Niamh glanced at the people who were looking at Tompa with smirks on their faces which made her eyes narrow. Her sense gave off the alarms in her head which she heed it.

LILILILILILILILI!

The ringing sound echoed in the tunnel. Sho let out a small distressed meow and Niamh recoiled as it sent right into their sensitive ears.

The red-haired girl rubbed her poor ears even Sho is lying on the ground with ears laid flat. She let out a quiet groan and picked Sho up, placing in her bag. She looked up to look at the lavender-haired man with curly mustache and no mouth.

The man called himself Satotz after he gave the short speech. He start to run which everyone else did that, too. Niamh begun to run as well. She noticed the white-haired boy at their age coming up to them on his skateboard.

The white-haired boy glanced at the red-haired girl dressed in red kimono. Niamh's eyebrow lifted which the white-haired boy directed his attention somewhere as Leorio made some complaints toward him.

She saw him talking to Gon.

"How old are you?" The white-haired boy asked.

"Almost twelve." Gon replied.

"You?" He asked to the red-haired girl.

"Same as him." Niamh spoke.

"I'm Killua." Killua introduced himself.

"Gon." Gon said.

"Niamh." Niamh said. "Feel free to give any nicknames."

Niamh tucked her hands into the sleeves as she fell into the comfortable silence as she ran along with Killua and Gon.

As Killua spoke to Leorio about his age, he mention that he is a teenager like them. Niamh twisted her neck so fast that it is surprising she didn't break her neck as she stared at Leorio in disbelief.

"Damn!" Niamh winced. "I pity you, Leorio. Whoever had the genetics must be that bad that it made you look older than your age suggest. I am not insulting your appearance or anything like that."

Kurapika agreed with her assessment. Leorio got it when she pointed out her meaning. So Killua and Gon didn't say anything.

Three hours had passed, Niamh is bored out of her mind during the endurance run. She can see Leorio is slowing down and slow her pace down a bit. Niamh is running backwards to look at one older teenager and two boys same age as her. She can see Leorio is firing up as he regained his stamina back as he ran past Gon, Killua, Niamh, and Kurapika. She turned around and chuckled quietly as she continue to run. She silently thanks for the training she had all these years that gave her the stamina to keep going.

Niamh suddenly had a bad feeling. It annoyed her for some reason. She turned her head to see three males are bothering him with words that meant to cut the confidence to the male dressed in formal clothing and holding the laptop. Ears picked up what they are saying which pissed her off but kept her face blank.

She took out the Japanese ink brush and talisman paper out of her messenger bag. She looked back to them to see talking with Tonpa as he hand them the money. She start to draw the kanji for misfortune and few kanjis to make the food taste of their dislikes and bowel problems. Her magic had reacted and multiplied talisman paper into four of them. She made them invisible and threw it toward them. It attached to their backs. It will last long as the Hunter exam. She put her ink brush away and let out an evil chuckle as she focus on the running.

Tonpa and three brothers suddenly got the feeling someone is walking over their graves and shivered in unison for some reason.

Niamh saw there was the stairs and shrugged her shoulders as she took off her kimono to expose she is actually wearing the dark maroon tank top dress. She grabbed the cover for the kimono. She quickly and gently folded her kimono and placed it in the covering. She stowed it away along with her obi and accessories in expanded separate pockets. She took off the getas as she replaced with the running ballet flats while doing the quick impressive hopping on the stairs and did the same thing with her kimono.

She had a feeling she need to her kimono not damaged from whatever it is going to happen. After all she trusted her instincts that saved her ass more than once. Her markings is slowly darkening with color. Niamh ran quickly between Gon and Killua, not noticing Killua's look of interest for the markings on her arms.

Niamh, Gon, and Killua end up in front of Satotz. Sho was floating over Niamh's head the entire time. She listened to the conversation until Gon asked.

"What about you, Niamh?" Gon asked as Killua listened along with Satotz.

"My reason for becoming a Hunter is a secret." Niamh smiled mysteriously.

Gon and Killua can tell she doesn't want to continue to talk about herself. She kept her usual expression as she scowled in anger mentally for reasons to become the Hunter.

-Flashback-

Niamh sat in the Hogwarts Express in silence while reading the book. She leaned against the window in sadness as she watched the families happily chatting with each other. Her heart ached for her own real family who cared about her. She was snatched from them by one person she detested above and was placed on top of her shit list. Niamh had placed the spells on the door of the compartment to prevent anyone to bother her. The train start to move as she is thankful that there are the blinds on the window and door.

She took off her dark purple furisode with several phoenixes and plum blossoms. Standing only nude breast bind and underwear, she put on the weapon belt that held her twin knives on either side of her stomach, two shrunken western swords between her shoulder blades, and set of katanas resting in middle of her back. She put on the uniform and black leggings under her skirt. Niamh refused to put on the robe within reasons. She tied her mid-back hair length into a braid.

The train stopped as she shrunk her trunk and fastened to her necklace. Being raised by people who doesn't have much of morals made her very distrustful of people when it come to her belongings. She look at Jokul, her male snowy owl, and Aya, a fire cat with silver eyes and coat which is similar to colors of fire. She got off the train as her familiars vanished into the darkness. She heard the voice and noticed children her age are heading toward the tall man.

Niamh got in the boat with three others as she sat down at the back. The boats start to move as the view of the castle came into the sight. The children were in awe as Niamh weren't impressed at least. But she could feel the ancient magic surrounding the building.

The first years got off the boat and went inside the castle as Hagrid knocked the door and the stern woman let them in. They stood on the landing of the stairs. Ears picked up the words from the blonde-haired boy talking to two of the boys, one with pale red hair and other with black hair. They seem were about to reply when the woman show up, who introduced herself as Professor McGonagall.

She lead them to the Great Hall filled with students of varying ages and teachers sitting in the front of the Great Hall. Niamh saw Headmaster Dumbledore and glared at him in hatred. She looked away to observe the Great Hall as McGonagall called out the names.

"Evans, Niamh!" McGonagall called the name.

The whisperings broke out among the students as the red-haired girl walk up the steps and sat down on the stool. The Sorting Hat was placed on her head, blocking out her vision.

"My, my." The old and wise voice spoke in her mind, nearly startling Niamh. "I thought I never seen a old soul returning back along with the fire that burn brightly in your soul."

Niamh tilted her head in confusion as the voice let out a amused chuckle.

"You will find out in due time." The Sorting Hat said. "Let's see, oh, my. Now, that's very interesting. You don't have much of morals but you are loyal to people whom you could consider family or friends. You have bravery which you know when it is best to retreat from the battle you can't fight or keep fighting. Smart enough to hide many secrets from a certain person. Wow, I can see some cunning in here as well. One thing, I want you to do is cause chaos and make the damn goat cry. I could get a laugh out of this. Well, you will be sorted in..."

"HUFFLEPUFF!" The Sorting Hat shouted as the yellow and black table let out a happy cheer as another one joined them.

McGonagall lifted the hat off her as Niamh wore the serene smile on her face for some reason it scared the older students. She joined the first years as she planted the dark amused smile on her face at Dumbledore's eyes were stopped twinkling. She sent the mental message to him.

"Well, well. Dumbledore-san, you may take me away from my family. But you have cross the line of your own perils. Beware of the anger of the people who carry the magical creatures in their bloodlines along with not much of morals in them." She purred darkly as she let out a insane laughter that made Dumbledore nearly flinched in shock. "I will warn you once. Try to harm me or anyone I care about. I will show you my dark side I never show to anyone ever."

She withdrawn from Dumbledore's mental mindscape as she noticed Quirrell who carry another person's signature in him and Snape looked at her in shock and interest. Niamh sent the headmaster with a slightly insane smile on her face as she went back to picking the food, knowing he will not heed her warning.

-Flashback end-

Niamh mentally laughed after she heard from her source that Dumbledore lost his temper after Niamh managed to slip past his hands. He should learn you can't always hold a Evans especially when they set their mind to their goal.


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