Description: AU Naruto/HP Crossover. When Voldemort looks east for allies, the east decides to send guards for Harry Potter. What happens when Chakra meets magic? And what happens when someone that knows both comes into the picture?
Disclaimer: I'm putting this here and saying it once: I don't own Harry Potter, I don't own Naruto. Anything that comes from either series is not mine, including spells, characters, some bits of plotline I took from HBP, Jutsu, and anything else I'm missing that first appeared in either Naruto or the Harry Potter Book Series. Anything that looks to be new and different, however, IS mine, and should be treated accordingly.
Disclaimer 2: Like I said, this is completely AU. For the Naruto Fans, I took the characters right after Naruto went off for the Fifth and learned Rasengan (I butchered the spelling of that, I know) and I made them 16. Also, I decided that I want the Hogwarts Students to have robes in their house colors. There was another Fan Fic that did that (don't remember where) but I decided I liked it, so I'm tailoring the robes in the same factor. The other big one is that I'm ignoring what JK did with Blaise Zabini and playing with him on my own. There will be other small things I probably change, just keep in mind this is AU and go with it, K:) Also, in response to any questions about ships, I divulge none of them. :-D
A/N: Hey again. Sorry the update took forever, but between some writer's block, and a bunch of personal issues I won't get into unless all of you REALLY REALLY want to hear them, the story had to be put on hold for a while.
A quick note in regards to people who write a review to tell me they hate Kimi and so they're stopping reading my fanfic – I don't care. I might care if you had some type of actual criticism (i.e. something constructive) but the "I loved your story until you put in an OC, I hate OCs, therefore I'm stopping reading" reviews? Yeah. I don't particularly care. Now, if there was actual constructive criticism (cite the constructive) then I might care, as I'm all up for improving my writing, but useless criticism just sorta makes me wish I didn't waste the few seconds of my life reading it.
As for the non idiots out there, I love you all.
Another announcement – The picnic story is up! You can find the link right through my profile. Expect the next one, the party, coming up soon. Next on my list are tryouts for both the Hogwarts Quiddich Team and Romeo and Juliet.
This chapter goes out to my good friend César. You've helped my writing tons over the years, you've been a great friend, it's always been great to write with you, and you still have the best grip of the English language I've ever seen, despite it being a second language. I just hope you find the chapter worthy.
Chapter 11: Lessons and Costumes
Sasuke stood underneath the night sky, breathing deeply and absorbing the peace that it offered him. When he finally opened his eyes, he saw Itachi standing in front of him.
"Kimi won't be there forever Sasuke-kun. I'll make sure of that. And next time I'll get you."
"I won't need Kimi next time," Sasuke growled.
"Won't you? Not even you have the mental discipline to even come close to making me blink twice. Besides, you drew blood. Now it's my turn."
"You can't draw my blood Itachi. I'm not the boy I once was." Sasuke was calm, very calm. He could feel the anger Itachi's words were fueling within him, but it was as if it was being eaten by a void, going to a place where they would be dealt with later.
"Who says I want to draw your blood right now Sasuke? After all, you're all the family I have left. But blood still needs to be drawn." To the left of Itachi suddenly Sakura appeared. There was a wooden pole on each side of her, and she hung in the air, suspended by the ropes that were tied to her wrists and ankles that ran to the pole on the appropriate side.
"Sakura," Sasuke whispered.
"Sasuke-kun. Help me," Sakura cried. Bruises littered her face. Her clothing was torn, and was barely being held on by the barest shreds of fabric. He could see clotted blood in the tears of her outfit.
"You think you can get her blood?" Sasuke asked his brother, "I can stop you easily."
"Can you now? In time to save both of them?" On Itachi's right another figure appeared, in the exact same predicament as Sakura, except this girl had long, purple hair.
"Sasuke-kun," Kimi whispered.
"Kimi. Sakura."
"You can only save one Sasuke. Who will it be? Which one? Sakura or Kimi?" Sasuke froze, staring at his brother. His eyes darted from one girl to the other, each of which was staring at him. Sakura was crying, while Kimi wasn't, but both of their eyes were grim – they were prepared for their deaths.
"Choose Sasuke."
"Sasuke-kun."
"Choose Sasuke."
"I – "
"Sauske-kun…"
"CHOOSE!"
"I…I…"
"SASUKE-KUN!"
Sasuke sat up in bed, sweat covering his chest as he gasped for air.
"Sasuke-kun, are you alright?" Sasuke blinked, and Kimi's concerned face fell into focus.
"Kimi? Why are you here?" Sasuke asked, ignoring her question.
"Didn't you want to start Occlumency lessons?" Kimi asked, concerned.
"Oh, yes. Erm…could you let me get dressed?" Sasuke remained under his covers and narrowed his eyes at the purple haired girl.
"Blaise will be disappointed. I think he expected me to be taking my clothes off, not waiting for you to put yours on." With a smirk Kimi turned and walked out of the room, and as the door closed behind her, Sasuke heard the now familiar sound of Blaise's laughter. Rolling his eyes, he quickly dressed before meeting Kimi in the boys' common room.
"Are you ready?" he asked.
"Ah, I see. He doesn't want to do it with us here," Draco said wisely.
"Clearly he's more discrete. Sasuke, Sasuke, when will you learn that things like that never stay secret long?" Blaise asked shaking his head.
"I know what you mean Blaise," Kimi replied seriously. "After all, everyone knows about you and Draco. The only thing no one can agree on is who is on top and who's on the bottom." Sasuke couldn't hide the smirk that crept on his face at the horrified looks on the boys' faces and the simultaneous denials that spouted from their mouths. Kimi kept a perfectly straight face until they were out the door, through the common room, and in the corridor where she burst out laughing.
"Now THAT was priceless. Alright Sasuke-kun, we don't have time to lose, so I'll start talking now. The art of Occlumency is basically taking control of your own mind. If you can do that, then you should be able to make yourself immune to Itachi's attacks. Now, while it sounds rather easy, there's a few different ways to go about teaching this. The first way is through books and being self taught. This tends to take the slowest, but it doesn't involve finding someone accomplished in the skill. This is how many people try to start off, as there aren't many people skilled in Occlumency and Legilimency, so finding a person with the time and patience to teach them the basics can be hard. This also takes the longest, and is the second best way to learn. The quickest way to learn is to have someone keep using Legilimency at you over and over again, attacking your worst memories and forcing you to learn the art to keep sane. The problem with this is that the overall quality of the mastery of the skill is poorer, as the person can't use it at will. The third way is to sit down with someone experienced and have them show it to you step by step. This takes the longest to do, but the quality at the end is the best." Kimi stopped talking and entered an unused dungeon. Sasuke followed her, and with a wave of her wand the door shut and locked. Another wave and an incantation for Sasuke's benefit, and a silencing spell was put up.
"Now, the first part of Occlumency is the ability to clear one's mind. This is the hardest part to learn, and this is the part where most people fail miserably. This stage has several steps, the first being to find the feeling of complete calm. We start with a calming area, and with meditation."
"I know how to meditate," Sasuke said crossly, as Kimi once again waved her wand, banishing desks to the wall and conjuring an incense burner, a small radio, some cushions, and lit up the room with candles, extinguishing the brighter, more distracting light.
Sasuke sat down on a cushion, cross legged and with a rigid back. Kimi tapped on the radio, and soothing music began to come out of it. Sasuke relaxed a bit, but didn't let down his guard, and kept letting various thoughts float through his head. Finally, after twenty minutes of nothing, his impatience got the better of him.
"I want this done now, this is a waste of my time. Teach me the fast way," Sasuke demanded.
"Sasuke-kun -"
"NOW!"
"FINE!" Kimi yelled back. She lifted her wand and pointed it at him. "LEGELIMENS!"
Sasuke found himself reliving every single fight where Naruto beat him. He relived the moment the Third died. He relived the pity everyone gave him, since his parents were dead. He relived the hurt when Sakura started ripping into Naruto about his lack of parents. And he kept reliving the moment he found his dead family. Itachi, beating him in battle after battle after battle…
Sasuke cried out, and found himself on the floor, crumpled into a ball with tears running down his face. He closed his eyes, and when he felt a light touch on his shoulder, he shrugged it away angrily. The hand instead moved to his face, and when he opened is eyes he found himself looking into the equally tear-streaked face of Kimi.
"Sasuke-kun, please don't make me do that to you over and over again," she said softly, almost pleadingly.
"…your way sounds good," he muttered.
"Good." Kimi stood for a moment and turned around, apparently giving Sasuke a moment to compose himself and recover from the mind attack. When she turned back around, she was also composed, and she looked at him blankly before continuing.
"Sit down like you were, with your legs crossed," Kimi said. Her voice was soft, but there was a clear tone of an order. Sasuke complied, and Kimi sat the same way in front of him, the tips of her knees touching his lightly.
"Now, give me your hands and close your eyes." Sasuke complied, and immediately part of him felt innately more comfortable as he held her hands just as lightly.
"Release a light flow of chakra through your hands and knees into me, and when you feel my chakra traveling up the path your chakra is making, don't fight it, just let it in. You'll know when to stop."
Sasuke nodded and did as he was told. Almost immediately, he felt a warm, comfortable feeling swoop through his knees and hands and travel up to his mind. His conscious mind followed the feeling, going along for the ride as it cleared out one by one each thought, before traveling down to feelings, unconscious thoughts and worries, and last of all memories. It seemed to take forever, but at the same time it happened in the blink of an eye. Once everything cleared out, he was left in a state that was perfectly blank. There was no feeling of peace like he thought there would be, it was just the ultimate in calm in that there was no feeling. It was as if his mind was a blank chalkboard, ready to be written on, free of any dust, strokes, anything. He lingered there for a while before being slowly pulled up, back to a state of awareness.
"That's the result from the first part of the first step. It's the hardest part," Kimi said. "Now you know what it feels like. Before we stop, I want to draw your attention to the fact that there are layers to your mind. I went slow, so you could see each part, the conscious thoughts, conscious feelings, unconscious thoughts and feelings, and finally memories. Each layer is deeper into your mind, and each layer is more difficult to clear out. Once you clear out all four layers, you'll attain the state of mind you will need to continue with your training. This is the hardest and the longest part, but if it's done right then you'll be better equipped to block anything. Now, lets go get some breakfast."
"Breakfast?"
"Sasuke-kun, it's seven-thirty. We have class in a half hour."
Sasuke looked at his watch, and his eyes widened in surprise. They had been there for an hour.
"Oh. I didn't realize we were here so long," he replied, clearly in shock.
"You will next time. Next time we start the hard part."
And Kimi wasn't lying. While she said Sasuke was improving every day, he didn't feel like it. By the time Halloween rolled around, Sasuke had managed to clear out his conscious thoughts. Kimi smiled and told him good job, before giving him the bad news that this was the easiest part of this part of the process. Still, even the word of caution couldn't dim Sasuke's happiness when they walked to the Great Hall the day before Halloween. They sat down at breakfast, but only managed to start putting food on their plates before Professor Dumbledore stood up.
"Tomorrow we celebrate Halloween," he began, "and since it falls on a weekend, we will do this in a new way. First, there will be a costume contest at breakfast. The day will be taken up by first a trip to Hogsmeade, followed by a mandatory all school event. Costumes should be worn at all times, for the students dressing up. At the feast, the winners of the costume contest will be awarded, and the final choices for Romeo and Juliet, along with the Hogwarts Quiddich Team will be announced. There will be awards for the top girl and boy from each year, Most Creative, Most Magical, Most Muggle, Best of Show, and personal awards given out by myself, Professors McGonagall, Snape, Slughorn, Sprout, Flitwick, Vector, and Jiraiya. It should be a good time, and I hope to see some excellent costume work."
Professor Dumbledore sat down, and all the sixth year Slytherins leaned in to start discussing this new turn of events.
After the day ended, Kiba, Harry, Hermione, and Naruto were up in the Gryffindor Common room. They'd already put away their papers, (Hermione checked Harry's and actually took it from him, so as to not give him time to let Ron look at it) and were now talking about Halloween.
Word had spread fast about Kiba and Hermione, and now Ron refused to be in the same area as them. Harry felt stuck in the middle, until Ron started hanging out more with Dean and Seamus, and before he'd started dating Lavender Brown. Harry wasn't sure if it was because he liked her, or because he wanted to get back at Hermione, but whenever the two of them were together, they were stuck together at a lip lock. As Hermione and Kiba weren't like that at all, Harry preferred hanging out with them while Ron was with Lavender.
"So, what are you looking to be for Halloween?" asked Naruto.
"Hmmm…I'm leaving my costume up to Hermione," Kiba said wisely. "That way we'll go together." Hermione beamed over at him, and Harry couldn't help smirking at Kiba's cleverness. His memory flashed back to the party so much time ago. Since then, he hadn't seen much of Daphne. He sent her a rose now and then, and they'd swapped a few friendly notes, but he never seemed to come up with the time to talk to her more than just saying a quick, secret hello. Between both of their schedules (Daphne worked to tutor the younger Slytherin students, which took up almost as much time as Quiddich did for him) and the fact that they were in rival houses, he had never gotten a chance to talk to her in person, or figure out a good way to ask her if she'd be his girlfriend.
"Harry?"
"Huh?" Jerked from his thoughts, he looked over at Hermione.
"I asked if you were going to be Godric Gryffindor for Halloween," she repeated. "It seems appropriate, what with you being so popular and from Gryffindor."
"No, I don't want to do something Gryffindor based," Harry said absently. How could a lion go about charming a snake after all…
And that's when the idea hit him. He knew exactly what he was going to be.
"So what are you going to be? I know that look on your face Harry Potter, you just figured out something," Hermione accused.
"Wait for tomorrow…I have to see if I can get something for it. If I can't, then I'll have to change my idea." With that said, Harry got up from the table, and all but ran out the portrait hole. Hermione, Kiba, and Naruto all stared at where he had been for a second before shaking their heads, commenting on Harry's insanity, and going back to talking about costumes.
"Hey Hermione?" asked Naruto, "What do muggle ninjas over here dress like?"
"Have you guys seen Harry?" The group looked up to see Ginny Weasley looking down at them.
"He just took off outside the hole, he said he wanted to go see if he could get something for his costume," Hermione said, confused.
"Thanks!" With that said, Ginny took off after him.
"Apparently insanity is contagious," Kiba commented.
When Ginny finally found Harry, he was in a bit of an interesting state. He was talking, but in Parseltounge. In front of him was a group of snakes, one larger and four of them smaller. He seemed to be arguing with them.
"Harry? What's wrong?" asked Ginny. Harry looked over, hissed for a second at the snakes, who kept hissing at each other, before motioning her over.
"Well, I want to be a snake charmer for Halloween," Harry explained, "and I wanted to go get some snakes, but I'm only looking for a big one and two little ones. Unfortunately, there are four little ones that think a trip inside the school aught to be fun."
"Well, I can help you with that," Ginny said with a grin. "I want to be the Minoan Snake Goddess, you know with the Draco thing. And I was hoping to ask you if some snakes wouldn't mind riding with me…"
"Brilliant! Hang on; let me tell them the good news." With that said, Harry started hissing at the snakes. They hissed back, and after a minute, Harry picked up two green snakes to give her. She took one of them on each of her arms, and Harry took the other three, the biggest one going around his waist.
"Where to get costumes now?" Harry wondered.
"Well, we could just transfigure or charm clothes…but I only know so much about how to do it," Ginny mused. Harry snapped his fingers, and motioned to Ginny.
"Duh. Room of Requirement," Harry said. Ginny's eyes widened, and the two of them began making their way to the seventh floor.
"So, Hinata, Kimi, any ideas as to what you guys are going to do for tomorrow?" asked Pansy. She, Daphne, Kimi, and Hinata were lounging in the girls' common room. Tracy and Millicent had left the group in disgust, citing their plans to dress up as "Childish" and "Un-Slytherin-Like."
"Well, I think I'm going to be an angel," Kimi said. "Simple, sweet, and to the point."
"I was thinking a nun," Hinata added. Kimi smiled over at her, while Hinata was still shy with most other people, the constant presence of the three girls for almost two months now had banished that particular aspect of her personality while they were alone.
"I am totally going to be Cleopatra," Daphne announced. Kimi grinned at her, before looking at Pansy.
"Amazon. And I've actually taken archery, so if anyone tries to mess with us, I'll hit 'em with my bow," Pansy declared. All four girls started laughing, before raiding their individual rooms to figure out what they had and what they had to transfigure and charm.
"Hermione? Kiba? Naruto?" The trio looked up to see Ginny calling for them and beckoning towards the door.
"Ginny, we're trying to figure out how to put together our costumes," Naruto replied crossly.
"Well duh. I'm here to help you out with that. Now come on!"
The three teenagers looked at each other, shrugged, and followed the excited red head.
"Hey Ginny? Do you have some of that costume jewelry I can borrow?" Ginny looked over and saw a hopeful Ron looking at her, and completely ignoring Hermione.
"Ron, what are you looking to be?" asked Ginny.
"A pirate."
"Well, I know the perfect place I can get a costume made for you. Just give me a piece of your hair, and I'll have it delivered up with Harry tonight," Ginny said.
"Erm, is this going to…you know…" Ron dropped his voice to a whisper, "cost much?"
"You owe me a favor. That's it," Ginny replied. "Did Lavender give you a color scheme?"
"She said scarlet and gold, Gryffindor colors. She figured they'd be easiest to do on short notice. Thanks Gin." Ron hugged his younger sister, gave her a hair, and went off, as Dean was asking for Ron's help with something tricky.
The four teenagers (plus Akamaru of course) ran up to the Room of Requirement, and Ginny paced for a second before a door appeared. They went through it to find a Harry Potter standing in front of them, wearing nothing but a pair of black silk boxers, staring off into the distance. Hermione screeched, turned crimson, and immediately turned away, hiding her face in Kiba's chest.
"What the –" Naruto looked over to see another, fully dressed, Harry walking towards them from the back, carrying a bunch of cloth and a basket. Next to the statue Harry was a statue Ginny, though the statue Ginny was already wearing a dress.
"Hermione, it's alright. It's just a dummy, like a seamstress doll," Harry said soothingly. He tossed one of the shirts on it, and Hermione finally turned around, this time appreciating everything the room had to offer.
In one corner stood what looked to be blank dolls, and a bunch of them if that. The wall opposite the door into the room was a huge mirror, and didn't have anything in front of it. To the left were a bunch of cubbies filled with different fabrics, pants, skirts, accessories, shoes, almost anything you could think of to make a costume. Along the other wall was a huge shelf full of books, all of them about costuming, make up, hair, and tailoring spells.
"Hey, Harry? Ron asked us to make a pirate outfit for him. Do you want to get a dummy set up and get some clothing on it for me?" Ginny asked.
"Sure Gin. Here, Hermione, come with me, I'll show you how these things work."
"Uh, as cool as this is, we kinda have Quiddich practice," Naruto said hesitantly. Hermione and Ginny each let out a huge, exaggerated sigh and held out a hand. Both boys grinned and gave the girls a bit of their hair, and Hermione knelt to get one from Akamaru as well. Making a hasty retreat, Kiba, Akamaru, and Naruto all raced out of the room.
Harry, meanwhile, took Ron's hair and put it on the dummy. The hair absorbed itself into it, and within seconds there stood a doll version of Ron wearing a pair of green boxers. Harry grabbed one of the silkier shirts and suede pants, and with an absent wave of his wand dressed the dummy before leaving it for Ginny. Hermione repeated the same with the rest of the hairs, and everyone got to work.
"Alright Sasuke. Shino can get away with going as himself, but you can't!" Blaise trumpeted.
"You know, back home, when I said 'No' no one told me otherwise," Sasuke scowled. Draco merely shook his head and waved a wand around a dummy version of himself. He'd gotten a house elf to bring them up a few of the seamstress dummies, and he was currently deciding whether or not a shield with the Slytherin symbol on it would be too cumbersome to carry around all day.
"You know Kimi'll just come down here and make you do it anyways," Blaise reasoned with him. His dummy was all dressed up in a jester's outfit. It had a diamond pattern of dark green and light silver diamonds, and the three points on the hat were snakes. Each bell was in the shape of one of the other animals of the other three houses, and each were held in the snake's mouth.
Draco's cape and pants matched Blaise's green, and his shirt matched Blaise's silver. Draco's dummy wore a golden snake crown, and the costume's sword had a snake head at the hilt. Behind it, he had Crabbe and Goyle's costumes as Slytherin Knights finished. The four of them had decided to go as a theme, though Nott had unbeknownstly echoed Tracy and Millicent's opinions about dressing up. Shino flat out refused, and it worked, but for some reason these people wouldn't let Sasuke say no.
And Blaise was very much right about Kimi. Sasuke finally sighed and caved in; at least he'd get to pick out a costume of his own
"What should I be?" he asked. Blaise walked around him, staring him up and down and concentrating. Finally, he snapped his fingers, grabbed some clothes, and with a few waves of his wand, the Sasuke dummy was clothed all in black. Black knee high leather boots were pulled up over a pair of black kinda poofy pants, with a black button down shirt. There was an ornate black and silver belt, and across the doll's face was a mask. Finally, the outfit was finished off with a rapier on one hip, a whip on the other, a Mexican black and silver hat on its head, and a black cape that flowed down the character's back. Sasuke couldn't help admiring the outfit, he looked good.
"Sasuke? You are Zorro!"
The next morning started off with Ron, Naruto, and Kiba all having bundles thrown at them at around seven in the morning.
"OW! Harry, what the bloody hell was that?" Ron asked, rubbing his head.
"It's your pirate costume. Come on guys, it's time to get dressed. And I get the bath first!"
Harry took off to get into the shower while the rest of the boys in the room groaned and struggled out of bed.
It took a while, but soon everyone was ready to go. Neville dressed up in old fashioned crimson and gold dress robes. With the hat and the sword, he made a very good Godric Gryffindor. Dean Thomas and Seamus Finnigan were completely different. Dean was dressed up as Darth Vader from Star Wars, and Seamus was Luke Skywalker. Both costumes were complete with glowing, noisy light sabers that they immediately began dueling with.
Ron was impressed with his pirate outfit. With a white and gold shirt, crimson pants with a matching bandanna, and black knee high boots, hat, and eye patch along with the sword at his hip, it was definitely the best costume he'd ever worn.
Kiba (who Ron still ignored) was dressed in a simple tuxedo with a black cape and a mask over half of the front of his face. His hair was slicked back, he made a great Phantom of the Opera. Next to him, Akamaru wore a doggy mask that covered half of his face and a black cape as well.
Naruto was dressed all in black, so the only thing you could see was his eyes. Hermione and Kiba found the fact that he was a stereotypical ninja fairly amusing, but it did look good on him. While he could keep the mask up if he'd like, he wore it around his neck at the moment, with a black band around his forehead keeping his hair out of his face.
Harry was wearing something totally different. He had a poofy light silver shirt on, with equally poofy crimson and green pants. Over the shirt he wore a vest that matched the pants. His belt was a sash of gold that matched the turban on his head. A pipe-like instrument was tucked into his belt, and on his back was a basket with two small snakes sticking out of it. A larger snake wrapped its way up his body, at Harry's hissing instructions.
"Harry! Wicked costume! Love the snakes," Seamus commented with awe.
"Isn't it a little Slytherin?" asked Ron as they all started trooping downstairs.
"Nah, he's controlling the snakes. He's a snake charmer!" declared Neville. Ron seemed to find this agreeable, and as soon as they hit the common room, he made a beeline for Lavender, who matched him well and was dressed as a pirate wench. Next to her was Parvati, who was dressed up as Cat Woman, and Ino who was wearing a medieval crimson and black dress. Her hair was swept into an elegant up do and her skin was glamoured so it was a lot paler than it normally was. She looked absolutely gorgeous, and when she opened her mouth it was clear she'd gotten Hermione to elongate her canines so they were vampire fangs. As for Hermione herself, she was wearing a long white and silver dress with silver flowers in her hair. Though it didn't look like anything in particular by itself, when she stood with Kiba it was clear to those who had seen the musical that Hermione was dressed as Christine.
"You look amazing," said Kiba in awe.
"So do you," Hermione smiled back. Harry was looking around, but was tapped on the shoulder. He spun around and there saw Ginny. Her dress was done in crimson and green, like his clothes, except the pattern resembled scales. It tied like a halter top around her neck and fell straight to the ground with two slits, one up each side. In her hair was a silver and gold crown with a cat on it, and around her arms were the other two snakes Harry had talked to. She truly did look like a snake goddess.
"Shall we?" she asked Harry, motioning towards the portrait hole. Harry looked around and saw that Lavender had gone off with Ron, Hermione with Kiba, Naruto with Ino, Seamus with Dean, and Neville with Parvati. With a grin, he offered Ginny his arm, and she took it with a wink. The two of them walked out of the room and down to the Great Hall where their Halloween would begin.
A/N: Alrighty, I decided to end here because I'm at the end of the thirteenth page. There ended up being a lot more description than I thought, but I do have Chapter 12 in the works. Depending on how long Hogsmeade goes, I may end up having to split the day between chapters 12 and 13, but they should both be coming really soon, promise.