Chapter Two
England.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seatbelts.. " the feminine voice over the intercom said, signaling the landing of the airplane.
Sakura looked out of the window. The clouds parted to reveal a large landing path. At last, England.
"We're here, Sakura-chan." Tomoyo told her from beside her, smiling faintly.
"Yeah.. " on a closer look, Sakura's eyes are a little misty but has that certain anticipatory look.
Tomoyo happened to know why.
"Li-kun is waiting for you there." she added.
"Um," Sakura replied, nodding happily and smiling faintly.
The plane landed sometime later, then the passengers started to stand up.
"Oy, kaiju, ikuse!" Touya told Sakura.
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From the landing below, a tall, young boy of twelve with slightly unruly dark-brown hair and reddish-brown eyes was looking longingly at the unmoving airplane in front of him. Beside him is a girl in his same age with his same eye color and long, black hair parted in the middle, with a bun on both sides, then continued to fall downwards.
In a few moments, he will see Sakura again.
Syaoran blushed at the thought.
Meilin, the girl beside him, noticed this.
Eyes turning mischievous, she teased "Ne, Syaoran, what do you plan to do to Sakura this vacation?"
"Meilin!" Syaoran hissed.
The black-haired boy behind them laughed. Syaoran turned to him, too.
"Hiragizawa, not you, too!" he growled. He lifted his arms, folded it and joined his hands on his nape. His blush remained.
"Li-kun sure is anxious to see Sakura-san again." Eriol piped up.
Meilin also laughed. Syaoran was scowling fiercely at both of them when a vision with bright, green eyes descended down the stairs. He stopped, turned and stared at Sakura.
Sakura noticed him at the same time Syaoran saw her. She ran as fast as she can then stopped directly in front of him, a distance of three meters separating them.
For a long time, they just stared at each other. Then Sakura grinned, and she launched herself on Sayoran's arms, arms that were opened immediately and automatically to catch her. Sakura smiled at the stunned look on Syaoran's face. "Hisashi buri ne, Syaoran-kun."
Syaoran wrapped his arms around her.
Around them, Tomoyo and Eriol smiled gently, Meilin also smiled, albeit sadly. Yukito smiled, too, but Touya was enraged.
"Oy! Gaki! Take your hands off my sister!" he growled. Sakura and Syaoran broke apart, both blushing fiercely. Then Touya and Syaoran glared daggers at each other. Sakura laughed hopelessly. "Hoe. "
Everyone also laughed.
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Privet Drive, England
"BOY!" Uncle Vernon bellowed, "Come down here immediately!!"
A boy of sixteen years with messy, jet-black hair, brilliant green eyes and a lightning shaped scar on his forehead just looked at the closed door of his room, then he ignored the command by his uncle. His name is Harry Potter.
Harry returned his attention to the book he's reading, The Quidditch Almanac, a present from one of his best friends, Hermione Granger, for his sixteenth birthday. He also had other presents; a bunch of sweets (the usual candies and chocolates from Hogsmead) from Ron, a cake from Mrs. Weasely and another cake from Hagrid. Surprisingly, the people from the Order also gave him gifts. Tonks gave him a mahogany, rectangular box where the words Broom Improvement Kit was stamped. It is used to improve not only the Firebolt's speed but also to make adjustments. Mad-eye Moody gave him a mini Foe Glass. For you to detect your enemies right away, his note said. Remus Lupin gave him a silver-handled dagger with rubies embedded on it- which he suspect is real. This gift was the most confusing, at first. Yet Lupin's note explained everything.
Harry,
Happy Birthday!
I wanted you to have this dagger. I found this a week ago in
Grimauld's Place and remembered this as the gift James, Wormtail and I
gave Sirius on his sixteenth birthday.
I hope you'll like it.
Remus
Harry's green eyes darkened at the reminder. Even though his presents increased, he still couldn't get the idea that there will be no present coming from his godfather. He would no longer see him. He bowed his head as a familiar lump appeared on his throat. Like what happened to Cedric, he also had dreams about the death of Sirius, starting from his duel with Bellatrix and how life was took from his slender body.
He wiped the moisture from his eyes as he heard another shout from the kitchen below.
"BOY!!! COME DOWN NOW!!!"
His grief was a painful thing. When he came to the Durselys from Hogwarts, he hid his grief so deep that he would just function like an automaton, doing all the shouted orders from his aunt and uncle without a blink or an objection, surprising all three of them, including Dudley. Dudley did his best to insult, provoke and fight Harry, but Harry would just stare at him emotionlessly, then leave him staring at the other boy. Sometimes, when he, Harry, wanted to be left alone, just like now, he would ignore their shouts, which, unfortunately, will make them more determined to call him.
"COME DOWN HERE THIS INSTANCE!!!"
He had been working almost all day yesterday, cleaning almost all the rooms in the house, washing the dishes and tending the garden. Two months ago, he would hate the Dursleys for it, but this time, he was thankful because it would keep him from thinking for the whole day and after doing all this, he would sleep right away due to exhaustion. Only his dreams kept reminding him what had happened less than two months ago.
"FOR THE LAST TIME --- "
"Alright, I'm coming." he answered in a voice loud enough to be heard from downstairs.
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"What do you want?" Harry asked after coming down the stairs. Uncle Vernon was looking at him calculatingly. Good, he thought, he's going to order me around again. God, I wish today's September 1 already. At least in Hogwarts, I will have many things to think about.
Uncle Vernon continued to look at him with suspicion. "You got a letter." he announced in a clipped tone, still incensed that Harry didn't responded earlier.
Harry looked at him, surprised.
"It came from an owl and, of course, it is addressed to you." Vernon said grumpily. He handed out an envelope. The words were written in green ink.
It was the letter from Hogwarts.
Dear Mr. Potter,
Please note that the new school year will begin on September the
first. The Hogwarts Express will leave from King's Cross station,
platform nine and three-quarters, at eleven o'clock.
I like to tell you that you will spend your remaining summer vacation
in a friend's house. Don't worry, Harry, it is a safe house. Bring all
your things with you.
Enclosed is a portkey that will transport you there, and also your
list of books for next year.
I will be waiting for you there.
Yours Sincerely,
Albus Dumbledore
Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
From Dumbledore himself? Harry mused. He shrugged and went upstairs to pack his things. Vernon's voice cut him short.
"What was that about?" he growled.
Harry turned back to him. "Professor Dumbledore told me to go to a friend's house and stay there for the remainder of summer. I'm going to pack my things."
"WHAT!? AND DON'T WE HAVE ANY SAY ABOUT THIS!?" he bellowed again. He was about to launch himself in front of Harry when Aunt Petunia pulled him back.
"Let him go!" she hissed, clutching his arms.
Harry didn't waste any time to hear Uncle Vernon's retort and went upstairs to pack.
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Sakura and the others arrived at Eriol's sprawling house in London immediately. They were ushered by their host inside the house and there, they were welcomed by Ruby Moon and Spinel Sun.
"Touya-kun!!!" Ruby Moon yelped, launching herself at Touya to hug him.
Touya grimaced. "Oy, Akizuki! What do you think you're doing!?" he cried, trying to lose her hold. She ignored him and greeted the other visitors. "Irasshai masen, minna-san!!"
Tomoyo, Meilin and Yukito smiled. Sakura waved. Syaoran grunted. Cerberus emerged from Sakura's backpack and flew towards Spinel Sun.
"Suppi!!!" he yelped. He held Suppi's hands (paws?) and revolved him around the room.
Ruby Moon, to Touya's relief, disengaged herself from him and told Eriol, "Your other visitors are in the library."
Eriol smiled gently.
"Eriol-kun, you have other visitors? If you like, we will proceed upstairs so as to not disturb you." Sakura told him.
"You don't need to, Sakura-san. I want you all to meet them." He led them to the library. "Now, if you would just follow me. "
They stopped in front of the huge double mahogany doors of the library and Eriol opened them.
Inside were two people. One is an old man with long, silver hair and twinkling blue eyes framed in half moon-shaped spectacles.
The other is a tall boy with penetrating green eyes and messy black hair. They both turned to the door when they heard the door opened. When the black-haired boy looked at them, they saw a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead.
Sakura recognized him immediately.
"Harry Potter." she murmured.
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England.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seatbelts.. " the feminine voice over the intercom said, signaling the landing of the airplane.
Sakura looked out of the window. The clouds parted to reveal a large landing path. At last, England.
"We're here, Sakura-chan." Tomoyo told her from beside her, smiling faintly.
"Yeah.. " on a closer look, Sakura's eyes are a little misty but has that certain anticipatory look.
Tomoyo happened to know why.
"Li-kun is waiting for you there." she added.
"Um," Sakura replied, nodding happily and smiling faintly.
The plane landed sometime later, then the passengers started to stand up.
"Oy, kaiju, ikuse!" Touya told Sakura.
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From the landing below, a tall, young boy of twelve with slightly unruly dark-brown hair and reddish-brown eyes was looking longingly at the unmoving airplane in front of him. Beside him is a girl in his same age with his same eye color and long, black hair parted in the middle, with a bun on both sides, then continued to fall downwards.
In a few moments, he will see Sakura again.
Syaoran blushed at the thought.
Meilin, the girl beside him, noticed this.
Eyes turning mischievous, she teased "Ne, Syaoran, what do you plan to do to Sakura this vacation?"
"Meilin!" Syaoran hissed.
The black-haired boy behind them laughed. Syaoran turned to him, too.
"Hiragizawa, not you, too!" he growled. He lifted his arms, folded it and joined his hands on his nape. His blush remained.
"Li-kun sure is anxious to see Sakura-san again." Eriol piped up.
Meilin also laughed. Syaoran was scowling fiercely at both of them when a vision with bright, green eyes descended down the stairs. He stopped, turned and stared at Sakura.
Sakura noticed him at the same time Syaoran saw her. She ran as fast as she can then stopped directly in front of him, a distance of three meters separating them.
For a long time, they just stared at each other. Then Sakura grinned, and she launched herself on Sayoran's arms, arms that were opened immediately and automatically to catch her. Sakura smiled at the stunned look on Syaoran's face. "Hisashi buri ne, Syaoran-kun."
Syaoran wrapped his arms around her.
Around them, Tomoyo and Eriol smiled gently, Meilin also smiled, albeit sadly. Yukito smiled, too, but Touya was enraged.
"Oy! Gaki! Take your hands off my sister!" he growled. Sakura and Syaoran broke apart, both blushing fiercely. Then Touya and Syaoran glared daggers at each other. Sakura laughed hopelessly. "Hoe. "
Everyone also laughed.
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Privet Drive, England
"BOY!" Uncle Vernon bellowed, "Come down here immediately!!"
A boy of sixteen years with messy, jet-black hair, brilliant green eyes and a lightning shaped scar on his forehead just looked at the closed door of his room, then he ignored the command by his uncle. His name is Harry Potter.
Harry returned his attention to the book he's reading, The Quidditch Almanac, a present from one of his best friends, Hermione Granger, for his sixteenth birthday. He also had other presents; a bunch of sweets (the usual candies and chocolates from Hogsmead) from Ron, a cake from Mrs. Weasely and another cake from Hagrid. Surprisingly, the people from the Order also gave him gifts. Tonks gave him a mahogany, rectangular box where the words Broom Improvement Kit was stamped. It is used to improve not only the Firebolt's speed but also to make adjustments. Mad-eye Moody gave him a mini Foe Glass. For you to detect your enemies right away, his note said. Remus Lupin gave him a silver-handled dagger with rubies embedded on it- which he suspect is real. This gift was the most confusing, at first. Yet Lupin's note explained everything.
Harry,
Happy Birthday!
I wanted you to have this dagger. I found this a week ago in
Grimauld's Place and remembered this as the gift James, Wormtail and I
gave Sirius on his sixteenth birthday.
I hope you'll like it.
Remus
Harry's green eyes darkened at the reminder. Even though his presents increased, he still couldn't get the idea that there will be no present coming from his godfather. He would no longer see him. He bowed his head as a familiar lump appeared on his throat. Like what happened to Cedric, he also had dreams about the death of Sirius, starting from his duel with Bellatrix and how life was took from his slender body.
He wiped the moisture from his eyes as he heard another shout from the kitchen below.
"BOY!!! COME DOWN NOW!!!"
His grief was a painful thing. When he came to the Durselys from Hogwarts, he hid his grief so deep that he would just function like an automaton, doing all the shouted orders from his aunt and uncle without a blink or an objection, surprising all three of them, including Dudley. Dudley did his best to insult, provoke and fight Harry, but Harry would just stare at him emotionlessly, then leave him staring at the other boy. Sometimes, when he, Harry, wanted to be left alone, just like now, he would ignore their shouts, which, unfortunately, will make them more determined to call him.
"COME DOWN HERE THIS INSTANCE!!!"
He had been working almost all day yesterday, cleaning almost all the rooms in the house, washing the dishes and tending the garden. Two months ago, he would hate the Dursleys for it, but this time, he was thankful because it would keep him from thinking for the whole day and after doing all this, he would sleep right away due to exhaustion. Only his dreams kept reminding him what had happened less than two months ago.
"FOR THE LAST TIME --- "
"Alright, I'm coming." he answered in a voice loud enough to be heard from downstairs.
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"What do you want?" Harry asked after coming down the stairs. Uncle Vernon was looking at him calculatingly. Good, he thought, he's going to order me around again. God, I wish today's September 1 already. At least in Hogwarts, I will have many things to think about.
Uncle Vernon continued to look at him with suspicion. "You got a letter." he announced in a clipped tone, still incensed that Harry didn't responded earlier.
Harry looked at him, surprised.
"It came from an owl and, of course, it is addressed to you." Vernon said grumpily. He handed out an envelope. The words were written in green ink.
It was the letter from Hogwarts.
Dear Mr. Potter,
Please note that the new school year will begin on September the
first. The Hogwarts Express will leave from King's Cross station,
platform nine and three-quarters, at eleven o'clock.
I like to tell you that you will spend your remaining summer vacation
in a friend's house. Don't worry, Harry, it is a safe house. Bring all
your things with you.
Enclosed is a portkey that will transport you there, and also your
list of books for next year.
I will be waiting for you there.
Yours Sincerely,
Albus Dumbledore
Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
From Dumbledore himself? Harry mused. He shrugged and went upstairs to pack his things. Vernon's voice cut him short.
"What was that about?" he growled.
Harry turned back to him. "Professor Dumbledore told me to go to a friend's house and stay there for the remainder of summer. I'm going to pack my things."
"WHAT!? AND DON'T WE HAVE ANY SAY ABOUT THIS!?" he bellowed again. He was about to launch himself in front of Harry when Aunt Petunia pulled him back.
"Let him go!" she hissed, clutching his arms.
Harry didn't waste any time to hear Uncle Vernon's retort and went upstairs to pack.
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Sakura and the others arrived at Eriol's sprawling house in London immediately. They were ushered by their host inside the house and there, they were welcomed by Ruby Moon and Spinel Sun.
"Touya-kun!!!" Ruby Moon yelped, launching herself at Touya to hug him.
Touya grimaced. "Oy, Akizuki! What do you think you're doing!?" he cried, trying to lose her hold. She ignored him and greeted the other visitors. "Irasshai masen, minna-san!!"
Tomoyo, Meilin and Yukito smiled. Sakura waved. Syaoran grunted. Cerberus emerged from Sakura's backpack and flew towards Spinel Sun.
"Suppi!!!" he yelped. He held Suppi's hands (paws?) and revolved him around the room.
Ruby Moon, to Touya's relief, disengaged herself from him and told Eriol, "Your other visitors are in the library."
Eriol smiled gently.
"Eriol-kun, you have other visitors? If you like, we will proceed upstairs so as to not disturb you." Sakura told him.
"You don't need to, Sakura-san. I want you all to meet them." He led them to the library. "Now, if you would just follow me. "
They stopped in front of the huge double mahogany doors of the library and Eriol opened them.
Inside were two people. One is an old man with long, silver hair and twinkling blue eyes framed in half moon-shaped spectacles.
The other is a tall boy with penetrating green eyes and messy black hair. They both turned to the door when they heard the door opened. When the black-haired boy looked at them, they saw a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead.
Sakura recognized him immediately.
"Harry Potter." she murmured.
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Soooooo?! What do you think!? Is it okey? Please review!!!!!