DISCLAIMER: I do not own Harry Potter or Sailor Moon... I am merely using the ideas to try and create an entertaining story...
Oh, a note to all. I'm sorry, but MINA WILL BNOTB END UP WITH RON. It's just how it goes... my friends say it's just too damn common...so here's how it goes... there will be a few people coming to Hogwarts in this chapter. Try and work out which one she'll be with, but until it happens, my lips are sealed.
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Chapter 7 - Icy Situation!
An hour passed. Then two... but still the girls hadn't returned. It began to snow, and still no sign of them. Light had started to flow in through the windows and the soft snowfall had ceased but Rei, Hotaru, and Mina did not return to the common room.
Soon Harry's mind backtracked to the dream. That princess Pyro had called him the prince of Jupiter. Wasn't that the planet of lighting? Well he DID have a lightning scar on his forehead... and he did seem to have the unnatural ability of having trouble follow him wherever he went... but was it possible? And then there was the place he was at... and how had he known that the girl was a princess? And of -MARS- no less. But god was she beautiful! Where was he, where everything was giving of a faint heat and red glow? It felt so real that it had to be more than a dream.
"Harry?" the voice snapped him out of his thoughts as he looked towards the voice and found none other than Ginny giving him a worried look "You ok?"
"Yah... I just need some fresh air... you guys coming? I wanna take a walk before breakfast."
"All right..." and pulling on their winter cloaks, they headed out of the common room.
With the Girls and Professor Dumbledore.
The girls had de-transformed an hour ago, having used the disguise pens of their respective planets to change them into normal, 'ice skater's' clothes, and a coat over it until they go to the lake, and now were walking with Dumbledore through the castle finishing their story but what they didn't know, was a certain group of three, who had turned the corner behind them, had just started tuning in to what they were saying...
"And after all that crap with the entity of Chaos we finally had a little peace, so we had a little vacation at Hota's late father's mansion... then you know the rest. But I'm warning you Dumbledore. You are to leave Voldemort and those two jack-ass betrayers to us!"
"Rei is right. It's not a question of IF he will come... its more a question of WHEN he will come. It's obvious that Jedeite, and Malachite have already informed him we are here because I know his style of Youma anywhere." growled Mina clenching and unclenching her fists,
"And the shadows of the realm are informing me that they are nearby. When I get my hands on them, they wont have a soul left to be sent to hell. And if there is, they wont simply be put in there... I'm sending them to mother and the guardian." hissed Hotaru (A/N: Her mother is the queen of the Shadow realm in this fic, and her father is Hades, god of the under-world, or more commonly known as hell.)
"Ouch Miss Tomoe, don't you think that's a bit harsh?" questioned Dumbledore smiling. They would do everything they were saying. They had the ability to back up their threats and they definitely had enough reason to.
"NO WAY!" yelled all three girls, "They deserve worse than that! Problem is, it doesn't get much worse." continued Hotaru, "If one were to fall asleep or unconscious in the shadow realm and they were not a shadow or of the royal family then the rebel shadows would infest the soul's mind and destroy it from the inside out." she supplied, seeing the headmaster's confusion.
Silence ensued after that little explanation as the group of four made their way out of the castle heading straight to the side of the frozen lake. "I want to do a reading before we skate... See if the fires have any answers as to why Voldemort would try revealing himself. If what you say is true, and Harry's scar will hurt every time that bastard is nearby, then I want to know what his purpose was, for being so close that it DID affect him," stated Rei, making her way to the spot where the ceremonial fire was...
As she neared it, the ice covering the pattern began to melt and when she was 3 ft away, she knelt down and clamped her hands together. The second her hands had touched; a great fire erupted and began to blaze around the snow. Dumbledore stood back in wonder and a slight glint in his eyes. His school would now truly be the only safe haven so long as these three were near.
Harry Ron and Hermione, who were hiding some distance away, saw what had happened as Rei approached the spot where those weird markings always were, and when she knelt down and her hands touched, fire just burst out of no where. What shocked them even more was when Mina and Hotaru knelt down either side of her and stared into the fire, and all Dumbledore did, was watch from his spot on the rocks!
"Ok I don't know about you guys, but this is officially weird!" hissed Hermione softly, as she listened to the chant Rei was speaking. Then they heard all three speak in a much clearer voice.
"Fires of Mars. Reveal to us the knowledge needed for this plight. Show us all that is known," they said in unison and the fires got wilder and many images began to flash... Different scenes... different voices...
"What the-" -Ron-
"SHHH!" -Hermione-
They heard a low growl and Rei leapt to her feet, "I'm going to KILL JEDITE!" she practically screamed in anger. Mina and Hotaru were no better. Mina was shaking in rage and Hotaru looked ready to kill. But before anything else could happen they saw professor Meioh come out of the castle and walk directly over to the girls followed by the strange pink haired girl and the hansom black-haired man
"We felt a rush of energy. What happened!" exclaimed the girl sprinting to them. "OH! Professor Dumbledore sir. I didn't see you there..." she blushed bright red and looked down with a guilty look on her face.
"It's quite alright Miss Tsukino."
"Don't worry Rini. He knows... well about us anyway..."
"You told him!" exclaimed a black cat with a golden crescent moon on its forehead, sitting next to a white one with the same feature.
"Mina you shouldn't have said anything. You know you're families will be upset."
"They aren't even on the same planet as us Artemis! Lighten up!" laughed the guy called Darien.
"I can't. I have strict orders from her majesty to keep the lot of you in line! It's not exactly easy when you're a cat. You should try it some time."
"Artemis is right, girls... With all that's going on we don't know whom we can-" but Rei shut her up by covering her mouth.
"Ok firstly Luna. You know I don't blurt this out. Dumbledore has earned our trust. Secondly shut UP the spirits are telling me that we are not alone." she whispered the last sentence and Harry Ron and Hermione couldn't hear it, but kinda understood what had been said when everyone started to look around.
"Ok this is waaaaayyyy too intense for such an early hour! Let's skate!" laughed Mina leaning over the rocks in case someone was watching and pulling out six pairs of skates, handing one to everyone but Dumbledore, who just wanted to watch.
Hotaru giggled and began putting on the skates as the group of three sat and stared wide-eyed at them. "I don't think it's a good idea to stay here guys. I already feel guilty for eavesdropping on them. You can stay, but I'm not." Harry stated swiftly going back to the castle but stopped as he reached the steps. He turned back around, going straight to the group, "Hey."
"Hey Harry! You feeling better?" asked Hotaru, a worried look plastered on her face.
"Yeah thanks for the concern guys."
"Care to join us Mr Potter." smiled Setsuna holding up an extra pair of skates for him.
"Um... I don't know... I've never skated before..." he said uncertainly.
"Oh well you have Tokyo's four finest skaters here... I'm sure you'll learn quickly," laughed Darien pointing at the three girls and his daughter.
"Uh-huh... that was last life time Darien." laughed Rei, "Come on Harry." Rei gave him her best puppy-dog pout
"Argh no! Not the eyes!" he laughed accepting the skates from his D.A.D.A professor and sitting on a rock to put them on but ended up giving them back when Rei's back turned to him.
"Ok let's see if I still got it... Coming Chibi Usa?" Hotaru asked, taking off her coat, to reveal her in a glittery lavender skin-tight bodice, and an attached skirt that barely covered her butt. She was wearing skin coloured stockings and her skates were white with lavender streaks, and on the front was the symbol of Saturn in silver and the whole thing was lined in silver. It was halter neck though a see through white material covered what may have been exposed. It had no sleeves... instead, her hands were adorned with elegant, shimmering silver, just-over-the-elbow gloves, that were tipped in the same shimmering lavender colour as her outfit. This was what she always wore in competitions on the moon.
"Don't go calling me Chibi." Rini laughed playfully slapping Hotaru's shoulder. She too then took off her coat. Rini was in an identical outfit as Hotaru, except hers was sugar pink, and instead of the symbol of Saturn in silver, she had a golden, shimmering, crescent moon, and her gloves were gold, tipped with sparkling pink. Also, instead of her skates being streaked with lavender, they were streaked with the same sugar pink as her outfit.
"And when did you change into that young lady?" asked Darien with a raised eyebrow at his daughter
"Before I left my dorm. I knew Hota was going to skate this morning, she told me last night." Both girls skated out onto the lake, slowly at first, just to get used to it again, then Rini began to pick up the pace until she was going really fast, then spun on one foot for a full minuet, before letting herself glide backwards. "HA! Still got it, how about you Hota?" she yelled out in glee as she heard applause from the people, who had come out to see what all the noise was about,
"Ok I'll start out with the basics cause I ain't done this in ages!" Hotaru laughed, picking up her speed then turned and glided backwards around the lake, just remembering the rush it always gave her. "Ok let's try the spin thing now." she muttered to herself as she skated faster and faster till she was at the centre of the lake, then began to spin so fast on one foot that a one point, she was only a blur. When she broke out of it, and began to skate backwards most were shocked to find her not in the least bit dizzy. Hell they were dizzy just from watching her!
"GO HOTA!" Laughed Mina, taking off her coat to reveal herself in a similar getup as the younger girls. Except hers had a dark orange heart, with a lighter one in it, and a lighter one in that (A/N: Ok... Think Powerpuff girls) and it was like that until the middle, white, one held the symbol of Venus in a shimmery bronze. Her skates were streaked with orange, and her gloves were a pale glittering orange, tipped with a darker orange, almost bronze. She too was wearing the gear she would have worn in a competition on the moon. She took the rubbery blade protectors off the skates and glided onto the ice as well, "Can you remember how to do the mid-air stuff 'safely'?" she emphasized the last word
"Yeah, it's coming back. If Sere-hime were here she'd be the star of the show." smiled Hotaru
"Not necessarily... last time she went to an ice rink, she kept falling on her butt so much that it went red." laughter broke between the three who currently were occupying the ice.
"Ok, try a few twists in the air then we'll do the synchronization stunt we used to pull with Rei, just to give that lot a show." Grinned Mina jabbing her thumb over her shoulder at the, now large, crowd seated around the lake.
"Ok." Hotaru gave Mina her hundred-watt smile as she began to pick up speed, while Mina, moved with Rini to the side to watch. They waved hello to Draco whom had just shown up. He sent them a small smile in return.
"Hey Draco, come to watch our little firefly?" giggled Mina as they stopped near him
"You mean THAT'S Hotaru?" he asked shocked as he saw a girl pull off a perfect triple twist in the air landing on one foot and gliding to a halt.
"PERFECT TARU!" laughed Rini, and then she turned to Draco, "Answer your question?" she stifled a giggle when he only nodded dumbly, staring at her best friend's, obviously revealing outfit. Then she turned her attention to the girl who had just latched onto Draco's arm, " I'm sorry we haven't met, are you like, Draco's girlfriend. She noted that Draco had rolled his eyes when the girl stood proudly as she could, being pressed up to Draco's side so much,
Before she could say anything Draco cut her off, " No!"
"What? But Draco... baby, I could give you so much..."whined the girl pressing herself closer still to the now thoroughly annoyed Draco.
"Pansy, this is the last time I'll say this. Get off me, and keep away from Me." he growled menacingly, a spark in his eyes
"Awww Draco honey, you don't mean that. You'll come around. Just wait and see." and she leaned up and pecked Draco's lips with her own, and walked away smiling. Draco stood there for ten seconds then got a disgusted look on his face, harshly wiping his mouth.
"If she ever does anything remotely like that again I'm going to curse her to hell and leave her there." he growled. Rini just plain out laughed now as Mina shook her head and skated over to where Rei and Harry were, to get Rei for their synchronised skating trick.
Hotaru had slowly stopped and she heard Rini call out to her "Perfect Taru!"
She smiled happily and was about to start another trick when she spotted Draco in "their" spot hidden from most peoples' view. He was rolling his eyes, and he said something in a low voice. The girl next to him smiled leaned up and pecked his lips, before walking off smiling. For some unknown reason, she felt a pang in her heart. She looked away guiltily. She should be happy her friend had someone. But for some reason she actually felt jealous. She felt like she should be the one Draco let kiss him, the one Draco held, the one he opened up to. But- >HOLD UP, where did all this mushy stuff come from, I don't like him in THAT way! He is just a friend!> But she still felt the hurt and jealousy in her heart.
She looked back at Draco to see him wiping his mouth harshly. Curious she began to skate over to them, "Hey Draco! Ah... are you ok?"
"No." he then proceeded to mumble some incoherent words as he continued to wipe his mouth; Rini just continued to laugh, as she skated off.
Hotaru managed to catch a few of the words he spoke, "Damn little slut, why can't she leave me alone. I don't want that whore to come anywhere near me..." tears welled up in Hotaru's eyes. (A/N: Remember she thinks Draco likes Pansy.)
"I'm sorry Draco, I'll leave you alone then..." she whispered softly to him and was about to skate off when a hand shot out to hers and held her firmly in place.
"Huh? Hota, what do you mean? Why are you going all of a sudden? Stay."
"No. If you don't want me around, then I'll leave. I don't like to cause people a hassle. But if you hated me that much then why didn't you just tell me from the beginning?" she continued in her soft voice, as a lone tear rolled down her flushed cheeks.
"What are you talking about Hota? Of course I want you around. What gave you a different idea?" he asked confused.
"You did..." she paused, " I've heard enough Draco." but he never let go of her hand. He just kept looking at her with a questioning gaze until she saw his eyes widen in realization of something.
"You mean what I was just saying? You heard me?" He looked horrified and Hotaru just glared at him. He winced before continuing, "Hota that wasn't about you. I was talking about Pansy. She is offering me everything, even what she 'claims' is her virginity, and she can't take a hint. Hota you are like the only person I truly DO like to have around. I HATE Pansy, I've told her that countless times and all she does is stick to me like glue. She kissed me and now I feel like washing myself with pesticide and soap because of It." he said with a guilty smile," I'm sorry if you took it the wrong way Hota. I don't like hurting you."
Hotaru looked away, for some reason her heart felt as light as air. A sad smile graced her features as she looked up at the first person of Hogwarts to befriend her. "I'm sorry Draco. I shouldn't have jumped to that sort of conclusion. I should have known better." she looked down again in shame.
Draco looked around, and then back at Hotaru who was still looking down. His gaze softened and he smiled, gently pulling her into a hug. He felt her tense. He didn't like the fact that she may not have felt very safe in his arms, "It's ok Firefly, but I apologise too." he whispered in her ear softly. "It was rude of me to use that language in the presence of a lady... and a very beautiful one at that." he pulled back and saw a faint blush on her cheeks.
"Thank you Draco!" she smiled hugging him again. He kissed the top of her head, as his arms went around her in a loose hug.
Pansy walked back to her group, grinning like a Cheshire cat. "Ha! Draco will be mine. He even let me kiss him!" she laughed. Her friends stared at her shocked then to each other, then back at her.
Slowly they looked over at Draco, and their jaws dropped. There he was, talking to one of the new girls, a smile on his face. It turned to a frown and he said something. But what he did next made them gape then smirk. They told Pansy to turn around and when she did, she saw Draco, and that new Gryffindor girl hugging. He moved away and said something else, then the girl hugged him tight, and he returned the gesture, as he planted a kiss on the top of her head and held her.
"Why that little SLUT!" exclaimed a thoroughly pissed off Pansy, "How dare she! Just you wait! Draco WILL be mine, and she will be in severe pain!"
"Hey guys! Come on Rei, I want to put on a little show for the audience. Hota agreed to do the synchronized skating with us." called Mina to Harry and Rei, as she skated up to them
"Do I have to Mina?" whined Rei cutely
"YES!" And she began to pull Rei towards the ice
"Ok, OK! Let me take this off or I'll stack it on the Ice." she motioned to her coat. Upon taking it off, she was revealed in a Sparkling red bodice, with an attached, matching, loose, mini-skirt. The top was low dip, between her breasts, and it was long sleeved. Where skin should have showed, was a see-through red material, and she had the symbol of mars, imprinted on the front in what looked like a swirl of black, orange, red and pink. She wore skin coloured stockings like the others, and her skates were streaked with red...
All Harry could do was stare. She could have passed for the princess in his dreams!
"Just give me a second to get used to it again." smiled Rei skating onto the ice and began pulling off a series of moves, with elegance and poise.
"I'm guessing Rei is gonna teach you how to skate, so take a look at how good she is!" grinned Mina cheering with the rest of the people outside, clapping for her as-well.
Harry could do no more than stare at her, God she is beautiful. She's so graceful, it's as though she were a goddess or a princess!
"Ok, I'm warmed up! Let's do this!" called Rei. Mina just smirked at Harry and skated off to Rei Yep he's got it bad!
"Ok, I'm warmed up! Let's do this!" Hotaru heard Rei call. She reluctantly let go of Draco and gave him a bright smile,
"Check this out, if we do it like we used to it's going to look sooo cool." she giggled.
"Alright. But you better not be getting my expectations too high." he smirked.
"Don't worry... you decide." and she skated to the two girls in the middle.
"Hello Draco." he whirled around to be faced with his father.
"Father, what are you doing here?"
"Well... your mother and I are to be staying at Hogwarts. To keep out of you-know-who's way. I'd highly doubt he'd be too pleased after we left him...permanently..."
"I see... well then I guess you'll be seeing the only thing that has been keeping us alive. The Sailor Senshi..." Draco stated turning back to watch Hotaru.
"Yes I heard the mysterious warriors have been protecting the school..." Lucius stated, following his son's gaze and smirking when he saw a shamelessly dressed Hotaru.
"They somehow manage to turn up and then disappear without a trace..." trailed Draco as he saw Hotaru wave at him.
"Ok you guys this is the basic routine so we can get used to the synchronized stuff, then we continue onto the harder stuff, you all remember what we used to do right?" asked Mina.
"Yeah." both girls stated.
"Great! Good luck guys. Remember, this is just like old times!" laughed Mina, "Hands in... Break on three... 1... 2... 3..."
"Break!" all three whispered loudly. Hotaru spun around, to head to her side when she caught site of Draco, and his father. She waved happily to them.
Mina and Rei took spots on either side of her, except two meters distances between them. (A/N: Remember this lake is HUGE!)
And they began; they started speeding up the pace and at the same time spun so they were now skating backwards. Again they simultaneously lifted a leg each, off the ice and used it to start spinning them around. Each turn was done at the exact same time and when they finally broke out of it they continued the backwards gliding, still in harmony with the other two on the ice.
The crowd of students, whom hadn't left for the Hogwarts express, were now around the lake clapping, whistling and cheering like mad. All the professors were now outside watching them and each was impressed by their abilities. Dumbledore however, just kept up his knowing smile.
Completing their round of the easy stuff, they began to make each move harder and harder until finally they came around, and began to pick up speed. They leapt off the ice and in unison, pulled off a simultaneous triple axel, before landing perfectly and gliding backwards again.
"WOW! I didn't know they could do that!" exclaimed Ron as he and Hermione joined Harry at the side of the lake.
The three girls slipped simultaneously into a scratch spin, and as they slowed down they bowed, finally stopping, facing the audience. A LOUD applause erupted from the crowd as cheers and whistles were heard. The girls stood properly now, grinning widely, sweat trickling down their foreheads.
"Very well... I can tell most want to have a go but let it be after breakfast. Come along, the food will only get cold." smiled Dumbledore, as he began to make his way to the Great hall followed by the majority of the students.
Rei and Mina glided over to the edge where Harry and Ron were still seated, Rini went to her father, who was now chatting with a white-blonde haired boy/man, (A/N: Helios), and Hotaru to where Draco was, casting the charm that summoned her stuff.
Rini, Helios, and Darien.
As Darien saw his daughter heading to them, he smiled gently in her direction, "I trust you Helios. Make her happy..." he held out his hand, and the boy- no man- took it in a firm shake.
"King Endymion... You know I love her with all my heart. I will do everything I can possibly do, to make Rini happy." (A/N: Ok, I can't remember what year I put Rini in, but I'm gonna make her from the future again, and she is posing as a 15 year old here but in reality, she is 21... but to steer away suspicion on how she could be Darien's daughter, she's posing as younger.)
"Yes. And she is headed right this way..." grinned Darien, as he waved to his Chibi-chan, "I think you two will want some alone time."
"Hi daddy!" grinned Rini, but stopped skating a metre from the edge. "Helios! About time you changed back." she grinned as he levitated about a centimetre off the ground and flew too her, while Darien made his way to the castle.
Rini smiled happily as he wrapped his arms around her waist, and she slipped her arms around his neck. Moment's later, golden skates shimmered into existence at his feet, and they began to glide around as though they were dancing.
"God I've been wanting to hold you for ages." whispered Rini, "Ever since you took on the form of Pegasus..." her grin softened into a loving smile as she continued to gaze into his beautiful amber eyes.
"And how, pray tell, do you always manage to steal the words out of my mouth." he smiled bringing her closer, though their blades never caught. They were unknowingly skating out of the view of most, because the lake stretched into the forbidden forest. Eyes of many centaurs followed them, though neither noticed because they were too enraptured in the other.
"Great Elder. I sense strong and inhumane power from those two... what should be done?" asked the ebony haired hunter to an older looking centaur's right.
"Keep hidden, for I sense no evil from either," the elder stated
"I can feel the power of dreams from them... how it is possible for TWO to possess the power of dreams is beyond me."
"Rima. It is quite obvious those two share an emotional and magical bond. Just look at them. Only one needed to be the guardian of dreams, for the other to gain the power." Hissed the hunter softly, as both the pink haired girl, and the silver haired man shared a sweet yet still passionate kiss.
Rini was on cloud nine. She had missed his kisses so much. And finally they could have some time together...'alone'. She felt the tip of his tongue run along her lower lip, asking permission to deepen the still very innocent kiss. Without a moments thought, she aloud him access...
With Rei, Mina, Harry, and Ron.
Rei and Mina giggled as they watched Rini and Helios drift further into the Forbidden Forest, due to the fact that they were so lost in the other. When they were finally out of sight, the two turned back to their male friends.
"So... you two wanna learn how to skate after breakfast?" grinned Mina, when she sat down, taking off her skates and placing them behind the rock, making them vanish into her subspace pocket.
"Yeah! But why not now?" asked Harry
"Hmmmm well... I'm not hungry, so I'm just gonna stay..." sighed Rei, sitting beside Mina, "What about you Mina?"
"Ummm..." they all heard a low grumble and Mina laughed, "That answer your question? I'M STARVED!" she shouted, pulling on her shoes then a black cloak over her skate outfit.
"Me too. You coming Harry?" Asked Ron, as he linked arms with Mina
"Nah, I wanna stay and learn to skate...If Rei would teach me..." he said the last bit in a more of a question than anything else. He really wanted to spend some more time with her.
"Sure. Why not?" smiled Rei. She leaned over the same rock Mina had and pulled out a pair of green skates, with thunder streaked through it...whoa, that is weird, these are a royal Jovian set. Wonder why the pen would give me these for Harry... oh well. "Here you go. You can use these Harry."
"Thanks! Wow they're really nice." he grinned, "My size?"
"Should be... no scratch that... it BETTER be."
"Well we're going to breakfast. Bye guys." smiled Mina.
"Bye." and with that, the two bolted up to the castle.
"Shall we begin your lessons my lord?" grinned Rei, stepping onto the ice.
"Of course mi-lady." and he took her outstretched hand, stepping onto the ice. In all honesty he found it quite familiar though he never in his life, had been ice-skating.
"Wow, fast learner? This should be good." laughed Rei.
Mina and Ron.
As they walked into the entrance hall, both froze. "Fred! George! Oliver! What are you lot doing here?" exclaimed Ron
"Hey ickle Ronicons. We're here to help protect the place." laughed George when Ron's face turned bright red. Mina giggled, bringing all attention to her.
"What! Can't a girl laugh without everyone staring?" she laughed harder when both the twins turned bright red, "Good to see you two again too," they only turned ten more shades of crimson. "But I don't think I've met you..." she pondered looking straight at Oliver. "Hi I'm Mina Aino... that's right, right? You use the first name first here in England, right?" she asked Ron, who smiled and nodded losing a lot of the crimson colour that was clashing horribly with his hair.
"Oliver Wood." said the boy, holding out his hand, for her to shake. She took it happily in a firm shake.
"Gees! Not a bunch of talkers are you guys!" she giggled, "Fine, I think I'll be leaving the mute club now, I still am starved!" and she let go of Oliver's hand, "You guys coming in to eat?" receiving mute nods, she shook her head and let out an anime styled sigh. "All right, don't talk! I'll see you guys later..." she smiled, walking straight into the great hall tossing a wave of hair over her shoulder.
"I don't think she was here when we were, and she doesn't look like a first or second year." stated a confused Oliver.
"Yeah, they are in our year and they only started this year. And before you say it, yes it IS strange but if she want's ya to know why, then she'll tell you. There are two other girls with her. And as for me... well she ain't the only one who's starved." grinned Ron, following Mina's example and going into the great hall.
With Hotaru, Draco, and Lucius.
"Hello again Mr Malfoy." smiled Hotaru as she came to a halt in front of the older man.
"Hello Ms..."
"Tomoe. Hotaru Tomoe. Like the display?" she grinned at Draco who was still looking at her wide-eyed.
"I never knew you could do that! How come you never told me!" he gave her a small pout.
"Well you never asked!" she giggled, as she reached out and took hold of the white coat that was hovering beside her, "Anyways... are you staying here for breakfast Mr. Malfoy?" asked Hotaru sarcastically sweet, making both of the Malfoys smirk. They knew she was joking around.
"Actually, I'll be staying for a while. As is Narcissia."
"Wow. That's so cool! You get to have your family here with you!" she smiled brightly though if you looked closely, you could see sadness in her amethyst eyes.
"Well, I will see you two in the great hall, I have a few matters to see too. A pleasure seeing you again Ms. Tomoe."
"No Tomoe. Just Hotaru." She continued smiling as she mumbled a spell and her skates, and elegant, relatively, flat healed shoes switched places in the blink of an eye.
"Very well Hotaru."
"Come on Hota, let's go to breakfast. Don't know about you, but I'm hungry."
"I second that motion." She grinned as she looped her arm in his, and they said small goodbyes to the senior Malfoy before making their way up to the castle, leaving a very amused Lucius.
Rei and Harry.
It has been ten minutes and Harry had already gotten the hang of normal skating and backwards skating. Rei was smiling proudly, as she watched him from the side.
"You sure you've never been on the ice before? You skate like a natural Harry. Just as good as Lita..." her voice trailed off as she looked up into the cloudless blue sky.
Harry was at her side in record time and had one arm wrapped around her shoulders, when he noticed the mood swing. Maybe it was THAT time of month for her? "Rei... what's wrong?"
"N-nothing Harry. It's just old wounds take a long time to heal..." she said in a soft voice, lowering her gaze to the ground.
"Are you sure you'll be all right?" he asked, gaze and voice, full of concern.
"Yes Harry. Righto, now I'm going to teach you how to dance on the ice. None of that jumping prancing around stuff, cause that's way to far ahead. Just plain, old, dancing." Smiled Rei holding out her hand as she skated backwards from the edge of the ice.
"Rei, I have a hard enough time dancing on non-slippery ground. How am I supposed to do it on ice!" he exclaimed though he still took her hand.
"I'll teach you." She smiled lightly, "not that hard. Actually it's easier on ice than land, I recon. You don't have to worry about stepping on peoples toes." She grinned.
"Yeah, you're probably right..." he grinned back, and Rei took hands, placing them on her waist, and she wrapped hers around his neck, she began showing him how to position his feet so the skates didn't get caught up together.
"Ok let's try this shall we..." and they began twirling around the ice, slowly, then getting slightly faster till they were at a moderate pace. "Wow! First try and you got it! You have a gift!" the giggling teen said as they continued moving around the lake, going dangerously close to the edges.
"Thanks Rei. That is really encouraging coming from you, seeing as how good you are at these things. But I owe it all to my lovely and talented teacher." He gave her a cute little smirk when her cheeks gained a soft crimson colour.
"Thank you Harry. That's so sweet of you." and they continued for a while longer, enjoying the comfortable silence.
But it didn't last very long...
An evil laugh was rang out through the forest and around the grounds. Teachers and students alike rushed out to see what was happening. "Pyro..." called the laughing voice in an evil sing-song voice, "oh little Pyro... What a touching scene. So you found him before us... no matter..." the invisible voice stated as Rini and Helios rushed out followed by twenty centaurs.
"Oh no... Not now!" cried Mina as she bolted out onto the grounds food half swallowed in her mouth.
"I know that voice anywhere..." hissed Rei softly. Only Harry caught it and sent her a worried look as he stepped back into the crowd, with Rei, wrapped in his arms, in a tight embrace.
"It can't be..." trailed Hotaru looking for Setsuna and Darien though she couldn't find them anywhere
"Oh yes it can be little one."
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