Author: SilentRemorse
Rating: T for language, violence, and the occasional sexual innuendo
Summary: An Earth girl appears at Alfea through a whirling purple tornado. What will happen when it turns out this girl is a Hogwarts student? More importantly: How did she get to Alfea? (HPWC crossover)
Pairings: Stella/Brandon, Bloom/Sky, Techna/Timmy, Musa/Riven, Flora/Helia, Piper/Lyndon, Piper/Snape (hey, it's my reality :p)
Chapter Two: Slytherin Pride
"So, this is the mysterious magic I sensed," Ms. Faragonda said as she looked at Piper over the tops of her half-moon spectacles. Piper shifted slightly in her chair, feeling uneasy under the gentle, yet unbreaking gaze. Ms. Faragona reminded her too much of Professor Dumbledore...which was odd in itself.
Piper had been so relieved when her Apparate spell had been successful, landing her in the courtyard of the pink palace Techna had shown her in the hologram. Of course, the other fairies and pixies were caught off guard and Piper had to do several Stunning, Petification, and Impediment Jinxes before the headmistress of the school appeared and told her students not to attack Piper, that she was only a lost traveller. To Piper, that was the understatement of the month...
"How did you get here, dear?" Faragonda asked, her voice taking on a gentler tone as she questioned Piper. Magic unknown to Faragonda was flowing through this girl, and getting her even more upset than she had been before would set wild magic loose, which was something nobody wanted.
"I was in Double Potions," Piper began her explaination, "And my partner, Alyssa, and I were trying to brew an Invisibility Potion...but Alyssa added the fairy dust before she added the powdered horn of a bicorn...it...it turned into a giant whirling tornado...right there in the cauldron! My Potions teacher, Professor Snape, tried to save me...but I ended up being sucked into the whirlwind...Next thing I knew, I ended up here..."
"You cast several strange spells on my students," Faragonda told the girl, then held up her hand as Piper tried to apologize, "I was wondering how you cast these spells. As far as I can tell, you don't have any winx, but you do have some form of magic." Piper didn't know what 'winx' was, but she decided not to ask. Instead, she stood and withdrew her wand. She pointed it at Faragonda's desk as the headmistress watched with an interested look on her face.
"Wingardum Leviosa!" Piper called the incantation and watched as the desk hovered above the floor as she raised her wand. Faragonda, caught off guard by the sudden rising of her desk, slid back in her chair, watching with wide eyes as the desk hovered for a few moments, then as Piper set it back down by lowering her wand before cancelling the spell.
"Simple Levitation Charm," Piper shrugged as she stowed her wand away in the pocket of her robes, "I don't know what you would call my magic, all I know is that I'm from a long line of wizards and witches." Of course, Piper said this with the pride due to any Slytherin of such noble and pure heritage. "I attend the finest wizarding school in Europe, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, located in England. I'm in my seventh year of training there, soon to be taking my N.E.W.T exams-Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test-" Piper saw the confused look on Faragonda's face at the acryonm. "I'm of age to become a full witch, which is why I can Apparate. You can't do it unless you're seventeen or older and pass the test. That's...um...about it, really."
"This is amazing..." Faragonda whispered as she looked at Piper, "And you say you're from a long line if witches and wizards?" It was astounding to Faragonda to discover that there was an entire community of magical people on a planet that was once believed to be stripped of all magic whatsoever.
"Oh, yes, I have generations in my family," Piper smirked, holding her head high as she confirmed this fact, "I'm not a half-breed or Mudblood, I'm as pure as they come."
"Erm..." Faragonda hesitated as she tried to grasp the word Piper had used, "What, exactly, is a 'Mudblood'?" At this word, Piper sneered, folding her arms over her chest as if explaining something revolting to the headmistress.
"Mudbloods are witches and wizards born to Muggle parents," Piper told Faragonda, "And Muggles are non-magical folk. Slytherin House, the one I'm in, doesn't accept half-breeds of Mudbloods. One must be of pure wizarding heritage to be acceped into Slytherin." Again, Piper's voice took on a smug quality as she spoke of her House. At Faragonda's confused look, Piper explained further. "There are four Houses which the students are placed into: Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin, and Gryffindor." The witch's voice took on the same tone for 'Gryffindor' as it had when she said the word 'Mudblood'. Faragonda was now under the impression that it wasn't good to be either a Mudblood or a Gryffindor where Piper was from.
"Well, I think we should conclude this interview," Faragonda stated as she stood, walking around the desk to take Piper's hand in a kind manner, "You must be exhausted from all the excitement. I've taken the liberty of placing you with Bloom, Stella, Musa, Techna, and Flora, since it seems you already know them." As Faragonda opened the door, she saw the five fairies waiting for her outside the office. "Just go with them, Piper, they'll take good care of you." With that, Faragonda disappeared back into her office, leaving Piper at the mercies of the fairies.
"This is sooo amazing!" Stella, who had apparently gotten over the fact Piper had cast the Impediment Jinx on her, squealed with excitement, "I mean, I would have never seen Earth as a magical place! Tell me, do you have cute boys at...what was the name of your school again?"
"Hogwarts," Piper replied, allowing the five to lead her towards where she would be staying until she could figure out how to get home, "And, yeah, we do have pretty cute guys...and some teachers, too."
"Are they warriors like the Red Fountain boys?" Stella asked as she hooked an arm through Piper's as though she and the Slytherin girl were old friends.
"Warriors?" Piper blinked slightly at Stella, "No...but we do have a wicked Quidditch team...Would've won the Inter-House Quidditch Cup if it weren't for those bloody Gryffindors." Again, Piper got questioning looks as she used a term that came naturally to her, and yet was totally alien to these girls. Taking an exhasperated sight, Piper began to explain Quidditch, which took them all the way to the dorm room the girls shared.
"So...this Quidditch is played with seven players: Three Chasers, two Beaters, one Keeper, and one Seeker..." Bloom sent Piper a questioning look and beamed when Piper nodded in confirmation, "And four balls are used: the Quaffle, for scoring, two Bludgers, for knocking people off their brooms, and the Snitch, which ends the game and gives the team one hundred and fifty points."
"And the Seeker's job is to catch the Snitch," Musa continued for Bloom, also recieving another confirmation from Piper, "While the Chasers handle the Quaffle and try to score, but they have to get past the Keeper to do so. Beaters, on the other hand, have flat wooden bats to hit the Bludgers at the players." At Piper's second confirmation, Musa screwed up her face. "Sounds like a right nasty game."
"It is, Quidditch can get pretty brutal," Piper nodded, "I've seen bones broken, faces bloodied, but, of course, Madame Pomfrey fixes them right up, good as new. If we could charm some broomsticks, I could show you how Quidditch is played...maybe we can invite these other schools around here and have a little Inter-School Quidditch Cup."
"Not a good idea," it was Stella's turn to wrinkle her nose, "First off, I'm not getting my pretty self up on some nasty broom to get my head bashed in. Second, I would never play against Cloud Tower. Those witches would hex us off our brooms so fast, we wouldn't have time to make one goal."
"Well, Quidditch isn't for everybody," Piper shrugged, ignoring Stella's negative use of the term 'witch'. Faragonda had explained to her that the girls would take some time getting used to this new form of witch, as the only ones they had known were negative ones. "It takes speed, strength, stamina, agility, there are all sorts of things needed to play Quidditch." After this sentence, Piper let out a long, loud yawn.
"I think it's time we got to bed," Bloom suggested, "Piper, you're staying with me and Flora." Piper nodded as she followed Bloom into the shared room, but then the three noticed that there were only two beds. "Erm...I guess we can draw straws?"
"Don't bother," Piper replied, pointing her wand at a rolled up piece of paper on the floor. As the girls watched, the witch Transfigured the paper into a soft single bed draped in dark, emerald-green and silver silk blankets and sheets.
"Wow..." Bloom gasped, "How'd you do that?" Piper smirked as she Transfigured her school uniform into a pair of pajamas before sitting down on the bed, showing that it was, indeed, solid.
"Transfiguration," Piper yawned as she stowed her wand in her bookbag, "I'll lend you my book tomorrow. But now-" Piper gave another yawn "-I think it's time for bed." The other two nodded and prepared for bed. Before long, the lights were out and the three girls were asleep, each in her own dreams.
To Be Continued.
Angel: There's the second chapter! Slightly shorter than the first, since they're all going to bed and I want to save the next morning for the next chapter. That's when Piper gets to show off her brand of magic for the teachers and students enjoyment. Enjoy!