Hey, once and for all, I don't own YYH, Harry Potter, Charmed or Inuyasha. I only own Aurora, her staff, her pendant and the story line. Inuyasha won't appear until later. Now on another note.
No one's even tried to guess what the dream with the tree's meant. I'm so ashamed!! I will allow the 'contest' to continue and the first one to guess correctly gets a special prize. See how nice I can be? I didn't even try to threaten you to review or anything. But that's only because I'm at half level of sugar. So I'm not hyper or withdrawn. I know big words, go me. And of course a few responses to my reviewers:
twistedmind29- Thanks ^_^ But updating will be slower than with my other fics in the beginning. Being a senior in high school takes up a lot more time than I thought.*Gives you a rose whip and Hiei's katana*
FoxyFireDemon- It was quite funny and descriptive, I'll try to say things like that more. Arigato. *Gives you a Hiei and Kurama plushie* I'll always write more. ^_^
So enjoy another chapter of this great story. And a warning, Yusuke is a bit OOC and I guess Hiei is too, but that's Kuwabara's fault, his stupidity is a bit contagious. Another warning, there are time jumps. So once again enjoy.
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Heading into the bank, Aurora handed the teller her key and headed to the vault. The trip to hers was like a roller coaster, which she rode only once. Fighting the urge to scream just for fun, the cart finally stopped. "Stand back." The goblin warned her and put the key into the safe lock, then he ran a finger down the center of the door. Hearing a hiss and the roar of a dragon being put to sleep. The door opened to reveal piles of galleons filling up 75 percent of the safe. The rest had piles of knuts and sickles. She took out a shabby pouch and stuffed mainly galleons, and some of the rest.
She didn't like the idea of using the money too much, it was her mothers before she moved to America. She remembered asking what her mother did before she started in one of the American Wizarding schools. Turns out she was a Diviner and an Auror. Aurora fell in love with the idea of being an Auror, and despised the idea of being a Diviner. That upset her mother very much, it's one of the things she regret saying to her mother. It was one of the last things she said to her, before some bounty hunters took her mother away. Aurora's thoughts were stuck on this until the cart returned to the building. Shaken from the current thought from the goblin telling her to get out and shoved her key back in her hands.
Stepping out, she thought that it would be best to get a lay of the land. Going by the ice cream shop, she constantly heard whispers going about. With her strangely sharp hearing she figured out what they were saying. "See that staff? She's American that one is. Wouldn't see a female wizard `round here, much less a wizard with a staff `round here either." She did realize how strange she must have looked with a large staff in England, she knew that around here, everyone used wands. And they wore robes, noticing the robe shop at her right at that moment, she decided it would be best to get that first. She didn't want to arouse too much suspicion anymore.
The place was empty, save a pale blond boy and the owner of the shop writing down the measurements that the tape was taking itself. "Excuse me ma'ame. I am in a bit of need of robes." The boy turned around and sneered at the state of her clothes. She decided to teach this guy that looks aren't everything. "And I'd like to pay for some of it in advance right now." Puts 20 galleons on the table, seeing the guys look on his face, she smirked. The owner started her on her measurements right away. Aurora decided on getting quite a few robes. A couple in black, 3 in a blood red color, a deep blue one and 4 in a nice shade of deep green. Green was one of her favorite colors, and she always thought it suited her best. After about five minutes of measurements, she was bored and decided to start a conversation. She really didn't like him, but when she was bored she would do anything to drive it away. "So your local round here?"
"Well that's obvious." He had this drawling voice, almost wanting to stop him from talking for good. But her staff was off to the side, and her boredom was too great. "And your obviously not from around here. Your accent is terrible, almost as bad as your clothes."
"Don't knock the clothes, there for traveling, and I travel a lot. But never to Europe, I mainly backpack around the America's. You do know what backpacking is, do you?"
"Sounds like a muggle thing. Are you from those kind of families?"
This guy was getting on her nerves. He was so lucky that she was extremely bored, or she would have punched his lights out. "My mother was an Auror and Diviner. I'm not sure what my father was, he disappeared before I was born. My mother said he was rightly powerful though. Said he'd give Voldemort a run for his money if me dad was angry enough." Here it went again. Every time she went somewhere, she'd pick up their accent after hearing them speak. The same happened when she went to Brazil, she heard some people talking and picked up the language and accent in a moments time. But that was because of a pendant that she wore since she first started Wizarding school when she was five. It was three years later when her mother was taken away, and with no guardian or parent, she was expelled from the school. She never understood the pendant completely, but she knew enough that it made her able to speak and understand all languages. And it looked great.
"I doubt anyone has that much power. At least it's safe to assume you have no muggle blood in you. I would be mortified to be caught talking with anyone like that. By the way, I'm Draco Malfoy.
"Aurora Oracles." She shook his hand uneasily. She didn't like to shake hands, she always got a weird vibe from it. Like the one she got from this Malfoy guy, it was creepy, felt dark of some sort. "So Draco, what kind of schools do they have here?"
"None like yours." He was talking about staff magic. She figured as much. "The one around here is Hogwarts, it's not the best though. I wanted to go to Durmstrang, but mother didn't like the thought of me so far away. So I'm stuck at the muggle loving school." Draco saw the tall girl clenching her fists constantly. "You do know that if you choose your friends right, you could get what you want. Stick with my family and I'm sure my father can get you into whichever school you want. For your loyalty" He gave his hand out for some agreement. He would ask his father about this Oracles family and see if she was deserving to be seen around him.
"Maybe, but nothing is ever absolute in the beginning. How old are you anyways, you sound like your part of a mob group or something."
"Sixteen, but that was none of your business." He put his hand back to it's sides. "My father is waiting for me." He got off the pedestal and headed out. She saw his father, you could tell that they were father and son. Both had the same sneer and complexion and same hair color. Once again her hearing picked up their conversation. "How important are the Oracles family, father? I just met one of them that looks to be about my age."
"Their powerful Draco, and think their better than the rest of wizards. Unless their views changed I advise you to stay away from them. At least until I consult the Dark Lord of the level of importance to him." They continued talking but they walked out of her range of hearing. She was pissed, and a glowing blue tint was seen in her eyes for all but a moment.
"All done my dear, that'll only be seven more galleons. Your robes will be sent to your room in about an hour." Aurora paid the Woman and walked out. I'm gonna need a wand now, she thought as she headed for Ollivanders. While she was told very little of the place, she remembered hearing that Ollivanders had great wands. Thinking it was best to leave her staff outside for a bit, she leaned it against the wall just a few inches from the doorway. Opening the door, she was greeted with a boy with slicked back black hair and in a green jumpsuit sending sparks right at her stomach. Flying back into a table at the shop across, she landed on the floor.
She saw a tall guy with long red hair and a dreamy voice say, while running to her, "Oh my, are you all right?"
**In the Leaky Cauldron**
"Well at least we found it."
"Great, so where's Leo?" Paige went to the counter and asked the gray haired man if her brother-in-law had been here yet. She walked back to her sisters with a smug look on her face. "Well where's my husband?"
"Upstairs" She handed Piper and Phoebe their keys. "Tom said that he was tired and went right up after being shown how to get into the main alley." The three sisters and the sleeping two year-old boy went upstairs with their bags. "Hey, when's this Dumbledore guy supposed to get here anyways."
Phoebe went to check the letter from earlier. "It says that he'll meet us here tomorrow. And that he's meeting some others here tomorrow as well. Says some students that need to get a basis on the rules for when they get to the school." With that, they all went into their rooms to get some rest. They already decided that they'll get everything they need after the meeting with the headmaster.
**Inside Flourish and Blott's**
"Harry, Ron, the books over here."
"Gee, `Mione. Can you be any louder?"
"That's not funny. And as much as I despise Divination, I've read about oracles before. They have great power and are rare to find."
"You act as if their not human. Their only normal people with special powers. Like me being a parseltounge." Harry kept on hearing Hermione's rambling about how Trelawny was a fraud and how ridiculous Divination really was. Now that she's heard about one of the books that Harry and Ron needed for that class, she wouldn't shut up about oracles.
"Harry, oracles are more amazing than being a parseltounge. Not only do they have the power to see the future that'll happen if it's not interfered with, they also have the power to read and move things with their minds."
"My mom talks about those kind. They say that muggles pay them to read their fortune. It's all a hoax, to actually find a real oracle is impossible."
"They said the same about you-know-who coming back to life. And see where we are now." Hermione was in a mood where she had to prove everyone wrong. Ron's been joking about the whole prefect position was going to their head. They continued arguing while gathering and paying for their books.
On their way out, with the rest of the Weasley family of course, they heard constant murmurs of someone getting shot by another persons wand outside Ollivanders. With curiosity a sea of red with a spot of brown and black, they head to the wand shop to see a girl of about 16 on the ground and a guy about a year older standing over her to make sure she was alright. Out of nowhere she yelled "Accio staff" and a silver staff with a red jewel flew out of a short mans hands and into hers.
"Well, who would have thought an American wizard would come all the way to Diagon Alley." Mr. Weasley was full of curiosity as he said this. He was really interested in her staff. Even at this distance you could see some writing along the sides of the staff. "Well, we better get the rest of the stuff. Can't waste anymore time here." They headed the other way and went to a robe shop.
**A few moments before outside of Ollivanders**
"Yeah I'm fine. I think your friend should learn not to try out wands at doorways" Aurora had a little trouble getting used to her surrounding again. First she looked around to see a large crowd staring at her. She hated that, if someone can talk and look around, then their obviously fine. Then she saw the red haired guy again, he was making sure there was no serious damage to where the sparks hit, her stomach.
"There doesn't seem to be anything too severe." He got back up and dusted off his pants.
Aurora lost interest in what he was doing and decided to look around even more. The guy with the slicked back hair was trying to stay out of sight. Trying to stay out of trouble I guess, she thought when she looked back to the doorway of the shop. A short guy with spiky black hair with a starburst , wearing black robes and a white scarf and headband, was holding her staff. He was looking at the writing and then the jewel with some interest. "Accio staff!" She didn't like people touching her stuff a lot more than staring at her. She caught the staff with one hand. "No one touches my staff, shorty" The red head was laughing, you would think that the short guy was his friend.
"I'm sorry. Hiei is either anti-social or to curious for his own good. I am Minamino Suichii, but you may call me Kurama. Do you need any help uh..." He didn't know her name. She felt it was only polite and took the offered hand.
"Name's Oracles Aurora. But around here your family name is said after your personal one, so I guess I should say my name is Aurora Oracles."
"Well, seeing that your alright, maybe Yusuke can gather enough courage to apologize." Kurama led Aurora into the shop with a muttering Hiei behind. Yusuke was sitting in one of the chairs against the wall trying to look innocent. He quickly dropped the act after he saw the three come into the shop. He quickly got up and did a short bow, looking very nervous.
"He he, sorry `bout that. First time with a wand. Urameshi Yusuke. Just call me Yusuke though."
"It's fine Urameshi, you weren't strong enough to hurt me more than with a little scratch. And I was here for the same reason as you." She took the wand on the floor that Yusuke dropped and put it on the counter. "Maybe Oak would suit him better, the heartstring seems to have held and there are no cracks in the wand. If you have a wand just the same but with a different wood, it should fit him perfectly." The owner, as well as Yusuke were dumbfounded at what she said. Mr. Ollivander went and grabbed another wand and returned to the front.
"Curious that you would think that. There actually was one other wand that had a dragon heartstring from the same host and the same length in oak." Aurora shrugged. Yusuke took the wand uneasily and with a surprise that almost got Yusuke to drop the wand, the wand started glowing and some wind formed around him. The wind and glow stopped quickly. "Well it seems that the young lady has a good eye. Curious, very curious."
"What's curious, sir?" Aurora said very nervously. Last time someone said she had a good eye, she was held at a factory for something she couldn't remember. She shuddered at the memory.
"Well the dragon that gave that string, gave four others. Which in itself was strange because a dragon would only let go of three at the most. And the species itself was the same as the dragon carved on your pendant." Aurora quickly put the pendant back under her shirt.
"Well it's not hard to guess that I'm here for a wand. But I'm, ambidextrous and I'm not sure if there are wands suitable for that." She held up both of her hands, were very slender and strong at the same time.
"That's all right, just keep both hands up like you do." The measuring tape quickly took the measurements and rolled up, dropping itself on the counter. Mr. Ollivander came back with a wand after about ten minutes. "This is a special wand. Rosewood, 12 inches and has two cores. One was from the same dragon as the young man's over there. The other core is something I still couldn't believe that we came across. It's a hair from a silver fox demon known as Youko" Kurama's eye's grew very big and almost choked at this. "Very well known in the east, but not here. Well it's worth a shot." He handed her the wand. Aurora gave it a wave and rose shaped snow flakes came down. "Very good. Now your name is...?"
"Aurora Oracles, sir."
"Should have known. I've met your mother before. You do have her eyes, it also makes sense why you got rosewood. She did as well, nine inches and a unicorn hair though." He wrote something down in a book. Aurora paid the man 12 galleons, still holding her staff, and Yusuke paid his for 9 galleons. "Now if you two don't mind, I need to serve these two young gentlemen alone." Yusuke and Aurora nodded and stepped out, closing the door behind themselves. "I'll require something from you both that comes from you. Both youkais nodded, Hiei pulled out a red and blue stone that had a yin-yang design on it. Kurama pulled out a long silver hair. "Yes, this will do." He went into the back with the hair and stone and came back shortly with singed ends of his hair. "The hair wont accept any of the wood and the stone keeps on destroying the wood it touches."
"Allow me to help." Kurama took out two seeds. Putting some of his energy he allowed both to grow to a certain height and held it there. Mr. Ollivander took a branch from each tree and eyed them suspiciously. "The one in your right hand is for the silver hair I gave you, it is a simple rosewood. The other one is a tree from Makai that can handle Hiei's core, that is all you need to know about it."
"Yes, these will do perfectly." He went back into the back room. About 45 minutes later, he came back with two wands. One was long and a deep red, about 13 inches, he handed this one to Kurama. The other one was a dark brown with a black handle, about 10 inches, this one Hiei received. "That hair is from the same demon as the one that is in Ms. Oracles if I'm not mistaken."
"Yes, it would seem so. Of course none of us will tell her other than myself. Which I wont do till I find the time appropriate for us both." Both the demons paid for their wands and left with Mr. Ollivander writing in the same book as before.
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So now their bumping into each other. Someone reported that I was abusing my other fic YYH or Die! and deleted it when it was only one chapter short of being finished, GRRR! Well I was gonna say some things about what I already wrote and what I planned to write. If you want to know that, you could e-mail me at tatumjl@aol.com and I'll send it to ya. As usual review, flame, whatever. Constructive criticism is forgivable since I'll probably take the hint to use. Found out that you have to be at least 3 feet away from Yusuke with flames and now were gonna use all new flames to see how many are needed to burn down my giant school. And I might show a bit of Inuyasha in the next chapter, but it wont be their official coming. My openings and closings suck.
Ja ne minna-san,
Your future ruler of all realms and worlds,
or just your authoress.
