Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Clamp though I wished I did TT_TT
Author Notes: I don't really have any .
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Chapter 2: the Sorting and Dreams
With a small pop the three of us arrived. I took in our surroundings, which wasn't a lot. A solid oak door stood towering in front of us, while stairs in all directions were taking control of the back, and side. I turned my attention to Dumbledore who was talking to Clef, probably about his job. I smiled, Clef a teacher, I had always wondered why he never opened a school for those worthy of magic but weren't sure how to control it. My attention was turned towards the door, as I heard a voice coming from it.
"As you may already tell, Professor Dumbledore is not here. His reasons are that we shall be having three exchange students coming to join us this year from Japan," I heard the whispers and turned to look at my friends. They too had heard the whispers and the strict voice and were waiting eagerly for the woman to continue "Whatever house they are put in , I hope you shall treat them with respect and welcome them warmly." The doors opened , jumping back from them a little , I noticed it was Dumbledore pushing them open.
I watched as he strode in, with a small smile and whispered something into the lady's ear, the woman nodded curtly.
I watched as Clef and Ascot soon followed Dumbledore and made their way to what I guessed as the Staff Table. I watched as Clef made a chair with his wand for Ascot to sit beside this really, really tall man and then moved along the row stopping until he sat down in a chair beside this man with straight shoulder length black hair.
"I will call out your name and you will come to the stool to be sorted," I quickly looked back at the other woman, I had completely forgotten about her. "Hikaru Shidou." I watched quietly as Hikaru made her way to the stool. I could tell she was nervous and there was still a hint of sadness, because of leaving Lantis, but she still shone as brightly as the sun, innocent as ever.
After she had been sitting on the small stool for over 5 minutes, the hat finally decided where to put her.
"Gryffindor!" I smiled Dumbledore had told us that was the house that the boy we were supposed to protect was in, at least one of us was in his house. I scanned over the heads of the gryffindors searching for his. Surprisingly it wasn't that hard as he and his friends, Ron Weasly and Hermione Granger I think were their names, were staring at me eyes filled with as much curiosity as myself. We both realized the other was staring and quickly turned the other way.
I looked across the rest of the room, at the Slytherins , Hufflepuffs, and Ravenclaws. I then turned my attention to the staff.
Ascot and the tall man were talking animatedly, about what I guessed as Creatures and how there given a bad name because they're misunderstood. My eyes skipped over all the other professors until they landed on Clef and the Black haired man. They were having what looked like a polite conversation, and when the other man said something that looked insulting, I was amazed to see Clef keep his cool and not whack the guy on the head like he would've done to me, I instinctively rose my hand to my head.
"Gryffindor!" I was shook out of my thoughts and watched Fuu walk towards the same table Hikaru had, surprised that I hadn't noticed her not beside me.
"Umi Ryuuzaki!" I urged my feet on, and tried to ignore the stares. I finally made my way to the small stool and sat down.
'Well if it isn't the Magic Knight of Water.' A kind yet somewhat sarcastic voice rang in my ears.
"Um how do you know about me?" my voice ever so quiet afraid everyone would hear me, the voice chuckled in my mind.
'I can read your thoughts, and the thought that shines the brightest is the one that tells me you are a Magic Knight.' I felt my mouth fall to the shape of a 'O' and continued to listen.
'hmm you're defiantly not a Hufflepuff, you're smart but not smart enough to be a Ravenclaw-' "Hey!" I yelled this time mentally "I am too smart!" I heard that same chuckle.
'So that leaves either Slytherin or Gryffindor, hmm I believe I will put you in,' the voice paused for affect, I guessed 'Evil Hat' I thought quickly before my thoughts were drowned out.
"Slytherin!!"
My eyes went wide. No! no! no! no! Why wasn't I with my friends? Why'd I have to be different? I slowly made my way to the cheering table. I seated myself beside a random person. My eyes went straight away to meet Hikaru's and Fuu's, both were giving me a sympathetic smile. I turned my head to look at Dumbledore only to meet Clef's intense gaze. Just with his eyes I could tell he was asking me if I was alright. I nodded slowly then turned my attention to Dumbledore.
"Welcome once again to another year at Hogwarts! Before we start the feast please let me introduce our new Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher, Professor Yoshida and his apprentice Professor Seibutsu. I also have a few start of term rules to be set out. First of all first years and Transfer Students should know that the forest surrounding the school is forbidden and second, our Caretaker Mr. Filch has asked me, like he does every year that there is no spell casting in the corridors between classes. With that said let the feast begin!" He finished with a smile.
All of a sudden I was surrounded by food and half of it I didn't recognize! I quickly grabbed the only thing editable that looked familiar and poured myself a guess of this orange liquid that I hoped was orange juice. Taking a sip from my drink while staring wistfully at the ceiling , I suddenly tasted something odd. Realizing it was my drink I instantly spit it out back into golden goblet awaiting it.
"You act as if you've never tasted pumpkin juice before." I looked up to face a girl with Ebony hair and violet eyes. She smiled a well not a smile but half of one. A smirk if you'd like.
"I didn't know they made juice with pumpkins," I wiped the side of my mouth with a napkin.
"You're Umi Ryuuzaki right?" I looked up at her while pouring myself a glass of water.
"Hai." She looked at me in a confused way, I looked back equally confused then realized what the problem was.
"Gomen! Hai means-" "Yes in Japanese, right?" I turned to the intruder , only to meet once again a pair of startling eyes , this time though instead of eyes of deep blue , I stared into silver orbs. I felt my cheeks flame.
"Hai!" It was the only thing I could think of saying at the time. The ebony haired girl gave a low laugh, drawing my attention away from the silver eyes of the intruder.
"Draco , I never knew you spoke Japanese!" The intruder 'Draco' it seemed barely breathed before his voice drawled out a response.
"Shows what you know Zabini," I looked at the two, were they friends? Or at least more then mere acquaintances, if only a tiny bit.
"Hmph well anyway before I was we were rudely interrupted , I was about to introduce myself. Blaise Zabini." Pointing a delicate finger at the 'Draco' person she continued "and this is Draco Malfoy. Welcome to Slytherin." I could hear the sarcasm in her voice and had decided that the Slytherins must really feel proud about their sarcasm.
"But I believe our new classmate wishes to be a brave Gryff." I turned to glare at him, how dare he! Was it not allowed to be sad or upset that you weren't with your friends? That you'd probably be considered a snob, like you were before you met them!
"Malfoy-san , just because I wish I was with my friends does not mean I wish I was some 'brave Gryff' as you put it. And I will not allow you to insult my friends behind their back because then they have no way to protect themselves!" The two people stared at me before looking away.
"You really should be a Gryffindor not a Slytherin." It was Blaise this time, "I mean those two can't be 'that' special," Well they are, I looked away.
"I would sacrifice myself for my friends." I heard a low chuckle.
"Then you are idiot." I once again found myself glaring daggers into Malfoy's head.
"Draccccooo!!" I winced at the high pitched screech. I watched as a brunette came waltzing up to where we were and seated herself beside Malfoy. Poor Malfoy was forced to listen to the high pitched girl for the rest of the meal. Turning back to my dessert, that by the way had appeared mere seconds ago, I let out a yawn. I was tired.
Looking back at Malfoy I once again pitied him, but I had a awning suspicion he wasn't even listening to what she was saying.
"Pansy Parkinson, almost everyone even the Slytherins hate her. She's got a face the shape of a pugs and a wrong obsession with Draco. Her only friends Bulstrode but I doubt she even has a civil conversation with her, she's the female version of 'both' Crabbe and Goyle." I just nodded not really understanding the point but I knew one thing. I didn't like this Pansy person at all.
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"serpens. I'd remember that word Ryuuzaki it's the only thing that'll let you in the common room," I nodded as I followed Blaise into the Slytherin Common room.
When I was fully in I finally got to take a look around. It was dank and somewhat lonely looking but as I looked at the fire burning in the corner, I felt some warmth come from the room. It's stone walls and floors were cold to touch yet the coldness was refreshing. I followed Blaise and sat down into a nice chair and pulled out my wand.
I was still mesmerized by how Presea had made it. I was also curious how she had received Selece's scale for the core but didn't mouth my curiosity.
"That's a nice wand, did you get it from Ollivanders?" I looked up and stared at the girl beside me.
"Iie, a friend made it." Blaise looked taken aback but a slowly a grin replaced her look of astonishment.
"I'm assuming Iie means no. Custom made Wow!" I made a small sound to show I was listening to her.
"I'm really tired , I think I go to sleep okay?" The other girl shrugged. Raising from my seat I headed towards the girls dorm, my eyes felt heavy and I needed to sleep. I walked into the girls dormitory and headed towards the bed with my trunk resting peacefully in front of it. Slowly opening the trunk I pulled out the blue silk that was my nightdress and slowly undressed. As I was finishing sliding the dress over my head I felt a major blast of being light headed. I tucked myself into the bed and as soon as I lay my head onto the pillow I was asleep.
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I stood in the middle of a circle, half the circle was made of people I wasn't able to tell if they were men or women, wearing dark black robes, silver masks covered half their face. Each man or woman had their wand readied. They were surrounding a man who didn't wear a mask. The man had no really defining features except for one, his eyes were blood red and they seemed to be glowing, his black hair lay limp against his back. He looked maybe thirty but I could tell he was much wiser.
The other half were not afraid to show who they were. I saw the boy who lived and his friends, Malfoy and Blaise, Dumbledore and the rest of the staff. Ascot was there too but for some reason my eyes searched for a pair of familiar blue. I had found the eyes I was looking for but his attention was securely on the opponents ahead of him. I saw my friends gowned in their armor, swords in place. Fuu without her glasses wearing a green skirt that was easy to move in with a green corset of some sort, and she also was adorned with green shoulder pads and resting atop her neck was a pendent in the form of the sun. I looked at Hikaru, who was gowned in almost the exact same outfit yet hers was the red that made the flames, ribbon dangling from her arms her sword in hand. I scanned the crowd for myself but the man with the red eyes spoke.
"Just give me the seer , Dumbledore and no one will get hurt." I looked around, a seer? Isn't that someone who can foretell the future? I once again looked for the seer and myself.
"I'm sorry Tom but I can't just give you Miss. Ryuuzaki," my name echoed in my head continuously, looking down I gasped at the dress I wore. Looking quickly into the crowd nobody seemed to notice I had moved. I looked back down. The dress I wore was white silk but the night sky created a blue hue to appear. The sleeves fell slightly off my shoulders. The material met in the center where a blue ornament was placed in the middle shown the most beautiful sapphire I've ever seen. The dress flew to my feet and I noticed I had no shoes on. Bringing my hand to my face I felt earrings fall from my earlobes, the earrings were like those dreamcatchers you buy. I felt a headdress as well but wasn't able to see any detail.
"Very well, I'll make her come by destroying what's most valuable to her!" A maniacal smile formed on the mans lips, my head shot up and went directly to my friends, but his wand wasn't pointing at my friends , it was pointed at.
"Clef!!"
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I shot like a bullet from my resting position, my head felt dizzy. That nightmare was too real. Rising I headed towards the bathroom and took a nice long cold shower.
'Umi meet us in the dungeons,' Clef's voice rang throughout my head as I dried my hair.
"Clef--" I whispered his name. That dream had tossed my feelings for him around.
'Very well, I'll make her come by destroying what's most valuable to her!'
The man's words rang in my head over and over again. I didn't like 'like' Clef did I? We were just friends right? I walked out of the bathroom thinking these questions over, catching a glance at the clock I choked.
"4 am!! Ohh this better be important Clef, how can I love a early riser!! How!" Grabbing my jewel glove from my trunk just in case I ran down the stairs down into the common room. I reached my hand to pull the stone door open.
"And where may I ask are you going at such a early time?" A voice drawled from behind a chair.
"Why should it matter to you Malfoy-san?" I yelled over my shoulder before exiting, barely hearing his reply.
"It doesn't."
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Author Notes: Don't hate me, I have a reason for putting Umi in Slytherin. Hee hee what does Clef want with the girls? What does Umi's dream mean?
Stay tuned to find out!!
Please R&R arigato!!
Ja ne!!
Author Notes: I don't really have any .
~
Chapter 2: the Sorting and Dreams
With a small pop the three of us arrived. I took in our surroundings, which wasn't a lot. A solid oak door stood towering in front of us, while stairs in all directions were taking control of the back, and side. I turned my attention to Dumbledore who was talking to Clef, probably about his job. I smiled, Clef a teacher, I had always wondered why he never opened a school for those worthy of magic but weren't sure how to control it. My attention was turned towards the door, as I heard a voice coming from it.
"As you may already tell, Professor Dumbledore is not here. His reasons are that we shall be having three exchange students coming to join us this year from Japan," I heard the whispers and turned to look at my friends. They too had heard the whispers and the strict voice and were waiting eagerly for the woman to continue "Whatever house they are put in , I hope you shall treat them with respect and welcome them warmly." The doors opened , jumping back from them a little , I noticed it was Dumbledore pushing them open.
I watched as he strode in, with a small smile and whispered something into the lady's ear, the woman nodded curtly.
I watched as Clef and Ascot soon followed Dumbledore and made their way to what I guessed as the Staff Table. I watched as Clef made a chair with his wand for Ascot to sit beside this really, really tall man and then moved along the row stopping until he sat down in a chair beside this man with straight shoulder length black hair.
"I will call out your name and you will come to the stool to be sorted," I quickly looked back at the other woman, I had completely forgotten about her. "Hikaru Shidou." I watched quietly as Hikaru made her way to the stool. I could tell she was nervous and there was still a hint of sadness, because of leaving Lantis, but she still shone as brightly as the sun, innocent as ever.
After she had been sitting on the small stool for over 5 minutes, the hat finally decided where to put her.
"Gryffindor!" I smiled Dumbledore had told us that was the house that the boy we were supposed to protect was in, at least one of us was in his house. I scanned over the heads of the gryffindors searching for his. Surprisingly it wasn't that hard as he and his friends, Ron Weasly and Hermione Granger I think were their names, were staring at me eyes filled with as much curiosity as myself. We both realized the other was staring and quickly turned the other way.
I looked across the rest of the room, at the Slytherins , Hufflepuffs, and Ravenclaws. I then turned my attention to the staff.
Ascot and the tall man were talking animatedly, about what I guessed as Creatures and how there given a bad name because they're misunderstood. My eyes skipped over all the other professors until they landed on Clef and the Black haired man. They were having what looked like a polite conversation, and when the other man said something that looked insulting, I was amazed to see Clef keep his cool and not whack the guy on the head like he would've done to me, I instinctively rose my hand to my head.
"Gryffindor!" I was shook out of my thoughts and watched Fuu walk towards the same table Hikaru had, surprised that I hadn't noticed her not beside me.
"Umi Ryuuzaki!" I urged my feet on, and tried to ignore the stares. I finally made my way to the small stool and sat down.
'Well if it isn't the Magic Knight of Water.' A kind yet somewhat sarcastic voice rang in my ears.
"Um how do you know about me?" my voice ever so quiet afraid everyone would hear me, the voice chuckled in my mind.
'I can read your thoughts, and the thought that shines the brightest is the one that tells me you are a Magic Knight.' I felt my mouth fall to the shape of a 'O' and continued to listen.
'hmm you're defiantly not a Hufflepuff, you're smart but not smart enough to be a Ravenclaw-' "Hey!" I yelled this time mentally "I am too smart!" I heard that same chuckle.
'So that leaves either Slytherin or Gryffindor, hmm I believe I will put you in,' the voice paused for affect, I guessed 'Evil Hat' I thought quickly before my thoughts were drowned out.
"Slytherin!!"
My eyes went wide. No! no! no! no! Why wasn't I with my friends? Why'd I have to be different? I slowly made my way to the cheering table. I seated myself beside a random person. My eyes went straight away to meet Hikaru's and Fuu's, both were giving me a sympathetic smile. I turned my head to look at Dumbledore only to meet Clef's intense gaze. Just with his eyes I could tell he was asking me if I was alright. I nodded slowly then turned my attention to Dumbledore.
"Welcome once again to another year at Hogwarts! Before we start the feast please let me introduce our new Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher, Professor Yoshida and his apprentice Professor Seibutsu. I also have a few start of term rules to be set out. First of all first years and Transfer Students should know that the forest surrounding the school is forbidden and second, our Caretaker Mr. Filch has asked me, like he does every year that there is no spell casting in the corridors between classes. With that said let the feast begin!" He finished with a smile.
All of a sudden I was surrounded by food and half of it I didn't recognize! I quickly grabbed the only thing editable that looked familiar and poured myself a guess of this orange liquid that I hoped was orange juice. Taking a sip from my drink while staring wistfully at the ceiling , I suddenly tasted something odd. Realizing it was my drink I instantly spit it out back into golden goblet awaiting it.
"You act as if you've never tasted pumpkin juice before." I looked up to face a girl with Ebony hair and violet eyes. She smiled a well not a smile but half of one. A smirk if you'd like.
"I didn't know they made juice with pumpkins," I wiped the side of my mouth with a napkin.
"You're Umi Ryuuzaki right?" I looked up at her while pouring myself a glass of water.
"Hai." She looked at me in a confused way, I looked back equally confused then realized what the problem was.
"Gomen! Hai means-" "Yes in Japanese, right?" I turned to the intruder , only to meet once again a pair of startling eyes , this time though instead of eyes of deep blue , I stared into silver orbs. I felt my cheeks flame.
"Hai!" It was the only thing I could think of saying at the time. The ebony haired girl gave a low laugh, drawing my attention away from the silver eyes of the intruder.
"Draco , I never knew you spoke Japanese!" The intruder 'Draco' it seemed barely breathed before his voice drawled out a response.
"Shows what you know Zabini," I looked at the two, were they friends? Or at least more then mere acquaintances, if only a tiny bit.
"Hmph well anyway before I was we were rudely interrupted , I was about to introduce myself. Blaise Zabini." Pointing a delicate finger at the 'Draco' person she continued "and this is Draco Malfoy. Welcome to Slytherin." I could hear the sarcasm in her voice and had decided that the Slytherins must really feel proud about their sarcasm.
"But I believe our new classmate wishes to be a brave Gryff." I turned to glare at him, how dare he! Was it not allowed to be sad or upset that you weren't with your friends? That you'd probably be considered a snob, like you were before you met them!
"Malfoy-san , just because I wish I was with my friends does not mean I wish I was some 'brave Gryff' as you put it. And I will not allow you to insult my friends behind their back because then they have no way to protect themselves!" The two people stared at me before looking away.
"You really should be a Gryffindor not a Slytherin." It was Blaise this time, "I mean those two can't be 'that' special," Well they are, I looked away.
"I would sacrifice myself for my friends." I heard a low chuckle.
"Then you are idiot." I once again found myself glaring daggers into Malfoy's head.
"Draccccooo!!" I winced at the high pitched screech. I watched as a brunette came waltzing up to where we were and seated herself beside Malfoy. Poor Malfoy was forced to listen to the high pitched girl for the rest of the meal. Turning back to my dessert, that by the way had appeared mere seconds ago, I let out a yawn. I was tired.
Looking back at Malfoy I once again pitied him, but I had a awning suspicion he wasn't even listening to what she was saying.
"Pansy Parkinson, almost everyone even the Slytherins hate her. She's got a face the shape of a pugs and a wrong obsession with Draco. Her only friends Bulstrode but I doubt she even has a civil conversation with her, she's the female version of 'both' Crabbe and Goyle." I just nodded not really understanding the point but I knew one thing. I didn't like this Pansy person at all.
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"serpens. I'd remember that word Ryuuzaki it's the only thing that'll let you in the common room," I nodded as I followed Blaise into the Slytherin Common room.
When I was fully in I finally got to take a look around. It was dank and somewhat lonely looking but as I looked at the fire burning in the corner, I felt some warmth come from the room. It's stone walls and floors were cold to touch yet the coldness was refreshing. I followed Blaise and sat down into a nice chair and pulled out my wand.
I was still mesmerized by how Presea had made it. I was also curious how she had received Selece's scale for the core but didn't mouth my curiosity.
"That's a nice wand, did you get it from Ollivanders?" I looked up and stared at the girl beside me.
"Iie, a friend made it." Blaise looked taken aback but a slowly a grin replaced her look of astonishment.
"I'm assuming Iie means no. Custom made Wow!" I made a small sound to show I was listening to her.
"I'm really tired , I think I go to sleep okay?" The other girl shrugged. Raising from my seat I headed towards the girls dorm, my eyes felt heavy and I needed to sleep. I walked into the girls dormitory and headed towards the bed with my trunk resting peacefully in front of it. Slowly opening the trunk I pulled out the blue silk that was my nightdress and slowly undressed. As I was finishing sliding the dress over my head I felt a major blast of being light headed. I tucked myself into the bed and as soon as I lay my head onto the pillow I was asleep.
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I stood in the middle of a circle, half the circle was made of people I wasn't able to tell if they were men or women, wearing dark black robes, silver masks covered half their face. Each man or woman had their wand readied. They were surrounding a man who didn't wear a mask. The man had no really defining features except for one, his eyes were blood red and they seemed to be glowing, his black hair lay limp against his back. He looked maybe thirty but I could tell he was much wiser.
The other half were not afraid to show who they were. I saw the boy who lived and his friends, Malfoy and Blaise, Dumbledore and the rest of the staff. Ascot was there too but for some reason my eyes searched for a pair of familiar blue. I had found the eyes I was looking for but his attention was securely on the opponents ahead of him. I saw my friends gowned in their armor, swords in place. Fuu without her glasses wearing a green skirt that was easy to move in with a green corset of some sort, and she also was adorned with green shoulder pads and resting atop her neck was a pendent in the form of the sun. I looked at Hikaru, who was gowned in almost the exact same outfit yet hers was the red that made the flames, ribbon dangling from her arms her sword in hand. I scanned the crowd for myself but the man with the red eyes spoke.
"Just give me the seer , Dumbledore and no one will get hurt." I looked around, a seer? Isn't that someone who can foretell the future? I once again looked for the seer and myself.
"I'm sorry Tom but I can't just give you Miss. Ryuuzaki," my name echoed in my head continuously, looking down I gasped at the dress I wore. Looking quickly into the crowd nobody seemed to notice I had moved. I looked back down. The dress I wore was white silk but the night sky created a blue hue to appear. The sleeves fell slightly off my shoulders. The material met in the center where a blue ornament was placed in the middle shown the most beautiful sapphire I've ever seen. The dress flew to my feet and I noticed I had no shoes on. Bringing my hand to my face I felt earrings fall from my earlobes, the earrings were like those dreamcatchers you buy. I felt a headdress as well but wasn't able to see any detail.
"Very well, I'll make her come by destroying what's most valuable to her!" A maniacal smile formed on the mans lips, my head shot up and went directly to my friends, but his wand wasn't pointing at my friends , it was pointed at.
"Clef!!"
~
I shot like a bullet from my resting position, my head felt dizzy. That nightmare was too real. Rising I headed towards the bathroom and took a nice long cold shower.
'Umi meet us in the dungeons,' Clef's voice rang throughout my head as I dried my hair.
"Clef--" I whispered his name. That dream had tossed my feelings for him around.
'Very well, I'll make her come by destroying what's most valuable to her!'
The man's words rang in my head over and over again. I didn't like 'like' Clef did I? We were just friends right? I walked out of the bathroom thinking these questions over, catching a glance at the clock I choked.
"4 am!! Ohh this better be important Clef, how can I love a early riser!! How!" Grabbing my jewel glove from my trunk just in case I ran down the stairs down into the common room. I reached my hand to pull the stone door open.
"And where may I ask are you going at such a early time?" A voice drawled from behind a chair.
"Why should it matter to you Malfoy-san?" I yelled over my shoulder before exiting, barely hearing his reply.
"It doesn't."
~
Author Notes: Don't hate me, I have a reason for putting Umi in Slytherin. Hee hee what does Clef want with the girls? What does Umi's dream mean?
Stay tuned to find out!!
Please R&R arigato!!
Ja ne!!
