Crossing Paths

Disclaimer:
Ahem! *Dell walks out* The Night World does not belong to Pandie or Hazel, nor does Harry Potter & Co. The Night World belongs to L.J. Smith and her publishing company and Harry Potter belongs to J.K. Rowling and her publishing company and Warner Brothers. Sukida and Loki belong to Pandie, Hazel belongs to Hazel and Tauren belongs half to Pandie and the other half to Hazel. I don't even think they own the plot since it's probably been done before, but bare with them, they are challenged. No money is being made from this story it is purely for amusement. If they did own any of this stuff and WERE making any money from this do you HONESTLY think they'd be posting this on ff.net instead of sending it to their publisher? *Dell walks off*

Authors Note:
Okay, with the arrival of Suki, Hazel, Loki and Tauren, strange happenings begin. Harry recieves a mysterious message in his mind from an unknown sorce warning him about dangers and offering someone to help him find his Soulmate...
Fred, George (who is the better twin), Jessica and Melissa are in this chapter! *grin* Thanks Pandz!

Pandie's A/N:
WOOHOO!!! I finished chapter 3! *does happy dance* This is my very first attempt at writing HP fanfiction, so if I get anything wrong please forgive me!

Quote For The Chapter:
"You're just a Freak with a microphone!" (My cousin, Sarah)
"It's just snow," "What on earth did you do? Roll in it!?" (Harry and McGonagall, A Christmas Sweet)
"Well, I didn't really want the snow there, I did try to avoid it." "Obviously not well enough! Do you at least have a legitimate explanation for it?" "Ginny's got good aim." (Harry, McGonagall, Harry, A Christmas Sweet)

Chapter 3: Arrival and Meetings

Later that day, Harry sat down in a corner of the Gryffindor common room, and tried to figure out how he was going to get his Divination homework.

"This is just not bloody fair!" Ron complained as he paced back and forth across the room, "Why did Trelawney have to go and give us such a stupid homework? I mean, why can't she just give us the homework she normally makes us do?! Personal charts are so much easier!" Harry knew exactly what Ron was talking about. Anytime Professor Trelawney made them write personal charts for homework, he and Ron would make up a whole load of dramatic stuff, that the Divinations professor actually believed would happen.

Melissa Mankins, Fred Weasley's girlfriend looked up from the book she and Fred were reading together, and looked questioningly at Ron. "Exactly what kind of homework did Professor Trelawney give you guys, anyway?" she asked both Ron and Harry, as she put the book down on Fred's lap.

"We have pick out one person," Ron grumbled, slumping down in a nearby chair, "and work out their past, present and future, just by reading their aura."

"Well that's easy enough isn't it?" George, Fred's twin, answered with a grin on his face, "You could pick someone like Malfoy." Then George put on a scarily accurate voice of Professor Trelawney's voice. "From looking at Master Malfoy's aura," he said, while nearly everyone else almost rolled about with laughter, "I can see that he was born an annoying little git, he is an annoying little git, and he will grow up to be an even more annoying little git."

After laughing for while, Harry cleared his throat and shook his head. "It's not that easy" he sighed, "Professor Trelawney said we have to pick out someone we don't know."

"What about one of the new student teachers?" Melissa suggested, "You've never met them before, so you don't know them."

At this point Hermione looked up from her Charms homework, and looked puzzledly at Melissa. "Wait a minute" she said, a puzzled frown on her face, "Did you just say there's going to be student teachers, here at Hogwarts? How come the rest of us don't know about this?" Melissa turned and looked at George and his girlfriend, Melissa's cousin Jessica Collins, who were now both playing a game of wizard chess. George and Jessica seemed to sense this, stopped what they were doing, and looked up.

"Um, what are you all staring at us for?" Jessica asked, frowning slightly, "If you're not going to tell us, then could you all stop staring like that. It's very unnerving."

Melissa laughed and shook her head. "A certain two people here," she answered Hermione's question, nodding her head slightly in George and Jessica's direction, "got some of us into detention," she indicated herself and Fred, "the other day. We had to spend yesterday helping to get the new student teachers' rooms ready, as part of our punishment. They're going to be arriving today. If you're quick, you might catch them before they retire for the night."

Without waiting to be told twice, Harry and Ron both headed for the portrait hole.

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The two young wizards had only just reached the entrance hall, when something strange happened to Harry. Instead of feeling pain course through his scar, Harry felt what could only be described as a gentle warm feeling in his forehead. /That's strange/ he thought puzzled to himself, /I've never had this kind of feeling in my scar before. It doesn't hurt, and I don't have any feelings of dread. So what is it?!/ No sooner had he thought this, Harry got his answer.

//The blessings of the arcobaleno are with you, Harry// a wind chimes voice sounded in Harry's head, //But heed this warning. You must be wary of the black wings.// //Four souls allied with the light have been sent to protect you,// the voice went on, //but only you have half the spell that will destroy the last black wing.// /Arcobaleno?/ Harry thought puzzled to himself, /Black wings? Four souls allied with the light? What does it all have to do with me, and why do I only have one half of the spell to destroy the last black wing? Who has the other half?/ //Your soulmate has the other half of the spell, Harry// the wind chimes voice answered him as if reading Harry's mind, //Look for the girl with dark purple eyes. When her eyes turn to rainbow, speak the name 'Zaykaia Luna'. She will help you find your soulmate.//

Harry was just wondering what the voice had meant. Soulmate? What was a Soulmate? And who was his... whatever it was. Ron's voice suddenly interrupted his thoughts. "Harry! What are you standing there for?" Ron asked in a slightly annoyed voice, "They're arriving now. Look." The young red headed wizard pointed to where two girls, two guys, and someone Harry hadn't seen since he'd finished his third year.

"Professor Lupin!" Harry said happily, as he ran down the stairs to greet his old Defence Against The Dark Arts teacher, "What are you doing here? Are you going to teach here at Hogwarts again?" Professor Lupin laughed slightly, sighed, then shook his head.

"I wish that were so, Harry" the tall werewolf wizard sighed, "but sadly I can't take another teaching job here at Hogwarts, for a while. I was just accompanying these four to the castle" he added, nodding his head slightly to indicate the two girls and two guys standing beside him, "They're not from around here." Then he proceeded to introduce the four new Hogwarts recruits to Harry and Ron. "Harry, Ron," Professor Lupin said politely, "meet Hazel Harman, Sukida Hashteher, Loki Hashteher, and Tauren Whiteash. I might as well tell you both now, because you'll probably find out sooner or later; these four are going to be your new student teachers." Then Professor Lupin went on to introduce Harry and Ron to the four new student teachers.

"Wow, you're really Harry Potter??" the tall guy Professor Lupin had referred to as Loki said, staring at Harry, "That is so cool." Looking at Loki, Harry could see that he was quite tall, with short messy sooty black hair, a bit like his own, except for the silver streaks, and unusual eyes (the left was dark sapphire blue and right, rainbow flecked).

One of the girls, who was slightly taller than Harry, very nice looking, with dark purple eyes, and long wavy dark chocolate brown that reached to just above her waist, giggled slightly. "Please forgive my brother staring at you like that" she said to Harry, smirking slightly, "I think the nurse must've accidentally dropped him on his head when he was a baby."

Loki glared at her slightly. "Ha ha, very funny Sukida" he said sarcastically, staring annoyedly at his sister "Not."

"Are you two really brother and sister?" Ron asked Loki and Sukida, "You don't look like it."

"Yup, we are" Sukida answered him with a smile, to which Loki added muttering under his breath "Unfortunately", causing Sukida to reach up and whack him slightly on the back of his head. "Hazel's Loki's girlfriend," Sukida explained to Harry and Ron, nodding towards a tall girl with long dark brown hair with a single white streak running horizontally through it, and grey-blue eyes, who at that moment was holding Loki's hand, "and Tauren here..." She paused and yawned slightly, leaning against the other guy (Tauren, apparently), who had white silvery blonde hair, and deep sea green dark blue ringed eyes, which at that moment were looking down at Sukida lovingly. "... is my fiance" Sukida finished, then yawned again, and slumped slightly in Tauren's arms, fast asleep.

"Poor Sukida" Hazel said sympathetically, looking at the other girl fast asleep in Tauren's arms, "She didn't get a chance to sleep on the whole journey over here. It's no wonder she just dozed off like that."

"I think we all could do with some rest" Tauren added, holding Sukida gently in his arms. "Mr. Lupin, would you be able to show us where our quarters are, please?"

"Of course" Professor Lupin answered him, smiling politely, "Harry? Ron? I think you two should be getting back up to Gryffindor Tower. It's nearly curfew time. You don't want Filch and Mrs Norris catching you both down here after lights out, do you?" Harry and Ron both shook their heads, bid Professor Lupin and the new student teachers a good night, then proceeded to walk back up the stairs, back towards Gryffindor Tower. As Harry climbed the stairs, a cool wind chimes voice echoed in his mind.

//Look for the girl with dark purple eyes that change to rainbow. Speak the name 'Zaykaia Luna', and she will help you find your soulmate.//

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Written By: Pandie Kattekin; The Dragon
Edited By: Hazel Harman; The Tiger
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Editors Note:
1) *grin* Alright. Great job with the chap Pandz. *wink* I just had to make Jessica and Melissa's speech a bit more American. As you'll notice, I spaced everything out, but that's force of habit, I just made everything easier to read.
2) Who is the girl to lead Harry to his soulmate? Who is his Soulmate for that matter? Are Pandie and I going to bring in another character? Find out... well... in one of the future chapters.

~Hazel... who's off to write chapter 4!~