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April 18th, 2008
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Update part two
Title: Magicbending
Authors: Eleanor and Puck
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Crossover
Summary: Haru, Teo, and Zuko are accidentally Portkeyed to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Hilarity Ensues.
Warning: Takes place after the Firebending Masters. Includes some of my personal crackship because I refuse to let it go. Ever. To that effect, the events of Just One Night are considered canon to this fic.  Some parts of the story are from necessity lifted directly from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Neither of us is precisely thrilled about it, but it had to be done. There are several events where the Avatar characters' presence will not interfere with the actual outcome. The point is not to demonstrate to the Potter cast that they are doing it wrong, but to show how the Avatar cast would adapt to this strange new world.

The next day, as planned, the three boys made a trip to Diagon Alley to get their school supplies. After some boggling at the sheer variety of people in the streets — some were darker-skinned than Sokka and Katara, and others had the strangest hair colours any of them had ever seen, in varying shades of yellow and red.

“Where should we go first?” Teo asked Haru, who had been put in charge of the money.

“Robes first, I think,” Haru said. “I also think we should buy them used and save some coin.”

Zuko made a face. He didn’t like clothes shopping. “Right.”

Haru directed them all down the street until he found a used clothing shop, where it quickly became apparent that shopping with the son of merchants was a very good idea. He all but flew down the aisles, collecting robes and occasionally holding one up to Teo or Zuko. They were done in ten minutes.

“Now what?” Zuko asked, when they were finally done with that ordeal.

“Wands?” asked Teo eagerly.

It was hard for anyone to stand against Teo’s puppy-face, and Haru was no exception. “All right,” he said.

And so the three of them entered Ollivander’s, the inside of which was creepy, to say the least.

“…this place is old,” Haru whispered, feeling his shoulders tense.

“Good morning,” a soft voice greeted them from the shadows. Zuko spun around to face it, drawing his swords.

Teo grabbed one of his wrists; Haru grabbed the other one. “Could you please not do that?” Haru asked the voice. “We’re a bit jumpy.”

“I apologise,” the voice replied, and a thin, elderly man stepped into view.

The thirteen-year-old released Zuko, though Haru did not, and stepped forward. “You’re Mr Ollivander?”

“Yes, I am.”

“We need to purchase some wands.”

“Of course,” the old man said, with a faint smile. “Who would like to go first?”

“I will!” Teo said eagerly, but Haru pulled him back.

“No, I will,” he said quietly. Teo looked disappointed, but didn’t argue.

Ollivander nodded, and took out a roll of measuring tape, which began taking most bizarre measurements from the young earthbender.

“What the hell!?” Haru choked out as he realised the tape was measuring him on its own.

While the measuring tape performed its task, Ollivander disappeared deeper into the shop, returning with a stack of long, thin boxes.

“Are the wands in there?” Teo asked.

“Yes, young man. One in each.”

“How do you choose which wand goes to a wizard?”

Ollivander only smiled mysteriously.

“…okay, that’s just creepy,” said Haru.

Zuko simply glared at Ollivander, having yet to put his swords away.

The earthbender opened his mouth to make another comment and sneezed as the measuring tape tickled his moustache.

“Here, try this one,” Ollivander said, pressing a wand into Haru’s hand.

Haru shrugged and waved the wand, which sputtered and then leapt from his hand.

Ollivander caught it, then pressed a second upon him. Before he could do anything, that one was replaced with a third, then a fourth, then a fifth…

Finally he got to the ninth wand — oak and dragon heartstring, ten inches — and waved it. The wand emitted a shower of green and silver sparks.

“Yes, yes, I think that one will suit you,” Ollivander said, smiling again. “Who’s next?”

“Me!” Teo cried, stepping to the fore.

The process Ollivander and his measuring tape had set out with Haru was now repeated with the youngest boy. For Teo, it took only three goes before his wand (rowan and unicorn hair, twelve inches) rained blue and silver.

Zuko was much more reluctant to place himself in the hands of the strange wandmaker, however, he didn’t have much of a choice — especially since both Haru and Teo had come out unharmed. It took eleven tries to get him his wand — walnut and phoenix feather, ten inches. Nobody was really surprised at red and gold sparks his wand let out, since he was Fire Nation royalty. Haru forked over the money for the wands and gratefully left the shop.

Zuko, too, was only too happy to leave. “Now what?”

“I think we can split up for now,” said Haru, “and explore the place. We’ll meet up at the bookstore. Be sure to watch your cash.”

The younger man nodded.

“Can I go with you, Zuko?” Teo asked.

Zuko blinked, startled. “I… guess so…?”

Teo grinned. “All right!”

Haru laughed and went through their money, then turned two-thirds of it over to the other two.

“When are we meeting up?” Zuko asked, pocketing his share.

“Let’s call it two hours?”

He nodded. “All right, then.”

“Have fun. Zuko, don’t be so quick to draw your swords. We don’t want any undue attention.”

“We’ll be fine,” Teo insisted.

“I’ll behave,” the prince muttered.

Haru tousled Teo’s hair again, earning a protest, and slipped away into the crowd.

“So… where d’you want to go?” Zuko asked the younger boy after a moment.

Teo considered this. “…what’s ‘ice cream’?” he asked after some thought.

“…Hard to explain,” he replied.

“Well, that place sells it. Is it good?”

“Yes.”

Teo grinned up at him. “Then let’s go check it out!” He tugged on Zuko’s arm.

“Okay.” Zuko allowed himself to be dragged, keeping a wary eye out for trouble out of habit.

Inside the shop, Teo was all but overwhelmed by the sheer variety of tasty treats, and eventually settled for a simple cone of chocolate chip ice cream. Zuko decided he didn’t want anything, and they left the store, Teo enjoying his first encounter with ice cream. “Where do you want to go now?” he asked the older boy.

He considered for a moment, then led Teo into a pet store.

Once they were inside, however, both boys stared. They hadn’t seen animals anything like these before.

“Can I help you?” the shopkeeper asked.

“Just looking,” Zuko said, collecting himself and starting to wander. Teo followed, his eyes wide with delight. One of the animals, a sleek, black cat with white markings on three of her paws and the tip of her tail, claimed Zuko as her own. Never one to be deliberately rude to a lady (his sister didn’t count), he bought her.

Teo in turn, wound up purchasing a kind of bird that the shopkeeper called a ‘Barn Owl’. “I think I’ll call her Mecha,” he said gleefully.

“Zolena,” Zuko replied, clearly meaning the name of his own new pet.

“That’s a pretty name,” Teo replied.

He nodded. “My aunt’s name was Zolena.”

“I see,” the younger boy said. He paused for a moment, and then something else caught his eye. “Hey, a broom with a saddle!”

“…What would you need a saddle for?”

“Well, it’s attached to the broom…” Teo bolted across the street to look at the shop.

Zuko followed. “We can’t stay too long, we’re supposed to meet Haru in half an hour.”

“I know, but — wow!”

Zuko folded his arms — Zolena curled around his shoulders — and watched the street while Teo ogled the broom.

“Zuko! I think people fly on these!”

“…Really?”

“Yeah! It’d explain the saddle — and that one has mirrors! I think to see behind you without turning your head…”

“That would make sense, yeah.”

“…but they’re really expensive,” Teo noted, the glee in his voice dimming a bit.

“Sorry.”

“Should we head for the bookstore?”

“Probably a good idea,” Zuko said.

Teo took Zuko’s arm again, taking care not to disturb Zolena, and dragged the prince after him again.

It took them a good ten minutes to find the bookstore.

Haru was waiting for them there, frowning at a book with disturbingly happy children enshrined on the cover.

“…what’s wrong?” Zuko asked, noting the expression on his face.

“This is one of the books on our list,” Haru replied, passing it to him. “‘Defensive Magical Theory’. Anything about that seem… off?”

Zuko flipped through the book, skimming it as best he could. “…Yeah, definitely, listen to this. ‘Counterjinxes are improperly named. Counterjinx is just a name people give their jinxes when they want them to sound more acceptable.’ What the hell.”

“…it’s on my list, too,” Teo said. “We’re at different levels, shouldn’t we have different books?”

“Anyone want to place money that this is another year for an incompetent Defence professor?” Haru asked wryly.

“…Well, here’s hoping they don’t really need a competent one.” Even though Zuko knew that would never really be true — even in a peaceful world (as this one seemed to be), one still had garden-variety psychos and desperate men willing to kill you for your wallet.

“…I don’t know,” Haru said softly. “I overheard some wizards talking about Dementors, whatever the hell those are, attacking some Muggles, whatever those are, in a village several miles away. Apparently it was unprecedented — there was a trial since one of the turned out a wizard and used magic and they’re apparently not supposed to do that outside of school if they’re kids.”

“…All right, fair point.” Garden-variety psychos, indeed.

“There’s also a bit of a power struggle going on,” Haru said, “or at least the people in charge of the government seem to think so. Let’s buy our textbooks and get back to the castle.”

Zuko nodded. “Yeah.”

Due to Haru’s insistence on used materials, they only wound up having to pay full price for the Defensive Magical Theory books, thus saving quite a bit of money “for a trip to that village McGonagall made us sign permission slips for.”

“Now that that’s done, let’s head back,” Zuko said, once they left the shop.

“I’m for that. This place creeps me out,” Haru muttered.

“I like it,” Teo countered.

“You like everything.”

Zuko didn’t make any further comment, and the three of them returned to the castle without any mishaps.

The stowed their stuff, and then Teo settled down on the bed with Hogwarts: A History again, giving Haru and Zuko a chance to head outside and spar once more.

A week later, the rest of the student body arrived.

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From:[info]tigerkat24
Date:April 19th, 2008 05:40 am (UTC)
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Oooh, sparky wands. I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE. Very clever.
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From:[info]dark_puck
Date:April 19th, 2008 08:50 pm (UTC)
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I was wondering if people would catch on! :D
From:(Anonymous)
Date:May 1st, 2008 06:01 am (UTC)
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I noticed it too. :)

One small continuity error though... how could Haru prove to be more skilled at the subtler points of Transfiguration if they had no wands for all that time that was spent catching up? Knowing the theory is no where near good enough in something like Transfiguration.

(I just started reading this today, and it seems interesting... I'll go read the other chapters :P )
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From:[info]dark_puck
Date:May 1st, 2008 06:04 am (UTC)
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They had to borrow wands to catch up.
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From:[info]bearlyhapnin
Date:May 1st, 2008 06:25 am (UTC)
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Oops... I wasn't logged in. That was me ^
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