~Author's Note~
(Insert how to say "Good day!" in Japansese)! Gomen naisai, that it took me like forever to update this story. (Last time I did was in late March.) Didn't mean to make all you guys wait that long. I had been so busy with two other stories! Plus, school and a 10 day stay in the Boston area. Thank Kami it's summer vacation now! *Yea!* Now I have the time to continue this. Hope the rhythm still beats the same way as the previous chapter. I was so worried on the way I wrote my other two kind of sad stories, that it might ruin the tone here. Before the story starts, here are some answers and replies to your reviews below. Well, nuff' said!
BonnieGinger4ever: In your review of the previous chapter, you asked if Dumbledore knew if the boys were saiyans. Yes, he does, no doubt about it. In earlier chapters, not described, it was mentioned that Supreme Kai and him had a discussion about the two young saiyans after the Budokai Tournament before the Z Warriors had arrived at the lookout. Remember how people become mutants in X-Men? In most cases, the mutation is caused by the raging hormones in teenagers bodies. To apply that case here, is a reason why Goku and Vegeta did not become wizards when they fused to become Vegito and Gogeito. They were just too old and with no wacky scientists like Dr. Gero to do bizarre mutant experiments on them.
Oh! One more thing! Don't worry, I wasn't having writer's block. School and other fanfictions is what had kept me busy from updating this story. Gomen naisai! Plus, it was mind draining to figure out how the first few days at Hogwarts should go for our favorite saiyans. But not anymore! Yeah!
Inuyashachic515: Yes, Bulma rocks with her genious and ability to work with machinery. Sorry to say, you won't hear much of her until the end. Don't give up hope! She'll have a slightly bigger part in my upcoming Dragonball Z story that I have in the works. The new story will be mostly an action and romance. At 18 or so, her dear son, Trunks, will fall deeply in love with a special someone. Well, that's it for the spoilers on that story.
You liked it when Goten had blue hair, eh? Just wait until you read about what happens to his raven hair in chapters to come! I still have many plans for the twilight blue to infuse it's way into the rave tint.
BonnieGinger4ever, Greg S, Rumorgirl411, Inuyashachic515, and Brittany (one of my best gal pals!): I'm eternally greatful that you took the time to read, review, and enjoy this story. I hope you like of what I have in store for this crossover!
DISCLAIMER: I applaud Toriyama and Rowling for doing such a good job on creating such unique universes. Plus, I can learn something new about those worlds all the time! I think I'm on Chapter Ten: Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Love it so far. Has anyone read it yet and how far have they gotten?
Dealing With A New Gift
Chapter 8
A Rude Awakening
Goten and Trunks had been fortunate enough to get a room for three: them and fellow first year, Max Guerin. (A/N: Hey! It beats being crowded and squished! Sorry, when I was in Boston, I was stuck in a very tiny BMW for five. Just picture being stuck with two other people in one row!) Last night, since they had all been exhausted from the day's excitement, all the first years went straight to bed after picking a room and roommate. The beds were filled with cotton and goose downing, so it was easy for them to fall asleep as soon as their heads made touch down with the feather stuffed pillows.
A crystal-clear window etched into the stone wall that banded the room together, glowed in the shade of gold. (A/N: "Gold, Earth's hardest hue to hold." Anyone remember that bit of Robert Frost quoted in S.E. Hinton's "The Outsiders"?) Allowing the early rays of the sunlight of morning to come streaming in. The beam of light spread out and crept up to the edges of the occupants' beds. The three poster beds were crowded against the walls, so that there was space to move in the center. (A/N: Is that right? Beds that have four long pools at each corner that upwards to support the roof that holds curtains. This is how they look according to the movies.) The three sleeping forms upon them did not wake, even after a few hours have passed, with the light shining upon them.
Suddenly, there came a soft noise of something stirring. Near the bed closest to the window (A/N: Goten's) upon a wooden arm chair, sat perched a creature. With its head tucked under its wing, the creature appeared to be just an ordinary bird. But, once it slowly brought its head up, it was no pure bird. This "bird" had the head and upper body of a fox. The rest (including the arms, legs, tail, and head feathers) of the its' body was of a Phoenix like bird. This odd looking creature is called an Airax, which its owners named Kijutsu. Meaning "magic" in Japanese in their foreign tongue. (A/N: Remember in Chapter Five: Shopping in Diagon Alley? Did I even get the chapter number right? *laughs*)
Kijutsu blinked its eyes a couple of times, to adjust to the bright light that was dilating its pupils. With a small yawn, the airax quickly stretched its tiresome limbs. Cocking its head and wings upwards towards the ceiling, while the elongated tail feathers curled and twisted about like airborne snakes. Giving a couple good shakes of the head to rid of its drowsiness, Kijutsu looked about the semi-dark room. The creature's golden orbs came to rest upon the view of its sleeping masters. Raising its body into a standing position and with a flap of its mighty wings, the airax took off from the spot. Flying at an owl's pace, which seemed very snail- like slow to the fastest flying creature on the planet. (A/N: Remember, the animal propetier said that an airax can reach speeds up to Mach 1 or more? Which is about as fast, or even faster, than a saiyan can fly at top speed or perform Instant Transmission.)
Flying at a level just below the poster bed roofs, Kijutsu made a turn above the little center fire place. It made an arch downwards, towards one of the sleeping forms of the saiyans. Now hovering over the head of its black, spiky haired master, Kijutsu reached out with one clawed toe to tap the young boy on the forehead. No response or signs of Goten waking up. Trying a different approach, it decided to land on Goten's chest. Raising its wings, the airax lightly batted the saiyan's face with its wing feathers. When the boy's nose started to twitch a little, Kijutsu stopped and folded its wings back.
Goten brought up a finger to rub under his noise, but he still didn't wake. Just as Kijutsu leaned in to get a better look, the boy's hand moved to slap the poor thing in the muzzle. (Which was purely an accident.) Gentle, yet powerful, the move caused the airax to fall over on its back onto the bed. (A/N: It's such an odd sight to see a bird on its back or even its side!) *PWIK* Now that this "bird" was slightly agitated, Kijutsu decided to give up on this master for now. (A/N: We all know how deeply saiyans can sleep, and hard to wake or be disturbed.) Rolling onto its stomach, the airax soon flew off to the nearby bed. Flying over a little faster and nearly crashing into its master's hair, was because it of its agitation.
Instead of repeating the same process of Operation Wake-Up Call like with Goten, Kijutsu leaned forward and nibbled on Trunk's ear. Like the saiyan's companion, no response what so ever. Then it moved to grab a mouth full of hair and tugged hard. The Airax regretted that. Hair texture was sure unpleasant to the mouth! Turning its head away and spitting a couple of times, Kijutsu came up with a new plan to get these lazy wizards out of bed! It had had it with this small delay.
With a small, evil like smile crossing over its features, Kijutsu made for a landing on the center fire place. (A/N: The flat part where you can place pots and cups to heat things.) Oh! How it felt good to not have that ruddy handkerchief over its trap! Opening its mouth wide, the airax inhaled a big gulp of fresh morning air. Since an airax's call at full blast could cause destruction, Kijutsu had to hold back on the speed that it exhaled. Tensing the chest and throat muscles, the "bird" slowly let forth its ear-splitting cry. (A/N: The cry of an airax can sound a lot like a Ringwraith's from "The Lord of the Rings" movie triology. Plus, Black Canary of the WB's cancelled "Birds of Prey". The pitch can get even higher than a girl's!)
The intensity of the sound waves caused the window and objects about the room to rattle and shake. Hearing this shrill cry got all the occupants in the room and more to wake. The three boys bolted upright and covered their ears to keep them from hurting. What was making that sound? Looking over to his right, Trunks cautiously cracked one eye open in the direction of the disturbance. Eyes going wide, 'Bloody hell! That animal lady wasn't kidding about keeping that thing's mouth shut!' "Make it stop!!" came the pained cries of his roommates. But, just as he was about to calm their nerves, the noise came to an abrupt stop. Opening both eyes, Trunks saw that Kijutsu had finally stopped. The airax now had what looked like a satisfied smirk on its face, looking about at them.
"OoOoh!" growled the boys in anger, as they got up to go strangle the "bird." With their ears still ringing, none of them could hear that the door to their room had just slammed open. "WHAT THE RUDDY HELL IS GOING ON IN HERE?!?" came a sharp voice. "Aiyah!" yelped the boys as they jumped in fright from another loud sound for the second time this morning.
Turning their attention to the latter, they found a very disgruntled looking Percy Weasley holding a broom like a bat in both hands. Looked as if he had just woken up (which techniquelly he did) and wanted to hit something, or someone. (A/N: For a while, I had forgotten that Percy had already graduated from Hogwarts a few years back. But, I have some ideas for him to play in this story. I'll have it explained later by Ron. Wow, you should hear what happens with him in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I've only gotten to chapter ten or so, it's really getting good so far!) Glaring downwards from one frighten face to another, because in these first years' fright, they had fallen on their butts and were sitting on the floor in a circle near their beds. "Well?!" He demanded more softly, yet the harshness had not yet faded from his tone.
Too scared to utter a word, the three younger wizards lifted their arms and pointed their fingers at Kijutsu. Which didn't surprise the ex-prefect, nor the airax all that much. A sudden fear came over the "bird" too, as Percy rounded his glare to meet the golden orbs. Fearing it might be turned into something "unnatural", which was pretty much the same thing that the boys were thinking too. Reaching into his robe's inner pockets, Percy whipped out his wand. All the boys ran for cover as the wizard was about to cast a spell.
"Accio, Gryffindor Scarf!" came his cry as he aimed for Goten's scarf resting on his bed. As if an invisible ghost were lifting it, the scarf lifted off the bed and over into Percy's waiting hand. Scarf in hand, the young man approached the Airax. (A/N: Just for future reference, what year are Fred and George?) The first years nearby watched with fascination, although the masters should've been alarmed, but they were way more interested than worried at the moment.
Percy made a loop in the scarf as he slide it over the creature's snout and face, which it (oddly) didn't fuss for freedom over, and tied the ends carefully. Turning his attention back to the boys, "This is your first warning, first years. If that 'thing' ever wakes everybody up in Gryffindor Tower again, you'll be forced to keep it in the Owlery until Christmas!" When he noticed that the boys' faces had fallen expressions, "Just be happy that I'm not assigning you detention with Snape on your first day here!" Percy turned his back on them and headed for the door. Then stopping to stand in the doorframe, looking back at them, "Good morning first years. Time to get up! Breakfast will be served soon and gather your things. I fear it's going to be a long day for the both of us." And with that, the ex- prefect slammed the door on his way out.
Getting off their places on the floor, the young wizards went over to their school trunks to pull out their Hogwarts school uniforms. Keeping their backs turned towards the Airax, the boys carefully stipped out of their pajamas of baggy shirts and boxers to get changed. Pulling the long, black cloaks over the rest of their grey and white uniforms, standing before their bedside's mirrors, they noticed that they now sported a Gryffindor patch on the left side (near the chest). Without their knowing, in the middle of the late night, a group of house elves had snuck in to sew on those patches for all the first years and houses.
Trunks studied the mighty gold lion on the crest, gently feeling the texture of the intricate threading. "A lion is the symbol of Gryffindor house. It stands for courage and loyalty." He remembered the inquisitive voice of Hermione Granger, a fifth year. Of course he had all those characteristics, then why the heck did he fight all those dangerous battles for?! "Don't get into too much trouble in your first year, it can get ugly in detention. Especially with Professor Snape (*laughs*), he teaches Potions. Whatever you do, don't get on his bad side!" Trunks recalled Harry Potter's advice. 'I don't even know what his bad side is!' wailed the saiyan mentally. 'What am I scared for? I'm a saiyan for crying out loud!' Since Ronald Weasley realized that they both didn't like Draco Malfoy, Ron didn't feel the need to advise the boy on that. Although he did add a couple of colorful words after Harry had mentioned the low life's name. (A/N: *laughs*) A demi-saiyan he may be, but Trunks couldn't help but feel some anxiety. This was going to be his first real day in a new world where everything was so foreign to him. A new place, a new school, away from home.sigh.Percy had been right. It was going to be a very long day and year. Not saying that was a very bad thing neither. Trunks just missed his home at Capsule Corp. very much, but for the moment he put those thoughts and memories on the back burners for now. He really was yearning to find out what these new powers could do. As for his saiyan blood, he knew his potential, but just hadn't taped into its max like Goten's dad, Goku.
As Goten's purple haired companion's anxiety mounted and grew, he on the other hand was dying of anticipation to whip out his wand and cast a spell. Supreme Kai and Headmaster Dumbledore had said that from the multiple times that he and Trunks had to fuse to become Gottenks, could have caused the mutation. In which transforming some of their human and saiyan blood into magic transmitters. (A/N: To read more information about this interesting mutation, read the above note to BonnieGinger4ever.) For them to be the only two (and first) sorcerers in the family, gave Goten a sense of pride. Since his older brother, Gohan, was the first of the Z Warriors' offspring to become a Super Saiyan, he had always wanted to prove himself since then. Now Goku's youngest son had the chance of becoming something great, something different. He now has two major goals in life, to become a great Super Saiyan 3 like his father, and become a crafted sorcerer to boot. With his anticipation growing, Goten couldn't wait to use these new powers on whatever new evil came upon their homeland. Which brought him to wonder what sorts of evil lay in the land of the wizarding world. Ah, yes! There was evil to come in the future, but none could comprehend what and when. Not even the wisest could tell.
Many feet of passing Gryffindors could be heard stomping down the stairs to the common room outside of their room. Suddenly, a ghostly figure phased its way through the closed door. Seeing the ghost's reflection in their mirrors, the boys jumped in surprise just like when Percy came in. Max was the first to calm down and recognize who it was. "Good morning, Sir Nicholas! Gosh, you gave us all such a fright!" He greeted Gryffindor's house ghost. "Sorry, young sirs, didn't mean to do so. I just came to tell you that breakfast will be served shortly in the Great Hall." And with that said, he tipped his head side ways, getting some revolting looks from them, and floated away towards the ceiling and was gone.
"Whoa.," muttered the two saiyans, still staring up at the ceiling.
"There are actually ghosts in this place?" Goten asked.
Bringing his eyes downward to his companion, Trunks answered, "Don't you remember Bill telling us about them?" Then to him self, 'I know where he gets his short term memory from.' As he turned to grab his stuff, the demi- saiyan felt a light bonk to his head. Turning back around to yell at Goten, "What did you do that for?!"
Over at his bed while pretending to be innocent, "Huh? Who? Me? I didn't do anything!" Goten reached over and slung his book bag (full of school supplies) over his shoulders. As he walked over to Kijutsu on the fire mantle, Trunks just shook his head and followed suit with slinging on his book bag. Book bags were new this year. Mostly for the first and second years who didn't know how to shrink and enlarge things yet. The bags were made of khaki or leather in the color of the house. Including a huge Hogwarts patch in the middle, then a small house patch for the buckle and straps. Goten approached the bird and unwrapped the part of the scarf over its eyes. Holding his arm out, the "bird" hopped over and perched itself. He was amazed to find out how light the creature was. Bringing the airax over to the now open window, and taking off the rest of the scarf, "Fly to the owlery and stay there until you're needed!" he ordered. Then remembering something, "Remember what Percy said, don't do that call anywhere else either!" Goten reminded Kijutsu before it took off to the Owlery Tower. (What an odd sight for the owls, eagles, and bats to have such a guest.) "Hurry up, Goten! I don't want to miss breakfast!" called Trunks from downstairs. Quickly closing the window, Goten scurried over and out the door to the common room where his roommates were waiting. (A/N: When they were on the train, Ron had told them about all his brothers. So, that's how they know Percy's name and recognize him.)
Racing down the stone steps, desperate for food, Goten soon entered the Gryffindor common room. There he found his roommates, plus Harry, Ron, and Hermione all lounging about the fire place obviously waiting for him. "The turtle has finally arrived!" came the sarcastic cheer of Ron Weasley. "Ron!" Hermione scolded. But before Goten could race over to bonk the fifth year on the head, Hermione and Trunks beat him to it. "OW!" Secretly, Trunks had hit the red-head a little harder than his best friend did. The little group gathered by the fire just laughed at his expense. As Ron rubbed his head furiously, Goten shot his companion a "remember-what- Supreme Kai-said" look. To which the demi-saiyan just rolled his eyes. "We better hurry before breakfast is served and over!" Hermione reminded them. They all got up and headed out to the Great Hall.
On their way through the halls of Hogwarts, Goten walked out in front of the heard next to Harry. Behind them were Hermione and Max, then Ron and Trunks who were quietly bickering about something. Wanting to stay out of it, some of them had guessed that Ron knew Trunks had intentionally hit him harder. Goten and Hermione just shook their heads in shame, those two were fighting again. (A/N: They had also fought a bit on the train, but Ron didn't get as mad as he would towards Malfoy. Remember how he had mistakened Trunks for one of Malfoy's cronies? ) When they had finally reached the doors to the Great Hall, Goten whispered over his shoulder to Hermione, "Let's hope they don't make that their daily routine." Upon hearing this, Harry added, "Yeah, save it for Malfoy." The part of the group who weren't fighting, grinned.
"Aww, look at the cute couple!" came a drawling, sarcastic voice from nearby. The fellowship turned to see that it was Draco Malfoy, flanked by Crabbe and Goyle, who had made the remark. Some passing Slytherins laughed at this. "Got your self a boyfriend there, Weasley?" More laughing and a proud smirk from the pale boy followed. Malfoy's grin widened as he saw the red and purple-heads' cheeks turn red in embarrassment.
Of course the awaiting Gryffindors did not find this amusing at all. Waves of hatred and icy glares were sent towards the blonde's way. The boy just dismissed them with a flick of his hand, than entered the Great Hall. The enraged latters rolled up their sleeves and started to stomp over to Malfoy, but were stopped by Hermione and Max. Max had to struggle a bit with holding the saiyan back, for Trunks was much stronger then the young wizard could ever imagine. Gone unnoticed to all except his companion, the hybrid's eyes had flashed a dark shade of emerald for a few seconds. (A/N: Not enough so that his pupils vanished from sight.) Cooling their jets, the group entered the Great Hall and sat down where their seats were at during last night's Sorting Ceremony.
Once everyone was settled in their seats, Dumbledore stood up and gave a short speech of good morning and wishing the first years good luck. Again, with the clap of his hands, food magically appeared out of nowhere onto the tables. Goten and Trunks eagerly piled huge amounts of food onto their plates and then some. Some of their fellow Gryffindors stared at them in awe at how fast they choked it down. They didn't seem to mind, neither did Harry and his friends. Although the bowls of hot pourage (A/N: how do you spell that?) were beginning to add up. "Easy guys! We have plenty of time to eat!" sounded the alarmed voice of Max from next to Trunks. (A/N: Harry and his friends are sitting across from the new trio.) "Just wait until you see them eat a full meal," added Ron with his mouth full, which Hermione glared at him for such rude manners. So far, they had only gotten through half of their first servings.
A many sudden screeches and flapping of wings cracked the air above. All of the students looked up towards the enchanted ceiling. There was a large gape in the illusion, which now could be seen a ceiling window wide open. Many flocks of owls of all shapes, sizes, and colors came darting in. But, there was one ave that stood out amongst them, Kijutsu the saiyans' airax, who was flying near the head of the flock. They came swooping down at varying speeds to deliver their mail to their respectful owners. While the scrolls of the students' schedules came fluttering down dangerously near their plates, they looked in astonishment at the site of this magnificent creature. Their eyes trailed it, as Kijutsu made a smooth landing atop of a huge pitcher of pumpkin juice. (A/N: In the movie, the pitchers have huge metal or wood shaped heads of animals for lids.) To which the audience "ooh- ed" and "ah-ed" at.
Attached to each ankle were silver capsules labeled with a huge metallic red "T" and "G", including color bands with a number and the hiragana of the sender. (A/N: Is hiragana spelled right?) Shifting its weight to one leg, Kijutsu stuck out the leg with the capsules lettered "T" first. Trunks carefully undid the leather strap holding them and laid them out near his plate. Sliding out the first one, he noticed it had an old English style letter of a "D". Looking up and down the long table, the saiyan stared at the Headmaster. To which the elderly sorcerer nodded in recognition that it was he who sent it, Trunks' first year schedule. As he was about to click it open, Goten was removing his "G" capsules. Once Kijutsu was relieved of its load with only a single capsule on its right ankle, the airax leaned over to Goten's plate and snatched away his unfinished muffin. "HEY!" came the demi-saiyan's protest. With Goten's muffin in mouth, the airax took off towards the staffs' table before the boy could do anything more about it. Some of the students laughed. Grumbling under his breath, he took another two, just in case the smartalaic airax came back for more before it left.
Lucky for Goten, Kijutsu didn't need to fly back to his new muffins. It was busy delivering the last capsule to the headmaster. Dumbledore graciously received it by petting the "bird" on the head, then rewarding it with a whole muffin since it had finished Goten's already and flew off towards the gap in the ceiling. A flood of excited voices filled the room, but the demi- saiyans were looking to Dumbledore. Why had did he have a capsule? "I wonder if it's from Supreme Kai," Goten told his lavender-haired friend behind him, telepathically. Suddenly Dumbledore looked over at them, almost like he had heard the saiyan judging by the twinkle in his eye. He held the capsule up for them to see, with his eyes and hand gestures, asked them how to open it. Getting the message right away, Trunks picked up a nearby capsule that contained his schedule.
Holding it up like the headmaster was doing, Trunks placed his thumb over the clicker. (A/N: Switch, button, clicker! Whatever! Same thing!) He tapped his thumb a couple of times on it to indicate that you had to push it down to activate the opening mechanisms. Then, Trunks pressed harder on the clicker to shift it inwards and threw it in the air above his plate. With a loud "BOOM" followed by a poof of yellow and pink smoke, the little capsule had disappeared into thin air. A piece of tan colored parchment came fluttering downwards to Trunks' outstretched hand. The rest of the gathering in the Great Hall had been frozen in awe, some with their food halfway to their mouths. After that wonderful demonstration, Dumbledore repeated the same movement. Another "BOOM" was heard, in which a scroll tied with a ribbon made of bamboo leaves appeared.
Once the excitement had died down, the rest of the gathering in the Great Hall unfolded their schedules to read them. Trunks and Goten opened up the rest of their capsules, causing many "BOOM's" to echo and a tiny smoke cloud appear above their heads. Before Goten opened his last one, Harry asked, "Er, excuse me. May I see one of those .things?" Looking up, the demi-saiyan nodded and handed his capsule over to the curious wizard. With capsule in hand, Harry studied it, rolling it about and testing its weight in his hand. "So, light." He noted, then stared at the clicker. "You mind?" Goten shook his head, with that, the fifth year pushed the clicker and tossed it upwards. With the sudden "BOOM!" and puff of smoke, made Harry and his friends jump in surprise. A piece of folded up parchment came fluttering down, which the Gryffindor team seeker easily caught. He noticed some strange scrawl on the outside, probably in their language. Gosh, how it would have been nice to be bilingual! Oh wait! That's right! He was a parselmouth, but Harry didn't really thought of it count as another language. Not wanting to continue to be rude, he handed his new friend his letter back.
"Arigato," Goten thanked him, "Which means 'thank you' in my language." Studying the hiragana on the front, it clearly stated that it was a letter from his mentor, Bill Weasley. "Whose it from?" Ron asked, still shoveling food in his mouth. As he unfolded it, the latter answered simply, "It's from your brother, Bill." A look of shock came over Ron and Harry's face. "Wow, I didn't know Bill knew how to write like that."
"These characters, or kanji, are called hiragana. A style of writing we use instead of letters," Goten informed them. Staring down at the opened parchment, he recognized a variety of his family and friends' writing. The longest comments were Bill's, Bulma's, and his mother's. Theirs' basically asked how were the boys were doing and making sure to keep in mind of all the things that they were taught. The rest of the Z Warriors had asked a bunch of questions about the wizarding world. Vegeta and Piccolo reminded the boys to not do anything stupid, like picking a fight and going super saiyan on them. Goku, Gohan, and Kirriun asked about the food and what kind of fighting techniques were around there. Yamcha had teasingly asked him about the type of girls around there, to which Goten only blushed a tint of red. Supreme Kai and Dende wanted to make sure their transfer was successful and to let them know of anything went wrong. At the very bottom of the collection of letters, was a crayon drawing of them by Kirriun and 18's daughter, Marron. Goten decided he would answer all their questions as soon as he got back to his dorm after dinner, or lunch. He passed it over to Trunks, since Bill had noted that it was to the both of them.
"Supreme Kai says that he sent a letter to Dumbledore also," Goten noted telepathically to him. "I guess he wants him to keep an eye on us, to stay out of trouble." Picking up his schedule, in dark green flowing letters it read:
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
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Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock,
Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)
Dear Son Goten,
Here is your schedule for your first year in your education of witchcraft and wizardry. It is asked of all students to stick to their schedules, ask when they need help, and don't get lost today! Almost all first year schedules are the same, according to which houses are paired up. Gryffindor first years are to share classes with Ravenclaw. But, there will be some classes were all houses will intermix classes.
Our school has a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher this year, Professor Andross. When you get to his class seventh period, I hope you all make him feel comfortable and right at home, so that he may stick around for another year.
Happy first day at Hogwarts! First year's schedule today:
Period 1: Transfiguration Teacher: Professor McGonagall (A/N: Finally found out how to spell it right!)
Period 2: History Teacher: Professor Binns
Period 3: Herbology Teacher: Professor Sprout
Period 4: Astrology Teacher: Professor Trelawny (A/N: Who really teaches astrology?)
Period 5: Flying Teacher: Madam Hooch
Period 6: Potions Teacher: Professor Snape
Period 7: Defense Against The Dark Arts Teacher: Professor Andross
Yours Sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Minerva McGonagall, Deputy Headmistress
P/S: During the day, all students will have breaks for meals between: before school, after 3rd period and 5th period, and after 7th period. Like traditional muggle schools, you have the weekends off to do whatever you want.
"Professor Andross.," Goten heard Harry mumble as he stared at his own schedule, causing everyone to look up at him. Then to the group, "I guess he's that guy we met on the train."
"Who?" Hermione asked, looking up from her book about Ancient Ruins. (A/N: I had to make sure she said something, I made her too quiet. She's just been reading most of the time.)
"Oh yeah! Him?" interrupted Max. "I remember him. Tall, looks to be in his 20's, long black hair, green eyes, and clad in black and red robes?"
"Yeah.," Harry answered. "How did you know?"
"Since I had a compartment near the head of the train where the important students are, I spotted him talking to Professor Snape about something."
"About what?"
"I dunno, couldn't hear them exactly over all the noise some seventh year girls were making. Some of them were eyeing him. Yuck! Anyway, Snape seemed to be talking to him in a rather rude manner. (I could tell he looked mad.) But, the new teacher left quickly to his private compartment, I guess he didn't want to stick around when Snape was on a rant about that job that he thinks the guy stole from him."
"Are you sure that you didn't hear anything else?" Harry pressed Max for more information.
"I think he had some sort of French accent, but I could be wrong." the latter answered, trying hard to remember. "Like I said, I didn't hear what they said." (A/N: Oh shots! I just realized in the last last chapter, Professor Andross didn't have an accent! *Sigh* I'm not going back to fix that error, not going to bother.)
"Oh, okay," Harry replied, absorbing the information.
"He's French? Brilliant!" piped in a giddy Hermione. "French is such a pretty language, as is elvish." She quickly looked over to the staffs' table. And there he was, tall dark and handsome sitting in the seat on the far left next to Severus Snape. The girl blushed slightly and quickly turned away. The guys around her just gagged, especially Ron. "I can't wait until third period!" More gagging from Ron. (A/N: *laughs*) "What?! I bet he's nice, once we all give him a chance."
"Whatever you say Hermione," Ron muttered. Harry just laughed at the two. He thought better of it, then to make a comment about the two next to him.
"I agree with her though," Trunks said. "He saved me a concussion from that spell Harry had used on me." He quickly spared a glance at Professor Andross. "Oiye, Ron! I've been meaning to ask you something."
The red-head looked up, "What?" ('What could the annoying one want now?' he thought to himself.) Of course, Trunks had heard that, telepathically without the wizard's knowing.
Continuing, "What's your older brother, Percy, doing here? Didn't you tell me, that he graduated a few years back?"
"Yes, he has already graduated from here and is working for the Ministry of Magic."
"The ministry of ..what?!" Trunks interrupted.
"The Ministry of Magic is our version of a government," Hermione filled him in.
"Oh!" Then turning his attention to Ron, "Go ahead then, Weasel!"
At hearing Malfoy's crude nickname for him, Ron stiffened. "Don't you dare call me that ever again or I'll punch your lights out!"
Trunks inwardly laughed at this remark. "I'd like to see you try," he challenged the fifth year. A grin was growing on his features from amusement, the boy had no idea who and what he was up against.
"Stop it you two! Don't make me come over there and separate you!" teased Harry, pointing in their direction. Everyone giggled and the looks of defeat he got from them. "Ah, it feels good to be king!" He held up his hands and wiggled his fingers in his state of superiority. The group all had a good laugh at the trio's expense. Trunks picked up one of Goten's muffins and launched it at the Boy-Who-Lived. "HEY!" came his protest.
Just as Harry picked up his bagel to aim it at the demi-saiyan, came a stern, accented voice. "Put zat baghuel down, ..Vwat's yo' naime?" They all looked up, plus all the other students around them, and found Professor Andross towering over them. (A/N: Not in a condescending way like Snape would.)
"Ha-harry Potter, sir," came the boy's reply.
"Ah, Monsieur Potter," the man answered in a more friendly voice. "Ey'va 'eard many great things vbout you! Getting into trouble al'veady?" Bringing his emerald orbs to look at his companions, "Zee' you 'al z'ird pear'ad. Bon jour!" Professor Andross bowed slightly forward, than turned to leave. (A/N: Bon jour = Good day) Some of the students watched as his raven and crimson cloak swished about as he exited the Great Hall.
Before Hermione or anyone could make a comment about the new teacher, Dumbledore had stood up and called for silence. Once everyone was looking his way and he announced, "Breakfast time is over now! Time for everyone to get to their first classes of the day. First years, if you are having trouble finding your class, don't hesitate to ask a nearby prefect. Now, I wish you all a great first day of a new year at Hogwarts!" He clapped his hands twice, and the food and drinks disappeared except for what the students had saved in their hands.
There was a great shuffling of hands as students shoved their mail into their book bags. With schedule in hands, the Great Hall slowly emptied out. The halls soon became very crowded, with a few traffic jams here and there. Prefects of all houses tried their best to get the students organized and get to their classes faster.
The famous fellowship still standing near the doorway in line, Trunks grumbled to Goten and Max, "At this rate, we're going to be late for transfiguration!"
~TO BE CONTINUED~
~Author's Note~
It took me a few days and from reading book 5 to realize that Percy isn't at Hogwarts anymore. But, not to worry! I have come up with other explanations for as to why he's there, but Ron will explain that to us all later.
A friend of mine whose been learning Japanese, told me that "Son" can be used as a last name. So, in the last chapter, I didn't need to add that "saru" after Goten's name when he was called during the Sorting Ceremony.
I'm fully aware that Professor Andross did not have a French accent in chapter six, but I decided to add that. To give myself a more interesting challenge to his character and the story. I have never used a character with an accent in my stories before, so I'm sorry for the way I accented the words he speaks. Luckily, I have some friends who do take French, plus a French dictionary by my side.
Chapter 9 is going to be about our favorite saiyans going through their first day at Hogwarts. I'll need to finely tune out how that's going to go. You'll get to know the new professor better when seventh period rolls around. Plus, I have an all new character to introduce later in the chapter. When I do, you'll be able to recognize his name right away. I'll leave that as a nice cliffy for you to ponder over!
If any of you would like me to personally email you to give you updates, post your email address in your reviews. I'll provide previews for the next chapter and hint at what's to come, but the hinting is not for sure. If I feel like it, I'll secretly tell you what I've got up my sleeves for year 2! Plans for year 3 are still a mystery to me. I'm trying to give and keep this at an anime vibe in a world like the wizarding world. I hope I can survive to writing to year seven! So far, I'm just drawing blanks for year 3 to 7. Man, year seven.., I may be in or out of college by then! (*laughs*) If you have any suggestions, that'll be great. Okay! I'm going to stop rambling! If I continue to do so, I just might end up giving away year 2 before Goten and Trunks even finish their first year!
(Insert how to say "Good day!" in Japansese)! Gomen naisai, that it took me like forever to update this story. (Last time I did was in late March.) Didn't mean to make all you guys wait that long. I had been so busy with two other stories! Plus, school and a 10 day stay in the Boston area. Thank Kami it's summer vacation now! *Yea!* Now I have the time to continue this. Hope the rhythm still beats the same way as the previous chapter. I was so worried on the way I wrote my other two kind of sad stories, that it might ruin the tone here. Before the story starts, here are some answers and replies to your reviews below. Well, nuff' said!
BonnieGinger4ever: In your review of the previous chapter, you asked if Dumbledore knew if the boys were saiyans. Yes, he does, no doubt about it. In earlier chapters, not described, it was mentioned that Supreme Kai and him had a discussion about the two young saiyans after the Budokai Tournament before the Z Warriors had arrived at the lookout. Remember how people become mutants in X-Men? In most cases, the mutation is caused by the raging hormones in teenagers bodies. To apply that case here, is a reason why Goku and Vegeta did not become wizards when they fused to become Vegito and Gogeito. They were just too old and with no wacky scientists like Dr. Gero to do bizarre mutant experiments on them.
Oh! One more thing! Don't worry, I wasn't having writer's block. School and other fanfictions is what had kept me busy from updating this story. Gomen naisai! Plus, it was mind draining to figure out how the first few days at Hogwarts should go for our favorite saiyans. But not anymore! Yeah!
Inuyashachic515: Yes, Bulma rocks with her genious and ability to work with machinery. Sorry to say, you won't hear much of her until the end. Don't give up hope! She'll have a slightly bigger part in my upcoming Dragonball Z story that I have in the works. The new story will be mostly an action and romance. At 18 or so, her dear son, Trunks, will fall deeply in love with a special someone. Well, that's it for the spoilers on that story.
You liked it when Goten had blue hair, eh? Just wait until you read about what happens to his raven hair in chapters to come! I still have many plans for the twilight blue to infuse it's way into the rave tint.
BonnieGinger4ever, Greg S, Rumorgirl411, Inuyashachic515, and Brittany (one of my best gal pals!): I'm eternally greatful that you took the time to read, review, and enjoy this story. I hope you like of what I have in store for this crossover!
DISCLAIMER: I applaud Toriyama and Rowling for doing such a good job on creating such unique universes. Plus, I can learn something new about those worlds all the time! I think I'm on Chapter Ten: Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Love it so far. Has anyone read it yet and how far have they gotten?
Dealing With A New Gift
Chapter 8
A Rude Awakening
Goten and Trunks had been fortunate enough to get a room for three: them and fellow first year, Max Guerin. (A/N: Hey! It beats being crowded and squished! Sorry, when I was in Boston, I was stuck in a very tiny BMW for five. Just picture being stuck with two other people in one row!) Last night, since they had all been exhausted from the day's excitement, all the first years went straight to bed after picking a room and roommate. The beds were filled with cotton and goose downing, so it was easy for them to fall asleep as soon as their heads made touch down with the feather stuffed pillows.
A crystal-clear window etched into the stone wall that banded the room together, glowed in the shade of gold. (A/N: "Gold, Earth's hardest hue to hold." Anyone remember that bit of Robert Frost quoted in S.E. Hinton's "The Outsiders"?) Allowing the early rays of the sunlight of morning to come streaming in. The beam of light spread out and crept up to the edges of the occupants' beds. The three poster beds were crowded against the walls, so that there was space to move in the center. (A/N: Is that right? Beds that have four long pools at each corner that upwards to support the roof that holds curtains. This is how they look according to the movies.) The three sleeping forms upon them did not wake, even after a few hours have passed, with the light shining upon them.
Suddenly, there came a soft noise of something stirring. Near the bed closest to the window (A/N: Goten's) upon a wooden arm chair, sat perched a creature. With its head tucked under its wing, the creature appeared to be just an ordinary bird. But, once it slowly brought its head up, it was no pure bird. This "bird" had the head and upper body of a fox. The rest (including the arms, legs, tail, and head feathers) of the its' body was of a Phoenix like bird. This odd looking creature is called an Airax, which its owners named Kijutsu. Meaning "magic" in Japanese in their foreign tongue. (A/N: Remember in Chapter Five: Shopping in Diagon Alley? Did I even get the chapter number right? *laughs*)
Kijutsu blinked its eyes a couple of times, to adjust to the bright light that was dilating its pupils. With a small yawn, the airax quickly stretched its tiresome limbs. Cocking its head and wings upwards towards the ceiling, while the elongated tail feathers curled and twisted about like airborne snakes. Giving a couple good shakes of the head to rid of its drowsiness, Kijutsu looked about the semi-dark room. The creature's golden orbs came to rest upon the view of its sleeping masters. Raising its body into a standing position and with a flap of its mighty wings, the airax took off from the spot. Flying at an owl's pace, which seemed very snail- like slow to the fastest flying creature on the planet. (A/N: Remember, the animal propetier said that an airax can reach speeds up to Mach 1 or more? Which is about as fast, or even faster, than a saiyan can fly at top speed or perform Instant Transmission.)
Flying at a level just below the poster bed roofs, Kijutsu made a turn above the little center fire place. It made an arch downwards, towards one of the sleeping forms of the saiyans. Now hovering over the head of its black, spiky haired master, Kijutsu reached out with one clawed toe to tap the young boy on the forehead. No response or signs of Goten waking up. Trying a different approach, it decided to land on Goten's chest. Raising its wings, the airax lightly batted the saiyan's face with its wing feathers. When the boy's nose started to twitch a little, Kijutsu stopped and folded its wings back.
Goten brought up a finger to rub under his noise, but he still didn't wake. Just as Kijutsu leaned in to get a better look, the boy's hand moved to slap the poor thing in the muzzle. (Which was purely an accident.) Gentle, yet powerful, the move caused the airax to fall over on its back onto the bed. (A/N: It's such an odd sight to see a bird on its back or even its side!) *PWIK* Now that this "bird" was slightly agitated, Kijutsu decided to give up on this master for now. (A/N: We all know how deeply saiyans can sleep, and hard to wake or be disturbed.) Rolling onto its stomach, the airax soon flew off to the nearby bed. Flying over a little faster and nearly crashing into its master's hair, was because it of its agitation.
Instead of repeating the same process of Operation Wake-Up Call like with Goten, Kijutsu leaned forward and nibbled on Trunk's ear. Like the saiyan's companion, no response what so ever. Then it moved to grab a mouth full of hair and tugged hard. The Airax regretted that. Hair texture was sure unpleasant to the mouth! Turning its head away and spitting a couple of times, Kijutsu came up with a new plan to get these lazy wizards out of bed! It had had it with this small delay.
With a small, evil like smile crossing over its features, Kijutsu made for a landing on the center fire place. (A/N: The flat part where you can place pots and cups to heat things.) Oh! How it felt good to not have that ruddy handkerchief over its trap! Opening its mouth wide, the airax inhaled a big gulp of fresh morning air. Since an airax's call at full blast could cause destruction, Kijutsu had to hold back on the speed that it exhaled. Tensing the chest and throat muscles, the "bird" slowly let forth its ear-splitting cry. (A/N: The cry of an airax can sound a lot like a Ringwraith's from "The Lord of the Rings" movie triology. Plus, Black Canary of the WB's cancelled "Birds of Prey". The pitch can get even higher than a girl's!)
The intensity of the sound waves caused the window and objects about the room to rattle and shake. Hearing this shrill cry got all the occupants in the room and more to wake. The three boys bolted upright and covered their ears to keep them from hurting. What was making that sound? Looking over to his right, Trunks cautiously cracked one eye open in the direction of the disturbance. Eyes going wide, 'Bloody hell! That animal lady wasn't kidding about keeping that thing's mouth shut!' "Make it stop!!" came the pained cries of his roommates. But, just as he was about to calm their nerves, the noise came to an abrupt stop. Opening both eyes, Trunks saw that Kijutsu had finally stopped. The airax now had what looked like a satisfied smirk on its face, looking about at them.
"OoOoh!" growled the boys in anger, as they got up to go strangle the "bird." With their ears still ringing, none of them could hear that the door to their room had just slammed open. "WHAT THE RUDDY HELL IS GOING ON IN HERE?!?" came a sharp voice. "Aiyah!" yelped the boys as they jumped in fright from another loud sound for the second time this morning.
Turning their attention to the latter, they found a very disgruntled looking Percy Weasley holding a broom like a bat in both hands. Looked as if he had just woken up (which techniquelly he did) and wanted to hit something, or someone. (A/N: For a while, I had forgotten that Percy had already graduated from Hogwarts a few years back. But, I have some ideas for him to play in this story. I'll have it explained later by Ron. Wow, you should hear what happens with him in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I've only gotten to chapter ten or so, it's really getting good so far!) Glaring downwards from one frighten face to another, because in these first years' fright, they had fallen on their butts and were sitting on the floor in a circle near their beds. "Well?!" He demanded more softly, yet the harshness had not yet faded from his tone.
Too scared to utter a word, the three younger wizards lifted their arms and pointed their fingers at Kijutsu. Which didn't surprise the ex-prefect, nor the airax all that much. A sudden fear came over the "bird" too, as Percy rounded his glare to meet the golden orbs. Fearing it might be turned into something "unnatural", which was pretty much the same thing that the boys were thinking too. Reaching into his robe's inner pockets, Percy whipped out his wand. All the boys ran for cover as the wizard was about to cast a spell.
"Accio, Gryffindor Scarf!" came his cry as he aimed for Goten's scarf resting on his bed. As if an invisible ghost were lifting it, the scarf lifted off the bed and over into Percy's waiting hand. Scarf in hand, the young man approached the Airax. (A/N: Just for future reference, what year are Fred and George?) The first years nearby watched with fascination, although the masters should've been alarmed, but they were way more interested than worried at the moment.
Percy made a loop in the scarf as he slide it over the creature's snout and face, which it (oddly) didn't fuss for freedom over, and tied the ends carefully. Turning his attention back to the boys, "This is your first warning, first years. If that 'thing' ever wakes everybody up in Gryffindor Tower again, you'll be forced to keep it in the Owlery until Christmas!" When he noticed that the boys' faces had fallen expressions, "Just be happy that I'm not assigning you detention with Snape on your first day here!" Percy turned his back on them and headed for the door. Then stopping to stand in the doorframe, looking back at them, "Good morning first years. Time to get up! Breakfast will be served soon and gather your things. I fear it's going to be a long day for the both of us." And with that, the ex- prefect slammed the door on his way out.
Getting off their places on the floor, the young wizards went over to their school trunks to pull out their Hogwarts school uniforms. Keeping their backs turned towards the Airax, the boys carefully stipped out of their pajamas of baggy shirts and boxers to get changed. Pulling the long, black cloaks over the rest of their grey and white uniforms, standing before their bedside's mirrors, they noticed that they now sported a Gryffindor patch on the left side (near the chest). Without their knowing, in the middle of the late night, a group of house elves had snuck in to sew on those patches for all the first years and houses.
Trunks studied the mighty gold lion on the crest, gently feeling the texture of the intricate threading. "A lion is the symbol of Gryffindor house. It stands for courage and loyalty." He remembered the inquisitive voice of Hermione Granger, a fifth year. Of course he had all those characteristics, then why the heck did he fight all those dangerous battles for?! "Don't get into too much trouble in your first year, it can get ugly in detention. Especially with Professor Snape (*laughs*), he teaches Potions. Whatever you do, don't get on his bad side!" Trunks recalled Harry Potter's advice. 'I don't even know what his bad side is!' wailed the saiyan mentally. 'What am I scared for? I'm a saiyan for crying out loud!' Since Ronald Weasley realized that they both didn't like Draco Malfoy, Ron didn't feel the need to advise the boy on that. Although he did add a couple of colorful words after Harry had mentioned the low life's name. (A/N: *laughs*) A demi-saiyan he may be, but Trunks couldn't help but feel some anxiety. This was going to be his first real day in a new world where everything was so foreign to him. A new place, a new school, away from home.sigh.Percy had been right. It was going to be a very long day and year. Not saying that was a very bad thing neither. Trunks just missed his home at Capsule Corp. very much, but for the moment he put those thoughts and memories on the back burners for now. He really was yearning to find out what these new powers could do. As for his saiyan blood, he knew his potential, but just hadn't taped into its max like Goten's dad, Goku.
As Goten's purple haired companion's anxiety mounted and grew, he on the other hand was dying of anticipation to whip out his wand and cast a spell. Supreme Kai and Headmaster Dumbledore had said that from the multiple times that he and Trunks had to fuse to become Gottenks, could have caused the mutation. In which transforming some of their human and saiyan blood into magic transmitters. (A/N: To read more information about this interesting mutation, read the above note to BonnieGinger4ever.) For them to be the only two (and first) sorcerers in the family, gave Goten a sense of pride. Since his older brother, Gohan, was the first of the Z Warriors' offspring to become a Super Saiyan, he had always wanted to prove himself since then. Now Goku's youngest son had the chance of becoming something great, something different. He now has two major goals in life, to become a great Super Saiyan 3 like his father, and become a crafted sorcerer to boot. With his anticipation growing, Goten couldn't wait to use these new powers on whatever new evil came upon their homeland. Which brought him to wonder what sorts of evil lay in the land of the wizarding world. Ah, yes! There was evil to come in the future, but none could comprehend what and when. Not even the wisest could tell.
Many feet of passing Gryffindors could be heard stomping down the stairs to the common room outside of their room. Suddenly, a ghostly figure phased its way through the closed door. Seeing the ghost's reflection in their mirrors, the boys jumped in surprise just like when Percy came in. Max was the first to calm down and recognize who it was. "Good morning, Sir Nicholas! Gosh, you gave us all such a fright!" He greeted Gryffindor's house ghost. "Sorry, young sirs, didn't mean to do so. I just came to tell you that breakfast will be served shortly in the Great Hall." And with that said, he tipped his head side ways, getting some revolting looks from them, and floated away towards the ceiling and was gone.
"Whoa.," muttered the two saiyans, still staring up at the ceiling.
"There are actually ghosts in this place?" Goten asked.
Bringing his eyes downward to his companion, Trunks answered, "Don't you remember Bill telling us about them?" Then to him self, 'I know where he gets his short term memory from.' As he turned to grab his stuff, the demi- saiyan felt a light bonk to his head. Turning back around to yell at Goten, "What did you do that for?!"
Over at his bed while pretending to be innocent, "Huh? Who? Me? I didn't do anything!" Goten reached over and slung his book bag (full of school supplies) over his shoulders. As he walked over to Kijutsu on the fire mantle, Trunks just shook his head and followed suit with slinging on his book bag. Book bags were new this year. Mostly for the first and second years who didn't know how to shrink and enlarge things yet. The bags were made of khaki or leather in the color of the house. Including a huge Hogwarts patch in the middle, then a small house patch for the buckle and straps. Goten approached the bird and unwrapped the part of the scarf over its eyes. Holding his arm out, the "bird" hopped over and perched itself. He was amazed to find out how light the creature was. Bringing the airax over to the now open window, and taking off the rest of the scarf, "Fly to the owlery and stay there until you're needed!" he ordered. Then remembering something, "Remember what Percy said, don't do that call anywhere else either!" Goten reminded Kijutsu before it took off to the Owlery Tower. (What an odd sight for the owls, eagles, and bats to have such a guest.) "Hurry up, Goten! I don't want to miss breakfast!" called Trunks from downstairs. Quickly closing the window, Goten scurried over and out the door to the common room where his roommates were waiting. (A/N: When they were on the train, Ron had told them about all his brothers. So, that's how they know Percy's name and recognize him.)
Racing down the stone steps, desperate for food, Goten soon entered the Gryffindor common room. There he found his roommates, plus Harry, Ron, and Hermione all lounging about the fire place obviously waiting for him. "The turtle has finally arrived!" came the sarcastic cheer of Ron Weasley. "Ron!" Hermione scolded. But before Goten could race over to bonk the fifth year on the head, Hermione and Trunks beat him to it. "OW!" Secretly, Trunks had hit the red-head a little harder than his best friend did. The little group gathered by the fire just laughed at his expense. As Ron rubbed his head furiously, Goten shot his companion a "remember-what- Supreme Kai-said" look. To which the demi-saiyan just rolled his eyes. "We better hurry before breakfast is served and over!" Hermione reminded them. They all got up and headed out to the Great Hall.
On their way through the halls of Hogwarts, Goten walked out in front of the heard next to Harry. Behind them were Hermione and Max, then Ron and Trunks who were quietly bickering about something. Wanting to stay out of it, some of them had guessed that Ron knew Trunks had intentionally hit him harder. Goten and Hermione just shook their heads in shame, those two were fighting again. (A/N: They had also fought a bit on the train, but Ron didn't get as mad as he would towards Malfoy. Remember how he had mistakened Trunks for one of Malfoy's cronies? ) When they had finally reached the doors to the Great Hall, Goten whispered over his shoulder to Hermione, "Let's hope they don't make that their daily routine." Upon hearing this, Harry added, "Yeah, save it for Malfoy." The part of the group who weren't fighting, grinned.
"Aww, look at the cute couple!" came a drawling, sarcastic voice from nearby. The fellowship turned to see that it was Draco Malfoy, flanked by Crabbe and Goyle, who had made the remark. Some passing Slytherins laughed at this. "Got your self a boyfriend there, Weasley?" More laughing and a proud smirk from the pale boy followed. Malfoy's grin widened as he saw the red and purple-heads' cheeks turn red in embarrassment.
Of course the awaiting Gryffindors did not find this amusing at all. Waves of hatred and icy glares were sent towards the blonde's way. The boy just dismissed them with a flick of his hand, than entered the Great Hall. The enraged latters rolled up their sleeves and started to stomp over to Malfoy, but were stopped by Hermione and Max. Max had to struggle a bit with holding the saiyan back, for Trunks was much stronger then the young wizard could ever imagine. Gone unnoticed to all except his companion, the hybrid's eyes had flashed a dark shade of emerald for a few seconds. (A/N: Not enough so that his pupils vanished from sight.) Cooling their jets, the group entered the Great Hall and sat down where their seats were at during last night's Sorting Ceremony.
Once everyone was settled in their seats, Dumbledore stood up and gave a short speech of good morning and wishing the first years good luck. Again, with the clap of his hands, food magically appeared out of nowhere onto the tables. Goten and Trunks eagerly piled huge amounts of food onto their plates and then some. Some of their fellow Gryffindors stared at them in awe at how fast they choked it down. They didn't seem to mind, neither did Harry and his friends. Although the bowls of hot pourage (A/N: how do you spell that?) were beginning to add up. "Easy guys! We have plenty of time to eat!" sounded the alarmed voice of Max from next to Trunks. (A/N: Harry and his friends are sitting across from the new trio.) "Just wait until you see them eat a full meal," added Ron with his mouth full, which Hermione glared at him for such rude manners. So far, they had only gotten through half of their first servings.
A many sudden screeches and flapping of wings cracked the air above. All of the students looked up towards the enchanted ceiling. There was a large gape in the illusion, which now could be seen a ceiling window wide open. Many flocks of owls of all shapes, sizes, and colors came darting in. But, there was one ave that stood out amongst them, Kijutsu the saiyans' airax, who was flying near the head of the flock. They came swooping down at varying speeds to deliver their mail to their respectful owners. While the scrolls of the students' schedules came fluttering down dangerously near their plates, they looked in astonishment at the site of this magnificent creature. Their eyes trailed it, as Kijutsu made a smooth landing atop of a huge pitcher of pumpkin juice. (A/N: In the movie, the pitchers have huge metal or wood shaped heads of animals for lids.) To which the audience "ooh- ed" and "ah-ed" at.
Attached to each ankle were silver capsules labeled with a huge metallic red "T" and "G", including color bands with a number and the hiragana of the sender. (A/N: Is hiragana spelled right?) Shifting its weight to one leg, Kijutsu stuck out the leg with the capsules lettered "T" first. Trunks carefully undid the leather strap holding them and laid them out near his plate. Sliding out the first one, he noticed it had an old English style letter of a "D". Looking up and down the long table, the saiyan stared at the Headmaster. To which the elderly sorcerer nodded in recognition that it was he who sent it, Trunks' first year schedule. As he was about to click it open, Goten was removing his "G" capsules. Once Kijutsu was relieved of its load with only a single capsule on its right ankle, the airax leaned over to Goten's plate and snatched away his unfinished muffin. "HEY!" came the demi-saiyan's protest. With Goten's muffin in mouth, the airax took off towards the staffs' table before the boy could do anything more about it. Some of the students laughed. Grumbling under his breath, he took another two, just in case the smartalaic airax came back for more before it left.
Lucky for Goten, Kijutsu didn't need to fly back to his new muffins. It was busy delivering the last capsule to the headmaster. Dumbledore graciously received it by petting the "bird" on the head, then rewarding it with a whole muffin since it had finished Goten's already and flew off towards the gap in the ceiling. A flood of excited voices filled the room, but the demi- saiyans were looking to Dumbledore. Why had did he have a capsule? "I wonder if it's from Supreme Kai," Goten told his lavender-haired friend behind him, telepathically. Suddenly Dumbledore looked over at them, almost like he had heard the saiyan judging by the twinkle in his eye. He held the capsule up for them to see, with his eyes and hand gestures, asked them how to open it. Getting the message right away, Trunks picked up a nearby capsule that contained his schedule.
Holding it up like the headmaster was doing, Trunks placed his thumb over the clicker. (A/N: Switch, button, clicker! Whatever! Same thing!) He tapped his thumb a couple of times on it to indicate that you had to push it down to activate the opening mechanisms. Then, Trunks pressed harder on the clicker to shift it inwards and threw it in the air above his plate. With a loud "BOOM" followed by a poof of yellow and pink smoke, the little capsule had disappeared into thin air. A piece of tan colored parchment came fluttering downwards to Trunks' outstretched hand. The rest of the gathering in the Great Hall had been frozen in awe, some with their food halfway to their mouths. After that wonderful demonstration, Dumbledore repeated the same movement. Another "BOOM" was heard, in which a scroll tied with a ribbon made of bamboo leaves appeared.
Once the excitement had died down, the rest of the gathering in the Great Hall unfolded their schedules to read them. Trunks and Goten opened up the rest of their capsules, causing many "BOOM's" to echo and a tiny smoke cloud appear above their heads. Before Goten opened his last one, Harry asked, "Er, excuse me. May I see one of those .things?" Looking up, the demi-saiyan nodded and handed his capsule over to the curious wizard. With capsule in hand, Harry studied it, rolling it about and testing its weight in his hand. "So, light." He noted, then stared at the clicker. "You mind?" Goten shook his head, with that, the fifth year pushed the clicker and tossed it upwards. With the sudden "BOOM!" and puff of smoke, made Harry and his friends jump in surprise. A piece of folded up parchment came fluttering down, which the Gryffindor team seeker easily caught. He noticed some strange scrawl on the outside, probably in their language. Gosh, how it would have been nice to be bilingual! Oh wait! That's right! He was a parselmouth, but Harry didn't really thought of it count as another language. Not wanting to continue to be rude, he handed his new friend his letter back.
"Arigato," Goten thanked him, "Which means 'thank you' in my language." Studying the hiragana on the front, it clearly stated that it was a letter from his mentor, Bill Weasley. "Whose it from?" Ron asked, still shoveling food in his mouth. As he unfolded it, the latter answered simply, "It's from your brother, Bill." A look of shock came over Ron and Harry's face. "Wow, I didn't know Bill knew how to write like that."
"These characters, or kanji, are called hiragana. A style of writing we use instead of letters," Goten informed them. Staring down at the opened parchment, he recognized a variety of his family and friends' writing. The longest comments were Bill's, Bulma's, and his mother's. Theirs' basically asked how were the boys were doing and making sure to keep in mind of all the things that they were taught. The rest of the Z Warriors had asked a bunch of questions about the wizarding world. Vegeta and Piccolo reminded the boys to not do anything stupid, like picking a fight and going super saiyan on them. Goku, Gohan, and Kirriun asked about the food and what kind of fighting techniques were around there. Yamcha had teasingly asked him about the type of girls around there, to which Goten only blushed a tint of red. Supreme Kai and Dende wanted to make sure their transfer was successful and to let them know of anything went wrong. At the very bottom of the collection of letters, was a crayon drawing of them by Kirriun and 18's daughter, Marron. Goten decided he would answer all their questions as soon as he got back to his dorm after dinner, or lunch. He passed it over to Trunks, since Bill had noted that it was to the both of them.
"Supreme Kai says that he sent a letter to Dumbledore also," Goten noted telepathically to him. "I guess he wants him to keep an eye on us, to stay out of trouble." Picking up his schedule, in dark green flowing letters it read:
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
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Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock,
Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)
Dear Son Goten,
Here is your schedule for your first year in your education of witchcraft and wizardry. It is asked of all students to stick to their schedules, ask when they need help, and don't get lost today! Almost all first year schedules are the same, according to which houses are paired up. Gryffindor first years are to share classes with Ravenclaw. But, there will be some classes were all houses will intermix classes.
Our school has a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher this year, Professor Andross. When you get to his class seventh period, I hope you all make him feel comfortable and right at home, so that he may stick around for another year.
Happy first day at Hogwarts! First year's schedule today:
Period 1: Transfiguration Teacher: Professor McGonagall (A/N: Finally found out how to spell it right!)
Period 2: History Teacher: Professor Binns
Period 3: Herbology Teacher: Professor Sprout
Period 4: Astrology Teacher: Professor Trelawny (A/N: Who really teaches astrology?)
Period 5: Flying Teacher: Madam Hooch
Period 6: Potions Teacher: Professor Snape
Period 7: Defense Against The Dark Arts Teacher: Professor Andross
Yours Sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Minerva McGonagall, Deputy Headmistress
P/S: During the day, all students will have breaks for meals between: before school, after 3rd period and 5th period, and after 7th period. Like traditional muggle schools, you have the weekends off to do whatever you want.
"Professor Andross.," Goten heard Harry mumble as he stared at his own schedule, causing everyone to look up at him. Then to the group, "I guess he's that guy we met on the train."
"Who?" Hermione asked, looking up from her book about Ancient Ruins. (A/N: I had to make sure she said something, I made her too quiet. She's just been reading most of the time.)
"Oh yeah! Him?" interrupted Max. "I remember him. Tall, looks to be in his 20's, long black hair, green eyes, and clad in black and red robes?"
"Yeah.," Harry answered. "How did you know?"
"Since I had a compartment near the head of the train where the important students are, I spotted him talking to Professor Snape about something."
"About what?"
"I dunno, couldn't hear them exactly over all the noise some seventh year girls were making. Some of them were eyeing him. Yuck! Anyway, Snape seemed to be talking to him in a rather rude manner. (I could tell he looked mad.) But, the new teacher left quickly to his private compartment, I guess he didn't want to stick around when Snape was on a rant about that job that he thinks the guy stole from him."
"Are you sure that you didn't hear anything else?" Harry pressed Max for more information.
"I think he had some sort of French accent, but I could be wrong." the latter answered, trying hard to remember. "Like I said, I didn't hear what they said." (A/N: Oh shots! I just realized in the last last chapter, Professor Andross didn't have an accent! *Sigh* I'm not going back to fix that error, not going to bother.)
"Oh, okay," Harry replied, absorbing the information.
"He's French? Brilliant!" piped in a giddy Hermione. "French is such a pretty language, as is elvish." She quickly looked over to the staffs' table. And there he was, tall dark and handsome sitting in the seat on the far left next to Severus Snape. The girl blushed slightly and quickly turned away. The guys around her just gagged, especially Ron. "I can't wait until third period!" More gagging from Ron. (A/N: *laughs*) "What?! I bet he's nice, once we all give him a chance."
"Whatever you say Hermione," Ron muttered. Harry just laughed at the two. He thought better of it, then to make a comment about the two next to him.
"I agree with her though," Trunks said. "He saved me a concussion from that spell Harry had used on me." He quickly spared a glance at Professor Andross. "Oiye, Ron! I've been meaning to ask you something."
The red-head looked up, "What?" ('What could the annoying one want now?' he thought to himself.) Of course, Trunks had heard that, telepathically without the wizard's knowing.
Continuing, "What's your older brother, Percy, doing here? Didn't you tell me, that he graduated a few years back?"
"Yes, he has already graduated from here and is working for the Ministry of Magic."
"The ministry of ..what?!" Trunks interrupted.
"The Ministry of Magic is our version of a government," Hermione filled him in.
"Oh!" Then turning his attention to Ron, "Go ahead then, Weasel!"
At hearing Malfoy's crude nickname for him, Ron stiffened. "Don't you dare call me that ever again or I'll punch your lights out!"
Trunks inwardly laughed at this remark. "I'd like to see you try," he challenged the fifth year. A grin was growing on his features from amusement, the boy had no idea who and what he was up against.
"Stop it you two! Don't make me come over there and separate you!" teased Harry, pointing in their direction. Everyone giggled and the looks of defeat he got from them. "Ah, it feels good to be king!" He held up his hands and wiggled his fingers in his state of superiority. The group all had a good laugh at the trio's expense. Trunks picked up one of Goten's muffins and launched it at the Boy-Who-Lived. "HEY!" came his protest.
Just as Harry picked up his bagel to aim it at the demi-saiyan, came a stern, accented voice. "Put zat baghuel down, ..Vwat's yo' naime?" They all looked up, plus all the other students around them, and found Professor Andross towering over them. (A/N: Not in a condescending way like Snape would.)
"Ha-harry Potter, sir," came the boy's reply.
"Ah, Monsieur Potter," the man answered in a more friendly voice. "Ey'va 'eard many great things vbout you! Getting into trouble al'veady?" Bringing his emerald orbs to look at his companions, "Zee' you 'al z'ird pear'ad. Bon jour!" Professor Andross bowed slightly forward, than turned to leave. (A/N: Bon jour = Good day) Some of the students watched as his raven and crimson cloak swished about as he exited the Great Hall.
Before Hermione or anyone could make a comment about the new teacher, Dumbledore had stood up and called for silence. Once everyone was looking his way and he announced, "Breakfast time is over now! Time for everyone to get to their first classes of the day. First years, if you are having trouble finding your class, don't hesitate to ask a nearby prefect. Now, I wish you all a great first day of a new year at Hogwarts!" He clapped his hands twice, and the food and drinks disappeared except for what the students had saved in their hands.
There was a great shuffling of hands as students shoved their mail into their book bags. With schedule in hands, the Great Hall slowly emptied out. The halls soon became very crowded, with a few traffic jams here and there. Prefects of all houses tried their best to get the students organized and get to their classes faster.
The famous fellowship still standing near the doorway in line, Trunks grumbled to Goten and Max, "At this rate, we're going to be late for transfiguration!"
~TO BE CONTINUED~
~Author's Note~
It took me a few days and from reading book 5 to realize that Percy isn't at Hogwarts anymore. But, not to worry! I have come up with other explanations for as to why he's there, but Ron will explain that to us all later.
A friend of mine whose been learning Japanese, told me that "Son" can be used as a last name. So, in the last chapter, I didn't need to add that "saru" after Goten's name when he was called during the Sorting Ceremony.
I'm fully aware that Professor Andross did not have a French accent in chapter six, but I decided to add that. To give myself a more interesting challenge to his character and the story. I have never used a character with an accent in my stories before, so I'm sorry for the way I accented the words he speaks. Luckily, I have some friends who do take French, plus a French dictionary by my side.
Chapter 9 is going to be about our favorite saiyans going through their first day at Hogwarts. I'll need to finely tune out how that's going to go. You'll get to know the new professor better when seventh period rolls around. Plus, I have an all new character to introduce later in the chapter. When I do, you'll be able to recognize his name right away. I'll leave that as a nice cliffy for you to ponder over!
If any of you would like me to personally email you to give you updates, post your email address in your reviews. I'll provide previews for the next chapter and hint at what's to come, but the hinting is not for sure. If I feel like it, I'll secretly tell you what I've got up my sleeves for year 2! Plans for year 3 are still a mystery to me. I'm trying to give and keep this at an anime vibe in a world like the wizarding world. I hope I can survive to writing to year seven! So far, I'm just drawing blanks for year 3 to 7. Man, year seven.., I may be in or out of college by then! (*laughs*) If you have any suggestions, that'll be great. Okay! I'm going to stop rambling! If I continue to do so, I just might end up giving away year 2 before Goten and Trunks even finish their first year!
