A/n: I'm SOOOOOOOO sorry about how long this took... if anyone is reading this at all, and I seriously believe that is the case. I got a bad grade, and my dad grounded me from the internet. He even got the principal to deactivate my school computer account until I brought the thing up to a B!!! I'm SO SORRY!!!! Please give me any ideas, criticism, ANYTHING!!!! By the way, who do you think I'm going to pair up? evil laugh

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Pussin boots: I don't know what you're confused about!!! PLEASE EXPLAIN!

If I don't know what you're confused about, then I can't explain! And if I'm confused then you're confused even more!! THE WORLD IS NEXT!!!! WILL THIS CONFUSION STOP AT NOTHING?!?!

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Rubii: I hope this is slower than the last chapter, but this is long enough without the spaces. Sorry.

Chapter 2

"So, how are we getting there? Teleport? Brooms? Snap our fingers? Porthole? Warp? WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!" asked Annette.

The girl had been a little bundle of sugar bouncing off the ceilings and walls. It was enough to drive the even tempered Mina crazy.

"Annette? ANNETTE!! Calm down. We are going by Floo Powder. Every one to the fireplace."

The girls all got curious looks on their faces, but obediently went to the living room where their mothers were waiting for them. Ami stepped forward.

"Okay girls, this is your first lesson. We are going to be traveling by Floo Powder which is a very easy form of transportation. As you are not allowed to use or reveal your powers to or in front of anyone, this will be your main form of transportation until you are 17. At that time, you will learn how to apperate, which is kind of like teleporting.

Anyways, this is what you do: take some powder, step into the fireplace and announce where you want to go, then throw or drop the powder at your feet. Tristia will demonstrate."

Tristia stepped forward, took some powder from a vase, stepped into the fireplace, called "Diagon Ally!", and then threw down the powder.

Immediately, emerald-green flames engulfed Trista, then she was gone.

Ami turned to the rest of the group.

"Ok, who wants to go first?"

The girls looked at each the, as though sharing ideas. Marissa piped up.

"How about we go in the order that the original scouts where found, starting with Crystal, then Cherlyn, Artemis, Annette, Me, Hannah, Dev, and Hope?"

The mothers considered this, and then decided to go with it.

"OK then. Crystal, you first. Let's get a move on. We haven't got all day." Ami was acting like she was directing troops in battle. In a way, though, she was.

Crystal started forward, only to be stopped by Lita.

"Where's your bag?"

"It's in Artemis's room, where I left it. Why?"

"You're going to need it. All of you are."

"K. I'll go get them."

Once again, Lita stopped her.

"Don't bother." She turned to the others." You guys want to see some real magic?"

The girls nodded eagerly.

"Very well then." She whipped out her wand. "This is my wand. If you were looking forward to one of those cutesy cartoony things with stars on one end you're out of luck. Each wand is made of a different wood, usually with a core of Dragon heartstring, Unicorn hair, or Phoenix feather. Not like yours." She said, noting the startled look on Artemis's face. "They're from the actual bird. Mine, however, is made of Juniper with the hairs of a white stag and tiger, at the length of 11.75 inches. ACCIO BOOK BAGS!!!"

At once, the bags belonging to the girls zoomed down the hallway, and were caught by Lita, who passed them out to their owners.

15 minutes later, they stood in front of Gringots, wizarding bank.

As they walked inside, Cherlyn stopped and read the engraving on the front doors.

"Freaky." She thought. Then she ran to catch up with the others, who were talking to a goblin.

"You have the keys, Miss?" The goblin had a voice like a creaky door.

"Yes, Yes. Here they are." Serena held up 9 keys, colored to the scouts' respective colors.

The Goblin looked at them closely, and then nodded.

"Fine then. GRIPHOOK!!" called the goblin.

Yet another goblin, twice as ugly as the first appeared at Artemis's elbow and showed them into a tunnel. In front of them was a cart on a track.

Artemis's instant thought was "Roller coaster". She had no idea.

After one particularly long and wild ride, the cart stopped in front of a number of vaults going from 47 to 55. Everyone got out of the cart, took their personalized keys from Serena, and split up. Artemis and her mother went to vault 50, inserted the key, and a reddish pad slid out of the door. Lita looked surprised. The goblins had definitely upgraded the vault security. She pressed her thumb to the pad, and the pad scanned it. It made a strange beeping noise, and slid back into the door. Then it opened, and Artemis's eyes grew as wide as moons.

The room was filled with mountains of gold, silver, and bronze coins that her mom had described as wizarding money. Adding to the dazzling spectacle where piles and piles of jewels. Lita handed her daughter a small bag, and she started filling it with coins.

When she had enough for her school things and extra shopping, Artemis started heading for the door. Lita called her back.

"Artemis, I need to talk to you."

She turned back curiously. "What is it, Mom?

"There are a few things that I need to discuss with you, that will be happening at Hogwarts." Lita sighed, as though getting ready to let loose a secret that she had kept for a very long time, and then continued. "As you know, your job at Hogwarts, besides learning magic, will be protecting Harry Potter from Lord Voldemort. You are not to get tangled in his personal life. Be discreet and watch from the sidelines."

Something else you should know is that you're a seer."

Artemis's eyes, if possible, widened even further. There was no way in the universe that she could believe what she had just heard. Yes, she was the daughter of a girl from the planet Jupiter, and she had the SLIGHT ability to control fire, lightning, and a collection of powers know by the group as "Rainbow" (A/n: I couldn't think of anything better to call them... self punch in back of head), but a SEER? Then again, her mother had never lied to her...

"If I am a seer, then why don't I ever see visions or make prophecies?" she asked cautiously.

"The gift of seeing is a witch's or wizard's gift. You have not been able to access your gift because you have not been exposed to enough magic. Once you are at Hogwarts, visions and prophecies will come. Trista has a theory, and Michelle and Amara agree with her, that you may also be slightly telepathic."

"Will I be able to access this.. this gift of mine when I am home for the vacations?"

"Yes. Once you unlock the gift, it will stay that way."

Artemis grew quiet, thinking. A thought struck her, and she became edgy. "Do... do the others have special powers? Or am I the only one?"

"Don't worry. The others do have their own powers. They may not tell you tell you at first, though. Give yourself and the others time to try them out."

Artemis hugged her mom tightly. "Thanks Mom."

When they got back to the cart, the others were already waiting for them.

Annette leaned over to Artemis when she clambered into the cart.

"I have something to tell you after this coaster ride."

Artemis was confused by the serious look on Annette's face. Annette and Artemis were the best of friends, so Artemis knew Annette was a major optimist. Add a single scoop of Very-Berry-Strawberry ice cream in a sugar cone and you had a lot on your hands. The last time Annette had worn that look was just before Rini had died. Despite her feelings, Artemis nodded.

Outside, Serena turned to the rest of the group.

"Ok, everyone, listen up. We're going to split up into groups of four. Hope? You, Trista and Marissa are with me. Amara, and Michelle, you and your daughters go together. Ami, you and Crystal go with Rei and Cherlyn. Lita, Mina, you're the last group. We'll meet up at Flourish and Blots in two hours.

They split up into the said groups, and went their separate ways.

"So, what's up?" questioned Artemis as soon as they where out of earshot of the others, including their parents.

"Do you have one? A... a special individual power?" asked Annette cautiously.

"Yes. You?" Artemis asked with equal curiosity.

Annette sighed in relief and nodded eagerly.

"I have 'ghosting powers', so to speak. You know, the ability to walk through objects at will. What can you do?

"I'm a seer. That's pretty self-explanatory, but I also have a suspected power. Mom said that Trista and the other soldiers think that I may be telepathic."

Annette's eyes got really round at this, but before she could reply, Mina cut in.

"Alright girls; first stop is Olivander's. Get in, get in." She showed the girls inside.

Once inside, Artemis looked around. The shelves where stacked high with boxes long and thin enough to hold something as small as a henshi pen to as long as Serena's Crescent Moon Wand.

Out of nowhere, an old, ragged man appeared.

"Ah! Mrs.'s Kino and Hino (A/n: let me know if this is wrong.) so good to see you again." At this, the man spotted the girls, and a look of understanding came to his face. "Well, it seems that you're finally sending the girls to school, as well as the chosen one's guard. With he-who-must-not-be-named back, he'll need all the help he can get."

Lita interrupted. "Thank you, Mr. Olivander. Now to business?"

The man that Lita had called Mr. Olivander seemed to snap back into reality.

"Yes, yes of course. Now, who's first? I need to take measurements..."

Artemis and Annette looked at each other, and nodded. Annette stood up, and held out her hand.

Mr. Olivander shook it, then grabbed a length of measuring tape. He measured Annette's shoulder to fingertip, length of hand, elbow to fingers, and so on.

Finally, things got ridiculous and it started doing length of her ears, and Mr. Olivander cried "Enough!"

The tape fell to the floor, and Annette realized that it had been going by itself.

Mr. Olivander picked out a box from the shelf, and presented it to Annette.

"Ebony and unicorn hair, 10 inches. Go on, try it out."

Annette opened the box, took out the wand, and stared at it for a second. In that short period of time, Artemis saw a light come into her friend's eyes.

Annette raised the wand, and brought it swishing down, causing blue and gold sparks to burst out of the wand's end like fireworks.

Mr. Olivander looked surprised. "Well, well." He said. "A first try. Very rare. Very rare indeed."

Annette sat down, and Artemis stood up. She waited for the tape measure to spring to life, but it remained inanimate. She gave Mr. Olivander a curious glance, but remained silent.

Mr. Olivander, meanwhile, was picking out another box. "Here you go. Fir and dragon heartstring, 9 3/4 inches. Try."

But no sooner did Artemis raise the wand, Mr. Olivander took it out of her hand, and offer her another wand. This time it was Ash and unicorn hair, 13 ½ inches. Once again, she raised the wand and he took it.

This went on for the next half hour. Mr. Olivander then got a curious look on his face, then chose a wand on the shelf. He handled it as though it might break if to much weight was on one side or if it so much slid in his fingers.

Carefully, he put the wand on the desk, opened it, and pulled out a beautiful wand.

"Holly and Phoenix feather. Eleven-"

Mina and Lita looked up, startled. They both knew that Harry Potter's wand was Holly & Phoenix feather, eleven inches. What would happen if Artemis, the most important member of the team next to Rini, had the exact wand as Harry, the one that she was supposed to protect like they had the Moon Princess?

"-and a quarter inches. Wait." He checked the label. "Sorry. This wand is Holly and all three of the main elements: Phoenix feather, Dragon heartstring, and Unicorn hair. Try?" he handed the wand to Artemis.

The instant she held the wand firmly in her grip, Artemis's eyes glowed with fire. Two words burst into her mind, and as she brought the wand swishing down, she cried them for all in that little cramped shop to hear:

"Expecto Patronum!"

A sliver Phoenix burst from the end of the wand, and flew around the room, coming to rest on the desk in front of her. The patronus ruffled its feathers, then faded away.

Mr. Olivander stared. Mina's jaw was on the floor. Lita's eyes where as large a dinner plates. Annette and Artemis looked confused at everyone's expressions. Artemis looked at her Mom.

"What?"

Lita visibly shook herself, and then looked up.

"Not even Professor Dumbledore was able to create a patronus when he first got his wand. You, in so people's eyes, might as well be a female modern Merlin."

The girls looked surprised, and Annette's face grew determined.

"Expecto Patronum!"

A great wisp of silver flew out of her wand. It almost took shape, but it was impossible to tell what it was.

Mina, with her jaw firmly back in place, leaned over to her daughter.

"Think of a happy memory, and concentrate on it."

Artemis nodded, and thought hard.

"EXPECTO PATRONUM!!!" She roared.

A great retriever came forth from Annette's wand. As it ran around the room, a huge smile threatened to split Annette's face in two.

As they walked out of Madam Malkin's robes for all occasions an hour and a half later, they saw people running in every direction, screaming. Artemis and Annette looked at each other, nodded, then started running in the opposite direction towards the source of the panic.

Five Death Eaters and three yoma stood in the middle of the street, wands out and powering up for a blast to shake the foundations of the Earth. Artemis and Annette hurried into a darkened alleyway.

With Harry and Co.

Harry and his friends Ron, Hermione, Fred, George, and Ginny were sitting at one of the outside ice-cream stands when they herd the screams. They ran to see the source of all the commotion. , and saw the group or death eaters and three of the ugliest creatures Harry had ever seen.

One looked like a half plant half human, another a strangely dressed ninja, and the final one seemed to be a harpy with the eyes of a shark and the wings of a raven.

Harry and his companions drew their wands, and surrounded the mismatched group of eight. He paused as he got into position, decided on what spell to use, then muttered "Expleiarmus."

A Death Eater was thrown off his feet, his wand flying. Another turned toward hi and sent a stunning spell his way. Harry dodged the spell, and saw another Death Eater freeze and fall over. Harry looked over to see Hermione looked slightly pleased at her full body bind.

Ginny sent a Bat Bogie Hex ant another Death Eater, and the guy started running in circles like Chicken Little. (A/n: the sky is falling! The sky is falling! We must go tell the king!!!)

Fred threw a Furunculous Curse at the harpy/crow, but to everyone's amazement, it merely lifted its wing, and made a move as though to sweep it away.

There was a shower of sparks, but after they fizzled out into nothingness, everybody stared. The harpy was unaffected. Harry couldn't believe it. The creature had no wand, and it wasn't anywhere in any magical creature book he'd read. WHAT THE HECK WERE THEY?!?!?

Then, out of nowhere, eight girls appeared.

Harry's POV

It was a very good thing that the Death Eaters were also staring. Otherwise, I'd be dead by now. But, looking at these girls in uniforms, I couldn't guess their intentions, that is, if it hadn't been for the looks on their faces.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the green-skinned ninja move slightly. Then, it attacked. I think it decided to come at me when everyone was looking the other way. It unsheathed the long, curved sword from its back and came rushing at me.

"Now to finish the job!" it shrieked.

I didn't have any time to react. The monster was rushing at me so fast, I wouldn't have time to cast the simplest spell.

"Not while I'm around!"

The girls had leapt down and where taking different offensive and defensive postures. All of them were looking at the girl who had stopped the ninja. She was about 5 1/2 feet tall, with dark chestnut hair and light brown eyes. She wore an uniform of green, pink, and silver. Part of her hair was tied back, I guess to keep it out of her eyes. And, the most curious part of her outfit, a staff she carried.

It was made of, well I couldn't really tell. But it was this silvery stuff that formed a star at one end with a raindrop shaped jewel that flashed the different colors of the rainbow.

The freaky ninja, who had frozen in mid-attack, got an odd look of recognition on its face.

"Sssssailorsss." It spat, as though the word 'sailors' were some sort of curse.

While everyone was distracted, the leader of the group issued orders for the rest of her group.

"Galaxy, Elaria! Take down Iron Crow. Storm and Nebula, you've got the Venus Flytrap. Illusions and Saturn? Protect Harry and his friends. Deal with the Death Eaters if you have to. Rising Star, your with me. GO!"

The group split up just as the ninja recovered enough to attack. I turned back to the Death Eaters, but watched the leader and the one called Rising Star battle the lizard ninja.

One of the girls assigned to protect me and my friends, I think it was the one called Illusions, grabbed my arm and lead me into Flourish and Blots. From inside, with our faces pressed against the window, we watched the continuing battle. I kept my eye on the two fighting the reptilian warrior.

So far it had been dodging all of their attacks. Then Rising Star, who was wearing a uniform of orange, blue, and gold, shot a beam of light at the ninja and made a direct hit. The warrior screamed in pain and tried to block out the light with it's hands, but it didn't work. Then the leader stepped forward. What she said was so loud that I could hear it as though I was standing right next to her. All of the other battling pairs stopped to watch. While they everyone was looking the other way, the monster called Iron Crow raised her wings and disappeared. The plant thing was killed by a short blast from Storm.

"Phoenix Star Burn!!!"

I watched with a mixture of wonder and terror as a gigantic ball of blue fire formed at the end of the leader's staff. It discharged, and engulfed the blinded ninja. With a final scream, the green-skinned ninja disintegrated and became a pile of dust, which faded and disappeared. The fire in the girl's eyes seemed to dim, and she leaned heavily on her staff.

The Death Eaters stared. I guess that they had never seen that kind of thing before. Not that I ever have.

Rising Star and Nebula knocked out four of them. Elaria stepped forward and pinned a note with some sort of glowing silver seal to the Death Eaters' cloaks. Then she and a few others dragged them over to the other side of the ally. The leader, who's name I guessed was Phoenix, stood up straight, facing the last conscious Death Eater.

"Go tell Voldemort that he has more than Harry Potter to worry about. The Crystal Sailor Warriors are here, and we're not leaving." Her voice had such a commanding ring to it that I nearly followed her orders.

The Death Eater sneered weakly.

"And what if I don't?"

"You saw what happened to that demon yoma when I was through with it. Imagine that pain, ten times worse. Trapped in your worst nightmare."

"What's in it for me?"

"You'll actually get out of here alive," She stepped forward and pulled off his mask. "Luscious Malfoy."

Mr. Malfoy scowled, and raised his wand, about to fire a spell.

The leader raised her staff, twirled it in one direction for a few seconds, and then twirled it the other way. The whole time she shouted

"Phoenix Nightmare...."

Illusion's eyes grew wide with horror. "GET DOWN!!!"

Everybody ducked, and Phoenix snapped the end of her staff upwards and finished the spell.

"ENTANGLEMENT!" Shots of multi-colored light flashed overhead, dancing and growing darker and darker.

Ginny looked over at Saturn, who was curled up into a ball next to her glaive like staff.

"What's happening? Why did we have to get down?"

Saturn raised her head, and I was deeply shocked at the haunted look in her eyes.

Illusions glanced at Ginny and the others, and seemed to come to a decision.

"Saturn is the warrior of death and destruction. Talking about things like that, or even Phoenix's nightmare attack, reminds her of the terrible power that she has to keep under control. What Phoenix just used can be viewed as worse than a cruciartus curse. Worse, I believe, than death. Until she lifts the curse, he is trapped in his own nightmares. She has the main power stream directed at him, but if anyone is caught within 10 ft, the aftershock will get them. The best thing that can happen is a mere wave of cold like the aura of a dementor. Worst case scenario is you getting stuck in a light nightmare."

Hermione, though horror stricken, started shooting off questions.

"Who are you? Why are you here? Where do you come from?" Illusion cut her off.

"We are, as Phoenix said, the Crystal Sailor Warriors. We are descendants from the royal families of the different planets in this solar system. I'm from Pluto, Saturn is from...well, Saturn, Phoenix is from Jupiter, and Rising Star is from Venus, etc. However, we were born here on Earth. Tokyo, to be precise. For years that has been the main concentration of dark forces. By the looks of it, the groups that we're always fighting have joined up with this Lord Voldemort." Everyone flinched. "We heard of his earlier uprising, and," she looked pointedly at me "his fall.

"According to our information, they're after Harry. We are here to protect him."

My eyes widened. I wanted to ask 'Why me?' but then the lights stopped.

Saturn looked up. "It's safe now. She's lifted the attack."

We left the shop and entered the alleyway just in time to see Phoenix conjure a black hole and toss Mr. Malfoy into it.

The Warriors, Ginny and I all started for Phoenix to offer support. That is, until we saw the look in her eyes.

The best way that I can describe this is by comparing it to the look that Sirius had when I first met him. She looked as though she had been chased by Cerberus, gone down on the TITANIC, and had lost all she loved and believed in.

Phoenix raised her hand, and ran it through her hair. A solitary blue feather materialized in her hand, and she tossed it into the air. She muttered some words that I couldn't make out, but then the feather caught my attention.

A small tornado of blue fire had started spiraling downward. These flames encircled Phoenix, and soon engulfed her. A cry rose from the flames, as heart-wrenching as a sad phoenix song.

Soon, the flames slowed and revealed Phoenix standing there, as though she was going to attack. She looked up suddenly, and saw her companions. Then her gaze fell on me.

Phoenix's eyes filled with tears. Then she turned and ran away. Her friends made no attempt to follow.

Phoenix's POV

I ran.

I couldn't believe what I had done. That Death Eater didn't deserve what I dished out to him, did he? Voldemort and the man that killed Rini did, but how could a follower be worse than the leader? If the follower was more feared than the leader, then the leader would eliminate the competition. At least, that's what has happened in the past.

I've been trapped in my own nightmares before. Very few people ever deserved that pain. That fear. That kind of unexplainable terror.

I turned into an alleyway 5 blocks down.

I de-transformed, sat down, and cried.

Well? What do you think? I hope this cleared some things up. Please review and I'll try to update faster. Ch. 3 is in the works. Wish me luck!!!! Especially with the Terra Nova, fondly known as the Terror Nova.

Note: the Terror Nova is a standardized test for almost all grade levels up to 12th. It is always taken in Death March, the same month as the science fair.