Harry Potter and the Aliens
Part 3
Emiko woke up at six thirty the next morning, partially due to the alarm clock she hadn't noticed last night. She looked over at the other bed in the room, and saw a blonde girl trying to ignore the alarm. Emiko turned it off and got up, figuring she'd let the other girl sleep in a bit. She went to take a shower, and found towels and soap already in the bathroom.
When she was done, she dried off, and snapped her fingers. Her hair was dry almost instantly, and she put her clothes on, then started brushing her hair. She braided it, and brushed her teeth, then left the bathroom. She found the other girl sitting up in bed looking sleepy, and said, "Morning."
"Really?" the girl asked sleepily.
Emiko giggled. "Not a morning person?" she asked.
"Not at all," the girl replied. "I'm Emily, by the way."
"Hi, I'm Emiko," Emiko said. "Our names sound kind of similar."
"Yup," Emily said. "I think I'll take a shower; I guess I'll see you at breakfast."
"Okay," Emiko said, and left.
She went down to the Gryffindor common room, and looked around. She didn't see any of the boys she had met last night, but she did find Ginny, and went over. "Hi Ginny," Emiko said.
"Hi, how'd you sleep?" Ginny asked.
"Good, I was tired," Emiko said. "I thought it would be scary sleeping here, but it wasn't."
"That's good," Ginny said. "I sent my mum a letter last night; we might see something funny at breakfast."
"Funny?" Emiko asked.
"My mum is the epitome of maternal," Ginny said. "You mess with her children, you mess with her- and believe me, that is NOT a good idea. She also takes a very dim view of people taking kids away from their families for any reason. I'm hoping she'll send Dumbledore a Howler."
"What's a Howler?" Emiko asked.
"A letter that screams its message at you," Ginny explained. "Mum sent one to the twins after they pranked Dumbledore; boy was that loud. She was MAD."
"Let's go down to the Great Hall and see!" Emiko said, tugging on Ginny's arm. "Minerva-san is taking me to find a wand today anyways."
"Why do you call her that?" Ginny asked as they went downstairs.
"It's the same as saying Miss Minerva," Emiko said. "English is my third language; Japanese and Latin are my first and second. I'm multilingual, but I prefer speaking Japanese."
"Wow, that's incredible," Ginny said as they reached the Great Hall.
As they sat down with the twins at the Gryffindor table, a large amount of owls swooped in, carrying messages. Emiko and Ginny watched as the owls landed at various tables, dropping off packages and letters.
Soon after most of the owls were gone, a brown owl swooped in with a red envelope, and place it in front of Dumbledore as Ginny said, "That was Mum's owl."
There was a lot of whispering going on as the students contemplated who would be sending Dumbledore a Howler. Dumbledore was about to leave with the envelope, but too late. It exploded and a woman's voice screamed, "ALBUS DUMBLEDORE, YOU'D BETTER HAVE A VERY GOOD EXPLANATION FOR KIDNAPPING THAT LITTLE GIRL MY DAUGHTER TOLD ME ABOUT, OR YOU'LL BE IN A WORLD OF PAIN! EXPECT A FLOO CALL FROM ME AT 9:30 AM, AND IF YOU'RE NOT THERE, YOU'LL REGRET IT! JUST BE GLAD EMIKO'S NOT MY CHILD, OR YOU'D BE WORSE THAN DEAD, YOU HEAR ME!?"
The envelope stopped screaming after that, and went up in a puff of smoke, leaving the entire room save Minerva and Snape staring at Dumbledore.
Dumbledore sighed and called, "Ginevra Weasley and Emiko Ikisatashi, please see me in my office after breakfast."
The entire Gryffindor table was staring at the two girls, and Ginny snapped, "What? It's not MY fault Dumbledore kidnapped an eleven-year-old, is it?"
"Way to go, Gin," Fred said happily. "That was priceless!"
"Yep, Kaseki-san's reputation will be ruined," Emiko said happily. "Thanks Ginny."
"Sure Emiko," Ginny said. "Let's eat before we have to go see Dumbledore."
"Yay! Food!" Emiko said happily.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione had showed up in the middle of all this, and looked faintly amazed. "I never thought Mum would've sent Dumbledore a Howler, much less tell him he'd be in a world of pain," Ron said. "Gin, what on Earth did you tell her?"
"I simply told her that Fred and George asked me to look after the new first year they liked, and she told me that Dumbledore had kidnapped her," Ginny said. "This was exactly what I wanted to happen, too."
The others sniggered and went back to their breakfasts. As the food disappeared, Snape came up to their table and said, "Miss Weasley, Miss Ikisatashi, I have been asked to take you to Dumbledore's office."
"Okay Koumori-san," Emiko said, hopping off her chair.
"Didn't I tell you not to call me that?" Snape hissed.
"No, you said I couldn't do it in class," Emiko said cheekily, unaware that all of the Great Hall was watching this exchange in fascination. "But we're not in class right now."
Snape resisted the urge to sigh and said, "Just follow me. We will discuss your lack of respect on the way."
"Okay!" Emiko said cheerfully, and dragged Ginny after Snape. Fred, George, and the Golden Trio looked after them, and Harry said, "I can't believe that girl has the guts to talk to Snape like that. I wonder what she called him…."
"We can ask her later," Fred said.
With Snape, Emiko, and Ginny: As soon as they were out of the Great Hall, Snape turned to Emiko and said, "I would appreciate it if you would refrain from ruining my reputation as well as Dumbledore's, Miss Ikisatashi."
"Why do you have that reputation anyways?" Emiko asked. "Is it that you want people to fear you?"
"That is precisely it, and YOU are not helping," Snape said grouchily. "I am SO thankful you do not plan on staying; I have a feeling you'd drive even Professor Trelawney insane."
"Who's that?" Emiko asked.
"The Divination Professor," Ginny said. "She's already nuts, but doesn't realize it."
"Let's go ruin Kaseki-san's day before we go see if I can drive the Divination lady batty!" Emiko said, and started to skip off before she realized something and said, "Dotchi?"
"What?" Ginny and Snape asked at the same time.
"Which way?" Emiko asked.
Ginny giggled as Snape led the way to Dumbledore's office with a slightly doomed look on his face.
They reached the top of the spiral staircase, and Snape said to the gargoyle guarding the door, "Cockroach Cluster." The gargoyle jumped aside, and Snape and the girls went through the doorway to Dumbledore's office.
Minerva, Dumbledore, and a woman with red hair who was glaring at Dumbledore were waiting for them, and Ginny said, "Hi Mum. Emiko's something else. She's already shocked everyone by giving Professor Snape a nickname!"
Minerva snickered as Mrs. Weasley sighed. "And what is this nickname?" Minerva asked.
"Koumori-san; it means Mr. Bat," Emiko said. "Doesn't he look like a bat to you, Minerva-san?"
"I have a class to teach, and I'd better see an improvement in your behavior, Miss Ikisatashi," Snape said, and swept out. Emiko and Ginny collapsed into giggles.
"Can one of you calm down and tell me what happened?" Mrs. Weasley asked wearily.
Emiko calmed down somewhat, and said, "My parents told Minerva-san that they would homeschool me for my powers, because I'm not a witch, I'm a Cyniclon. And Minerva-san said that was fine, but yesterday morning, I was playing with my friend Natalie when I felt like something was wrong. I told her to hide, and then Kaseki-san came and grabbed my arm, then teleported with me. We ended up in his office, and he apparently put something called a tracking charm on me, and I told him he'll be in a world of trouble when my family comes to get me. And then Koumori-san came and said he would take me to get Sorted, and I got Sorted into Gryffindor."
Minerva and Mrs. Weasley were both glaring at Dumbledore. "So let me get this straight," Mrs. Weasley said in a dangerously calm voice. "You kidnapped this girl in plain sight of a friend of hers, put a tracking charm on her, and all this AFTER you were told that she didn't even need to be here?"
"That about sums it up, yes," Dumbledore replied. "Although I was unaware of her friend being there."
"Natalie doesn't give off an energy signal like I do because she's a non-magical human," Emiko said. "Luckily for YOU, her parents would never believe that an old geezer took me and vanished into thin air, so she probably went to my parents instead."
Ginny snorted. "What's so funny?" Emiko asked curiously.
"The old geezer comment," Ginny said, sniggering.
Emiko giggled.
Meanwhile, with Kisshu, Yuki, and Pai: Yuki had driven them to the Scottish border, and they were waiting as their passports got checked. Finally the guard let them through, and they drove off. "Kisshu, can you sense anything from Emiko?" Pai asked.
Kisshu concentrated, and said, "It feels like she's happy about something. Actually, all the feelings I've gotten from her since she got kidnapped are either happy or mischievous."
"That most likely means she's pranking her captors into oblivion," Pai said dryly. "You are SUCH a bad influence on that child."
"Mmph," Kisshu said. "Should I try to contact her?"
"No," Yuki said. "It could be dangerous for her and for us. Just keep checking on her emotions."
"Alright," Kisshu said.
Back with Emiko: "So what should we do now?" Emiko asked.
"I'd suggest calling the Ministry and telling them Dumbledore's gone senile," Mrs. Weasley growled.
Emiko considered, then said, "No, that's a bad idea. We can do that after my brother gets a crack at him; otherwise your Ministry will have a very angry Cyniclon wiping them out."
"That wouldn't be good…." Minerva said. "I suppose it can wait until Kisshu's finished with him; if there's anything left, I'll deliver him to the Ministry myself. We still need to find you a wand, Emiko."
"Why do I need one again?" Emiko asked.
"Most of your classes require a wand," Minerva said. "But seeing as you can seemingly do most things without one, I suppose it's fine if you don't want one."
"I won't be here long enough to actually make use of it," Emiko said. "Do I have to go to classes?"
"I think you'll be very bored if you don't," Minerva commented.
Emiko sighed. "What's first?" she asked.
"You already missed half of Charms, so my class," Minerva said. "The first years have Transfiguration second period. I'll show you where to go, and Miss Weasley, you can either go find out what the homework is, or head to your next class."
Ginny nodded, and headed out after saying goodbye to Mrs. Weasley. "I'll be going home now, but Minerva, if anything else happens, please let me know, because next time I'll be hexing Dumbledore rather than kicking him where it hurts."
"Alright," Minerva said. Mrs. Weasley threw a handful of powder into the fireplace, and stepped in, then disappeared.
Minerva glared at Dumbledore, and then turned to Emiko and said, "Come with me."
Emiko stuck her tongue out at Dumbledore, and followed Minerva out. Minerva led the way to an empty classroom, and said, "Now, in case you're wondering, this class is about transforming one thing into something else. I start first years off with turning matches into needles, and most of them don't get it. It's better to start on something simple so you can't make mistakes that will be dangerous to others."
"Okay," Emiko said. "I think I can do that; I've never tried anything besides changing my clothes. Like yesterday when Kaseki-san transfigured my clothes into the school uniform, and I changed them back."
"I see," Minerva said. "I am curious about one thing, though. You're far more outgoing than your brother made you out to be; why is that?"
"Oniichan tells people he doesn't trust that I'm shy, and then threatens them with imminent doom if they harm me," Emiko said. "It's an act we put together, so when people do try to get around Oniichan, they find out that I'm just as dangerous as he is. But we started this only about six months ago; before that I was exactly what Oniichan described."
"And I suppose that you speaking Japanese and hating English was an act too?" Minerva asked.
"Not exactly; I really do prefer my native language," Emiko said. "But I speak English and Latin fluently too. And any other language I can hear."
"Latin?" Minerva asked.
"Cyniclons are taught from birth to speak both Japanese and Latin; Latin was created by our people," Emiko said. "Cyniclons lived on Earth before humans came into existence. The conditions became too hazardous, though, and they moved to another planet. That knowledge was recorded by the ones who made it off of Earth, but since a lot of things were left behind, some of the humans discovered Latin and made it their language."
"Incredible," Minerva commented. "Class will start soon; why don't you sit up front?"
"So you can keep an eye on me, right?" Emiko asked as she sat in the front row. "Is this class only Gryffindor, or other Houses too?"
"It's just Gryffindor," Minerva said. "I was disappointed; there were only five students Sorted into Gryffindor this year. And you and your roommate Emily McKenzie are the only girls."
"Oh," Emiko said. "Is Emily in any of my other classes?"
"The five of you will be in all each other's classes," Minerva explained. "I'll have Miss McKenzie show you around."
"Thanks," Emiko said. "There are people coming."
"Probably your classmates," Minerva said.
Sure enough, a group of four first years came in, and sat down. Emiko noticed Emily, who came over to sit with her. The three boys sat at the other desks, and Minerva cleared her throat, then said, "You are here to learn Transfiguration, the magical art of transforming one thing into another. This is a dangerous art, and anyone caught fooling around will be removed from this course. You have been warned."
She let that sink in, then continued, "Your task for today is to transfigure the matches I will be handing out into needles." She waved her wand, and a match appeared in front of each of the students. She then showed them how to transfigure the matches, and said, "Alright, you will work on this until the end of class."
Emily raised her hand and asked, "Professor, why doesn't Emiko have a wand?"
"Miss Ikisatashi's magic is different from ours, and she doesn't require a wand for spells," Minerva explained. "Miss Ikisatashi, would you care to demonstrate?"
Emiko looked at the match in concentration, and then snapped her fingers. The match turned into a needle with a small poof of smoke. "Wow…." the other students said.
"The rest of you will be learning with a wand, however," Minerva said. "You need to learn to use your wand before seeing if you're capable of wandless casting."
"Okay!" the students said. They got to work while Minerva gave Emiko a book on Transfiguration. "Your homework is to read the first two chapters of this book," she said. "You can do that while the others are working."
"Okay," Emiko said, and started reading.
By the end of class, none of the other students had transfigured their match, but Emiko was done with the homework. Minerva assigned the other students their homework, and said, "Off to lunch with you."
Emiko happily skipped out, followed by her rather disappointed classmates.
On their way to the Great Hall, they got stopped by a boy with white-blonde hair and two other boys who looked like gorillas. "What do YOU want?" Emiko asked rudely.
"Hey, a firstie with guts," the boy said.
"I'll ask again; what do you and your pet gorillas want?" Emiko asked.
The boy turned faintly red, and sneered, "You don't know who you're dealing with, do you?"
"Well, I would if you had introduced yourself," Emiko said cheekily.
The boy's eye twitched, and he said, "I'm Draco Malfoy."
"Don't know you," Emiko said. "Do you like kittens?"
"No…." Malfoy said, confused.
He actually started to feel a bit nervous when Emiko gave him an evil grin and snapped her fingers. Malfoy felt himself change, and then POOF! he turned into a white kitten. Emiko picked him up, and ignoring the others gaping at her and Malfoy's escape attempts, carried him off.
She headed to the Great Hall and went to Gryffindor's table, where she was spotted by Fred and George. "Hey Emiko, did McGonagall get you that kitten?" Fred asked.
"No, I found him," Emiko said in an innocent tone of voice.
"I smell mischief," George said. "Does he have a name?"
Emiko gave the table at large an evil grin and said, "Draco Malfoy."
This caught Harry, Hermione, and Ron's attention, and Ron asked, "That kitten is Malfoy?"
Malfoy hissed at him, and the whole table burst out laughing. "Best. Prank. EVER!" the twins gasped between laughs.
The Gryffindors were laughing so loud they caught the other tables' attention, and soon several people, as well as Snape and Minerva had come over to see what was going on. "Miss Ikisatashi, do we even want to know where you got that kitten?" Snape asked.
"Guess!" Emiko said happily.
Minerva, unfortunately, caught on quickly, and asked warily, "Who did you transfigure?"
The room at large, except for the Gryffindors, looked startled, and then shocked when Emiko said, "Draco Malfoy."
"I assume there was a reason?" Snape asked.
"He stopped us from going to lunch for some reason, and I was hungry," Emiko said innocently. "I get grouchy when I'm hungry."
Fred and George were rolling on the floor laughing as Minerva said, "Change him back, Emiko."
"Aww…." Emiko said. She set Malfoy down and snapped her fingers. Malfoy POOFED back to normal, and immediately tried to lunge at Emiko, only to be restrained by Snape and Minerva. "Let me at her!" Malfoy screamed, enraged.
"Mr. Malfoy, despite the fact what she did isn't okay, I will not allow you to harm her," Minerva said. "Ganging up on other students is against the rules as well, I hope you realize."
Malfoy snarled at her, and Minerva said, "Severus, please take Mr. Malfoy to your office to deal with him; I will take care of Miss Ikisatashi."
Snape nodded curtly and dragged Malfoy off. Emiko looked up at Minerva, who asked, "Did you have to?"
"He was scaring the others, so yes," Emiko said. "And the book you gave me had something about turning humans into animals, so I decided I'd try it out."
"That's very advanced magic," a sixth year from Hufflepuff commented. "Are you sure you're a first year?"
"No," Emiko said. "All I'm sure about right now is that I'm hungry."
The crowd started to move off after that, and Emiko sat down to eat as Minerva said, "I'll come back for you after lunch."
"Okay!" Emiko said, and started eating.
Next chapter coming soon, and sorry for the wait. R&R plz!