Hey guys! I'm so sorry for the late update. School's been tough the whole two weeks and there was this battle of the bands I had to attend to. Hopefully I won't be busy any more after all the fuss. This chapter's longer than the others, so I hope you enjoy it :D

About Kero-chan, he might appear in Hogwarts but not this early. I'd also explain why he wasn't allowed at Hogwarts, sometime during the fic. Just stay tuned ;)

Thank you so much for taking time reading and reviewing!

"Text spoken in English"

'Thoughts in English'

"Text spoken in Japanese"

'Thoughts in Japanese'

*Flashback*

Sakura's stay in England so far was pretty much uneventful, except for the occasional tours that Eriol gave to give her a little more insight about England. Sometimes, she and Eriol would meet up with Tomoyo and her mom for lunch and dinners. But she never heard from the professor that accompanied her to England, and she only received a few mails from her family and friends in Tomoeda. Seeing Spinel Sun and Ruby Moon everyday in Eriol's mansion reminds her so much of Keroberos and Yue, which makes her miss home so much more.

"It's too bad they can't go with you, Sakura-san." Eriol would say to her when he notices Sakura's mood drop in seeing the constant bickers of his two guardians.

"No, it's all right, even though we're apart, they're still here, I can feel them." Sakura would close her eyes and smile, although in her mind, she still couldn't understand why she can't bring at least one of them along, even if she insisted hiding Kero-chan as a stuffed animal.

"You're in a world of wizards and witches now, while we are sorcerers. You must never, ever, reveal yourself as a sorceress. In this way, you are safe. Your guardians are too much of a give-away." Eriol would always warn her about pretending to be a wizard to keep her safe. It confused Sakura but she complied.

'It's fine, Miss Kinomoto, we know. That's even one of the reasons why we invited you over.'

If one reason why she was invited to Hogwarts was because she was a sorceress, why should she pretend to be a wizard or a witch? And what are the other possible reasons why she was invited over? The thought of a professor coming over to the other side of the globe to invite her; something big could be happening. Or maybe it was just a coincidence. Either way, Sakura was still confused about the recent events.

'We were afraid that you might lose your life if not taken care of and watched over.'

Thinking about the professor's words, Sakura's eyebrows furrowed. She was always in the midst of danger, but losing her life was not something she would think about during those times. Is there somebody after her? She hopes not. But then, there was this dream of hers.

For countless times, Sakura tried so hard to talk to Eriol about her dream from before, but to no avail. There were numerous times that when Sakura was about to speak up, something comes up. An example was during dinner when Eriol's guardian were not around. When Sakura started speaking up, Suppie suddenly busted in, drunk with sweets, while Nakuru came in chasing him. The night ended in total chaos, much to Sakura's disappointment.

Another was when Sakura and Eriol were in his study. Eriol was practicing some western spells when suddenly a spell went out of control, just when Sakura was about to speaking (a/n: poor Sakura and her timing). Little by little, Sakura would try and open up to Eriol, but to avail. She tried and tried every single day until she gave up, telling herself that next time would be better and that she should enjoy her stay before the term starts. She then forgot about her dream.

It was already early August. Sakura sat idly by the window of the living room in Eriol's mansion, looking at a garden nearby. Eriol went in the living room, fully dressed, then chuckled at the sight of Sakura happily looking at the window.

"Sakura-san, let us buy your school supplies today." Sakura snapped her head towards Eriol.

"Hoee? Oh, I almost forgot about that. Let me change clothes and grab the list." Sakura hurriedly went upstairs and changed clothes. She wore an orange t-shirt, light blue shorts, and long black socks that reached her knees. She quickly grabbed her bag where her money and the list of supplies were in, then rushed downstairs.

"Impressive, Sakura-san." Eriol mused as he motioned Sakura out of the door. Once outside the mansion, he lead Sakura to the limousine.

"So Eriol-kun, do you know any place where we can get these? It's odd if there some random, uhhh, cauldron, in some street here." Eriol chuckled while he opened the limousine door.

"I know just the place, Sakura-san, don't worry."

It was a long drive in England. Sakura, although she went to countless tours for the past few weeks, found herself fascinated with the British way of things. She looked so happy looking at the view outside the window. After a few minutes, they were in a pretty poor-lighted street

"Leaky Cauldron? Wait, I've never been in this area before? Eriol-kun?" Sakura tilted her head to the left, looking at Eriol.

"It's because I didn't take you here, yet, just today. This is a special place. Come, we've got shopping to do." Eriol smiled as he hopped off the limousine and offered his hand to Sakura, who took it while blushing.

The two entered the inn silently. Sakura gasped as she entered in a diferrent 'world', as if entering another dimension. Eriol watched her with delight.

"This is a place for wizards and witches. No normal person can enter here, nor they can see the place immediately." Sakura nodded in understanding, still amazed with the wizards and witches eating and drinking in the inn.

"Mr. Hiiragizawa! Good to see you here!" A man in the counter greeted Eriol. "And who could the little beauty be? First year?" Sakura nodded nervously.

"Ahh, Tom, it's good to see you. Looking good as always." Eriol smiled then turned to the guy near the counter who was wearing a purple head turban (a/n: honestly, I don't know how to call it hahaha). "And hello to you, Professor Quirrell."

"H-h-hello t-to you too, Mr. Hiiragizawa." Quirrell nodded smiled nervously.

"This is Sakura Kinomoto, from Japan, and I'm here to help her buy her supplies for her first year." Eriol motioned his hand to Sakura, who blushed and smiled.

"Hmmm, you remind me of a student long ago, can't pinpoint who." Tom, the innkeeper, stroked his chin. Sakura looked at him "Anyway, you excited for your first year, eh?" Sakura nodded shyly. "Well then, off you go to Diagon Alley!" Tom motioned his hand towards a small door at the end of the inn.

"Thank you, Tom. Let's go, Sakura-san." Eriol and Sakura walked towards the door. Suddenly, Sakura felt light headed and started to tremble while walking. As they entered into the door and out of the inn, Sakura leaned on the wall, breathing heavily. Eriol looked at her with concern.

"Sakura-san, are you all right?"

"H-hai. I just got a little dizzy, but I think I can manage." Sakura smiled, and then the pain in her head was gone. She then realized that they were in a dead end.

"Hoee? Should we go back? It's a dead end."

"It's fine, Sakura-san." Eriol took a piece of stick from his pocket then started tapping a pattern on the blocks. Immediately after he stopped tapping, the wall started to shift violently, revealing a hidden street from behind the wall.

"Sakura-san, welcome to Diagon Alley." Eriol stepped into the street.

"HOEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

Diagon Alley was bustling with wizards and witches, whether students or not. It is really different from the previous alleyways Sakura has been into. She looked on her left and right to see shops she has never seen before; shops that offers broomsticks, owls and different kinds of books. She also noticed that her clothes stands out in the crowd, as most of the crowd wore robes, even Eriol. She looked embarrassed when Eriol looked at her.

"Don't worry, Sakura-san, they won't really notice you not wearing a robe now." Sakura relaxed and smile, but then she realized something.

"Eriol-kun, I think I don't have the currency here? I only have 1000 yen with me. Is that enough?"

"Well, Sakura-san, I think you won't be needing that." They started walking towards a white building with an inscription on top. 'Gringotts', she read.

As they entered the building, Sakura yelped when she saw who, or what, was in the counters.

"They're goblins. Not the cheerful type." Eriol whispered in explanation to her as he held her shoulder. They went straight to the big podium an the end of the hallway. She stood behind Eriol who cleared his throat to grab the goblin's attention.

"Good morning. Miss Kinomoto here would like to request a withdrawal."

"Kinomoto?" The goblin's ears perked up and looked at Sakura quizzically, who bowed down in respect.

"Such respectful little lass, just like her father." The goblin smiled.

'Hoeee? He knows my father?' Before Sakura can ask, Eriol gave the goblin a silver key. Nodding, the goblin lead them to the vaults.

There was a cart waiting for them once they got inside what looked like a big dungeon. Sakura stared at it before she noticed Eriol offering his hand for Sakura to grab on, obviously they would be riding the cart to her supposed vault. Reluctantly, she grabbed Eriol's hand and hopped on to the cart while the goblin followed her behind with a lamp and the silver key on hand.

"Hold on tight, this would be ugly for a first-timer." The goblin said. As soon as the three of them sat comfortably in the cart, it immediately zoomed into the depths of the dungeons.

"HOEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

When the cart suddenly halted, Sakura's eyes were already and her head was spinning. Eriol and the goblin, on the other hand, sat there as if nothing happened.

"Vault 777." The goblin hopped out of the cart and motioned Eriol to give him the lamp the was hanging by the cart. Eriol took the lamp and Sakura's hand and pulled himself and her out of the cart. Sakura leaned on Eriol for balance as she was still dizzy.

They walked towards the vault. The steel doors were blue and yellow, just like the Kinomoto's house back in Tomoeda. There were different flower and book designs carved into the door. In the lower center, there was a picture of the sun and the moon together, which looked like Eriol's key staff, and when it was pushed, a small keyhole is revealed.

The goblin took the key from his pocket and placed it in the keyhole perfectly. He wriggled his wrist and the vault opened, prompting Eriol to tell Sakura to go in.

"It's from your parents, go in." Eriol whispered as Sakura entered the vault nervously.

The vault was dark, but it gave off a very light aura that made Sakura relaxed. When she adjusted her vision, she gasped at the bulging gold coins that were stored in the vault. In the center of the vault, there was a podium with a little pink chest on top of it.

'I'm this rich in this world? I really have to ask dad about this.' Sakura mused to herself as she grabbed two handfuls of gold coins for her school supplies and placed them in her purse. After that, she shifted her attention to the pink chest.

She opened it and saw a small parchment inside. It looked like a letter to her, so she opened it, and as soon she read it, her tears started brimming in her eyes.

My dear child,

If you are reading this, then you must be of proper age now. I knew Touya won't come here so I chose to write to you instead. I'm so sorry if this is too much for you, but it is for the best. Your father and I left this fortune for you; although we really are not that rich in our future home, but in this world, we are providing everything for you.

I am writing this before we leave England. We are going back to Japan for safety. The wizarding world really isn't safe any more with him around; his evil antics are widespread already, and it wouldn't be safe for you and Touya to be here. We can't always assure your safety, since he's behind our tail already.

I knew you would be a girl, so I would decide to name you Sakura; the cherry blossoms that brings life in spring. I know that your arrival in this world wouldn't go unnoticed. I sense great power in you, but I don't want to risk you fighting for your life in such young age, that's why I wouldn't let you grow in the wizarding world. When the right time comes, you would be sent to the same school I was in before to help you in your journey and understand everything your father and I have gone through. Sir Albus would surely love to have you.

Always be on the side of the light. I know everything would surely be all right, Sakura.

With love,
Nadeshiko Kinomoto (nee Amamiya)

Sakura cried as she clutched the letter from her own mother. Her mother, Nadeshiko, died when she was three due to some 'car accident', which she doesn't believe anymore. So many questions flooded her mind, but she figured that those questions would be answered later on, not now.

"Sakura-san? Let's go, we still have to buy stuff." She heard Eriol from the outside. Pocketing the letter and wiping the residue of her tears, she went out of the vault and closed it behind her.

Sakura was quiet during their escapade in Diagon Alley, but it didn't mean that she didn't enjoy. She would always find herself gasping and squeaking in delight as they pass various stores. They first bought her school uniform at Madam Malkin's Robes for special occasion. She also bought a pink robe for her to wear for the rest of the day. They then proceeded to buy her books, trunks for the travel, quill and parchments, gloves and winter robes, and some lab equipments (cauldron, crystal phials, etc.) It was around noon when they stopped by a restaurant to eat.

"Anything else on the list, Sakura-san?" Eriol said as he sipped the last drop of his iced tea.

"Hmmmm, well, the pet is optional so ..." Sakura skimmed the parchment with the list of school supplies with her finger. "Uhhh, a wand?" Sakura looked at Eriol, tilting her head to the left.

"I know just the place. Come now, so we could go home early." Eriol took their purchases and made it float in the air for easier travel. Sakura followed him after chomping on her sandwich.

"Eriol-kun, what's the difference between my star wand and a wizard's wand?" Sakura asked as she walked beside Eriol.

"See this?" Eriol reached for the long wooden stick in his pocket. "This is a wizard's wand. Unlike our wand keys, which requires the users to manipulate their magical energies to greater extent, these wands have magic in it already. You just have to control the energy in it."

"Hoee? So even you don't posses magic, you can still use one?"

"No, Sakura-san. You still have to have magic to access the magic in these wands. Well, the energy in these wands depend on the core, or what it's made of." Eriol smiled at Sakura who nodded in understanding.

After walking for a few minutes, they stood outside Ollivanders. Sakura looked at the store in amazement. Unlike the other stores, she felt more powerful forces inside the store, making her uneasy.

"It's alright, Sakura-san. Sorcerers like us normally feel the powers from the wands, unlike wizards, who are oblivious." Eriol whispered as he pushed Sakura towards the door. "Don't be scared, I'll be with you."

The both of them entered the store. It was a bit dark inside, and it was full of rectangular boxes. Sakura then proceeded to right the bell on the counter while Eriol stayed by the door. After a few seconds, an old man appeared from the inside of the store.

"Hmmmm ... I'd never thought I'd see you, Miss Kinomoto." The old man smiled, then proceeded to skim through the boxes behind the counter. After a few moments, the old man then approached Sakura with a box that contained a dark brown wand.

"Here, unicorn hair, 11 inches, rosewood." He said while handing Sakura the wand. "Go on, give it a wave."

Sakura looked at the man confused before reluctantly waving it. The shop's vase immediately crashed and Sakura yelped in surprise. She placed the wand on top of the counter immediately.

"Hmm, not for you eh? How about this? Unicorn hair, ash, 14 inches. Pretty loyal wand if you ask me." Again, Sakura took the wand and gave it a wave, but then, boxes came flying out of their places.

For the next few minutes, Sakura tried wands which was compatible for her, but to no avail. She began feeling hopeless when the last wand she waved made Eriol puke.

But the old man, determined, went through the depths of the shop and skimmed through the dusty boxes. He found a box that glimmered and immediately used a floating spell to take it, as it was on top of the other boxes. He thought for a moment before returning to Sakura.

"This one, dragon heartstring, yew, 12 and half inches." He said. Sakura noticed the drop of the old man's mood.

"Yew? With dragon heartstring?" Sakura heard Eriol gasp from the corner. She tensed up and looked at the wand with concern.

Sakura then took the wand with her shaking right hand then immediately shut her eyes, waiting for the inevitable. But instead of explosions and crashes, all she heard was gasps from the men inside the store, and, unlike with the other wands, she felt more complete, which made her relaxed. She slowly opened her eyes to see pink sparks swirling around her. She gasped in amazement as she looked around her, and looked at Eriol, who gasped in amazement.

"Interesting ..." The old man stroked his chin while he looked at Sakura with curiosity. "The dragon heartstring is a very powerful core, you must be quite powerful, and yew ... I remember one with the same wood with you." The old man frowned.

"Uhh, may I ask who that one was?" Sakura asked, which made him frown even more.

"Aahh, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked you a ..." she stopped when he kissed her cheek, making her blush.

"Be careful. Always be on the side of light." He whispered. "I know you're goodhearted in nature, but please, just be careful." He rose up and smiled at her, who looked confused.

After paying for the wand, Sakura and Eriol went out of the store and started to walk. Sakura was still bothered by the man's words. They stopped by a store for a while, and Eriol went in, telling Sakura to wait outside.

'Always be on the side of light? Those were my mom's exact words. What do they mean?' Sakura's eyebrows twitched in confusion. He didn't notice Eriol appearing, holding a cage with a golden brown owl.

"Sakura-san?" Eriol waved his hand in front of Sakura, snapping her out of her thoughts.

"Hoee? An owl?" She squeaked in delight. She touched the feathers of the owl, who purred in delight. She smiled, it somehow reminded her of ...

"Keroberos?" Eriol asked. She nodded.

"Well then, I'll name it Kero-chan. Thank you Eriol-kun." Sakura smile, forgetting her worries when she took the cage with her.

"Come, Sakura, let's go home and rest. I know you're tired." Eriol lead the way for Sakura, who happily followed.

Okaaaaay! Here's chapter 5. I actually had to think about her wand for this. And this is my favorite chapter so far, although it's pretty rushed (I admit)! And Kero-chan's here, as an owl HAHAHAHA!

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