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This chapter has been beta read by DragonSlayer2187, thank you sweetie you are awesome!

Sorry for taking so long in getting this out. But we will now be going to the regular weekly updates. (as long as nothing happens in RL)

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Yume no Naka ni Seishin

Chapter Five

It had been a little over two weeks since Harry had started at the Muggle High School, and to be honest he was enjoying himself. He was especially glad that he had done all that studying before leaving England, since with it; he had found out that he wasn't behind. Mai and he had become good friends over the days and she had introduced him to two of her friends, Keiko and Michiru. The three of them had somehow talked him into joining them after school to tell ghost stories, and so this is what Harry found himself doing on a rainy day after school.

"Okay Harry, it's your turn," Mai said as she turned off her light and faced him.

Harry nodded his head and started out kind of hesitant, "Well, it's not really a ghost story, but something that I experienced at my old school." With those words the girls sat up and became a lot more interested, learning in further with curiosity and wonder evident in their faces. Seeing their looks encouraged Harry to carry on, confidante that they would enjoy what he had to say. "You see, my old school, Hogwarts, is a big and majestic castle, up in the highlands of Scotland. Cut off from the outside world, which means there are no phones, mobile or otherwise, TV or any modern comforts that you will find around the house these days." he could see that he really had their attention now.

"How awful," Keiko murmured as she had a hand over her mouth in horror at the thought of no modern comforts.

Harry smirked as he carried on with his story, "In my first year attending Hogwarts I had the unfortunate chance of running into the schools well known poltergeist, which had been named Peeves. I was walking down a stone corridor with only flame torches lighting the way, throwing shadows everywhere, old suits of armor lining the walls, giving off a feeling of someone standing behind you all the time and portraits of past teachers, some from centuries ago, hanging on the walls, feeling as though you were being watched. I wasn't really paying attention, getting used to the armor and portraits as time went by, then there was a sharp squeaking noise from behind me. Quickly I turned around thinking I would catch one of the other students playing a prank on me." At this Harry smiled a little remembering what fun Fred and George had been, his smile dropped a little when he realized he wouldn't be around them all the time now.

"Harry are you all right?" A worried Mai asked as she put a hand out and touched his shoulder.

Harry was quickly brought out of his thoughts at Mai's touch. Seeing the look of worry on her face he realized he had paused in memories for too long. He gave her a genuine smile as he said, "Yeah, I'm fine, just remembering some of the fun friends caused, I miss them." She gave him a smile in understanding as he then said, "Now, where was I?"

"You were saying you turned around to see is somebody was behind you." She told him, smiling back.

"So as I said I turned around to see if anybody was there, but the hall was completely empty and the spooky eyes of the portraits were still following me and the suites of armor hadn't moved. Giving a shrug thinking my ears were just playing tricks on me I turned around and continued walking down the corridor. I was almost to the end of the corridor when something icy cold and wet fell on top of my head and drenched my whole school uniform. What followed is a creepy cackle of laughter and then a little man dressed in a short sleeved pink shirt with an orange bow and blue pants appears in front of me and on his head of black hair is a joker's hat with three bells. He is grinning and laughing at me. He then stops and leans about an inch from my face and says," Harry paused as the others leaned in wanting to know what had been said, as soon as they were close enough he shouted, "Boo!"

Harry quickly turned off his light and watched in satisfaction as all three girls jump, sliding all the way back into their chairs, in fright. Mai he could tell was not happy with him as she was the first to scold him, "Harry don't make us jump like that." A scowl then took over her face as she says, "There is also no way that could be true, how could your old school can have a poltergeist?"

Harry smiled as he said, "Mai I told you my school is a castle which means it is thousands of years old. It has been the sight of countless battles, murders, and who knows what else. That is what created the ghosts known as The Bloody Baron, The Fat Friar, The Grey Lady, and Nearly Headless Nick. I am sure Peeves came about from something like that. I can tell you that you sure learn to try to avoid him quickly, but it doesn't always work as I have been caught in a few stink and water bombs. What I told you was only my first encounter."

"Whatever you say Harry," Mai said waving him off with a hand as she turned her attention to Michiru. "I think it is your turn Michiru as you are the only one left with a light still on."

Harry gave a sigh of relief that Mai just blew him off. He was worried there for a second that he had given too much away about the Wizarding world. He didn't want people to start getting suspicious about him or the school because he couldn't say anything about it. Letting go of his worries he then tuned into what Michiru was saying.

"Okay, I'm going to tell you about the old schoolhouse." Michiru said

"You mean that old half-collapsed wooden one?" Keiko asked in a scared whisper.

Michiru nodded her head and said, "It didn't collapse. Construction work on it was stopped, because of a curse. There have been a lot of people that have died in that old schoolhouse, including a teacher who committed suicide."

"Oh," Mai said softly, her eyes going wide at the words her friend was speaking.

"So, when they were going to build the new school, I heard that they were working to knock it down, but then the ceiling collapsed killing some of the workers." She carried on as she looked to her friend.

Keiko's eyes went wide as she shivered a little, murmuring, "Oh God."

"So, the work was suspended. Last year, they started again, to rebuild the gymnasium, but then, a truck went out of control, and crashed out onto the field where they were having class, and a student died." she added more to the story, from what she had been told.

"That's a lot of incidents," Harry spoke softly, a shake of his head at the words.

Michiru nodded to him as she then carried on with her story, "What's more, and I heard this from one of the upperclassmen, but one night, as she was passing by the old school when she saw a figure in the window looking at her and then it just disappeared." Michiru flipped off her light right at the end of her sentence.

There was a moment pause before Michiru said, "Here it goes. One…"

Keiko had a frightened look on her face and her voice shook as she said, "Two…"

Even Mia looked a little scarred as she whispered in a similar shaky voice, "Three…"

Harry wasn't scarred at all and even gave Mia a slight smirk when she looked at him. In a confident voice he said, "Four…" That was all of them and none of the girls were expecting what happened next.

"Five."

All the girls screamed, "No!"

Michiru jumped out of her seat and tried to hide behind one of the desks screaming, "It's here!"

Keiko jumped out of her chair and threw her arms around Mai's neck, burying her face into her friends shoulder, screaming as she did so. Mai choked a little as her air was cut off thanks to the desperate hold Keiko had on her. Mai was trying to pry her away; but Harry could see the fear in her large eyes.

Harry couldn't help it; he chuckled at the craziness around him, shaking his head. He had felt the stranger's emotions as soon as he came to stand in the doorway. He wasn't fazed at all by him pretending to be a fifth person in the room. He looked from Mia, who was now calming Keiko down, to the teen in the doorway as the light was flipped on.

The stranger was a young teen, taller than Harry, hair a raven wing black, and eyes a deep blue. It was the eyes that truly caught Harry's attention; they were filled with sadness, pain and loss. A soft smile curved his thin pale lips, but it didn't reach his eyes at all. With Harry's observation and empathy ability he could easily tell that it was a fake smile and that the young man was feeling anything but happy.

"W-Was that you just now?" Michiru stuttered out, standing up from her hiding spot behind the desk.

"Was I out of line?" The young man asked as he stepped further into the room, his voice had a smooth even quality to it.

Harry watched as the Keiko and Michiru both let out sighs of relief. Keiko let go of Mai letting her and Michiru both sunk into their seats like their strings had been cut. One of them muttering, "Oh…I was so scared, I couldn't move!"

Harry watched as Mai took in a huge gulp of air and started to message her neck and shoulder as she glared at Keiko. She turned her attention back to the new guy as he continued to speak, "Excuse me. It was so dark, I didn't think anyone was in here, but then I heard voices, and couldn't help myself." He walked further into the room as he said this and stopped just before Harry's chair before giving a bigger smile and tilting his head a little to the side, though once again it didn't reach his eyes.

Harry watched as the fake smile still had the desired effect on the other two girls in the group, who promptly blushed and then began gushing, just like the girls in Hogwarts when they saw a cute boy, and saying that everything was fine and they were okay with him scarring them. It reminded him a little of the way the girls had acted around Victor Krum during last years tournament.

Harry noticed that Mai had hung back and was standing next to his chair. She was giving the stranger a funny look, as though she was trying to figure something out about him. Harry was content to stay back and let them fawn over the new comer, he had enough of people doing that to him, and he had no desire to get in the middle of it once again, not even to save the young man. He sat back and listened, as he knew Mai would soon figure out what was wrong in time and would say something.

"What year are you in?" Michiru asked her and Keiko jumping from their spots and running up to him.

"I'm seventeen this year." He answered

Harry frowned at that and wondered what kind of answer that was. He glanced over at Mai and saw she had a similar look on her face. It didn't take long for her to look to him as though something was clicking into place in the puzzle she was working on.

Keiko and Michiru weren't fazed at all, which showed in Keiko's next sentence, "Then, you're one year ahead of us, huh?"

Michiru then followed up with, "We were telling ghost stories."

Mai still had a thoughtful look on her face and then she met Harry's gaze and he raised an eyebrow as if to say, you caught it too. Mai nodded her head and they both turned to their two friends and the new comers' conversation.

"I see." He stated before asking, "I wonder if you'd let me join in?"

"Huh? Sempai, you like ghost stories too?" Keiko asked with her hands folded beneath her chin and Harry was sure there were little hearts in her eyes and both of them were fluttering their eyelashes at him.

"Sure." The teenage boy answered; not at all bothered by the way the two girls were acting.

This lead too both girls giggling in a high annoying pitch, Harry decided he had enough and got up and started walking around the desks and toward the group. He saw Mai had decided to come with and they both gave each other suspicious glances.

"Um, could you tell us what your name is?" Michiru asked in a flirty voice.

"Shibuya Kazuya." He answered now giving a smaller smile then before.

Harry and Mai had stopped just behind Keiko and Michiru and Harry watched as it dawned on Mai what the problem was. Her eyes got a little bit bigger before they narrowed and she asked, "Um, Shibuya-san what is it you're doing here?"

Harry had wanted to ask that, but apparently Mai wanted to beat him too it. So he just stood back and watched for the reaction and answer.

"There's something I needed to take care of." He answered as he began walking toward the front of the room gazing at things as he went.

"Then, shouldn't you get to it?" Harry said

Just as he finished Keiko and Michiru both piped in, "We'll, help you." Then running over to where Shibuya-san had stopped in front of the white board.

Harry looked at Mai as she looked at him; they both rolled their eyes at their two giggling infatuated friends. Harry then shook his head and gave her a small smile.

Completely ignoring Mai and Harry he turned to the two girls and said, "That's okay. Instead, would you let me join in the next time you tell ghost stories?"

Both of them bounced up and down on the balls of their feet as Keiko answered, "Of course! You're most welcome!"

Michiru then chimed in, "How about tomorrow after school?"

"That's fine. Where would you like to meet?" He then gave both of them another smile.

"In our classroom 1-F, it's the best place and we can decide from there." Keiko enthusiastically said.

Mai and Harry glanced at each other once again. They could both tell it was another fake smile. Mai leaned over and whispered to Harry. "Something is off about him."

Harry wasn't really listening to Mai, as he was trying to see if he could hear some of his thoughts and so wasn't thinking when he mumbled, "He's sad about something."

"What do you mean sad?" Mai questioned back in a low voice, before looking back at Shibuya-san and studying his eyes some more and saying, "All I can tell is that his eyes are empty."

They both continued to watch as Shibuya-san, with Michiru and Keiko following, walked out of the room and took a right into the hallway.

"Well?" Mai said in an aggravated tone as she smacked Harry's right shoulder.

Harry gave a little jump, like coming out of a trance, and turned to her saying, "Sorry, what did you ask?"

Mai rolled her eyes at him and repeated in an annoyed voice, "What do you mean that he is sad and how could you tell?"

"I've seen a lot of people hide things away, and he was doing just that. Besides I just get a feeling that he is sad about something." Harry answered in a roundabout way, avoiding answering her directly.

"If you say so," Mai said starting toward the door. "Well, let's get going home." She added.

Harry nodded his head and the two of them left the room to go home.

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