Here comes another chapter, and it seems I will keep writing this fic. The charakters may be a bit OCC chapter, but there´s nothing like being thrown into another world to bring you out of character, is there ? Yes! ( author goes down on her knees, sending a thank-you prayer to whatever god is listening). Finally! A good exuse to let characters be OCC! If you like this story , please reweiw. If you don´t , then tell me what ìm doing wrong.
Now for the disclaimer ; I don´t own anything, but I wish I did *cough*Reno*cough*.



Everyone stared at the black-haired man, not knowing wether they should laugh or bash his head.
" And where´s that ?" Reno asked, lighting another cigarret. Now it was the black-haired mans turn to be surprised.
" In England, of course !"( I don´t really know that, but let´s pretend.)
Reno looked around at AVALANCHE and his fellow Turk, seeing that they were as confused as he was.
" And where´s England ?" He asked.
" In Europe ."
" And where´s --- " Reno shook his head, this was getting ridicolous. " Nevermind. What is Hogwarts ?"
" A scool for witches and wizards, have you never heard of it ? Or are you Muggles ?"
" What the Hell is a Muggle ?" Barret exclaimed.
" Some sort of fruit, prehaps ?" Nanaki commented, a slight smile on his face.
" It talks !" The black-haired man blurted, staring at Nanaki.
" Yeah, he does. Who are you anyway, old man ?" Yuffie asked.
" Old man ?! I, ma´am, am Severus Snape, professor at this school !" He shouted.
" And you shall treat me with respect ! Anyway ," He continued, calming down a bit " we will have to talk to the Headmaster about this. Follow me." He turned around, heading for the big double-doors. Everyone followed, having nothing better to do. Reno, however, couldn´t resist the opportunity to crack a joke. Being Reno, it was a bad joke.
" Must you really run to your boss every time people turn up on the lawn for no damn
reason ? "
" Yes." Snape replied, dead-pan.
" And here I was, thinking you should only bother them if it was something important. Well,
we learn something new everyday." Reno said sarcasticly. Yuffie smiled a bit. No matter what happened, no matter where they went, one thing she knew for certain. Reno would always crack really bad and corny jokes.

Who are these people ? And most importantly, where did they come from ? Snape thought to himself while leading the way to Headmaster Dumbledore´s office.One of them, a hyper-active teenage girl, was walking beside him. Not far behind her was the tall redheaded man, who, along with the bald man, insisted on keeping his sunglasses on, even inside the castle. As they arrived at Dumbledore´s office, Snape had to stop and think for a moment. The Headmaster kept changing passwords, each one stranger than the last.
" What are you waiting for, man ? We don´t have all day, you know." Cloud said, tapping his foot impatiently.
" Wait." Snape said, holding up a hand. " Now I remember. Morituri Nolumus Mori." With a scraping sound the gargoyle that blocked the entrence to the Headmaster´s office hopped aside, revealing a doorway. Reno and Rude exchanged a look. There was something odd about that password.
" We who are about to die, don´t want to ?" Reno asked " That´s weird. " Snape shrugged.
" He got it from some kind of Muggle book." Shaking his head, he continued " Follow me."
At the top of the flight of stairs was a heavy oak door, wich Snape knocked. A voice was heard through the door."Come in, Severus." Snape nodded to the others ro follow him inside. In the room was a desk, laden with strange devices and dusty books. Behind the desk an old man was seated in an equally old chair . He looked up at them with a friendly smile on his face. He looked from Snape to the other people.
" I belive you will introduce me to these people any second now. " He said, his smile never falthering. Snape detected the hidden insult in the comment, and was about to snap at the old man, when he realized thet he didn´t know their names, and the angry words stuck in his throath. The old man only chuckled, and turned to the others.
" I´m sure Severus will get his voice back in no time. While he´s looking for it, I might as well ask you for your names. Mine´s Albus Dumbledor, but no doubt Severus has already told you that."
" Don´t jump to conclusions, old man. We have no clue who you are, and as far as I´m concerned, I don´t give a damn anyway." Reno said."As
for my name, it´s none of your buisess."
" Hey, watch it, Turkey, it would´t hurt you to be polite every now and then." Yuffie ( Who else ?) said , earning her a Death Glare (TM) from said ´Turkey´.
" Shut up, brat." Reno shot back.
" Oh, I´m so sorry, I forgot ! You don´t know how to spell polite, do you, Turkey ?" The little ninja went on, flashing him an impish smile. Reno was about to severely re-arrange her face, when both Rude and Vincent broke in, Rude putting a hand on Reno´s shoulder, and Vincent doing Yuffie the same favour. Trying to keep the peace, at least for a while, Tifa hastened to speak.
" I´m Tifa Lockheart,sir. And I apologize for their behavior." She said, sending Reno and Yuffie a warning look. The redhead and the ninja quickly put on their calm faces, not wanting to earn Tifa´s wrath, wich could be quite fearsome. The rest of AVALANCHE straightened up and started inroducing themselves.
" Cloud Strife, sir,"
" Barret Wallace."
" Cid #¤#¤" Highwind, pilot."
" Yuffie Kisaragi."
" Nanaki." At this, Dumbledor´s gaze shifted to the lion-like creature , and he smiled widely, as if someone had just told him a joke. Then he turned expectantly towards the two Turks. Rude took the hint imidiatly.
" Rude." And he said no more. Under the withering stares of AVALANCHE, Reno decided that he he better follow suit.
" Reno Rikes." He muttered. Yuffie´s eyes widened. Reno had just volunteered to tell them his last name. She wondered if anyone else had noticed. Vincent probably had, he didn´t miss much. About Vincent....
" Hey, vampire, aren´t you gonna introduce yourself ?" She asked.
" I´m not a vampire, Yuffie. And my name is Vincent Valentine." He continued, turning back to Dumbledore. The older man (or maby not) smiled at them.
" And what is your reason for coming here ?" He didn´t have time to recive an answer, because of the frantic knocking on the door. Snape opened it, and revealed a boy about eleven years old, with dark hair and blue eyes, his chest heaving .
" Professor !" He exclaimed. Snapes brow furrowed.
" What´s wrong, mr. Black ?"( No, it´s not Sirius son.)
" There´s a troll in the dungeon ! You must come !" The little boy was close to tears." Please ! Mr. Zabini* is telling everyone to get out !"
" Of course I´m coming, mr. Black. Just wait for a moment ." Snape turned to Dumbledore." Albus, will you inform the other teachers ?"
" Of course, Severus." The Headmaster answered. Snape only nodded, and turned to walk out of the office. However, his path was blocked by Reno.
" Get out of my way ! This is an emergency !" Snape shouted. Reno smirked.
" If the emergency is so damn dire, do you need any help ?" He asked the now furious man.
" Help ? How could you help ?"
" We aren´t completly unskilled, you know. And you want this troll dead, don´t you ?" Reno replied, now grinning.
" Yes, but we´d need the Removal of Magical Creatures Division for that !" Snape said." They´re the only ones who knows how to kill a troll !"
" Are you daft ? We know how to kill one of ´em. I learned that on my mothers knee, I did." Reno said, a mocking edge in his voice." I´m gonna kill that troll, wether you like it or not. I sure as Hell ain´t sitting about waiting for some blockheaded wizards to get their asses over here." With that, the redhead started for the door, was stopped by Yuffie, who laid a hand on his arm.
" Is there something you want, kid ?" He asked." Or are you just coming up with a bad exuse to put your hands on me ?"
" In your dreams, Turkey. I´m not gonna let you get all the praise for this.I´m coming with you. If nothing else, then to save your sorry ass."
Reno looked her up and down, smirking.
" Fine. But I think it´ll be the other way around." Then he headed out of the office followed by the hyper-active ninja. Surpressing a sigh, Vincent headed after them.
" Hey, Vincent, where are you going ?" Cloud called.
" After them." Was all the darkhaired gunman said.