I can't believe this is actually popular. Kaleido Star was created by Junichi Sato and written by Reiko Yoshida while HP belongs to J.K. Rowling.

"Oh crap" is thoughts or memories.

'...right, never mind me,' is speaking.

"realise" is Australian.

"realize" is American.

Chapter 2

Harry didn't know how long he was in that dusty classroom for but Ron and Hermione were probably worried about him for being in the classroom for so long.

He didn't want to face them just yet but knew that he needed to.

Harry closed his eyes and took a deep breath in.

There was noise everywhere but almost none of it was coming from the crowd, only few children were shouting about all the amazing things they were seeing, Dudley included, but most of it was coming from the huge ship over everyone's head and the speakers which were playing the background music.

Harry could only remember seeing a bit of the actual people but mainly relied on a huge screen showing the main characters in the act.

It was wet as well and had grey clouds within the stage, it was like magic. Not that Harry would use the "M word" anytime soon.

The actresses fought fiercely with swords making Dudley cheer and Aunt Petunia gasp every time the swords hit each other. Uncle Vernon grunted and grumbled every time the women would hit their swords together, muttering about circuses and freaks and women showing off their bodies in inappropriate ways.

The blonde woman seemed to be winning but the purple haired woman was still up on the rope and fighting back with all her might.

Suddenly the whole ship caught on flames and everyone cheered and gasped as the two women jumped up, and how do they do that?, onto the rope above them.

The blonde woman had made the purple haired woman drop her sword and it was very impressive to Harry.

Just as it seemed that the blonde woman was going to stab the purple haired woman, she jumped over the blonde confusing her and got something from her pouch and used it on the rope to get towards the blonde before kicking her sword away.

Dudley had cheered the loudest before leaning over towards Harry while his parents weren't paying attention.

"I'm going to do what that purple haired one did and kick your ass," mock whispered Dudley from a seat away.

Harry didn't make a sound at that though he privately thought that Dudley wouldn't be able to do what that purple haired woman did; he was too big for that and wouldn't that make Harry the blonde haired woman?

The purple haired one fell and Harry gasp and grasped the seat in front of him before Aunt Petunia pushed him back into his own seat again.

His heart was still thumping as he deflated again as the blonde jumped off but still kept one hand on the rope and caught the purple one.

She saved her.

All was well and Harry started to clap as he heard others in the crowd doing the same along with Dudley.

The fire on the ship went out so quickly and the women were able to swing themselves back onto the rope and bowed.

They looked so happy.

It was so amazing and so were they.

Harry wanted to be like that.

Harry wanted to be like them.

Harry let go of his breath slowly after holding it so long.

His eyes hurt from crying everything out and it wasn't manly at all to wonder round with red puffy eyes especially for him as he was Harry Potter for the Wizarding World.

He was meant to be the saviour of the Wizarding World thanks to a prophecy saying that he couldn't live while Voldemort does.

Was it truly unfair to say he wanted to just follow his dream?

Harry let his thoughts wonder to everything but Sirius before they finally settled into a thought.

Why haven't I been training recently? thought Harry subconsciously stretching his legs out as he tried to touch his toes.

Harry let out a groan of pain as he accidently went too far forwards. He really hadn't done this in a while. Maybe he should go back to training again during the summer holidays or even at school? It's not like people could get any more wary of him if he just practiced a few stretches during the school time next year.

It would be nice, he could even show Sirius- no, he can't, Sirius was still missing in the Veil.

Harry let out a yelp as he tried to do the splits like he could when he was 10. Maybe 4 years of no practice did make a huge difference.

All 3 years of practice had seemed to go down the drain. Damnit.

Harry tried to stand but came up with his legs shaking from its recent torment and having to hold onto one of the not-broken desks around him getting dust all over his hands.

He should go find Ron and Hermione now…maybe after his legs stop hurting. Well on the bright side, other than he won't be able to have children now thanks to the splits, he had an excuse for the red eyes.

It took a while for Harry to figure out how to stand without hurting himself more and probably looked like a baby deer that was just born.

It took him 2 tries before he was able to walk in a semi-straight line and wiped his hands on his pants in an attempt to clean them, it worked if barely.

He wondered around the castle, only crossing paths with a few people, before going through the hidden passageways around the castle that he memorised. It was nice being by himself but he felt exhausted.

He wondered for a while if the Room of Requirement would give him a bed if he thought about it before reluctantly dismissing the thought. It wouldn't do him much good to avoid Ron and Hermione for much longer.

It was quick to travel up towards the Gryffindor common room door. A bit too quick for Harry's liking but there was nothing he could do about that now.

'Oh dear! You look a right mess, did anyone try to harm you on the way up?' asked the Fat Lady, guardian of the Gryffindor common room and beginner Opera singer, in concern taking in his face and outfit.

'Spriggan,' said Harry just audible enough for the portrait to hear.

'Oh but really you should go to the Hospital wing! You look dreadful,' said the Fat Lady trying to convince him.

'Spriggan,' said Harry louder. He really didn't want the Fat Lady gossiping about this later for the whole world to hear.

The Fat Lady sighed.

'Very well, oh and Harry, your friends are looking for you,' said the Fat Lady as she opened the door behind her portrait.

'Thanks,' said Harry off-handed as he walked through the doorway and scanned the common room for Ron and Hermione.

They weren't there.

Neville and Ginny were as they talked in a corner about something, probably about what their summer holidays are going to be like judging by the hand gestures that Neville was giving and the cat like smile that Ginny had on her face.

Harry stared at them before looking down at his now ruined clothes and went up to the Boys fifth year dorms to go take a shower and possibly lie down before being confronted by Ron and Hermione.

Once Harry got to the dorm room he saw that no one was in the room and felt a bit lighter about it. It's not that he didn't want people around but he didn't want anyone to see him looking like, well…crap.

Harry eagerly walked towards the showers, practically running for one. He just remembered to grab a towel and clean clothes before he actually stripped anything off but once he got those he couldn't get in the shower fast enough.

Who cares if it was still daylight? Harry was going to get his shower. Besides the hot water, almost scolding, felt nice. It was a welcomed delight that Harry loved; it was rare to have the shower for as long as he wanted in the Dursley household especially considering the drought going on.

Somewhere in Harry he wondered if he really should be taking a shower for this long as there was a drought going on but he couldn't feel it within himself to care about it that much.

When Harry got out he was red, bright red and a little bit splotchy where the water didn't burn him. He laughed at himself for being so stupid but got changed anyway.

Ron and Hermione were waiting for him in the common room when he went down there to grab one of his essays that he left lying around before he went back to sleep.

'Harry! Are you…better now?' said Hermione as she struggled for the proper words to say in the common room, you never knew who was listening to a supposedly "private" conversation.

'Yeah, I'm feeling better,' said Harry and meant it. He didn't realise how much he needed to be broken down to his barest parts until it happened.

'Good to have you back, mate,' said Ron grinning happily. If Harry could look hard enough he could see faint scars on Ron's face from the brain attack 15 days ago. He ignored the pang of regret in him and smiled back trying not to look like he was staring too hard at where he thought he could see the scars.

'Did you remember what you wanted to be?' asked Hermione, the curiosity shining in her eyes.

'Yeah, though I haven't thought of it since I got my letter to Hogwarts,' said Harry because he was excited to come to Hogwarts, it first felt like that he got in by being special but now he didn't think so.

'Well?' said Hermione in an expecting tone. Her hands went to her hips in a move that she must have had learnt from Mrs Weasley as she tried to tower over him. It didn't work since she was at least a good 10 centimetres shorter than Harry was.

'Well, what?' said Harry, his eyes meeting Ron's in a way that they make up to mean that Hermione was being vague and her good old self; meaning bossing and imposing but in a good natured way if possible.

'Well, what you ask!' said Hermione in a way that told the two guys around her that she going into a rant. That was before she sighed.

'What did you want to be growing up?' said Hermione sharply attracting some attention to themselves, more than usual at any rate especially since they were known to put Professor Umbridge into the Hospital wing recently.

It seemed that their talking had attracted the attention of Ginny who was curled up by the fire or so it seemed.

'Hey guys, what are you guys talking about?' asked Ginny, pushing her way into the conversation.

'Non-making-ur-alk-bus-hildho-ness!-dreams,'

Both Ron and Hermione answered at the same time making it seem like a baby mush of words.

'What?' said Ginny taken back but the sudden alien speak that the duo were doing.

'I said none of your business!' snapped Ron towards his younger sister. Hermione slapped his arm in retaliation and Ginny got her wand out ready to hex her brother.

'Honestly Ron! Ginny's my friend and can be in this conversation as well. We were just talking about Harry's childhood dream,' said Hermione glaring at any of the boys in the conversation say otherwise.

'Oh cool! I wanted to be Mrs Potter, I mean when I was smaller, not so much anymore now- no offence Harry,' said Ginny before letting out an awkward laugh.

'It's fine, my childhood dream was stupid as well,' said Harry before Hermione slapped him in the arm.

'Ouch! What was that for?' asked Harry while rubbing his arm and throwing an angered look at Hermione.

'Don't say childhood dreams are stupid and apologise to Ginny,' said Hermione glaring at Harry for saying such a thing.

'No, Hermione, it's fine. I don't need it, I know it was stupid anyway, it was just me being star stuck by Harry before getting to know him,' said Ginny maturely.

Harry wanted to make a joke here about him not being awesome already without the Boy-Who-Lived title but thought better of it, the last thing he needed was Ginny going back to being a fan girl.

'Ginny, you read all of the Harry Potter books up until last year,' said Ron giving Ginny a firm look that said "I think you're lying but can't prove it" (it had been perfected by giving the exact same look to the Weasley twins over the years when Ron was at home).

'Oh be quiet, like you weren't star stuck once and got everything about them Mr Krum fan boy,' hissed Ginny. It seemed being a star stuck fan was a common trait in the Weasley family.

'The what books?' asked Harry to empty space, he hadn't really thought that anyone would answer it.

'The Harry Potter books, they're all about, well, you going off on adventures and finding romance with a redheaded female and having two companions. There was one Ginny really liked, what was it called again? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows?' said Ron.

'It was Harry Potter and the Hallow Death; it was the last book of the series by that author. There were other Harry Potter books out there but N.M. Tollings was the most famous one. It was my favourite because after a long battle Harry, well you, defeated an evil lord, saved the entire world and a few other worlds and got married to Virginia and lived happily ever after,' said Ginny looking more than embarrassed about reading those books.

'…Right. Can we never speak of them again?' asked Harry as he pulled a face expressing exactly what he thought about those books.

'Of course! What was your childhood dream?' said Ginny eager to change the subject of those books.

'You never did say what your dream was,' said Hermione putting her two cents in.

'It was stupid, I can't even do it anymore,' said Harry referring to the fact that he can't do the splits anymore and the whole got-to-stay-in-Wizarding-World thing due to the prophecy.

'I'm sure the Wizarding World has the equivalent version of it,' said Ron now curious of what Harry wanted to be as well.

'I think I would have had known if they had an equivalent version of it but they don't,' said Harry thinking back to the lights. Yeah, I don't think that they did have an equivalent of a circus, they'd probably think it was unimpressive Harry thought.

'What is it? Because if it is an accountant then I think that we do have some accountants but mainly use Goblins for it, so sorry,' said Ron while Hermione looked unimpressed at his attitude about this whole talk.

'No, I didn't want to be an accountant. Just leave it, it was a stupid dream that I can't fulfill anyway, well not until after Hogwarts anyway,' said Harry rubbing his left hand with his right, this thumb crossing over the scars that said "I must not tell lies" from earlier this year.

'Harry, just tell us, we're not going to tease you about it,' said Hermione gently.

'Not anymore than we've teased Ginny about her childhood dream anyway,' said Ron adding to what Hermione said and promptly cowered at Hermione's glare towards him.

'No, now leave it. It's really embarrassing,' said Harry and left to go to sleep. He heard Hermione sighed behind him but just didn't look back.

Sorry it's so long. It was originally two chapters but I just combined them so we can pick up the pace than something really slow.

If anyone wants to read:

Yes N.M. Tollings is a reference to J.K. Rowling. I used "N.M." of N.M. Tollings since N and M are right underneath J and K on the keyboard and T is right next to R on the keyboard. The title of the book is a reference to the last book as well with Harry's unfortunate accident that I will not say due to anyone who is reading this and hasn't read the last book.

The whole redhead love interest is a play on the more recent books/comic books that have the main love interest as a redhead. (Starfire anyone? Just kidding, her old version is probably my favourite comic girl ever. She's creepy but cool in what she says.)

Spriggan is a reference to the original actress who played the Fat Lady in the first Harry Potter movie but was changed soon after. Her name was Elizabeth Spriggs. Spriggan are also Cornish fae who basically act like the faery version of bodyguards.

10 centimetres (10 cm) is the equivalent of 3.9 inches (3.9 in) for those that can't read centimetres. When Harry gets to America I will change from centimetres to inches as the default measuring system. Centimetres is also easier on me as I grew up using them. However I just put the current default measuring system as centimetres as that is what they would had used in the UK, at least I'm pretty sure according to my research.

I've used cat metaphors on Ginny as that is the way J.K. Rowling mainly described her as which is kind of funny since Harry dislikes cats but whatever floats his boat. So I won't be placing cat metaphors on Harry so he won't curl up, hiss, screech or rub his head affectionately on someone else's limbs.

If I do add pairings in this I probably won't be pairing him with Ginny, just saying right now and after about chapter 4 the main focus of the story will be with Kaleido Stage (the actual name for the place where Sora goes. Kaleido Star is just a title for her adventures since she turns into the star of Kaleido Stage). So she won't be in the fanfic very much anyway, Harry will probably have contact with her but not be romantic with her. For that matter it will be the same with Hermione as I do enjoy the opposites attract thing that she has going on with Ron. It was sudden but a bit cute to me.

There was a drought in the UK in 1996 during the summer time and had been from 1995-1998 before they got a wet season (1999-2002) though their droughts aren't the same as an Australian drought.

Ron brought up accountants because the Weasleys have a squib cousin that is an accountant.

Harry says that Sirius is still missing in the Veil rather than saying he's dead because he's still a little bit in the denial part of getting over a dead but mainly in the guilt stage though. He'll get over it but not easily because this has to be able the 4th adult he's show to be able to trust in the books (I go by books over the movies) since he can't trust the Dursley adults that much. Sirius is a less than Dumbledore to Harry as Dumbledore was the first saviour to him while Sirius was going to be the second by taking him away from the Dursleys' for good once he was free. Then Harry did something stupid and accidently got Sirius killed. Sirius was also a direct link to his parents since he knew his father from childhood (James and Sirius are related and I think Harry is Sirius's third cousin) so he was pretty important to Harry. He might not be able to have gotten to know the man too much but he definitely wanted him in his life. So yeah, very guilty and disbelieving.

Yeah, I'm a researcher fanfic author but I don't generally place everything that I research down the bottom this time I'm trying out placing all that I've researched and done.

I also make Harry sound like a bit of a masochist when I said he needed to be broken down. OTL. Shows how much I've been reading of that topic if that happens.

Also with the bit about Harry saying can they never speak of the books again isn't meant to be taken as a bashing to Ginny. He's disturbed that people have made such a book with him as the star and never knew about it before which is why he wants it ever spoken about again. This combined with the fact he was basically told that he'll have to kill someone or he'll die about 15 days before this time adds on a lot of stress.

Also try saying "Non-making-ur-alk-bus-hildho-ness!-dreams" really fast and now I'm off to go research the money system of Gringotts and the British for the next coming chapters.

Thanks to:

Illusive Man, Windblown Wallflower, kits-hold-their-tears and pococo.

Windblown Wallflower: Thank you so much! I was so excited to see that someone actually reviewed for this. I will try my best on this story and won't give it up!

Okay now I'm going to go do some homework that I was supposed to do instead of writing this chapter. OTL