Disclaimer: The characters of Sailor moon and Harry potter are NOT my
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Chapter 10: The Welcome Ceremony
The door opened with a faint squeak. The children watched in anticipation as a tall, thin, serious-looking woman stepped into view. Usagi Looked at Luna, who had returned in a horse-less carriage. (Or so she said, Usagi wasn't sure if she should believe her mentor this time.)
"Don't get her angry" Luna joked, her head tucked in close to Usagi's ear.
"Good evenin', Professor McGonagall" Hagrid said formally. "The firs' years, Professor."
Professor McGonagall nodded. "Thank you, Hagrid. I'll take them from here."
She opened the giant oak door wide, and led them through the entrance, into a hall so big, Usagi thought she could have fitted Rei's entire temple inside, and still have had room on the sides. McGonagall led them past a room full of the voices of the other students, and on into a small adjoining room.
"Welcome to Hogwarts." Professor McGonagall said warmly. "The start-of- term banquet will begin after you have been sorted into your houses. The houses are Griffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Each house has its own history, and each their own outstanding wizards and witches. While you are here, your houses will be your families. Your successes will earn you points, and any breaking of the rules will cost them. At the end of the year, the points will be tallied, and the House Cup awarded to the house with the most points. The House Cup is an honour. I hope you all will prove to be an asset to your houses.
"The sorting ceremony will commence shortly, in front of the entire school. So I suggest you all tidy yourselves up as much as possible while you wait. I will return when we are ready for you. Please wait quietly."
She left the chamber. Harry swallowed. Usagi eeped.
"How exactly do they do the sorting ceremony?" Harry asked Ron.
"Some sort of test, I think. My twin brothers said it hurt a lot, but I don't think they were serious."
"A test?" Usagi squeaked.
The companions stood in silence as they waited for the inevitable. Everyone, that was except Hermiony, who was busy talking to a girl next to her about the spells she had learnt just in case she needed them.
Time passed, and everyone started squirming with their nerves. Finally, Professor McGonagall returned, and led the group into the chamber of voices known as the Great Hall.
Usagi let her Eyes sweep the room as they were led from the back of the room. She noticed four tables decked out in green, yellow, blue, or red. A single long table spanned across the front of the room, the teacher's table. Usagi nearly stopped where she was. Sitting right in the middle of the teacher's table, was Albus Dumbledore. And Usagi was more certain than ever that this was the man she had been proud to call her grandfather, a millennia ago.
Luna noticed where Usagi's eyes were fixed and nuzzled into her ear again. "Be careful. There is a reason for you to meet him again, but now is not the time to go to him."
Usagi nodded her head and stopped with the first years at the front of the hall. Professor McGonagall left them there for a moment, to return with a rolled-up parchment, an old tattered hat, and a three legged stool. She placed the stool at the top of the steps and placed the old ragged thing on top of the stool.
After a moment, a rip neat the brim of the hat, opened wide like a mouth and started to sing.
((AUTHOUR'S NOTE: insert the song here. I can't be bothered.))
When the hat finished, everyone clapped and Professor McGonagall started to read off names on the parchment. Each child walked up and sat on the stool. Professor McGonagall would then place the hat on the child's head, and it would cry out the name of a house. Usagi waited restlessly for Professor McGonagall to reach her name.
"Bones, Susan!"
"HUFFLEPUFF!"
"Boot, Terry!"
"RAVENCLAW!"
"Granger, Hermiony!"
"GRIFFINDOR!"
"Malfoy, Draco!"
"SLYTHERIN!" Usagi watched Malfoy take his seat with the others at the green-clad table. She was not surprised that the hat had not even rested on his head, before it cried out Slytherin. She was also not surprised to find that little feeling at the pit of her stomach, which said that these were the students to avoid at all costs.
"Potter, Harry!" Usagi watched with the rest of the school as Harry walked up to take his seat. The school waited for what seemed like an eternity to Usagi, before the hat yelled out: "GRIFFINDOR!"
The room exploded as Harry shakily made his way to the Griffindor table. "We got Harry!" Someone shouted.
"Tsukino, Usagi!" McGonagall went on. Usagi walked up to the stool, and sat down. She felt as if she were facing Beryl again. McGonagall placed the hat on Usagi's head, and they waited.
"Hmmm." A voice murmured in her ear. "You are a very smart young woman. Even if you don't show it very often, Princess Serenity. It is an honour to be assigning you your house."
"Please, I'm Usagi now. Please place me where I belong. Not where I would be expected to be."
"As you wish, Highness. I see that you have proven yourself against many a foe. Including Chaos itself! You have turned your back to the dark, so your thirst to prove yourself is not to everyone, but to yourself and your friends. You have acted ditzy all your life, but that is not the real you. And it has never been so. It is time to let the Princess have control again. Don't lie to yourself and everyone else any more. GRIFFINDOR!"
Usagi heaved a sigh of relief and returned the hat. She walked over to the seat next to Harry, and accepted the congratulations of her fellow house members. They both clapped loudly as Ron collapsed into the chair on Harry's opposite side.
"Well done, Ron!" The twins said as `Zabin, Blaise` Was made a Slyitherin. Professor McGonagall rolled up the scroll and took the hat and stool away.
Albus Dumbledore beamed with pleasure as he extended his arms out in greeting. "Welcome!" He said. "Welcome one and all to the start of a brand new scholastic year. I would like to take this moment to say a few words before the feast commences. Watashi wa anata no gigi da yo!" He said, looking directly at Usagi. "Thank you"
Usagi watched the gold plates in front fill with food. "ITADAKIMASU!" She exclaimed and started piling as much food on her plate as she could.
"Is he a bit mad?" She heard Harry ask Ron's prefect brother, Percy.
"Professor Dumbledore? He's a genius! The best wizard in the world! But yes, he is a bit mad."
"Don't worry about him." Usagi said, helping herself to some more potato. "He's been like that as far back as I can remember. He's a fun person to be around, though."
Percy looked as if he had been punched in the gut. "You know Dumbledore personally?"
Usagi nodded around a chicken leg. She felt the twinge. "Two in one day... I got to give him points for persistence."
"Another one?" Harry asked.
"Yeah. She's gonna be here soon. I gotta talk to Gigi."
"What's she talking about?" Percy asked as Usagi got up and all but marched up to the head table. "Where is she going?"
Harry placed his hand on Percy's arm. "She has to talk to Dumbledore. Be prepared to move."
Usagi stood in front of the head table. "Professor Dumbledore."
The professor looked over at Usagi, and she watched as a smile spread over his face. "What can I do for you, Princess?"
"I knew it was you even before you told me before the feast. Mother never explained what happened to you that night."
"Your mother didn't want you doing something stupid."
"Mother is dead." Usagi stated so matter-of-factly, that Dumbledore's smile immediately disappeared. "I will tell you later, but right now, we have a situation. Endymion is a traitor. He is the Lord of the Negaverse now. And one of his minions, Lioness is on her way with some sort of Transfig powder.-"
"Enough said. I will get everyone out of here-"
"No time. And any way, that will just make it easier for her to run me ragged trying to protect them all."
"What on Earth, are you talking about? How could a first year protect the school-?" A pale, greasy haired man asked.
"Later." Usagi said "Just tell everyone to get on the sides of the room and stay there. By the way, does anyone here know shields?"
"That's not their magick. Alright, give me a moment." Dumbledore stood up and raised his hands. "People! If I may have your attention. We have an unusual situation. I have to ask you to move to the sides of the hall. Don't worry about dinner, food will be sent up when this has been sorted out."
The teachers and Usagi watches as the prefects gathered the students around the sides of the hall. The tables disappeared, and Usagi walked into the middle of the room. She held up her broach.
"Celestial Moon Power!" The school watched as Usagi was replaced by Celestial sailor Moon. "I must ask everyone here not to interfere. No one here will be able to fight what is coming. I don't want anyone to get hurt."
A whirlwind burst through the double doors. Sailor Moon sighed. "Ding. Round Three."
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Chapter 10: The Welcome Ceremony
The door opened with a faint squeak. The children watched in anticipation as a tall, thin, serious-looking woman stepped into view. Usagi Looked at Luna, who had returned in a horse-less carriage. (Or so she said, Usagi wasn't sure if she should believe her mentor this time.)
"Don't get her angry" Luna joked, her head tucked in close to Usagi's ear.
"Good evenin', Professor McGonagall" Hagrid said formally. "The firs' years, Professor."
Professor McGonagall nodded. "Thank you, Hagrid. I'll take them from here."
She opened the giant oak door wide, and led them through the entrance, into a hall so big, Usagi thought she could have fitted Rei's entire temple inside, and still have had room on the sides. McGonagall led them past a room full of the voices of the other students, and on into a small adjoining room.
"Welcome to Hogwarts." Professor McGonagall said warmly. "The start-of- term banquet will begin after you have been sorted into your houses. The houses are Griffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Each house has its own history, and each their own outstanding wizards and witches. While you are here, your houses will be your families. Your successes will earn you points, and any breaking of the rules will cost them. At the end of the year, the points will be tallied, and the House Cup awarded to the house with the most points. The House Cup is an honour. I hope you all will prove to be an asset to your houses.
"The sorting ceremony will commence shortly, in front of the entire school. So I suggest you all tidy yourselves up as much as possible while you wait. I will return when we are ready for you. Please wait quietly."
She left the chamber. Harry swallowed. Usagi eeped.
"How exactly do they do the sorting ceremony?" Harry asked Ron.
"Some sort of test, I think. My twin brothers said it hurt a lot, but I don't think they were serious."
"A test?" Usagi squeaked.
The companions stood in silence as they waited for the inevitable. Everyone, that was except Hermiony, who was busy talking to a girl next to her about the spells she had learnt just in case she needed them.
Time passed, and everyone started squirming with their nerves. Finally, Professor McGonagall returned, and led the group into the chamber of voices known as the Great Hall.
Usagi let her Eyes sweep the room as they were led from the back of the room. She noticed four tables decked out in green, yellow, blue, or red. A single long table spanned across the front of the room, the teacher's table. Usagi nearly stopped where she was. Sitting right in the middle of the teacher's table, was Albus Dumbledore. And Usagi was more certain than ever that this was the man she had been proud to call her grandfather, a millennia ago.
Luna noticed where Usagi's eyes were fixed and nuzzled into her ear again. "Be careful. There is a reason for you to meet him again, but now is not the time to go to him."
Usagi nodded her head and stopped with the first years at the front of the hall. Professor McGonagall left them there for a moment, to return with a rolled-up parchment, an old tattered hat, and a three legged stool. She placed the stool at the top of the steps and placed the old ragged thing on top of the stool.
After a moment, a rip neat the brim of the hat, opened wide like a mouth and started to sing.
((AUTHOUR'S NOTE: insert the song here. I can't be bothered.))
When the hat finished, everyone clapped and Professor McGonagall started to read off names on the parchment. Each child walked up and sat on the stool. Professor McGonagall would then place the hat on the child's head, and it would cry out the name of a house. Usagi waited restlessly for Professor McGonagall to reach her name.
"Bones, Susan!"
"HUFFLEPUFF!"
"Boot, Terry!"
"RAVENCLAW!"
"Granger, Hermiony!"
"GRIFFINDOR!"
"Malfoy, Draco!"
"SLYTHERIN!" Usagi watched Malfoy take his seat with the others at the green-clad table. She was not surprised that the hat had not even rested on his head, before it cried out Slytherin. She was also not surprised to find that little feeling at the pit of her stomach, which said that these were the students to avoid at all costs.
"Potter, Harry!" Usagi watched with the rest of the school as Harry walked up to take his seat. The school waited for what seemed like an eternity to Usagi, before the hat yelled out: "GRIFFINDOR!"
The room exploded as Harry shakily made his way to the Griffindor table. "We got Harry!" Someone shouted.
"Tsukino, Usagi!" McGonagall went on. Usagi walked up to the stool, and sat down. She felt as if she were facing Beryl again. McGonagall placed the hat on Usagi's head, and they waited.
"Hmmm." A voice murmured in her ear. "You are a very smart young woman. Even if you don't show it very often, Princess Serenity. It is an honour to be assigning you your house."
"Please, I'm Usagi now. Please place me where I belong. Not where I would be expected to be."
"As you wish, Highness. I see that you have proven yourself against many a foe. Including Chaos itself! You have turned your back to the dark, so your thirst to prove yourself is not to everyone, but to yourself and your friends. You have acted ditzy all your life, but that is not the real you. And it has never been so. It is time to let the Princess have control again. Don't lie to yourself and everyone else any more. GRIFFINDOR!"
Usagi heaved a sigh of relief and returned the hat. She walked over to the seat next to Harry, and accepted the congratulations of her fellow house members. They both clapped loudly as Ron collapsed into the chair on Harry's opposite side.
"Well done, Ron!" The twins said as `Zabin, Blaise` Was made a Slyitherin. Professor McGonagall rolled up the scroll and took the hat and stool away.
Albus Dumbledore beamed with pleasure as he extended his arms out in greeting. "Welcome!" He said. "Welcome one and all to the start of a brand new scholastic year. I would like to take this moment to say a few words before the feast commences. Watashi wa anata no gigi da yo!" He said, looking directly at Usagi. "Thank you"
Usagi watched the gold plates in front fill with food. "ITADAKIMASU!" She exclaimed and started piling as much food on her plate as she could.
"Is he a bit mad?" She heard Harry ask Ron's prefect brother, Percy.
"Professor Dumbledore? He's a genius! The best wizard in the world! But yes, he is a bit mad."
"Don't worry about him." Usagi said, helping herself to some more potato. "He's been like that as far back as I can remember. He's a fun person to be around, though."
Percy looked as if he had been punched in the gut. "You know Dumbledore personally?"
Usagi nodded around a chicken leg. She felt the twinge. "Two in one day... I got to give him points for persistence."
"Another one?" Harry asked.
"Yeah. She's gonna be here soon. I gotta talk to Gigi."
"What's she talking about?" Percy asked as Usagi got up and all but marched up to the head table. "Where is she going?"
Harry placed his hand on Percy's arm. "She has to talk to Dumbledore. Be prepared to move."
Usagi stood in front of the head table. "Professor Dumbledore."
The professor looked over at Usagi, and she watched as a smile spread over his face. "What can I do for you, Princess?"
"I knew it was you even before you told me before the feast. Mother never explained what happened to you that night."
"Your mother didn't want you doing something stupid."
"Mother is dead." Usagi stated so matter-of-factly, that Dumbledore's smile immediately disappeared. "I will tell you later, but right now, we have a situation. Endymion is a traitor. He is the Lord of the Negaverse now. And one of his minions, Lioness is on her way with some sort of Transfig powder.-"
"Enough said. I will get everyone out of here-"
"No time. And any way, that will just make it easier for her to run me ragged trying to protect them all."
"What on Earth, are you talking about? How could a first year protect the school-?" A pale, greasy haired man asked.
"Later." Usagi said "Just tell everyone to get on the sides of the room and stay there. By the way, does anyone here know shields?"
"That's not their magick. Alright, give me a moment." Dumbledore stood up and raised his hands. "People! If I may have your attention. We have an unusual situation. I have to ask you to move to the sides of the hall. Don't worry about dinner, food will be sent up when this has been sorted out."
The teachers and Usagi watches as the prefects gathered the students around the sides of the hall. The tables disappeared, and Usagi walked into the middle of the room. She held up her broach.
"Celestial Moon Power!" The school watched as Usagi was replaced by Celestial sailor Moon. "I must ask everyone here not to interfere. No one here will be able to fight what is coming. I don't want anyone to get hurt."
A whirlwind burst through the double doors. Sailor Moon sighed. "Ding. Round Three."