From: freezer88@hotSPAMTHISmail.com   
      
   > Ch. 2   
      
   ALL    : Electric Boogaloo!   
      
   > (I'll think up a song later!)   
      
   TRACE  : Don't rush on our behalf. We're good!   
      
   > Rei awoke to a most delicious aroma wafting into her room.   
      
   JOEL   : [Rei] Mmm... Fried whale blubber in squid ink sauce!  Just   
   like home!   
      
   > She yawned sat up, debating the merits of getting up and going   
   > downstairs to just laying here before she entered a world she knew   
   > nothing about.   
      
   FRANK  : She decided to split the difference and spent the whole   
   day on the internet.   
      
   > She then saw Usagi walk past her room on her way downstairs and   
   > decided to get up and eat before Usagi ate it all.   
      
   JOSH   : [Rei] And she never gains a pound.  By the gods, I hate   
   her!   
      
   > When she got downstairs, she received quite a shock: there was a   
   > giant sitting at a table! He had a tangled mess of a beard and   
   > hair.   
      
   TRACE  : Rubeus Hagrid - half-giant, all annoying!   
      
   >  Two black eyes glittered out at her, but they were warm and   
   > friendly. Usagi was sitting by him, talking to ham in broken   
   > English. Rei smiled.   
      
   MARY JO: [Rei] *SIGH* she's talking to the food, again!   
      
   > "Hello," she said. The giant smiled at her.   
   >   
   > "'Ello! You one o' them Senshi, then?"   
   >   
   > Rei nodded. "I'm Sailormars."   
      
   JOSH   : [Rei] And yes, it's one word.  Get it wrong and I gut you   
   like a giant, bearded fish, capiche?   
      
   > The giant stuck out his hand. "Rubeus Hagrid. Everyone just calls   
   > me Hagrid, tho. I'm goin' t' show yeh around Diagon Alley, help you   
   > get yer Hogwarts stuff."   
      
   JOEL   : Great: send the guy half the native speakers can't   
   understand  to show around the foreign exchange students.   
   MARY JO: Sadly, that's right in character with the way the Ministry   
   does things in canon.   
      
   > Rei grinned. "So we can get to Diagon Alley from here?"   
      
   TRACE  : [Rei] And can you explain when I learned to speak English?   
      
   > "Sure!" Hagrid boomed. "Dumbledore ses yeh're s'posed to get   
   > everythin' yeh'll be needin': wand, robes, broomstick, th' works.   
   > Even bin given some Galleons to buy yeh stuff fer yeh. Mind yeh,   
   > got th' Weasleys commin' up today, too, so yeh'll be doin' yer   
   > shoppin' wi' them, as well as Hermione and Harry."   
      
   FRANK  : [Rei] I completely lost you after "Sure!"   
      
   > "Who's Harry?"   
      
   MARY JO: o/~ She said o/~   
   ALL    : o/~ And smiled in her special way! o/~   
      
   > Rei looked up, startled, to see that everyone had risen and come   
   > into the room.   
      
   JOSH   : [Onlooker] Hey everybody!  Some dumbass doesn't know who   
   Harry Potter is!   
   JOEL   : [Onlooker] Let’s all crowd around and gawk at them!   
      
   > Hagrid smiled at Setsuna, the one who had spoken.   
      
   TRACE  : [Hagrid] Finally!  Someone less up on current events than   
   me!   
      
   > "Yeh're really not from our world, are yeh, not t' know about Harry   
   > Potter. Why, he's only th' greatest hero that the wizardin' world   
   > has known.   
      
   MARY JO: [Rei] Cool!  So what did he do?   
   FRANK  : [Hagrid] Well, mostly not get killed and defeat dark   
   wizards through determination, dumb luck and the odd deus ex   
   machina.   
   MARY JO: [Rei] Wow, that sounds familiar!   
   TRACE  : [Usagi] Bite me, Rei!   
      
   > Harry was th' downfall of You-Know-Who."   
      
   JOEL   : [Pluto] No, I don't know.  That's why I asked.   
      
   > "No, I'm afraid we don't know who," Ami said, confused.   
      
   JOEL   : See?   
      
   > "I'm sure it'll be in our books but, please, who is you know who?"   
      
   TRACE  : [Hagrid] It's "You Know Who!"   
   FRANK  : [Usagi] That's what I'm asking!   
   ALL    : THIRD BASE!   
      
   > Hagrid frowned. "Don' like to say th' name...he was a wizard that   
   > went bad, bad as could be. He was killin' everyone and everythin'   
   > that stood in his way. He killed Harry's parents, an' tried to kill   
   > Harry. Harry was only a year old, but fer some reason, he couldn't   
   > kill Harry. Harry got a scar, but tha's all. After that, his power   
   > broke, an' he's only jus' now commin' back to power."   
      
   MARY JO: [Ami] Question: What?   
      
   > "But, please," Ami pressed. "You haven't told us his name yet."   
      
   TRACE  : Geez, girl!  Take the friggin' hint!   
   JOSH   : Empathy - thy name is Ami.   
   MARY JO: [Therapist] I know you don't want to talk about where the   
   bad man touched you. So can you tell me where the bad man touched   
   you?   
      
   > Hagrid sighed. "His name was Voldemort." He shuddered. "Don' make   
   > me say it again, if yeh please."   
   >   
   > Ami was about to ask another question   
      
   JOEL   : Guess a high INT score gives you +5 vs. Clue-by-Fours.   
      
   > when her attention was drawn to the fireplace, which had just   
   > erupted in bright emerald flames. Hagrid smiled.   
   >   
   > "That'll be th' Weasleys and they friends."   
      
   FRANK  : They friends with who?   
   ALL    : BA-DUM-BUM!   
      
   > Sure enough, as the astonished Senshi watched, a redheaded boy came   
   > whirling out of the fireplace, covered in soot. He looked up and   
   > grinned.   
      
   JOSH   : [George]  Yes!  Zero pieces missing, nothing on fire!   
      
   > "Hi."   
   >   
   > The Senshi waved dumbly. They watched as another boy came through   
   > the flames, looking exactly like the one that had come before him.   
   > Twins, Haruka thought with some unease. She'd never been   
   > comfortable around two people who looked exactly alike. One reason   
   > why she'd so avoided the Inner planets in the Silver Millennium.   
      
   TRACE  : That probably makes sense in context.   
   JOSH   : And we're probably never gonna get that context.   
   TRACE  : Nope.   
      
   > The other twin grinned. "Hello. I'm Fred Weasley, and this is my   
   > brother, George. Our brother and sister will be here soon."   
      
   FRANK  : [Fred] Along with the people they'll soon be shagging!   
   MARY JO: [George] What did Mum tell you about reading ahead in the   
   script?   
   FRANK  : [Fred] "Don't get caught doing it?"   
      
   > George stepped aside from the emerald flames as another redheaded   
   > boy, younger this time, came out of the fireplace. He was younger,   
   > but taller than either twin, and thinner too. He grinned widely.   
   >   
   > "It's really you! My friend, Hermione,   
      
   FRANK  : [Fred] Missed a syllable on "friend", bro.   
   JOEL   : [Ron] Dammit, shut up!   
      
   > will be excited to meet you. But I think Harry's coming next."   
      
   TRACE  : [Ron] He'll probably be falling for one of you, so you   
   might want to sort that out before he gets here.   
      
   > "Harry Potter??" Chibiusa asked. Already she was eager to meet this   
   > hero that Hagrid had spoken of with such pride.   
      
   TRACE  : We have a winner!   
      
   > She watched as a boy nearly fell out of the fireplace. He wore   
   > glasses, had bright green eyes, and untidy black hair. And on his   
   > foreheadh   
      
   MARY JO: ...The mother of all zits!   
      
   > Chibiusa stared. She then turned to Hagrid as the boy continued to   
      
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