By: Lina Gabriev
Disclaimer: I don't own Slayers and I don't own Harry Potter or any of their characters. Don't sue. I also don't own the title (see notes below).
Couples: L/G, A/Z, F/X and M/Z (Martina and Zangulus)
Time: After TRY (For people just tuning in and for people who have stuck around, I have changed the time because now I realize why someone asked to have Filia and Xelloss in this story.)
The 8 Who United Hogwarts Chapter 1 The Reunion
"Hey Lina," Gourry said, still recovering from his latest slipper beating.
"What Gourry?" Lina sighed, dreading what he was going to ask her before actually asking it.
"Why are we visiting Celia again?"
Trying desperately to avoid wasting her energy by fire-balling Gourry, she sighed before answering, "She owes us that money for saving the world? Anyway, it's Filia not Celia."
"Also, we got this letter for her. I thought that as long as she wanted us to come there we might as well get something out of the deal," Lina began, pulling out the disgustingly pink letter, "she didn't explain much, just somethi..."Before she could finish a nearby explosion interrupted her. Locking eyes for a split second in confirmation, they both headed off to find the source of the explosion.
A raven-haired girl shook her head at the poor unfortunate fellow who's ways of justice had seriously been mislead. "You poor soul, who light of divine justice has dimmed so much. Only through the light of justice and love shall you be brought to path of righteousness." Amelia said, tears filling her eyes a she continued her speech.
"Amelia?" Lina said incredulously.
"Miss Lina?" Amelia asked for confirmation.
"What happened here?" Lina said raising her eyebrows at the wreckage, which for once wasn't caused by her.
"Just a couple of bandits, not much to worry about," Amelia told her, "Daddy sent me to try to ally ourselves with some small towns. They might be small but size doesn't matter when it comes to power."
"I'll say. Look at Lina," Gourry commented before having his face acquainted with the earth.
"So Miss Lina, what brings the two of you here?" Amelia asked, bracing herself for another Mazoku lord fiasco.
"We got word from Filia. She says it's urgent." Lina said,again pulling out the letter.
"I got one too," Amelia said, also pulling the letter to her.
"It must be bad if she needs all of us. Wait a minute I thought you were here to settle peace treaties?" Lina said accusingly.
Putting her letter back in her bag quickly, she started to laugh nervously. "Ha ha...well.um...that's what my excuse to Daddy was to come. Please don't tell him Miss Lina," she begged.
"I wonder what it is she needs?" Lina said thoughtfully, ignoring Amelia's plea.
"Yes I would like to know that as well."
"ZEL!"
"Mr. Zelgadis!"
"How ya been doing Zelgadis?" Lina says, hitting him on the back only to pull her throbbing hand back sharply.
"It would appear that I am here for the same reason that all of you are here," Zel said, ordering a cup of coffee.
Studying Lina's and Gourry's, Zel's, and Amelia's letters they realized they were both different to appeal to them so they would come.
Dear Miss Lina and Mr. Gourry,
It's been so long since I seen you both. Something has come up and I need you both to get here as soon as possible.
I am willing to pay you the former money I owed you for our battle with Darkstar. The pottery business has been enough of a success so I am able to do this. I can also provide you food and a place to stay while you are here.
Please hurry,
Filia Ul Copt
Dear Mr. Zelgadis,
An extensive library has been uncovered that I believe you'll be interested in.
Sincerely,
Filia Ul Copt
Amelia's letter:
Dear Miss Amelia,
I hope all is well in Seryrunn for you. My pottery business is going great.
Anyway something very urgent has come up and I need you here immediately. I have already sent letters to Zelgadis and the others.
Come soon,
Filia Ul Copt
"So she got us here by using what we wanted!" Zelgadis said, his voice rising sharply.
"Eh...calm down Zel." Lina began before one of her own stress marks started appearing.
"So Lina Inverse, we meet again! By the power of Zomel Gustav, I will crush you! Ha ha ha!" Martina cackled, holding out a Zomel Gustav relic.
Dear Queen Martina and King Zangulus,
I know I haven't the pleasure of meeting you, your highness, but I believe you have a small quarry with a certain Lina Inverse. If your God, Zomel Gu-
A week earlier:
"This is so embarrassing. There's no such thing as Zomel what ever his name is." Filia groaned.
"I know, but we desperately need all of their help, however small it may be," a she pleaded.
Martina's letter:
If your God, Zomel Gustav would so shine his light upon this town and save it from the destructive of Lina Inverse, I would greatly appreciate it. Directions are on the back.
Filia Ul Copt
P.S. Gourry Gabriev is with her.
"How dare she!" Lina said, a crazed look in her eyes, as she read Martina's letter. A green haired woman lay twitching on the ground utterly burned to a crisp, courtesy of a fireball, Lina style.
"Miss Lina?" Sylphiel asked. It had been a year and a half since she had seen them all last. Immediately she looked around in search for Gourry. "Where's Gourry-dear?"
Their answer was a crash from outside, and the sound of swords clashing.
Dear Miss Sylphiel Nels Rada
I know I have not had the pleasure of meeting you but I am Filia, former Dragon Priestess. I have wrote this to ask for your help. I have already sent letters to Gourry and the others. Directions are on the back of the letter.
Please hurry.It would bemy pleasure to meet another priestess,
Filia Ul Copt
"I may not have the howling sword anymore, Gourry, but I swear you will not defeat me," Zangulus said, a determined fury in his eyes.
"Can't we talk about this?" Gourry said, acting unprepared when Zangulus lunged at him, but then faked to the side. Almost loosing his balance he tried to stop his forward momentum, unfortunately at the same time a cry of fireball was heard. And less then a second later,a twitching kind was on the ground burnt to a crisp along with the swordsman he was fighting.
"Won't you guys grow up! Argh," Lina screamed, throwing her hands up in defeat.
"Like you should be one to talk. You fireballed Martina the minute you saw her," Zelgadis said, gracefully dodging a Fireball coming his way.
"Well what should we do now Miss Lina?" Sylphiel asked, looking worriedly at Gourry who was brushing the excess debri on himself.
"Well I think it's obvious now, isn't it? It's time to pay a visit to Filia, and figure out why she got us all out here." Lina said.
"What do suppose it is, Miss Lina?" Amelia asked worriedly.
"It has to be pretty bad, although I don't know how much worse it can get from Darkstar," Lina told her. "Although I can't figure out why she would need these to goons," Lina continued, referring to Martina and Zangulus, "but we're about to find out."
"Oh I'm so glad you all could make it," Filia said warmly, baby Val in her arms.
"So, you want to start explaining?" Lina said, like more of a command then a request, as she threw all the letters on the table.
"Oh you mean you read everyone's letter?" Filia asked, bracing herself for a fireball.
"Yeah, that'd be a good place to start," Lina said, sitting back in her chair comfortably to show she wasn't going to fireball her.
Sighing in relief, Filia began to explain, "I had recently got a letter myself, from a stranger asking for help. Later he came in person and explained the situation to me. It would appear that he has come from another world and needs our help. All of our help," Filia said motioning to the others she hadn't had met before, "Since I don't fully understand it myself, I think it would be best if he explained the situation to you himself. However, and I know this might upset you Miss Lina, but he couldn't make it himself, so he sent a few of his...friends."
Stepping out of the shadows came, a man followed by two others. The man had a suspicious look about him, with one eye looking at Filia, and the other strange looking eye toward Lina. Startled by him looking at her, she fell off her chair, only to have Gourry catch her.
"Oh, don't mind him, my name is Tonks," the woman said. She had bright, spiky, lime green hair. Noticing, everyone was staring at her hair, she blushed and apologized, "Sorry about that, I meant to change it," whispering something her hair changed from a bright green to the same bubblegum pink, Harry Potter last saw.
"My name is Lupin, and this is Moody," said a friendly man from behind Tonks.
"It's so good to know that you all know magic, it's such a pain to dress muggle-like," Tonks commented, "Why I remember a time when..."
"Tonks?" Lupin said reminding her why they were there.
"Oh right, sorry," she blushed again.
"Uh...my name's Lina, this is Gourry.." Lina said, as she continued the introductions.
"Alright, alright everyone knows everyone, can we get going now?" Moody growled impatiently.
"Yes, right. Well, let's get started then. If you would all follow me," Lupin said, getting up.
"Wait, hold up. I want to hear what the hell is going on before we go anywhere, got it?" Lina ordered.
"Look Ms. Inverse, please just trust us," Tonks sighed as she continued, "Please."
Giving a grunt in reply, Lina complied, stepping forward.
"Thank you. And the rest of you feel you can trust us?" Tonks said looking around.
"Well if you do double cross us, you'll have one mad bandit killer on your hands." Zelgadis said, shrugging indifferently.
"However, before we go," Lina told them, "Once you tell us what you need of us, we want to be able to refuse your offer if we don't like it."
"Agreed, now lets go. Lupin?" Moody grunted.
"Wait a minute," Filia said, scribbling something down. Giving the instructions to Jillias she ordered Jillias and Gravos to watch Valgaav and the store while she was gone. She then told them she did not know how long she was going to be gone, and reminded them to take care of everything.
"Yes Miss Filia," Jillias said obediently.
"Alright, I'm ready," Filia told them.
"Follow me." Lupin said. Taking his wand out, he whispered something to soft for them to hear, and a dimensional gate to their world opened. Moody and Tonks went in, and after a brief pause, Lina and Gourry followed as well. After seeing Lina and Gourry go in, the rest followed. A purple haired man appeared on the scene, and nodded to Lupin and as soon as Xelloss stepped through the dimensional gate, Lupin went inside and closed it behind him.
Chapter 2: The Plan and Wizard Training
My first chapter done for this story. Sorry this took so long. School is really wearing me down. The only reason I was able to complete this chapter was due to the fact that it's winter vacation here. Two whole weeks of no school, I could definitely get used to this.
I was finally able to get TRY.
Also I now know where I got the title from so to acknowledge them before someone tries to sue me, I got it from movie in the 10th Kingdom when they say, "The 4 Who Saved the 9 Kingdoms". Don't sue please. I'm so pathetic I don't even own the title so I am obviously not rich enough to be sued.
Notes: Notice that in Amelia's letter it said "I have already sent letters to Zelgadis and the others, not Lina and the others to appeal to her as well.
I have also decided to not have the sword of light featured in this story. It adds support to the whole Lina and Gourry couple, that she would stay with him even after he lost it (since that was her excuse in the first place). As for the howling sword, Zangulus lost it in the battle against Phibrizzo. Just go with me on this ok?
Thank you to all the people that reviewed. I wasn't sure if it seemed interesting enough to read.
Carla Fox: I had this story in my head for such a long time that if I didn't get it out on paper I was sure my head would explode.I don't think I'll be pairing up any of the Harry Potter characters. Sylphiel will be someone to make pairing up Lina and Gourry all the more harder.
Setsuna Fan Girl: I sent you an email and your comment helped me change a few things that you see at the top of the story. I realize I forgot to write in F/X. They will be in my story. Also thank you for the offer, but over winter break I was able to afford TRY. Thanks for the comments though, they kept me in shape so I could get my facts straight for this story. Hope you can stick around for later chapters.
LiltingTune: Thank you for the comment. I'm very self-conscious and paranoid that everyone hates what I write so thank you for telling me otherwise. You're storyline sounds interesting and I'm looking forward to reading it later. Good luck!
Kusan Ivy: Just warning you that I love comedy. I like making people laugh. However, I'm not saying that there won't be serious parts in this. I hope to evolve my action writing abilities. I have only done action once and I'm not a very serious person unless I'm angry.
White Fox 612: Thanks for reviewing. They will not be going to class until about Chapter 3 or 4, but I'm sure it'll be inevitable that Xelloss will be annoying.
I urge you to review, good or bad. I love getting reviews, and each time you all review you are helping me to become the author I wish to be one day.