Daphne: "Well, here is the third chapter! This chapter is actually the reason I asked what Rika's last name was! I had to get it for this story! Please read and review!"

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Hogwarts, Sakura Style

by: Daphne Li

Chapter 3.



"Wow!" Sakura managed, as she gazed around the strange and busy airport. It had been a long flight, but the girls had slept through most of it. Therefore, they were completely energized and used to the time change. (a/n: I have a friend who has been on long flights before, and she has found that if you sleep most of the time, you don't get jet-lag as much. It worked for her at least!) While Sakura was being awed by the size of the airport (or what she could see of it), Rika was watching out for this Rubeus Hagrid man that they were supposed to be meeting. Tomoyo was completely entertained as she taped everything and everyone that went past her.

"Wow!" Rika gasped. Tomoyo took her eye away from the lens of her camcorder and grinned.

"Sakura just said that!" She laughed, eyeing her vermilion haired friend with suppressed amusement.

"Not the airport! Him!" Rika breathed, nodding towards a shadow standing near them. Tomoyo looked up and her camera fell helplessly to her side, as her arm became limp with shock. Sakura, sensing her friends distress, turned around.

"HOE!!!!!" She shrieked, causing the shadow to turn and look at them. The girls now had a clear view of an enormous, rough-looking man. His face was half covered by facial hair, and his hands were big enough to dwarf a trash can lid; his face, however, was writhed in smiles. He casually walked over to the frightened girls and bent down closer to their height.

"Yer' must be th' ones tha' Dumbledore sent me for. I'm Rubeus Hagrid Grounds Keeper at Hogwarts and th' teacher of th' Magical Creatures class. Ya know, it is a real pleasure meetin' ya. We almost never have visitors at Hogwarts. Now, which one of yer' is which?" The man, Hagrid, scratched the back of his head, reminding Sakura immediately of a certain someone from China. Her spirits fell, but she did not have time to dwell on the fact, as Rika was now hesitantly introducing them.

"I am Rika Sasaki, and these are my friends Tomoyo Daidouji and Sakura Kinomoto." Rika said, pointing to each girl in turn. Hagrid shook each of their hands, and then stood up straight, causing his shadow to fall across their faces. He motioned them to follow him, and he quickly led them out of the airport and into a nearby alley. The three girls had to practically run to keep up with his pace. When they reached the alley, the three girls looked at each other in confusion, because they were standing in front of a brick wall. All at once, Sakura felt something stir in her pocket, and she knew that Kero was now awake. She hoped that he was not hungry, because she had put all her food in one of her other bags, and they were presently shrunk and safely tucked away in her pink backpack. In fact, both Tomoyo and Rika had requested that she shrink the rest of their baggage as well, to make it easier for them to travel. Sakura had been more than happy to oblige.

"Now, on th' count of three, I want yer' ter' grab that old can, at the same time as I do. If everythin' works accordin' to plan, we will be transported into Diagon Alley, the very place where yer' will be buyin' your school things. Now, one.ter'.three!" Hagrid boomed, and the three girls grabbed the old 'Cambel's Soup' can at the same time as Hagrid did. All at once, they felt a slight tug behind their navels, and then, everything was a swirl of color.

Seconds later, the four people were dropped back down to earth, and the world quit spinning. The three girls looked around groggily, and then gasped.

"Welcome ter' Diagon Alley!" Hagrid crowed.

Diagon Alley was nothing like the girls expected. It was quite narrow, with Wizerding shops on all sides and witches and wizards wandering around everywhere.

"Hoe!" Was all Sakura could manage. As soon as they had entered the Alley, Tomoyo had turned on her camera, and was now frantically videotaping everything in sight.

"Now, firs' to Gringotts Bank, and then ter' the robes shop. Yer' already have your wands, don't ya'? Hagrid asked. All three nodded. Rika and Tomoyo had gotten their wands when they were eleven, even though they were not officially going to a witching school. Rika's was holly wood, with a unicorn hair in it, and Tomoyo's was willow with a phoenix feather in it. Sakura had mastered another transformation on her normal wand; had shortened it a bit, and then taken the fancy tip off. It was now just a simple pink wand, just like the others, except for the color. She had had no wish to change that! She was still able to transform her wand back into its original state, something she knew would come in handy, some day.

After getting their money from the bank, and opening a vault for Sakura, the group went to the robe shop. The woman inside was kind and helpful, but as soon as they were finished and had left the shop, Tomoyo insisted that she was going to alter them so they would look better on the girls. After visiting the robe shop, Hagrid took them to Flourish and Blots, and then to a shop to get their school books.

"Hoe! How will I ever get through this?" Sakura whined, when she saw all the books. Rika simply laughed, as Tomoyo taped their reactions.

"Look at it this way, Sakura. At least you don't have to worry about math homework anymore!" Rika laughed. Sakura's face lit up, and she giggled.

"What now Hagrid?" Tomoyo asked, training her camera on him, and causing him to smile.

"Well, I think that if yer' wanten' um, we can get yer' animals next."

"Yes!" The three girls chimed, running over to a shop that they had noticed earlier, full of animals. They immediately went in and began to explore. It wasn't long before Tomoyo picked a tiny little owl, only the size of a tennis ball, with pure white feathers and bright blue eyes.

"It reminds me a little of Hiiragizawa-kun! His name is Snow Ball." She laughed, making the others giggle. Soon after, Rika spotted a lovely tortoise-shell cat, and fell in love with it.

"She is pregnant." The lady at the desk warned, but Rika simply became more sure, and paid for the cat without hesitation, naming it Orange. Sakura took a little longer in choosing. Finally, she spotted a small, covered cage and walked over to it. She lifted the cover, heedless of the warnings from the woman, and was stunned to see a tiny, red bird-like thing. A phoenix, Rika informed her. Except this phoenix was very different. Instead of being all scarlet, it had a scarlet body, and shimmery gold wings. It's long tail was gold as well, and its intelligent eyes were a swirl of gold, amber, and even some green. Sakura noticed that as she reached for the cage, the eyes swirled into pure green, and the little thing chirped happily, a merry little note.

"Her name is Goldenrod." She announced.

"Oh Sakura! It is just perfect for you.but aren't phoenix's bigger than this?" Tomoyo asked. The woman nodded and then explained that this particular bird had shown up in front of her shop one day, and had refused to leave. It had rejected and bitten anyone who dared to come near it, unless the person was feeding it. Everyone who had thought of buying the thing had immediately changed their minds when they had seen how moody the bird was. This was why the woman was so stunned when the phoenix had allowed Sakura to pet it.

"It most surely was meant for you, miss." The shop-keeper stated, as Sakura paid for the bird and then walked out of the store. The three girls met Hagrid outside and he led them to an ice-cream shop across the way from the pet-shop.

"Wow! Who would have guessed that ice-cream came in so many flavors? I want to try them all, eventually." Rika commented, as they sat outside the shop and ate their ice cream. Sakura giggled.

"I think I will skip the blood-flavored ice cream. I can't believe that people actually eat that!" She murmured, shivering slightly.

"They don't. Vampires do." Tomoyo stated, licking her vanilla ice cream with vigor. Hagrid had sent their pets and other things ahead of them, straight to Hogwarts. Then he had gone off somewhere, warning the girls to stay-put until he was back.

"What do you think is going to happen to us after this? I mean, we are three months early for Hogwarts to begin.I wonder if there will be anyone here to meet us." Tomoyo mussed. Rika shifted, suddenly uncomfortable. Sakura sensed it, and then focused on her friend's mind, trying to find the reason for her discomfort. When Sakura found it, she gasped and opened her eyes, looking at Rika in shock.

"You never told us. Never!" She gasped. Rika, knowing what Sakura had figured out, looked down at her triple-crunch chocolate ice cream and sighed. Tomoyo looked from one girl to the other, and, after reading Sakura's eyes, put two and two together.

"Oh! How.you.you're adopted?!" Tomoyo choked, as Rika nodded miserably.

"Not quite. I am a foster child. I never knew. My parents only just told me this year. I was so shocked, and I thought that he was just a friend of my dad's." Now Rika was making no sense. But one thing was clear. Rika, the girl that they both knew and loved.was a foster child! And even she had had no idea until earlier this year!

"That is why I am a witch, and neither of my parents are. My *real* parents were, whoever they are, and they were killed by Voldemort. I supposedly have an older brother, but Uncle Severus wouldn't go into detail."

"Wait! Who is this 'uncle Severus'?" Sakura asked. Rika smiled.

"He is a Professor at Hogwarts, and also my former guardian. He kept me until my parents offered to foster me, and bring me up as their own. They couldn't possibly have adopted me, because of some strange circumstance, but they were allowed to raise me as their own. Uncle Severus is quite misunderstood at the school, from what I hear. He is the head of Slytherin house, and the Potions Professor. No one but the Slytherin house likes him much.but he is really a wonderful man! He came and visited me over the summers, pretending to be a friend of my father's. We will probably go to see him first." Rika explained.

Tomoyo and Sakura had heard other things about him as well, such as, how much he supposedly 'hated' the Gryffindor house, and how cruel he was to one, Harry Potter. But they were willing to give him a chance, if he was that important to Rika.

Unbeknownst to Tomoyo and Rika, Sakura had also sifted some other information out of Rika's knowledge of the teacher. He didn't really hate Harry or the Gryffindor house. It was all just an act to toughen Harry up, just in case he was forced to battle Voldemort or something. Also, this certain professor was also a spy for Dumbledore, and currently spying from inside the inner ring of Voldemort's supporters! She did not know how she gained this information, but.she was the world's most powerful sorceress, after all, so it was not surprising. Suddenly, a voice broke into her thoughts.

".Please mum?"

"No, darling! We simply don't have the money. I am sorry."

All three girls turned to see a plump red-haired woman standing in front of the pet-shop. Next to her was a slim girl, about their age, with long, fiery red hair and sad chestnut colored eyes, looking wistfully at an owl that was perched outside of the shop, on a stand.

"Come on now. We have to get your school things. For some crazy reason, Dumbledore wants you at Hogwarts a full month before the first term starts! Even your father wouldn't tell me why." The woman's voice trailed off as she and the girl disappeared into a nearby shop. As soon as they were out of sight, Sakura bounded up out of her seat and ran over to look at the owl that the girl had been eyeing. Ignoring the questioning glances from her friends, she let it climb onto her arm, and then she hurried into the shop. A few moments later, she returned, proudly holding a covered cage before her.

"Sakura.what did you do, and why did you do it?" Rika asked, eyeing the cage. Tomoyo raised her camera and pointed it in Sakura's direction.

"We are going to be seeing a lot more of that girl soon. She goes to Hogwarts, so I am going to ask Dumbledore when her birthday is, and then I am going to send her as an anonymous present. If her birthday has already passed, it will be an early Christmas present." Sakura stated, throwing back the cover to reveal the blinking animal. It was obviously a baby owl, with almost-gold colored wings, and bright blue eyes. They other two girls gasped in delight and cooed over the little creature.

"Are ya' girls done, yet?" Hagrid was back, with a bag full of something. He had obviously heard them, but he didn't ask, so they didn't ask about his burden. They simply nodded, and then stood up and followed him. He led them to another alley, and there they went through the same process as before, this time, grabbing an old boot. Before they could blink, the girls found themselves in a wide hallway, looking up into the face of a very old- looking man.

"Professor Dumbledore sir, I brought em'!" Hagrid announced, much to the older man's amusement. The three girls looked up in awe at the old man.

"Good Hagrid. Come with me, please." The old man mumbled something to a stone gargoyle statue behind him, and it leapt out of the way. Sakura gasped, and stepped back from it in horror. This was the statue from her dream! And professor Dumbledore was the third man!

"What is the matter dear?" He asked, turning to look at her. She motioned him to keep going, and when they had reached his office, she sat down and explained her behavior. After she was though, the Professor looked thoughtful, and he stoked his beard. Sakura had told Tomoyo and Rika on the flight over, so this was no big surprise to them. While she was telling her story, Kero had popped out of Sakura's pocket, and seeing a small bowl of lemon-drops on Dumbledore's desk, had immediately helped himself.

"I believe what you saw, was Mister Draco Malfoy, Professor Snape and I discussing where little Rose was to reside during her stay here." He commented. Tomoyo and Rika were lost, but Sakura nodded.

"He is a Death Eater, isn't he?" She whispered. At this, Dumbledore smiled.

"As a matter a fact, no, he is not. What you saw in your dream was a ceremony that the pre-Death Eaters have to go through to prove their loyalty to Voldemort. Draco managed to escape it just before he was branded as a Death Eater. In fact, the boy brought his little victim, Rose, here so she and he would be safe. He has even joined our cause and has been sworn into the Order of the Phoenix, a group of witches and wizards who are set against Voldemort's uprising." Dumbledore explained, when he saw the girls confused faces. After a few more moments of explaining about the 'Order', the girls finally understood. After a few moments of silence, Sakura remembered the cage she was still holding, and explained to Dumbledore about her plan. He simply smiled when she was through.

"Ah, I suppose you mean young Virginia Weasley, otherwise known as Ginny. She is just your age, and quite a charming little thing. In fact, you will have a wonderful time of getting to know her, because you are to stay with her family until August. It would be quite a bit more fun than staying here for three extra months!" At his words, the three girls looked at each other in excitement! They were going to stay with a true English family! All at once, they began to pound him with questions, but he simply laughed and held up his hand.

"However.there is one small catch. Ginny is the only girl in her family, and the youngest of.seven children." At his words, the three girls went pale. Most of their most persistent admirers were young men, and the girls hated it when they were mobbed on the streets, just because the men couldn't control their hormones.

"I should think that having the famous 'Mortal Angels', in their house would be enough for any boy to go crazy with.admiration; therefore, you will be disguised as kittens."

"Hoe?!"

"What?!"

"What color will we be?" Tomoyo asked calmly, getting annoyed glances from her friends. Dumbledore grinned again.

"Any color you choose to be.even silver, if you wish. Mr. Arthur Weasley already knows about your coming, and upon our arrival, I will explain everything to Ginny as well. She will need to know, for reasons that you can clearly see. Now, I believe that there is one person who is waiting quite eagerly to see Rika before you leave for the Weasley house." At this moment, a man burst into the room, looked around wildly, spotted Rika, and then hurried over to her, giving her a big hug. Rika giggled at the man's exuberance, and hugged back.

"How was your trip?" The man asked, pulling back. He had long, seemingly greasy shoulder-length hair, (but Sakura noticed that it had taken quite a lot of moose or some magical product to make it look that way). Tomoyo and Sakura glanced at each other and came up with the same conclusion. This was the infamous 'Professor Snape'.

"Hello, Uncle Severus! My trip went quite well, thank you. Uncle, I would like to introduce you to my friends Tomoyo Daidouji, and Sakura Kinomoto." Rika said, as he shook each girl's hand in turn. When he had first spotted them, the professor had stiffened considerably. But when he caught sight of Sakura's sweet, innocent smile, and Tomoyo's sparkling amethyst eyes, he immediately relaxed and smiled at them.

"Pleased to meet both of you." He said in a soft voice, as though he was not used to talking in this way. His sharp eyes caught sight of the owl in the cage, and he worked to keep back a smile.

"Gaining another pet, Albus?" Severus asked jokingly. It was then that the girls noticed that their pets were lined up across Dumbledore's desk, beside the baby owl's cage. And on top of Sakura's phoenix's cage, sat another phoenix! This one must belong to Dumbledore, because none of the girls had ever seen it before. At his words, Professor Dumbledore chuckled.

"Only for a while. It is their 'thank you' present to Ginny Weasley." Dumbledore explained. Now, this had not been the original plan, but all three girls later agreed that it would be more fun to give the baby owl to Ginny as a 'thank you' for keeping their secret.

"Albus, I actually came up here to retrieve Rose's.necessaries. Has Hagrid returned with them?" Snape asked. Dumbledore motioned to the bag that Hagrid had brought back with them, and the girls immediately knew what was inside.

"Are you taking care of the baby?" Sakura asked. Professor Snape did not seem surprised that she knew about the baby.

"Not wholly. She is actually staying in the kitchens with the house elves until school starts, then she will be moved into a safer place, with Dobby and Winky as her care-providers." Snape explained.

"Um.who are Dobby and Winky?" Tomoyo asked.

"They are the two house elves that are presently taking care of her, along with Mr. Malfoy, Severus and I." Dumbledore said.

"Hoe? What is a 'house-elf'?" Sakura questioned.

"They are the two creatures that you saw in your dream." Rika explained. She had been reading a text-book the night before, that had told all about house-elves and other similar creatures. After a few more minutes of talking, Dumbledore pulled a watch out of his pocket and glanced at it.

"I do believe that we should be going. It is two 'o' clock, and Molly Weasley has just left her home to meet Minerva at the 'Leaky Cauldron'. Harry is not scheduled to arrive at their place until four, so we have plenty of time to explain things to Ginny. Now.to get the boy's out of the house." Dumbledore mumbled, taking out his wand and saying something. Then he turned back to the small group and smiled at them.

"The boy's have just had overwhelming urges to go outside and play some Quidditch. We can leave now." Dumbledore said, leading the group out of his office. Down in the hallway, Severus Snape hugged Rika goodbye, and then disappeared down another hallway. Dumbledore led the girls out onto the front lawn, where Hagrid was waiting, with a rather long piece of string. He held it out to them.

"Only a minute left ter' spare, Professor." He chided. The three girls groaned as they realized that they were going to do that transporting thing again. A portkey, as Dumbledore called it. After a moment of waiting, the girls felt the familiar tug near their navels, and then they were pulled away into a swirling nothingness.

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Sixteen year-old Ginny Weasley gazed wistfully out the window as she watched her brothers depart to the field behind their house. Ever since Ron had been accepted onto the Gryffindor Quidditch team as the keeper, all her older brother seemed to want to do, was practice his skills on his new Nimbus Two-thousand-and-one. It wasn't quite as fast or as flashy as Harry Potter's Firebolt, but it was perfect for Ron.

Ginny sighed. Harry Potter. Handsome, smart, funny, captain of the Quidditch team, Gryffindor Seeker, her brother's best friend, and Ginny's lifelong crush. The only boy that could make all the thoughts and coherent speech simply vanish from her mind and throat. The one person who could make her heart pound, just by being in the same building as her. The only person who could possibly make the usually graceful Ginny stick her elbow into the butter dish, or drop a plate full of food into her lap. And he was also the only person who seemed to care nothing for her, save for her being the little sister of Ron.

Granted, he had saved her during her first year, from that horrible Tom Riddle, aka Voldemort. And he had asked her to the Yule Ball, after pressure from Ron. Unfortunately, she had already agreed to go with Neville Longbottom, another student from Gryffindor. But all this didn't matter. What *did* matter, was that this same Harry Potter that she loved and adored from afar, was coming over later today, to stay with her family for the whole rest of the summer!

Now, at any other time, this would be wonderful.except for the fact that there were still three more months of summer break! Three more months of embarrassing herself in front of this boy! And worse yet, they were having a huge party to celebrate Harry's birthday in three weeks, and Ginny didn't have anything to give him.

Ginny sighed again and looked down at the book in her lap. It was a muggle book, called 'The Secret Garden'. Ron's girlfriend, Hermione Granger had loaned it to her at the beginning of the summer, and she had only now gotten around to reading it. Hermione was, not only her brother's girlfriend, but one of Ginny's closest friends. Whenever Hermione came over to visit, she and Ginny always spent long hours during the night, talking about boys and hair, and other things that Ginny usually never spoke about in front of the three brothers who still lived with her. Ginny had actually been the first person to know that Hermione had a crush on Ron, even though Harry, Ron, and Hermione were the closest of friends. Ginny also knew that Hermione had been planning on getting a make-over for her seventeenth birthday, and then knocking the socks of Ron when she showed up for Harry's birthday party.

Ginny giggled softly at the reminiscence of this. By the looks of the latest letter from Hermione, it seemed that she had gone through with it, and was counting down the days before Ron fell to the floor in shock. Ginny giggled again, and opened her book back up, fully intent on reading it.

"You seem happy, Miss Weasley." A voice rang out. Ginny gave a shriek and jumped up form the couch, her book falling to the floor forgotten, as she stared at Professor Dumbledore in bewilderment.

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"Here we are." Dumbledore whispered, when they found themselves in a small kitchen. Sakura, Tomoyo, and Rika looked around, trying to get their bearing's.

"We are inside the home of the Weasley's, fondly called 'The Burrow'." Dumbledore explained.

'HOE!!!!!!!!!!' Sakura shrieked, gazing down at herself in wonder. Tomoyo looked over and was startled to see, instead of her auburn haired friend, a kitten with pink fur and green eyes.

'Sakura?!' Tomoyo tried to talk, but nothing came out of her mouth. Instead, the voice came from her mind. Tomoyo looked down at her own body, only to see that she too, had been changed into a kitten. She now had purply-blue fur, and amethyst eyes. A laugh interrupted her concentration, and Tomoyo looked over to see a pure silver kitten, with brown eyes.

'Hey! I am quite the diva! All silver!' Rika laughed. Dumbledore waited until the girls were done admiring their transformations, and then he quietly and stealthily crept into the next room. A soft giggle rang out, and the three girls looked up to see the same girl they had spotted in Diagon Alley, now relining on a shabby couch, with a book in her lap.

"You seem to be happy, Miss Weasley." Dumbledore commented. Ginny gave a startled shriek and jumped to her feet. Dumbledore simply smiled at her and then seated himself on the couch. Ginny and the three kitten/girls watched him in silence.

"I am sorry, Professor, but my parents are both out." Ginny said politely, still looking thoroughly confused. Dumbledore smiled again and motioned for her to sit next to him.

"I did not come to see them, Miss Weasley, I came to see you on a matter of some urgency. You see, I need you to keep a secret." With that, Dumbledore launched into the account of how the 'Mortal Angels' happened to be standing in her own living room, in the forms of three kittens. And rather cute kittens at that. When he was finished, Ginny started to laugh.

"So, you mean to tell me that three of the most famous girls in the Wizerding world are here in hiding, and that is why I have to come to the school a month early? I have to show them around? I would love to! And their secret is safe with me. It is enough that I know something that no one in my family but my dad knows!" She giggled, looking down at the three kittens.

'But I refuse to eat cat food!' Rika announced, making her two friends laugh. Ginny, however, looked down at them in astonishment.

"You can talk through your minds?!" She gasped. The three girls nodded. Dumbledore then explained to all of them about how the three girls could communicate, and about the fact that they would have to have their normal, everyday amounts of food, instead of small, cat-sized ones.

"You are still human girls, no matter what your forms. Your father has been informed, and he has agreed to sneak meals up to you. Ginny, I am afraid the task will have to fall on you during lunch time, though." Dumbledore said. At this, Ginny nodded.

'I feel so insignificant, not being able to eat with my hands, or being able to get my own food, for that matter!' Tomoyo complained. Ginny laughed and assured her that it was 'not a problem'.

"I have to go now, but Sakura, I want you to know that I will take care of Kero until you get back. Unless you didn't notice, he stayed behind at my office, while you came here." Dumbledore said as he left the room. To tell the truth, Sakura hadn't noticed, but she was happy that Dumbledore had told her. When he was gone, the four girls sat in silence for a while, all thinking about what had happened.

"I've never had a pet before." Ginny mussed quietly.

'We are not animals! We are humans. But to tell you the truth.I've never been a pet before, unless you count a 'teacher's pet'!' Rika joked, causing all four of them to burst out laughing.

"So are you really going to Hogwarts this year?" Ginny asked eagerly.

'Yes.' The kitten/girls chimed. Ginny grinned.

'We know a lot about you. Like that you have six brothers and such.but what about *you* as yourself?' Sakura asked, jumping up on Ginny's lap and curling up into a ball, her little face tilted up towards the red-haired girl. Ginny looked thoughtful.

"Well, I am sixteen, like you. I enjoy reading and taking walks. I don't like homework very much."

'Hallelujah!' Sakura crowed, causing the other three to laugh again.

"Anyway, Hermione Granger is one of my best friends and the girlfriend of my brother Ron, and.I like to swim." Ginny finished lamely, her color raising a bit. Tomoyo giggled.

'What, no special someone for you?' She asked. Ginny turned red.

"Well there is someone."

'Who?' The three kitten/girls chimed. Ginny blushed even redder.

"H.Harry Potter." She whispered, looking ashamed.

'OHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!' The three girls chorused. Sakura snuggled closer to Ginny, to give her comfort.

"Well, enough about me. What about you? I know who you are.but don't you use stage-names when you are on tour?" Ginny asked.

'Yes. You know me as Cherry, but my real name is Sakura Kinomoto.' Sakura said.

'I am Tomoyo Daidouji, also known as Violet." Tomoyo added stretching out her tiny self in a luxurious way, and curling up in a sun-patch.

'And I am Rika Sasaki, also known as Rose.' Rika finished, curling up next to Ginny's right leg. Ginny nodded and then stroked Sakura's back.

'Ummm! That feels good!' Sakura purred, closing her eyes. Ginny smiled and then picked up her fallen book and quickly immersed herself within its pages, almost as though she did not have three world-famous girls sitting in the same room with her.

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