L-chan: Hello again! Here's the first chapter of My Only Wish. Took me awhile to write this. I rewrote it two or three times cause everyhting seemed so choppy. Hope you enjoy!

Chapter One-Invitations Are Not Welcome, Link's Decision

"Uh, hi. I'm, well, not really good at this for one thing, but my name's Link Serenity. Now, I don't mean the same one who is THE Hero of Time (or Sailor Moon for that matter). I don't think I'll ever get to that. Though my name IS Link Serenity I just go by Li to keep things from getting too confusing. I'm about twenty (maybe even thirty) years younger than the other Link. I come from an alternate dimension. I hope that explained a lot, and if it didn't, well, I suggest that those of you who don't understand get a dictionary or something. I hope I wasn't rude, well, actually, I could care less if I was rude or not. If you don't like how I am or the things I do, then you can just go ahead and stop reading this. Anyway, I'm from an alternate dimension, like I've said. I really don't have much of an account of what happened when I was brought from my dimension to Link's (remember, I'm Li). It was only possible because my father had found an easier way to travel from one dimension to another, and he established inter-dimensional (not really a word is it?) trading. I was only eight or nine at the time, but it was about a year after his discovery that we were attacked. I can't really remember much (actually, I don't want to), but that night my father and my twin sister died. I miss them so very much. They were the only ones who really understood me, well, except Link, but she and I are the same person (in a way). I guess I should end this and let you read. I hope it clears up a few things that might be confusing later on. If not, well, tough luck."

"Don't let the past stop you from doing something worthwhile"
Link Serenity

"DUDE! I get to go to Hogwarts!"

"Yes…sadly."

Eleven-year-old Li Serenity stared at the letter with emerald green writing on it in her hands. Her eyes changed to a sky blue color. A smile came to her face and she started to do a kind of jig around the room.

"Woohoo! I'm gonna be a witch! Booya! Take that Myo! You're not the only one!"

Link Serenity, a woman a few inches over five feet, watched Li. Her eyebrows were knitted and her eyes were a sullen yellow. She blew her red tipped silver/gold bangs out of her face.

"Not just you, either. Carrie, Terry, Gerdi, Hotaru and the Twins are going to Hogwarts as well," she grumbled.

Li stopped her jig. "What about Naboora?"

"She's going to a French school. Beauxbatons."

Li looked at her letter again. She grinned. "Eight witches and two wizards in the same house. Oh, the fun we'll have."

Link sighed and rubbed the scar over her right eye. "Dumbledore is trying to overrun me. He hasn't forgiven me for declining his offer to go to Hogwarts when I was a kid."

"Well, that's you. I'm definitely going!" Li took off through a door. "Gotta find Myo. Need to go rub it in her face."

Link watched her go. She sighed again and flopped down onto her bed. Dumbledore, you-

Her thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a shrill beeping. Sitting up, she looked at her bedside drawer. She frowned and kicked it, knowing what the beeping meant.

Stupid scouts, she thought angrily to herself. Thought I told them to leave me alone.

You know they won't leave you alone.

Link groaned. Not you again. Don't you have someone else to bother?

Nope, rang a voice in her head. Besides, I couldn't even if I wanted to.

Could you at least NOT talk to or bother me!

…

…

Nope.

"AAHHH!"

Li paused. She could have sworn she had heard a yell. Shrugging, she continued her search for Myo.

"Myo-Neko, where are you?"

"Don't call me that!"

Li grinned and began to chant. "Myo the Neko! Myo the Neko!"

A girl with gold streaked brown hair and blue cat-eyes burst through a door and tackled the chanting Li.

"Careful! Don't rip the letter I need to rub in your face."

"Letter?"

Li smiled up at the older girl. "Yeppers." She shoved the letter into Myo's face. "I'm your new Hogwarts groupie! And so is everyone else! Except Goten."

Myo's eyes flashed some, but she smiled and helped the shorter girl up. "That's awesome! Hey! What's that?"

Another letter had fallen out of the envelope Li was carrying. Myo stooped down and picked it up.

Li scratched her head. "I never noticed that before. What's it say?"

"It's for Link," replied Myo. Her eyes widened as she skimmed the letter. "Holy shimatta!"

"Hey! That's my line!"

"Professor Dumbledore has asked Link to pick up Harry Potter since he's going to Hogwarts as well!"

"Neato!…Who's Harry Potter?"

"I refuse!"

"But-"

"No buts about it! It's bad enough you lot are going to Hogwarts. I am not doing anything else for Dumbledore that goes beyond the pretense of getting you guys on the Hogwarts Express on September 1st. And that's final, Myoko Forei Carain!"

Myo immediately closed her mouth. She knew better than to talk back to Link when she used someone's full name. She trudged out of the room looking dejected.

"Now, Linky-poo-"

Link's eye twitched.

"You know Dumbledore just wants Harry to arrive at school safely. What are the chances of his aunt and uncle driving him to King's Cross Station?"

Link glared at the short, red-haired woman in front of her. She was smiling at Link in a way that made the elf-hybrid want to strangle her.

"Shut up, Washu."

Washu raised an eyebrow. She put a finger in her ear and twisted it. "Excuse me?" she said, a transparent computer appearing in front of her. "Did you just say you wanted to be turned into a male?"

Link paled and she took a step back, her hands out in front of her. "I didn't say that. Why would I say that…mom?"

Washu smiled again, the transparent computer disappearing. "I thought so. Anyway, you should really consider picking up Harry."

"Why? So you can get to know him and then some point in time do deranged, psychotic experiments on him?"

"No, of course not!" Washu shot back, a smile on her face. "It would be nice for him to make some friends so that he actually knows someone when he gets to school and won't feel lonely."

Link stared at Washu for a moment taking in what she had just said. "My God! Are you…are you actually showing some motherly concern for someone? AH! The worlds gonna end!"

click

"WASHU!"

"So…We'll be going to Hogwarts together then?"

"Yep."

"How'd mom take the news?"

Li shrugged. "Ah, your mom's a stiff. The only thing that'd upset her more is if Dumbledore asked her to teach at Hogwarts." She paused and let the tip of her sword touch the ground. "Why does she hate Hogwarts so much, anyway, Tralex?"

Tralex, a boy with silver/gold hair that turned red at the tips with a few black bangs and metallic blue-green eyes, swung his sword at Li. She lifted her own sword and parried the blow. "It might have something to do with her having already taught there."

"Woah! She's already taught there once? Why does no one tell me these things? What'd she teach?"

Tralex jumped over Li's blade as she swung it at his legs. "Care of Magical Creatures. Well, Grandpa was the one who taught it, but after he died Dumbledore let mom teach it. He really wanted her to study at Hogwarts, though. She taught there from age ten or eleven to eighteen, I think. I don't know when she resigned, but she didn't really have a job after that, and she didn't really have control over the dimensional trading. The Ministry of Magic took over that."

"But why?"

"Who knows? I think they thought she was mentally unstable for the task, but that's a load of rubbish since it only takes mom and five people of her choosing to control a handful of dimensional portals. It takes a whole department of wizards to barley control one at the Ministry."

Li shook her head, pointing her sword down and blocking Tralex's blow. "The Ministry doesn't know anything."

"I hear that," replied Tralex.

"'Hoy thar!"

Both Li and Tralex looked up. A large bird was circling around them, slowly dropping closer and closer to them.

"Hullo, Li m'dar!"

The large bird landed on a thick branch close to the sparring pair. He was a large fishing eagle. A dark mask of feathers ran over his face, making his yellow eyes stand out in an ominous glare. The dark mask covering his face extended further back along his body, all the way to the tip of his tail. He would've been completely black save for the white feathering on his front and on the shoulders of his wings. He shifted his head to one side to see the two kids better.

"Nice ta see yu at all tis yar, Li," said the bird.

"Hullo, Hemwind," greeted Li. "What can I do for you this morning?"

Hemwind ruffled his feathers and stuck out his left leg. A letter was tied to it. "I ha' ay message ter yer goardian."

"Don't you mean 'guardian'?" corrected Tralex.

Hemwind glared at Tralex with one golden eye, making the eleven-year-old laugh nervously. "Ya'll be me next 'elpin' of vitals if ye ain't carfool."

Link watched as his youngest son, Goten, splashed around in the hot water trying to catch the small fish swimming in circles around him. He suddenly did a clumsy dive into the water, but came back up empty handed.

"Did you see that?" he asked, looking at Link with wide, excited ebony eyes. "I almost had them"
Link smiled. "Yeah, you almost had them there, Goten. Keep it up."

"Okay, momma!" said Goten and he went back to his fishing.

Link frowned slightly and looked down at his flat, reasonably muscled chest. Washu had turned him/her into a male…again. Not that Link wasn't used to it, but it was still kind of weird to have your kids call you 'mom' when you were very obviously male. It was especially weird if you have a female voice stuck in your head.

I still don't see why you shouldn't pick up Harry, echoed Dark Link in Link's mind. Washu had a point about him actually making some friends before school starts.

Link sunk his head into the water until it covered his mouth and blew bubbles.

Do you have something against him? 'Cause if that's the case-

"It's not that," said Link, sitting up straight in the water. "I just don't want to relive all those memories. I heard he looks just like James but has Lily's eyes. I'm not ready to see James' face or Lily's eyes again."

"Momma?"

"Yes, sweetie?" Link looked up at Goten.

The ten-year-old tilted his head to the side slightly. "Are you talking to the voices in your head again?"

"Yes, baby," replied Link, "but Dark Link is only one voice. So, just ignore anything I say unless I call your name, okay?"

"Okay." Goten immediately started fishing again.

Did you ever think that maybe Harry's feelings are more important than yours? chimed Dark Link, bringing Link back into their previous conversation. He lost both his parents in the same night when he was a baby. He never got to know them. You don't know- oh, wait. You do know what it's like to lose, well, a father, I guess.

Link wrapped his arms around his legs, resting his cheek against his knees. Please don't talk about him.

Maybe you do need to talk about him, stated Dark Link. Maybe that's why Dumbledore wanted you to pick up Harry. So he could have someone to talk to; someone who knows what it's like to lose a parent, well, two someones, I guess. You and Li.

Link's eyebrows came together ever so slightly. I hate it when you make sense.

That's why I'm here.

I thought you were here to haunt me till the day I died and then some?

Well, that too.

"Oh, Linky-poo!"

Link let out a groan that was garbled by the water. What did Washu want?

"I have a letter for you from Dumbledore."

Link stood up out of the water and turned to Washu who stood at the edge of the spring, one hand raised to her mouth, the other holding a letter.

"My, my, my," said Washu, a small smile on her face. "And here I thought you were such a modest person."

Link suddenly remembered that he was naked, and quickly kneeled back into the water until it was up to his chest. "Give me my letter, please," he said in a strangled voice. Dark Link was laughing insanely inside his head.

Washu tossed the letter to him and Link had to make a wild grab for it so that it wouldn't get wet.

"I have such a healthy young boy," said Washu, turning away.

Link's face burned red and Dark Link's laughter increased. Oh, shut up, thought Link, opening his letter.

(Mental image of Male Chibi-Link with a large hammer walking away from an unconscious Female Chibi-Dark Link.)

"Momma! I caught one!"

"BOOYA!" shouted Li, jumping on her bed.

Link frowned at her. "Are you still going on about the whole Hogwarts thing?" he asked.

"Yes."

"Could you stop?"

"Yeah, but only when I want to."

Link sighed and held out a letter to Li. "Go find Hemwind and tell him to give this letter to Dumbledore."

Li jumped off the bed, snatching the letter away from her older, male counterpart. "What's in it?" she asked, inspecting the letter.

"None of your business. Now go."

Li stood up straight and saluted Link. "Yes, ma'am, I mean, sir!"

Link frowned. "Get going."

Li took off without a moment's hesitation. Link sighed and sat down on the girl's bed. He was definitely going to regret this. He jumped slightly when the doorbell rang.

"Link! Someone's here to see you!" came Washu's voice.

Link made his way downstairs and towards the living room.

This is odd. You never get guests, commented Dark Link.

Link stepped into the living room and froze. Standing in the middle of the room was a tall, dark skinned woman with dark greenish hair. She smiled when she saw Link, her garnet eyes twinkling.

"My," she said. "You look exactly like your father in this state, Usa-hime."

Link frowned and crossed his arms over his chest. "I don't go by that name anymore, Setsuna."

Setsuna's gaze hardened some. "You are Usagi Tsukino...or would you prefer Serena Tsukino?"

"Neither," replied Link shortly. "I'm Link Venus de Milo Serenity, Hero of Time."

Setsuna broke her gaze with Link and sighed. "Oh, well. At least now I can tell the Inners that I tried."

"Tried what? To get me to come back?"

Setsuna nodded. "Yes. I told them that the timeline had changed, but they wouldn't accept it. So, they had me come to you to ask for you to come back."

Link grinned. "They want me back, eh? Can't handle the youmas in Tokyo?"

"They are having a difficult time. The Outers have forsworn them ever since they, uh, relieved you of your services."

Link sat down on a couch, resting his feet up on the table in front of him. "Ever since they kicked me out? You can say it out loud, ya know."

Setsuna sat in a chair across from Link. "Does it still not trouble you so that they would do such a thing?"

"Nope," replied Link stoically. "I knew they would do it…We've had this conversation before. You know the details."

Setsuna nodded. "Yes. You wished to uphold your father's name and revealed your true self to the Inners. They did not approve and eventually cut you off from themselves after trying to take the crystal from you. I have watched these events time and again at the Time Gates."

"Was there anything else you wanted?"

Setsuna smiled. "Tell my son that I'm very proud of him being accepted into Hogwarts."

"Sure thing," said Link. "But, you know, Gerdi probably would've wanted to hear it from you instead of me."

"I know but I don't have the time." The Senshi of Time smiled slightly at the sentence.

Link rested his hands behind his head. "Can you do something for me, then?"

"Anything, hime."

"Well, for starters, stop calling me that, and secondly," Link paused, taking his feet off the table and leaning forward, "tell the Senshi that if they ever try to call on me again, I will personally send them my answer."

Harry rested his head on his pillow. He just couldn't believe what was happening. He was a wizard! An actual wizard! It sure explained a lot about the things that happen to him, and why his aunt and uncle acted they way they did. Still, he had a hard time believing it.

There was a soft flutter of wings and Harry looked over at his new owl, Hedwig. Hagrid had bought her as a birthday present for Harry. Standing, he made his way to her cage, and opened the door, letting the snowy white owl step onto his arm. He stroked her head, lightly running his fingers over the soft feathers.

According to Hagrid, Harry would be picked up and brought to the Hogwarts Express with a fellow Hogwarts student named Li Serenity. It seemed all right to Harry. It'd be one less day in the Dursley's house, but he was still uneasy. Surely, this Li girl would know more about magic than him.

With that thought in mind, Harry took out one of his new school books and began to read.

Li frowned at the stack of books on her bed. "Now I'm starting to wonder if going to school is such a good idea," she grumbled.

"Oh, come on, Li," said a black girl with long black hair that went mid-back. She wore a dark blue bandana on her head to keep her hair out of her face. She looked at the elf-hybrid who was still glowering at the books on her bed. "School isn't all that bad."

"Easy for you to say, Terry," said Link, now glaring at the girl. "You have a photographic memory. I don't."

Terry just shrugged and sat down in a chair with a book in her hands. She began flipping through the pages, scanning each page for a few seconds before going to the next. Li frowned at this.

"Show off," she grumbled. With a sigh, Li flung herself onto her bed, the pile of books toppling over.

"Well, at least you can read," consoled Terry. "Gerdi is going to have a harder time than you. He only knows a few words."

Li tried not to grin. Gerdi hadn't really needed to know how to read back in the Kokiri Forest, but now… She felt a little sorry for him.

L-chan: There you are. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I've been having difficulties with internet. I've been kicked out of my aunt and uncle's house and am now living with my biological mother. I can only use the computers at my school seeing as my mom doesn't have internet on her computer. I also have to face the problem that the school has a different word processor than the one on my computer at home, and when I try to open my stories to the word processor at school…let's just say the story is there, but so is a whole bunch of other crap that makes it impossible to read. The only word processor that the school computers and my computer have in common is the notepad. So, I have to save each chapter to notepad, go to school, open the file, put it onto the word processor on the school's computer and redo all the fonts and such. Thank God I have an hour and a half on the computers at school. (I don't have to go to my fourth hour class, and I skip my lunch hour. I don't like school lunches. Give me a bottle of water or Mountain Dew and I'm set.)

Myoko: … I'm surprised.

L-chan: What?

Myoko: I've never heard you say so much in one sitting before.

L-chan: Shut up.