Chapter Two

"W-Was that Peacecraft for the last one?" Duo stuttered with wide eyes, "As in Relena Peacecraft-Darlain!" He yelled openly in the shocked older man's face. Duo didn't notice—concerning more over the name he just repeated.

'How can she be here? The UESN needs her!' were everyone's thoughts except the braided teen that was still worried about the girl and not the situation involving her.

"Uh…" Dumbledore looked down at his sheet and then read the last one's information. "Yes, Relena Darlain-Peacecraft, Gryffindor." He read and all the pilots' thoughts went screeching to a halt.

Heero blinked and then growled as he thought about the chaos that would happen without Relena there.

"Heero?" Duo questioned with a raised eyebrow. The expression on the Japanese's face showed that he was really pissed about something.

"This is bad." Quatre muttered, understanding why Heero was so upset, after all he was a very important political figure also.

"Huh?" Duo blinked in confusion. "What's bad? Relena being here? Aw..." He said as he spared a glance at Heero who seemed deep in thought. "Are you afraid of her stalking you Hee-chan?" He laughed, getting a glare from Heero.

"No, not that Duo." Quatre scolded lightly. "With Relena missing in our world and…here…" He said, not knowing exactly where "here" was. "That might cause the colonies and earth to blame one another for her disappearance."

"And we'd be missing also." Trowa pointed out quietly.

"Injustice!" Wufei shouted angrily in between foreign curses, "If there is another war—"

"Can it Wu-man." Duo growled, not wanting Wufei to start ranting about the injustices of the world while his head was pounding while trying to take all this in. "Hopefully Une'll just say that she's on a vacation or something if Milliardo doesn't kill her."

"They might think that we kidnapped her." Quatre pointed out, worry etched into his cherubic features. His baby blue eyes seemed a shade darker, showing his not-so-carefree emotions anymore.

"They wouldn't think that!" Duo said with outrage against the statement.

"Remember, Duo." Trowa said slowly and carefully, "Not everyone knows us like Une or Sally."

Said boy growled lowly and plopped back down on the bed, getting a questioning look from Dumbledore which he brushed off easily. He didn't feel like explaining anything at the moment.

"Well," Dumbledore said after he cleared his throat. "I think that perhaps it is time that we retire to our rooms." He moved his hands to show where the doors leading in towards the common rooms.

The five got to their feet, the effects of the spell remaining slightly though masked by all. They followed the old man until they got to the stern looking teacher that they had seen before. "Ms. McGonagall." Dumbledore greeted with the nod of his head. She smiled back at him slightly and turned her gaze towards the five teenagers.

"Please follow me." She lifted her robes slightly and then took off up a fleet of steps on a large stone staircase. They followed and looked down, shocked slightly at the moving stones below them that were also stairs. "Be careful," was her only warning to them as she glanced back,"The staircases like to change."

Duo and Quatre sent her a baffled look—staircases change? As if they had a mind of their own?

The looked at her with slight surprise though it was masked well. After all the crap that they had been through in this weird place who wouldn't believe in moving staircases. There was no way that this was all electronic, it looked too real and random with no rhyme or reason.

"Here we are." McGonagall said as the pilots found themselves staring at the moving portrait of a somewhat large lady. "This is the Fat Lady." McGonagall explained as she motioned towards the picture. "To enter the common room, there is a password that is to remain secret."

"All right, so what's the magic word?" Duo asked eagerly.

"Lemon Ants." She said and the portrait swung open to reveal a hole in the wall. The teacher stepped into the hole and the other's cautiously followed and were met with rich colors of red and gold.

A fire danced merrily in the fireplace and some students were walking around and some were sitting in plush chairs by tables or by the fire. Many students were wearing robes like the kind that Gundam pilots realized they were wearing. Some people stopped and nodded their head in the direction of the teacher who had a strong aura emitting from her.

Heero blinked and glared at the few students who were looking at him. He didn't like the look in their eyes—that much was for sure. It seemed like all the girls were beginning to ogle them. He shifted slightly, muscles tensing as he felt like snapping their necks for staring at him that way. He was a soldier damnit! He wasn't supposed to be looked at like a teddy bear or something!

"Students," McGonagall began as she looked at all the students gathered in the common room. "These are our new students that missed the ceremony. They are all in your house, obviously." She said. "Please state your names." She sent a side way glance at the boys.

"Quatre Winner." The blonde smiled as he bowed his head slightly. "It's nice to meet all of you."

"Duo Maxwell. I may run and hide, but I never tell a lie!" The brunet said with a grin.

"Trowa Barton." Trowa stated blandly, his voice showing that he held no interest in the people looking at them. His emerald eye that wasn't hidden underneath his bangs flashed at them brilliantly.

"Chang Wufei." The Chinese grunted slightly, crossing his arms as he turned sideways.

"Heero Yuy." Heero said finally, a glare sent to a girl who wouldn't stop ogling him. Inwardly he smirked, evilly of course. At least, he figured, he wasn't the only one in this predicament. Quatre was blushing at all the attention, Wufei was muttering under his breath, Duo was shamelessly flirting, Trowa was silent and cold, and Heero was glaring.

"Heero!" A voice came from the crowd as a girl in black robes rushed through the small throngs of people.

The brunet looked up, cobalt eyes flashing with something like recognition in them. "Relena." He said, devoid of any emotion. He'd used too much surprise on this place as it was. Besides, that Dumbledore person did say that she was going to be in Gryffindor.

Relena made her way past the slightly shocked people. She ran up to the soldiers and smiled at them, "I'm glad that you're all right." She greeted them happily.

"Yeah, at least I think that we all are." Quatre said back to her politely.

"Well," McGonagall said sternly. "It's bedtime now, lights out and go into your dormitories." She commanded, turned on her heel, and left the room without another sound except for her swishing robes.

TBC