Star-chan: HI!!!!!

Neko: She's had too much caffeine (again), so don't blame her if the chapter sucks more than usual.

Star-chan: Shut up! Brand new chapter, yay, yay, YAY!!!!

Neko: See?

DISCLAIMER:

Star-chan: I don't own Harry Potter, I don't own Sailor Moon!!

Neko: I wonder why? No creativity, no muse, no *brain*-

Star-chan: Hey! I have, Hart, don't I?!

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Serena wandered around, lost in the odd alley. 'It is just like me to get lost!' she thought hopelessly. She frantically searched for someone, *anyone*, who looked familiar.

"Where did Hermione say we were going to meet her friends?" she muttered under her breath. She knew it started with an H.. or was it a G? Gingots? Gringotts, that was it! Now all she had to do was find it..

In front of her, a huge white building seemed to pop up. Before it stood a group of boys. 'They must know where Gringotts is!' she thought triumphantly. She walked over and asked, "Excuse me? I think I'm lost."

One boy with black messy hair that reminded Serena of Darien turned and smiled politely. "How can we help you, miss?" he asked.

"My name is Serena. I'm looking for. Um. Gringotts?" Serena stuttered, not sure if she had the right place. The pale, blonde boy sneered at her.

"Are you some sort of Mudblood?" he asked far less politely.

"Shove off, Malfoy. Go find someone else to throw dung at," the redhead said threateningly.

Malfoy snorted disdainfully, but left.

"Don't mind Malfoy," the black haired teen assured Serena. "He was born without a personality. No cure is known." Serena giggled.

"If your looking for Gringotts, you've found it," the red-haired boy said. "I'm Ron Weasley, by the way."

"I'm Harry Potter," the Darien-look alike said.

"Oh, this is perfect!" Serena almost squealed. "I'm one of the exchange students from Japan. I'm staying with Hermione."

"Really?" Harry asked curiously. Ron stared at oddly at the blonde girl who was no taller than Harry.

"You don't look Japanese," he said frowning.

"Oh. . .um. . you see-" Serena stuttered, before being saved by Hermione.

"There you are, Serena!" she said, hurrying over to the three with Hotaru and a worried looking Luna not far behind her. The cat jumped onto the blonde's shoulder and whispered, "Don't disappear like that! You, of all people, shouldn't be alone!"

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"Artie, I'm bored. Can we go back now?" Sailor Venus whined. She and Artemis had been keeping a look out from a pub that Pluto had said to use as a main point. It was chilly, and Mina's Sailor Venus skirt was much shorter than Sailor V's.

"No," Artemis said, although he would have liked to go back too. "You have to wait for Jupiter to come first." Since their arrival, the four scouts in the area had split up work. One scout one the eastern part of London, one on the western, and one on The Leaky Caldron. The other would rest or run normal errands, like groceries, for two hours, before going to take over somewhere else.

"Ah. . . Artie? What were Death Eaters supposed to look like?" Mina asked after a short pause, looking out over the building.

"They were masks and long black cloaks. Why?" Artemis tried, in vain, to look and see what was going on.

"Oh, nothing. Just that a big group of them and Cold-e-mart are coming this way."

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The five students, after getting their money, went to Ollivanders first because Serena and Hotaru had lost theirs not long after they left. Mr. Ollivander had really crept Serena out. He kept staring as if he didn't have eyelids or something. Since Serena was temporarily immobilized by fear of Mr. Ollivander, Hotaru was first to get her wand, settling on a red pine, containing ivy and a hippogriff feather. It took Serena a bit longer, partially because she was still wary of Mr. Ollivander. In the end, she chose a maple with white rose petals and a single pearl.

Several other stops were made, getting books, quills, dragging Harry and Ron from Quality Quidditch Supplies.

Luna shivered as the group stopped for ice cream. Something was wrong, really wrong. Hotaru felt the evilness and suppressed herself from shivering also. However, Serena sensed Hotaru and Luna's sudden change in posture and glanced at her 'sister'. Hotaru's eyes got the point across. Voldemort was coming.

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Star-chan: Bit of a cliffy here for you. It took me long enough to finish, didn't it?

Neko: Yes.

Star-chan: Well, it didn't help when you muse-napped Hart and disappeared for a week.

Hart: Yeah, Neko, that was mean.

Neko: *grumbles*

Star-chan: Time to thank patient reviewers!

Baby Daydreamer Wiley- Thanks. Hope your toe's better.

Sadie Joyce - Myst Lady- Thanks, I thought it was sweet, too.

Lady Starlight- I 'm also very displeased about what the author did. Thanks, and sorry for the wait.

Pisces*Angel- Yup, they meet. Thankies.

LadyD- Yeah, I meant to e-mail you about the weird senshi, but I got kicked off the internet cause we switched to a different provider and when we could get back on, I totally forgot. Thanks!

poo head- If you review again, I would be a bit happier if you left a review relevant to the story.

mae- Thanks! So many questions. They may, they might not. Who knows?

Hime-dono- Thanks! I hope I met your standards and you won't take Remmy away. Take away Neko instead! Please!

Hotaru Yuy- You know, I had something like that in mind, but who knows how this'll end up? Thanks!

Evil Willow: Thanks, I was wondering when you were gonna review this. I'm glad Sevvie-kins is finally trained so I can come visit you more often without having him being all mean.

Tenshi- Thanks! A late review is better than no review, right?

Star-chan: Yup, that's all of them.

Hart: This story gets a lot of reviews.

Neko: Unfortunately.

Star-chan: Shut it. BYE!