Shifter

XXI

Senna Nightly lay back on the large bed the room offered her, her girlfriend, and their adorable best friends (or extra girlfriends as they liked to call them), Astoria and Luna, as it had surprisingly replaced the other beds with a couple of couches, two chairs, and a coffee table. She was happily wrapped in a fluffy cream towel hiding away her nudity, as she had just finished in the bath. Her friends were in similar states around the room, or drying off, and pulling out their clothes, and Tracey, Blaise, and Daphne would be staying in the room with them, during the night, as they had been for the past week, as they couldn't stay in their tower, as several days before, Senna had to rescue them as they were attacked by some boys for not conforming. The girls had never seen Senna so angry before, as they shivered delightfully thinking about what she did for them, as Senna spilt so much Slytherins pureblood.

They had all been in great spirits once the Hogwarts Express arrived in Hogsmeade, and little Bianca had shyly let go of Rikka, and let Hagrid, with the other first years take her on her trip by little boat where she met two girls paler than her. They were muggle-born's too, and twins. They had long white hair and extremely pale pinkish eyes, and wore glasses that darkened the brighter it got. She had been amazed, and they told her all about albinism, and she marvelled as she introduced herself to Alice and Clara. Then last, sharing their boat was Aimee, a small black girl with her hair in twin puffs on the side of her head, and she was a half-blood, and real chatty and friendly, as she was eager to make a new-new friend with her other new friends.

Everything was going well as Aimee, Clara, and Alice were all placed into Hufflepuff, and though, Bianca was sad she wouldn't get to hang out with her new friends anymore, a few moments after she put on the Sorting Hat, the school seemed to lose all sound.

"HUFFLEPUFF!" the hat roared in gleeful delight, and Bianca felt her heart skip a beat, before she pulled off the hat as she heard some applause. It was just Senna at first with Chachazero cheering with little giggles, before Senna nudged Bianca's new friends and they joined in shyly. Then the rest of the house seemed to join in slowly at first as they came to terms that a Malfoy wasn't a complete waste of space.

Bianca sighed in relief and skipped over to her new table, knowing her brother probably looked silly as he gawked at her in horror. However, she was soon given a big loving cuddle from Senna, as she kissed her forehead and was the first to congratulate her, and welcome her to Hufflepuff, before she got excited cuddles from her new friends who were happy, they were all together.

Then after the sorting, Dumbledore stood up and rambled and rambled, and then told them about the tournament. He said they were going to have the Tri-wizard tournament, to excited cheers from students who knew what that was supposed to be, however, burst their bubble, when he said they had a change in plans, as normally the tournament was between just three schools. Beauxbatons, from France, Durmstrang, from Bulgaria, and Hogwarts, from the UK.

"However, both Ilvermorny in the US, and Mahoutokoro in Japan both got wind of the tournament and wanted to join, so after talking it over we decided to host the Three-Seven-Five Star Tournament," the old man had said with a smile while even the pure-bloods looked confused. "The name is pending, as we're still finalising the rules. First, some that have already been established. Each school is allowed three teams of seven champions. You can all make up your own teams, as many as you want, and if more than three teams sign up, you will decide who goes through with a seven-on-seven duel, voluntary or by random selection until we only have three teams, and the duels will have special rules or conditions picked by random generator, to spice things up a little. Then the tournament will comprise of five different challenges during the year that will earn your team points. However, anytime during the tournament you will have three stars each person, for which you can force someone to duel you with randomly selected conditions, and if they lose; they will be compelled to reveal a secret, so you can get an edge on the competition, as you will be told of each challenge after each one is complete, and the winner will receive one point, of the seven you will all start out with, and if you lose all seven, your teammates will be down a player. You can of course mutually agree to duel each other, and not waste your stars…"

When Dumbledore finished confusing and exciting students about the tournament, and once they all settled down to eat, at the Slytherin table, four girls were getting abuse, threats, and insults hurled their way and they were rather worried, especially as some of the threats were rather disgusting. Blaise, Tracey, Daphne, and Astoria kept their guard up as they finished what they could of their food as they lost their appetites, as they had hoped the rest of the Slytherins would have gotten that they were off limits before then, as the Greengrass's deal with Fairytale put them rather higher on the pecking order, but it looked like they only cared about that when it suited them, but surprisingly the Parkinson's were leaving them alone, likely afraid that Fairytale might twist the knife if they did anything to say.

However, when the girls returned to their common room, Daphne felt the strike almost before she entered the room. They had already drawn wands, but they were outnumbered, and another boy went to punch Astoria, as Daphne hit the ground in a cry of pain.

"I'll enjoy fucking you, you mudblood loving whores!" he roared in glee before he suddenly screamed as a silver hunting knife stabbed through his elbow, and twisted as the little green haired doll in the maid costume hung from it with furious glee of her own, as blood spurt from the wound while he cried and whimpered in pain.

"You little bitches are just going to be play things!" another boy screamed out as he blasted Chachazero off the knife, and she crashed into the far wall, and dropped lifelessly at the feet of a small third year, black-haired girl with silver eyes, wearing black hipsters, boots, tee, and shirt with the top few buttons undone.

The girl moved with speed and rage, so pliable that it seemed like it happened and didn't happen at the same time, as her right fist shattered the ribs of the one to harm her Chachazero, with the force blasting blood from his mouth, as he slammed into the far wall, smashing his head with the kickback. Then she moved again, and another boy screeched with wide eyes full of tears as his left knees was suddenly bent at the wrong angle, and bone was splintered through his skin before her right hand clamped around his face, and they could all hear the groaning of bone as his skull cracked, and he sobbed as he no doubt regretted pissing her off, while she backhanded the boy with the knife still in his elbow, and he went down in a splash of blood.

"Get off him…!" it was a weaselly boy, pointing his wand, younger, maybe his brother, but when Senna looked to him with silver eyes, the pupils, animalistic and slanted, he shook and dropped his wand. However, she let the one she held drop, and kicked up the coffee table near her, and slammed her foot into the edge, and it smashed into the weasel boys' face moments later to blood spraying everywhere, and with that, most of the Slytherins fled to the back of the room, some of them crying in panic, and a few had even pissed themselves, one girl in fifth year even had poop dribbling out of her robe.

Though, a couple boys remained. "You're dead, you filthy mudblood! I'll have you and all your bitch friends" one of the huger boys sneered. "You have no idea who you're messing with-!" he paused in shock as she walked right up to him, reached into his robes, and squeezed in glee, and as he roared and struck out, she blocked and shattered his wrist to more screams.

Senna pulled him closer while his eyes watered with regret beyond anything. "Silly little, boy, your pathetically tiny dick doesn't work anymore," she said gently with a gleeful smile of delight, before pulling back and smashing her fist into his face causing teeth to fly as she broke his nose and jaw in gollops of blood before letting him drop.

Looking up at the remaining combatants, Senna had a neutral expression, except for those silver eyes; they showed her displeasure, and the 'combatants' were shaking while the rest of the house tried to move back further into the wall and each other, when one went to cast a spell, he screeched as a silver knife ended up in his wand arm, causing him to drop his wand, and look over to see the menace doll looking at him in smugness before he felt his jaw shatter as Senna was off the ground, feet at head height, and her left sole crunched into his mouth with a crane kick she once saw the 'good' guy use illegally in a competition in a film, and he won, likely because the writers forgot what rules they had to abide by were, and thought it would be cool, and it was.

The remaining 'fighters' staggered away, crying and begging as they threw their wands to her in surrender where they landed at her feet.

"Daphne and Astoria Greengrass, Blaise Zabini, and Tracey Davis are with me!" Senna spoke in a cold monotone. "I don't care about your filthy blood, or your bullshite magical lore. Even look at my beloved friends again, you filthy inbred pieces of garbage, and your sick and twisted bloodlines will end! I will fucking kill you!" she hissed, causing them to flinch, as she turned as a spell flew towards her and she reached out her right hand, and swiped left and the spell shimmered away, and the girl who sent it cried out as it hit her in the back, and cracked and smashed her bones, sending her to the floor in agony, as blood gushed from her mouth.

Senna rolled her eyes before turning to her four friends as they looked at her in awe and horror, but felt relief as she had her fun-loving grin back. "Just grab your things, and let's go… you cutie-pies will be much safer using the Hufflepuff Dorm over Slytherin," she said, and they all nodded their agreement.

"Oh, shit," interrupted a busty sixth year with purple hair, as she had not long entered the common room and pointed to Senna. "I will fight you, even if I have to waste a star on it!"

Senna let a grin slid onto her lips. "Don't worry, Kan'u, I wouldn't give you the satisfaction, of forcing me… how about an added bet, so that if I win, you will be my maid for the week, you win, I'll be yours?"

"Deal!" they shook on it with wicked grins while the other Slytherins could only shiver in horror, as the school had a few too many monsters.

They had no more trouble from the remaining Slytherins, and hadn't for the past week, as they were terrified of Senna enough to go out of their way to avoid her, and any of her friends, and were even too scared to tell Snape what happened, and Senna cut off the Slytherin door to their room to keep them safe since they wouldn't use it anyway.

That led to that weekend. It was Saturday morning, and they had just finished a bath time homework session, especially showing their Bianca and her new little friends how they can do homework in the bath. The girls loved every moment of it as the older girls helped them with their homework, and Aimee who had dried off flopped down in the nude next to Senna smiling her widest.

"Will you teach us those waterproof spells, please," she begged as she pulled on her knickers while giving a cute puppy pout.

"Of course, sweetie," Senna said with a wicked grin as she sat up and checked out some of her friends as they were getting dressed, enjoying herself, as she finally had so much love and friendship in her life it almost hurt, but it was a pain she wanted as much as she could get, and since they finished their homework, they didn't have to worry and could play for the rest of the weekend.

"Thank you," Alice squeaked in glee as she had only pulled on her jammie top, as she hugged onto Senna while she laughed and wrapped her arms around her tiny waist in return. "We'll get to do our homework in the bath any time we want too," she said happily before bouncing back and finding her knickers before sitting up with Aimee to pull them on.

"Calm down girls," Tracey said while shaking her head at the younger girls while they pouted as she pulled on her nighty. "Senna said she'll teach you, so don't lose your heads, over it." The younger girls looked sheepishly embarrassed while they finished pulling on their undies and jammies with their older friends before Senna showed them her surprise of a 4K projector and her phone to watch some movies with popcorn, snacks, and sodas, to their glee as they had white walls where they would project their film opposite the bed, and the purebloods in the room, snuggled up on the bed with their beloved friends were awed in amazement, as they had seen a few films on a TV, but didn't think Senna would get something like it to work at Hogwarts.

"Sci-Fi, yay, its Sci-Fi!" Chachazero cheered as she happily curled up in Clara's arms with some popcorn. "I love Sci-Fi!"

The next morning, Senna slipped from under one of the twins. She wasn't sure which, as she wasn't paying much attention until after the fact, but she ended up sleeping on her, and she had to get free of the adorable white-haired girl, as they had an amazing day, watching films, and playing games, and an awesome slumber party. Senna sneakily kissed Ginny's sleeping lips before kissing Daphne, and then Alice, and then Bianca, and then gave up as she realised that was going too far as there were quite a lot of them, and if they weren't awake to feel her love, she figured that was pointless, so she slipped into the shower alone, and shoving her jammies into her hamper, before she washed up after a lazy day of lounging around, and even getting dinner in bed since they bought some barbeque, and used magic to keep it at a perfect temperature for them, and it was an amazing slumber party with her closest friends.

Senna wore a cute blue dress with white running shoes, and undies, as she slipped into the Gryffindor Common Room because she wanted to be comfy, and pretended like she belonged, since she wasn't wearing robes, surprisingly the few people already up didn't notice she didn't belong, or didn't care whether a Hufflepuff was in their house, but for Hermione who did notice, as Senna found her alone, eventually as she checked in her dorm. Senna held an extremely depressing folder that she – well the Potter Foundation had recently handed to the Law Enforcement Department, which wasn't making Dumbledore's life any easier, the opposite if anything.

Hermione's fingers quivered as Senna handed her the folder, and they sat together up against the headboard of Hermione's bed, and Hermione read, and the more she did the more horror she experienced, the more her heart broke, the more she hated herself. Then by the end, the room was quiet, and Hermione was sobbing into Senna's chest as she held her tightly, and apologised over and over again to Harry while Senna held her in return.

"I forgive you, Hermione," Senna whispered gently to her shock, as she looked up with tears burning her eyes from within Senna's arms. "Sometimes heroes do get special gifts… sometimes they have to die, and not be able to see someone they care about until they see the truth."

"Oh gods, I love you so much!" Hermione cried as she squeezed Senna tightly and didn't want to ever let go as she pulled her tighter into her lap, as that wasn't subtle. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry I never believed you, I'm sorry you had to do this. I love you. I love you with all my heart, no matter who you are."

"I love you too, Hermione," Senna whispered, and kissed Hermione's cheek, then nose, then lips. "Now stop being silly, and let me save you… plus, homework in the bath with friends is the most amazing thing ever, and I know how you love doing homework, so add in the bath with bubbles and jets, you'll love every moment."

Hermione laughed through her sobbing. "I swear, I'll never hurt you again. I love you. I love you. I love you, so much," she muttered cuddling tightly while Senna curled up into her lap, keeling over her. "I missed you so much, I thought I was going to die from the pain. Thank you for not giving up on me," she sniffled through her sobs.

"I love you too, Hermione," Senna said gently. "Now, you can stop being silly, and even more, stop being an arsehat to your dormmates, and I'll ask Chachazero not to shave off your pubes and give you any more embarrassing goatees, or you know, prank you or anything."

"I'm sorry," Hermione said gently. "I… I lost the only person who ever cared about me other than mum and dad, and I reverted to how I was before I met you."

Senna pulled back with a loving smile that broke Hermione's heart again, and leaning forward and kissed her gently on the lips before pulling back and smiling wider. "Don't worry. You can make it up to me once you finish school by working for me where you'll get as much further education as you want, and get to have lots of fun, and do amazing thing."

Hermione whimpered as she pulled Senna into her chest and kissed her forehead when she started as a girl with purplish black hair stepped into the room. "Oh, I found you, Sen. Gin said you would probably be with Hermione. I was sent to check whether you were here, and to say that everyone wants to watch that anime film you recommended, before dinner time. Hopefully, Hermione won't be so annoying anymore," Rikka finished while Hermione flinched, as she realised, she probably had been annoying.

"Oh, right," Senna said with a grin at Hermione. "It's called Spirited Away, and it's really good. Do you want to come watch it with us? I have a projector and phone working with some new Fairytale seal prototypes to watch whatever we want, as I have a subscription to pretty much every streaming site?"

"I don't think I should-."

Senna just laughed. "Don't be silly, come on," she said sliding from Hermione's lap, and offering her hand. "Be sweet, and eventually everyone will love you as much as I do, so, I don't know, just be cool, help out with homework, and don't moan about cussing, or, you know, just be cool, and as long as you're chill, and being as awesome as I know you can be, the other girls will all warm up to you," she said as Hermione timidly took her hand, and they were soon back in Senna's room that confused the heck out of Hermione as she looked around in wonder, as Hogwarts. A. History never mentioned shared house dorms.

"This is hilarious," Ginny snickered while Hermione blushed so bright on her pale cheeks. "Even Hermione didn't know about this, but come on," she said with a smile, patting the spot on the bed with her while the younger girls looked excited as they waiting for the film with some popcorn at the ready, as some of them were already dressed, and some were in their PJs still, and Tracey Davis and Astoria Greengrass were dried but still in their fluffy towels lounging on the single largest bed Hermione had ever seen, which was why they could all comfortably lounge on it together.

Senna grinned, as she kicked off her trainers, and threw herself into the spot next to Ginny, before opening her arms for Hermione, and after a hesitant moment, Hermione took off her shoes and robe, and neatly left them on the couch as that mean doll was on the dresser with a small bed, watching her with a smirk. Hermione wore some blue jeans, and a white long sleeve top underneath with white socks, and shyly crawled up and sat next of Senna, where Senna cuddled with both her and Ginny in each arm, and Ginny smiled at Hermione as they both lovingly held Senna together around her slender waist, as the light dimmed, and Rikka started the film on the phone before climbing onto the bed where her little apprentice waited for her to sit with her to slide into her lap, and the projector shone the picture perfectly onto the wall, and the magic of Studio Ghibli began.

"So, you can be anyone?" Hermione asked shyly after dinner, later that day, as she had so many questions, and it was just her and Senna in 'the' room, with Senna curled up in Hermione's lap giving her the love and attention she wanted for so long.

"I plan on staying as me," she said while shrugging as she snuggled her face into her friend. "I can return my… thing, if that was what you were worried about? Hmm… girls all want to be mothers someday, right? So, I could do that for you some day if you wanted, and Ginny loves you, and asked about that too. The Japanese named it funtari, and it's kind of an anime porn thing, when a girl has a penis and a fanny… you know, as properly rather than like a hermaphrodite."

Hermione blushed and pulled back in embarrassment. "I-I wasn't wondering weird things like that at all, S-Senna," she said pouting while Senna gave her a sweet smile. "But… I would be so happy to carry your baby someday, but I do want a career too. Not all girls think about being mothers at seventeen or eighteen or whatever."

Senna smiled sweetly and cuddled her friend, burying her face into her chest. "I do have a sense of humour, Hermione," she said, to her surprise. "But someday… I would like to have children, I suppose… to make my own family, and I know Ginny wants my children, I would love to also have some cuties with you too. It's okay now Hermione, just… rule number one… don't ever talk about who I was… I'm Senna Nightly, now, and I plan on punishing the pieces of shit who hurt Harry Potter. The world is going to change my sweetie… with the rise of Fairytale, Dumbledore, and Voldemort will shit themselves, and I want you at my side with Ginny. I've been waiting over a year for you to come to a point where I could feel your turn of heart."

"You can what?" Hermione asked, curious, and surprised.

"When I touch someone, I don't only copy them, but I can imprint their past and present," she replied thoughtfully. "Not the memory or anything, but a sense of who you are, the lies and the truths."

"I love you," Hermione felt the need to say.

"I know," Senna replied gently. "I know that you've loved me since the troll our first year."

Hermione quivered as her cheeks darkened impossibly. "I knew it was you who made Ron help you when you came to find me that Halloween."

"I was so scared that my friend might have got you killed," Senna said gently. "I had never thought I would ever have a friend before, so I couldn't see what he was at the time. The thought that you could have died made me sick to my stomach, and I felt terrible for days."

"Sorry," Hermione said sadly as she held her best friend tightly, feeling her soft and sweet body tight to hers, she pulled back as if shocked a moment later as the Gryffindor door opened and Ginny walked in with a skip in her step, and paused at seeing them.

Ginny smiled wider. "Don't mind me, Hermione," she said as she hoped up onto the bed with them and kissed Senna long and hard before sucking back off her tongue. "Go on, Hermione, don't be shy, I know how you feel about her, and that you want to try it, too."

However, before Hermione could think straight, Senna's lips stole hers, and it wasn't just a sweet kiss between best friends, as she kissed back, and her eyes closed as Senna's sweet tongue explored her mouth, pushing gently against her tongue, Hermione felt tears roll down her cheeks as she enjoyed her first kiss with her first love, the love she thought she would never get, even before he died, and in away, she still wouldn't, but Senna was just as good, just as fair and kind, and forgiving, and her heart beat in pain and love, and she knew she would never hurt her love again.

They pulled back after a few minutes of enjoying their first kiss together, and Senna gently brushed Hermione's tears away, and reaching out, she pulled Ginny in to cuddle with them, pushing Hermione to lie back, Senna and Ginny lay half on top of her, and showered Hermione in their affection, as they took it in turns snogging her brains out, and letting her squeeze their bums, to her embarrassment, she enjoyed doing that too, as she had fun as she finally realised, she had friends who would love her, more than she ever thought they would.

It was early Monday morning that Hermione slowly woke, blushing a little too much as she was wearing her jammies, and curled up into one side of Senna, with Ginny the other side, using a small breast each for their pillows, while she was surprised as she realised that Daphne was spooning her from behind, as Hermione could feel her plump boobs on her back, and hand over hers. Luna was behind Ginny, with Astoria and Blaise cuddled up in an arm each, and from the extra hand over her with dark skin, Tracey was spooning up behind Daphne, and Hermione, helping Daphne squeeze her boob in their sleep. It was the first time she slept over as she had been too chicken that first night.

Senna was groping Hermione and Ginny's bums in her sleep, and Hermione just chose to lie and enjoy the attention, as she watched Senna sleeping for a moment, when that cute mouth turned up into a smile, and she squeezed Hermione's bum a little tighter before those amazing silver eyes opened, and gazed down at her.

"You're awake early, Hermione?" Senna asked quietly.

Hermione smiled sheepishly, "I've always been an early bird, especially on a school day."

"Yeah," Senna agreed. "I kind of thought you would be, but we do have a lot of studying to get on with, if we're going to enter this tournament of Dumbledore's. Blaise, Astoria, Luna, and Tracey said they don't want to compete, so that leaves you, me, Ginny, Daphne, and Rikka, so we need another two people, and then we have to defeat all-commers, if there's more than three teams signing up, so we can represent Hogwarts with this Five School Tri-Team, of Sevens Star Cup business."

"Three-Five-Seven Star Tournament, but me?" Hermione corrected and asked worriedly. "I can't compete in a tournament like this, as I'm no good at duelling, and I can't fight like you or Rikka," she said shivering as she had seen Rikka teaching Bianca about martial arts, and heard tale that quite a few Slytherins were afraid of her.

"Hmm, maybe I could get Hakufu on our team as well," Senna said ignoring her. "That would make six, but I bet Kan'u stole her already as they're best friends."

"Yeah…"

"You won't have to duel or fight," Daphne sleepily interrupted, as she squeezed onto Hermione tighter as she was rather nice to cuddle, as their sleeping arrangements were amazing. "There'll be games and puzzles, which will be what we'll be best suited for while Rikka and Senna guard us, and Ginny secures anything coming to get us with binding magic, and she's planning on working more on her support spells, so it would be best to find someone else who is already good at support magic, preferably a healer, with someone good with defensive magic. Sen, I know you would like to just barrel through everything, but we've got to think strategically, and somehow protect your support from being Star Challenged."

"Yeah…" Senna agreed thoughtfully.

"Erm," Hermione interrupted shyly. "Hakufu's cousin, Kokin wants to be a healer, and she does some part time work with Madam Pomfrey, and she's a sixth year, so has quite a bit of experience."

Senna's eyes lit up in glee as a huge grin split her face in two, as she sat up, waking all her other friends in the process. "Okay, ladies, lets get in the shower, I have someone's cousin to steal, as I hope if Kan'u and Hakufu haven't stolen her first."

Hermione found the whole showering with Senna especially embarrassing as she was happy to help her friends with their hair, and get that in return, and none of them were shy about their bodies, and Hermione couldn't stop staring at Senna especially, as she had felt that amazing body through her clothes, but seeing it was believing, Senna was the monster she was rumoured to be in the guise of a cute third year girl, as her muscles were taught and deceptive, but when Ginny rubbed her shoulders, Hermione could see the power in that moment, the physical strength, and just for a moment, the power to destroy men ten times her size, and Hermione was glad they were under the water as she was fifteen and peed herself thinking of her younger friend, as her heart pounded bloody murder in her chest.

However, shaking off that thought as Ginny, Daphne, and Rikka went searching around for a talented shield, Hermione and Senna trapped a self-conscious sixteen-year-old girl down a corridor after most of the hall had finished lunch, and they followed her out. She wasn't busty like her cousin, but she had some boobs pushing at her Gryffindor robes. She had really light black hair, bunched up at the crown of her head, and a slender figure. She was pretty, but in a plainer, and more natural way to most girls, and her bluey grey eyes looked worried, but Senna picked up the 'fight' response to the 'flight or fight' instinct get her 'hackles' up.

"Hey, no need for that!" Senna said with a wicked grin. "We're looking for a sixth teammate to this Sevens tournament thing."

The girl relaxed in surprise. "W-why would you want me?"

"You can use healing and support magic, and that's what we need," she said matter of fact. "You don't have to fight, just support the team."

"Well, sorry, but its not for me," she said in her gentle voice while looking down.

"Hakufu didn't ask you, did she?" Senna asked gently.

"No," Kokin sighed in disappointment. "She and Kan'u filled up their squad with nothing but heavy hitters already. They didn't even think they might need a healer until I mentioned that they would probably face off against your team at some point, but by then they had registered, and aren't allowed to replace teammates. They didn't even think for a moment that I could cut it, so I can't accept your offer, I'm not good enough."

Senna only smiled and reached out her left hand and took Kokin's right. "Don't make me have to slap you, Kokin, because their loss is our gain…" she finished, pulling Kokin after her, with Hermione startling a few seconds later and jogging to catch up, and looking to the older girl, she didn't object, as she obediently went with them.

When they got to the Entrance Hall, they were met with the other three, and they found a new girl. "This is sixth year, Ravenclaw, Ryoko Hakubi," Ginny said smugly introducing the busty silver blonde haired girl with pale skin, and wild hair wearing Ravenclaw robes. "Ryoko has amazing grades in defence class, practical, at least, especially in shieldcraft."

"I was told I could get to fight Kan'u, so if that's true, I'm in!" Ryoko said eagerly with a wicked grin. "I don't exactly have any friends I could team up with, and to compete with Kan'u and Hakufu, I need the strong, and having two of the strongest fighters on my team, is a good thing; then we'll need some more… her type..." she said pointing to Hermione.

"Aren't you a Ravenclaw?" Hermione asked in concern.

Ryoko shrugged sheepishly. "Yeah, but I was eleven and wouldn't stop demanding the hat put me in Ravenclaw because Kan'u was teasing me on the train, that I'm not very clever. I was pretty smug for a while, and then I realised that I had nothing in common with a house full of nerds."

Senna sighed and shook her head. "Well, okay, idiot or not, you have awesome shielding powers, right?"

"Well, yeah, but I'm not an idiot," Ryoko replied while pouting. "Well, I'm not as stupid as Hakufu."

"She's not stupid, she's just… sweet," Kokin defended her cousin weakly.

to be continued…