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World Magic [Harry Potter/Card Captor Sakura; English]
Title: World Magic
Rating: G
Genre: Humour
Characters: Harry, Ron, Hermione, Dumbledore
Summary: In which Hermione lectures, Ron makes strangely accurate comments without knowing it, Harry asks a lot of questions, and Dumbledore is exceedingly amused.
Harry looked at his timetable as he, Ron and Hermione walked towards their common room. Though he still had to take the dreaded Potions this year, his schedule was much better than the previous one. Ron, who thought the same, exhaled a very pleased sigh.
"I can't believe we finally got rid of History of Magic!" he said.
"I can't believe you did it, either," Hermione replied with a frown. "Now that it's going to get interesting..."
Harry looked at her in disbelief.
"You do realize that you're talking about Binns, right?"
"But we start studying World Magic this year!" she exclaimed, excited. "Don't you want to learn about the Egyptians, and the Aztecs, and..." She paused, looked at her friends' faces, and sulked. "Don't tell me you thought everybody out there uses a wand like here."
Harry and Ron looked at each other.
"Um..."
"Well..."
"I don't believe it!" she exclaimed. "At least you should know something, Ron, with your brothers working abroad!"
"And what do people use instead of wands?" Harry asked in a desperate attempt to calm Hermione while covering Ron's mumbled answer. Luckily enough, it worked.
"Oh, many things! Staffs, stones... many cultures use runes... and some people even make their own magic, I mean, Clow used his famous Cards..."
Harry blinked.
"Who?"
Hermione managed to look shocked, condescending and offended at the same time.
"I can't believe you two've never heard of Clow Reed!" she sighed in frustration. "Maker of the Clow Cards? Famous in both Western and Eastern magical circles? Most powerful wizard in the entire world before Dumbledore?"
"Look, Hermione," said Ron, "if he was sooo famous, how come he's not on a Chocolate Frog Card?"
"Because," they heard Dumbledore say from behind them, "the makers of the Chocolate Frogs always thought that it would look just a little strange."
They all jumped a little; they hadn't heard him coming. Ron looked somewhat embarrased.
"But he was very famous indeed," the Headmaster continued, "and quite an eccentric, too."
"Did you know him, sir?" asked Harry, who didn't think Dumbledore was one to talk about eccentricities.
"Of course. We were very good friends."
"But I thought he lived hundreds of years ago..." said Hermione.
"Well, he was born hundreds of years ago," Dumbledore told her. Her eyes widened in understanding, and for a moment Harry wondered if that Clow guy had anything to do with Nicolas Flamel.
"So..." Ron began, looking for the right words, "what did he do? I mean, why were his Cards so famous?"
"Oh, I am sure that Miss Granger here can explain," said the Headmaster with a smile. Hermione beamed with pride.
"Well, they had many uses. Each one had different powers, in fact, and they even had personalities. But their main use..." She stopped all of a sudden, as if she had just remembered something. "Er... well..."
"What, Hermione?" asked Harry, who was finally beginning to find things interesting.
"Yeah, what's so embarrasing about those Cards?" Ron said. "Did they have pictures of naked girls or something?"
"Ron!" she exclaimed, blushing; but Harry could have sworn he heard Dumbledore chuckle. In any case, that was enough to make Hermione give in.
"He used them for Divination," she whispered in defeat. Ron looked as if he was trying hard not to laugh.
"Divination," Harry repeated, unable to hide his grin. Hermione turned pink.
"Well, we know some prophecies are real, don't we?" she tried to defend herself. "I mean, maybe I was a little harsh, but not everyone's a fake-"
"Do you mean," interrupted Ron, who was now having a very hard time to keep a straight face, "that this role model of yours worked with the subject you've been talking absolute trash of during the last three years?"
"Oh, but he was definitely not what I would call a role model," said Dumbledore. "You should keep Professor McGonagall for that position, Miss Granger."
Hermione finally gave in and laughed.
Rating: G
Genre: Humour
Characters: Harry, Ron, Hermione, Dumbledore
Summary: In which Hermione lectures, Ron makes strangely accurate comments without knowing it, Harry asks a lot of questions, and Dumbledore is exceedingly amused.
Harry looked at his timetable as he, Ron and Hermione walked towards their common room. Though he still had to take the dreaded Potions this year, his schedule was much better than the previous one. Ron, who thought the same, exhaled a very pleased sigh.
"I can't believe we finally got rid of History of Magic!" he said.
"I can't believe you did it, either," Hermione replied with a frown. "Now that it's going to get interesting..."
Harry looked at her in disbelief.
"You do realize that you're talking about Binns, right?"
"But we start studying World Magic this year!" she exclaimed, excited. "Don't you want to learn about the Egyptians, and the Aztecs, and..." She paused, looked at her friends' faces, and sulked. "Don't tell me you thought everybody out there uses a wand like here."
Harry and Ron looked at each other.
"Um..."
"Well..."
"I don't believe it!" she exclaimed. "At least you should know something, Ron, with your brothers working abroad!"
"And what do people use instead of wands?" Harry asked in a desperate attempt to calm Hermione while covering Ron's mumbled answer. Luckily enough, it worked.
"Oh, many things! Staffs, stones... many cultures use runes... and some people even make their own magic, I mean, Clow used his famous Cards..."
Harry blinked.
"Who?"
Hermione managed to look shocked, condescending and offended at the same time.
"I can't believe you two've never heard of Clow Reed!" she sighed in frustration. "Maker of the Clow Cards? Famous in both Western and Eastern magical circles? Most powerful wizard in the entire world before Dumbledore?"
"Look, Hermione," said Ron, "if he was sooo famous, how come he's not on a Chocolate Frog Card?"
"Because," they heard Dumbledore say from behind them, "the makers of the Chocolate Frogs always thought that it would look just a little strange."
They all jumped a little; they hadn't heard him coming. Ron looked somewhat embarrased.
"But he was very famous indeed," the Headmaster continued, "and quite an eccentric, too."
"Did you know him, sir?" asked Harry, who didn't think Dumbledore was one to talk about eccentricities.
"Of course. We were very good friends."
"But I thought he lived hundreds of years ago..." said Hermione.
"Well, he was born hundreds of years ago," Dumbledore told her. Her eyes widened in understanding, and for a moment Harry wondered if that Clow guy had anything to do with Nicolas Flamel.
"So..." Ron began, looking for the right words, "what did he do? I mean, why were his Cards so famous?"
"Oh, I am sure that Miss Granger here can explain," said the Headmaster with a smile. Hermione beamed with pride.
"Well, they had many uses. Each one had different powers, in fact, and they even had personalities. But their main use..." She stopped all of a sudden, as if she had just remembered something. "Er... well..."
"What, Hermione?" asked Harry, who was finally beginning to find things interesting.
"Yeah, what's so embarrasing about those Cards?" Ron said. "Did they have pictures of naked girls or something?"
"Ron!" she exclaimed, blushing; but Harry could have sworn he heard Dumbledore chuckle. In any case, that was enough to make Hermione give in.
"He used them for Divination," she whispered in defeat. Ron looked as if he was trying hard not to laugh.
"Divination," Harry repeated, unable to hide his grin. Hermione turned pink.
"Well, we know some prophecies are real, don't we?" she tried to defend herself. "I mean, maybe I was a little harsh, but not everyone's a fake-"
"Do you mean," interrupted Ron, who was now having a very hard time to keep a straight face, "that this role model of yours worked with the subject you've been talking absolute trash of during the last three years?"
"Oh, but he was definitely not what I would call a role model," said Dumbledore. "You should keep Professor McGonagall for that position, Miss Granger."
Hermione finally gave in and laughed.