said Sakura, still a bit uncertain. They waited outside for Star who hurried out a few minutes later and led them down a few streets to a clothes shop. Upon entering the shop, a kindly looking lady came forward and greeted them.
"Hi! Welcome!" she said when she caught sight of Star.
"Star! I haven't seen you for so long!. . .And is that Harry?" she asked. "Oh I'm sorry! I haven't introduced myself. My name's Clarisa and I'm Star's aunt. I'm also the owner of the shop."
"Hi!" greeted the others enthusiastically.
"Wow! Your shop is really big!" said Tomoyo, looking around appreciative.
"Why, thank you!" said Clarisa, beaming.
"Hey, Sakura! Doesn't that dress look familiar?" asked Syaoran, pointing to a dress at the display window.
"Hm. . .You're right. It does look familiar. I wonder where I've seen it before," mused Sakura, looking at the dress.
It was a yellow colour which ended in what looked like shorts. There were blue socks to go with it and yellow and orange shoes each with an orange bow with a yellow ball on each end of the shoelace. There was an orange hat and an orange clock with two very long pieces of yellow ribbons which reached the floor and ended with an orange ball on each end.
"That?" asked Clarisa, looking at the dress Sakura was looking at. "It's the newest dress from the Dreamer's Collection. It's called the Final Judgment (A/N: rings any bell?)."
"You know Sakura? I think I've seen you wear it before!" exclaimed Syaoran.
"What?!" shouted Sakura and she thought about it and realized that Syaoran was right. She turned around to look at Tomoyo whose eyes were unusually bright.
"Tomoyo! Please! Don't tell me you're the designer for this clothes," said Sakura.
"Actually. . .I am. . ." said Tomoyo, laughing nervously.
"Why don't you tell me before? I thought I was your best friend," said Sakura, hurt.
"You are my best friend Sakura!" protested Tomoyo. "And anyway, it was the day when we got our Hogwarts letter. I was about to tell you all in the park but we were all to excited about the letter and I forgot to tell you all about it."
On hearing Tomoyo's explanation, Sakura nodded understandingly.
"So you're the designer for the Dreamer's Collection?" asked Clarisa excitedly. "You're fast becoming one of the word's best fashion designers. You're well known for your exquisite but somewhat bold and extravagant designs."
"Thank you!" said Tomoyo, a smile on her face.
"Come on! I thought you want to have a look around?" asked Meilin.
"Let me show you around!" said Clarisa and she led them around the shop, pointing to this and that. All too soon, it was twilight and Sakura-tachi had to go back to Hogwarts.
"Come back soon!" said Clarisa as they exited the shop and Star led them back to GUWWM. She muttered the same spell again and they reappeared at the Entrance Hall.
"We'll have to be quick if we want to be in time for the Ball. It starts in 2 hours' time!" said Star. They hurried back to their rooms where they changed into the dresses Tomoyo had made for them. (Star was not with them.)
Sakura was in a pink silk one which was decorated with cherry blossoms. The top was quite tight which showed of Sakura's feminine curves while the skirt, which was not widespread, flowed passed her legs to the ground. She wore beautiful pink slippers with a cherry blossom perched on each one. Sakura's hair was intertwined with green ribbons and tied up into a french twist. A few strands of hair, which curled at the bottom, framed her face.
Meilin was in a light orange dress which contrasted beautifully with her hair, which was tied up into two buns. The left side of the skirt was silted so that it showed Meilin's legs while the top was tight. She wore orange slippers with orange bows on it.
Tomoyo's was a lavender coloured one with a purple ribbon at the waist. The top was tight while the skirt was widespread and decorated with lavender flowers. She wore a purple bow in her hair which was let down. Her slippers were purple in colour and with a lavender flower on each slipper.
"Come on! Syaoran and the others are waiting for us," said Sakura, looking at her watch. Sakura, Tomoyo and Meilin quickly ran out of the room and down the stairs where the boys were waiting for them.
Syaoran was looking at Sakura in awe while Eriol was looking at Tomoyo. Meilin, unluckily, could not find anyone to go with her but she was very cheerful about it as she said, "I'll go with someone I like and not anything less than that."
They hurriedly exited the common room and went to the Great Hall where many of the students had already assembled there. The House Tables were stacked at one end of the room and small circular tables for four were scattered all around the room. There was a space in the middle of the cluster of tables for dancing. The students were milling around and talking while the teachers, who were in dress robes, were sitting at the Teachers' tables. There was some food on the tables for people to eat.
Prof. Dumbledore stood up and announced that the Halloween Ball was officially opened. Many students went to the space where they started to dance to the accompanying music.
"Come on, Syaoran!" said Sakura, pulling Syaoran with her. "Let's dance!" Sakura and Syaoran went to the dancing space and began to dance to a slow waltz. Eriol and Tomoyo, who was videotaping them, were watching on.
After the song had ended, Sakura and Syaoran went to one of tables and sat down there. Eriol and Tomoyo joined them shortly and they discussed about the Ball. After a few minutes, Syaoran and Sakura excused themselves, saying that they want to get some punch and left the table, heading to the other side of the room where, coincidently, the entrance to the room was. Eriol and Tomoyo followed Sakura and Syaoran who exited the Hall and went outside to the grounds. Eriol and Tomoyo hid in one of the bushes and videotaped them. Tomoyo leaned in to hear what Syaoran and Sakura were saying.
"Sakura. . .I. . .love you. . ." said Syaoran, turning a shade of red.
"Syaoran. . .I. . .love you too. . ." said Sakura, also blushing. They leaned closer and closer until their lips found each other and they kissed. Back in the bush, Eriol and Tomoyo were confessing their love for each other. Eriol's arms encircled Tomoyo's waist and they leaned in, kissing, the videotape forgotten. . .
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A/N: So how was this? I hope you like it! Remember to R & R! Ja ne!
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter and Card Captor Sakura. I only own the plot and the names of the exchange students okay? So don't sue me! Please!
Chapter 10 : A Trip to San Angelecos and a Ball.
. . .and asked her "Um. . .Hermione. . .I. . .Will. . .Will you go to the ball with me?" Harry asked, blushing.
"Um. . .Sure. . ." said Hermione, also blushing.
"Then I'll meet you at the Common Room at 6.00pm on tomorrow," said Harry, the blush starting to fade away.
"Um. . .Okay. . ." said Hermione turning back to finish her food.
"So, did you get her out for the Halloween Ball?" asked Ron with a smirk on his face as they started to walk back to the Gryffindor common room.
"Um. . .Yeah. . ." said Harry, his face reddening again.
"Woo who! Good job man!" said Ron, slapping Harry on the back. Harry coughed from the forceful slap on his back.
"Hey ya Harry! Could you come over here for a minute? I've got something to ask you," asked Star who had just come out of the portrait hole.
"Uh. . .Sure. . ." said Harry, went up to Star and turned to Ron. "I'll be back in a sec. Go into the Common Room and wait for me."
"Uh. . .Okay. . ." said Ron uncertainly, stepping through the portrait hole.
"So Harry, what did you say to Hermione to make her blush?" asked Star, a faint smile on her face.
"Uh. . .I. . ." said Harry, redness seeping into his cheeks again.
"Well? What is it?" asked Star, grinning.
"Uh. . .Well. . .Remember the ball that Dumbledore announced just now?" asked Harry, his face turning a deeper shade of red (A/N: He's a bit like Syaoran, ne?). Star just nodded.
"Well. . .I. . .just asked her to it," said Harry, his face turning STILL redder.
"Good job! So when are you proceeding with the next step?" asked Star jokingly.
"HEY! So what were you going to ask me about just now?" asked Harry, quickly changing the subject.
"Oh! I was going to tell you that Kajov just told me that there was an ex- GUWWM student at the Slytherin table here," Star informed Harry in German.
"What?! Who's he/she?" he asked in Roman.
"He's Draco Malfoy," said Star in Germany.
"WHAT?" yelled Harry in English, which attracted a few stares in his direction.
"You can't BE serious!" said Harry( still in English).
"I am!" said Star calmly.
"He. . .When. . .was he expelled?" asked Harry faintly.
"Weeelllll. . .he wasn't exactly expelled. . ." said Star slowly.
"Then?" asked Harry, bewildered.
"He. . .was taken out of the school by his father. . ." Star said.
"Why?! I mean, we are talking about GUWWM here! It's the best magical school in the world! No one sane will ever, and I mean EVER, take his son out of the best school in the world! GUWWM even rejects some people just because of the many people that wants to go into the school!" said Harry, shocked.
"Well, his father did just that-took him out of GUWWM. Kajov said that Draco had told him that his father had wanted to put him in Drumstrang," said Star.
"Is he mad? Doesn't he know anything?" asked Harry in disbelief.
"It seems that Draco's father had wanted Draco to learn the Dark Arts," explained Star.
"What?!" shouted Harry again. The people around looked at him again.
"Can you not say this so loud?" asked Star, a little annoyed. "I'm also here to ask you if you want to take your friends to San Angelecos."
"Can I?" asked Harry, a grin appearing on his face.
"Sure! Just meet at me at the entrance of the Great Hall tomorrow at 9.00 am (A/N: It's a Saturday)," said Star. "Oh yeah! You wanna know what the other Gem Knights are going to do?" Harry nodded excitedly. Star whispered something into his ear which resulted in Harry busting in to peals of laughter. The students who were walking along the corridor looked at Harry as if he had lost his mind.
"That's. . .That's. . .Just the best we've ever done!" said Harry between gasps of laughter.
"Well! Now that you have stopped laughing, can we go back to the Common Room? I still have my Transfiguration and Potions homework to do," said Star as she turned to the portrait hole and entered it.
Harry entered the portrait hole behind her and went in search of his friends. He saw Ron and Hermione with Sakura and her friends, talking and laughing about something so he walked over to them.
"Hi ya all!" said Harry as he came up to them.
"Hi Harry!" greeted the others.
"So! What did Star want to talk to you about?" asked Ron.
"She wanted to ask me if I want to take you all to San Angelecos, GUWWM's um. . .village" explained Harry.
"Really?" asked Hermione excitedly.
"Yes!" said Harry.
"Sure we'd want to go, right?" said Hermione, turning to the others. They nodded in agreement.
"It's settled then? Let's meet tomorrow at the Entrance of the Great Hall at 9.00 am," said Harry.
"Okay! I want to get back to my dormitory," said Sakura yawning and standing up. Tomoyo and the others followed what Sakura was doing and went back to their dormitories. The last thing Sakura heard before she was entered her dorm and went to bed was Hermione saying, "Why don't you tell us you went to GUWWM?"
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**Next Morning**
Sakura awoke to Kero looking at her in front of her face.
"HOEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Her shout echoed all over the Gryffindor Tower and spread throughout to the whole of the school, which awoke in confusion. Sakura's curtains were ripped back while Kero quickly pretended to be a stuff animal and rest on the bed. Hermione's head poked in through the hole in the curtains a second after Kero was on the bed.
"What happened Sakura? We were almost deafened by you," said Hermione sleepily. The some of the girls in the dorm were sitting up in their beds and rubbing their eyes while some of them were already in the bathroom.
"I'm. . .Sorry. . ." Sakura pulled her curtains to the side and saw that the bed beside her, which was occupied by Tomoyo, was empty and had been made.
"Its okay!" said Hermione as she took her clothes and went to the bathroom.
"Hmm. . .Wonder where Tomoyo went. . .Oh well! Better get changed," thought Sakura as she went into the bathroom, took a shower and changed into a light green T-shirt and a mini skirt. She took up her black school robe and slipped in over her clothes, put Kero on her shoulder and when down the stairs where she met the others (plus Harry, Hermione and Ron).
"Hi everyone!" said Sakura as she reached them.
"Sakura! Why did shout out? And why is the Stuffed Animal on your shoulder?" asked Syaoran, sending a glare to Kero. Kero was seething that he could not retaliate back at the Gaki.
"Oh! Kero startled me when I woke up this morning," said Sakura in Japanese. "Um. . .Let's go get breakfast okay? It's 8.00 am now."
"Okayyyy. . ." Tomoyo said as they trotted down to the Great Hall for breakfast. When they reached the Great Hall, the saw that it was almost full of students and teachers eating their breakfast. The main talk topic of the House Tables was "Have you heard of a loud 'HOEEEE!' this morning?" Sakura's face was fiery red by the time they went and sat down at the Gryffindor Table.
"Come on Sakura! Eat! Don't think about what they say," said Syaoran consolingly, passing her a piece of toast. Sakura took the piece of toast offered to her and took a bite from it. She immediately felt better. Nakuru, see that they had taken a seat in the Great Hall and Kero was on Sakura's shoulder, walked up to them.
"Eriol! Can you lend me Suppi?" asked Nakuru. Eriol immediately had an inkling that Nakuru was up to something.
"Why do you want him?" asked Eriol suspiciously, unable to suppress a smile.
"Oh nothing!" said Nakuru innocently. Everyone in the CCS gang was immediately on the defense. "Is Spinal with you now?"
"Yes," said Eriol and he pulled an angry Spinal out of his pocket. Nakuru took out a chunk of chocolate from her pocket. Spinal, seeing the chocolate, immediately began sweating. Nakuru took hold of Spinal and stuffed the chocolate into his mouth. Spinal, having just eaten the chocolate, went on a sugar high and flew about the Hall, eating the sweets on the Tables.
The students seating at the different House Tables were surprised when they saw a black cat with butterfly wings flew to their House Tables and began eating everything sweet in sight.
When everything sweet on the House Tables were eaten, Spinal started towards the Teachers' Table where he cleaned up the sweets. The students, by then, had already break into laughter. Dumbledore just sat in his chair, a smile on his face, his eyes twinkling while the other teachers stared in shock.
Finishing the sweets on the Teacher's table, Spinal was just flying out of the Great Hall to the kitchens when Eriol decided that enough was enough (although his face was one huge smile). Eriol waved one of his hands and Spinal came floating to him, asleep.
"Please warn me when you do that, Nakuru," said Eriol, turning to her, the smile still on his face.
"But it takes the fun out of it!" said Nakuru with puppy dog eyes. Everyone sweatdropped.
"May I remind you that you are a teacher, Nakuru?" asked Eriol, raising an eyebrow at her. "It won't do to set a bad example will it?"
"Umm. . .Yeah. . .You know, for a minute there, I forgot about it," said Nakuru. Everyone fell down in anime style.
"Well. . .huh. . .you know what? This reminds me of the school fair we had," said Tomoyo after she'd picked herself off the ground. "Oh no! We only have 10 minutes to eat before we have to meet Star at the entrance!" Echoes of "Kuso!" were heard while they rushed to the table and quickly ate the food while desperately swallowing them with mouthfuls of Pumpkin Juice. Finally a few minutes, they wiped their mouths and went to the entrance of the Great Hall where Star was waiting for them.
"Are you ready?" asked Star. The others nodded their confirmation.
"Door openrus atala," a circular hole appeared in front of Star. "Toa leh GUWWM evano vas gorveradoes Entrance Hall; Entrano la figros; Pasuwordo ecatos la vamu; requesto entrance Princess Star Crystal of the Royal Magical House of Cambrala, tenth year student in Grffinado, Global PhD, Head Girl of tenth year in GUWWM carpara de entrance toh mara javaca da noveco; requesto entrance baiya guestas; Pasuwordo ca voice camanda pa velos coupra; transportation starto la vica." The others gasped at the long spell Star had said while the circular door, which was a dull gray, lit up in a soft yellow colour.
"Come on! Let's go," said Star and she stepped through the door. The others hesitated before stepping through. When they stepped through the door to the other side, they gasped. It was very large, around twice the size of the Hogwarts Entrance Hall. It was decorated in a rich brown with a few pictures hanging on the walls. There were also a few display cases on each side of the Hall displaying a few elegant but expensive looking ornaments with sliver plagues underneath them which stated their names, history and where and when they were made.
"This is the Entrance Hall of GUWWM," said Star, motioning around the room.
"This?" asked Sakura looking around in awe. "This is so big!"
"Yeah!" The others agreed with her.
"Come on! I'll lead you to San Angelecos," said Star walking towards the great oak door at the right side of the Hall. Sakura and her friends followed her through the door where they traveled through a stone path. The grass on the side of the path was green and moved gently in the breeze. Star led them along the path until they reached the town.
"Umm. . .Where do you want to go first? We've got 2 hours till 1.00pm when we are going to get out lunch," said Star, looking at her watch.
"How bout the bookshop?" asked Hermione excitedly. All present sweatdropped.
"Okay. . ." said Star and she began leading them pass several large shops until they stood in front of one. The words 'Angelecos Bookshop' was framed and placed above the glass doors into the bookshop. Hermione pushed opened the glass door and rushed inside and ran to one of the bookshelves to look at the books. The others sweatdropped again.
"Is she always like that?" asked Star.
"Um. . .yeah. . .pretty much. . ." said Ron. All of them went into the bookshops and split up.
"Remember to meet back at the entrance at 12.30pm," said Star as they parted.
~ Time Gap~
Sakura, Hermione, Star, Syaoran, Tomoyo, Meilin, Harry and Eriol brought their purchases to the counter for payment. Eriol, who was first in line, put the books( which consisted of some 20-30 big tomes) on the counter. The casher raised his eyebrows before ringing up the purchase of the books.
"70 Galleons and 7 Sickles please!" said the casher who looked as if he don't believe that Eriol could pay it.
"Charge it to my account," said Eriol with a smile on his face. The casher wrote something down and turned to Syaoran who was behind Eriol. He rang up Syaoran's purchase and Syaoran paid him. This continued for sometime until everyone had finished paying and they walked out of the bookshop to a restaurant (Hermione was clutching more books than Eriol).
"Ano. . .Eriol. . ." said Sakura.
"Yes Sakura?" asked Eriol, who was waving his wand on the pile of books. They float out of his hands and floated beside him.
"Don't you have enough books at your home already without having to buy some more?" asked Sakura.
"Iie! I don't have these books," said Eriol. "And that isn't my home."
"Hoe? Isn't the house we went to stay this summer your house?" asked Sakura, puzzled.
"Yes, it is my house," said Eriol.
"Then why did you say it isn't your home?" asked Sakura puzzled. The others had by the time walked nearer to hear what Eriol and Sakura were talking about.
"Tree Top House isn't my home actually. . ." said Eriol.
"What do you mean?" asked Sakura.
"Well. . .It's. . .actually one of my Summer Houses. . .one of the smallest in fact. . ." said Eriol.
"WHAT?!" shouted all of them. "A Summer House?!"
"Well. . .Yeah. . ."said Eriol, puzzled. "Is there a problem?"
"Ah. . .no. . ." said Sakura and began walking. The others started walking, throwing occasional glances at Eriol. Eriol was oblivious to it all and he walked calmly and smiled his mysterious smile.
"Ah! We're here!" said Star as they stopped in front of a restaurant. The words "Food Haven" lettered cursive and golden in colour announced the restaurant's name.
"Let's go in!" They entered and a waiter, seeing Star, hurried over to them and showed them to one of the best tables in the restaurant. Evidently, Star was a very important customer. The waiter gave each of them a menu and went off to serve some other people. All of them looked at the menus the waiter had given to them.
"Wow. . .They have all sorts of food here," commented Eriol.
"Yeah!" agreed Syaoran.
"Where's the waiter?" asked Sakura, looking around. "How can we order our food if his not here?"
"You just have to say it to your plate and the food will appear," said Star, putting down her menu. "Cream mushroom soup." A bowl of creamy hot soup appeared in front of her. The others, catching up on how to order, placed what they want with the plate. Bowls of soup appeared in front of them.
"So. . .um. . .Star. . ." said Hermione hesitatingly.
"Yes?" asked Star, turning to her.
"Um. . .Can you tell us what is in the question paper we are going to do in DADA?" asked Hermione.
"Actually. . .No. . ." said Star. The hopeful look on Hermione's face fell.
"But I can tell you that it won' be hard. . ." said Star, finishing her soup. "Steak," Star said to the plate. The bowl disappeared and was replaced with a tender and juicy steak.
"Really?" asked Hermione skeptically as she placed her order of her main course with the dish.
"Yes. Where do you want to go?" asked Star, changing the subject.
"Can we go to a clothes shop?" asked Tomoyo, her eyes shining.
"Uh. . .Sure. . ." said Star, sweatdropping. The others also sweatdropped.
After finishing their food, Star asked Harry to lead them outside and wait for her while she paid for the food they had eaten.
"But shouldn't we go and pay for the food ourselves?" asked Sakura uncertainly.
"Nope! When Star wants to pay for you, she's gonna pay for you. Regardless of what you say. Anyway, she wanted to treat you all to lunch here as it's your first visit to San Angelecos," said Harry.
"Uh. . .Okay. . ." said Sakura, still a bit uncertain. They waited outside for Star who hurried out a few minutes later and led them down a few streets to a clothes shop. Upon entering the shop, a kindly looking lady came forward and greeted them.
"Hi! Welcome!" she said when she caught sight of Star.
"Star! I haven't seen you for so long!. . .And is that Harry?" she asked. "Oh I'm sorry! I haven't introduced myself. My name's Clarisa and I'm Star's aunt. I'm also the owner of the shop."
"Hi!" greeted the others enthusiastically.
"Wow! Your shop is really big!" said Tomoyo, looking around appreciative.
"Why, thank you!" said Clarisa, beaming.
"Hey, Sakura! Doesn't that dress look familiar?" asked Syaoran, pointing to a dress at the display window.
"Hm. . .You're right. It does look familiar. I wonder where I've seen it before," mused Sakura, looking at the dress.
It was a yellow colour which ended in what looked like shorts. There were blue socks to go with it and yellow and orange shoes each with an orange bow with a yellow ball on each end of the shoelace. There was an orange hat and an orange clock with two very long pieces of yellow ribbons which reached the floor and ended with an orange ball on each end.
"That?" asked Clarisa, looking at the dress Sakura was looking at. "It's the newest dress from the Dreamer's Collection. It's called the Final Judgment (A/N: rings any bell?)."
"You know Sakura? I think I've seen you wear it before!" exclaimed Syaoran.
"What?!" shouted Sakura and she thought about it and realized that Syaoran was right. She turned around to look at Tomoyo whose eyes were unusually bright.
"Tomoyo! Please! Don't tell me you're the designer for this clothes," said Sakura.
"Actually. . .I am. . ." said Tomoyo, laughing nervously.
"Why don't you tell me before? I thought I was your best friend," said Sakura, hurt.
"You are my best friend Sakura!" protested Tomoyo. "And anyway, it was the day when we got our Hogwarts letter. I was about to tell you all in the park but we were all to excited about the letter and I forgot to tell you all about it."
On hearing Tomoyo's explanation, Sakura nodded understandingly.
"So you're the designer for the Dreamer's Collection?" asked Clarisa excitedly. "You're fast becoming one of the word's best fashion designers. You're well known for your exquisite but somewhat bold and extravagant designs."
"Thank you!" said Tomoyo, a smile on her face.
"Come on! I thought you want to have a look around?" asked Meilin.
"Let me show you around!" said Clarisa and she led them around the shop, pointing to this and that. All too soon, it was twilight and Sakura-tachi had to go back to Hogwarts.
"Come back soon!" said Clarisa as they exited the shop and Star led them back to GUWWM. She muttered the same spell again and they reappeared at the Entrance Hall.
"We'll have to be quick if we want to be in time for the Ball. It starts in 2 hours' time!" said Star. They hurried back to their rooms where they changed into the dresses Tomoyo had made for them. (Star was not with them.)
Sakura was in a pink silk one which was decorated with cherry blossoms. The top was quite tight which showed of Sakura's feminine curves while the skirt, which was not widespread, flowed passed her legs to the ground. She wore beautiful pink slippers with a cherry blossom perched on each one. Sakura's hair was intertwined with green ribbons and tied up into a french twist. A few strands of hair, which curled at the bottom, framed her face.
Meilin was in a light orange dress which contrasted beautifully with her hair, which was tied up into two buns. The left side of the skirt was silted so that it showed Meilin's legs while the top was tight. She wore orange slippers with orange bows on it.
Tomoyo's was a lavender coloured one with a purple ribbon at the waist. The top was tight while the skirt was widespread and decorated with lavender flowers. She wore a purple bow in her hair which was let down. Her slippers were purple in colour and with a lavender flower on each slipper.
"Come on! Syaoran and the others are waiting for us," said Sakura, looking at her watch. Sakura, Tomoyo and Meilin quickly ran out of the room and down the stairs where the boys were waiting for them.
Syaoran was looking at Sakura in awe while Eriol was looking at Tomoyo. Meilin, unluckily, could not find anyone to go with her but she was very cheerful about it as she said, "I'll go with someone I like and not anything less than that."
They hurriedly exited the common room and went to the Great Hall where many of the students had already assembled there. The House Tables were stacked at one end of the room and small circular tables for four were scattered all around the room. There was a space in the middle of the cluster of tables for dancing. The students were milling around and talking while the teachers, who were in dress robes, were sitting at the Teachers' tables. There was some food on the tables for people to eat.
Prof. Dumbledore stood up and announced that the Halloween Ball was officially opened. Many students went to the space where they started to dance to the accompanying music.
"Come on, Syaoran!" said Sakura, pulling Syaoran with her. "Let's dance!" Sakura and Syaoran went to the dancing space and began to dance to a slow waltz. Eriol and Tomoyo, who was videotaping them, were watching on.
After the song had ended, Sakura and Syaoran went to one of tables and sat down there. Eriol and Tomoyo joined them shortly and they discussed about the Ball. After a few minutes, Syaoran and Sakura excused themselves, saying that they want to get some punch and left the table, heading to the other side of the room where, coincidently, the entrance to the room was. Eriol and Tomoyo followed Sakura and Syaoran who exited the Hall and went outside to the grounds. Eriol and Tomoyo hid in one of the bushes and videotaped them. Tomoyo leaned in to hear what Syaoran and Sakura were saying.
"Sakura. . .I. . .love you. . ." said Syaoran, turning a shade of red.
"Syaoran. . .I. . .love you too. . ." said Sakura, also blushing. They leaned closer and closer until their lips found each other and they kissed. Back in the bush, Eriol and Tomoyo were confessing their love for each other. Eriol's arms encircled Tomoyo's waist and they leaned in, kissing, the videotape forgotten. . .
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A/N: So how was this? I hope you like it! Remember to R & R! Ja ne!