The source of magic

By: Pegasus & siren

Chapter 1

AN-I am so sorry it took this long to get this chapter out but siren has other stories to work on and if you read inner strength than you know that she's been working on that a lot lately.

Usagi sat there clutching her stomach miserably...why did they have to send her on the plane? It was bad enough that she had to go to a Muggle School.

She glanced at the window.

Big mistake. She clutched tighter at her delicate stomach, which was turning sickingly...oh how she hated hights.

"How much longer?" she asked the attendant her parents had paid to watch over her. And there was that too. It was so embarrassing to have a BABYSITTER to watch her like she was a LITTLE KID!

"Not long, maybe a few minutes" The old lady answered. Then she went back to her knitting...HOW BORING.

Ya right. That was exactly what she said a few hours ago when she asked last time...or was it a minute ago? Oh well, it FELT like hours.

She closed her eyes the pain had lessened slightly; knowing it would be over soon.

She heard the pilot's voice telling them to buckle up and did so quickly.

She readied herself for the landing; that would be the worst part.

She couldn't hold it in; she grabbed one of the bags and threw up as they landed.

She walked out her face still slightly green.

Usagi sat on the bench all alone. She even found herself wishing for the old attendant to be there with her, just so she wouldn't be there by herself. But the attendant (her name was Ms. Jones) had left her when she got off the plane. Now she had been sitting there for almost an hour, and still no one had come to get her.

Running out of patience, she walked out of the landing point, hoping that someone might have been waiting for her OUTSIDE the part where she first got off. (She had never been on the plane before, and didn't realize that only passengers are allowed in certain areas.) Not expecting to see much, she was surprised when she saw someone standing there with a sign that had her name. He was a middle-aged man, and looked like he had been waiting there for a long time, and was getting to be really annoyed. Assuming that he was there for her, after all, the sign DID have her name on it, she walked up to him.

"H-e-l-l-o" she said slowly, she was still new at this language and a little sloppy.

"Hello" his said speaking Japanese as slowly and exaggerated as he could. "My name is Kenji Tsukino. You're going to be staying with me and my family when you go to school here. It hope that over time you will be able to come to accept us as a sort of extended family' while you are here. I'm sorry, but my wife Ikuko couldn't be here to greet you. She had to stay at the house to finish getting your room ready. So, are you ready to look around Jubban Japan?"

Usagi stood there, catching only about 1 out of every 3 words. It was obvious that Ken was trying to make it easy for her, but he didn't realize just how little she really knew of Japanese. She glanced at the smiling blonde boy behind him, and tried once more to listen to what it was that he was saying.

"-It might be a good idea to know about the place that you are going to be staying for the next few months, and then longer after that. So...are you ready to see your new house first?"

"Yeah" this was so strange. Why was it that her parents wanted her to live with muggles again.? Oh yes, it was all part of her punishment. Although, they didn't look nearly as bad as she thought they would. No pointy ears, no tails...in fact, they were much more boring than she thought muggles were supposed to be!

Kenji led her to a car and took her bags, which he gave them to a boy who was mumbling to himself about how his parents should not of adopted' this girl. The man opened the door and she shyly sat there...she didn't want to give them a bad impression, even if she didn't want to be there.

The drive wasn't that long, about 15 minutes. When they got there the first thing they did was take her to her room. Then they gave her a tour of where each room was so she wouldn't get lost: not that it was that big. It didn't even compare to the mansion that she grew up in.

When it was done she went to her room. How am I ever going to survive here? Without my family, friends, and even my own language! And where are the house elfs anyway? What, do they actually expect me to take care of my own clothes!?' she thought to herself, and fell down on the small hard bed that would be hers for who knows how long. Do my parents really hate me THIS much?!'

She sat there bored, oh so bored. School wouldn't start for another week, and she had no idea what to do! She had left the house for a minute, and had almost been hit by this big red box! Just by walking outside she ears were filled with so many strange, alien voices that she couldn't help but run into her new room as fast as she could, and stay there.

It was so ironic too. At her home in London, she never had any time to be bored. Whenever she was alone, she always worked on thinking up another prank to pull on her parents or brother. It was so fun to find out what putting this magical compound with that one, and see what happens. But her parents checked her bags before she left, making sure that all of the powders and solutions were in a safe place until she could return. The only magical item she was allowed to take was her wand, and she was supposed to keep that hidden at all times except when she was in her lessons. She was supposed to start those when she started school. Usagi couldn't help but wonder how it was that her parents were planning on her taking lessons for school, AS WELL AS magical lessons, but she knew that they would never have sent her here without knowing a way.

Her boredom was disrupted for a minute when she heard knocking on the door. Perking up her ears to see who it was she heard what she thought was "Honey why don't you go for a walk? You could meet some new friends." Ikuko just hadn't stopped trying to make her feel comftorable since she had gotten here, so Usagi figured why not humor her. Dragging her feet as she walked towards the door, she prepared herself to face the world...again...

The first thing she saw when she opened the door was the blue haired woman. She had a big smile on her face, obviously happy that she had come out. Then Serena looked behind her, and saw the tuft of blonde hair hiding behind his mother. In the second that Serena saw him and that evil smirk on his face, she realized this was a mistake. She dropped to the ground just in time to avoid a spray of water that had been aimed at her head. Shingo was holding a really weird contraption in his hands that was shooting it out, and without even thinking Serena jumped up and at him. Grabbing it in one hand she pressed the small lever she had seen him push with her finger, and immediately drenched the little twerp.

Maybe this wouldn't be so bad, she thought to herself. It was so obvious that these people were trying to get her to feel at home with them. And the WAS what she wanted. After all, she didn't want to have her life become a living hell. Like she always believed, life is what you make of it' and it was much better to try to make the best of the situation instead of wallowing in her own self misery. This was just another area where she was so different than her twin. He would have made everyone around him as miserable as he was, and Usagi hoped that she wouldn't do that.