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Kit: ;sighs; Leah's not really feeling into typing up this chappie.
Leah: Nope. Not at all.
Cloe: Than why doesn't she not write?
Leah: Because Clo, If I don't update I will most definitely get yelled at.
Cloe: By who?
Leah: LPGirl05 and Kitty Mizu. Considering there the only ones reading this that have enough time to review. Either the others just read, and laugh behind my back, or take one look at the summary and head for the hills.
Kit: ;pats Leah on the back; there, there. It's ok.
Juice: You really are depressed aren't you?
Leah: ;sniff; ;nods; Oh well. On with the next chapter . . . if any of you care to read it.
Domino or Bust!
Chapter 5: Classes. oh Joy.
"Wake up!" Rosa arose from her dreamless sleep. Blinking her eyes a couple of times before she could see clearly. Lyins was curled up on her chest; asleep. "Woa Hermione! Calm down! Where's the fire?" Rosa asked as she yawned while rubbing sleepies from her eyes. "Rosa! It's our first day of classes and you overslept!" Hermione said; Panicky.
Rosa stood up quickly. "You go to breakfast." She sighed. "I'll be down in a minute."
"But - "
"No ifs, ands or Buts about it. Now scat." Hermione was pushed out the common room door before it closed on her and Rosa headed up to the girls common room. She could believe full heartedly that she'd fallen asleep on the couch. She made herself sleep there. She hardly ever had a good nights sleep. It was either because she'd slept on an uncomfortable surface, or she was plagued by nightmarish memories.
Last night had been the surface. She glanced into the mirror on her way to her four poster bed. Her hair was a mess of tangled knots while her eyes evidently showed she'd had a rough nights sleep. She sighed at her carelessness and glanced down at her supposed uniform. She let a disgusted look show at how much skin it reveled. It was as almost as bad as Domino Highs uniform!
She hated uniforms like that because they showed too much skin. The only people who had seen her wear clothes like that where Seto, Jou, Mokuba, and Thorn. For them she didn't mind. They where her family after all. Some of her families' friends had seen pictures of her in things like that, but never really minded.
They where already paired up anyway.
She sighed again and threw the outfit on. "To be honest, it's not that bad." She told herself. But the thought of all the people staring at her just sent a wave of chills up her spine so she pulled on the school robes. She didn't like the way they exposed her creamy white legs as she walked so she clipped it together all the way down to the bottom with clothespins and added a white obi belt.
She looked herself over again before pulling her now brushed hair up into a tight bun on the top of her head. Adding a touch of flair by knotting a white ribbon around the base of her bun. She smiled at her reflection in the mirror before grabbing a brief case her father didn't need. Rosa sighed before pulling Lyins out of her pocket and hugging the small thing before telling him to stay in the common room.
Lyins flew up to one of the rafters and Rosa headed out. Noticing it had decided to play with Cirrus and Tasu instead of fallow her around. She decided to skip the remaining 5 minutes and head to her first class which would be Double Potions with Slytherin. The only reason she knew this was because she had memorized her schedule with the photographic memory she'd inherited from her mother.
She entered the empty classroom and chose a seat in the middle of the classroom. Setting her briefcase on the desk before opening it. Inside where her mandatory utensils. The black laptop sat gleaming up at her while her dueling deck was strapped, face down, into it's spot. She picked up her deck and shuffled through her cards. Noticing a few of her friends in the lot.
Soon the class filtered in so she placed her deck back in it's place, closed her briefcase, and slid it under her desk where no one could get it. Soon, everyone was in the classroom. Rosa could notice Sue was trying everything in her power to hide her slim, tanned figure . . . it wasn't working well. The class seemed to chatter on about random things.
Harry was holding Ron back from doing something to that blonde, Malfoy, from the train. Said blonde seemed to be laughing at the redhead's failed attempts while making random comments. Sue was sitting with Azote who seemed to be writing things down while Sue watched. Tori was sitting with hex and they where chatting randomly while Fiamma sat right next to Rosa.
Some Slytherins where staring at Sue and Azote while others where staring at Tori and Hex. "I'm guessing the Griffondor and Slytherin houses don't get along to well." Fiamma mused. "I agree." Rosa sighed. "Not that some staring 's gonna stop there random chatter. Most likely get Azote annoyed." And speak of the devil, Azote turned to the Slytherin's staring at her and Sue before yelling at them for staring.
Just then, a black cloaked man with greasy looking hair and a dark, snake like aura glided across the room. He walked around before making a comment about Harry and Walked up to Tori. "Ms. Alies," He said to the harpy. "What are the properties of moonstone?". Tori stuttered out an "I don't know" before Snape made a witty remark and journeyed over to Sue.
"Ms. Esprit-Rêveur, What qualities are found in wolf's bane?"
" . . . "
"Well?"
"If I may explain sir," Azote said from beside the fearful looking girl. "She can't verbally speak."
"Hmm. I see." Snape turned and headed towards Fiamma who answered with a "No clue" at Snape's question so he turned to Rosa. "Ms. Kaiba," He said with a confident glint in his eye. "What are the qualities of a wand made from ash wood?" The glint in his eye instantly disappeared as soon as Rosa spoke.
"Ash wood. A healing wood. Used for protection. Snakes have an innate fear of it and avoid it. Most effective when embedded with either a Bluish - Purple Tanzanite, which specializes in healing magic, Silver, which specialize in Protection and Defense magic, or Amazonite which specializes in spell casting and is a good addition to any wand; especially Aspen wood wands."
Snape was perplexed by Rosa's knowledge, but told himself to keep going.
"And what effects do Rosewood have on a potion?"
"Depends on the potion. If it's a Divination or Love potion, it enhances the probability that you'll get an effective answer. If it's for a potion with an opposite quality, It can be very disastrous. Take a protection potion for example. Rosewood is a very serene wood and would have the potion backfire and shield you're enemies instead of you, or it could be completely useless. A better wood for this situation would be Holly."
"And Bolivian Rosewood?"
"Same. The only difference is Bolivian Rosewood is harder to handle for it's protective spark over Rosewood."
Snape sneered at the girl's remarkable memory before turning and walking to the head of the class. "You will be making Salute Estrema. Salute Estrema is a healing potion that can become extremely useful in tough situations. The instructions are on the board. Bring you're potion up when you're finished." Snape glided to his desk so he could watch his students clamor to the cupboards for there supplies.
Rosa was the first to get back to her seat. Snape took notice and looked at her supplies. On her desk was every ingredient needed except for the right wood type. 'Oh well' He thought. 'It's not my fault if it explodes in her face.' With that amusing thought in his head, he began to grade the class' summer homework.
At about halfway through the period, Rosa rose from her seat and brought her potion up to the front desk. "I'm finished Professor Snape." She said quietly. "Imposable." Snape murmured. "That potion should take all period." Snape stood. Snatching Rosa's potion filled flask from off his desk. "Class," he sneered. "Since Ms. Kaiba has finished her potion early, we will have a demonstration of her potion. Ms Kaiba,"
Rosa walked up to the front of the class. Her expression a little uneasy now that everyone was staring at her. "In order to test this potion out properly, you must be injured in some way. Ms. Licht," Hex stood looking puzzled and walked up to the room. "Any requests?" She asked. She hadn't really hurt someone if she had been asked to do it. Rosa shrugged. "Use you're spear for all I care."
Hex shrugged and produced her spear out of nowhere she started carving lines into Rosa's arms in a crossed pattern. Rosa only winced and hissed at the pain. When finished, Rosa's arms, where covered in blood. Snape handed Rosa the potion. Rosa drank. Not all of it, just half so then she still had something to be graded. It made her woozy and she wobbled.
All of a sudden, a bright light encircled her form and produced a wind that made her loose strands of hair float in the air along with the tiny spheres of light. When the light disappeared, Rosa stood there. No more blood stained the floors from it's constant dripping. A small sphere of light popped above her and a crisp, bill floated into her hands. She smiled and handed it to Hex who went wide eyed.
"Daaaaaaaaaaang. Are you sure I can have this?"
"As long as you don't buy anything dangerous with it"
Hex nodded quickly and walked back to her seat singing, "Ive got 1000¥!" In a taunting voice. Snape was speachless and sent Rosa back to her seat and taking the rest of her potion. Rosa instantly took out a book on Moonstone and skimmed over the pages quickly. After the period ended, Snape gave them a 1½ foot essay on the properties of Wolf's Bane.
Rosa was walking slowly down the hall twoards the Dinivation class. Humming the tune to If Only by Goldfinger before stopping as someone had called her name. She looked back and smiled as Ron and Harry ran to catch up to her. She stopped so they could catch up. When they cought there breath again, all three walked twoards the Divination classroom. "Hay Rosa,"
Rosa turned so she could face Ron and was walking backwards. "Yes?"
"What did you do to that potion in Snape's class?"
"That was a slightly altered version of the Salute Estrema. I used Oak instead of Ash. It's more effective and attracts a great amount of wealth."
"Cool!" Ron yelled. "Could you teach us that sometime?" Harry asked calmly, even though eagerness shined in his eyes. Rosa nodded before climbing up through the trap door and almost choking on the heavily perfumed air. "Is it ;cough; always this ;cough, cough; misty?" Ron and Harry nodded and the three headed over to a seat near a window.
Professor Trelawney walked in as soon as the rest of the class had been seated. "Good day." She smiled to the group. "It seems we've all had a good summer? Hmm? Ok then. I've been fallowing you're fortunes carefully to thankfully find you have all come back safely. According to my latest prediction, we have a new student!" Rosa raised her eyebrow at the woman.
'She could easily have known that yesterday night.' Rosa told her self before silently giggling when Harry had whispered the same thing to Ron. "Now," Trelawney said. "Let's get down to business. On you're desks should be a crystal ball. I want you to read the crystal balls and determine what the future holds for each of you.
"At the end of the month, I will expect a dream journal listed with all you're dreams and there interpretations. You may begin." Rosa heard Harry and Ron groan as homework was issued. "What's so wrong with the homework?" Rosa asked. Having a strange hunch that she would grow to despise this class in due time.
"Dream Journals are extremely hard." Ron sighed. "And that's because," Harry added "Ron forgets his dreams and I have a reoccurring nightmare every while.". Rosa nodded. She felt sorry for Harry. She knew what it was like having a reoccurring nightmare every 3 days or less. "Well, Let's get this over with." Rosa sighed. "So who's first?" They decided for Harry to tell Rosa's future, Rosa to tell Ron's, and Ron to tell Harry's.
"Lets see," Harry began as he stared into the ball. He stared for a long while before seeming to think of something. "It seems you will have a reunion sometime halfway through the year or something. K. Your turn." Rosa looked into the crystalline sphere next. " . . . I don't see anything." Ron tried next. "Me neither. Well, done with that! What now?".
The three where quiet until Rosa pulled out her card deck from her briefcase. "I could tell your fortunes if you want." She smiled while shuffling her deck absentmindedly. "Sure." The other two sighed at the same time. Rosa straightened her deck and pulled three cards from the top and placed them vertically in front of her without looking at them. She was about to flip one over when Trelawney rushed up in a panic.
"Dearies! You have upset the balance! You need to do as I have instructed!" She seemed a little freaked. "We did," Rosa explained. "I'm just practicing my spread is all." Trelawney seemed to buy this and requested to watch. Rosa nodded before turning to the cards. She studied the card backs intensely a bit before smiling and continuing.
"Ok, let's see," She said while slipping the card off the table quickly, and laying it back down in it's spot only face up. It was the Blue Eyes Toon Dragon(ATK: 3000 DEF: 1200). "I've never seen Tarot cards like that before." Trelawney mused. "That's because there - ". " - Duel Monster cards!" Harry started fallowed by Ron finishing. "Exactually. Now shush!" Rosa shushed as she continued.
"The Blue Eyes Toon shows me that you'll have an decision to make that'll seem more important to you than it is to others." Rosa flipped the second card over. "The Elemental Magician(ATK: 1500 DEF: 1200) shows me that you will give great commitment to something and will most likely succeed.". She flipped the next card. "Reinforcements tells me that after you've succeeded, you'll have some fear of loosing control."
She took the cards and shuffled them into her deck. "Harry, If you want I can use the second spread I know." Harry shrugged as she continued to shuffle. She glanced around. Gulping as the class had gathered around. She kept shuffling until it was shuffled to the point that she drew the same cards. She placed two cards down in front of her and placed her deck off to the side.
She closed her eyes and reached for the first card and flipped it over. "You're past is represented by Keldo(ATK: 1700 DEF: 700) who tells me you've had an unfortunate past and directs to a family member that has behaved towards you incorrectly." She placed the upside down Keldo into a random place in the deck and picked up the second card.
"Silpheed(ATK: 1700 DEF: 700) represents you're present which is filled with success in some area that had either happened before or will soon happen after this reading." She placed the second card into a random place in her deck and sifted through them until she had the section between the two cards. She laid them out vertically across the table face down. "Pick one."
Harry nodded and reached for a card under everyone's watching eyes only to have it snatched away and the other cards picked up and placed with the deck before he could pick another one. The single card sat in front of Rosa. Face down. She picked it up and placed it on top of her deck. With her eyes closed, she slipped it off and held it in the air between her middle and index finger.
She moved it to in front of her face so she could see it and smirked when she saw the picture. "Soul or Purity and Light(ATK: 2000 DEF: 1800)." She said as she placed the card down in front of her. Showing that her claim was no lie. "These two tell me that, sometime in the near future, you'll have a choice to make between two people you have strong affections for. One Material, or the other, Spiritual."
Rosa gathered her cards and placed them in her briefcase. Taking out a book to hide behind from the group that had grown in size to gaze at her prediction. Soon, Trelawney released them for there third class which was History of Magic. Rosa had noticed everyone, but Hermione instantly falling asleep as the ghost that was Professor Binns, began to lecture on about Magical Wars along the ages.
She herself decided to draw while listening to Professor Binn's lecture. She drew for . . . well, however long she drew. Which was most of the period. The other half was spent shading, coloring, and outlining it on her laptop. She looked over it for any other flaws before deeming it complete. She smiled to herself ads she looked over her work.
The picture was of everyone as chibi's causing mass Chaos and destruction. Everyone was dressed in army print things with headbands and war paint on there faces. At the top right corner, Seto was in the surveillance lab with Jou sitting on his lap, while Ishizu, Shadi, and Rashid monitored other monitors. In the bottom right corner, was the jail with Duel Monsters guarding the halls.
In the upper left corner, Yami, Yugi, Ryou, Mokuba, Shizuka, Mai, Tristen, Corn, Line, Jayson, and CC where all sitting in there cabin. Waiting for a call to go man there posts when Yami asked, "Has anyone seen Rosa?". Therefore, the chibi's in the picture where looking for not only Rosa, but Thorn, Jayson, Andre, and a few Duel Monsters too.
In the last corner showed Bakura, Malik, (Yami)Marik, Jayson, Rosa, Thorn, Azote, Fiamma, Tori, Hex, Sue, the Change of Heart, Harpie's pet dragon, Harpie's brother, Hyozanryu, and the Cat's Ear Tribe all crouded in the small box. They where sneaking on enemy territory with numerous destructive and dangerous weapons. They where waiting for Bakura to give them the attack signal . . . which he did.
Rosa sighed before putting the picture with her others. She smiled, but couldn't help feel saddened at the sight of all her friends and family ALIVE. 'Maybe it's not all hopeless.' She told herself. 'Maybe I can find a way to get in touch with mommy again.' She sighed at her own idiotic-ness. She knew there was no such spell. 'But there may be a potion!' She told herself before dismissing the idea completely.
What was the chance she'd find a recipe for one anyway.
Professor Binns dismissed them for Lunch in which Rosa did her homework for her history class. "How can you listen to anything Binns said?" Ron asked in disbelief. having been one of the first to fall into a coma - like sleep. "Who said I was fully listening?" Rosa asked. " Oh Ron!" Hermione scolded. "She was being very responsible and took notes. Right Rosa?"
"No. Actually, I just listened through one ear and drew pics"
"Than how do you remember his lecture?"
"Audio-graphic memory." Rosa sighed and stood. She couldn't concentrate with the chatter in the background. "I'll be outside." She said before walking off. She was extremely relieved to get out of that overcrowded room. She walked over to a tree and sat under it to restart her homework. She had finished the day's homework after about 30 minutes and had drawn a Yin Yang pic of her and Thorn.
: Feeling down I suppose :
Rosa nodded as Sue sat beside her. "I'm fine Sue." She replied. "Just missing everybody. That's all."
: You Sure Rosa? You know you can come to me at any time if you need to :
"Yah I know."
The two just sat under the tree until lunch was over before heading to classes.
(Later that night . . . )
Rosa stood from her seat on the large armchair. Harry and Ron where playing chess while Hermione was doing Homework. Rosa bid them goodnight and headed up stairs. Lyins immediately clung to her shoulder as she entered the girls dormitory. Sue was sitting on her bed while listening to Fiamma chatter on about random things.
"Hay guys."
"Hay Rosa" / : Hay Rosa :
Rosa sat on her bed and opened up her laptop to check her mail. Her box was full with letters from her father asking if she was alright; If anything had happened; If she was comfortable at the school; If she wanted him to come there; I she wanted to come home; if she was having a god time; if anyone had threatened or challenged her yet; and if any of her Duel monster friends had gotten into trouble yet.
She read all of them before looking at her last letter. It was from Mokuba.
Dear Rosa,
Haw have you been? Better than Seto I hope. He has been driven up the wall with what he calls 'non-existent' worry. He's more jittery and nervous since he left for home while you where asleep in the pub. I'm just writing to check up on you and to make sure you have someone else E-mailing you besides Seto. Yugi and Ryou asked for you're new E-address. Should I give it top them or no?
So, how have you been? Liking school? I hear it's a lot different from Domino. Yami wants to know if you've been practicing. I'm sure you are, but he wanted me to ask just to make sure. Home is a lot more empty since You left. More empty than when Jou died. I don't mean to put you in a bad mood, but I'm comparing something here.
Well, That's all I gotta say. Write back ASAP. K?
Sincerely,
Mokuba J. Kaiba
Rosa sighed as she began to type a response. As soon as she had sent it, Hermione walked in. "Rosa! How'd you get that to work? Electric items don't work here!"
"Batteries." Rosa answered before closing her laptop and changing into her PJs. Sue was asleep and Fiamma had left the room so she slid under the slim covers. She left her curtains open so she could stare at the moon before drifting off into a deep, deep sleep.
(A/N:) K guys. I'm finished here. I'm thinking of doing a Harry/Draco bit. It wont be centered since this centers around Rosa n' co. but there will be bits.
LPGirl05: Thanks. You know, you where the only one who reviewed last chapter. If you hadn't, I probably would have discontinued it. Oh well. The evil Thorn comment was because at the end of last chapter, The girl that had been tortured, was Thorn. I didn't put anything there so it was like she willingly agreed to help Voldermort.
My Compaq got a vairus! Gah! I would have had this up but the virus wiggled on in. I think Carlotta did it(you iknow, the preppy girl from 4 Years Absence). K well, nex chappie, you find out the DADA(Defence Against the Dark Arts) Teacher. I don't have any idea's as to who would take that spot . . . except for one. Can I plz get some ideas?
K. Well, Can I at least get 1 review before next chapter? Plz?