Chapter 2

"Mrs. Son, there was a prophecy made back in May concerning Gohan, I think it may change your opinion about his attendance at Hogwarts. I can read it to you if you like?" Receiving a firm nod in agreement from both Chi Chi and Gohan, Ginny pulled out a small folded piece of paper from her pocket on which she had written the prophecy.

"Ok here it is: The one born pure of heart, today proven to be the strongest in the world. Two halves combat, the power to control the world lies in both. Left untrained, one powerful enough may use him as a pawn to destroy both worlds. The power to unite the two halves, lay in his hands." Ginny finished reading the strange prophecy, one she had yet to make much sense of herself, and looked up at the mother and son. She was curious to see what they would say, but at the moment, both remained silent, she looked at the young boy first, he seemed to be conflicted.

Gohan was shocked. It was startling to hear those phrases which seemed so personal spoken, especially coming from a woman he had met less than an hour ago. Gohan was unsure exactly what was being referred to as his two halves, was it his human and saiyan side? His newly discovered magic and non-magic side? Either way, the prophecy certainly hit home for the young boy.

Gohan dared a glance to his mother, she looked like he thought she might. To someone unfamiliar with his mother's expressions, like Mrs. Potter who Gohan noticed was now looking directly at the pair, Chi Chi probably looked awfully mad. Gohan however knew it to be her worried face. She was probably thinking the same thing Gohan was at the moment, Another threat to our family? Really? Looking back at the witch across from them, Gohan could tell she was starting to get uncomfortable in the silence. He was about to say something, but as he opened his mouth to speak, he heard his Mom's voice break the silence first.

"So, you think your school will be able to help protect my Gohan?" Chi Chi's voice was quiet and thin, an unusual timbre for the woman. Ginny was suddenly filled with compassion for the difficult woman. After all she was a mother too, and every mother just wants to protect her child.

"I do. The prophecy was delivered directly to the Headmistress at Hogwarts, we consulted with our own lists after the letter came and found Gohan's name. Like I said, children from different districts rarely are on the list for Hogwarts, especially from East District. Hogwarts has always been something like a safe home for wizards, and I do believe we will be able to help Gohan, not only learn magic, but perhaps even figure out this prophecy. One of my colleagues thought that we must be dealing with a higher power in Gohan's case, and I can't help but agree with him." Ginny finished speaking, truly believing every word that came out of her mouth. She really wanted to help this boy, especially now after she had met him and seen how nice and kind he was.

"I see." Chi Chi said and paused appearing to be deep in thought. Internally Chi Chi was collapsing into hysterics 'Oh why does this always have to happen to my family! What choice do I have if preventing him from going to the school will endanger my baby. It's not fair! Oh Goku I wish you were here!' Gohan and the woman waited in silence as Chi Chi fought within herself. Chi Chi took a deep breath before speaking again.

"I guess I have no other choice but to let him go. Oh my poor baby, why is there always something coming after you?"

Gohan was surprised by his mother's decision. The prophecy had put him ill at ease, but like all the threats he had so far encountered in his short life, if there was a possibility to train and to learn in order to combat a new problem, he knew he should do it. But usually when he thought things like that, his mother thought the opposite. After all, it had even taken a few weeks for Chi Chi to agree to allow Gohan to train with Goku and Piccolo for the androids arrival.

"I can go?" Gohan questioned his mom, still not believing her decision. Ginny herself was thinking the same question Gohan had asked, surprised at the sudden change of tone.

"Yes Gohan, I think it is for the best." Finally the young boy broke into a smile as he looked between his mom and the older woman. Chi Chi continued talking before anyone else could speak, "But I expect you to keep in touch Mister! That's not a request, that is a demand!"

"Yes ma'am." Gohan replied automatically. Ginny smiled at Gohan and Chi Chi, she was happy that telling the prophecy was going to allow Gohan to experience Hogwarts, but she hoped knowing it wouldn't change how he approached going to the school.

Ginny thought back to a conversation she once had with Harry about whether or not he would have wanted to know his own prophecy before going to Hogwarts as opposed to learning it his 5th Year. Harry stood by his opinion, he wished he had known and not been left in the dark about his own fate and Ginny couldn't help but agree with her husband. But a part of her wondered whether Harry would have been the same person he grew up to be if he had known his fate at such a young age. Young Gohan's prophecy seemed to be a little less ominous in terms of life and death, but obviously it had struck a chord in the Son family. Ginny hoped that her decision to tell them, was the right one in the end.

Chi Chi brought Ginny out of her thoughts with a new set of questions. "So seeing that I have no idea where this school even exists, would you mind elaborating more on that for me." Chi Chi asked getting right back down to business.

Ginny and Professor McGonagall had agreed that if it could be helped, not telling the Son's the whole truth about how the districts interacted with each other would be best. At least in the beginning until Gohan got older and could understand it better. Ginny just hoped her version of the truth would fly. "Well like I told you earlier, the school is in the North West District, the place to get supplies and board the train is in LondonCity." Ginny paused, carefully choosing her words to explain the relationship between the districts. "You may not be familiar with those areas because you live here in the East District. It seems that there is a barrier between your district and the magical world, which is not unusual, there are lots of barriers set up, the most famous being at Hogwarts."

"I suppose that makes sense. But how's Gohan supposed to get his supplies and get to school if he can't get out of here?" Ginny breathed a sigh of relief at Chi Chi's response.

"Excellent question Mrs. Son, and one that we have thought long and hard about. As the letter explained term starts on September 1st. I've discussed it with my family, and we would be more than happy for Gohan to come stay at our home on August 31st . We'll bring him shopping as well as take him to the train on the 1st!"

"That's very generous of you ma'am, but I insist on going shopping with him. If I'm going to let my son gallivant off into a strange land, I want to at least see where he goes shopping." Chi Chi demanded. Ginny laughed to herself. Even though she had only just met this woman, she couldn't help but feel calmer when Chi Chi was feisty as opposed to quiet.

"Oh yes of course Mrs. Son I think it would be a brilliant idea to come shopping! It's always good for parents to see the world they're sending their children into. I would have asked sooner, but I wasn't sure if you'd want to travel so far. You can stay with us too if you like, it would be no trouble at all. "

"That's very kind of you, but I can head back after the shopping is complete." Chi Chi turned to her son with a smile. "Yes Gohan, it's official, you're going." She told her grinning son, answering the question that was written across the boys face. Chi Chi loved to see Gohan smile, he hadn't been this cheerful since Goku died. If sending her little boy off to the middle of nowhere to learn how to pull rabbits out of hats was going to keep a smile on her son's face, then she would do it.

"Yeah! Thanks Mom, this is gonna be awesome!" Gohan exclaimed before another question popped into his head. "Wait, Mrs. Potter, since I can go, would you mind explaining what it means to send an owl by July 31st? Do I have to catch an owl? I've never done that before, it could take awhile and it is the 28th already so there isn't much time left!" Ginny burst out laughing at the young boy's innocent questions and worry. This was another one of the reasons she loved visiting muggle born families.

"Oh no need to worry about trying to catch an owl Gohan! I'll explain, we send mail by owls, they carry our letters, in fact a very quick owl who was supposed to arrive after I came delivered your letter." Ginny smiled, she could tell the boy was relieved. "Also don't worry about sending a letter, I'll tell them you're coming when I get back."

"That's so cool, those owls must be so smart. Wish I had one." Gohan sighed.

"Well, of course it would depend on what your Mom says, but at Hogwarts you can have one animal. Most students chose to get an owl, they're not only a good pet, but they're darn useful." Ginny explained, Gohan's eyes lit up, he could have his own owl! Chi Chi read right into Gohan's expression and answered his question for him.

"Yes you may get an owl Gohan, it sounds like it will be very useful." Chi Chi knew she just made her son's day and that made her smile. She wouldn't have thought waking up this morning that she would ever be agreeing to things like these for her son. But this whole crazy world they had suddenly been thrown into seemed like the perfect distraction for getting Gohan out of the funk he'd been in lately, and Chi Chi couldn't be happier. It didn't matter how many times she told her son it wasn't his fault that his father had died, she knew he still didn't quite believe it. Gohan was as stubborn as she was when it came right down to it.

As Chi Chi contemplated her son's future, Gohan's own mind was racing with all of the information Ginny had told him about Hogwarts that afternoon, he was so excited! "Oh this is going to be so much fun, I can't wait."

"Now Gohan, you do realize that I am sending you to a school not a theme park. You will study your work, learn, everything, and do all your assignments. I still expect perfect scores even if they are magic classes young man!"

"Yes Mom I know. But it'll be so much more fun than Calculus I just know it!"

"Gohan dear, don't think that you're getting out of your studies that easily. You will complete my assignments as well when you're there. You're still going to be an orthopedist Gohan, magic or not!"

"Ahh Mom, really?" Gohan whined feeling like a bucket of ice water was thrown on top of him. Ginny attempted to rescue the boy by explaining, "Mrs. Son, school work is quite a challenge at Hogwarts, I doubt Gohan would have the time…" but Chi Chi interrupted Ginny almost immediately. "My son will not grow up to be a wizard bum! He will be a scholar because I said so. We had a deal, remember Gohan, the contract you signed a month ago?"

"Yes mom." Gohan said dejectedly remembering the promise he signed stating that he would do his homework without any backtalk for a year. Ginny gave a small shake of her head, she could see that helping Gohan on this front was a lost cause.

"Good boy, now then, it seems we have everything settled." Chi Chi stated pleased with the results from the afternoon.

"Excellent, I can't wait to inform everyone at Hogwarts of your decision!" Ginny turned and opened up her satchel pulling out a small wooden horse. "I should give this to you now."

Gohan took the figurine from the woman turning it around in his hand in confusion. "Um what is this for Mrs. Potter?"

"That Gohan, is your portkey, which will to get you to my home on August 31st. I have set it to leave at exactly 7:00 a.m. All you need to do is make sure that you and your Mom are touching some part of the horse at 7:00 a.m. and it'll transport you to me."

"Very cool, I can't wait!"

"Just make sure you're on time, the portkey will leave whether or not you're touching it. If you miss it I'm afraid you'll be out of luck getting here." Gohan gave a big nod of affirmation "Right!"

"Well I should be heading out now, unless either of you have any more questions, I look forward to seeing you at 7:01 on the 31st!" Ginny winked at Gohan and closed her satchel while starting to walk back to the front door to head outside.

"Oh please stay for dinner Mrs. Potter, it's the least we can do for all of your help." Chi Chi requested.

"Normally I'd love to, and I appreciate the offer Mrs. Son. But unfortunately I've still got my own dinner to make and family to feed."

"Of course, family first I understand. Goodbye Mrs. Potter!" Chi Chi replied with a smile, she seemed to have grown to like the other woman, well at least tolerate her. Ginny reached the door and went outside to stand a few meters from the house. Gohan stayed inside and leaned on the doorframe.

"Bye Mrs. Potter, see you soon!" Gohan waved at the witch and watched as she waved back while pulling something else out of her satchel. "Bye Gohan!" The very next moment, the witch was gone.

"Whoa, that must be how a portkey works! Looked just like when Dad would use Instant Transmission, weird..." Gohan said out loud to himself and shook his head as he turned and closed the door to go back inside to the kitchen to join his Mom for dinner, he was sure they would have a lot to talk about that night.

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