Dauphine of Tsyu
Chapter 4
"It's been three weeks now, Tai. There couldn't be too many places in this world for two people to hide," Matt complained. They were all waiting up in their ship as it orbited the planet. Tai stared out into space as if he hadn't heard anything.
Then, "I can't believe he doesn't even trust his friends with where he is. I wonder what happened to Davis. He never had any luck with girls before, remember Matt?" Tai said. Matt nodded.
"Hey you two, lighten up a bit. I wonder if you two even remember why we're all out here," Mimi scolded them. "Maybe Davis is right this time. Why should someone want to capture an innocent girl who has suffered and lost everything?"
"We're doing it for the money, Mimi," Joe answered as he entered the lounge room. She glared at him.
"For money, oh yeah, that's right. I can't believe we could sink this low."
"Shut up, Mimi. We're not in the mood for your lectures. Once Izzy fixes the scanners, we'll find them," Tai said lazily.
"Why can't you all just admit that you're fighting for the wrong cause? Davis doesn't need anyone else after him. He needs our help and our support!" she yelled.
"Even if we did change our minds about all this, we don't even know where he is. And because we don't know where he is, we're all stuck up here without anything to do!" Tai yelled in retort. Mimi turned away from him and crossed her arms.
"I know where he is," she muttered. They all looked at her back. "I'm not going to tell you now anyway." She walked toward the door to leave. She then turned to look at them. "I may be crazy, but at least I'm a good friend." She slammed the door behind her.
They all stared in amazement at the closed door. "Maybe she's right, Tai," Matt said. Tai didn't say anything. His face revealed that he was still in shock.
"She always did go for the underdog," Joe murmured. "Well, we better go after her."
"Yeah, before she decides we're not her friends either," Matt agreed. Tai nodded absentmindedly.
"You alright, Tai?" Joe asked concerned.
"Yeah, I'm…alright. You two go ahead. I'll stay here with Izzy and the ship."
"Sure Tai. We'll be back as soon as we can, buddy." As soon as they left, Tai released the tears he was holding back. He didn't want to hurt anyone, especially his friends. In fact he would do anything to save his friends from any danger or trouble. Why were things different now? Maybe he could still go back to being the Tai, Davis had admired. Well, at least he would try.
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"Ron, dear, have any letters come yet," Mrs. Weasley's voice called out from the kitchen.
"Well, what do you know? The letters from Hogwarts have come already," Ron yelled back. Everyone in the house rushed down to the living room. It was a bit crowded, to say the least. Mr. Weasley sat in his armchair and looked through the stack of letters that Ron handed him. Charley, Percy, Ron, Fred, and George Weasley, all had the same red hair and freckles. They each came forward and received their letter, except for Charley. He had already graduated from wizarding school.
Also in the living room were Harry Potter and Hermione Granger. They also received letters from Hogwarts. Harry Potter was the most famous wizard in the wizarding world, and Hermione was the brightest student at the school. These two were spending the remaining few weeks of the summer at the Weasley's, much to the delight of Ron.
Kiyomi sat on one of the couches, which she now constantly checked for tricks or pranks. George and Fred were terrible twins with a love of mischief. Davis didn't like them at all, but he was their favorite guinea pig. They tried all their new tricks or concoctions on him. It was for this reason that he was the only one not there. The twins had somehow given him a candy that caused his hair to appear to be on fire. Charley was changing his hair back to normal when he decided to pop in to see the kids receive their letters.
"Kiyomi, it seems you've got one also," Arthur Weasley said with amazement. Kiyomi looked up with a mixed expression between horror and delight. She walked up and took the yellowed letter into her hands. She gazed with fascination at her own name neatly written in green ink on the outside. On the back was a blood red seal. She opened it and carefully removed the parchment from inside. The others watched with great interest as she held it up closer to her eyes.
"Well, are you going to read it or not?" George asked with impatience.
"Yes, go ahead. We're all dying to hear what ol' McGonagall has got to say," Fred playfully agreed. Percy glared at them. He instantly began lecturing them on their lack of patience. Harry and Ron were yelling at him to shut up, so they could hear.
Charley was the one who shushed them all. "Everyone just stop your talking and leave her alone. If she doesn't want to read it to us, she doesn't have to."
"Oh, it's all right. They can hear it. It's nothing extraordinary," Kiyomi explained. She cleared her throat and read:
HOGWARTS SCHOOL
of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
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Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock, Supreme Muglewump, International Confed. of Wizards)
Dear Ms. Katagwa,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. You will be placed in the sixth year along with other students in your age group. Due to the circumstances, you will need to attend a private tutorial with each of your professors regularly. Please find enclosed a list of all the necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on September 1. We await your owl.
Yours Sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
She stopped and looked up at all the staring faces. The twins were snickering about something. Mr. Weasley seemed to be just as clueless as she was about this response. "Alright, what's so funny?" he asked them.
Ron wasn't laughing, but he still seemed to understand George and Fred's reaction. "It's not exactly funny. Just that…"
"Could you imagine Kiyomi, staying after school in Snape's room?" Fred burst out laughing.
"Oh she'll lose three hundred points a day, unless she gets to be in Slytherin," George guffawed.
"Alright you two, just cut the wisecracks," Charley told them. Then he rose and whispered in Kiyomi's ear, "Ignore them. Be glad you were accepted, Kiyomi. You deserve it."
"Well, I need to speak with Davis about this."
"Hmm…well go ahead. He should be back to normal by now. We'll all be going to Diagon Alley tomorrow, so you can buy your supplies then." She looked at the parchment again; still unsure of what she wanted to do. She began walking upstairs, still thinking it over. When she arrived at Davis' room, she was still unsure of what to say to him.
Kiyomi opened the door softly and peered inside. Davis stood by a window with his back toward her. His hair was back to its normal reddish-brown color. When he heard her enter he turned and looked down at the letter in her hand.
"What have you got there? Hopefully not another of those twins' inventions," he jested. She shook her head and handed the letter to him.
"It's a letter from Hogwarts."
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I watched anxiously as he read the letter at least twice. He surprised me when he looked up with a grin. "So they want you to go to magic school. I wonder how they even knew you were here, or that you were even able to do magic." I frowned slightly.
"You think I should go, then?"
"Of course. I mean, who could pass up the chance to learn all this magic stuff. Charley and his family all went to that same school. That Harry Potter dreads the summer break and can't wait to go back to school. I'm also sure you've heard all of their stories by now of how they snuck around the school and did all this fun and mischief. It sounds like a blast, even if it does come with schoolwork. Besides, we may very well be here for the rest of our lives. We need someone who knows all the ropes."
"You know, I didn't think you actually listened to the twins when they talk with you. You usually seem to be trying to prevent them from making a fool out of you," I remarked. Davis blushed with slight embarrassment. "Well, we'll need a whole lot of money, Davis. My school supply list is pretty long." And long it was. It probably included most of the books and materials from first year and up. I handed the list to Davis so he could look it over. He then sighed.
"Well, we should have enough money. Just, where will we get all this?"
"We'll head over to Diagon Alley with the others tomorrow," I told him. He nodded, and patted me on the back.
"So, you going to get a cat, owl, or toad?" he asked for no reason.
"It depends. If all the cats were vicious strays, I wouldn't get a cat. If all the owls were large and horrible, I wouldn't get an owl. I just wouldn't get a toad, period."
"Sounds reasonable." I laughed silently to myself. Davis was trying to keep me here as long as possible, before I go and surround myself with the other children.
Downstairs, Mrs. Weasley shouted, "Everyone come to the table. Dinner's on the table." I grinned at Davis and he grinned back.
"Ready…set…and go!" he yelled. We both leapt down the stairs, through the hall, and slid into the kitchen at the same time. The twins seemed to still need time to decide the winner. When they agreed, they confirmed their opinion with Hermione and Harry.
"Kiyomi won again!" George announced. Davis shrugged and everyone laughed.
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Diagon Alley was not quite so overwhelming the second time they visited it. The odd people and stores were now more familiar to Davis and Kiyomi since they had been staying the last several weeks at the Burrow. Everyone bought what he or she needed and then met in front of the Gringotts Bank.
"Alright then. Has everybody got everything on their lists?" Mr. Weasley asked. Each of the children nodded. Kiyomi blushed at the heap of things she and Davis were carrying between them. She had indeed needed the majority of things from first year on up.
Charley helped them by carrying a few of her textbooks and her owl's cage. The owl was a beautiful white barn owl. It was larger than Harry's owl, Hedwig, and probably ate food the size of Ron's owl, Pig. The owl's name was already decided to be Moontwist.
"Arthur we should have come and done all this sooner. Now if we forgot something, all the stores are closed. Half of them won't be open tomorrow since it is Magical Memorial Day, and the following day all the kids will be riding off on the Hogwarts Express," his wife scolded him.
"I know, but everyone has their things and we can be at ease until the day after tomorrow," he reassured her. Charley looked at Davis' strained face and shook his head to himself.
"Mother, there must be a way for us to take all this home without having to lug it everywhere. All these things are becoming mighty heavy."
"Oh do stop complaining, Charley. I would have thought that working with dragons would have made you tougher than that," she told him. Charley shook his head and nodded in Davis and Kiyomi's direction. "Well, we'll use floo powder and get home quickly," she amended.
"Don't worry Harry. You shouldn't have any problems with it this time. It's perfectly safe," Ron whispered to his friend. Harry frowned.
"I didn't say anything, and I don't have a problem with floo powder. That was just one time I messed up," he replied. Ron shrugged. Hermione laughed at their silliness.
"You two need to chill big time. You're always giggling," Fred said.
"And bickering like cats," George added.
"Oh shut up you two. You're always looking to start trouble," Charley scolded them. They merely shrugged and walked on ahead with Mr. and Mrs. Weasley.
"So if this is how things are outside of school, what are things like at Hogwarts?" Kiyomi asked.
"Well I'll tell you one thing, you can only expect the unexpected," Harry sighed.
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