In order to become stronger

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or Naruto, it belongs to J.K Rowling and Masashi Kishimoto. But the OC is mine.

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3. Afternoon tea

Hinata is sitting with lady Zinnia in another part of the magical garden. Hinata is still unsure over how they have gone from the field to this place. Suddenly a path surrounded by a beutiful flowers combination has appeared in front of her eyes. The mysterious woman has said to Hinata that she called Zinnia and has guide her inside the path.

Lady Zinnia takes a sip from her herb tea and sighs in comfort. They are sitting on a pavilion made of dark wood.

"Hinata, say me... Do you want to go to school once again?"

Hinata shrugs. Memory back at school starts to fill her mind. Because she was the future heir of the Hyuuga clan, many other children didn't like her, the other children thought that the teacher favour her. It didn't help either that she was shy and frail. She often got into fight with others, even if she didn't do anything to them. These were indeed bullied days for Hinata.

Lady Zinnia takes the girls' silence as a 'no'. She sighs. She doesn't seem pleased with what she is going to say.

"I'm sorry, dear. I don't want to force you, but I have a feeling that Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is the main key to make you bloom."

Hinata doesn't know what to say. The school name sounds suspiciously, but... If this is the chance for Hinata to change, she is willing to take it.

"Um, sorry Lady Zinnia, but how many students are there?" Hinata asks with a shaky voice.

"Hm...", Lady Zinnia seems to count. "Let me see... About ten students pro houses on every year, seventh year in total..." She gives Hinata an apologetic smile. "Well, maybe around 280 scholars."

Hinatas' already pale face, turn to white like a ghost.

"Oh", she finally says. She almost faint. So many teen together? This is beyond her expectation and she not sure if she can handle to be with so many others.

"No, you can't give up so easily, Hinata", says Hinata to herself. "You haven't even try yet! Everyone work so hard, show some courage!" She cannot help but think about the cornflowers on the field, how frail they have looked and then the alternative cornflower pops up in her head.

The blue haired girl takes a deep breath.

"I-I think I can handle it", she tries to sound convincing, but she is still unusual pale.

Lady Zinnia squeezes Hinatas' hand.

"I'm sure you going to clear this brilliant."

The girl tries to smile.

"How many year must I go there?"

"Oh, you turn fourteen on December, don't you? That make you a third year... So just five years to go."

Hinata's smile drops and she seems to faint in any minute.

"Don't worry, maybe you don't need to stay there for so long." Lady Zinnia waving her hand. "Just take every year as it comes, okay?"

The woman makes a promise to herself that she's going to tell the poor girl that she also must stay at the schools' dorm, later, when the first chock has disappeared.

"Let's talk about the elective subject you must choice in the third year instead." She swings her hand and a paper apparent on the table in front of Hinata. "What do you think? You must at least choice two of them. I suggest it is enough with two more subject, you already have seven others mandatory lessons."

The girl takes a look on the paper and frown.

Arithmancy, Muggle Studies, Divination, Study of Ancient Runes and Care of Magical Creatures.

Hinatas' head bolts. The most 'normal' one seems to be Divination, but she isn't sure that you can learn to be a fortune teller.

"Curious about divination?" asks Lady Zinnia. "I understand if you think that this seems to be one of the most 'normal' subject, but it's definitely the least logical one." She bends down against Hinata and point on 'Arithmancy'. "If you interesting in fortune telling then I suggest this instead. It use more theoretical method and knowledge to discover the future. Divination is more like rough guesses, if you aren't born as a seer, of course."

Hinata decides to take arithmancy and care of magical creatures. Lady Zinnia has told her that she was sure that Hinata know how to behave outside the wizards world more than the one who was born in a wizard family (whats that now mean) and taking muggle studies as lesson ever going to be.

"And ancient runes is pretty easy to self-studies, if you get the right books."

So it ends up Lady Zinnia promises to lend some ancient runes book to Hinata if she is interested.

Hinata is still confused over the wizard world and the magical school, but Lady Zinnia granted that she is going to understand it by time.

"Oh, the time went really fast. Best you go and sleep Hinata, tomorrow going to be busy." Lady Zinnia looks up at the sky that start to get dark blue, then she realises something. "I almost forgot. No offensive Hinata, your hair colour is lovely, but it's going to draw unnecessary attention towards you."

Lady Zinnia conjures a small bottle with dark grey- blueish liquid out of nothing in the air.

"Let me help you to... change your hair", she says. "Please sit."

Hinata does as she was told. Her eyes catches the sight of a long...stick on Lady Zinnias' right hand, that she hasn't seen before. The woman swings the stick. Hinata feels a chill rush though her body, when her hair suddenly become wet. Lady Zinnia starts to fiddle Hinatas' short hair with the liquid. The girl sighs in comfort, it feels really good with some kind of massage after a long day of training and all new things she has discover. After Lady Zinnia is finish, she waves the stick once again and Hinatas' hair is dry.

"Good to see you like it, dear. Let's show you to your room."

The short girl follow the elegant female though a new path and they stop in front of another pavilion that have a door. Lady Zinnia lets Hinata in first and the girl gasps.

If Hinata was impress with the outside, then it was nothing compared with how it looks inside the construction. It is a big bedroom. The tappet is pure white with fresh pink roses coiled everywhere. On the middle of the room laid a fluffy canopy bed. Every stuff on it is made of the softest silk in white and pink colour. The furniture are in victorian style with breath-taking patten. The whole room is decorated with something in either white- or pink shade colour.

Hinata looks at the night suit Lady Zinnia has prepared for her. It looks really girly. Two parts white clothes with baby pink circled on. At the end of the clothes is pink fringed. At the top of the night suit is a big ribbon, pink of course.

Hinata coughing. The night suit is about triple as fancy, compared with her usual clothes. She has never sleep on a bed or been in such a modern and luxury room before. The Hyuuga Family is probably the most traditional clan in the whole Konoha. They lived not poor, but it was simply.

She forces herself into the soft new suit and laid down on the bed that sink about six inches with her wight on. Hinata lays her head down on the mountain of pillows. It feels really fluffy and she realises how tried she is, has been for a long, long time.

Lady Zinnia places a frankincense on the bed table. She smiles at Hinata.

"This to make you relaxed." She gives the sleepy girl a light hug. "Sleep well, Hinata. You deserve it. Good night."

Lady Zinnia steps silent out of the room and snaps her hand to turn of the lights.

Hinata lays in the dark and think about today. Now when all have slow down, she starts to worry about what her father and everyone else do just know. Have they find out that she is missing? Hinata soon feels anxious, but then relax.

Like Lady Zinnia said: take things as they come.

The frankincense is helping too. It makes Hinata sleepy and gave her a feeling that everything is going to be alright.

Hinata close her eyes. Soon she is deeply asleep.

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Author note: this chapter ended longer than I first thought. I'm deeply sorry over my many mistakes. I have no grammar sense.

Next time Hinata going to discover Diagon Alley!