The Call of Magic
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Harry Potter
A/N: I am glad that people are liking this story! Some good news: I will soon be getting my own computer, which is good because now my parents can't kick me off every time they need to work- which means I can write whenever I want, YAY!
Random piece of information that you probably don't care about: This is officially the longest story I have ever written- the farthest I have ever gone before this is three chapters. I owe it to you guys for giving me the inspiration to keep writing, thank you!
"Speech"
'"Japanese"'
'thoughts'
Chapter Six:
Inuyasha flopped onto the nearest couch in exhaustion. Mrs. Higurashi had rented a small motel suite for them to stay in. The hanyou was not one to display such weakness openly- but he had just had quite a day
He closed his eyes and reviewed the events that had taken place that day:
Kagome's mother had booked a flight the moment she had heard of Kagome's absence. Inuyasha, of course, had insisted on coming as well, and he had almost regretted it…almost.
The plane ride had been absolute hell for the poor hanyou. The paint that he had experienced in his ears during take-off had rendered him unconscious. However, fate it seemed, had decided to inflict yet more suffering on him. When he awoke, he had been greeted with the communal noise of an entire airplane. People vomiting, babies crying, the incessant rumbling of the engines- and toss into the mix the stale, artificial smell of the recycled air. Not to mention, he had passed out a second time from the decent
Needless to say, for our hero it had been fourteen hours of pure torture. Mrs. Higurashi had to splash him with cold water when the passengers were departing into Heathrow Airport.
Slowly, his eyes began to drift closed. He would need his rest; tomorrow he was going to start his search for Kagome.
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After the feast, everyone save for the fifth years made their way to their dormitories. Kagome looked around the hall and recognized the three boys she had met on the train, who were located at the Slytherin table. Dumbledore made his way down from the podium and beckoned Kagome to come forward. When she reached him he began to talk,
"I am sure that all of you have taken notice of Kagome here. And I am sure that you have noticed that she is quite out-of-place." Kagome blushed at the appraising looks that the students were giving her, "She is a muggle-" Muttering broke out amongst the spectators, and she was unhappy to note that it did not sound pleased, "However, she has been aware of magic for some time, and for some reason is not affected by the majority of our spells (1). It is the will of the Ministry that she remain here at Hogwarts until they have decided what is to be done with her, and she will be joining you in classes that do not require wands. I expect all of you to make her feel welcome."
She cast her eyes to the ground as she made her way back to her seat, still very much aware of the muttering around her, 'I guess he was just telling them what they would have found out eventually anyway.' She could feel the hard gazes on her back as they were dismissed from the hall.
People continued to whisper all too conspicuously about her, but one particularly loud remark made her blood boil,
"Honestly! Mudbloods are bad enough, now they have muggles here too! Let's just see how long the Ministry keeps her here once I take it up with father. I don't see how a muggle could have gotten here to begin with- they are all completely useless!" She whirled around and stomped angrily over to the culprit, only to find that it was Draco Malfoy. She grabbed his arm and spun him around to face her,
"I'll have you know that I am anything but useless! I have got rid of things ten time my size! I have seen more in one year than you have in life!" (2) He sneered cruelly at her,
"You sure talk big for someone who can't even speak English right, muggle." His sneer twisted into a smirk, "You really are useless." That was the straw that broke the camels back. An entire day of stress came to the surface as tears formed in her eyes. Then, she did the only thing she could think of. She slapped him- hard, across the face. His head whipped back on impact, and she pun around- tears still falling freely onto her pretty face.
"Wow! That was bloody brilliant Kagome! You sure put Malfoy in his place!" Exclaimed Ron happily. Hermione was the first to notice that she was crying,
"Don't let him get to you, Kagome. He doesn't even know you." Of course, Kagome knew that she was right. But that didn't change the fact that Malfoy had hit a sore spot for Kagome.
One of Kagome's major anxieties was that of being useless. IN the past it had been one of Inuyasha's insults- that she was good for nothing, save for being a Tama detector. Somehow hearing it being voiced, even if it was indirectly in the beginning, had a detrimental effect on her composure.
After a few minutes she had managed to calm herself down, by then they had finally reached the Gryffindor dormitories. There was a large painting of a fat woman in a pink dress. Hermione said the password, which Kagome made a mental note of to remember, and the painting swung aside to reveal a cosy looking lounge,
"This is the common room, Kagome. Here you can basically do anything you want." Said Harry helpfully, at Hermione's reprimanding look he added, "Anything within the school rules, at least." Hermione smiled and beckoned Kagome up a flight of stair which lead to a door. On it was a plaque which read "Fifth Year Girls". She opened it, and inside she saw two girls that had arrived before them. They introduced themselves,
"Hi, I'm Lavender Brown."
"And I'm Parvati Patil." She shook hands with both and turned to go to the only unoccupied bed of the four in the room. To her surprise she found a trunk at the foot of it, and on top was a piece of parchment. She picked it up and began to read,
'This trunk has everything you will need, Kagome. I hope that you will have a comfortable stay here. I have also included some things I thought might interest you.'
She opened the trunk and gasped softly. Inside were three school uniforms, as well as various muggle clothes that had been selected according to her current outfit. (not to mention some, ehem…'unmentionables') After she had unpacked the clothes, she found a stack of textbooks, as well as some stationery. To her intense relief, the books were written in Japanese. Going through them, she noticed that one was not a textbook,
'This one has no title.' Her brows drew together in confusion as she opened the worn cover tentatively, 'This looks hundreds of years old.' Inside the book, she discovered worn pages and smudged, hand written kanji.
'The way to control one's inner power is by finding the center of calm. There you are able…' She snapped the book shut, and quickly proceeded to sneeze on the dust that flew at her face. This book was an instructional tome…a Shinto tome. She placed it carefully back into the trunk,
'I think I'll read that one later…' Lavender Brown interrupted her thoughts,
"So, Kagome. Which subjects are you taking?" She asked curiously. Unsure of what they were called in English, Kagome displayed the textbooks that had been given to her. Although Lavender could not read the titles, she did recognize the covers, "It looks like you're taking Potions, Herbology, Divination, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Astronomy, History of Magic and Care of Magical Creatures." Hermione blinked,
"But…Defense Against the Dark Arts isn't a wandless subject." The other two witches present looked confused as well, but their faces brightened,
"You'll love Divination, we have an amazing teacher!" Said Parvati excitedly, Kagome couldn't help but notice Hermione rolling her eyes,
"I am sure I will."
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A/N: Phew…I have to go and do my homework…
(1) Certain spells act too quickly for Kagome to purify herself of them. (ex. Expeliarmus and Avada Kadavra.) There is a way around this, which will be explained later on in the story
(2) You'll notice how bad the grammar is here. She will not always speak this badly, but she did not have time to think about what she was going to say. Her English will eventually get to a point where she is basically fluent, but that will only come later.
PS: I have checked up on it, and it really does seem that the only Gryffindor girls in Harry's year are Lavender, Hermione and Parvati. However, if there is anyone that I have left out, don't hesitate to tell me.
Next Chapter:
Kagome starts lessons and Inuyasha starts searching. Now wait just one second here…why in all the seven hells is Snape being nice to Kagome? Find out in the next chapter of The Call of Magic!