Lies in the Middle
By: Princess Ashley
Howdy!!! Wow! I really like the feedback from that last chapter! Glad ya'll like it; I worked really hard on that chapter. That was a lot of words to write. But thankies for reviewing! I really like the plot of this story so I hope I keep getting good comments so I can continue! Well, I'll get to the story now!
Chapter 4: Hangin with the locals!!!
Usagi and Hotaru decided that they would show themselves to the school the following week, but they first wanted to make some observations. Like they had met a few other people hanging around Harry and Draco. Usagi had already given Fred and George a time trying to find out who stole all their joke candies and other Weasley Wizard Wheezes material.
"Harry, have you seen any of our joke stuff laying around anywhere? They were in our room last night and now they're gone." Fred asked him, as they looked around the common room.
"Haven't seen any of them." Harry trailed off as he saw Usagi above them still recovering from one of their Ton-Tongue Toffees. Her tongue was ten feet long, and it was all purple. Harry looked at her in question. If she was a ghost, how could she eat one of those candies? He turned to Fred and George. "Hey guys? Did you do anything, um, different to any of those ton- tongue toffees?"
"Well, we did make one of them eatable by ghost, we were going to give it to Peeves since he tattled on us for smuggling some custard creams into school. But now we can't find it to give it to him. And that went missing before the rest of the toffees did." George said. "Why?"
"Oh, no reason." Harry said, trying to hold back a laugh as he saw Usagi's white misty face go velvety magenta with anger. Steam could show through her ghostly ears. He let a small chuckle escape as Fred and George went to check their room again.
"That stuff should be illegal." Usagi said, slurring a bit because of her tongue but Harry caught the whole sentence. "I mean, that's dangerous to have something that causes harm to your mouth. What do they think they're doing?"
"Fred and George are known for those kind of games. They are trying to build a joke shop when they get out of school at the end of this year." Harry explained.
"Well, I don't think it's funny, but then again, I could use one of them to use on Rei when she gets annoying." Usagi thought for a minute, as if contemplating whether that was a good idea or not.
Harry looked at her in question once again. "Who's Rei?" He asked. He hadn't heard of any of Usagi's acquaintances. It could be interesting to see what kind of friends she had. He hoped they all weren't as stubborn as Hotaru.
"Rei was a friend of mine. But she didn't have any unfinished business like me and Hotaru did. She passed on into heaven. Something I should have done. I should have realized that Heero and I would have been together soon because he killed himself and others the day after I died. We could have been together again, if I just went on. But.I.just.couldn't.do it. Rei, Minako, Makoto, Ami, Haruka, and Michiru all went on. But Hotaru and me stayed behind because of stupid thinking. Now we are stuck on earth until we find our loves again. But it's impossible. They couldn't have been reborn, as Hotaru seems to think. She was the goddess of death and rebirth when she was alive, but I'm afraid she's loosing her touch. She's convinced that Draco Malfoy is Milliardo, her love in her past life, but I just don't have the heart to say otherwise." Usagi explained to him, all the while having her gaze diverted to the ground as she spoke.
Harry wanted to comfort her as she summoned back the horrid memories of her life, but he knew he would just go right through her, and that would just upset her more. It broke his heart to see her completely broken like this. And it tore him apart to not be able to touch her or hold her in the times that she would just collapse in despair.
She bucked up after a while, and showed her beautiful smile once more as she regained composer of herself. "So! What do you have today! Anything interesting?" She asked, as she floated over to him so she was over him and poked her head over his shoulder to look at his schedule. It was third period, and he had.Care of Magical Creatures. Hmm.sounds cool. With the Slytherins! That meant that Hotaru would most likely be there. Oh boy, this is going to be interesting. Usagi thought.
"Care of Magical Creatures is with Hagrid. He's a friend of mine. He's really nice. Can he meet you?" Harry asked, really wanting his friends to know about her, even though he liked having her to himself. (Not like that you bunch of ecchi's!!!!!!!)
"Ummm, I guess, but only Hagrid, I've got to keep a low profile until the next week. That's what Hotaru and me agreed on." Usagi said, floating overhead, waving a playful finger at him.
Harry smiled and laughed at her playfulness. "Of course, I'm sure my other friends would be happy to meet you as well." He said. Then after a few minutes of talking, Harry went off to his next class, and Usagi said she would catch up with him in a few minutes.
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Hotaru floated around, Draco had gone to Care of Magical Creatures with the Gryffindors. Usagi would probably be there, and Hotaru knew that Usagi didn't think that Draco was the one she was looking for, but she knew. Only Milliardo could make her feel this way. She sighed as she kept up her pace down the halls.
Then she saw something. Someone was coming, and she was visible!!! She quickly turned invisible and looked to see who it was.
It was another ghost; it was a funny looking one to. He was short and fat and he had a funny grin on his face, must be this Peeves everyone keeps complaining about. Hotaru thought. He was laughing and doing silly stuff, until Hotaru decided to kill off his fun. She used her left foot to kick him backwards and right through the wall into the girls bathroom that was up in the high corridors. For some reason, no girl ever went in there, and she could hear some ear shattering sounds coming from inside.
Peeves came out again, and looked around angrily, looking for the culprit who bashed him into Moaning Myrtle's bathroom. (You were expecting someone else? Tehe) He saw no one and nothing. Myrtle let out another loud wail about men coming into the bathroom to make fun of her right to her face. Peeves floated out of the hallway as fast as he could.
Hotaru was left in the wrath of Myrtles screeches. Who could wail that loud? It sounds like Usagi before she toughened up. She thought. She went into the bathroom only to have a drain pipe go right through her head. "Whoa, that was weird." She said, weary. It did give her a headache to have things going through her head. "Who did that?" She yelled, there was someone in the bathroom besides her, and she could hear someone from inside the stall. She didn't want to intrude on the girl's private time, but for another reason, she wasn't supposed to show herself. So she decided to criticize the girl instead. "Oh, suck it up, girl. You sound like a mule." She said to the whining girl inside the stall.
"Hugh?" There was a sniffle from inside the stall. "Who's there? If you've come to make fun of me, go ahead, see if I care." She said, sniffling more, and then what sounded like her blowing her nose into some ghost useable handkerchief.
"Fine, you're a whiny crybaby and you need to pull yourself together and get some sort of backbone. What happened? Did your boyfriend dump ya?" She asked harshly, still not even seeing who was inside the stall. But she had a feeling the other girl couldn't see her either, so that made it more comfortable going against Usagi's word. After all, she was just talking. She wasn't being seen or anything.
"Hah, who'd go out with me?" She laughed sadly, and blew her nose again.
"Well, I can most certainly see you point, how are you supposed to get a guy acting like this? No one I expect. So if you want some support, do something about it." Hotaru crossed her arms across her chest, and starred at the stall.
"What's it to you? There is no reason to help me and there is no reason that you should want to." She said harshly at Hotaru, then there was a flushing noise that told her she had flushed the tissue.
"Your right, why would I? Stupid to think otherwise, I would think .Go on and weep. See if it gets you anywhere." Hotaru said, and she turned to leave.
".. wait.." There was a small voice, and there were no more sniffles and hooeys and such. The stall opened, and Hotaru hesitated. But then relaxed as she saw the other girl. It was another ghost. That was a relief, and the girl seemed just as surprised as to what she was as Hotaru was. Then she suppressed a smile Hotaru's way.
"That's better, now what are you crying about?" Hotaru asked, as she sat her ghost form onto a sink.
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Okie dokie, that is the 4th chapter. Hope you review for the better of the story. Sorry it was shorter than the other one, but don't worry, I'll put up another chapter if you review pleaz!!
~mo
By: Princess Ashley
Howdy!!! Wow! I really like the feedback from that last chapter! Glad ya'll like it; I worked really hard on that chapter. That was a lot of words to write. But thankies for reviewing! I really like the plot of this story so I hope I keep getting good comments so I can continue! Well, I'll get to the story now!
Chapter 4: Hangin with the locals!!!
Usagi and Hotaru decided that they would show themselves to the school the following week, but they first wanted to make some observations. Like they had met a few other people hanging around Harry and Draco. Usagi had already given Fred and George a time trying to find out who stole all their joke candies and other Weasley Wizard Wheezes material.
"Harry, have you seen any of our joke stuff laying around anywhere? They were in our room last night and now they're gone." Fred asked him, as they looked around the common room.
"Haven't seen any of them." Harry trailed off as he saw Usagi above them still recovering from one of their Ton-Tongue Toffees. Her tongue was ten feet long, and it was all purple. Harry looked at her in question. If she was a ghost, how could she eat one of those candies? He turned to Fred and George. "Hey guys? Did you do anything, um, different to any of those ton- tongue toffees?"
"Well, we did make one of them eatable by ghost, we were going to give it to Peeves since he tattled on us for smuggling some custard creams into school. But now we can't find it to give it to him. And that went missing before the rest of the toffees did." George said. "Why?"
"Oh, no reason." Harry said, trying to hold back a laugh as he saw Usagi's white misty face go velvety magenta with anger. Steam could show through her ghostly ears. He let a small chuckle escape as Fred and George went to check their room again.
"That stuff should be illegal." Usagi said, slurring a bit because of her tongue but Harry caught the whole sentence. "I mean, that's dangerous to have something that causes harm to your mouth. What do they think they're doing?"
"Fred and George are known for those kind of games. They are trying to build a joke shop when they get out of school at the end of this year." Harry explained.
"Well, I don't think it's funny, but then again, I could use one of them to use on Rei when she gets annoying." Usagi thought for a minute, as if contemplating whether that was a good idea or not.
Harry looked at her in question once again. "Who's Rei?" He asked. He hadn't heard of any of Usagi's acquaintances. It could be interesting to see what kind of friends she had. He hoped they all weren't as stubborn as Hotaru.
"Rei was a friend of mine. But she didn't have any unfinished business like me and Hotaru did. She passed on into heaven. Something I should have done. I should have realized that Heero and I would have been together soon because he killed himself and others the day after I died. We could have been together again, if I just went on. But.I.just.couldn't.do it. Rei, Minako, Makoto, Ami, Haruka, and Michiru all went on. But Hotaru and me stayed behind because of stupid thinking. Now we are stuck on earth until we find our loves again. But it's impossible. They couldn't have been reborn, as Hotaru seems to think. She was the goddess of death and rebirth when she was alive, but I'm afraid she's loosing her touch. She's convinced that Draco Malfoy is Milliardo, her love in her past life, but I just don't have the heart to say otherwise." Usagi explained to him, all the while having her gaze diverted to the ground as she spoke.
Harry wanted to comfort her as she summoned back the horrid memories of her life, but he knew he would just go right through her, and that would just upset her more. It broke his heart to see her completely broken like this. And it tore him apart to not be able to touch her or hold her in the times that she would just collapse in despair.
She bucked up after a while, and showed her beautiful smile once more as she regained composer of herself. "So! What do you have today! Anything interesting?" She asked, as she floated over to him so she was over him and poked her head over his shoulder to look at his schedule. It was third period, and he had.Care of Magical Creatures. Hmm.sounds cool. With the Slytherins! That meant that Hotaru would most likely be there. Oh boy, this is going to be interesting. Usagi thought.
"Care of Magical Creatures is with Hagrid. He's a friend of mine. He's really nice. Can he meet you?" Harry asked, really wanting his friends to know about her, even though he liked having her to himself. (Not like that you bunch of ecchi's!!!!!!!)
"Ummm, I guess, but only Hagrid, I've got to keep a low profile until the next week. That's what Hotaru and me agreed on." Usagi said, floating overhead, waving a playful finger at him.
Harry smiled and laughed at her playfulness. "Of course, I'm sure my other friends would be happy to meet you as well." He said. Then after a few minutes of talking, Harry went off to his next class, and Usagi said she would catch up with him in a few minutes.
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Hotaru floated around, Draco had gone to Care of Magical Creatures with the Gryffindors. Usagi would probably be there, and Hotaru knew that Usagi didn't think that Draco was the one she was looking for, but she knew. Only Milliardo could make her feel this way. She sighed as she kept up her pace down the halls.
Then she saw something. Someone was coming, and she was visible!!! She quickly turned invisible and looked to see who it was.
It was another ghost; it was a funny looking one to. He was short and fat and he had a funny grin on his face, must be this Peeves everyone keeps complaining about. Hotaru thought. He was laughing and doing silly stuff, until Hotaru decided to kill off his fun. She used her left foot to kick him backwards and right through the wall into the girls bathroom that was up in the high corridors. For some reason, no girl ever went in there, and she could hear some ear shattering sounds coming from inside.
Peeves came out again, and looked around angrily, looking for the culprit who bashed him into Moaning Myrtle's bathroom. (You were expecting someone else? Tehe) He saw no one and nothing. Myrtle let out another loud wail about men coming into the bathroom to make fun of her right to her face. Peeves floated out of the hallway as fast as he could.
Hotaru was left in the wrath of Myrtles screeches. Who could wail that loud? It sounds like Usagi before she toughened up. She thought. She went into the bathroom only to have a drain pipe go right through her head. "Whoa, that was weird." She said, weary. It did give her a headache to have things going through her head. "Who did that?" She yelled, there was someone in the bathroom besides her, and she could hear someone from inside the stall. She didn't want to intrude on the girl's private time, but for another reason, she wasn't supposed to show herself. So she decided to criticize the girl instead. "Oh, suck it up, girl. You sound like a mule." She said to the whining girl inside the stall.
"Hugh?" There was a sniffle from inside the stall. "Who's there? If you've come to make fun of me, go ahead, see if I care." She said, sniffling more, and then what sounded like her blowing her nose into some ghost useable handkerchief.
"Fine, you're a whiny crybaby and you need to pull yourself together and get some sort of backbone. What happened? Did your boyfriend dump ya?" She asked harshly, still not even seeing who was inside the stall. But she had a feeling the other girl couldn't see her either, so that made it more comfortable going against Usagi's word. After all, she was just talking. She wasn't being seen or anything.
"Hah, who'd go out with me?" She laughed sadly, and blew her nose again.
"Well, I can most certainly see you point, how are you supposed to get a guy acting like this? No one I expect. So if you want some support, do something about it." Hotaru crossed her arms across her chest, and starred at the stall.
"What's it to you? There is no reason to help me and there is no reason that you should want to." She said harshly at Hotaru, then there was a flushing noise that told her she had flushed the tissue.
"Your right, why would I? Stupid to think otherwise, I would think .Go on and weep. See if it gets you anywhere." Hotaru said, and she turned to leave.
".. wait.." There was a small voice, and there were no more sniffles and hooeys and such. The stall opened, and Hotaru hesitated. But then relaxed as she saw the other girl. It was another ghost. That was a relief, and the girl seemed just as surprised as to what she was as Hotaru was. Then she suppressed a smile Hotaru's way.
"That's better, now what are you crying about?" Hotaru asked, as she sat her ghost form onto a sink.
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Okie dokie, that is the 4th chapter. Hope you review for the better of the story. Sorry it was shorter than the other one, but don't worry, I'll put up another chapter if you review pleaz!!
~mo