~*~Of Mixing Our Magic Past~*~Chapter 3: Jade and Eli~*~

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"__" dialogue; /__/ telepathic thinking; //__// second person conversing; __ translated from Japanese; __ translated from Chinese; 'italics' thoughts; ~*~ scene change; [italics] my interruptions.

"Why did you do that?" Ginny asked Cho after the others had left.

Cho raised an eyebrow. "Didn't we explain why I named her Jade?"

~*~Flashback~*~

Setting her back on her bed, Cho said, "Let's call her Jade."

Puzzled, Ron said, "Why Jade?"

"Well, we need something to call her when talking about her. And she has a jade necklace."

Nodding, Hermione added, "And green eyes to match her necklace."

"Then we'll call her Jade," Ginny said slowly, looking at Cho.

"Wait, she has green eyes…and black hair, like Harry?" Ron said.

Ron and Harry looked at each other. Could she be?

"We don't know who she is, Professor McGonagal didn't tell us," Hermione said.

"More like she didn't know," Cho pointed out.

~*~End Flashback~*~

"Yes, but I thought you wanted to keep her identity secret?" Gin said.

Cho shrugged. "Dumbledore gave me the impression that I should."

"Cho, do you think…"

Cho glared at Ginny. "You shouldn't raise your hopes either."

Ginny sighed and sat on a chair near Cho. "Ironic, isn't it? Here Harry thinks that she's his sister. Back then, everyone thought the same."

"Just like my aunts…" Cho said wistfully.

"Ying Fa," Ginny said seriously. "Jade cries out because the person who is near has a close bond to her, making Jade say a name that she associates it with."

"Yes, and?"

"Hermione probably already noticed that. Anyone else would just make Jade speak of her parents. She's good with mysteries, you know."

"We'll just have to trust her to keep quiet."

"Harry has a right to know."

"Not yet."

"Until when? Until you tell your secrets?"

"Probably."

"Did you speak with Professor Moon?"

"Yes, I found out that he left her to protect her from Voldemort."

"He got the story wrong then?"

"Everyone makes mistakes."

"Did you tell him anything?"

"Professor Eriol? Of course not. He doesn't know anything."

"It'll be a shock when he finds out."

"Hai. We'll need Jade to wake up first. Then we can tell him."

Ginny looked at the sleeping girl. "When will she wake up?"

Cho shrugged. "Even with my telepathic powers, I can't reach her. I'm guessing Madison and Meirin would have something to do with this."

"Can't you contact them?"

"It would be too dangerous. Voldermort could find them that way."

"That's why he could contact you during that match. Your mind was open."

"And that's why I'm reading every thought of yours, Ginny. Who would have thought you keep those deliciously evil thoughts in your head?"

"Cho!"

"Kidding, kidding."

"You know, you could use *those* as your plan…"

"What? Are you crazy? I don't feel anything for her."

Ginny smiled deviously. "He doesn't think that way, does he?"

Cho's smile slowly matched Ginny's. "No…not when there are some facts…"

~*~

It was one of the everyday moments that Cho, Ginny, Hermione, Harry, Ron and Professor Eriol had breakfast together.

Ginny couldn't take it any longer. The silence was unnerving. "Someone tell a story," she piped up.

Cho looked up, grateful for Ginny's suggestion and found a way to tell (or get) some useful information. "Yeah, Professor Eriol, tell us about Japan."

Eriol looked at her strangely. "You haven't been to Japan?"

"Nope. Just because I speak it doesn't mean that I live there. In fact, I haven't even been to Japan my whole life. America, yes, Bulgaria, yes, Russia, yes…I was born in China. But never Japan."

"I haven't been in Japan for a long time either." Eriol said.

"But surely you could tell us something about Japan," Hermione argued.

"Well…I've only been to Tomeda. It's a quiet city near Tokyo."

"Tomeda?" Harry asked. That sounds familiar somehow.

"Isn't that the place where nearly twenty years ago strange things started to happen?" Ginny questioned.

"What strange things?" Eriol said.

"Like there used to be strong winds, flashes of bright lights, strange spirits or ghosts appearing from a lake, accidents in a zoo, weird occurrences with people being moved out of art museums without being touched, a double look-alike, a maze that appeared in front of a shrine, an overload of flowers during a school event, lights being turned off during a school play…" [I'm using things that happened in the anime. I didn't read all the magna…so, gomen.] Cho rambled off, saying more things.

Eriol got hit with nostalgia, remembering all the things that happened to Sakura, even before he came.

"…a regular schoolgirl started displaying fine swordsmanship, [Oooh, that prejudice…Oh well.] students disappearing during a field trip, strange people coming in and out, two cousins in a pre-arranged engagement, strange rains, moving pianos, giant dolls, people not acting like themselves, a giant penguin slide moved, active bicycles, dysfunctional elevators, bouncing basketballs in midair, huge waves, indoor rains, heavy blizzards, and once there was an unexplained eclipse and everyone fell asleep…"

Eriol smirked, remembering the things he did to help Sakura transform the cards.

"…and a Li kid was there the whole time," Cho added, remembering to add scorn in her voice.

"All of those things happened in a muggle town?" Harry said, surprised.

"How do you know all about that?" Eriol said to Cho.

"In fifth grade I had to do a report about Japan…I chose to do Japan from twenty years ago." Cho inwardly smiled, knowing that she had gotten him.

"But if you were in fifth grade, don't you have to be eleven?" Hermione probed.

Ginny snorted and said, "Her and her brother skipped a grade level."

Ron was in thought. "If all those strange things happened, don't you think that it could have been magic?"

"Actually, it was," Eriol said.

"Oh! You would know, right? Because you were there, weren't you?" Cho said.

"Yes." Turning to Ginny, he said, "You wanted a story, ne? I'll tell you one.

"Many centuries ago, a powerful sorcerer named Clow Reed created one of the most famous and powerful magical items in the world, the Clow Cards. It was different types of elements bound into the card. They were sealed in a book."

"I know Clow Reed," Hermione said. "He's also one of the most famous sorcerers in this millennium! He combined both Eastern and Western magic to create the cards. He also created two guardians that will protect the cards. Cerberus, the sun guardian, the one that will choose the next master, and Yue the moon guardian, who will judge the master during the Final Judgment."

Eriol, bemused, continued. "A little girl of ten found the Clow book in her father's library. She had magic, so she was able to open the lock that bound the book. In doing so, she released all 52 cards created by Clow, except one. Cerberus came out of the book, and the little girl had to capture all the cards back. The cards of course caused trouble, and that is why there were strange things happening in Tomeda."

"But what about the Li guy Cho mentioned?" Ginny asked.

"You see, the Li clan of China are direct ancestors of Clow Reed. So they thought that it was their right to obtain the cards. They sent a boy the same age as the girl to get the cards. In the end, Yue chose the girl as the new mistress."

"How do you come in?" Harry said to his professor.

"Clow reincarnated himself into two persons. The girl's father, " here Eriol ruefully grinned, "and me. After the girl was appointed the mistress, the cards needed something else to draw their power from, since Clow was technically dead. And so, I had to help her transform all 52 of her cards so that they were draw power from her star, not from Clow. As it became, she became the world's most powerful sorceress."

"The girl, is she Sakura Avalon, one of the most powerful witches that was in You-know-who and Dumbledore's league?" Ron said.

"Yes," Eriol frowned. "But I knew her as Sakura Kinomoto."

"They probably screwed up her name," Hermione laughed.

"They say she could go against the Dark Lord and win. But people believe it to be rumors," Cho said softly.

"No, they would be true. I'm sure Sakura could defeat him," Eriol claimed.

"But that couldn't be proven…" Ginny said equally soft. "She disappeared, the same night *he* attacked and was defeated by Harry."

Cho kept a close watch on Eriol, wanting to see his response to Ginny's remarks.

"She and a couple of her friends -they say she was a close friend of the Potters- were in Godric Hollow that Halloween night. Before You-know-who met his downfall, he attacked another family. After his defeat, Sakura Avalon was never seen again…neither were her friends."

Cho carefully watched Eriol's facial expressions when he learned that Sakura -and Ginny had added *friends* (she saw him wince at that)- had been in the same place where Voldermort had been. She watched his face, if possible, grow paler, and mentally felt his heart crash into pieces.

Cho thought she should feel resentment toward her professor because he left Tomoyo. But since she learned the true story and that he, even after all these years, still loved her, she still had some compassion in her heart for him. Still, she would need Tomoyo's consent to tell Eriol the whole truth.

"Oh kami," Cho said aloud, but still in a whisper. "Tomoyo Daidjouji was one of Sakura Avalon's friends, wasn't she? And you think-" she nearly choked "that she died that night."

Eriol made the slightest nod with his head, but that was all that Ginny needed to burst into tears.

"Who's Tomoyo Daidjouji? Isn't she the owner of…?" Hermione said.

In a shaky voice, Ginny replied, "She's Professor Moon's wife. He left her because the Dark Lord was after him, and he wanted to keep her safe, away from the Wizarding World…But she must have still managed to follow him, and she… she…" Ginny was unable to say it, "Cho told me everything."

"Oh heavens," Hermione said, understanding. "You still love her, don't you, Professor Moon? You didn't know about her until today…" she cried too.

Cho's eyes were down. She felt like crying too, their story seemed so sad…but how could she when she knew Tomoyo was alive? With a deep secret sigh, she hoped Tomoyo, and well as Eriol, would forgive her for not saying anything.

Likewise, Eriol would have to feel the hurt he made Tomoyo feel when he left.

Harry caught Cho's gaze and immediately knew that she felt terribly sad for the professor too. It's all Voldermort's fault, he thought angrily.

And so thus began the storytelling of during breakfast.

~*~

Jade was doing well. Even though she was in a trance, she still managed to eat. Having nothing else to do, Harry, Ron, and Ginny offered to help Hermione and Cho on their assignment. The castle was totally empty, the only company they had was the paintings and ghosts. Professor Eriol was always there but acting busy, and Dumbledore came in and out occasionally.

Now, Harry and Ron were walking to the infirmary with new sheets for Jade's bed.

They were in for a shock when they came in.

A boy their age was standing at Jade's bed, stroking her hair lovingly. He looked exactly like Harry, with minor differences, of course. His clothes were different also, not of Hogwart clothes, and more finely made. His eyes were colored different and his hair slightly varied from Harry's. Still, you could think that the stranger was Harry's brother, with his glasses and hair.

"Who…who are you?" Harry managed to say.

The boy looked up from his gaze on Jade. He smiled and said, "Hi Harry," before he disappeared.

"Harry, that wasn't you right?" Ron said.

"Hey, what's going on?" Cho said, walking up behind them. She was holding Jade's lunch. "Why haven't you changed the sheets yet?"

The males didn't answer, still in shock.

"What's wrong?" Cho asked, worried and concerned.

"There was someone who was standing right there…" Ron said, pointing.

"He was a boy our age…" Harry sputtered.

The boys incoherently explained what they saw. Fortunately, Cho managed to understand parts of their speech. She, too, was shocked.

"You mean…you saw someone looking like Harry?"

They nodded. Cho hurriedly gave the food plate to Harry.

"Give this to Jade, okay? I'll…um…tell Dumbledore what you saw."

She dashed out of the room.

Ron and Harry looked at each other confused, but shook it away. Cho was usually the first to know if Dumbledore was there or not.

~*~

Cho stopped at the library, and glanced around, making sure no one else was there. After her search, she called out, "Ni-chan! I want to speak with you."

An indigo light appeared, and then the boy replaced the light, [That is like orbing, you know, like Charmed? Not apparating. Only, their auras show and then the person appears. They are usually called by someone close.]

"Hullo, onee-san. How did you manage to call me?" he said coolly.

"Don't 'hi onee-san' me, Eli! You know I wouldn't be able to call you unless I was outside of Hogwart boundaries or if you were inside it! What are you doing here and what did you just do?" Cho snapped.

Eli shrugged and smirked, clearly liking Cho's response. "I have business with Dumbledore, as usual."

"What about that thing in the medical wing?" A thought struck Cho and her anger calmed and was replaced with an evil smile. Eli knew that was something to be afraid of his sister.

"Checking on your loved one, the 'beautiful young daughter'?" Cho smirked.

Eli blushed. He had already confessed about his feelings about the girl in the letter. It was sent, and Cho had seen it. He couldn't take it back.

"At least she's still alive," he retorted.

Becoming serious, Cho said, "Why did you let Harry see you? Baka Eli!"

From the door, a figure listened to the siblings' conversation. She was shocked by everything she had just seen.

"You won't tell anything, right Hermione?"

Hermione jumped at the voice and saw Ginny with a stern look.

"Please, 'Mione, don't say anything about this. You're not supposed to know."

"If you're keeping secrets, then we have a right to know," Hermione replied.

"All in good time, Hermione," Cho said. Evidently her previous conversation was already finished.

"He's your brother! No wonder you said he looked like Professor Moon! Add Harry, and the three look alike!" Hermione said.

"Three peas in a pod!" Ginny giggled.

"We can trust that you won't tell?" Cho said seriously.

Hermione made a decision and nodded. "But what is all this secrecy for?"

"You'll know at the right time Hermione, the right time."

~*~

The funny thing was, Harry thought, that Jade seemed a little familiar to him. Sirius never told him about a sister, but still he could hope. Harry noticed that whenever people come in contact with Jade, she would say a name. Probably a name she associates the person with.

Harry remembered that Jade called Cho Eli, Ginny Meiling, Ron and Hermione Mum and Dad. Hermione said that Jade called everyone her parents. So, Harry guessed, Cho and Ginny must have some kind of connection with Jade. But they wouldn't say.

The strange thing was, Jade called Harry just Harry. What kind of relationship did he have with Jade? And since when did he understand those suffixes that Jade added to the names? He hadn't spoken Japanese or taken classes. Kun meant that Jade knew Eli well enough to call him by his name, and that Eli was probably her age. San meant that Meiling was Jade's elder. Sometimes Jade called Meiling oba, or oba-san, meaning aunt. So Meiling was Jade's aunt. Oka-san and Otou-san meant mother and father.

Harry shook his head. Hermione never taught him Japanese, neither did Ginny or Cho. He knew he hadn't activated the translating spell that Hermione had told him about. Everything was just so puzzling. He hoped this mystery would be solved soon and not end in a tragedy this time.

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