Silverleone: OKAY! I admit it! Hermione was right! I'm a big freaking idiot! I uploaded chapter three and four without chapter 2! I am fixing it now! And just because I screwed it up again, I'm giving you chapter 2-5! Merry Christmas and Happy New Years!

Hermione: *Slight smirk growing, opens mouth*

Silverleone: Not. A. Freaking. Word. Granger.

Hermione: ...At least you were humble enough to admit it?

Silverleone: ...Thank...you...

Hermione: *Cringes a little* That was painful. Even for me.

Silverleone: *Scowls* Shut up.

««{One Week Later}»»

"Wait...you expect me to get a wand?"

"Precisely." Old-man-beard was pacing in his office, myself standing in the middle, slowly turning to keep him in front of me.

Does this guy ever stop pacing? I finally gestured to his desk, silently asking to sit in the chair he had offered earlier. I had been too nervous at the time, choosing to stand instead.

"Me... A wand..."

"Yes, Mr. Taiki. I assume Ms. Tanaka will need one as well, if you are going to make this a team effort." I shifted in my seat. Akumu might not want a wand…

Then again, I thought, it just might give her access to her magic

"Um...I'll have to ask her about that..."

"Of course, I would not expect you to drag her all the way to Diagon Alley only for her to reject the idea." I nodded and stood up, straightening out my coat.

"I'll go ask her right now, might as well do this as soon as possible." Dumbledore agreed to this, and I exited his office. Once I was sure no one was around, I rubbed my hands together, creating static. I turned to face the corridor that led in the direction of our room and took off running. I felt the slight amount of static build up in my limbs, making them tingle. I pushed myself to go faster, feeling the energy and the wind. I skidded when I got to a corner and pushed off the wall to sprint forward. I almost felt like shouting a whoop, but the students were in class. How they had not noticed Akumu and I yet was beyond me. We hadn't tried to avoid attention, if the Fluffy incident was anything to go off of. Most students now knew there were two strangers on campus, but they still hadn't seen us face to face. I heard a church bell sounding throughout the halls.

"Dang, I almost made it!" I ducked into a hidden corridor behind a statue, wanting to wait out the period between classes. A specific conversation popped into existence. It sounded like one person talking to themselves out loud.

"...-Isn't that right Forge?"

"I think it is Gred. I think Umbridge isn't squirming enough right now." I noticed two sets of feet, just slightly off in time from each other, getting closer to the statue. I looked around to see if there was any other place to hide, but there wasn't. I stood tensely into the darkest corner of the small pocket and hoped my blond hair didn't give me away. Two black school robes appeared within my sight.

"Well well well, what do we have here Forge?"

"I do believe it's a student out of uniform Gred."

"I don't think-"

"-Professor Umbridge would be-"

"-Pleased with this-"

"-At all." I grasped the side of my head as a headache presented itself like a hammer. The two of them stood on either side of me, both placing their hands on my shoulders. Instinctually, I grabbed their hands and flipped them on their backs, the twins letting out twin coughs.

"Don't. Touch me." I stepped out from behind the statue, checking for any other students before continuing on my way.

"Oi! You can't just throw us-"

"-On the ground-"

"-And walk away mate!"

"Just threw you on the ground, walking away now. That simple." They both froze for half a step, glancing at each other. They nodded ad caught back up.

"So..."

"-Are you an-"

"-Ickle firsty?"

"You're pretty-"

"-Strong if so." I stopped mid-stride. A deadly undertone was in my voice when I asked a question.

"Did you just call me short...?"

"Nah mate, just wondering-"

"-How old you are."

"Right now, I'm about to sign both of your graves...I'm busy, leave." I started walking again, leaving them to jog a bit to catch up.

"Oh come on-"

"Mate! That's no-"

"-Way to treat-"

"-Your best friends-"

"-In all of Hog-"

"-Warts!" I stopped and turned around.

"Don't you have classes to get to?" A vein felt ready to pop, and the fact I hadn't gotten enough sleep since arriving at the school hadn't helped in my snappy mood.

"Nah, it's our cashing in period."

"Though most call it a free period."

"But we make bank, so it's not really free."

"You guys sell stuff...? In a school...? Is that even legal?"

"Who cares mate-"

"Stop calling me that." I interrupted.

"-When we're making money and-"

"-Spreading the good name of the-"

"Weasleys!" A shout came from down the corridor we were walking down. They both stopped in their tracks and spun on a dime.

"Uh oh, got to go mate, see you later!"

"Yeah, cheers mate!" The twins took off running.

"I told you not to call me that!" I shouted after the twins. I turned back around to see a man running...okay, limping at an impressive clip, with a cat following closely behind. I simply jerked my thumb over my shoulder, not bothering to say anything. The man gave me a once over, but shook his head and kept going. I shook my head and jogged back to the room Akumu and I were staying in.

I said the password, Dimensions, and entered the room to see Akumu laying on the couch with her feet set up on the wall. She looked up, from her perspective, and rolled backward into a sitting position when she saw it was me.

"So what did the old man want?"

"Um..." I sat down on the couch. "He thinks it would be best if we...went to Ollivander's and both of us got a wand." She blinked once while this request processed.

"Oh...And what are your thoughts on this idea?"

"I'm not sure. In the long run, it could mean getting home...But at the same time...Would we get attached to our wands and have to leave them here? I heard they are "magically sentient", choosing their wielder themselves."

"Well...I think we should."

"Really?"

"Yeah, I think it would be good to have such a valuable resource at our fingertips...literally and metaphorically." I chuckled at her little joke, then perked up when a knock came to the door. We traded glances and got up to answer it. I reached the door and called through it.

"Who is it?!"

"Oh come on ickle firsty, don't-

"-You remember-"

"-Us?" Akumu gave me a weird look and I groaned.

"Go away!" I started to walk away, but Akumu stopped me.

"Who are they?"

"Some annoying students I bumped into earlier. Twins." She winced in sympathy. I remembered the gang she headed had a set of twins. Extremely good with escrima sticks, if I remember right.

*Knock knock knock*

"Oh firsty!" I snapped around to the door, vein pricking.

"I will end you!" I yanked the door open, slamming it against the wall. "What. Do you want?"

"Just wanted-"

"-To say hi!" I ground my teeth.

"Stop. Doing that."

"Well-"

"-How else-"

"-Are we supposed-"

"-To get our-"

"-Information-" They both finished in unison, grinning like madmen. I sighed, dropping my head into my hand, feeling the headache growing.

"Oh! Why didn't you tell us-"

"-You had a-"

"-Girlfriend?"

"Beautiful one at that, eh George?"

"Right-o Fred!" I froze when I saw they were no longer in front of me, and slowly turned, seeing them surrounding Akumu. She looked very uncomfortable, having never had anyone talk to/about her like that. Her face was bright red, and she had a "please just kill me now!" look on her face. My face went a shade darker, but it wasn't from embarrassment. My protective instincts had kicked in, and I was mad.

"You have five seconds." I pointed to the door. "To leave this place. Otherwise no spell in existence will fix what I do to you." They were behind me before I even saw them move, standing in the doorway.

"Well alright then."

"Didn't have to be rude mate."

"Just trying to make a few friends here."

"Cheerio!" I slammed the door, turning and sliding down it.

"Are they gone...?" I looked up to see Akumu's face returning to a normal paler shade. I stood up, shaking the anger out through my hands.

"Doubt it. How'd they even find me? I ran the other way after some man started chasing them." I walked over to her, placing my hand on her shoulder. "I know you can take care of yourself...But are you okay?" She took a deep breath.

"Y-yeah, I'll be fine. I've just never had someone do that before...much less twins..." I let out a weak chuckle as I wrapped my arm around her shoulder.

"Wanna go see Dumbledore about those wands now?"

"Sounds better than sitting in here all day." We had a fun time dodging students and laughing when they didn't notice us in near plain sight.

"Did you see that girl's face?! She looked like she saw a ghost!"

"Well, that's just rude." Akumu and I spun around to see a woman with her hands on her hips. The main problem was that she was near invisible...and floating... "Well? What do you have to say for yourselves?"

"I-I uh...We uh...Um..." Neither of us could properly form words in our mouths, being too shocked at what we were seeing.

"Now now Helena, no reason to be like that." I turned to see another ghost floating over. I could feel the blood drain from my face, and Akumu ducked behind me. "Oh don't worry young ones. Even if we wanted to hurt you, we can't." He tipped his head to one side. "Although, I must ask, why are you not in uniform? I believe they are required for students."

"Oh...We aren't students here." Both ghosts pulled back in shock.

"What?!"

"Not students? Then how did you get on the grounds?!"

"Oh, Dumbledore is allowing us to stay until we can find a way home."

"Then who are you exactly?"

"My name's Rai, and this is my sister Akumu." I felt her tense slightly at the word "sister".

She's not used to that yet...understandably.

"Well, it's nice to meet both of you. This lady over here is Helena, or The Grey Lady, and I'm Nearly Headless Nick." I quickly found out why I felt a sharp pain of dread filling me when Akumu asked a question that had popped into my head.

"How can you be "nearly headless"?" Nick leaned forward and pulled his head to the side, showing it was only held on by a sinew of skin, while the rest had been cut apart. I felt as green as Akumu's face looked right now. Nick simply flipped his head back into position.

"Well, it was very nice to meet you both. I shall be headed on my way now, good day to you!" He floated off to do whatever ghosts do in their free time, and The Grey Lady did the same after saying farewell as well.

"...I thought I was going to lose my breakfast..." I turned and gave her a playfully dirty look.

"Hey! You asked!"

"And I regretted it immediately afterward..." I shook my head in exasperation.

"Anyways...Shall we go see Dumbledore?"

"Sounds good."

BONG BONG BONG We both froze, realizing we were in the middle of the hallway with two different classes. I looked over, voice tinged with slight worry and excitement.

"Run?"

"Run!" We booked it to the end of the hall and turned just in time to hear both doors open, a flood of students coming out. We kept running all the way to the Headmaster's office. We stopped to catch our breath for a minute in front of the gargoyle guarding the entrance.

"Okay, how do we get in?"

"Like this," I turned to the gargoyle, "Hershey bar." The gargoyle moved to the side, showing the door it protected.

"That's the password?"

"It changes, but it's always a candy of some kind. Mostly British though." We walked up the stairs into the office.

"Hey Dumbledore! We talked about it, and agree to go..." My voice died when I saw a blindingly pink spot standing in front of the Headmaster's desk. The blob turned around quickly, sharp eyes calculating the situation with a superior glare.

"And why aren't you in uniform young man?"