Chapter three:
Damn Muggles

Usagi grunted, as she pushed her cart along, following Shingo and Setsuna.
The month had gone by so quickly, that it left Usagi irritable. Only a month of vacation and she was already off to school again. What had she done to deserve this kind of punishment?
She looked down at the cart, and sighed as they move along the walkway. They would be at Hogwarts in only a couple of hours.
The cart she pushed was filled with all the things she would need. She had a trunk, stuffed with clothes, and her schoolbooks, and by god were there a lot of them. A suitcase was on top of that, along with the cauldron, which weighed a ton.
Shingo's cart held the same things, except he had a birdcage for Lithe, while Usagi had a black cat napping lazily on her trunk.
The black cat had been the gift from Setsuna. Not only was it a cat, but a shape-shifting cat, which explained the black owl the day she found out about Hogwarts. But to add to all of that, and pile on more complications to her life, that Cat/Owl talked.
It was a talking shape-shifting cat. When was life going to straighten out again for her, with black and white pictures, and no more of this gray? She had asked Setsuna that, who only said, that she should stop thinking like that.
They reached the train station, and moved along, trying to find their terminal. "Obason, which one are we getting on?"
Their aunt replied, "Platform 9 3/4." Usagi stared at her ludicrously, "There is no such thing as a platform 9 3/4." They stopped near a brick wall, with a plastic sign on each side. One read '9' while the other read '10.'
Shingo looked around, "Odango was right..."
"Packed with muggles as usual." Usagi turned, recognizing the term as one Setsuna had taught them during the last month.
A plump woman with bright red hair, and five kids walked passed them, and around the stone wall which held the two plastic signs nine and ten.
"9 3/4 was the platform, correct?"
A little girl, surrounded by five boys, replied, "Yes Mom." The woman smiled, "All right then, Ginny yeh first."
What looked to be the youngest, and the only girl, with bright red hair nodded. Usagi watched carefully, as she started for the dividing barriers, running towards them. Usagi gasped, her jaw dropping, when the girl vanished into the wall.
"Fred, George yeh'r next." Twins, with flame red hair nodded, stepping forward. The first one ran towards the barrier, and like the first kid, disappeared inside. The second twin, followed suit, and ended up like the first two.
The woman pointed her fingers to another red haired boy, and a boy next to him. "Okay, Ronald, Harry, its yeh'r turn. Come now can't keep the train waiting."
The red haired boy named Ronald nodded, and glanced at the boy next to him. He started for the barrier, and ran right through it like all the others.
The last boy was different from all the others. He had dark brown hair, and glasses that covered his green eyes. The woman smiled kindly at him, "Off yeh go Harry."
The boy nodded, and ran towards the barrier.
"Obason, are they going to Hogwarts too?" Her aunt glanced up, the boy named Harry disappeared through the dividing barrier. "Hai Usagi. Come it is yours and Shingo's turn."
"Hello there, first time at Hogwarts?" Usagi and Shingo nodded sheepishly. "Quite all right, we've all been there sometime or another." She glanced at Setsuna, and smiled.
She directed her gaze back to the kids; "All you have to do is walk straight at the barrier between 9 and 10. Don't be scared that yeh might crash into it. Best do it at a run if yeh're nervous."
Usagi nodded, and gripped the bar of her cart, as she stared at the thick brick wall. It looked like a normal wall to her. Feeling sweat roll down her cheek, she tried to shove back her fear. Holding her breath, she started running towards the barrier.
Her knuckles turned white, as her grip tightened on the handle, and she shut her eyes as she reached the wall. She expected to hit the cement wall, and fall back on her rear like she always did when she ran into things. But the impact never came.
Opening her eyes, Usagi came to a stop, and nearly fell back from surprise. A steam engine sat on the tracks next to her, steam rising from the chimneys.
Shingo appeared next to her, and she saw tears clinging to his lashes. "Obason can't come with us."
Usagi nodded, "I figured as much. Come on Shingo we better hurry or we might miss the train." She led the way through the crowded platform. There were kids her age, some older, and some even younger than Shingo. A group stood huddled near one of the first carriages. They seemed to be whispering about something, but Usagi couldn't make it out. She followed the train, passing all the carriages, which all seemed full. The fifth one looked empty enough, and Usagi stopped near the vacant entrance. She looked at the stairs, and then at all her luggage.
Sighing deeply, she grabbed her book bag, and threw that on over her shoulders. "Come on Shingo, help me with my trunk, and I'll help you with yours."
The boy nodded, and left his cart behind, to help her. Usagi tossed her suitcase through the doorway, and grabbed one end of the trunks, while Shingo grabbed the other end.
Grunting, she lifted her end up, and walked backwards towards the stairs. She panted, breaking out into a sweat, as she worked her way up the steps. Shingo followed her, having the lighter end. They dropped the trunk in the aisle. And took a two minute break.
"Kami Usagi, what do you have in that thing?" Usagi glared, "the same things you have in yours, Shingo!" Shingo squeezed passed her, carrying her suitcases. Usagi grabbed the handle of the trunk, and proceeded to drag the thing to an empty compartment. Shingo found one near the end of the carriage.
Shoving the door open, Shingo dropped their suitcases, and his birdcage near the window, before slipping out of the room. Usagi slid the trunk into the small cubicle, and out of the way. She tossed her book bag onto the seat, and left following Shingo back outside.
Usagi dropped to the platform below, and grabbed the handle of the trunk, while Shingo got the other. "Ready?"
The boy nodded, and at the same time, lifted the trunk from the cart. This time, Usagi stood in the back, as Shingo carried the trunk up the steps. "Shingo are you sure you don't want me to carry it up?"
The boy nodded, "Hai Odango I got it." Usagi nodded, and held the heavy end up, as he took the first step, and then the second. On the last step, he cursed below his breath, grunting. Then suddenly he shouted, "Usagi look out!" Usagi barely had time to think, when all the weight of the trunk slammed into her chest.
She let out a cry of alarm, before she fell back, the trunk landing on top of her. "Usagi!!!"
Usagi opened her eyes, and was blinded by a bright light. She blinked several time, tying to clear her vision. "She's all right!"
The blonde turned her head to the side, and saw several faces peering down on her. Something heavy was on her chest, making it hard to breath, but there was also something underneath her, and she was sure it wasn't the floor. "Will you get them off me already!!!"
Usagi groaned, as a headache formed in the front of her head. "Careful miss, we are going to lift the trunk."
The crushing weight she had felt on her stomach was lifted, and she felt semi normal. Sitting up, she broke into fits of coughs, and tasted blood in her mouth. Glancing down, she saw that the trunk, which had fallen on her, had torn her jeans. Her best pair too.
"Damn muggles, they're all the same."
The voice sounded somewhat familiar, and yet not, at the same time. Looking behind her, she saw a boy, around her age dusting off his robes with his hands.
Staring, she could help but notice the dark robes he wore, which resembled hers except he wore a pin on his breast formed into a P. His skin was pale, along with his blonde hair, and he had startling blue eyes, cold as ice, as he glowered at her. "What are you staring at?" His lips curled into a sneer, and Usagi diverted her eyes.
"Gomen nasasi."
The boy grunted, "Not only a muggle, but a foreign one too." Usagi flushed, feeling embarrassed. She climbed to her feet, her knees feeling weak. "I'm not a muggle." She pursed her lips together, forgetting that her jeans were torn near the waist.
His eyes narrowed on her, "You must be a first year..."
Usagi frowned, "Why do you say that?" She hoped she didn't look like she was new.
He pointed at himself, "Because you don't seem to know who I am." Usagi's face turned beat red, and she felt her ears burn. She wasn't making good first impressions.
"Gomen, I didn't see the word famous on your name tag."
The group of kids around them gasped, and whispered hushed words amongst themselves.
Usagi nervously fidgeted; sooner or later her mouth was going to get her in a lot of trouble. Like now.
"How dare you talk to me like that? I'm Draco Malfoy!" A single blonde eyebrow rose in questioning, "You're name is Malfoy? Who names their son Malfoy?"
The boy scoffed in disdain, "My name isn't Malfoy you moron." Usagi could have bit her tongue at her stupidity. She had forgotten that she wasn't in Japan anymore. People said their first names first, and then their last.
"But still, what kind of parents call their son Draco?"
Usagi was startled by the color that rose in the boy's cheek, and she knew she was pissing him off, royally. "And who are you muggle born?"
The blonde glowered at him, "I'm not a muggle!" It was strange to say that, since a month ago she thought she had been one, or a least a normal kid.
She sighed, trying to keep her temper in check. Blinking, she flashed a smile in his direction, and held out her hand, "Tsukino Usagi. I mean Usagi."
The boy looked at her hand, and scoffed, "I don't shake hands with muggles." Realizing, she was getting nowhere, she shrugged, "Suits yourself." She turned from him, and started for the train, just as the whistle blew.

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"Gomen Usagi."
Usagi slid the compartment door shut behind her, and took a seat across from her brother. "You know Shingo, if you keep saying that, I might just wring your neck to shut you up!"
The boy flushed, "I know, but I'm really am sorry." Sighing, Usagi replied kindly, "Its all right Shingo, I should have been paying attention."
The boy nodded, but then suddenly his face lit up, "You should have seen it. When you fell into that kid, it was hilarious. I swear Odango, when you klutz out, you always manage to take someone down with you."
Usagi scowled at her younger brother, "well this time I had help falling down, didn't I?" Shingo nodded, but the smile on his face never faded.
Shaking her head, Usagi absently touched her pelvic bone, and winced. She knew she going to have a bruise, to go with all of her battle wounds. "How much longer is this gonna be?"
Usagi smirked, "running out of patience? Why don't you play your game boy I know you hid in your trunk?" Shingo grinned, "great idea Odango."
"With all this racket how does a cat expect to get her beauty sleep?"
Usagi looked at the third party in the compartment. Luna was curled up on the seat next to her. Her red eyes looked from one to the next. "Gomen Luna."
The cat yawned, and dropped its head back down to fall asleep again.
Usagi giggled at the cat's antiques, as she shook her head in disbelief at the cat's laziness.
"That dumb cat of yours sleeps more than you do Odango." Usagi frowned at her brother, "Stop calling me that!" The boy grinned, "Why do you prefer Meatball brains?"
Grunting, Usagi crossed her arms over her chest, and glared out the window.
Just then the compartment door slid open, "Have any of you seen my toad? I've lost him again."
The two siblings look at the plump boy in the doorway. Usagi shook her head, and Shingo replied, "Iie we haven't gomen. Do you want help finding it?"
The boy nodded his head grateful; "Thanks I'm Neville, I'm in my fifth year at Hogwarts." The boy held out his hand. Usagi watched as Shingo took it, and gave it a shake, "I'm Shingo, it's my first year at Hogwarts."
She felt tears of happiness rush to her eyes, at the sight of seeing her younger brother making his first new friend.
Shingo paused, and looked at Usagi, "Neville meet my Oneesan Usagi. Usagi this is Neville, I'm going to help him find his toad."
"Blimey, yeh'r that girl that told off Malfoy. Everyone is talking about yeh on the train." He stared at her, a bead of sweat rolling down his cheek.
Usagi cleared her throat, feeling slightly embarrassed, "well um, go find that toad of yours, I think we will be arriving at Hogwarts soon. Shingo be careful."
The boys nodded, and shut the door behind them as they left.
She waited for a few minutes, before she stood, and slipped out of her jacket. "I guess I should change now, while he's out." Unlocking the latch on her trunk, she lifted the lid to look inside. Her robes lay on top of her pile of clothes. Grabbing them, she slammed the trunk shut, and locked the latch.
Usagi held the robes out in front of her, and wondered if she should undress first then put it on.
Laying the robes on the top of her trunk, she tugged off her shirt. Tossing that to the side, she took the robes, and pulled them up over her head, and tugged it down. The robes fit well on her, and even hid the shoes she wore.
Suddenly the door opened, and Shingo slipped back into the room. "Hey Odango. We found Neville's toad near the food in the dining carriage." He copied Usagi, putting on his robes, as Usagi cleaned up the room they were in.
"We will be reaching Hogwarts in five minutes' time. Please leave your luggage on the train, it will be taken to the school separately."
Usagi glanced up at the intercom, before she directed her eyes out the window. It was getting dark already. Usagi saw mountains and forests, darkening under the purple sky. As the sky grew darker, so did the forests.
She turned her head back from the window, and she shivered convulsively. "Odango are you all right?" She nodded, looking over at her brother, "Hai Shingo, I'm fine."
The train came to a quick stop, at a platform, which looked to be in the middle of a forest. Usagi stood, and moved to the door, and slid it open.
Kids of all ages started to depart from the train. Usagi turned to her brother, "Come on Shingo, we need to get off." The boy nodded, and followed her out into the crowded aisle.
"Excuse me, gomen, excuse me."
"You again?"
Usagi clutched her brother's hand tightly, as she slowly turned to the person who was addressing her. She saw the Malfoy boy, with his slicked back hair, and piercing eyes.
The boy named Draco glared at her younger brother, "Need your mother to lead you the way?"
Shingo scowled, "She's not my okaasan, and iie I don't!" His hand was ripped from hers, and Usagi felt a sense of loss without it. Trying to stop her rising panic, she turned her attention to the pale boy. "What do you want Draco?"
She saw sparks light up in his blue eyes, as he lifted his sizzling gaze to her. He was taller than her, by a good few inches, and Usagi figured he was older than her as well.
"No one calls me by my first name, especially a first year. And its not you that I'm talking to, now is it?" Usagi felt her blood boil, but she pushed back her anger.
"Well we really didn't want to talk to you either, Draco."
She grabbed Shingo by his robes, knowing he wouldn't take her hand. She tugged him along, and found her way off the train.
Usagi shivered the second the night air touched her skin. It was a chilly night, and the thin robe she wore wasn't much protection. The group of kids stood on a tiny dark platform, surrounded by swamps, and forest trees.
"Usagi..."
Usagi looked down at her brother, and knew that he felt the same as she. Scared.
She wrapped a protective arm around him, and whispered when she nuzzled her nose in his hair, "It's going to be okay."
From the dark depths of the swamp, a lantern bobbed around in the air, far above their heads. Usagi paled at the sight of the giant. His face was almost completely hidden by long, shaggy hair, and a wild tangled beard. His eyes glittered, the black orbs like owl eyes, seemed lost in the mass of hair.
"Firs' years! Firs' years over here!"
Usagi watched as kids, younger than her moved to the side, following the giant towards the swamps.
"C'mon follow me...any more firs' years? Mind yer step, now! Firs' years follow me."
They followed the path the giant led them on. It got darker the deeper they went. "Yeh'll get yer firs' sight o' Hogwarts in a sec." Usagi tried the peer around the massive man's body, but couldn't see anything, but the back of his trench coat. "Jus' round this bend here."
Shingo grabbed onto his sisters robes, and held on tight, too afraid to let go. They followed the bend, and the dark forest opened up to a lake before them. Up on top of a high mountain across the lake was a castle.
The giant called over his shoulder, as he pointed to the fleet of boats, "No more'n four to a boat."
Usagi watched as kids piled into a boat, and wondered where the rest of the kids had gone. There weren't as many kids with them as they had seen on the train. Shingo tugged on her sleeve, "Come on Odango, they're gonna leave without us."
Usagi nodded looking down at the ground. They didn't know anybody here, so whom would they ride with?
A long bulky shadow loomed over them. Paling visibly, Usagi lifted her eyes to find the giant standing over them. Her eyes widen in fear, and she had to keep herself from stepping back in fright.
"An' here yeh be." He peered down at the two kids, a smile forming on his face. "Setsuna sent me to get yeh. Yeh must be Usagi and Shingo."
Usagi nodded nervously, and she pulled Shingo behind her. "I haven't introduced myself. Rubeus Hagrid, Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts."
The blonde bit her lip, "You know our Obason?" The tall giant nodded, "I do. Come now, yeh can ride with me."
He led them to a small boat, and Usagi wondered how they would all fit on it. She climbed on first, followed by Shingo. And then the Giant plopped down in the tiny boat. He glanced at all the boats, before shouting, "Everyone in?" Nodding, he called out, "Right then...FORWARD!"
Usagi was jerked backwards, and would have fallen off the boat if it hadn't been for the giant to catch her. "Careful miss, don't want to dip in these waters."
Usagi looked down into the black lake, and jumped; when she saw yellow eyes seemingly stare at her from its depths. Pulling back from the edge, she turned to look at the castle.
It towered over them, as they came closer to the shore. "Heads down!" Usagi ducked instinctively, expecting a creature, with glowing eyes, and massive wings to swoop down upon them. But when she glanced up, all she saw was a curtain of ivy that hid an opening in the cliff, which the castle sat on.
The light of the moon died out, and all that was left, was the giants lantern to guide their way. The boats rocked back and forth in the water, moving down the long tunnel.
A rock dropped from the ceiling, and splashed into the water next to their boat. Looking up, Usagi wondered if the ceiling would cave in on them.
"Nothin' to fear, these walls are older than this here castle."
Light opened up in front of them, blinding the kids briefly. The boat came to a stop at an underground harbor. The giant ordered, "All right, everyone off."
Usagi jumped down from the boat, and landed with a splash. Her shoes filled with water, and her toes curled from the coldness. Holding out her arms, Shingo jumped to her, and she caught him. "Are you all right Shingo?" The boy nodded, and landed safely on the dry shore.
One by one students filed out of the boat, they're sopping wet shoes crunching on the rocks and pebbles.
"Follow me."
The giant pushed on, following the passageway, and the kids had no choice but to move on or get left behind.
Shaking in their shoes, the kids looked around frightened, wondering what would happen to them next.
"Usagi where are we?"
The blonde looked down, to find Luna hidden in the large pocket of her robes. "I think we're underneath the Hogwarts School..." Usagi stopped, as they walked out into the damp grass shadowed by the castle's wall. "Or not."
"This way."
The giant led them up a flight of stone steps, and the kids crowded around, shaking from fear, and from the cold.
He knocked three times on the heavy door, and the sound his large fist made, was enough to make anyone jump. It didn't take long, the large double doors opened wide, and a woman stood before them.
Setsuna had said, that most women at Hogwarts were witches, and the men were wizards. Standing in the doorway was a tall black haired witch, her hair graying at the sides. She was dressed in green robes, and her face was stern.
"The firs' years Professor McGonagall."
The older witch nodded, "Thank you Hagrid, I can take them from here." She pushed the doors open further, and Usagi was able to get a look at the inside. It looked just like you would think a castle looked like. Flaming candles lined the stonewalls, and the ceiling was high above them, with a staircase made of marble. The entry hall was big enough to fit a muggle's house inside it.
"This way, please follow me."
She led them passed a door, on their right, which was filled with voices, and Usagi wondered how the rest of the school had gotten there before them. The older woman led them into a small room, where all the first years, crowded together to fit in.
Usagi was pushed back and forth by two boys, as they tried to get to stand next to each other. She pulled back, and let them have their room.
"Welcome to Hogwarts." The witch looked at the crowd of kids, and the room fell silent at once. "The start of the term banquet will begin soon. But before you take your seats in the Great Hall you will be sorted into your houses. The sorting is a very..."
The woman drowned on, and Usagi blocked it out, since she had already heard it once from her aunt. She took Shingo's hand in hers, and gave it a light squeeze.
He looked up at her from gazing around the chamber room they were crammed into.
"The Sorting Ceremony will take place in a few minutes in front of the rest of the school. I suggest you all smarten yourselves up as much as you can while you are waiting." She glanced at each student, and even looked down at Usagi's muddied shoes.
Shingo looked around, trying to entertain himself as he waited. What he would do, for a TV.
"I shall return when we are ready for you." She nodded her head, at them and added on a second thought, "Please wait quietly." She left them in the chamber, with their rampant thoughts, and frightened hearts.
Whispers broke out around them, as people asked each other what was the Sorting Ceremony. No one seemed to know, and that included Usagi.
Setsuna hadn't said what the ceremony was about. Or at least how it went about.
"Usagi I hope we get put into the same house." She glanced down at her brother, and smiled softly, "I hope so too."
Suddenly the doors to the chamber opened, and Professor McGonagall came in. "The Sorting Ceremony's about to start." She began to usher them into a line. "Now form a line, and follow me."
They entered a room, with four long tables. The witch led them down the middle of the room, towards another table, facing a different direction as the four. At the four tables, were thousands of students seated. At the fifth table there were witches and wizards off all kinds even Hagrid was amongst them.
Looking up, Usagi saw the ceiling, or what she thought was the ceiling. It looked like the heavens, the dark sky, with the glowing stars shining brightly as they did outside. Above the tables, where thousands of lit candle, floating in the air.
They came to a stop still in a single file line, with the teacher's table ahead of them, and the student's table behind them.
Professor McGonagall placed a four-legged stool before them, with a strange looking witch's hat. The large room, even filled with over a thousand bodies, was silent. Staring at the hat, she saw it twitch. And then suddenly a rip at the bottom opened wide, and the hat began to sing to them.
Usagi stared at the hat as if she were loosing her mind. She had just learned she was a witch, that her cat can talk, and change shapes. She could walk through walls, and that there was a platform called 9 3/4. But to top it off, she was watching a hat sing.
She was too dumbstruck, to listen to the song, or what the hat was trying to tell them in a badly tuned melody.
When the song finally ended, the room burst into applause, which jolted Usagi from her trance. Professor McGonagall stepped forward, holding a long scroll. "When I call your name, you will put on the hat and sit on the stool to be sorted."
Usagi sighed in relief. She had expected hard tests, which tested your abilities. She knew nothing of magic. No spells, or charms. Setsuna had been too busy filling her in on what she had been missing out on, this past month.
Shaking her head, she looked over her shoulder to look at the students. There were so many of them. She searched them for familiar faces, and recognized Neville right off the bat. And then she saw the family of red heads. All three boys, and the little girl sat near the end closest to them. With them were Neville, the boy Harry, and a girl Usagi didn't recognize.
Pursing her lips together, she searched the crowd for more people she knew. She saw a boy on the far table to her left, and recognized him as the one who had lifted the trunk off of her.
Looking at the table to her right on the far end, she spotted the white haired boy named Draco before she saw anyone else. He was laughing at something someone said, and she saw the familiar glint in his eyes. He turned his head, and he looked right at her, as if he had known she had been staring.
"Richardson Kyle!"
"SLYTHERIN!"
Usagi watched as a boy raced to the table Draco was at, and realized then, that each table was a different house. What one will I be put in?
Professor McGonagall went down the list, and the hat shouted off the house's name they would be put in.
Then suddenly, the witch called out, "Tsukino Shingo!" Usagi looked down at her brother, and watched him flinch at his own name. She gave him a gentle push in the right direction. He started forward, and climbed up to the stool. He took the hat, setting it on his head. It fell over his eyes, as he sat down on the stool. A few seconds passed, before the Sorting hat shouted, "GRYFFINDOR!"
Shingo stood, and set the hat back down on the stool. He hurried down the steps, to the table the red haired bunch sat at. Usagi watched closely, as the red haired boys greeted him warmly, and even the boy named Harry patted him on the back.
She was grateful they welcome her brother so warmly, that tears filled her eyes.
"Tsukino, Usagi!"
Usagi slipped from the line, and as she did so, the whispering in the Great Hall seized. There wasn't a single sound, not a cough, not a sniffle was heard.
She went up the steps towards the hat, and felt her heart quicken in her chest. Her palms felt sweaty, and her mouth went dry.
Looking at the Witches and Wizards in front of her, she noticed they were all staring at her. She recognized the look they were giving her, from the one the bartender had given her a month ago. They knew her, or at least knew something about her, that she didn't.
She passed Professor McGonagall. And picked up the sorting hat from the stool. She sat down, before setting the hat on top of her head.
There was silence for a few seconds, before a soft voice whispered in her ear, "Well look what we have here. You shall be the most difficult witch I've had to sort, yet. Yes, very intriguing. Courage, yes plenty of that you have. A great mind, but lack of balance though, hmmm. Talent, yes I see lots of talent here."
Usagi swallowed the lump forming in her throat. "So...where should I put you?"
Usagi stared at the black inside of the hat. 'I don't know.' The hat responded, "You don't know, you say. You would make a great Gryffindor, yes you would. But you would make a much better Slytherin. It's all here you see, and both of these houses would lead you to greatness."
Usagi was counting off the minutes in her head, hoping that the hat would make up its mind soon. Two and a half minutes passed, and Usagi gripped the stool tightly.
"You might not fit into Slytherin though. Might not have what it takes to be a Perfect in their family."
Usagi looked up; almost rolling her eyes into her head, 'Don't have what it takes?' She almost would have had shouted that, but had been able to refrain herself from doing so. She heard the hat chuckle, "A back bone this one. Lets see. We have courage, talent, strength of character, determination, and a heart. Where do you belong?"
Usagi bit her lip, not saying anything.
"You're parents were Slytherin."
Usagi gasped, "They were?" The hat replied, "yes. Do you think you have what it takes to follow in their footsteps?"
Usagi narrowed her eyes, "Hai." The hat chuckled, "Very well. SLYTHERIN!!!"
Usagi slipped the hat from her head, and set it on the stool as she stood. She looked around at the silent room, and wondered if that was a good sign.
Swallowing, she started for the table on the far right. She glanced at all the students who were seated there. She saw Draco frowning at her.
If she heard correctly, when she passed two whispering Slytherins, then she was the only first year, who took longer than 5 minutes to be placed. From what they were saying, it didn't sound as if that were a good thing.
Hey again. Thanks for all the lovely reviews I really love them. The more reviews I get, the more inspired I am to type. I hope for a lot of reviews in the future. Hehe a write can hope cant she? Well anyway, to the point of this annoying little author note. I was wondering if I should bring in the other scouts. Hmmm, I donno, I wouldn't mind bringing them in, since I've got a few ideas forming for Ami and Rei. I donno. Do you guys want them in the story, or just to keep them out? You vote.

Harry/Usagi: 12 All right Harry, still looking good!
Draco/Usagi: 9 Oh my, Draco you dog you, hehe.
Usagi/No one: 0 I think I might just toss this one, because who would want to see Usagi all alone? If it were Snape, or maybe Voldemort on this certain vote, I would probably see more. Hehe
Usagi/Dies: 2 Hmm no more of these vote huh? I was almost intrigued.
Sailor Scouts: 1 That's me, if you are wondering. Hehe
No Sailor Scouts: 1 That's me also, just in case you wanted to know. :)