Chapter 2-

Rochelle and Cassie woke up the next morning ready for their first day of school. They walked down into the common room and Emily came up to them holding that gameboy "I always wondered how that worked" Rochelle said "As there's so much magic."

"Oh. It doesn't," said Emily "I just pretend-"

"To catch all of the S.T.Ds? You don't have to pretend you prolly already-"

"-right. Now. Breakfast anyone?" asked Cassie loudly cutting over Rochelle. Emily glared.

"No. Thank you. I need to go fix my hair and other such things."

"Your hair looks fine Emo," said Rochelle. Emily rolled her eyes.

"You really should try to be nice to her," said Cassie as they walked out of the common room.

"Eh-heh! No," Rochelle said.

They got into the great hall and, it being morning and Rochelle was always running late, ran straight into Lukas. She stumbled and almost fell. She ran into Cassie, who did fall. Rochelle turned back and helped her up. "You alright Cass?" Rochelle asked pretending Lukas wasn't there

"Yeah. Fine," Cassie said, getting up.

Lukas waited for Rochelle to turn around to sneer "nice." he said and walked off.

"Do you think I can ever NOT make a fool of myself while Lukas is around?" Rochelle asked, turning bright red while she watched him walk away.

"Ye-"

"No." emily came prancing by with about 100 boys following her.

"Fuck you."

"No."

"Why not?" Rochelle asked, "Everyone else has."

"Oh-ho. very funny. Think you're clever do you?" she asked and without waiting for an answer walked off.

"Such a nice girl" Rochelle said kneeling by the Ravenclaw table and getting tea "Want anything cass? I'm sorry I kept you waiting this morning, I was just so tired."

"It's alright, I'll have tea as well please." Cassie said

Rochelle got them both the beverages.

"er, Rochelle?" said a slightly Asian and Scottish voice

"eh? oh. hey" Rochelle said turning to see Cho Chang "nice summer?"

Changs eyes filled with tears but she managed to say quite calmly "alright. yours?"

Rochelle shrugged "Mostly just hung out with Cassandra in Ohio."

"oooh! America?" she asked sounding amazed "Do they really have-"

"come on, cho!" said Marietta pulling on Cho's arm

"See you around Rochelle!" she called being dragged off. Rochelle blinked and stared.

"Well, that was interesting" she said handed Cassie her tea and walked out of the hall..

When the school day ended Rochelle and Cassie were tired. "You'd think they'd lighten up a bit..it's not O.W.L year! We've got our O.W.Ls , we really don't need our N.E.W.Ts. " said Rochelle pulling out her notebook.

"..I guess..hey...erm..There's alot of Transfiguration homework..and you know how I'm no good with that.."cassie said almsot nervously. Rochelle looked up and smiled

"How about, I do our transfiguration homework and since I suck ass at Charms, you can do THAT for me?"

"Okay!" said Cassie looking relieved. Charms was her best subject, Transfiguration her worst. It was the exact opposite for Rochelle.

"damnit" Rochelle said getting up "I need to go get something. I'll be right back okay?"

"alright" Cassie said absently. She was absorbed in her work. Rochelle giggled and walked up the stairs to the girls dormitories. She searched in her trunk after looking around to make sure no one was looking.

She found it.

It was a tiny blade. It could fit in the palm of your hand without cutting you. She had put it on a chain so she wouldn't lose it. She got up and brought it to her bedside table and put it in there for safe keeping. Then she looked around for her self-inking quill and went back downstairs. She turned to go to the table that Cassie was at and she saw Lukas and her sitting in a deep conversation. Not wanting to be seen she rapped 3 times on the top of her head and felt something warm trickle down the back of her neck.

She had used the dissillusionment charm. She turned into a human chamelion.

Rochelle inched as close as she dared to Lukas and Cassie and stopped when she was in earshot.

"Well.." Cassie was saying slowly "I really don't think I should tell you. Its something between her and I you see..."

"Come on Cassie. I know you know. She's your best friend. Does she or doesn't she like someone else?" Lukas looked anxious. Rochelle blinked. Well, that was something new.

"No. I'm sorry , I don't think I can." Cassie said, "but.." she lowered her voice "I don't think she does."

Lukas smiled "That's good."

"But" Cassie also said "Don't get all cocky, because she may not like you either"

"Doubtful. She turns bright red when she looks at me." Lukas said straightening up. Rochelle felt her cheeks burn.

"So do you. you turn like a lobster" Cassie said giggling.

"I do not!" Lukas yelled and stalked off. Rochelle smiled and lifted the disillusionment charm off herself and went into her seat.

"He doesn't what?" Rochelle asked

"oh. nothing" Cassie said absorbed in her Charms once more. Rochelle smiled.

The next morning Dumbledore made an announcement during breakfast "THIS YEAR!" he said "We will be hosting people from Japan's wizarding school! I expect you to be nice to them, as their customs aren't ours it may seem odd to you, but know also that yours may seem odd to them. Let me introduce you!' he said as a beautiful Asian girl with blonde hair and green eyes walked through the door. "Miss Ayumi Hamasaki!" she got to the front of the hall, bowed to Dumbledore and sat in a seat at the Gryffindor table.

"Next," he said as the front doors opened again and a short little man, can't be more than 5'3'' who has spiky blonde hair and hazel eyes who walked with his head toward the ground looking up now and again to glare at a table or a person or two. "Mr. Tooru Niimura!"

Tooru got to the front of the hall and gave a tiny bow to Dumbledore and suddenly Dumbledore bent down and Tooru was talking in his ear. "Excuse me!" he said straightening up "His name is NOT tooru Niimura! It's Kyo!"

Kyo smiled and bowed. The smile made him look less threatening. More cute. Rochelle knew the type. Next chance she got she would tell him not to smile.

"And for our next guest." Dumbledore said as the doors opened once more as a tall man wearing leather pants and a rather tight tee-shirt who had blonde hair as well and brilliantly blue eyes walked gracefully to the top of the room, stopping to smile at random girls and guys as he passed. Rochelle saw many people whisper to each other.

She knew what they were saying.

This guy was hot.

"Mr. GACKT!" Dumbledore yelled. There was a breakout of applause and Gackt turned around and bowed to each of the tables and bowed to Dumbledore. Then turned and sat at the Hufflepuff table while Kyo joined the Slytherin.

The doors flew open and a tall woman who wore really high heels, long black hair and lots of makeup was being chased by another woman who wore all blue and was screaming in Japanese at the top of his lungs.

"What's he saying"Cassie whispered to Rochelle who was laughing

"he's saying 'shin-chan please! I didn't mean for my hand to go there!"
Cassie burst into laughter

They got to the front of the hall and glanced around "Oops" They said together both out of breath. Dumbledore looked shocked for only a moment then he beamed

"Mr Shinya and Mr Toshiya everyone!" he yelled.

Cassie and Rochelle looked at each other.

They both thought they were chicks.

Next a guy with long white and purple hair wearing a witches costume and very heavy eyeliner came sauntering into the hall. Rochelle gasped and punched Cassie

"OW!" Cassie yelled, Rochelle payed no attention

"Oh my hide! It's hide!"Rochelle screamed. hide turned and looked at Rochelle and nodded.

Rochelle whimpered

hide got to the top of the hall "YOU WANNA FREEDOM?" he asked

"yes!" Rochelle yelled

"LETS GO TO HEBUM!" hide and Rochelle yelled together. many people laughed. Dumbledore said "MR. hide everyone!"

hide sat down at the Ravenclaw table with Toshiya and Shinya.

The doors opened once more and everything went deathly quiet. Rochelle looked around.

Standing in the doorway was a man not too tall but not short either who wore all black. He had black hair that fell into his eyes and over his shoulders with an elegance that Rochelle could never have dreamed possible. He wore heavy black eyeliner and it made his eyes look mysterious when he looked from side to side. His face was a pale white. He wore black leather pants and a black shirt with a long black cloak that touched the floor and buckled black boots. No one could confuse him with a woman. He was all male. Rochelle couldn't take her eyes off of him. "Kami-sama..." Rochelle whispered.

The man radiated dark power so heavily that the air felt thick with it. Rochelle could hardly breath, and she hardly wanted to. The man's eyes met Rochelle's for a second and Rochelle felt a chill go through her. He ambled slowly up to the top table. Rochelle noticed that everyone looked shocked. She wasn't the only one. She both felt glad and angry. She followed his every move with her eyes. The graceful movement of his hips and legs as he walked. "Wow" she whispered. Even Cassie, who was more gay than anyone would ever have guessed, was enthralled by him. Dumbledore alone seemed to be unaffected.

"Mr. Sakurai Atsushi everyone!" he said. Dumbledores voice sounded off in the distance to Rochelle, she couldn't quite see anything or hear anything or breath...

"ROCHELLE!" Cassie was pulling on her arm and yelling in her ear. "We're gonna be late! we've got transfiguration next!"

"oh" Rochelle said vaguely "right" she picked up her bag and glanced around the hall.

She didn't know who he was, but that Sakurai Atsushi was some sort of character.