A/N: Thanks for all the Reviews you guys, however there's something I need to state to Rena, ahem. INCONCEIVABLE!!! Lol, sorry, I couldn't resist…
Yes, I know I need a beta-reader, badly. I actually did have it beta-read, the earlier chapters anyways, but haven't gotten around to going back through it and actually setting it up to be reposted. Lol, I am very bad with words, and I think I was half asleep when I was writing the first part of the fic so the Chiropractor thing wasn't even being processed.
As for the resurrected thing, *Gasp!* Fanfiction is suppose to make ~sense~!? Why wasn't I informed?! Sorry, I couldn't resist. I guess the fact that I can practically make sense out of anything is a problem for others. The way I see it, and I've only read the manga, they all actually died during the battle with Chaos and were then reborn, or resurrected. The older outers coming first, going to Hogwarts, and then blah blah blah, everyone went to Hogwarts wo ho! Hotaru arrived late and then it's going on with all that stuff. But in the manga it sounded like they had been resurrected several times already, so there it is.
Technicalities are so irritating though, not to insult you, but you sound like a Hollie to me. (Inside joke, my friend Hollie can hardly stand bad spelling and grammar, she's a super-genius and analyzes everything) Every once and a while you need to drop some technical stuff and just go with the flow to actually enjoy a fic (I do it unconciously). The fact that no one in Sailor Moon can recognize the scouts doesn't make sense, but it's still that way. If you're gonna be completely technical on all this stuff I'm going to warn you now, some of the stuff in the near future of this fic might not make sense and it might not even seem right to you. But I'm not changing the plot, I like it as it is, and a lot of other people will too I'm sure. This goes for everyone though.
But you're right, the thing with the resurrection is a bit off, I guess I'll finally get my lazy bum up and change some stuff. But right after I finish this chapter!!! Thanks for reviewing, friendly criticism is helpful. That goes for everyone!!! Please enjoy the fic!!!
The night was cold, freezing actually. Hotaru shivered, wishing she had brought a jacket, and a flashlight maybe. Even her wand would do. It was so dark she could hardly see. The stars gave her some light, but not much.
Hotaru rubbed her shoulders in the chill, where was she? Nothing seemed to look familiar. The trees were too big to seem natural, the path she was walking along was made of some sort of glass, or maybe marble. She felt very small, timed, and helpless.
Then the wind started blowing, sending chills in every bone she seemed to have. It whispered to her, in words, the words without sound. And it said, "With each conversion from dark to light the balance becomes obscure. Be warned, for the dark is rising." But what did that mean? Who was saying them?
Hotaru shivered and looked down at her reflection in the glass. Adorned in her princess dress the senshi and princess of Saturn found two black wings coming from her back. But they were different besides being black. Jointing in three places the feathers of her wings looked as though the bristle were made out of black crystal, glittering with assorted colors like an opal, yet still slightly translucent.
What was going on? Where was she? Why was she here? The words in the wind repeated their message continually, they seemed to reach out and grab Hotaru in ice. It was so cold, so cold. Hotaru collapsed onto the road, breathing heavily, feeling as though she had run a thousand miles before stopping. Her heart was beating, head pounding, every limb shook, her throat tightened till she could hardly breath. The cold struck daggers into her skin, making her veins run with ice. Oh how it hurt, the pain was clouding her vision, she couldn't see, her ears were ringing. Everything seemed to be caving in on her at once.
Hotaru suddenly woke up, sitting straight up in her bed and dripping sweat from her forehead. Sweat? No, that was too sticky to be sweat. Breathing heavily Hotaru reached over to turn on her lamp.
Her pillow was covered in blood, almost soaked. Her hand had blood all over it, from her forehead. "Ah, ah," She was unable to scream, her vision started clouding, her ears rang, and she blacked out the next moment.
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"Hota-chan. It's okay, you're alright now." Whispered a soft, familiar voice from above. Hotaru's vision swerved and saw an image of a beautiful woman with long, silvery white hair let down. Her soft lavender eyes kind and knowing. She wore a silky white dress, ornate with gold and colored stones. "Hotaru, wake up Hotaru." She whispered.
Hotaru opened her eyes, blinked, and the image of Setsuna came into focus. "S-Setsuna-mama?" She whispered, hardly able to do more than that.
"Sssssh." Setsuna hushed, she pet Hotaru's cheek gently with her hand. "You need to rest." She said. "Try to stay awake, just don't do anything else."
"I'll try." Hotaru whispered. Setsuna stood up and then started mixing some things in a glass.
"I've heard of people getting physically injured in their sleep, but unless I miss my guess sudden seeping of blood from the skin isn't exactly average, especially when there are absolutely no magic traces to speak of." Huffed a rather confused Madam Pomphry. "Oh, you're awake. How are you feeling dear?" She asked briskly.
Hotaru thought for a moment, she felt…exhausted. As if just getting over some sort of fever or virus. "Uh, better?" She said, unsure.
"Well I should think so, you're awake aren't you? Details, girl, if you would." The healer said.
"Please, Madam, just a few more minutes. She's almost stable. Try not to move Hotaru." Setsuna said. She then unwrapped a bandage from Hotaru's head and then dripped some of her potion onto it. She then wrapped it back up. "Open you're mouth and let me drip some of this on your tongue." Setsuna said.
Hotaru did as she was asked, she let her tongue out so that Setsuna wouldn't have much of a problem. She then swallowed the little bit of potion, glad that it was a little bit, and grimaced. Though the mere movement of her facial expression was a bit too much. Though she felt a good deal more…stable. Just tired now.
"Well, now how are you feeling?" Pomphry questioned.
"Tired, okay I guess, but tired." Hotaru answered softly.
"Rest now Hotaru." Setsuna said, "I think a day of rest will be good for you right now. Try not to think of anything."
"Okay." Hotaru said meekly, that was all she remembered before dozing off into a peaceful sleep.
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"The interact rates of a quantum can be devided into three parts by a greater-than sign. This ratio results into the fact that separate dynamics combine into a form of life that crashes through glass at a speed to match a Cleansweap…" Kioko drawled on.
"I thought you hated Arithmancy." Hotaru said.
"I do, it's just a matter of classification." Kioko answered.
"What does the grate do?" Hotaru asked, though in the back of her mind she knew what Kioko was going to say.
"Twins the logic into a contrivance…" Kioko said, she went on with it, but she wasn't really saying what she meant. "Hotaru!?" She suddenly jumped from the table, the library went black.
Hotaru's eyes blinked open, she saw several people all crowded around her bedside. A collection of odds and ends with bows and candy-company labels were crowded on the desk at the foot of her hospital bed. Hotaru rubbed her eyes with one arm that she managed to pull up and over her. "H-hello?" She said to all the odd faces around her. After waking up a bit more she was able to put names to those faces. Kioko, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Fred, and George were all looking at her with concern, Setsuna was on the other side of her bed, fixing something up.
"HOTARU DON'T YOU DARE DO THAT TO ME AGAIN I WAS SO SCARED!!!" Kioko suddenly shouted when she saw Hotaru was more or less alright.
"Please calm down Miss Night." Setsuna hushed, Kioko looked like she was fighting back tears.
"I had to go through today's classes wondering what had happened to you, you're lucky Monday's are short or I might have busted." She said, calmer, but still shaky and trying unsuccessfully to sound like she was threatening Hotaru.
Setsuna helped Hotaru sit up and adjusted her pillows so she'd be comfortable. "Sorry I worried you all." She said softly, she was having a hard time managing any more than her very quiet, calm voice.
"What happened to you, they said you were attacked or something!" Fred, or was that George, exclaimed.
"Attacked? I'd like to think my cats would have been able to hold off any attack, thank you very much." Kioko said, sounding insulted as usual.
"So what happened?" Harry said, worry was written all over everyone's faces.
Hotaru shook her head, "I don't know." She said truthfully.
"Well, Snape said to tell you that you don't have any homework from his class." Kioko said, changing the subject, obviously not wanting to think about what she'd probably seen. "I have a sheet for you on Saturn's moons from Professor Sapphire, though she still wants an essay. And the Frog Witch still wants you to read in that book." She said.
"Frog, Witch?" Questioned the twins, they then started a chain reaction of snickering that had everyone, including Hotaru, laughing and Kioko looking proud of herself as she built her mask back up.
"Oh, here's your graded essay, Snape wanted me to give it to you." Kioko said. Hotaru unfolded her essay, and wondered what the E stood for. She was sure she couldn't have gotten a grade lower than F…
"Anyways, guess what the Frog Witch has been up to." Harry said, suddenly bitter. He handed her an article of the Daily Prophet and showed her were to read. She put her essay up on the desk beside her and then started reading.
"Hm? 'Ministry seeks educational reform, Dolores Umbridge appointed first-ever "High Inquisitor"'?" Hotaru read. She quickly went through the article, "They're doing what?" She said with as much voice as she felt like pushing out.
"My you read fast. That's right, she's gonna be monitoring goings on at Hogwarts and putting teachers on probation if she feels like it." George said darkly.
A grin creased Ron's face, "I still can't wait to see her try inspecting McGonagall, or Sapphire for that matter." He said.
"Miss Umbridge will most likely be avoiding Miss Sapphire's inspection at all costs." Setsuna said. A bit of a grin appeared on her face when the students gave her odd looks, "Let's just say they have a bit of a history together."
"What kind of history?" Kioko asked, never one to let possible information go.
Setsuna's smile broadened as though she were waiting for her to ask, "Let's just say that Umbridge won't dare write anything bad on a report about Sapphire for Miss Sapphire knows where she lives."
That sent a round of snickering and outright laughing around the room, even Madam Pomphry found it funny. That loosened everyone up enough that they took seats at a table Setsuna set up for them and started getting out their homework assignments.
"I say we do Astronomy first as a toast to Professor Sapphire." Fred suggested.
"You have Astronomy Mondays too?" Ron asked.
"Sure, second period in fact. Though she wants an even longer essay on Saturn than you, and she doesn't want 'just the moons' on it either." George said. He turned to Hotaru, "She said you were a fan of Astronomy and knew almost everything about Saturn." He then grinned.
Hotaru sighed, "I don't guess you'll leave me alone until I help you?" She asked. They shook their heads, still grinning the both of them.
"Now don't you two think you should just read the books Sapphire gave you?" Setsuna asked.
"No." They said in unison. "Why read a book when you can consult someone who can tell it to you in layman terms?" George asked.
"Let me finish my own essay while you read over your assignments." Hotaru told them.
"Deal." They said at the same time, once again.
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Journal Entry, Night already: All of my 'day' was pretty much spent doing homework, helping others with their homework, and chatting with Kioko who wasn't about to leave my side. I told Fred and George all they'd possibly need to know about Saturn and its moons, I then lent my essay to Ron and Harry for them to look over, reword, and rewrite in their own context. Fred and George went on to Herbology homework while I got out the book on Defensive Magic Theory. Kioko went into detail about Hermione's second revolution against Umbridge. About the time she finished Harry was back from his detention.
"Harry, you have a cut on your hand." I interrupted Kioko. I just noticed the blood and narrowed my eyes on it, catching the words just as Harry was trying to hide it. "Harry," I grabbed his cloak, what was that woman doing to him? "Harry, we know Voldemort's back, he's been back. But nothing you or anyone else says is going to change the fact that no one is willing to believe any of it. The ministry will just have to see it for themselves, and even then some still won't be willing to accept he's still alive. You have to understand, this is what people do when they're scared." I said.
Harry sighed and sat down in the chair beside Kioko. He ran his fingers through his hair, no longer trying to hide his hand. "That's easy for you to say, you don't have to deal with the staring, the whispering, the letters, everything! People calling you a liar, calling you crazy, it just doesn't seem worth it anymore." He said, he looked a bit irritable and tired at the same time. Two things that often coincide.
"The truth will come out someday, it always seems to eventually, but think about it. If there's no reason, other than yourself and Dumbledor, that anyone has to believe Voldemort is back, he's going to drag that along for as long as he can, meaning he won't be doing anything outright. He likes people believing he's not there, that's why he's practically encouraging this behavior." Setsuna put in.
"Meiho, please." Madam Pomphry said. "Someone could be listening."
"All the better." Setsuna said, "The more the truth gets out the more people may hear and believe it."
"Here, here!" Fred said.
"Here Harry, let me heal that for you." Setsuna said, taking his hand. "'I must not tell lies'?" She questioned, reading his hand. "Ironic." She said before casting the spell with her wand. His hand healed up and he rubbed it to remove the lingering itch.
The others came and went that day, but Kioko stayed like I said before. We talked about this and that, I got some lunch in. Setsuna told me I could go to classes the next day, but I had to still sleep and have breakfast in the hospital wing. I also have to come back after classes and do my Homework in bed while resting at the same time. Well currently Kioko's off in our room because of curfew, and I suppose I should stop writing, besides, Setsuna-mama looks like she wants to talk about something, probably my condition.
"Madam, I don't mean to be rude, but would you be willing to give me a private moment with Hotaru?" Setsuna was asking Pomphry.
"Of course dear." The healer said sympathetically, she then left the room, since there were no other students currently using that particular room.
"Setsuna-mama, what happened?" Hotaru asked.
Setsuna sat halfway onto the bed, she then began speaking in Japanese so that the chance of them being overheard was a lot more slim, "Honestly Hota-chan, I don't know. I have an assumption, bit I'm not sure." She said, she took a deep breath as if preparing herself for something big. "What it seems like right now, is that the darkness that use to reside in you never quite left, as though we never fully destroyed Mistress 9 because she was apart of you. But because you're stronger now, she's stronger. I'm not sure how it happened, but somehow it seems she tried to surface and you fought back. As though you two were having a war inside of you. Currently you're still in control, and hopefully we can keep it that way until Serenity-sama can do something about it. But we can't let this information on to anyone else, understand?" She said.
Hotaru could only nod, unable to speak for fear she'd suddenly collapse into tears. Mistress 9? Back? And…inside of her?! It was almost too much to handle, the evil spirit that had possessed her was back, why? Why couldn't she have just died?!
Setsuna helped Hotaru lay her pillows back down, the two wordlessly exchanged goodnights. Setsuna turned off the light and let Hotaru to get to sleep. But how could she sleep? With all that was happening, how could she ever get back to sleep?! Hotaru couldn't hold it any longer, she turned and started sobbing on her pillow. Eventually she was so tired she cried herself into a deep slumber.
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"Wake up Hota-chan. I made you a nice, edible, breakfast!" Setsuna's voice woke her up, though it was a rather pleasant wake up. Her sleep had been peaceful, mercifully dreamless. She turned around and Setsuna helped her sit up in her bed again to eat.
"Thank you Setsuna-mama." Hotaru yawned. She ate her breakfast briskly and then gathered her robes up to change in.
"I let you sleep in a bit, classes will be starting soon so you'd better hurry on to your first, but don't exert yourself." Setsuna said.
Hotaru smiled to her as she smoothed out the last creases in her black wizard robes. "Thanks." She said, she picked up a few of her books, stuck them in sub-space, and then left to get on with her classes.
The last week was more or less just a fresh start, this week was when Hotaru's weekly schedule would be formulated, next week she'd have two more classes on Monday but the rest of this week was pretty much set for the rest of the school year. First was Advanced Writing with Harry and a select few of others, that lesson went pretty well. The professor had to inspect Hotaru's quick pen to make sure that it wasn't charmed in a way that her writing would be improved with it before he let her use it. But that was to be expected. When he was satisfied he had them start on their homework for the week, a short essay on whatever subject they wanted that was on a certain list, though it had to be at least half a foot long. Today was mainly to chose their topic as well as to listen to the Professor read a few essays and he then pointed out some of the finer points in it what they were to try and achieve. Hotaru chose to do one on firefly magic. Harry chose a topic on Saturn, "Its actually a very interesting planet." He said to Hotaru.
The next class was Arithmancy with the rest of the Slytherins, though Umbridge wasn't Inspecting that teacher, she was, however, inspecting Professor Grumpyplanks in Care of Magical Creatures. Malfoy was, being Malfoy, though he was avoiding Hotaru for some odd reason.
While Umbridge was questioning the professor, Hotaru was doing a quick sketch of the creature they were studying. She started noting things like what it ate, how to feed it, how to train it, stuff that she might need to know for the O.W.Ls.
Harry landed himself in detention again, Malfoy was telling Umbridge how he had been attacked by a Hippogriff when Harry came in, "Only because he was too stupid to listen to what Hagrid told him to do."
"Another night's detention, I think," She said softly.
"Now hold on Professor Umbridge." Kioko came in just before winking at Hotaru. Taking the hint she walked up to them as well. "Almost everyone knows Malfoy never listens to reason when concerning people he doesn't like. Of course he wouldn't listen to Hagrid, and besides, hippogriffs are cool. It only attacked Malfoy because he was egging it on. Honestly, I'm getting mixed messages here. First you have Harry write 'I must not tell lies' several hundred times and then punish him when he tells the truth." She said.
Umbridge looked like she was about to snarl at Kioko, but then she saw Hotaru and thought against it. The sweet little girl was just too innocent, the look she was giving her made Umbridge soften up. Her face relaxed, "You make a good point Miss Night," She said, "Very well, 10 points from Griffendor and cancel our detentions. But Potter, I won't be so lenient next time." She said. The 'High Inquisitor' then bid goodbye to the Professor and left, much to everyone's delight.
Hotaru shook her head, she had actually saw what Umbridge was thinking, and not just her emotions either. She felt a bit sick, had she made the professor think that? Did she just manipulate a human being without even knowing it? Or was that just Umbridge and not her? Either way, it was disturbing and set Hotaru on edge.
"Thanks a million Kioko!" Harry exclaimed. "You saved me, Angelina will be pleased I got out of detention." He said.
"Hold that thought a moment." Kioko said, she then turned her attention onto Hotaru, "You could be very manipulative if you tried. Either that or Umbridge just likes you." She said.
Hotaru shook her head again and merely smiled. She'd expected Draco to come up and snip at her, but he didn't, in fact he moved to the far end of their study ground. Maybe he had been traumatized by Haruka-papa and wasn't doing anything for fear she might still be around. Though he was starting to give her odd looks while she wasn't looking. Maybe he was giving her some down time because of her sudden 'wound' in the middle of the night.
Charms was next, and then was Construction of Magical Objects. Fred and George took to practically coddling Hotaru, they wouldn't let her get the stuff she needed herself and did it for her. The teacher had decided to give her a particularly hard project: a ring that, when you touched the stone once, the aria around the wearer would illuminate. Hotaru decided to improvise a bit, she made it so that the will of the wearer activated the ring and it would also illuminate a good deal of the room around them, however they'd be the only ones who could see it. Oddly enough she finished it before class ended, though it wasn't soon enough for her to try it out. She slipped the ring on and was going to clean up her mess, but Fred and George did it for her using their wands. All she had to do then was gather her books and meet Kioko for dinner.
"Just where are you going young lady?" Setsuna stopped her before she entered the Great Hall.
"Oh, I forgot." Hotaru said.
"I suspected you would, come on, Miss Night is going to join us for dinner in the Hospital Wing." Setsuna said as she lead Hotaru down the corridors.
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Journal Entry, Still Tuesday: Kioko and I ate our dinner and did our homework for the rest of the day. I had several visits from Harry, Ron, Fred, and George all asking for a bit of help on their own homework, and a visit from Hermione just to say hi. I also had an unexpected visit from Millichent.
"So, are you going to join the team?" Was the first thing he asked after putting his Get Well flowers at the foot of my bed.
I sighed and nodded, "I guess so."
"Great!!! I don't suppose you'll be able to come to practice today?" He asked.
"Absolutely not." Setsuna bustled in. "She's not getting out of the Informatory until Thursday." She said.
"But…"
"Millichent." Setsuna said in her 'arguing is futile' voice.
He sighed, "Okay Madam Meiho." He said. "I have to go coach. See you I guess." He said to Hotaru. "Night, are you coming?" He asked.
"Sure, just not until the last possible moment." She answered.
Again Millichent sighed, and then he walked out.
"By the way Firefly," Kioko said. "What's you're permanent schedule for the week?" She asked.
"Oh, this." I said, handing her the slip of paper that had the compiled classes in my schedule.
"Hmmmm…" Kioko looked over and read it aloud.
"Monday: Astronomy, Potions, DADA, (Kinetics, Illusionary)
Tuesday: Advanced Writing, Arithmancy, Care of Magical Creatures, Charms, Composition of Magical Objects
Wednesday: Ancient Runes, Ancient Magic, Transfiguration, History of Magic, Herbology
Thursday: Life Studies, Useful Life Spells, Myths and Legends, Rituals, Cooking Our Way
Friday: Healing, Illusionary, Natural Magic, Kinetics, Conjuring.
"Good grief!!! You've really loaded yourself down for the year, and it's only your first year at the school too!!! Wow, Kinetics, Illusionary, and Natural Magic are all courses that most people can't even do small spells in. I'm gonna go see if I can get my schedule to match yours!!!" She said excitedly.
"Why didn't you take them before hand?" I asked.
She just shrugged, "Guess I didn't think about it. I'll be back after Quidditch practice." She said before leaving.
"Ja ne." I said.
"Ja." She said back.
Well, after that I had no one in the room with me. All that was left for me to do was the rest of my Arithmancy homework as well as my Advanced Writing. Though it didn't take long before I finished both of those and had nothing more to do. Having a quick pen was great for getting things done fast, but what were you suppose to do when you were finished and couldn't go to the library for more books?
I decided to ask Setsuna something when she came back in the room and we were alone. "Setsuna, earlier today, in Care of Magical Creatures, I don't really know, but something happened." I started.
"What is it Hota-chan?" Setsuna asked sitting on the bed.
"Well, Umbridge was, she was about to give Harry detention for something, then Kioko came in and defended him and well…when she looked at me, I saw her thoughts. I felt what she was thinking. And she decided not to give Harry any more detention that week, because of me." I told her, almost guiltily. "It was either that, or I was actually putting those thoughts into her mind." I said, thinking back on it I was scared. What could this kind of a skill mean for me?
"Ah, I see. Well Hotaru, you've always been pretty good about getting your way subtly." Setsuna said, "Remember when you were little and you wanted a certain lamp that was fairly overpriced and couldn't afford it?" She asked, I shook my head because I honestly didn't remember. "Well, you only had around 20 dollars and you looked just so cute when you were upset that you couldn't afford it. The shop owner gave you a special discount and didn't even take all your money for it." She told me grinning. "I guess what I'm trying to point out, Taru, is that you've always had a certain…gift with people. It's just taken a good long while for it to surface. A very good example of it is when you got Professor Snape to give points to Gryffindor. It's another ability that comes with Silence." She told me.
That gave me a lot to think on, I remember that I had wanted Umbridge to cancel her detention with Harry quite badly. It was so unfair for Harry after all. Could I possibly, with a little time, get Umbridge to accept the fact that Voldemort might be back? Probably not, after all, this skill is only just starting to surface, and changing a set human's mind is something that practically requires physical confirmation.
I think I dosed off after a while because the next thing I knew Kioko was at my bedside. "Wake up sleepy head." She said waving something in front of my face. I groggily reached my hand up to take and look at it.
"My schedule?" I asked.
"My schedule. This is yours." Kioko said grinning as she set another piece of paper on the desk beside me. "We're in the same classes now. Don't know why I haven't thought of this before, I've always had too much time on my hands after doing my homework." She commented.
"Oh," I said smiling, so I wouldn't be alone in my extra classes after all.
"Hotaru." Setsuna said, she waved a glass of medicine in front of me. I groaned but drank it down anyways.
"You will not believe this, but just before I was about to come in I saw Malfoy exit this room. He didn't see me though, but I swear he looked an itty bitty bit worried!" She exclaimed. "He was coming to see Hotaru wasn't he Setsuna?" Kioko asked.
"Leave me out of it." Setsuna said holding up her hand. But I distinctly saw a small grin play upon her lips as she airily gestured towards a small box of chocolates.
"Ah HA!!! I knew he was crushing on you!!! Practically everyone is." Kioko said bringing the box of chocolates up to me. I could tell without looking that my face was red as a cherry.
"Kioko." I wined quietly. Did she have to do that?
"Okay, maybe not everyone. But Miss Sweet and Innocent is turning a lot of people into jelly, and not just guys either. Umbridge has taken a liking to you, obviously, which could be an advantage." She said considering.
"Kioko!" I gasped, though I shouldn't have been surprised, I still couldn't believe she would use me like that.
"I'm just kidding, sheesh." She said waving it off.
"But, if Malfoy liked me in any way why is he always insulting me and tripping me and stuff?" I asked, confused.
"To get your attention dear," Setsuna put in, obviously unable to resist, "All boys this age do that."
"Though we can still call him a jerk and get Haruka to beat him up some more. What?! It was funny." Kioko exclaimed when I gave her another 'look'. She then started smirking evilly, "Oh this is good, the great Draco Malfoy starts crushing on a girl he only met at the beginning of the school year. I am going to have fuuuuuuun. Well I am!" she exclaimed defensively.
"Kioko please!" I begged.
"Oh but you look so cute when you blush." She said.
"KIOKO!!!"
"Alright, alright I'll stop." She said laughing a bit.
"Miss Night you have a curfew to date." Setsuna reminded.
"Oh drat. I'll see you tomorrow in class Firefly." Kioko said. She gathered her stuff back up and then left with a, "Ja."
Setsuna's letting me stay up long enough to finish writing this out, I have a little more time so I guess I'll record some thoughts while I'm at it. I can't believe Draco likes me, I mean, with all the shoving, the insults, the would-be bullying. To be honest I had a hard time thinking he was the kind of person who could like anyone. It's a bit confusing, but…sigh, I don't know. I kind of feel…special I guess, that a guy, any guy, would actually like me. I mean, for so long I had been called a freak, pushed around because I was so week, and above all feared. No one seemed to like me at all, they all stayed away from me. Whole conversations had stopped when I merely passed by. But now, here, I belong. Its kind of mind boggling, but I suddenly belong somewhere, no one's calling me a freak here, no one fears me for being different, and I have friends here that come to see me while I'm sick. It's so, so, nice for lack of a better word.
Well, Setsuna-mama's giving me 'the look', I'd better go on to sleep.
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Journal Entry, oh lots of stuff: It's been quite a while now, homework's been building up a good deal, though I'm still able to keep the weekends free. Kioko's getting irritable because of the stress, but we'll get use to it.
It was around two weeks ago that I was let out of the Informatory, I guess I just didn't feel there was much important stuff to write down so I put it off for a while. Well, there was the extra classes, the ones that hardly anyone's good at. All three of them on Friday and two of those same ones on Monday. First day had no progress whatsoever on any of them, Kinetics was the hardest of the three, and Illusionary the second. That's probably why I have the two twice a week. The homework was mainly essays on things as well as figuring some stuff out. I'm getting really good grades on my essays by the way. Kioko explained the grading levels to me. In fact we both have, mostly keeping our work at the E level, but sometimes one of us manages a low O here and there. Advanced Writing probably helps a lot in the quality of our essays.
Potions, Arithmancy, and CMO are going very well. I'm averaging a high O in all of those three and a middle E in a select few of the rest. Which has been hard, especially with Herbology, Ancient Runes is going pretty well, and I found that I'm a pretty okay cook. Rituals seemed a lot like dance, probably because there are many rituals that require bodily movement. I'm getting a low O/high E in that one because the teacher clams that I'm, "outstandingly graceful and a natural". Useful Life Spells have been rather fun, it's a short, rather small class but it teaches you some spells that would be very useful for when you start living out on your own. Ancient Magic is okay I suppose, it deals more in understanding what magic was like before the discovery of wands. It was a completely different magic too, not one you can teach to kids either. That's why many of my classmates who didn't get a high A were forced to leave the class. It's like that in many of my extra classes, especially Kinetics, it's a pretty dangerous art, even if you're able to do it. The teacher says Kioko and I are improving, but I'm really not sure if we'll be able to do so. Illusionary has been getting smaller by the week, soon I suspect that only Kioko and I will be left in the class, then I guess the teacher will sigh and tell us to try this class next year. Conjuring is a bit easier, but still very, very, dangerous. The teacher is having to excuse some people because they're just not able to handle some of the lesser creatures and spells that we're summoning. I am especially good at Healing, however. I'm averaging another high O in that class.
As for Malfoy, well, he's returned to being Malfoy towards me. And Kioko's still being Kioko and has been snipping at him, though I've noticed she's been smirking a lot more. I don't need Silence to tell what she's thinking.
Speaking of Silence, I haven't really had any more nightmares, I'm not sure what happened that night. My guess is that Guardian Saturn was the one fighting Mistress 9, who is still dormant within me. The days have been especially hard with her threat in the back of my mind. Oh I hope Usagi-chan and Setsuna-mama figure it all out soon. I might not be so lucky the next time she tries taking over my body again. Kioko's been too busy handling her own stress to notice mine I suppose, otherwise she'd notice, of course, and be demanding to know what was wrong.
Earlier today Kioko got wind of something Harry, Ron, and Hermione were starting. She, being Kioko, prompted them on the details at once and then relayed them to me. It was a basic 'anyone who wants to learn actual Defense Against the Dark Arts come here' type deal. And Harry was teaching it. We're to meet them at the Hog's Head during the first weekend of October.
As for Quidditch, it's going okay I guess. We're getting a good many practices in, though Kioko told me to wait for a bit before catching the snitch so that the rest of them can actually play a decent game.
Malfoy's very irritated at me for taking the Seeker position, and is letting me know it right now. I wonder if my outward oblivious look to all this is egging him on or tiring him. I mean, he has to stop some time, he doesn't have a quick pen like I do so there's no way he could have all his homework done by now. Not even I have all my homework done for the day. Though it's just an essay on Pluto, won't take very long.
I guess since that's all I needed to write down I'll go on to my room and finish that essay.
A/N: Hey yas everyone! I don't have much to put down here so ja! *Waves* Oh yeah, you'll be happy to know that I beta-read this chapter, I hope it wasn't too bad this time around.