Chapter 2

Lita meets Hermione

'My god,' whispers Lita. 'I wonder how many rooms there are in this place, probably thousands.' Lita walks down the left corridor, gazing at the portraits around her. She nearly bumps into someone because of not paying attention to where she is going. She taps the person in front of her on the shoulder. "Excuse me?," she asks. The person turns around to reveal a fairly average looking girl with bushy brown hair. She had eyes of caramel brown and her features were quite lovely. "Yes, can I help you?" the girl asks. "Um, Yes, I was wondering if you could tell me where I am? You see, I am from out of town, and I got lost and found myself here," Lita explains. "You are at Hogwarts, School of witchcraft and wizardry. If you are not from here, then maybe you should see Professor Dumbledore, perhaps he can help you," the girl replies. "By the way, my name is Hermione Granger, what is yours, if I may ask?" "My name is Lita Kino, it's nice to meet you. Now can you please direct me to this Professor Dumbledore?" "I can help you find another professor to direct you there, but I can not take you to him myself, for you see I have a class to attend in few minutes," replies Hermione. "Thank you very much Hermione, You're a big help."
As Hermione walks with Lita to find a professor she explains how the school operates. "You see Lita, in this school everyone is separated by houses. There is Gryffindor, which is my house; Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Gryffindor's rival house Slytherin." "Hogwarts is a school for those that are either partly or fully magically inclined." "There are certain people though, you should keep your eye out for and stay away from." "And those are?" Lita asks. "Those certain people are Slytherin House, Professor Severus Snape, and the caretaker of the school Argus Filch and his cat Mrs. Norris," Hermione replies. "Why do I need to watch out for a cat?" asks Lita while wrinkling her forehead. "Because, Mrs. Norris is no ordinary cat. She warns Filch if any student is causing trouble, making messes in the halls, if she catches a student out of their dormitories after curfew, or if she catches a student out of class. Do you see?" says Hermione.
They had just turned the corner of the main staircase and were about to ascend them when Hermione spots Neville not too far behind them searching the floor as if he'd lost something again. "Hello Neville, is everything ok? Have you lost something?" Hermione asks. "Hello Hermione, yes I have lost something. I think I lost my rememberal again. Could you help me find it?" Neville asks. "Sure, oh, by the way, this is Lita Kino, she is just visiting for right now," Hermione says as she introduces Lita to Neville. "Hello Lita, it's nice to meet you, how long will you be staying?" asks Neville. "It's nice to meet you too Neville. I'm not exactly sure how long I'll be staying, I need to find my friends that I came with later, but first Hermione says I'm supposed to meet this guy called Professor Dumbledore. Although I think we can take time out to help you. I'm always happy to help a friend of a friend," says Lita while smiling.
"Ok, first things first, we should retrace your steps. Do you remember where you had it last?," asks Hermione. "The last time I remember having it was in Professor Snape's class. I had it right before class ended. But just as I was gathering my stuff to leave, Draco and his thugs pushed me down after class ended," Neville explained. "Ok, first off, who is this Draco dude? And second of all, why would he push you down?," Lita inquired. "Oops, I forgot to tell you about him. Draco Malfoy is the Slytherin house bully. He enjoys teasing and mistreating others that are smaller and/or weaker than him. He is the number one Slytherin that you need to keep away from," Hermione explained. "Wow, and I thought I was bad," Lita laughed.
Just as they were turning around to retrace Neville's footsteps, the three nearly bump into Professor McGonagall. "Hello Professor, Lita here is lost and Neville and I were explaining the workings of our school to her. I thought we would direct her to another professor so she could go see Professor Dumbledore," Hermione explained. "Thank you Hermione and Neville, I will take it from here, you two may go to class now." "Thank you Professor, good bye Lita, it was nice meeting you," says Neville and Hermione. "Same here, bye," replies Lita.
"Well well, what a pleasant surprise. Lita Kino is finally here at Hogwarts," says Professor McGonagall. "How.... how do you know my name? Besides the fact that you just heard Hermione say it?" says Lita. "I, like Albus Dumbledore himself, know almost everything there is to know about you and your friends," replies McGonagall. "So, how do I get to meet Mr. Dumbledore?" asks Lita understandably. "Just come with me Miss Kino, and I will show you how you get to meet him," replies McGonagall. As Lita and Professor McGonagall walk upstairs to the tower in silence, Lita begins to think, Wow, I can't believe I'm in a school of magic. Maybe we'll get to stay awhile and meet some people, and perhaps see what this school is like. As she finishes this thought they stop in front of a statue of a gargoyle and Professor McGonagall says, "Lemon Drops," awesomeLita thinks. McGonagall leads her up a winding flight of stairs, which lead to a door. She knocked on the door. "Come in, Miss Kino, we've been expecting you, Princess of Jupiter," says Dumbledore as McGonagall opens the door to allow Lita to enter the office. Once in the room, she sees that Serena and Raye are also here. 'Why did you tell him about us being Princesses and Sailor Scouts, you two?' Lita angrily whispers to Serena and Raye. At that same moment a chair is conjured up for her, which surprised rather than shocked her.
"Now, we just have to wait for Darien and Hotaru," says Raye. "I hope they hurry up and get here, I'm getting tired of sitting here." "Be patient, Miss Hino, Professor McGonagall has just gone to fetch them, not to worry," responded Professor Dumbledore. While McGonagall was away finding Lita, Serena had fallen asleep in her chair; thanks to the special food Dumbledore had given her. "She should be asleep for a bit. She will not awaken until McGonagall has found Mr. Chiba and Miss Tomoe. Once she is awake we will know that they are on their way here." says Dumbledore.