Harry Potter and the Cardmistress – Chapter 2
By: lingling
Rating: Pg
"Sakura, wake up Sakura. You're gonna be late." Tomoyo said, rocking Sakura gently, trying to wake up the sixteen year old girl lying in her bed. It was going to be the first day of teaching for Sakura, Tomoyo, Meiling, Syaoran and Eriol. Tomoyo and Meiling were slightly mad at Eriol for teleporting them into the air, causing them to fall onto the ground if it wasn't for the Float Card.
"Hoe? Late? Tomoyo, what are you talking about? It's six o' clock in the morning!" Sakura complained, half awake.
"You're teaching though, remember? Do you even know what you're going to do today?" Tomoyo questioned the auburn haired girl.
"I have all day to think, now let me sleep." Sakura moaned, trying to move out of Tomoyo's grasp.
"Sakura, you're teaching a class first thing this morning." Tomoyo said, hoping that would wake her up. "Right after breakfast." She added.
"HOE?" Sakura yelled, jumping out of bed, knocking Tomoyo down onto the ground in the process, "I've got nothing to wear! I don't even know what to wear! I don't have anything to teach!"
Tomoyo slightly surprised by Sakura's outburst started laughing, and said "Sakura, calm down. I've already got your clothes, made by me of course. You'll look so kawaii!! OHOHOHOHOHO!"
"Tomoyo, the whole castle's going to wake up because of your laugh." Sakura said.
"Gomen Sakura-chan." Tomoyo said, slipping into Japanese.
"Remember, English only, no Japanese." Sakura reminded her, "Oh and Tomoyo, do you have any ideas of what I could do for my class?"
Tomoyo didn't answer for a while, than came up with something. "Well, there's a forest here, but it's "forbidden". I'm sure there are some pretty neat magical creatures in there."
"Forbidden?"
"Don't worry Sakura. I'm sure you can handle anything in the forest." Tomoyo said assuringly.
"Well, since I'm up, I might as well go see what I can find in the forest. Oh, by the way, where's Meiling, Syaoran and Eriol?" Sakura asked getting out of her bed.
"They're all preparing for their classes. Meiling and Syaoran are setting up what they need and Eriol's trying to figure out where he can get monsters and what exactly he's supposed to teach." Tomoyo said.
"Don't you have to prepare too?" Sakura asked.
"What do I have to prepare for? I'm just telling them about how I live." Tomoyo said happily.
Sakura muttered some words and a light surrounded her. When the light faded, she was changed into her clothes that Tomoyo had made for her. "Well, I'm going to go now. I'll see you at breakfast." And with that, she left the room.
~Great Hall~
"What do you think we're going to see with Kinomoto?" Ron asked with half of a roll in his mouth. Hermione looked at him disgustingly.
"Do you really have to speak with
your mouth full? It's making me lose my appetite." Hermione said, "And I'm not
sure what we're going to see. All I know is that I saw her heading into the Forbidden Forest this morning."
Harry looked at Hermione questioningly and asked, "Were you spying on her, Hermione?"
"I wasn't, I just looked out my window and saw her heading to the forest, pretty quickly too." Hermione said. She received questioning looks from Ron and Harry. "Come on. A mysterious new girl apparates into Hogwarts with her friends who are just as mysterious, and she heads into the forest in the morning. You guys know as much as I do that the forest contains pretty dangerous monsters. She's our age and she's not worried about going into the forest."
"Maybe she doesn't know what's there." Ron said, "And if she can apparate into Hogwarts, she could be strong enough handle the creatures in there right?"
"Fine, don't believe me." Hermione said huffily, "But I'm telling you guys, there's something strange about our new teachers, especially that Kinomoto person."
"Are you sure you're just not jealous, Hermione?" Harry asked, about to take a sip of his juice.
"What is there to be jealous about?" Hermione asked angrily.
"Well," Ron began, "She is pretty, young, probably strong-"
"And possibly evil." Hermione added. "You guys trust her because of her looks. If you don't believe me fine, but you don't have to make me look like I'm jealous."
"Hermione," Harry said, but it was too late. Hermione had already left the Great Hall and they both knew where she was heading for, the library.
~Library~
Hermione mumbled to herself, "Fine, they don't have to believe me. I'm perfectly fine myself." She took a book off the shelf closest to her. She read the cover to herself, "Ancient Magic." She put it into her book bag and head off to find Madam Pince.
~Forbidden Forest~
Sakura looked around and found nothing but ordinary animals. She walked deeper into the forest. She spotted several centaurs that didn't look too trusting, a couple of giant spiders, and to her delight, a small herd of unicorns, but they weren't special enough to her. She walked further still, when she felt a small collision. She looked around. She saw nothing, but she could sense a magical presence near her. Then she saw something that interested her. It was a small creature with wings, and tiny feet. It was a pale aqua green, and she recognized it almost immediately. She picked it up carefully, not wanting to frighten it and looked at her watch. "Hoe, I'm late." She said to herself and ran to where she was holding her class.
~Entrance of the Forbidden Forest~
"Some teacher, she doesn't even show up. I bet she didn't know what to do." Malfoy snickered along with Crabbe and Goyle.
Just then, an auburn haired girl burst out of the forest. "Sorry I'm late." She apologized. She looked at her class. They were the sixth years of Gryffindor and Slytherin.
"She probably got lost in the forest." Pansy whispered to Malfoy, her comment earning many snickers from the Slytherins.
"I'll pretend I didn't hear that." Sakura said to Pansy, her smile fading a bit. She looked at the rest of the class. "Who here can tell me what I have in my hand?" she asked, "10 points to whoever can tell me correctly."
The class crowded around the new teacher to see what she held. The girls commenting, "It's so pretty! It's prettier than a unicorn."
"Does anyone know what it is?" Sakura asked again, but this time the creature flying beside her.
"It's like a faerie or something." Someone called out.
"It's a pixie." Hermione said.
"Trust the Mudblood to know." Malfoy said to the Slytherins.
"Yes, it's a pixie. 10 points to…" Sakura paused, not sure knowing whether the girl was from Slytherin or Gryffindor.
"Gryffindor." Ron said.
"Thank you. 10 points to Gryffindor." Sakura said, "Does anyone know the difference between pixies and faeries?"
"Pixies are smaller than faeries and more playful." Hermione answered.
"Right. Another 10 points to Gryffindor." Sakura said happily. "Pixies are usually found in forests, although they are very hard to spot. They have the ability to blend into their surroundings and to teleport."
"Teleport? Isn't that like apparating?" Harry asked.
"They're similar. With teleporting, you can teleport groups of people even when only one of them has magic, that is if that person is strong enough. However, with apparating, the person can only apparate themselves, not others. That's all you need to know." Sakura answered.
"For homework, I'd like you to write about pixies. You can compare them to other magical creatures, or you can describe them. It should be at least one and a half parchments long." Sakura concluded.
"So she and her friends teleported into Hogwarts, not apparated." Ron said, "Does that make anything better Hermione?"
"Kind of, but I still think there's something strange about them." Hermione said as she head towards Arithmancy, "I'll see you guys at lunch okay?"
The two boys nodded and watched Hermione merge into the crowd of students before they headed to Divination.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Chapter 2. The chapters will hopefully be as long, or longer than this one from now on. Please tell me what you think of this chapter by reviewing. Thanks! ^_^