Me: Hey everyone, sorry for the lack of update…it was her fault! *points at Violentdelight*
Violentdelight: *looks offended* Who me? You're the one who screwed up the computer, making us unable to actually go on Fanfiction.net! Shame on you! Shame! Shame! *Chases Dew with a broom which appeared out of nowhere*
Me: AH! *runs up Violentdelight's broom* Wait, *gasp* It's you turn to do the Disclaimer!
Violentdelight: *stops chasing Dew.* Oh. Okay then.
Disclaimer: Out of curiosity, did anybody notice the Runes teacher? Anybody? Stop whacking me Dew, I'm not done the Disclaimer. Thank-you. Now, as we've said before, Original Characters and the plot are our own, but everything else is not.
Me: *pout* I can whack you if I want.
Violentdelight: No you can't, cause I'll just whack you back! Take that!
Me: AH!
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Me: Have you noticed I like to be very exact with names? For example, there were exactly thirteen star-thingys in the review, and I put up exactly 13 here now. Aren't I Great? ^-^
Violentdelight: *cough*Andalittlenuts*cough*
Me: By the way, if you like in the very first book in the sorting chapter, you'll find Terry Boot actually mentioned…and that was the only time he was ever mention…but he was mentioned! Yay! He personality I made up all on my own! And it was my pleasure to respond to your review. ^-^
Violentdelight: Ditto. J
Tigeress Moon:
Violentdelight: I know, I like the whole George and Fred bug Raye thing too.
Me: I am a Genius, thank-you.
Violentdelight: Nope, you're a Genius impersonator. And the past life thing, are we going to do more on that?
Me: I dunno…maybe…maybe not…maybe….maybe not….
Jewel:
Me: Meanie! Get V to tie me up again? And torture me with a feather? AH! *runs away*
Violentdelight: Muahahaha.
Girl of darkness:
Me: You hate Usagi?
Violentdelight: Well, there are so many fic on her, and make her so not Usagi, just strips away her original character and make her into something like Ami or Raye or Makoto, or Minako.
Me: Yeah, Seriously people, if your character is more like one of the other scouts and NOT Usagi, then don't use her, use one of the scouts. So many people change her and makes her…*shudder* I do like Usagi, but I've gotten pretty sick of Usagi fics…there's waaaay too many out there, write some more on the other senshi.
Violentdelight: Oh, and by the way…we won't tell the pairing…though we know who they are…I mean seriously, you've got to have kinda figured it out by now…really, whenever something is written, no matter how insignificant it may seem…everything has a purpose, even clothes will tell you something in the future.
Me: *whacks V* No more clues!
Lady wolf Moon, Kara, Kenoko:
Me: yay! She's feeling better now!
Violentdelight: Harry?
Me: Where's Jupiter?
Violentdelight: DEW!
Me: What?!?
Violentdelight: Moving on now….
Makoto Almasy:
Me: Have I mentioned I love your stories? ^-^
Violentdelight: I agree, I like Makoto in Slytherin…it suits her.
Me: I like bad boy Draco! But I know who you like V….
Violentdelight: *blush* Shutup!
Me: And actually Terry Boot is mentioned in the books! Just once…in one line…in the first book during the sorting section…but I actually didn't make him up!
Violentdelight: Whomping Willow? It's Whomping?
Me: Oh…-_-" Opps!
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Chapter 6: Potions, Battaglia e Nuova Gente*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Makoto stared listlessly at the potion she was supposed to make. At least she didn't have blundering idiots to contend with.
Swiftly chopping gingerroot pieces, one cubic centimetre each, Makoto preceded to follow the rest of her directions into making the perfect herb rejuvenator.
Glancing up, Makoto didn't feel at all surprised to see Snape staring at her mixture. Ever since she had come to Hogwarts Snape had in a way taken her under his wing, so to speak, and had taught her potions.
It seemed to her, that Snape had this grudge against Gryffindors…
"Five points off Gryffindor for talking Neville."
Now where would she get that idea.
Glancing up, Makoto felt glad that she was the same age as Harry, in fact, all of them were perfect in the age area, Harry would be surrounded at all times, without him even realizing it.
'This guy defeated Voldemert and he can't even tell he's being watched almost twenty-four seven? Give me a break. Maybe he might feel it…naw, I doubt it.'
"Miss Kino."
Makoto looked up to see Snape directly in front of her, his sharp eyes glancing down on her dark green potion.
"How did your potion turn this colour?" He asked, his voice sharp, but Makoto detected that soft undertone that he didn't use with the other students.
"I don't know." She told him honestly as the rest of the students, Slytherin and Gryffindor sniggered at her alike.
Snape said nothing. He took a dried up almost dead herb and dunked it into her completed potion.
Makoto didn't blush, didn't pale, and didn't do anything that would reveal the nervousness that she felt inside.
'You better get better herb or I'll personally….crush you…and…and…eat you. Originally Kino, really original.' She thought at the herb. It was hard to resist using her magic to cheat, as in healing the herb without nobody noticing…but She was never a cheater and she wasn't going to start now, no matter how the herb might turn out.
Snape took the herb out, and gave her a rare smile.
"This," Snape said, holding out a blooming full herb to the class, "is what you herbs better look like when this class is over. Ten points to Slytherin." Snape said, walking back to his desk to observe the class.
"Since you are finished, Miss Kino, you may assist Mr. Malfoy." Snape said.
Makoto got up from her chair and walked over to Malfoy, who was giving her his 'evil' look.
Staring down on his ingredients, Makoto gave an inner sigh. His ingredients were all perfectly chopping up…. and you weren't supposed to chop up the beetles eye.
"Hello." Malfoy said, his tone arrogant and rude.
Makoto ignored him, swiftly putting the ingredients into the cauldron and began stirring with her right hand while adding more ingredients.
"You weren't supposed to put the ginger in until after the herbs were in." Malfoy hissed at her, his eyes darkened with anger but Makoto didn't reply, ignoring him as she continued to put the herbs in the same order that she had done before.
Makoto continued to stir, observing the potion, as it turned from a light cheerful yellow to a dark green.
"We're done Professor Snape." Makoto said, ignoring the angered look Malfoy gave her.
"Are you purposely trying to get me into trouble you stupid witch! That potion is supposed to be yellow." Malfoy whispered angrily at Makoto, as Professor Snape was slightly stalled when Neville's cauldron melted again and began flooding the ground with the potion, little plants began growing everywhere.
Makoto turned to Makoto, her face barely an inch from his.
"Back. Off." She whispered angrily, her eyes glaring into his, before turning away again, walking back to her original desk, completely aware everyone in that section of the classroom had their eyes on her.
"Damn!"
Makoto glanced over to the whispered voice.
A girl sitting in the corner was whispering threateningly at her potion, which had turned a sickly yellow-green colour.
"Need help? Makoto asked the girl.
The girl stared up at Makoto silently, giving Makoto the sense that she was being evaluated and tested.
"Yeah, thanks." The girl finally said, making room for Makoto in the tiny corner of the room.
Makoto immediately spotted the problem, somehow, the girl's beetle's eyes had been switched for butterfly eyes, and the gingerroot was spoiled, which would spoil the potion as well.
"What's your name?" Makoto asked, after retrieving a fresh gingerroot and some beetle's eyes.
"Promise not to laugh?" The girl asked sombrely, Makoto could feel her eyes on her as she worked.
"Promise." Makoto said, staring straight at the girl.
"My name is Adramyttium, my nickname is Adi. What's yours?" The Adramyttium said.
"My name's Makoto." Makoto said. "Adramyttium…I like it."
Adramyttium gave a small smile at Makoto's compliment.
"Thanks I was won-"
"Five points off Slytherin for talking!"
Makoto and Adramyttium stared up, startled by Snape's voice.
Silently they worked side-by-side as they completed the potion, one desperately wishing the class was over, while the other was wondering how to get Snape to give her the points back.
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Makoto, Ami, Minako, and Raye all faced each other. Their eyes hard, and their faces icy and hard as stone.
Not a single girl moved as the wind played with their hair, mocking them, daring them to move.
Suddenly the scene ruptured into chaos as Makoto, Ami, Minako and Raye attacked one another, each battling the other.
To the common eye all they saw was a blur of yellow, red, blue and green/black.
To them, the senshi they saw each other.
'Kick, punch, block, kick, back away, come back, weak spot take it!'
"Stop!"
Ami, Minako, Raye and Makoto stopped immediately, and gave each other a bow.
Behind them, Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape were watched them sharply.
Dumbledore came to Ami, his normally cheerful face more solemn then usual, his eyes were still twinkling, but were much more serious then before.
"That's impossible! How could they move like that? They've had no potion, and where's their wands?" Professor McGonagall said astonished, her mouth rather resembling a fish.
"It is quite simple Professor." Ami said., the three watching around like a hawk. It was rather risky to do their little demonstration, even at night, so they were watching for students, ghosts and creatures from the Forbidden Forest alike.
"We aren't from this world. We came here to help protect Potter from any dangers and to help eliminate this Voldemert (wince) from this world. We have much experience in this area of expertise and plan to be of as much assistance as possible. That and we have these powers, which have harnessed naturally, but it might be beneficial for us to harness our magical abilities as well. We have chosen to tell you, Professor McGonagall and you Professor Snape because we believe it would be best for you to know. No one else in this dimension is to know of this. We trust you can keep a secret?" Ami said, her eyes beginning to glow unnaturally as Sailor Pluto was talking through her, and Sailor Mercury analysing their stances and their movements carefully.
"And what if we couldn't?" Professor Snape asked, his usually sneering face now more serious and not laughing.
"We would have to either erase your memories or kill you. Which ever you prefer." Makoto said. Her hand a fraction of an inch away from her Silence Glaive.
"I am honoured." Professor Snape said, bowing his head slightly.
"As I." Professor McGonagall said as well, her face deadly serious.
"Now, back to business. Snape, since you have excessive knowledge of the Dark Arts and Defence against it, I am putting you in charge of teaching these four as much as you can, as well as making the new teacher for Defence Against Dark Arts here at Hogwarts. All our other teachers are either disappearing or have turned to be Voldemerts slaves and I would rather have someone I trust for that job at this time." Dumbledore said, matter-of-factly.
It was hard to hide a smile when Snape broke out into a full smile, and…was that a tear in his eye?
Makoto tried to hide her slight amusement. Amazing how much one guy could love his job.
"As for you McGonagall, I need you to teach these four as much as you can about Transfiguration, I believe it would beneficial for them as well to have you as their teacher." McGonagall looked rather delighted and honoured at Dumbledore's words.
"First, before I forget," Raye said, walking towards Dumbledore. "I'd like to tell you I absolutely don't believe a word Professor Twenery says about Fortune Telling and Dreams. It's absolute heresy to those who really know the truth about it." Raye said, her mind turning back to earlier in the day when she and the mentioned professor got into a fight a certain position of a constellation of stars. The professor thought it meant doom and chaos and the end of the world, while Raye knew it meant peace for a short time.
"She has been predicting death and destruction for years and it has never come to pass." Raye guessed, her hands over her chest and her hip slung to one side.
Dumbledore chuckled at Raye's comment.
"Well, it is necessary we keep her on. Now, how about we all go back inside and have a nice cup of tea with some lemon sherbet?" Dumbledore said, walking back into the castle.
The group followed him, seeing as there was really no reason not too.
Makoto glanced over to Snape. Snape seemed to be thinking about something, his brows furrowed in concentration. Suddenly he looked up at her. Moving quickly towards her, Makoto began to wonder what he would want to do with her.
"Miss Kino, I saw you were talking in class to Miss Avalon-Fox today… what did you think of her?" Snape asked.
Makoto stared at him confused. "Whose Miss Avalon-Fox?" She asked him.
"Miss Avalon-Fox is that girl you helped with today in my class, I believe her name is Adramyttium." Snape clarified.
"Oh…She seems okay."
Snape didn't seem pleased or disappointed with her answer, he merely nodded his head.
"Keep an eye on her." He told Makoto before walking off; leaving Makoto wondering what that was all about.
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Me: Well? What did you think? Excellent? Horrible? Mediocre? Don't really care? Tell Meeeeee!!!!
Violentdelight: Excuse her, she's on a sugar high. But we really do want to know.
Me: Pleeeeeaaaaassssssseeeeee!
Violentdelight: Dew, how many times have I told you, a cup of sugar and ten cups of coffee are not a good mix.
Me: *pout* Please review, and I'll try to get more out…. without drinking so much coffee.