The Call of Magic
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or Inuyasha.
A/N: I am so happy with the feedback that I have been getting! With regard to the questions that I received, everything will reveal itself in due time. What happens may not be what you expect, but everything I do has an explanation.
Chapter Three:
Kagome had gotten to a giant wooden door, and on her way she had passed what looked like a thick forest, and a small, rural looking hut.
'This is amazing! I wonder if there are any youkai inside...' She reached for the large handle, when the door began to creak open of its own accord. Kagome felt her heart rate quicken...somebody knew she was here.
Sure enough, inside the spectacular entrance hall was a stern looking woman with her lips pulled into a tight, thin line. Kagome felt her stomach plummet to her feet, this was not good.
The woman started walking toward her and stopped about a meter away.
"I don't know how you have come this far, but I strongly suggest you come with me." The woman turned abruptly and began to walk away. Taking the hint, Kagome followed stiffly. Adrenaline was coursing steadily through her veins and she had a nasty feeling at the pit of her stomach.
'I have too much curiosity for my own good.' The woman had led her to a statue of a gargoyle. She uttered a word Kagome didn't understand and to Kagome's surprise, the statue sprang aside to reveal a spiral staircase. The two of them stepped on and it began to take them upward, like an escalator.
At the top of the staircase was a door. It opened for them, revealing an old man with a long white beard and half moon spectacles. She noticed he was sitting in a circular room with painting on the wall of people sleeping. To her surprise, she saw that they were actually moving.
'Wow! Moving pictures, what else do they have here?' The old man began to speak to her.
"Ah, if it isn't our guest." His eyes were twinkling pleasantly as he looked Kagome up and down, "Would you mind telling me how it is you came to be here?" His friendly tone did little to ease her somersaulting insides.
"Well I-" She was cut off by the man asking,
"Is there a language that you would be more comfortable speaking?" Kagome blinked, he must have picked up her accent.
'"Yes, thank you."' The man nodded and smiled,
'"Now please explain how you got here."'
'"Well, I…my name is Higurashi Kagome."'
Kagome took a breath and began to explain how everything had come to pass: The holiday, the barrier, the train and her infiltration of the shield guarding the school. When she had finished, the old man- who had identified himself as Albus Dumbledore during her explanation, asked her a question she had not been expecting,
'"What do you mean by a barrier, Kagome? I am not aware of any such thing around the school."' Kagome's eyes narrowed in confusion,
'"You mean you can't see it?"' A thoughtful look crossed Dumbledore's face,
'"No Kagome…unless those are the spells casted to defend the school from muggle intrusion- which would explain how you were affected. That magic should be invisible to the naked eye. In fact, I was not even aware that magic was visible under any condition. The most we ever see of magic itself is the light generated during a spell.
You mentioned before that you sensed the magic of the barrier between platforms nine and ten. You made it through, and you resisted the magic of the anti-muggle spells cast around Hogwarts. However, you also said that you were presented the image of a castle ruin, which would only happen to a muggle."' Dumbledore lapsed into thought for a moment,
'"If you were magically gifted you would have been going to a magical school by now. Do you have any idea how it is you can do these things?"' Kagome thought about what she was going to say.
She was not going to tell him about her ventures 500 years in the past, he had no need to hear THAT story (she also had an inkling he wouldn't believe her, she was surprised that he hadn't doubted her so far). However, there was no harm him telling him of her miko powers- especially in a place like this.
'"Yes Dumbledore-sensei…I am a miko."' The elderly wizard gave her a curious look,
'"Alas, Kagome…I am not sure if I understand. What does being a Shinto priestess have to do with this?"' Kagome looked at her feet nervously,
'"Ano…I have…holy powers."' At this Dumbledore's eyes widened,
'"Oh my! I thought that all the miko of this nature died out centuries ago!"' He smiled and the twinkle in his eye increased, '"This certainly is a pleasant surprise! I believe I know how you were able to circumvent our security."' Kagome grew inquisitive,
'"How, Dumbledore-sensei?"' He was about to answer when somebody burst into his office. It was then that a sickly sweet voice inquired,
"And who may THIS be?"
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It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining, the birds were chirping, and Inuyasha was fuming. It had been four days, and Kagome had not come to visit them once! Sure, he had agreed to let her go for seven days, but he hadn't been happy about it. Furthermore, it just wasn't like Kagome to be gone for this long and not come back just to see how things were going.
'She's usually worried about that kitsune brat!' He thought broodingly. Needless to say, it taken all the self-control he had not to go and see her. Now, though, his patience had finally snapped. He was going to go to her time and try to convince her to come back.
"'Keh! Idiot wench, we could have found some more shards by now!"' He scowled angrily and leapt into the well. When he reached the other side, he jumped out and made his way to her house. As usual, he jumped to her window and gazed into her room.
'What? How come Kagome's room is so clean?' Kagome was not a messy person, but you could tell when she had been home for a period of time. There were usually textbooks and papers scattered haphazardly around her desk, and her pillow would have an indentation where she rested her head. Inuyasha's eyes narrowed considerably, and he opened the window. Climbing in, he noticed something disturbing.
'This place doesn't smell like it should!' He sniffed the air suspiciously. Kagome's smell was faded- she had not been in this room for several days. Inuyasha growled and made his way downstairs, he did not like what was going on.
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A/N: Two cliffies…I am so evil!
Next Chapter:
Prof. Umbridge gives Kagome some bad news, and Inuyasha finds out the truth. Though, how is it that Kagome can not only see the magic around Hogwarts, but somehow bypass it? Find out in the next chapter of The Call of Magic!