Goodbye LJ...
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windandwaterThis is just to make it official for those who don't know, but I'm leaving LJ completely. For the rest of this week at least. Tomorrow is the Bar Exam and it runs for three days, so don't expect to see me about at all until Thursday night. Or even until the weekend since I plan on spending Thursday after the Bar drunk and crying. No online time for me at all. *whines* It will be hard, but I know I can do it.
So, because I'm a total h0r like that, I am declaring this to be a spam post. Go ahead. Run wild! Give me fics, give me links, give me pics, just babble to your heart's content and rape my inbox so I have something to see when I finally DO come back to the wonderful world of LJ. I don't even care if you write me a drabble and post it one word at a time. XD;
Though, I've tried to make a spam post before and it failed a bit miserably, so I don't have very high expectations this time around. Feel free to prove me wrong though!
♥
So, because I'm a total h0r like that, I am declaring this to be a spam post. Go ahead. Run wild! Give me fics, give me links, give me pics, just babble to your heart's content and rape my inbox so I have something to see when I finally DO come back to the wonderful world of LJ. I don't even care if you write me a drabble and post it one word at a time. XD;
Though, I've tried to make a spam post before and it failed a bit miserably, so I don't have very high expectations this time around. Feel free to prove me wrong though!
♥
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Re: Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Date: 2006-02-21 06:50 am (UTC)She knocked twice on the door, and it swung open to reveal a vast dining hall. Rows of tables lined the floor, and tapestries of blue and gray covered the walls; all was illuminated by dozens of sourceless, bobbing lights that hovered partway between the floor and the vaulted, star-speckled ceiling. Heero's eyes were drawn to the sky-like panorama almost in spite of himself; he searched for the bright lights of L1, but could not find them. He swallowed hard, and dropped his eyes back down to the cleared space at the front of the hall. The teachers' tables were set sideways to the four long rows of student's tables; in the space between them sat a small four-legged school. Along the wall beside the door where they had come in were the first years; lined up in single file, the eleven-year-old children clutched nervously at each others' hands and stared wide-eyed at the ragged, dark old hat that sat plainly on the stool. Heero eyed the object with suspicion; it differed quite strikingly in appearance from everything else in the grand, magnificent hall.
Suddenly, the hat moved -- on its own, without any action from anyone else in the hall, it shifted around on the stool as though it were alive. The rips and creases on the hat arranged themselves until they almost looked like a face outlined in the folds of cloth, with two dark eyes and a line of a mouth. The mouth opened, and the voice that issued forth was startlingly deep and rich as the hat began to sing.
Perhaps I am not handsome
But wait for me to sing!
You'll find I'm awfully useful
In sorting out your things.
I can see inside your head
The things I need to know --
Don't worry, I won't say a word
Except for where you'll go!
You might belong in Gryffindor
Where dwell the truly just;
The strong, the proud, the chivalrous
These folk do what they must.
You might belong in Hufflepuff
The house of gentle hearts,
Those kind and loyal to their friends
Who bear compassion's part.
In Ravenclaw you might just go
If sharp and keen of mind;
Those who see, but do not tell,
The secrets that they find.
Those who stay in Slytherin
Are more than what they seem;
Committed towards every end
To justify the means.
Yes, I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat
I'm rarely ever wrong,
So put me on, and I'll decide
In which house you belong.
Re: Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Date: 2006-02-21 06:51 am (UTC)The audience in the hall burst into tumult as the song ended; the first-years gasped and whispered with apprehensive excitement, but all the students sitting at the table and the teachers at the front of the hall broke into applause. The hat shifted and bent, almost bowing; a short, rabbity-looking man with a long scroll of parchment in his hand stepped up beside the stool and cleared his throat.
"When I call your name, come to the stool and place the hat on your head. Let's begin with -- Ansley, Walden!"
A gangly, dark-haired boy stumbled forward and sat shakily on the stool, picking up the hat gingerly as though it would bite him and putting it over his head. There was a long moment of silence before the hat shouted -- "HUFFLEPUFF!"
Heero narrowed his eyes, and moved his head until he could see Quatre out of the corner of his eye, who stared along with everyone else at the hat. "That thing can read our minds?" he muttered.
"I think so," Quatre replied anxiously, but his attention was immediately switched forward again as the short wizard called out, "Barton, Trowa!"
Heero leaned forward unconsciously, his hand twitching by his side; behind him, Quatre held is breath as they listened for the judgment. It seemed like hours later, but it could only have been a few seconds until the hat shouted "RAVENCLAW!"
That was all, and as Trowa calmly set the hat back on the stool and walked to the blue-and-gray decorated table, Quatre blew out a shaky sigh of relief. "Burtelett, Anna" went to Hufflepuff next, and then...
"Chang, Fei Wu!" the wizard called. Duo burst out laughing, and several of the others surrounding him laughed without even knowing why. Wufei winced at the mangling of his name, but sighed deeply and stepped forward.
After a moment., the hat came to some decision, and yelled "GRYFFINDOR!"
There was cheering and clapping from the Gryffindor table, but from none so loud as Duo. Wufei shot him an irritated glance as he made his way to the scarlet-and-gold table, but Duo only grinned. The hat made its way rapidly down the list; some decisions the hat made very quickly, others took a few moments, but before long they had gotten through "Kay, Misalle" and then it was Duo's turn.
Re: Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Date: 2006-02-21 06:51 am (UTC)Half the hall leaned forward, holding its breath, as Duo bounced forward towards the stool. Several of the students Duo had been talking with on the train were pointing excitedly, talking quickly to their neighbors. He'd only known them for the length of the train ride and already Duo Maxwell had quite the reputation; the Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw tables all leaned forward eagerly to see which house would get him. Duo perched himself on the stool, crossing one leg over the other, and placed the hat on his head.
There was a long moment of silence; when it had stretched out longer than any of the previous decisions, little movements started. Teachers began to exchange glances; whispers flew among the students' tables. The wizard with the list began to look rather flustered, and after nearly two minutes of nothing happening he reached out to take the hat off Duo's head. Just before his hand could reach the fabric, though, the shout pierced through the hall. "SLYTHERIN!"
This was, it seemed, the last thing that anybody expected. All the tables, including Slytherin's, reacted with dismay. Duo, completely oblivious to the controversy, replaced the hat on the chair and headed for his new table. He snagged one of the empty chairs and sat in it, putting his feet up against the table and tipping the chair back. Those students sitting nearest by glared evilly, but he ignored them.
"Surely there's been some mistake..." the wizard with the scroll muttered doubtfully. Professor Nebet, from the seat at the teacher's table closest to the door, cleared her throat pointedly, and he hastily dropped his eyes back to the next name on the list. "Uh... Mullock, Peter!"
One by one the new students cleared away, until they finally worked their way down to "Winner, Quatre!" None of the wizards in the hall reacted to the name; it seemed it was not so well known in these circles. When Quatre sat on the stool his legs curled up until they did not even touch the ground, and his hands clinched on the stool sides. He kept sneaking hopeful glances towards the Ravenclaw table, and when the hat called its verdict of "HUFFLEPUFF!" he looked profoundly disappointed. Taking a deep breath, he put a smile on his face and went to the Hufflepuff table.
There were only two students left to be sorted -- "Yards, Meryl" went to Gryffindor and then Heero stepped away from the wall and went to the stool.
The hat settled over his head, and Heero heard the voice of the hat immediately in his ear. "So, let's see what we have..." it murmured.
Heero concentrated on making his thoughts as clear as possible. ::Put me in the same house as Duo or I'll turn you into rag paper.::
Re: Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Date: 2006-02-21 06:51 am (UTC)Half the hall leaned forward, holding its breath, as Duo bounced forward towards the stool. Several of the students Duo had been talking with on the train were pointing excitedly, talking quickly to their neighbors. He'd only known them for the length of the train ride and already Duo Maxwell had quite the reputation; the Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw tables all leaned forward eagerly to see which house would get him. Duo perched himself on the stool, crossing one leg over the other, and placed the hat on his head.
There was a long moment of silence; when it had stretched out longer than any of the previous decisions, little movements started. Teachers began to exchange glances; whispers flew among the students' tables. The wizard with the list began to look rather flustered, and after nearly two minutes of nothing happening he reached out to take the hat off Duo's head. Just before his hand could reach the fabric, though, the shout pierced through the hall. "SLYTHERIN!"
This was, it seemed, the last thing that anybody expected. All the tables, including Slytherin's, reacted with dismay. Duo, completely oblivious to the controversy, replaced the hat on the chair and headed for his new table. He snagged one of the empty chairs and sat in it, putting his feet up against the table and tipping the chair back. Those students sitting nearest by glared evilly, but he ignored them.
"Surely there's been some mistake..." the wizard with the scroll muttered doubtfully. Professor Nebet, from the seat at the teacher's table closest to the door, cleared her throat pointedly, and he hastily dropped his eyes back to the next name on the list. "Uh... Mullock, Peter!"
One by one the new students cleared away, until they finally worked their way down to "Winner, Quatre!" None of the wizards in the hall reacted to the name; it seemed it was not so well known in these circles. When Quatre sat on the stool his legs curled up until they did not even touch the ground, and his hands clinched on the stool sides. He kept sneaking hopeful glances towards the Ravenclaw table, and when the hat called its verdict of "HUFFLEPUFF!" he looked profoundly disappointed. Taking a deep breath, he put a smile on his face and went to the Hufflepuff table.
There were only two students left to be sorted -- "Yards, Meryl" went to Gryffindor and then Heero stepped away from the wall and went to the stool.
The hat settled over his head, and Heero heard the voice of the hat immediately in his ear. "So, let's see what we have..." it murmured.
Heero concentrated on making his thoughts as clear as possible. ::Put me in the same house as Duo or I'll turn you into rag paper.::
Re: Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Date: 2006-02-21 06:51 am (UTC)::Not a word of this to anyone, or else...:: Heero let the thought trail off unspoken, heavy with threat.
The voice, though, was no more than amused. "Don't worry, I'll keep it under my -- hah! --hat. Well, you certainly have a way of getting what you want, I see. Then I think the best place would really be -- SLYTHERIN!"
Before the last echoes had faded from the hall Heero was off the stool, and heading towards the Slytherin table. There was some polite clapping, but now the Sorting was over and people were looking eagerly forward to what would happen next.
At the center of the teacher's tables, on a raised platform, an old man rose from his seat. He had drooping gray eyes and a short, neatly trimmed white beard. "Welcome one and all to Hogwarts," he began. "It's been a long summer since I last saw you all, and some of you I see for the first time -- and some I saw last year that I shan't see again..."
"Nice to meet you, Fei Wu. My name's Kassie Tander," one chatty girl introduced herself.
He winced slightly. "My name is Wu Fei, actually," he corrected painfully.
"Oh, sorry," she shrugged it off. "So why did you transfer out of Astrospell, anyway?" she wanted to know
"Because of the war," he said, which was entirely true, but still misleading.
Kassie stared at him in puzzlement for a moment. "The wa -- oh, that!" she said, and burst into giggles. "But that's Muggle stuff! It doesn't have anything to do with *us!*"
"For now, at least," Wufei muttered to himself under his breath.
The girl took no notice. "So anyway, Fei -- I mean, Wu Fei --"
Re: Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Date: 2006-02-21 06:51 am (UTC)Quatre, in the meanwhile, had found himself in a very odd position -- seated next to a ghost. He actually looked just like a student, the only difference being that he was completely silvery white and his elbow, instead of resting on the table, dropped through it. Quatre glanced over him nervously, tuning out the droning speech; he wasn't sure, but the ghost's uniform looked very out of date, now that he thought about it. Pre-Colony era, even.
"No need to stare," the ghost advised him in a friendly tone. "I'm the Hufflepuff House Ghost. You'll be seeing me around a lot."
Blushing, Quatre attempted to stammer an excuse. "I'm sorry -- I've just never seen a, that is, uh, I've never met a ghost before..."
"Diggory's the name," the ghost introduced himself. "Cedric Diggory. [9] I was a student here -- oh, must be a couple hundred years back, now. I'd shake your hand but it really wouldn't work."
For once, Quatre found himself at a loss for words. "I'm sorry?" he offered awkwardly.
"Don't be," Cedric said kindly. "Better talking to you than listening to Snellgrove's homecoming speech. He never changes it year after year and it's bloody boring to listen to."
"What's worse," sighed one of the other Hufflepuff students, "we don't get to eat until he's done."
Quatre sighed, and settled himself in for a long wait.
At the Ravenclaw table, an older boy with a prefect's badge on his robes nodded gravely to the newcomer. Trowa nodded back.
At the end of the meal the four houses separated, and each trekked back to their individual towers. Through the corridors on the way Duo stared around with seemingly boundless energy; waving at every person in the portrait who whispered as he passed, or stopping to investigate the archaic suit of armor that trekked slowly through the halls. Heero followed at a somewhat more sedate pace; he saw the confused and annoyed looks on the faces of the other Slytherins, and knew that there would be trouble.
The door to the Slytherin hallway lay hidden behind a painting; one of the older boys, with an unfamiliar badge on his robes, gave the man in the painting some kind of password before the canvas swung open to reveal a wide, low-ceilinged chamber. Tables and chairs were arranged across the floor space; bookshelves lined the walls, and a steadily glowing fireplace heated and dimly lit the room. There were two stairwells, one on either side of the fireplace; the girls trekked up one staircase, and the boys another.
Re: Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Date: 2006-02-21 06:52 am (UTC)As Duo started up the staircase, the older boy from before stopped him with a hand on his shoulder. Heero stopped, just out of sight in the shadows, and turned back to listen. Duo turned to face him with a cheerful smile, which the taller boy did not return. "I don't know what the rules were like in the Colonies," he began, "but I'm the Slytherin prefect -- Liam Nigelus -- and if you don't follow the rules around here, then you'll answer to me for it."
Duo paused for a moment, taking the prefect's measure, before his smile returned; a subtilely different smile. "Is that the Hogwarts rules, or the Slytherin rules?" he inquired brightly.
Liam released his shoulder, and gave him a hard look for a moment before releasing him. "You're pretty quick, for a space boy," he commented.
Duo laughed then, backing a step away and starting up the stairs. "Liam, I am so quick the stars can't even catch me," he threw over his shoulder.
By the time he reached the third-year room, most of the other students were in bed. Heero sat on the edge of the extravagant, canopied, four-poster bed, braced against the headboard, and stared out the window. Duo slowly lowered himself to the bed on the other side of the window, stretching out on top of the covers and crossing his arms behind his head. After a time, he reached into his sleeve and pulled out the long wooden rod that he had brought for this school and turned it over in the moonlight coming in from the window, staring at it. He tapped on it, and a bright dribble of green fire leaked from the tip.
"Hey, Heero?" Duo said when he knew that everyone else was asleep. "Didja keep track of the route the train took to get here?"
"Yes." Heero turned away from the window, and shot a glance over at the outline of Duo; partner and fellow mobile suit pilot and object of his affection. "I know where we are." Hard enough before now, trying to catch some time together; even harder now, when they would almost never be alone.
"Heero?" Duo sighed. "This is one weird place we're in."
"Hm." Heero looked one last time at the moon outside the window, and lay back down on his bed without answering.
~tbc~
Re: Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Date: 2006-02-21 06:52 am (UTC)Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Rating: PG
Pairings: 1+2, 3+4, 5+OC (*sighs blissfully* Ahh, that oft-seen lineup!)
Warnings: shounen-ai, magic, occasional silliness, occasional angst
Disclaimer: Yea, although I walk through the valley of Gundam Wing, I remain untouched by lawsuits, for I own nothing and lay claim to nothing. So mote it be.
Author's Notes: This is a Harry Potter-Gundam Wing fusion. I wrote it for a contest, so if you see it around, assume that I lost...
Even from the first day on Heero knew there would be trouble. It started the next morning, as the Slytherins wandered in and out of the common room before heading down to breakfast; Duo had woken up before most of the others and wandered down the tower stairs. As Heero dressed efficiently and made his morning ablutions, he heard voices floating up the stairwell; he recognized Duo's, and at least two others he could associate with the older Slytherin boys he'd met earlier. The other third years, still in the bedchamber with Heero, ignored both him and the menacing voices from below.
As a fourth new voice introduced itself, Heero determined that he had better get down to the common room in case there was trouble. His hip felt empty where his gun wasn't holstered, and his hand itched for its weight. Instead he stowed his wand in one of the long sleeves of the black robe, where he knew he could draw it in the blink of an eye. It was hardly an adequate substitute for his familiar gun, but at least in the time he and Duo had spent with the wands before coming to Hogwarts, they had figured out how to make it do at least one thing. It could --
BANG!
-- yes, that was it. Heero sighed inwardly as he quickened his pace down the stairs to
Re: Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Date: 2006-02-21 06:52 am (UTC)Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Rating: PG
Pairings: 1+2, 3+4, 5+OC (*sighs blissfully* Ahh, that oft-seen lineup!)
Warnings: shounen-ai, magic, occasional silliness, occasional angst
Disclaimer: Yea, although I walk through the valley of Gundam Wing, I remain untouched by lawsuits, for I own nothing and lay claim to nothing. So mote it be.
Author's Notes: This is a Harry Potter-Gundam Wing fusion. I wrote it for a contest, so if you see it around, assume that I lost...
Even from the first day on Heero knew there would be trouble. It started the next morning, as the Slytherins wandered in and out of the common room before heading down to breakfast; Duo had woken up before most of the others and wandered down the tower stairs. As Heero dressed efficiently and made his morning ablutions, he heard voices floating up the stairwell; he recognized Duo's, and at least two others he could associate with the older Slytherin boys he'd met earlier. The other third years, still in the bedchamber with Heero, ignored both him and the menacing voices from below.
As a fourth new voice introduced itself, Heero determined that he had better get down to the common room in case there was trouble. His hip felt empty where his gun wasn't holstered, and his hand itched for its weight. Instead he stowed his wand in one of the long sleeves of the black robe, where he knew he could draw it in the blink of an eye. It was hardly an adequate substitute for his familiar gun, but at least in the time he and Duo had spent with the wands before coming to Hogwarts, they had figured out how to make it do at least one thing. It could --
BANG!
-- yes, that was it. Heero sighed inwardly as he quickened his pace down the stairs to
Re: Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Date: 2006-02-21 06:52 am (UTC)" -- last thing this House needs is t'be polluted with Mudbloods who din't have a drop of real wizarding blood in their veins --"
Duo was yelling back, with great abandon. "You think I'm weak? Think I'm a pushover just 'cause I don't have a fancy label on my name? Just you try --"
His other opponent, not bothering with taunts or insults, was sidling steadily closer to Duo. Heero was just about to intervene on his partner's behalf, when the prefect, Liam, stormed down the stairs with his own wand out and his face red as an angry bull's.
Heero sighed as he turned away; somehow, Duo always managed to get into trouble within the first week of wherever he was staying. Everyone who met the garrulous boy either loved him or despised him from the start --
Well, except for Heero, who'd done both. It would bother him more, except that experience had also shown him that Duo was just as good at getting himself out of trouble as into it. Already the fight was over, and the spectators were turning away, bored, back to the normal routine of preparing for their day of classes. One almost everyone was ready in the common room, Liam headed out towards the dining hall, leading the other students to shuffle along behind him.
As Duo passed through the portrait hole, the crooked-nosed boy grabbed his arm and spoke in a voice which he no doubt thought was menacing. "This isn't over, space brat. We'll duel -- you and me -- after classes."
"Great idea," Duo drawled, easily pulling his arm away from the offending hand. "Right under the teacher's noses, huh?"
The boy sneered. "No. In the Forbidden Forest. Unless, of course, you're too scared," he snickered on the last word.
"Scared?" Duo fumed. "Not likely! We'll see which one of us is too much of a coward to show up for the duel!"
Heero pushed between them, breaking the two apart, but didn't speak to either boy as he climbed through the portrait hall and headed off down to breakfast. If there were any further words between Duo and his challenger, Heero didn't hear them.
Re: Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Date: 2006-02-21 06:52 am (UTC)At breakfast, Trowa was surprised from his food by a the noise of a sudden whirlwind of wings above him. He looked up in time to see a veritable army of owls swooping in the tall windows and flapping about the high, sky-like ceiling. Tawny, white, barn -- more birds than Trowa had ever seen, and certainly ones he never thought he'd see in England.
Envelopes and packages began to rain from the ceiling, as the messengers dropped off their daily load of mail. Trowa waited patiently, one hand hovering over his plate to make sure nothing went astray into it. No owl dropped anything on him, of course, but as the storm ended and the owls began to retreat, he saw one smaller one fluttering against a window nearby. Ignoring the curious glances of the other Ravenclaws, Trowa pushed back his chair and went over to the wall, staring up at the bird. It swooped back and forth uncertainly, and this close Trowa could see there was something uneven in the beat of its wings. Slowly, he extended his arm up towards the bird and made a soft noise in his throat, attracting its attention.
The owl flapped a few more times, but couldn't stay up, and fell almost directly into Trowa's hand. It hooted feebly, and Trowa held it carefully as he turned back to his table.
Quatre stood in the corridor, clutching his books to his chest and eying the passageway in front of him uneasily. This was the hallway he had to take, all right, in order to get to his Charms class; but on either side of the hallway there was a ledge, and perched on the ledge were two rows of stone gargoyles. Big ones, maybe the size of a large dog. With sharp teeth. And Quatre *knew* he'd seen them move.
"I knew there was a reason graven images were outlawed," he muttered as he estimated his chances. If they were slow and he was fast, he might get past them, but still... He really wished he had Sandrock with him now.
"I'm sorry, young man, are you lost?" came a voice behind him. He jumped, started, and clutched his books as though he were about to run, before regaining his composure and turning around .A teacher stood behind him; a plump, middle-aged witch with frizzy blond hair lightening with gray and a snub nose between her bright eyes. He'd been so distracted by the stone creatures that he hadn't even heard her approach.
"Um, no, not really lost..." he fumbled, blushing as he tried to find a way to explain that he didn't want to walk past the gargoyles unless he was sure they wouldn't try to eat him. However it was that gargoyles ate. "I mean, my Charms class is down this way..."
"What a coincidence," the witch chuckled. "So is mine. Call me Professor Mirabolt,
Re: Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Date: 2006-02-21 06:52 am (UTC)"I'm sorry," Quatre apologized. "I'm new here. After breakfast, um, some of the students gave me directions to come this way..."
"Other students?" The woman frowned slightly. "Who?"
"I'm afraid I don't know. Green trimmings, though."
"Hm." Her expression tightened. "I see. Well, don't you worry about that, dearie, it's just those awful Slytherin boys hazing the Hufflepuffs."
"Oh!" It suddenly clicked in Quatre's head that he'd been set up, and the thought made him uneasy. He'd been hoping he could leave enemies and disputes behind at this school, but it appeared not.
"Well, never you mind that," Professor Mirabolt said firmly. She took out her wand, and shot a jet of bright blue light down the corridor. Immediately the gargoyles froze back into stone, one of them in mid-yawn. "Come along, we can walk to the class together and get to know each other, can't we? What's your name, dear?"
"Quatre," he said as he fell into step beside her down the corridor, still eying the stone creatures with some trepidation. "Quatre Raberba Winner."
"Oh, is that so?" Professor Mirabolt said in a friendly tone. "Why, I used to know someone named Raberba. Katherine Raberba. She and I were in the same house back in the day when I was a student at Hogwarts -- she was a great friend and a gentle soul, oh yes. But I stayed on to teach here, and she went and married a Muggle. I haven't heard from her in years..."
Quatre breathed a small sigh of relief as they passed out of the hallway of gargoyles, only to freeze in mid-step as the Professor's words sank into his brain. Surely it was no more than a coincidence -- he'd never heard there was a witch in his family, much less --
Professor Mirabolt had stopped when he did, and now turned in the hallway to peer at him more closely. "Come to think of it, you look very much like her. My dear Quatre, is there any relation?"
"My mother," he said softly.
As it turned out, Gryffindor and Slytherin had joint classes; Transfiguration, under the tyrannical Professor Nebet. Wufei had to admit, though, that she was an efficient
Re: Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Date: 2006-02-21 06:52 am (UTC)"I'm sorry," Quatre apologized. "I'm new here. After breakfast, um, some of the students gave me directions to come this way..."
"Other students?" The woman frowned slightly. "Who?"
"I'm afraid I don't know. Green trimmings, though."
"Hm." Her expression tightened. "I see. Well, don't you worry about that, dearie, it's just those awful Slytherin boys hazing the Hufflepuffs."
"Oh!" It suddenly clicked in Quatre's head that he'd been set up, and the thought made him uneasy. He'd been hoping he could leave enemies and disputes behind at this school, but it appeared not.
"Well, never you mind that," Professor Mirabolt said firmly. She took out her wand, and shot a jet of bright blue light down the corridor. Immediately the gargoyles froze back into stone, one of them in mid-yawn. "Come along, we can walk to the class together and get to know each other, can't we? What's your name, dear?"
"Quatre," he said as he fell into step beside her down the corridor, still eying the stone creatures with some trepidation. "Quatre Raberba Winner."
"Oh, is that so?" Professor Mirabolt said in a friendly tone. "Why, I used to know someone named Raberba. Katherine Raberba. She and I were in the same house back in the day when I was a student at Hogwarts -- she was a great friend and a gentle soul, oh yes. But I stayed on to teach here, and she went and married a Muggle. I haven't heard from her in years..."
Quatre breathed a small sigh of relief as they passed out of the hallway of gargoyles, only to freeze in mid-step as the Professor's words sank into his brain. Surely it was no more than a coincidence -- he'd never heard there was a witch in his family, much less --
Professor Mirabolt had stopped when he did, and now turned in the hallway to peer at him more closely. "Come to think of it, you look very much like her. My dear Quatre, is there any relation?"
"My mother," he said softly.
As it turned out, Gryffindor and Slytherin had joint classes; Transfiguration, under the tyrannical Professor Nebet. Wufei had to admit, though, that she was an efficient
Re: Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Date: 2006-02-21 06:52 am (UTC)Concentrating steadfastedly on keeping his feather aloft, Wufei at first ignored the hissing whispers coming in his direction. When the noise finally penetrated his concentration, he looked up to see Duo grinning madly at him from halfway across the room. He ignored the American, turning back to his work.
Duo snickered quietly behind his hand at Wufei's persistent concentration. If he thought he could ignore Duo, who had cut his teeth on getting reactions out of Heero, then he was sorely mistaken. He tore a scrap of parchment off his roll, and scribbled a quick note on it. Then, with a flick of his wand and a few whispered words, he sent it sailing towards the unsuspecting Wufei.
His aim, of course, was perfect, and the crumpled wad of paper struck Wufei soundly on the head. The Chinese boy snatched the balled paper in his hands, glaring at Duo, then unfolded it and quickly scanned it, careful to wait until the teacher wasn't looking.
After he read the note, he crushed it in his hands and snarled, half-standing from behind his desk. "Maxwell --"
The other Gryffindor students, who had watched the entire exchange with some worry, hurried to placate Wufei. "Hey, calm down, Chang. He just thinks he's funny, right? Don't let the Slytherins get to you..."
Slowly, Wufei relaxed into his seat, continuing to glare at Duo from across the aisle. "Accepted," he hissed from between his teeth.
Duo smirked, and whispered loudly back, "Not tonight. I've already got plans. But I'll see you there tomorrow, huh, Chang?"
"Don't do it, Wufei," one of the other Gryffindor students said worriedly. "Dueling's not allowed..."
"It's a matter of honor," Wufei snapped, and the others backed down. Professor Nebet returned to the Gryffindor side of the room then, and conversation was kept to a minimum until the end of the class. Still, the tension level was high, and Wufei's fellow Gryffindors kept shooting him worried looks the whole time.
As soon as he left the classroom, though, all trace of anger was gone as though it had never been. He slipped the note carefully out of his pocket, and glanced over it again.
4ths say F.F. unsupervised. Poss. rndz-vs? Inform 3, 4.
Re: Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Date: 2006-02-21 06:52 am (UTC)"Who's there?" a monotone voice cut through the air.
"'Nay, answer me,'" quoted Duo as he ducked around a large black tree. "Hiya, Trowa. What's been -- What is that on your shoulder?"
Trowa spared a glance at the appendage in question as he put his wand away. "You tell me, Duo."
"Why the heck do you have an owl on your shoulder?" Duo demanded, leaning in to get a better look.
"It was hurt," Trowa said vaguely.
"Actually, it should be useful," Heero said, following Duo around the tree. "My laptop will not function on the school grounds. If necessary, we'll use the owl to communicate with the doctors."
There was a slight rustling sound to their right, and all three pilots tensed, then relaxed as Wufei joined them. "Where's Quatre?" Duo asked, glancing around. "Could anybody tell him about the rendezvous?"
"Unfortunately no," Trowa replied, "but I have class with him tomorrow. I'll tell him everything."
"Why are you late?" Heero asked Wufei.
Wufei glared at him. "I would have been faster, but I had a run-in with a giant wolf. Apparently this forest is called Forbidden for a reason."
"It can't be that dangerous," Duo scoffed. "Apparently students with grudges come out here to duel all the time. Speaking of grudges, I've already collected half a dozen. How long is this 'special training' mission supposed to last, anyway?" Duo complained, flopping down to lean against the base of the tree.
"Who knows?" Wufei shrugged. "Until we can restore communications with the doctors, we can only act on the orders we were given. 'Blend in with the student population. Acquire as many practical skills as possible.' I suppose they think that wizardry will benefit us as pilots, although I do not immediately see how."
"The owl could send messages," Trowa suggested softly, but Wufei shook his head.
"The possibility of interception is too great. Who knows what our enemies are capable, of this point? Yui, you'll have to concentrate on reestablishing an electronic
Re: Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Date: 2006-02-21 06:52 am (UTC)"Who's there?" a monotone voice cut through the air.
"'Nay, answer me,'" quoted Duo as he ducked around a large black tree. "Hiya, Trowa. What's been -- What is that on your shoulder?"
Trowa spared a glance at the appendage in question as he put his wand away. "You tell me, Duo."
"Why the heck do you have an owl on your shoulder?" Duo demanded, leaning in to get a better look.
"It was hurt," Trowa said vaguely.
"Actually, it should be useful," Heero said, following Duo around the tree. "My laptop will not function on the school grounds. If necessary, we'll use the owl to communicate with the doctors."
There was a slight rustling sound to their right, and all three pilots tensed, then relaxed as Wufei joined them. "Where's Quatre?" Duo asked, glancing around. "Could anybody tell him about the rendezvous?"
"Unfortunately no," Trowa replied, "but I have class with him tomorrow. I'll tell him everything."
"Why are you late?" Heero asked Wufei.
Wufei glared at him. "I would have been faster, but I had a run-in with a giant wolf. Apparently this forest is called Forbidden for a reason."
"It can't be that dangerous," Duo scoffed. "Apparently students with grudges come out here to duel all the time. Speaking of grudges, I've already collected half a dozen. How long is this 'special training' mission supposed to last, anyway?" Duo complained, flopping down to lean against the base of the tree.
"Who knows?" Wufei shrugged. "Until we can restore communications with the doctors, we can only act on the orders we were given. 'Blend in with the student population. Acquire as many practical skills as possible.' I suppose they think that wizardry will benefit us as pilots, although I do not immediately see how."
"The owl could send messages," Trowa suggested softly, but Wufei shook his head.
"The possibility of interception is too great. Who knows what our enemies are capable, of this point? Yui, you'll have to concentrate on reestablishing an electronic
Re: Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Date: 2006-02-21 06:53 am (UTC)"I'm already working on it," Heero said with a small smile. "Just as long as Duo continues to keep attention away from me."
"Yeah, yeah," Duo grumbled, waving one hand in the air. "I'm on it. Duo Maxwell, the one-man carnival."
"You've never spoken truer words in your life," Wufei assured him. Heero couldn't keep the smile from twitching over his face.
"Does anything else need to be addressed right now?" Trowa glanced around. "I can't stay away long without being noticed. I should head back."
"You probably both should." Duo looked from Wufei to Trowa. "Forbidden or not, people apparently come in here all the time. Speaking of which, some of my housemates are coming to try and beat the crap out of me, so you should probably be gone before they get here."
Trowa just nodded and left, with as little fanfare as he had arrived. "You have people wanting to kill you already, Duo?" Wufei asked dryly.
Duo shrugged. "I'm popular." Wufei smirked, and turned to follow Trowa -- his own wand out and cautiously ready, in case he should encounter some more unusual wildlife.
"Too popular for your own damn good," Heero growled, his expression darkening. "The Slytherin *boys* may not think much of you, but what was it those girls wanted to talk to you about at dinner?"
"What, Heidi and Azure?" Duo laughed and shrugged. "They were only interested because I'm from L2. They'll find someone else to bug once the novelty wears off. And -- Heero, didn't I tell you to leave?"
Heero crossed his arms over his chest in a stubborn gesture. "You might need backup."
"Oh, come on, Heero!" Duo snorted in contempt. "A half-dozen schoolboys against Duo Maxwell, Gundam Pilot? You think I can't handle it on my own?"
"But they're wizards," Heero insisted, a hint of concern leaking into his voice. "They've studied magic for years -- you're just a beginner."
Duo shook his head sadly. "It'll be a sad, sad day for the old school of L2 when one of its graduates relies on magic to win in a fair fight," he snickered. "Come on, Heero. You were the one talking about keeping the attention off you..."
Re: Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Date: 2006-02-21 06:53 am (UTC)"I'm already working on it," Heero said with a small smile. "Just as long as Duo continues to keep attention away from me."
"Yeah, yeah," Duo grumbled, waving one hand in the air. "I'm on it. Duo Maxwell, the one-man carnival."
"You've never spoken truer words in your life," Wufei assured him. Heero couldn't keep the smile from twitching over his face.
"Does anything else need to be addressed right now?" Trowa glanced around. "I can't stay away long without being noticed. I should head back."
"You probably both should." Duo looked from Wufei to Trowa. "Forbidden or not, people apparently come in here all the time. Speaking of which, some of my housemates are coming to try and beat the crap out of me, so you should probably be gone before they get here."
Trowa just nodded and left, with as little fanfare as he had arrived. "You have people wanting to kill you already, Duo?" Wufei asked dryly.
Duo shrugged. "I'm popular." Wufei smirked, and turned to follow Trowa -- his own wand out and cautiously ready, in case he should encounter some more unusual wildlife.
"Too popular for your own damn good," Heero growled, his expression darkening. "The Slytherin *boys* may not think much of you, but what was it those girls wanted to talk to you about at dinner?"
"What, Heidi and Azure?" Duo laughed and shrugged. "They were only interested because I'm from L2. They'll find someone else to bug once the novelty wears off. And -- Heero, didn't I tell you to leave?"
Heero crossed his arms over his chest in a stubborn gesture. "You might need backup."
"Oh, come on, Heero!" Duo snorted in contempt. "A half-dozen schoolboys against Duo Maxwell, Gundam Pilot? You think I can't handle it on my own?"
"But they're wizards," Heero insisted, a hint of concern leaking into his voice. "They've studied magic for years -- you're just a beginner."
Duo shook his head sadly. "It'll be a sad, sad day for the old school of L2 when one of its graduates relies on magic to win in a fair fight," he snickered. "Come on, Heero. You were the one talking about keeping the attention off you..."
Re: Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Date: 2006-02-21 06:53 am (UTC)"They're coming," Heero interrupted him, head cocked to one side. Duo let out a sigh.
"Just trust me, okay? Go back to the castle and get started on making your laptop work. I'll be right along."
Heero growled in annoyance, but had no real choice but to give in. Duo gave him a quick kiss on his left cheek, and grinned at Heero's glare.
"See -- I've survived the Yui Death Glare, and I should be afraid of a few magic tricks? Not likely!"
With a sigh of his own, Heero turned back to Hogwarts and started silently out of the Forbidden Forest.
"Check it out, Heero!" Duo's voice enthused. Heero didn't even have to look up from his work to imagine the look of mischievous delight on his face. "I got *goons!*"
After a moment, Heero glanced up; Duo stood at the foot of his bed, grin on his face, hands on his hips. Flanking him were two of the older Slytherin boys; a couple of the fourth-years that Heero vaguely recognized. Both of them were considerably taller, not to mention bulkier, than the American pilot. Heero let a tiny frown cross his face, and didn't try to hide the displeasure in his voice. "Duo..."
"Hey, Heero!" Duo put his hands up defensively. "I didn't ask for'em. They volunteered. They showed up for the duel with the fifth years -- you know about the silly duel -- and anyway after I kicked their butts, these guys decided that they'd rather follow me around instead of --"
"You don't need bodyguards," Heero said flatly.
"They're not just bodyguards!" Duo protested. "They're *goons!* I can send them to get stuff, and they make my witty repartee sound better by laughing at appropriate moments --"
"Duo."
"All right, all right," Duo sulked, then turned to face the older boys. "Sorry, Robbie -- sorry, Tom -- you heard the man. I guess you gotta take off."
At least now he wouldn't have to worry about Duo being in trouble with the other Slytherins. With a small smile, Heero turned back to his mission.
Re: Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Date: 2006-02-21 06:51 am (UTC)The audience in the hall burst into tumult as the song ended; the first-years gasped and whispered with apprehensive excitement, but all the students sitting at the table and the teachers at the front of the hall broke into applause. The hat shifted and bent, almost bowing; a short, rabbity-looking man with a long scroll of parchment in his hand stepped up beside the stool and cleared his throat.
"When I call your name, come to the stool and place the hat on your head. Let's begin with -- Ansley, Walden!"
A gangly, dark-haired boy stumbled forward and sat shakily on the stool, picking up the hat gingerly as though it would bite him and putting it over his head. There was a long moment of silence before the hat shouted -- "HUFFLEPUFF!"
Heero narrowed his eyes, and moved his head until he could see Quatre out of the corner of his eye, who stared along with everyone else at the hat. "That thing can read our minds?" he muttered.
"I think so," Quatre replied anxiously, but his attention was immediately switched forward again as the short wizard called out, "Barton, Trowa!"
Heero leaned forward unconsciously, his hand twitching by his side; behind him, Quatre held is breath as they listened for the judgment. It seemed like hours later, but it could only have been a few seconds until the hat shouted "RAVENCLAW!"
That was all, and as Trowa calmly set the hat back on the stool and walked to the blue-and-gray decorated table, Quatre blew out a shaky sigh of relief. "Burtelett, Anna" went to Hufflepuff next, and then...
"Chang, Fei Wu!" the wizard called. Duo burst out laughing, and several of the others surrounding him laughed without even knowing why. Wufei winced at the mangling of his name, but sighed deeply and stepped forward.
After a moment., the hat came to some decision, and yelled "GRYFFINDOR!"
There was cheering and clapping from the Gryffindor table, but from none so loud as Duo. Wufei shot him an irritated glance as he made his way to the scarlet-and-gold table, but Duo only grinned. The hat made its way rapidly down the list; some decisions the hat made very quickly, others took a few moments, but before long they had gotten through "Kay, Misalle" and then it was Duo's turn.