Here we go again. I'm sorry that it took so long to get this out, but we had a worm on our computer, so I couldn't.

While we're here, please review my other HP stories, Hokage, Commanding Chaos, and Magick and Mist. They're just experiments, but I need to know whether or not they work.

moonypadfoot: thank you, but you might not want to get used to it. My muses have short attention spans, so when I get a good idea, I have to work really hard on it, so that when I start to move on to other things the project won't get left behind. Hence my working on several different fics at once.

Please review! Something's missing in this fic, and I need to know what it is!

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Fourth Scene: Kitchen Revelations

None of the transfer students attended any other classes that day. When Harry and his friends came down to dinner, they were nowhere to be seen. Ron was far more concerned with the contents of his plate, but Hermione also took notice of this.

"None of the new kids are here. I wonder where they are."

The Divination story had circulated fast, and now everyone in the school knew about the strange new girl who had made a prediction of ultimate doom to Harry Potter and then had a fit of some sort. Everyone was looking at him strangely and talking to each other in whispers. Crazy gossip ran rampant.

But the 'strange girl' and her fellow new students were nowhere to be seen.

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Several hours later, Harry woke up suddenly.

What? I was dreaming...there was something important that I was supposed to remember...what was it? Something about angels and gods...and a punishment...

"Forget it. If it's important, I'll remember." He considered his options. He could stay here and try to go back to sleep, or he could wander around; maybe get a snack in the kitchens. Since he felt wide awake, he decided on the latter. Rolling out of bed, he found his Cloak and the Map, and set off.

After about fifteen minutes of wandering, he decided that he was hungry and headed for the kitchens. When he stepped through the portal, he saw an unexpected sight.

All seven of the new students were sitting around a table, drinking something. They hadn't noticed him yet.

"—the risk, Rhia."

"Way to go, imouto. We're supposed to be inconspicuous, remember?"

"Well, how was I supposed to know that it would be prophetic? Sometimes I do get normal readings, you know."

"You shouldn't have taken the chance. We were sent here to keep an eye on the situation for our governments. It puts our job at risk if we stand out any more than is absolutely necessary."

"I know that. And I didn't give him the whole prophecy, so the situation isn't as bad as it could be."

"Well that's great, but we still have to explain all this!"

"Aw, shut up. All the bat asked was if anyone had ever done it before. How was Rhia supposed to know she'd ask for a demo? It would've looked pretty strange if she'd refused, now wouldn't it?"

"If you guys would take a break from this asinine display of childishness for a minute, you'd realize that we had company." Raven's voice was scornful.

Everyone looked up. Harry shifted uncomfortably. "Um, hi?"

All of the new kids looked at each other. Robin spoke.

"Memory rearranging?"

"Yeah. It would be really hard to explain if the 'savior of the wizarding world' were to disappear."

"Okay, Seiji, you're best at it. We'll distract him, you do your stuff."

The entire conversation took place in Japanese. Heero turned to Harry.

"I suppose that you want an explanation."

"Well, duh! What are you here for? What's this 'situation'? Are you really students?" He would have gone on, but Seiji had snuck up behind him and placed his hand at the base of Harry's skull.

"I think that it's time you forgot this. You will forget. This entire meeting will not have happened. You will not remember overhearing this conversation. Forget."

When Harry came out of his daze, he was reaching up to tickle the pear in the kitchen painting, with no sensation of any time having passed since he last made the motion. When the door opened, Dobby came flying to meet him, as he had thousands of other times. He received many treats, more than he could possibly eat. There was no sign of the foreign students at all.

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I know, short chapter. There is, however, a more important announcement.

I REFUSE TO UPDATE ANY MORE UNLESS I GET AT LEAST FOURTEEN REVIEWS FOR THIS STORY.

It's not that far to go, I'm at nine now.

ALSO, THERE MUST BE AT LEAST THREE, PREFERABLY FIVE REVIEWS FOR MY OTHER STORIES.

This does not need to be done immediately. I may post another two chapters before I really start holding out.

So review or I won't update!