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'these are a character's thoughts'

Voldemort's Firefly: Year One

Chapter 3: Returning Memories

Later on that day, Setsuna, Haruka, and Michiru stood outside of Hotaru's room. Opening the door slightly, they saw her sleeping form on the bed.

"The poor thing must have cried herself to sleep," remarked Michiru.

"Are you sure you want to do this Setsuna?" asked Haruka. "She may hate you when she wakes up"

"Once she has her memories, along with some of mine," said Setsuna, "She will understand things more clearly." A white light appeared in Setsuna's hands. The sphere of light floated over to Hotaru and went inside her head.

A bright flash of light fills an alleyway. It died down to reveal Heather, Holly, and Setsuna.

"Where do we go, Setsuna?" asked Heather.

"You guys can stay at my place," answered Setsuna, then she smiled, " But you have to earn your keep."

"You never make things easy do you?" laughed Heather, weakly. She was trying to lighten the mood in spite of the dreary events. She felt a tug on her skirt. She looked down at Holly.

"Mommy," said Holly, looking at her mother with big violet eyes. "Where are we?"

"This is Japan, dear," her mom smiled gently at her. "We're going to be staying here for a while."

Holly looked around. "These people speak funny," She said. "Japan is weird"

They soon reached Setsuna's house (which would later become to known as the outers mansion). As the weeks went by, Heather got a job and Setsuna home-schooled Holly. Holly was not having fun. The lessons were okay but she was never allowed to leave the house. She always asked her mom why she couldn't go to public school, but her mom would always brush it off and change the subject.

Setsuna soon got news that the Ministry of Magic was still looking for them. Using a very advanced spell she put magic barriers around Holly and Heather. This way the Ministry couldn't track them. But Setsuna realized that a barrier alone would not do. One night, she told Heather her plan.

"Heather," said Setsuna, as Heather came down from putting Holly to bed, "We have to do something."

"What do you mean, Setsuna?" asked Heather.

"You and Holly can't live like this forever. Holly's already suspicious about why she can't go to school. And the Ministry will find a connection between you, me, and Japan sooner or later."

Heather hung her head sadly. "I know. I know." She looked up at Setsuna. "But what can I do? Where else can I go?"

At this, Setsuna smiled. "I know that man at the university has been eyeing you for some time. Maybe you could get marred to him."

Heather gasped, "Setsuna, I can't just go ahead and do that. It would take ages for us to even consider marriage. I haven't even talked to him yet--"

"Which makes this perfect!" Setsuna looked straight into Heather's eyes. "Listen, if you use a devotion potion he'll fall in love with you as soon as you talk to him."

"But Setsuna," Heather looked uncomfortable. "Love potions are illegal. And I can't marry a guy I don't love."

Setsuna frowned, "Listen to yourself! When has something being illegal ever stopped you before? And besides," she leaned in towards Heather, "What else can you do? You want Holly to grow up normal right?"

The next day, Heather found Holly sitting by the window, watching the other children play outside. She called Holly over as she sat in an armchair.

"Holly I have something to tell you." Said Heather, holding her daughter on her lap. "It's about your father,"

"Is Daddy finally coming?" asked Holly. " Does he have presents for me?" She looked so happy that it nearly broke Heather's heart to tell her the truth. She looked away, "I'm sorry Holly but your father is…gone."

Holly looked at her mother, not understanding at first. Then it slowly sunk in. "NO! It can't be true! Daddy's not dead." She wiggled out of her mom's lap and stood in front of her. "He must be back home waiting for us. I wanna go back to England!" Holly yelled, stamping her foot.

Heather looked at her sadly. "I'm sorry Holly." Then she raised her wand. "This is for your own good. Obliterate!"

"Hotaru, I want you to meet someone," said Keiko leading her 7 year old daughter to a strange man with big glasses. "This is Professor Souichi Tomoe. He's going to be your father."

As they prepared to leave, Keiko pilled Setsuna aside. "Remember, you're promise Setsuna," she said. "Take care of Hol—I mean Hotaru once I'm gone."

"Don't worry, I will." Setsuna watched then all walk to Prof. Tomoe's car. When Hotaru turned around and waved, Setsuna sadly waved back. "By Holly…" She whispered as the car drove away.

Hotaru woke up with a jolt. Breathing slowly, she looked up at Setsuna, Haruka, and Michiru.

"My real name," she said slowly, "Is Hotaru Holly Riddle, daughter of Tom Marvolo Riddle and Keiko Heather Mizuki"

The next day Hotaru was sitting in the kitchen waiting for Rini and Amelia to show up. She had called them the night before and they promised that they would come to see her off. Amelia even said that she knew someone who was going to Hogwarts. This was a surprise. It turned out that Amelia was a witch a well. Of course Rini was one since she was already a sailor senshi.

Amelia's brother was going to Hogwarts this year. Their parents were divorced and her brother went to live with her father in England while she stayed in Japan with her mom. She said that he doesn't seem nice at first but once you get to know him he was a pretty nice guy. (AN: Can you guess?)

Hotaru had spent all night reading some of Setsuna's old history books. She had realized all of the terrible things her father had done and how people were still afraid to even say his name. She had read some of Setsuna's spell books too, just so she could learn a little bit. 'I'm starting to act like Amy' she thought.

Ding-dong! Hotaru eagerly went to answer the door. Rini and Amelia were standing on the porch with big grins on their faces.

"We have a surprise for you!" said Rini in a singsong voice.

"What is it?" asked Hotaru, happy they had gotten a going away present for her (except for the going away part). Rini and Amelia walked with her to the living room where Setsuna, Michiru, and Haruka were waiting. There were some suitcases waiting by the fireplace since they would be traveling by floo powder. Rini and Amelia turned to Hotaru to give her their gift.

"We wanted to make sure you don't have a lousy time at school—"

"And that you won't miss us too much—" interrupted Rini.

"So we got you this," said Amelia.

Rini held out a purple drawstring bag that had a silver H on it. Hotaru took it and looked at it strangely

"Open it!" Rini urged.

Hotaru reached inside and discovered a purple compact that could fit right in her pocket. It had the symbol for Saturn on it in silver so it matched her bag. She opened it up and found that the first part was just like a regular mirror but the lower part had several mini switches and buttons. Rini and Amelia held up identical mirrors. Rini's was pink with a golden crescent moon. Amelia's was green with a copper colored circle that had a cross in the middle.

"You see," said Amelia, "These mirrors are communicators. I managed to convince my mom to make them for us."

Rini smiled, "Now while we're continents apart, we can still remain the best of friends. Too bad we won't be going to Chika Institute of Witchcraft and Wizardry together."

Tears sprung into Hotaru's eyes. She reached over and gave her ultimate best friends a great big hug.

"This little gift giving isn't over yet, Hotaru," said Setsuna. She handed Hotaru a small box. It was green with a red bow that looked frayed. In fact the box itself looked like it had seen better days. I must have been around for ages. Hotaru opened it and found a silver heart locket. She unfastened it and gasped. Inside were two pictures, one of her mom and the other of her dad. The woman had long black hair that had purple highlights just like Hotaru's and her eyes were light brown. The man had short black hair and blue eyes. (AN: Brown and blue kind of make purple, right?) The pictures were also moving. Several times man would move into the frame with the woman and giver her a kiss and a hug.

"You're mother gave that to me years ago," said Setsuna. "She knew she wouldn't always be around so I promised her I would give it to you before you went off to school." She smiled, "Do you like it?"

Hotaru was speechless. She didn't know what to say.

"Well," said Haruka. "If you're done, Setsuna, we would like to give our gift." Michiru walked forewords. "We hope you put this to good use." She handed Hotaru a rectangular package. "Don't open it until later," said Haruka.

There was a moment of silence where Hotaru soaked in all that had happened. She was happy and sad at the same time. She didn't want to leave her family and friends. She was at a loss for words.

Setsuna broke the silence. "Well, Hotaru, it's time for us to get going."

Vikki: I decided to change the ending of this chapter because the phone conversation sounded rushed and just not good in general. Plus, this mushy stuff is better, right?

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Thanks to reviewer from chapter 2:

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