The Call of Magic
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry potter or Inuyasha.
A/N: Yay! FF.net finaly fixed the problem with the elipses! I am really sorry for the wait, but School has been pretty hectic lately- plus I had some serious writer's block.
Joel: This is one of the few times that Mrs. Higurashi knows where Kagome is- it was her that organized the whole vacation to England to begin with. Before, she never had any real reason to fear for Kagome's safety. (partly out of ignorance for what goes on in the feudal era). After all, the most Kagome ever came home with was a couple of scratches. Furthermore, Inuyasha was always with her as protection. This time, Mrs. Higurashi is fully aware of the danger that her daughter is potentially in, and Inuyasha is stuck thousands of km away from her.
With regard to your other questions:
Kagome will not be getting a wand; she will be able to do some of the things shown by other 'holy people' (both Houshis and Mikos) throughout the series though. And as for Malfoy and company…everything will reveal itself in due time. Hehehe…D
PS The only schedule that I could find was for the first day, for the others I will be making up my own. The dates that classes take place don't have a great enough impact on the plot for me to take them into serious consideration. But fear not, I will be sticking to the days that I have assigned for them.
'thoughts'
"speech"
'"Japanese"'
Chapter Seven:
Kagome yawned and stretched as she got out of her four-poster bed. The happenings of the previous night came back in a flash.
'This house seems really nice, but…' She had met with the entire Gryffindor house after she had unpacked her things. So far, she got along best with Ron's little sister, Ginny, and Hermione. She had also discovered some slightly disturbing news, 'How come we have to do everything together?' She had heard the whole founder's story from Hermione, and she couldn't help but feel that there was some ulterior motive behind the four houses.
She sighed and looked at the schedule she had been given, '"History of Magic, Double Potions, Divination and double Defense Against the Dark Arts…looks as though I have my work cut out for me today, not a single wand using subject!"' She sighed and made her way over to her trunk, all thoughts of suspicious founders forgotten. She got into her school robes and walked down the spiral staircase to the common room.
There she saw Hermione, Harry and Ron (who was complaining loudly about their subjects for the day),
"Honestly! Binns, Snape, Trelawney and that Umbridge woman all in one day! Whoever made our timetable must have decided they wanted our first day to scare us for the rest of the year!" Harry nodded in agreement, and Hermione caught sight of Kagome,
"Good morning! We were just waiting for you to come down so we could escort you down to breakfast!" Kagome smiled and walked over to the trio,
"Good morning, Ari…ano…thank you for waiting for me." Hermione smiled at her and the other two greeted her as well. They began to make their way to the great hall, most of the time one of the three taking turns explaining to her how to make her way around the castle. By the time they arrived at the Great Hall she had learned some interesting facts about the school,
'A poltergeist? That would be the equivalent of a vengeful spirit, right? I wonder if this 'Peeves' guy is anything like Mayu-chan(1)…' As they sat down at the Gryffndor table she suddenly remembered something,
"Harry?" He looked up from his porridge to face her,
"Yeah?"
"How come you were so surprised when I greeted you on the train?" Harry blinked for a moment before a look of comprehension dawned on his face,
"Well, is the wizarding world I'm kinda…famous." He lifted up his bangs to reveal what looked like a lightning bolt on his forhead. A sudden flash of the half moon marking on Sesshoumaru's forehead flashed in her mind's eye,
'Is he some kind…of youkai? I don't sense any youki coming from him…' At seeing the confused look on her face he continued,
"It's a long story as to how I got it, I'll explain it in detail later. For now let's just say that this scar is what makes me famous…and wherever I go I get wizards ogling it. I thought that the reason you weren't was because you were from Japan…I guess I was wrong." Kagome looked at her plate to digest the information,
'So…it's a scar? I wonder how he got it…' The rest of breakfast passed with Kagome eating in silence- allowing those around her to chatter. After breakfast, she was lead to History of Magic by her peers…it had not been what she was expecting.
She had really been looking forward to this particular lesson- after all, it was probably one of the only subjects that she knew anything about. She had definitely not anticipated that it was taught by a ghost…or that it so boring. She had tried to pay attention, but the mindless drone of Professor Binns had almost sent her to sleep. She almost jumped for joy when the class was dismissed for potions.
She had heard a great deal of negative things about potions from just about everyone in Gryffindor, "Good luck for potions", "Watch out for Snape" and so on. She could practically feel the butterflies in her stomach from nervousness.
They entered the dank dungeon classroom and settled down (after some 'persuasion' from Professor Snape of course),
"This year you have your OWLs. Though I highly doubt the mental capacity of some of the students in this class," His gaze traveled over the boy named 'Neville', "I expect everyone to pass with at least an 'Acceptable' for the exams. I only except the best into my NEWT class- so I expect that I will be saying farewell to many of you at the end of this year." His eyes settled on Harry and his lips curled into a sneer. After a moment of silence, he swept his eyes over the students until they settled on Kagome.
She gulped inwardly at the Professor's gaze,
"Ahh…Miss Higurashi." His lips curled into what she was sure was a small smile, "Have you had any previous experience with potions?" her eyebrows drew together as she thought for a moment on it. Memories flashed through her mind- from Kaeda's remedies, to the ceremonial herbs she was placed in when Urasue resurrected Kikyo(2),
"I have encountered potions before…but I have never actually made one myself." Snape nodded at her,
"Very well, for this lesson you will work with Draco." She saw Malfoy open his mouth to protest, but a look from Snape silenced him immediately. Kagome knew there was no point in arguing,
'Great! Not only am I the only one working in a pair- but I had to be paired with him!' She gathered her things and sat down next to Malfoy,
"Just know that the only reason I'm agreeing to this is because of Professor Snape, muggle!" Hissed the blonde haired boy under his breath,
"I feel the same, trust me!" Was her whispered reply. Snape explained that they would be making a 'Drought of Peace', and put the instructions on the board. She sighed as she attempted to decipher the writing on the board- she had a feeling that this was going to be a very long lesson.
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A/N: Ooh…cliffy! Also, when I said Snape was going to be nice to her, I meant that he was going to be nice to her the same way he's nice to Draco.
(1) Mayu-chan is a little girl that appeared as a 'disgruntled' spirit is episode 12
(2) She's remembering events that happened in episode 15
Next Chapter:
The search is on! And will Kagome be able to survive potions with Malfoy? Find out in the next chapter of The Call of Magic!