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Summery: DotM/HP Spoilers for "The Becoming". Tianna is still alive, and Jimena tells the girls about a Follower-Settlement in England that she found out from recently recovered memories. On their trip to London, however, they find more than just Followers and for some reason, they're expected.
Becoming Something New
Chapter One: Restless and Wondering
Two days in the hospital. Two days of bright room lights, two days with that annoying beeping sound, two days with visitors. She was beginning to feel very childish.
Shannon had come to see her, delightfully telling her that Mary had been arrested for child abuse and Shannon would be staying with Catty's mother. Catty and Kendra were thinking about adopting her, and they wanted Tianna to stay with them too. Tianna was more than glad about that, but was horrified when she had learned that Todd was in critical condition.
On her first walk around the hospital, she went to see him. Through her tears, she had told him everything, first about how her family was murdered, then about how she had lost her memory when she came to LA, soon, she had exposed the Daughters to him, as well as the Atrox. Todd took everything as well as Shannon had when Jimena had told her (Shannon had smiled secretly once she understood everything, like she knew something they didn't). But lastly, she told him how she was made.
He told her everything would be okay now, that she wasn't evil and never would be. "Will you be alright?" She had asked him, indicating his condition.
"I don't know, but I haven't lost hope yet." He had smiled at his own small, ironic joke.
Jimena had however raised alert to a new problem. Apparently, she had received more memories and said that there was a large Follower settlement in Europe. She wasn't sure where, but they had to move fast before the Followers did anything dangerous. When Tianna asked why she "remembered" it, Jimena had replied with "Apparently, a member of the Inner Circle has been gathering forces there, summoning powerful people and converting them. Most do it willing, but I think he forced some. It has been going on for sixteen years."
And now, as Tianna looked around the room she would be leaving behind, she wondered if the feeling that she needed to move on was referring to this moment, and not the moment of her becoming. Because now, more than ever, she felt like she needed to get moving. She was just lucky enough that her friends would be going with her.
"Will Wally be okay with the luggage?" Catty asked, worried for the raccoons safety as the five daughters boarded the plane.
"Yeah, he should be. I pulled the sleep to the front of his mind though, just in case he'd get scared." Serena answered. Tianna nodded. "I still don't know how Stanton got us these tickets," Serena muttered to herself. "He doesn't have any money and he said that he didn't do anything illegal…" her sentence stopped as the seatbelt sign started flashing.
"Ohh..." Jimena said excitedly. "I've never been on a plane before! This is going to be awesome!" Catty rolled her eyes.
"Calm down girl. You'd never know that you are that tough little goddess." She purred and Jimena slapped her arm playfully.
Vanessa, however, was looking extremely nervous. "Are you okay?" Tianna asked her. Vanessa's face had turned pale and her fingers were starting to go out of focus. Vanessa shook her head.
"No," she whispered.
"Just think of Michael." Catty teased and giggled as a slow smile crawled up on Vanessa's face and she relaxed, her molecules meshing together.
At the mention of Michael, Tianna's own smile started to dim. Her ex-boyfriend, Derek, was still avoiding her. He still believed that she had cheated on him, or at least, was going to cheat on him. Tianna was hurt that he could even imagine that ever happening, she loved him and he was what had saved her from the Atrox. If she didn't love him, the Atrox would've seen right through her deceit.
A small tear strolled down Tianna's cheek and a warm hand squeezed her shoulder. She looked up to see Serena, who had obviously read her thoughts of Derek, Catty, Jimena, and Vanessa looking at her with supporting eyes. They knew what she was going through: it had happened to them before.
Tianna shook her head and smiled to say that she was alright. They settled down in their seats for the rest of the flight.
When they got off the plane, Tianna could feel the stares of everyone pressing her. She was gorgeous, and she knew it, but they didn't have to stare! She pushed her sunglasses on and clasped arms with Catty, who clasped arms with the other daughters and they quickly caught a cab and had the driver take them to the King's Cross Train Station. They needed to catch a train to their hotel.
"Anything?" Tianna whispered to Serena as she mind-scanned the driver and people they passed in the cab.
"No, there are no Followers here, at least not that I can tell." Serena answered and her dilated eyes changed back to normal. They all looked at Jimena expectantly.
"Hey, chicas, I wasn't wrong. It felt sort of like premonitions I used to get." Jimena defended herself.
"You remember being a Daughter?" Catty asked excitedly.
Jimena nodded. "I've been receiving small memories in my dreams, just flashes though. Some of my old premonitions I saw again, like Serena in the Cold Fire, me kissing Collin, Stanton becoming the Prince of the Night, things like that. I don't know why."
Catty shrugged. "Well after we get to hotel, I say we go party. Should take the stress off, and I need to experience "English" fun!"
Vanessa smiled in agreement. "It'll be a little weird, 'cause of the time difference, but I want to dance!"
"Alright, train, hotel, then party." Serena nodded.
When they arrived at the train station, they piled their luggage onto carts and started looking for their train. Tianna was about to suggest asking someone, since they were completely lost, when she noticed a boy with black hair, glasses, and green eyes. The thing that attracted her eyes to him was the strange pet he carried: an owl. She glanced at Wally and admitted that some people were very peculiar with pets, but then she saw another boy run up to him. On his cart, there was an owl also.
Tianna nudged Catty and pointed at the boy. She raised her eye brows and prodded Serena. "See what he's up to." She whispered. Serena nodded and her eyes widened and dilated. After a minute, her eyes snapped back to normal and a shocked gasp escaped her lips.
"What is it?" Jimena asked her best friend worriedly.
"Nothing… um, let's go to the bathroom." Serena replied quickly and pulled the nearest girl, Vanessa, along with her to the girl's restroom a few feet away.
Serena checked all the stalls to see if anyone was in there and paused to wait for a woman to finish washing her hands and leave. Once the door closed, Serena gushed, "He's a wizard!"
"What?" Vanessa gasped. "Do wizards really exist?"
Jimena nodded. "From my memories, I remember learning about them and their strange way to use magic when I was Pandia, but I didn't think they still existed."
"Well apparently, he's on his way to his magic school. That's what he was thinking about. He was also wondering if the barrier was going to stay un-solid this time."
Catty smirked. "Does anyone else think that this might be our opportunity?"
"But what about the Inner Circle-guy who has a base here or something?" Vanessa asked.
"Maybe this is our link to them." Tianna suggested. "Do you really think its just coincidence?"
"Well, yeah. It might just be a coincidence." Vanessa muttered.
"Still," Catty whined. "I want to see the school! If it doesn't work we can go back in time."
Jimena shrugged. "¿Por qué no? This could be interesting."
Craftily, they walked out of the bathroom and searched for the boy with black hair. They found him just in time to see him run strait through a barrier and a few other kids with red hair go through it also.
"Cool." Catty said and walked over to the barrier. A woman with red hair looked at them cautiously.
The school is called Hogwarts, guys. Serena whispered across Tianna's mind. Tianna smiled and walked up to the lady.
"Hi, I'm Tianna… um, I'm a little unsure how to get to Hogwarts. It was so different at my old school. Do you think you could explain it?"
The fat woman smiled assured now that they were all witches. "Yes, dear, of course! Now you just walk strait through that barrier and you'll be able to get onto the platform and there the Hogwarts Express Train will be, waiting to take you to school!" She explained kindly. Then she frowned. "Is this your first year at Hogwarts? You look too old to be first years."
Before Tianna could try to answer, Serena said, "We're transferring this year." She paused, obviously reading the woman's mind. "We'll be in our… sixth year. Yeah, thanks for helping us! We really appreciate it!" With that, Catty winked and rushed through the platform. Tianna rushed through next, just as eager to see the other side as Catty.
On the other side of the barrier was a scarlet red train that you often saw in movies; the perfect steam engines that gleamed in the sun. She then looked around the platform at all the wizards and witches. This isn't so hard, she boasted to herself.
Once the other girls ran through (the fat lady followed them, wanting to say goodbye to her own children), they packed their luggage aboard. Deciding that they didn't want to draw attention to themselves, they found a compartment to themselves and settled in there.
"This is so exciting!" Catty squealed and squeezed Vanessa and Tianna's hands in anticipation.
"But what will we do once we get there?" Vanessa questioned. "Hey we heard you were wizards and decided to tag along?"
"We could just tell the principal that we are transfer students, like we told that lady." Tianna suggested.
Jimena shook her head. "No, they practice with wands and spells, not energy like us. We could use a wand, but we need to get one first. We'll have to tell the principal the truth. Or find a way around it." They all nodded in agreement.
Suddenly someone knocked on the door. They all jumped, but tried to be normal as a boy with red hair popped his head inside.
"Hey are there any spare seats in here? All the rest are full." Then he noticed that they were five extremely attractive girls. His ears turned red and he muttered. "Er, guess not."
Catty smirked and said, "Oh that's okay, you can come in if you want." She scooted over and patted the seat next to her.
The boy blushed some more, but was pushed in by someone else. "She said you can go in Ron!"
Following the boy named Ron (who Tianna thought looked very familiar) was a very pretty girl with bushy brown hair and bright brown eyes. She looked really annoyed at the boy in front of her. After Ron and the girl sat down, another boy walked in. Ironically, Tianna thought, it was the boy with black hair, glasses, and green eyes.
When the boy saw them he stopped in shock, then closed his mouth and sat next to the girl.
"Hi, I'm Tianna!" Tianna said cheerfully. "These are my friends Jimena, Serena, Catty, and Vanessa. Who are you?"
"I'm Hermione Granger." The girl said. "This is Ron Weasly and Harry Potter." The three newcomers all looked around expectantly.
"Hi." Everyone said in return.
"You don't know who I am?" Harry said, wrinkling his forehead in confusion.
"Aren't you "Arry Pottah"?" Tianna teased, mocking their accents.
"Um, right," he said uncertainly.
Catty giggled. "You British are so strange."
Tianna looked at her friends uncertain about what they should do about the new comers. She frowned when she noticed that Serena's eyes were once again dilated. Serena raised an eyebrow and said. "Oh," quietly to herself. Then, louder, "Hey I know who you are! You're the famous Harry Potter!"
The words 'Play along' drifted across Tianna's mind. Famous? She asked herself.
Tianna gasped dramatically, then slapped her hand over her mouth like she didn't mean to. "Sorry I didn't recognize you, but I guess you get that all the time."
"Er, no." He looked around uncomfortably.
"Right, so you're shy about the whole subject, huh? We'll stay away from it then… Or at least I will." Serena talked smoothly. "They don't really know anything about it." Jimena punched her.
"Are you saying that we're more wrapped up in our own lives to notice some hot famous guy?" Jimena demanded as Harry blushed.
"Yes. I mean, come on. You're always talking about Collin and your memories." Serena joked.
"Well, that is if you can remember them." Vanessa threw.
"Alright, that's it!" Jimena yelled and threw herself on Vanessa and started tickling her.
"Ahh… Stop it! Stop! I can't breath!!" Vanessa squealed between fits of giggles.
"I'll save you Vanessa!" Catty yelled and pushed Jimena of and started tickling her. Soon a tickling fight broke out between the Daughters (Harry, Ron, and Hermione just watched, shocked at the scene before them). After Jimena, Everyone ganged up on Tianna, then Catty, Serena, and on to Vanessa again. Vanessa was laughing so hard that her hands started to fade. Tianna noticed this and quickly used her power to lightly push the girls away.
"I think I'm done!" Tianna declared and sat back in her seat. Se looked up and saw the Harry and his friends staring at her. "What? Got a problem with tickle fights?" She asked as if she was offended. "If you do…" She looked at Vanessa with an evil grin. "We might have to engage war on you."
Ron and Harry's eyes widened in anticipation of tickling six very attractive girls, but Hermione squealed in terror. "No, no, we're fine really. Why don't we change into our robes?" She asked.
The Daughters froze, each wondering what that meant. Then Serena said, "Nah! The trip has barely started! I rather like the clothes I'm wearing anyways."
"You like wearing muggle-clothes?" Someone with a cold voice said from the compartment door.
"Do you seek us out Malfoy every damn train ride? You should really get a life." Harry told him.
"Well, I'm only doing my job. I'm patrolling the hallways and checking up on the ones that aren't trustworthy." The boy threw back.
Sensing already the evil aura around him, Tianna looked at Serena wide-eyed. Serena checked his mind and nodded. This one was a Follower. He was kind of short and had silver hair, pale skin, and icy blue eyes. He looked somewhat hot, but compared to her red-headed boy friend, there was no competition. The large boys standing on either side of him were ugly and all muscle. Well, probably not all muscle, Tianna decided, the brain's a muscle and they obviously don't have it.
"Hey something stinks in here. Did you happen to put on garbage cologne or something?" Tianna said, practically spitting the words at him. She turned to Vanessa and said, "Do you think I should throw out the trash?"
Vanessa shrugged. "You're the punk. You decide." Tianna rolled her eyes and stood up.
The boy smirked and allowed his eyes to roll leisurely up and down her body. "You may be a little strange, but I think you can be saved from the crowd you're getting yourself into. You must be new. My name is Draco Malfoy, and you are?"
"I'm throwing you out." Tianna said simply and pushed him out the door and into the two boys behind him. "Nice to meet you." And Tianna slammed the door in their faces and willed the doors to stay closed. She turned to see that once again, everyone was looking at her. She shrugged, "I didn't like his attitude."
That finally broke the ice. Harry, Hermione, and Ron finally started to laugh. "Now these guys, I like." Tianna commented to the Daughters.
"So," Catty started after their laughter had subsided, "What's Hogwarts like? I want every detail!"
"Probably just like your old school." Ron shrugged. "Unless your first years."
"No, somos sextos años." Jimena replied in Spanish.
"Huh?" Ron asked.
"We're sixth years." Jimena clarified. "You guys don't know Spanish?" They shook their heads. "Well that makes things harder," then she looked at the rest of the Daughters, "Or easier…" She said in Spanish. They all smiled and nodded.
"So, Hogwarts: details." Catty demanded again. Hermione blinked, unused to the demanding Americans.
"Well we have four houses…" She started, "They're like groups you stay with all year, eat with your house, sleep in the same dorm as your house, take classes with your house… stuff like that… Anyways, there is Gryffindor- for the brave, Hufflepuff- for the loyal, Ravenclaw- for the intelligent, and Slytherin- for the—"
"Evil ones!" Ron whispered. They all rolled their eyes.
"For the cunning. We're all in Gryffindor, and Malfoy, the one you threw out, is in Slytherin. Our houses don't do well together." They all nodded. "There are moving staircases, tons and tons of rooms with enchantments and the like and wonderful classes you can study. There are the basic ones of course: such as Transfiguration, Charms, Potions, History of Magic, and then there are the extras: like Muggle Studies, Care of Magical Creatures, Arithmancy and Divination."
"Divination?" Serena and Jimena both asked excitedly. That was, after all, something they were good at.
"Divination is a stupid class. Nothing is really taught in it, and it's not like divination is real." Hermione said shortly.
"Hey I've heard a few of Trelaway's prophecies, and—" Harry looked over at the girls. "Never mind."
"That's alright, Harry. We believe in prophecies too. I've seen someone get a prophecy a few times." Catty said, glancing at Serena and Jimena. "So I don't think you're a lunatic."
Harry scowled as everybody else laughed. "That all sounds really cool." Tianna said. "Hey guys?" She asked her fellow daughters, "Mind if I talk to you outside?" she raised her eyebrows to show the importance.
They all followed her out of the compartment and huddled for a second. "Followers?" Vanessa asked.
"No," Serena shook her head. "But Harry supposedly destroyed this evil guy no one else could defeat when he was one year old so he is really famous."
"What should we do about the 'robes'?" Catty asked. "I think we should leave them before we have to change, since we don't have any. They are uniforms, right? The same the Draco Malfunction was wearing?"
Serena nodded as the compartment door opened again.
Hermione walked out and said, "Sorry. Didn't mean to interrupt but the guys are changing."
Catty groaned. "See?" Hermione raised her eyebrows.
"We have to go do something, sorry we have to leave you guys, but it's important. Is that okay?" Vanessa asked.
Hermione told them it was okay and said she'd say good bye for them. "Thanks." Tianna waved as they went down the hall. They all crowded into the bathroom and decided to travel along side the train as invisible dust.
Everyone grabbed a limb of Vanessa to hold onto and Tianna felt a prickling sensation as she watched herself disappear. They flowed out through the cracks and flew out of the train. Floating along side the train turned out to be fun. The scenery was pleasant and they could look in on the passengers. When it started to get dark, Vanessa steered them above the train and made sure to not loose it.
Then, after some time had passed, they saw it: Hogwarts. It was a giant castle, and it was huge. An eerie groan sounded around them as they each tried to gasp in their misty form. Soon the train stopped and everyone got out, ignoring their luggage. Following some of the older looking kids, they entered a carriage. Tianna was a little frightened by the dark horses that seemed to pull them, but didn't say anything. Settling as "air" in the carriage, the Daughters relaxed on the way to the castle.
When they entered, they watched young eleven-year-olds get sorted into house by a hat. After watching the ceremony and having Serena telepathically explaining what Jimena said was going on, they finally understood how it was supposed to work. Then an old, friendly looking man stood up at what they assumed was the teacher's table.
"Welcome new students! Welcome back old students!" he boomed. His voice was cheerful and reminded Tianna of her grandfather, who she had only met once. He had died soon after she met him. She paused now at the thought of him. Was she the cause of his death? She was, after all, made to destroy. Did she destroy his life on accident? Tianna shook her thoughts out of her head and turned her attention to the old man.
"I am Headmaster Dumbledore, as most of you know. I hope you all are comfortable. Now I know you're all hungry so I'll make it short. We have a new Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher, Professor Fox, and I am proud to say that all the educational degrees assigned by the ministry last year have been removed. Now, if you'll excuse me, I believe some young girls have something to talk to me about. Tuck in." With that, the old man left the table and quit the room.
The plates on the table filled with food, but the Daughters barely noticed. How did he know about them?
"Come on!" Tianna shouted to her friends. It came out as a deathly whisper, but they heard her and rushed towards the exit.
Around the corner, the man called Dumbledore was standing and waiting for them. Surprised, their molecules were slammed back together and they all fell to the floor.
"Good evening," The old man said to them cheerfully. "My office is this way."
To be continued…
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