Hogwarts Exchange Students
Disclaimer: I don't own any characters here; they belong to J.K. Rowling, Akira Toriyama, Yoshihiro Togashi, Eiichiro Oda or Ken Akamatsu. The world, including names for Quidditch teams and most spells, belong to J. K. Rowling, which I've used for my own convenience, albeit trying to loosely follow the Harry Potter plot.
Harry Potter Crossover with Dragon Ball Z, YuYu Hakusho and One Piece, and featuring Magister Negi Magi!
11: Alternative Magic
Little by little, others began joining Franky and Robin in the Alternative Magic classroom. Those from Hufflepuff came into the classroom, looking as if they had just walked out of bed. Chachamaru, who Franky noticed was android-like, sat beside Mana and kitsune-faced Kaede, both from Mahora, and that redhead from Reikai that also landed in Ravenclaw. The Gryffindors were also making their way into the classroom by filtration, all sitting around Franky and Robin.
"Why hello there my fair lady," said Fred, bowing at Robin. "I take it Franky won't be presenting us, so we must present ourselves. Fred Weasley, at your services."
"And I'm George, at your call" his twin said with a bow.
Robin giggled, noticing their apparent symmetry and the slight asymmetries that distinguished each. Franky subsequently presented each of the Gryffindors in turn.
Franky scoffed "This is mi pana [Spanish: (loose translation)my companion/ trusted fried; to OP fans: nakama] Robin," Franky finally said. "You two better not get any ideas."
Before the twins could argue about this or any other topic, the professor of Alternative magic entered the classroom. His name was Brook Rumbar, former captain of the Rumbar aurors, and now part of Luffy's crew. Although he leaned over a walking stick, he was an impressive man, or what was left of him beneath those purple robes. He had no skin over his bones, in fact he was made of just that: bones, eight feet worth of them. He was intimidating and appalling yet as creepy as a walking skeleton was, he looked somewhat comical, with his almost two feet radius black afro.
"Yo, ho, ho!" he laughed. "Seeing so many young faces brings joy to my heart, even though I no longer have one."
The nervous looks were soon turning skeptical. Brook cleared his throat.
"You may call me Professor Rumbar, and I will begin teaching you the fine arts of alternative magic" he continued. "Does anyone please care to define this concept?"
Various hands flew into the air, none of them Hogwarts' students. Deciding to ignore his fellow Gol D. Roger's students, he decided on a cute, green-eyed redhead. "May you present yourself and give us the definition, young one?"
The redhead from Reikai stood up, pushing back a few loose strands of hair. "My name is Minamino, Shuichi," he said, his voice as ambiguous as his looks. "I believe that alternative magic is a type of magic unique to each individual, that everyone has the capability to use, and usually involves some externalization of your magic abilities, similar to traditional European magic, but differing from corporeal magic types."
"That's quite the accurate definition," Brook commented, quite impressed. "That is correct, alternative magic is the least reproducible of the magic types. Not all types are external, I should add, although that is its most common manifestation. Yes, alternative magic is unique to you, and I will help you find what type of it you're good at, although I can't help you master it unless you share my affinity."
A handsome young man the Hogwarts students recognized as the Hufflepuff chaser, Cedric Diggory, raised his hand.
"Do you have any doubts?" Brook asked softly, turning to face him.
"Yes, professor," Cedric responded, "what advantages does it have against our magic type?"
"First of all, it's the type we are all born with and we express in our childhood, but seem to forget as we get older," responded Brook. "Some even dare to say it is the truest form of magic. Another advantage is that it requires no wand to channel it, and in some cases no instrument at all, while usually using a lot less energy than corporeal magic. I dare say, maybe a demonstration is in order."
Brook now took out a violin, and began playing a melancholic tune. Soon, everyone in the classroom was crying, and Franky was being especially loud about it.
"Alternative magic can be a supporting magic type, capable of manipulating your emotions, making you stronger or weaker," Brook explained, changing his music to a more active and mellow tune, where everyone in the classroom managed to stop crying and could now pay their full attention to Brook. The professor now put away his violin and took out a thin sable out of his walking stick. "Or it could also serve as proactive magic."
Brook now zoomed through the classroom, dashing towards a block of wood. Everyone watched as he sped towards it, humming, as he said: "Three-Verse Humming: Arrow-Notch Slice". Nothing seemed to happen to said piece of wood, but as he slipped the sword back in its sheath, and soon it fell to pieces.
"These techniques utilize muggle martial arts with increased power because of the use of magic," explained Brook. "They are also a lot more common than what you'd believe, used to a slight degree by all great muggle martial artists and sports players. However, because of the use of magic, our skills far surpass those by any human. They may also be adapted and used in combination."
Brook now began to strum his violin with his sword, and even if it was only for a few seconds, everyone in the classroom began to feel drowsy. Franky never seemed to stop marveling about the many possibilities Brooks skills brought forward.
"These skills are diverse in nature," continued Brook, putting away both his sword and violin. "The students of my academy specialize in such skills, and will now give you some demonstrations in such abilities. Franky, if you will?"
The Gryffindor students now stood on the edge of their seats. They had already seen some techniques of Franky, they wondered if they were going to see new ones.
"Franky manages to convert, through magic and technology, cola into fuel," explained Brook. "If you may, use the Coup de Burst, Franky."
Franky nodded, getting up and standing in the middle of the classroom, where everyone now stared at him. He put both arms forward, one hand over the other, and aimed it at the remaining bits of wood. A burst of air sprung from the palm of his hands, strong enough to shatter said piece of wood into a thousand splinters, most of which ended up pinned into the wall behind them. The Gryffindors clapped loudly and enthusiastically after such a performance.
"His abilities also include guns, which are projectile weapons of muggle origin, and some transfiguration abilities," explained Brook. "As you can notice, alternative magic is not limited by number of abilities, only by your ingenuity to use these abilities deep within you. I believe we have in our midst two ladies from Mahora academy who have similar abilities to Franky. Care to give a demonstration?"
Mana got up, brandishing her bolt-action sniper. She got into sniping position, pulling the hammer and inserting one of the stitches of wood Franky broke apart.
"Care to give me a target, sensei?" asked Mana, a slight confident smile on her face.
"But of course!" Brook said with a bow, materializing another wooden pole through traditional magic. "Fire away, milady."
Featuring a wicked smile from ear to ear, Mana took a shot at the wooden pole. Even when her bullet was a mere fragment of wood, her accuracy was perfect and left a five inch diameter hole on the wooden pole and a conical one inch deep hole on the brick wall behind them. Franky clapped at her demonstration, while mostly everyone else there stood in shock. Soon, the Gryffindors joined in, and the rest of the houses began slowly joining them.
Chachamaru also came forward, merely demonstrating her arsenal and shooting the least powerful of rockets to finish off the poor pole. The cheering intensified.
"Do you need another pole, young lady from Mahora?" asked Brook politely.
"I can give a demonstration without it de gozaru [A/N: This is just Kaede's way of talking, I don't think it has a translation, but please correct me if I'm wrong]" said Kaede, using her ninpo or ninja arts, to disappear into a mess of leaves and appearing into the ceiling, standing there calmly.
"Forgive me if I'm wrong, milady, but that is the secret Japanese art of alternative magic called ninjutsu, is it not?" Brook asked, quite impressed.
"That is correct de gozaru," answered Kaede, her fox-like features in a wide grin.
"Impressive" Brook admitted. "Your various skills will be useful in guiding others with whatever their strength may be. All of these, however, are extrinsic skills. We are very lucky to hold in our walls one capable of intrinsic magic, one who manipulates her body in a way different to corporeal magic. We hold in our walls a Paramecia. Robin, if you will…?"
Robin nervously stepped forward, crossing her arms in front of her, her palms facing her face on either side. As she did this, she whispered: "Diez fleur."
All over the room limbs sprouted. These limbs, ten of them, were all in the beautiful copper color of Robins skin, the hands just as delicate. At first impression, most there got nervous. Others were genuinely scared. Everyone's gazes were either at Robin, or at one of her elegantly moving limbs.
Robin's eyes closed, her whole face tightening as she tried to hide back despair. She'd been afraid of this, of rejection, of fear. Her powers had always given her trouble, even in Puerto Rico where Paramecia were relatively usual among the magic community. Here, she thought, wouldn't be any different.
However, clapping soon reached her ears. By the light metallic sound of it, Franky had started it, but before long the sound also came from other sources. By the time Robin had opened her eyes, almost everyone in the room was clapping. A timid smile found its way to her lips. Yes, Hogwarts seemed like quite the fun school.
"As you can all see, alternative magic holds no bounds," said Brook, calling attention away from Robin. "We are dedicating these first few weeks to finding out your strong points. For now, class is dismissed. I will see you all on Wednesday."
Chatter coming out of the Alternative Magic classroom abounded. Some had a positive outlook, others not so much. All were sure of one thing as they went to the main hall for lunch: this class would be a challenge like they'd never faced before.
A/N: Wow! Its been a while! School had been driving me insane . I thought I'd never get reviews at this point! To answer questions: the romantic moments will be limited as they are in YYH, HP and OP, in other words, they will be light, nondescript, focusing more on the rushes of emotion than anything. So far, no pairings have been planned, except maybe Trunks/Pan, and that's definitely puppy love. And so far, Mana/Franky is more of a bromance between a guy and a girl. Just like in most of the above series, friendships will play a more pivotal role in the story than romance. Although there definitely be romance! Thanks for the reviews! Keep 'em coming, that'll definitely motivate me to write!