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Sailor Witches

Chapter 4

Quidditch Tickets Part 2

MJ: Thanks, but I don't know where Osaka is, that's in Japan right and they're making an accent for her then? I'll have to watch another Sailor Moon video and listen to it again. She sounds like she's southern or something. But I think she's cool anyway.

NixiNox & mae-E: Thanks for reviewing but they don't get back together. Everyone who's read my Sailor Moon Crossovers knows that Serena falls for someone else, isn't that, right MJ? But Serena won't so cold to him as time goes by though.

Lydia picked up an envelope and a sheet of paper. She decided she'd write to Serena instead and have her give the tickets to the girls instead of having to write the same message five times.

Serena,

You won't believe this, but I got these tickets to this World Quidditch Cup tournament! Quidditch is some wizarding game played on broomsticks. I don't quite understand it really but I'll find out when we go. You have to come with me. I can invite six friends to come with me so I chose you and Madame Indigo.

Madam Indigo told me something about my parents earlier. They're not dead. They're in prison but they didn't do anything. They were framed. Madame Indigo will explain everything when you guys get here. You'll have to sailor teleport here as soon as you get these. I couldn't get plane tickets and I know that Lita's scared of planes. The cup is August 23rd but we can site-see Ireland and England before then. Trust me you'll have a great summer! It's going to be loads of fun. I can't wait to see you guys!

Love,

Lydia

Lydia placed the tickets in the envelope with the letter and licked the envelope. She picked up her pen again to address the letter to Serena. She took a few stamps and licked them, cringing at the bitter taste and stuck them on the envelope. Envelope in hand, she called out ot Lucky.

"Lucky, want to come with me to the post box?" she asked.

"All right." He jumped from her bed and walked outside with her.

"I'm just going to go and post this, Madam Indigo," Lydia said. "I'll be right back."

"All right dear," Lydia hummed to herself, excited. She couldn't' wait to see her friends again and to go to this Quidditch Cup. She hardly knew anything about it but it was a relief to know that her parents were alive, even if they were in prison. They were alive. And if she was a witch too, then that means she had more powers than she thought and they could become useful with her quests. As she approached the red postbox, she heard a familiar voice down the street.

"I met Sailor Rainbow!" cried a boy.

"Seamus, knock it off," said his mother.

"Really, Mum, I saw her!"

Lydia gasped, "Lucky, it's the boy I saved the other day!"

"It is," Lucky said. "He's probably told the world about you."

"Quick, we'd better go," Lydia shoved her letter in the postbox, "before he recognizes us!"

"How'd you mean?"

"He'll see the rainbow on your forehead," Lydia muttered, "Come on!"

She turned around and rushed back to the house, hoping Seamus did not notice them. When she got back inside, she looked at her parents' album and the Daily Prophet clippings to try and improve her memory. It was a long progress but she slowly was able to understand the magical world better.

--

It took a week for the tickets to reach Serena. She arrived home after a long hard day's work at OsaP jewelry store. Molly and her mother just came back from their vacation that day. Serena was happy for that because then perhaps she'd have time to relax. Pulling off her shoes sleepily, Serena fell on the couch. She was way too tired to climb the stairs.

"Home, Serena?" her mother called.

"Uh-huh," Serena grunted.

"Oh, are you tired?" Serena's mother walked into the living room. "How was your day, sweetie?"

"Busy," Serena groaned.

" Is Molly back from vacation yet?"

"Yeah," Serena replied, her face into the pillow.

"Well I have something for you," her mother handed her an envelope, "It's a letter from Lydia! Maybe it should cheer you up!"

"Thanks mom," Serena reached up her hand, trying to grab for it. Her mother sighed and pushed it into her hand.

Serena's mother walked back into the kitchen. "I'll make you something to drink."

Serena yawned a thank you and moved onto her back, slowly opening the letter. She pulled the paper out and as she unfolded it, five tickets fell out and onto her chest.

"Huh?" Serena mumbled, picking up one of them to look at. "Quidditch? What's that?"

Serena sighed and read over the letter. She blinked and sat up straight, the tickets falling down. "I must be really tired—is Lydia serious?"

Lydia read the letter five more times and she seemed more awake each time.

"No way," she mumbled.

"Here you go, Serena," Serena's mom walked in with a cup of tea. "This ought to relax you. Maybe after dinner you should go to bed."

"Thanks Mom."

"Do you have to work tomorrow?"

"No, thank goodness," Serena answered, blowing on her tea. "Now that Molly and her mother are back from vacation, they'll work more at the store."

"I bet you'd like a vacation now," Serena's mom added.

"Yeah," Serena looked at Lydia's letter, 'and I think I know where I'd be going.' She added mentally.

Noticing Lydia's letter, Serena's mother said, "oh, what did Lydia say?"

"Uh, well, she'd like to have me visit this summer," Serena answered and she began sipping her tea.

"Really? That's great!" she exclaimed, "That'd be wonderful. From what Lydia said, Ireland sounds like a lovely place!"

Serena's mother went back into the kitchen. Since Serena has been working at the store, her mother has been more supportive and understanding of Serena. Sammy came down the stairs.

"Hey Meatball Head," he said, turning on the television.

"Hey Pipsqueak," Serena muttered.

Sammy put in a video game and started playing, though Serena was trying to relax. "Sammy, do you mind? I was here first!"

"This living room's big enough," he grunted.

"Turn that off," she hissed, "I was trying to get some rest!"

"No!"

"Sammy, cut it out!" Mrs. Tsukino roared. "Turn that thing off!"

"It's not my fault she can't handle her job!" Sammy shouted.

"Oh, never mind," Serena picked up the fallen Quidditch tickets, folded them back into her letter, stuck it in the envelope and stood up. "I'll just go to my room." With her teacup in one hand and Lydia's letter in the other, she walked up to her room. "Hmph!"

Serena sipped her tea and placed it on her dresser. "Hello Serena," said Luna, hopping onto the dresser. "How was work?"

"Busy." She answered with a yawn. "But Molly and her mother are back from their vacation. I'm off tomorrow."

"Oh, very good."

"Yeah, not only will I be able to get some sleep," Serena said, "but I have to call a scout meeting."

"What's the matter?" Luna inquired, looking concerned. "Have you seen any new enemies?"

"No," Serena replied, taking out Lydia's letter and the Quidditch tickets and laying them down on the dresser for Luna to examine. "I got this letter from Lydia today. It's kind of strange, isn't it?"

"Hmm," Luna read the letter, "this is rather odd, but Lydia seems to be excited about this."

"I know," Serena agreed, sitting down on her bed. "But if Lydia had a feeling it was some trap from some bad guy to steal people's energy, she would've thrown the tickets away and told us to keep our eyes open for any funny stuff."

"We fell for these tricks when we were fighting the Negaverse," Luna stated.

"Yes we did," Serena nodded, "and we've learned our lesson. But Lydia said her parents aren't dead. They're alive, but in a prison. She didn't say much in her letter, but perhaps when we get to Ireland she and Madam Indigo can explain more for us. Raye can examine these tickets to see if they're real."

"Is anyone working tomorrow?" Luna inquired.

Serena thought for a moment, trying to remember who was working and who was off. "I know Raye and Mina are off but I'm not sure about Lita and Ami," Serena answered. "Lita's the best worker of us so possibly she'll be working."

"You should phone them and arrange it," Luna answered

"Yeah," Serena said, walking to her phone. She dialed Lita's number. After 10 rings, Lita picked up, breathing heavily. "Lita?"

"Serena?" she mumbled.

"What's up? You sound like you've been working out or something."

"I had just gotten out of the shower when I heard the phone," Lita explained.

"Oh, sorry," Serena said.

"It's okay. So what's up, Serena?"

"Are you working tomorrow?" Serena asked.

"Yeah," Lita answered and Serena groaned. "What's the matter?"

"We need to have a scout meeting tomorrow," Serena replied. "When's your shift?

"Noon to six," Lita answered.

"What about Ami? Is she working?"

"Yeah," she answered, "eleven to five."

"Okay, we'll have it tomorrow night right after you're done working. I need to sleep in tomorrow morning."

"We can be there at seven. I'll call Ami."

"I'll phone Raye and Mina," Serena said. "Thanks Lita."

"Sure Serena," Lita said. "What's this about anyway? Did you see any weirdoes on the way home?"

"No," Serena replied. "But I got a weird letter."

"From who?"

"Lydia."

"Lydia? She doesn't usually send you weird letters, does she?"

"No and that's what worries me," Serena answered. "Maybe after the meeting we can figure something out. Bye." She hung up and looked at Luna. "She and Ami are working tomorrow afternoon." She grunted, "we have to have it sooner though!"

"It's all right," Luna replied, "you can show Mina and Raye first."

She phoned Mina first about the meeting so she could phone Raye, not wanting to hear Raye yell at her. Though Mina wasn't working, she did have plans.

"You have a date with Derek?" Serena squealed. "He's so dreamy!"

"I know!" Mina exclaimed, prancing around her room excitedly, "and we're spending the whole day together. At ten we're playing miniature golf and we're going to have lunch afterwards. I don't know where though. He hasn't told me yet. Then we're going to go water skiing--,"

"Water skiing? I didn't know you could water ski."

"But if I fall, he can catch me!"

"Then what?" Serena asked excitedly.

"Play around a bit on the beach," Mina answered, "and then we're toping the night off with dinner and a movie!"

"Oh wow!" Serena exclaimed. "I wish we could double. Can you ask Derek if his friend Matt can come so we can double?"

"Maybe," Mina answered. "I'll give him a call."

"Serena," Luna muttered, pawing her knee.

"What Luna? Oh!" Serena gasped. "Mina, that's great but it's very, very important that we have a sailor scout meeting tomorrow night. It's the only time Lita and Ami can make it."

Mina groaned, "but…but he's so good looking! He's planed this thing for the whole week!"

"You don't have to call the whole date off," Serena insisted, "you can still be with him until seven. He can even walk you to Cherry Hill."

"Why's the meeting so important?" Mina inquired.

"Got a letter from Lydia. She said she got these strange tickets to a Quidditch Tournament and wants us to come."

"What the heck is Quidditch?" Mina demanded.

"I have no idea," Serena replied. "But it sounds really strange so we have to check it out."

"Maybe we can catch a matinee show after we go water skiing," Mina sighed.

"We might be able to visit England while we're there," Serena said in hopes to make Mina feel better.

"Er, right," Mina said. "I'll phone Derek."

"Can you phone Raye too?"

"Yeah, no problem."

"Good luck on your date, Mina!"

"Thanks."

Serena hung up and her mother called her for dinner. Serena stretched. "Good, that's all taken care of!" She came down the stairs and ate half of her dinner since she was too sleepy to eat the rest.

"Sorry," Serena mumbled when everyone gave her looks. "I'll put the rest in the fridge and have it tomorrow. Just not hungry."

"That's a first," Sammy muttered and Serena went back upstairs. She dressed in her pajamas, brushed her teeth and took her pigtails out. Massaging her head, she sighed. "I'm going to sleep until ten in the morning!"

She climbed into her bed and fell asleep in thirty seconds.

--

Just as Serena had said, she slept in unit ten in the morning and she felt quite refreshed. She brought her legs over the bed and stretched.

"Feel better, Serena?" Luna asked.

"Oh yes!" Serena answered. "I'm just going to spend the day walking around the mall and stuff. I'll come back for you later."

"All right then."

Serena walked to the bathroom to take a shower. As she lathered herself up, she thought about Lydia's letter. What does it all mean? Was it all a hoax or true? If she and the scouts decided to go, what would be waiting for them? She started to wish she didn't apply for the job at OsaP and ask her friends to join. She didn't want to wait until seven that night. What was she supposed to do until then? She may as well be working with Lita and Ami.

After her shower, Serena dried herself off, dressed in shorts and a yellow T-shirt and went downstairs for breakfast. She had a bowl of cereal and the remains of her dinner from last night. After which she went to the mall and shopped around for a couple of hours. After buying an audiotape she's been waiting to come out, she left the mall and went back home.

"I can't believe I spent all that time in the mall and all I bought was a music tape," Serena said, putting it with her music tape collection. She picked up Lydia's letter.

"Come on, Luna," Serena said.

"Well, for once you're going to be early," Luna said somewhere in between pleased and surprised.

"Yeah, I know," Serena mumbled, "let's go."

She was an hour early but she figured since she called the meeting together, she should be there early.

"Hi Mr. Hino," Serena said to Raye's grandfather as she approached the shrine.

"Welcome, welcome," he said, fanning himself. "Very hot day today, isn't it?"

"Yeah," Serena agreed. "But it should be cooling down now." She stepped inside and found Raye pouring a glass of lemonade.

"Look who's early for once!" Raye exclaimed.

"Hi Raye," Serena said.

Raye was wearing her shrine maiden kimono, which must've made her hot. "What's up?" she demanded. "I was hoping to have a relaxing day off."

"You did," Serena said. "Our meeting will only be an hour or so."

"Still," Raye muttered. "But I was busy today at the temple." She took a drink of her lemonade and she became nice. "Sorry, you want some?"

"Sure." Serena shrugged.

Raye went up to pour her a glass and handed it to her. "Today's been really hot. I'm surprised no one's gotten heatstroke."

"While we're waiting for everyone to get here," Serena took a drink, placed her glass down on the counter and reached in her pocket, "you can look at these." She pulled out Lydia's letter and Quidditch tickets.

Raye read it over and picked up one of the tickets. "This is weird. You think this may be some kind of trick, Serena?"

"Maybe," Serena answered. "But the funny thing is, we don't know about it. I think if someone wanted to steal energy or something, they'd use something more popular. Either way, we should check it out."

"I'll see what I can find," Raye said, walking to the great fire and laying the Quidditch tickets and Lydia's letter in front of the fire. Serena watched curiously for a moment and left the room to let Raye focus.

Serena walked outside and sat down on the porch, drinking her lemonade. She saw Mina walking up wearing a pretty sundress with Artemis at her heels.

"Hi Mina. Hey, where's Derek?" She inquired. "I said he could walk with you here."

"He wasn't able to," Artemis said.

"How come?" Serena asked, frowning. "What happened?

"We didn't get to finish our date!" Mina cried, "I was so looking forward to spending time with him on the beach—I even bought a new suit for it!"

"I'm sorry Mina," Serena sympathized. "What went wrong?"

"It was when we went mini golfing," she sniffed, "oh, it was horrible! We came to the last hole. It was my turn to putt and I lifted up my club and I accidentally hit him in the…"

"Oh, not in his…" Serena grunted, closing her eyes tight.

"Face!" Mina shouted. "I broke his nose and gave him a black eye. I feel terrible! He'll never want to take me out again!"

"Oh, you don't know that," Serena insisted.

"Yes I do!" she exclaimed. "He even said so! He told me it was a waste of his time to date a girl that can't play mini golf!"

"People often say things in anger they don't mean," Serena said. "And a lot of girls don't know how to play mini golf! I don't!"

"I'm doomed to never have a solid, good, successful relationship!" Mini wailed.

"No you're not," Serena patted her back.

"Yes I am," Mina hissed, "back when I was in London, I was fighting this guy named Ace. He tells fortunes. Right after I beat him, he told me that my love life will be hopeless for all eternity!"

"Man, that stinks," Lita said, walking up, carrying a pizza and Ami a tub of ice cream. "Good thing we brought ice cream."

"I'll need more than that," Mina frowned.

"Mina's date today totally blew," Serena told them.

"I'm sorry, Mina," Ami sympathized. "You'll find a new guy."

"I so want to believe that," Mina sighed and she balled her hands into fists. "But I'm through with guys! I'm through, through, through! I don't ever want to talk to a guy ever again! They're all pigs!"

"You'll talk to a guy in two days," Lita muttered.

"Yeah right," Mina put her hands on her hips. "After what happened today, I'm staying away from guys for good. I don't care how cute they are!"

"We were going to come earlier," Artemis said, "but she need a few hours to calm down, you know."

"Thanks for bringing pizza, guys," Serena chirped.

"We were starving after work," Lita said, "and we haven't had a meeting for a while so we thought might as well."

"But we meet at work," Serena said.

"Yeah, but we don't talk about sailor scout stuff there," Ami told her.

"Point."

They walked inside the temple and Lita opened the pizza box. Serena got some plates and glasses as she explained to the others about Lydia's strange letter.

"Raye's examining the tickets now," she said, setting the plates around in a circle on the floor and Ami filled the glasses up with lemonade.

They began nibbling on their pizza slices and talking about the subject while the guardian cats gave their opinions.

"I think if this is real we ought to check it out," Artemis said.

"Well, it is," Raye said, walking out of the room of the great fire. "I asked it three times just to make sure." She placed down the letter and the tickets. "Pizza, great."

Raye took a slice as the other girls looked over the tickets. Ami led the letter out loud.

"So there really is a thing called Quidditch," Lita said. "I never heard a sport like that before."

Raye's Grandfather walked by at the worst possible time. "Hello girls, can I get you some tea?"

"Yeah…what possibly would they play on broomsticks?" Mina added.

"No thanks, Grandpa," Raye said nervously, trying to shoo him away. "Lita brought food."

He paused however, "excuse me. Did someone just say Quidditch?"

"I-I uh, h-had a bad itch?" Lita stuttered

"Yeah, I'm itchy too, must be the heat, " Serena said quickly, moving her arm up and accidentally spilling her drink on the tickets. "The Quidditch tickets!"

"Quidditch tickets?"

"Serena!" Raye hissed.

"Let me see," Grandpa Hino said, walking foreword with his hand out.

"No thanks," Serena started to pop it up with her napkin. "I got it. Sorry about that."

"No, I mean—I want to see the tickets," said Mr. Hino.

"Grandpa—do you know—know what Quidditch is?" Raye asked.

"Of course I do!" he shouted. "Would you please let me see the tickets? I'd like to know who's playing, as all."

Serena swallowed and handed him a ticket. He smiled.

"Why, it's the Quidditch World Cup!" He slapped his forehead. "I must've been so busy keeping the shrine I forgotten to get the tickets. Silly me. " He looked the ticket over. "Ireland vs. Bulgaria! Ireland has good players, good players. I'm not sure about Bulgaria though. I have heard that the Vrastra Vultures are quite good. A pity Japan couldn't make it. A pity, a pity." He let out a sigh, "oh well, Quidditch only has been popular in Japan for a century whereas Ireland has been playing for I believe five?" He laughed. "Perhaps next time we will be in the world cup. The Toyoshashi Tengu are quite good."

"Japan has a Quidditch team?" Ami asked breathlessly.

Raye looked at her grandfather as if he had lost his mind. "Grandfather, are you all right?"

"Sure I am, Raye. I am fine."

"But, you have never mentioned Quidditch before!" she exclaimed.

"Oh, that's right, I haven't." He rubbed his chin. "Sorry."

"But…how do you know about Quidditch?"

"Because, Raye," he said simply as if this was something she should know, "I'm a wizard!"

"A…wizard?"

"Yes, of course. I'm a wizard and your dad was a wizard. Your grandmother and mother were witches and you're a witch too, Raye."

"A witch? Me? How?"

"Dear, have you not noticed?" he inquired with a short laugh. "How you can use the fire for guidance and fortunes?"

"But I thought that was because I was a priestess," Raye explained, "You showed me how to use the fire."

"You can do more than that. Remember the time when you got very angry at the person trying to break into the temple and you tied him up without even using your hands?"

"I did that?"

"There where many times you did things when you were frightened or angry without meaning to. You couldn't explain them."

Raye frowned and the girls looked at her curiously.

"It's okay. It's nothing to be ashamed of." He returned to the subject of Quidditch. "I honestly thought you already knew, Raye. How else would you have the tickets?"

"I got them," said Serena. "But I'm no witch. At least, I don't think so. Our Irish friend, Lydia got them. Do you remember her?"

"She's been to the temple a few times," Raye added.

"Oh yes. She got them did she?" said Mr. Hino. "Oh yes, I suppose she would like you to help support her country, eh?"

"Well, she won them," Serena explained, glancing at the letter she sent them. "She got seven free tickets to the cup from some…Ludo Bagman person…and said she could bring six friends."

Mr. Hino stared for a moment and rubbed his chin, "Ludo Bagman, did you say?"

"Yes."

"Do you know him, Grandpa?" Raye asked.

"Well, not personally," he answered. "I've only read about him and saw him play once. He's a beater for the Wimbourne Wasps."

"Grandpa, you sure sound like you know a lot about Quidditch," Raye said in amazement. "I never heard you speak about it until now."

"Yes, did you used to play yourself?" Mina inquired.

"Me?" He thumbed himself in the chest and laughed. "On a broom? Oh no. Absolutely not! I was a terrible rider. Terrible. No. No. I am just a big fan of Quidditch. I enjoy watching it."

"You want to come with us then?" Serena asked and Raye muttered, "No! No!" as she shook her head. Serena ignored Raye. "Maybe Lydia can get a ticket for you too."

"Oh thank you," he said. "Really, but I'm afraid I must decline. I need to watch over the temple…and keep Chad from breaking anything. How are you going to get to the cup?"

"We're going to Lydia's house first," Serena answered. "Sightsee before the cup."

"Hey, wait a minute," Lita said, "what about work?"

The girls nodded and paused. That was a problem. Now that they had started working at OsaP, getting to Ireland may be difficult for all of them.

"We will have to tell Mrs. Baker that we have to take some time off," Ami said. "The cup is August 23rd. Maybe a week or so and then we'll be back for school."

"Yeah, we'll have to decide when we leave," Lita said.

"Will you be flying there?" Mr. Hino inquired.

"I'm afraid to fly!" Lita exclaimed.

"Many people do," Mr. Hino said. "Don't worry, I know a quick, safe way to travel. I just hope I have enough left…" he patted his lips with his finger.

"Enough what?"

"Floo powder, of course," he said simply. "When you girls get ready to leave for Ireland, just come back to the temple and I'll sort you out."

Chad walked in, "Uh, sensei…I need your help with something."

"What'd you do this time, Chad?" he demanded as he left the girls.

Raye turned her friends. "Now this really, really is real!" she breathed. "Grandpa knows about this stuff!"

"We have to go and talk to Mrs. Baker," said Ami.

"Yeah," Lita agreed. "We should do it together so she's not confused. Just explain that Lydia won tickets to some sports event and invited us. She'll have to give us the time off."

"I have the schedule," Ami brought out a planner, "and we're all free tomorrow morning so we can do it then. It's best to do it as soon as possible."

"I can't wait until we find out what this is all about," Raye said. "You know guys, if I'm a witch, I'm starting to wonder if we all are too."

"Raye, come on." Serena muttered.

"It is possible," said Luna. "You girls were all part of Princess Serena's court in the Moon Kingdom. You returned to the world and became scouts again. Perhaps in addition to the powers you have as scouts, you can be witches too."

"So, we may have powers we don't even know of yet?" Lita asked nervously.

"Precisely," Luna answered. "But we won't know that for sure until we get to Ireland. I hope Madame Indigo will have answers for us once we get there."

"Meet you guys at Mrs. Baker's store at opening time," Serena said. "Go and get some rest."

"Yeah, see you then," Said Ami.

"You can keep the pizza, Raye," said Lita.

"Thanks," Raye said.

The girls left the temple and Raye fell into her seat. So she was more than just a priestess and a scout. She was a witch too. How come her grandfather never told her until now? Did he rally think that she knew all this time? When she gets to Ireland, she'll have loads of questions.

To Be Continued