DISCLAIMER: I do not own Negima or Harry Potter. Negima is the property of Ken Akamatsu, and Harry Potter is the property of J.K. Rowling.
Italics text = character thinking to themselves.
Underline+Italics = character communicating with telepathy
Bold text = shouting
Bold+Italcs = Casting Spell/Ability
Chapter Thirteen
The Tour
As the large group descended from to entrance to the grounds, Harry remembered the part of Negi's speech about flying so he decided to take them to the Quidditch stadium first.
To their luck, the Ravenclaw team was having their first practice. Of course, since it was the first, they kept getting hip by the Bludgers, much to Evangeline's amusement, who otherwise said the game was pretty cruel. Negi on the other hand said that he liked the Seeker's role, that also fitted him quite well. Seeing that the Ravenclaws finished their training, Harry suggested they should give it a try and Negi and Yue accepted the offer and were accompanied by the Weasley twins. Ron intended to join in as well, but he remembered that he didn't have his broom in the locker.
As they played, one Bludger headed for the back of Yue's head and would have knocked her of her broom if Setsuna hadn't appeared and blocked it with her sword, as her large white wings helped her hold her stance in midair.
"Wings?" Hermione said while staring at her. "Is that a transfiguration spell she's using?"
"No, those are her real wings Asuna said and Konoka added:
"As cute and fluffy as always, Se-chan!"
"Umm… I didn't know humans had wings" Ron said confused.
"They don't!" Hermoine snapped at him.
"I am just half human." Setsuna informed them as she descended with the others. "The other half has been inherited from the Raven tribe."
"Awesome! You look like an angel!" Ginny said in the other's agreement.
"Still, please keep this a secret. Even among the staff, only Dumbledore and McGonagall have been completely informed of everyone's past. It would be wise to keep it that way, at least at the beginning." the swordswoman asked them.
"No problem. But this is one diverse group you have here!" Fred exclaimed.
"Yeah, vampires, mages, half-demons, robots, ninja, mind readers and even hackers! You must have gathered from all over Japan to come here!" Hermione said what was bothering her for a while.
"Well, since were on the subject, I'm actually a time traveling Martian that came from the future as Negi-kun's descendant, ne" Chao added leaving the Hogwarts students with looks that didn't know if they should laugh or not.
"She's being serious, you know." Negi said from her side.
"But time traveling over such long periods of time is forbidden, and more importantly impossible!" Hermoine tried to reason with them.
"After so many hundreds of years, few things are forbidden." Chao said with a dark and sorrowful look. "And it's only impossible for magicians. But by combining science with magic, the Cassiopeia was created" Chao said brightening up as she pulled out the clock-like machine. "Of course, even though it was made by science, it's still powered up by magic."
"Amazing" Hermione whispered.
"Why don't you make a demonstration, Sensei?" Yue proposed.
"Okay" he accepted.
"Just don't make the time jump too long. It's not the school festival anymore." Chao warned him as she handed him the Cassiopeia.
As he activated it, he instantly disappeared. A few moments later, they heard him walking towards them, eating something.
"Were having apple pie at lunch" he informed them.
"Wow!" the students said amazed.
"Well, let's move on" Ginny proposed and they headed towards the Owl Tower next. Finally, they visited Hagrid's house, but it was as empty as it was for the rest of the week.
"He's still away, I guess." Harry sighted.
"A friend of yours?" Negi asked with interest and Harry explained who Hagrid was.
"Hm... now that you mention it, I think Dumbledore told us he's a member of the Order of the Pheonix." Eva said deep in thought.
"You guy's know about the order?" Hermione said getting more and more surprised.
"Of course we know about it. Do you honestly think the old man would let just anyone protect the school?" Eva said annoyed.
"Point taken." Hermione agreed. "But what is your relation with the Order, anyway?"
"We're simply here to protect you guys and make sure you can survive what's out there." Asuna said.
"We're not affiliated to the Order or anything. So don't get your hopes up when it comes to information" Negi added.
"Well, even though we say that, my artifact isn't just for broadcasting sports events." Asakura grinned.
"At any rate, this forest behind us is very dangerous, filled with monsters and other magical creatures. I wouldn't advise to go in it just for a walk." Harry said.
"And now, the final stop of our outside tour would be the Whomping Willow ." Fred said as they approached the violent tree.
"It was originally planted there to guard the secret passage that leads to the Haunted Shack in Hogsmade."
"Well, with that much power, it could repel most intruders, whether the go in from this side or come out from the other" Yue remarked.
"That's one nasty tree. Can you give me a minute to paint it? Haruna asked.
"Can you? With it moving so much." Nodoka remarked.
"I'll try."
"Hold on a sec." Harry said pointing his wand at a stone and made it fly towards the tree. Suddenly, the tree stopped moving.
"It has a button on one of the roots that makes it stop temporarily." Ron informed them.
"Nice!" Haruna said painting at light speed.
"Wow! Now that's what I call fast work! And what quality!" the group praised her.
"Now, let's see how it turned out! "Come forth!"" she summoned.
The drawing came to life and came out of her artifact, performing the same attacks as the original before Haruna dismissed it.
"Well, let's head for the castle now. It's almost time for lunch." Harry proposed and they followed him back.
As they arrived at the table, they saw the large plates with apple pie on the table. A few moments later, they saw the Negi from the past taking a piece of it, wave at them and then leave the castle.
"I used the Cassiopeia again when I got near the stadium." the young mage informed them.
A few minutes later, Mana came by and gave Setsuna a report before taking a piece of pie and leaving.
"Nothing much to report" Negi noticed as he looked at it.
Some commotion was being made at the Slytherin table.
"After my father will deal with them, they won't be able to get hired anywhere ever again!" Malfoy bragged.
"Now isn't he the optimist!" Eva grinned from behind him.
At those words, the whole Slytherin table froze (from terror).
"I believe I'm squinted with your father, Lucius Malfoy, right? Ask him if remembers Germany when you tell him about me. Oh, also tell him that he can't transfer you." the vampire said with a diabolical smile.
As she left, some of the Slytherins looked about to faint.
"Did you tell them they can't fire us even if the Minister says so?"
"No, it was something much more pure: I threatened them."
"So simple, yet so efficient" the twins said with a smile.
After they finished eating, they went exploring the interior of the castle. They started with the lower floors, meaning the dungeon and were shown the location of the secret entrance to the Slytherin Common Room.
On the first floor they were shown the girls bathroom that hid the secret entrance of the Chamber of Secrets and were told the story of how it was opened by Voldemort on both occasions and how he was defeated by Harry three years ago. Even Eva was a little impressed by his luck, saying it came close to Negi's.
"But still, the ability to talk to snakes is quite rare. You're the first person I've met that has this ability." Evangeline said.
"That's odd, I thought you can communicate to snakes as well, Eva-chan" Asuna said surprised.
"Yes, but only telepathically, not with my mouth. The skill is considered to be passed down by blood."
"Well, in extremely rare circumstances, it can be given from person to person. Not necessarily with either's approval." Chao said with a glance at Harry.
After that, they went to the third floor and were shown the secret passage that leaded to a sweets shop in Hogsmade, followed by the main classrooms, the Astronomy tower and Trelawney's tower.
Finally, they arrived at the Gryffindor tower and the student's went inside to get their books and clothes before heading to have supper in the Grand Hall.
After that, the group met up with Kotarou and headed towards the Resort.