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Welcome to the UK [Chapter 8]
Fandom: Beyblade/ Harry Potter crossover
Summary: [Harry Potter/ Beyblade crossover] After arriving in the UK to promote beyblading, the Bladebreakers are kidnapped by men in black robes wanting the power of their bitbeasts. Kai isn't too pleased. Then the other people he meets just. Aren't. Normal.
Rating: K
Notes: Any place to find out what Dumbledore's wand looks like?
Portkey might not actually work buuut, it's on a timer?
Hopefully I'm not info-dumping. Info from http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/ssu-ling.shtml
Genre: Humour
Word count: 1,696
Status: Work in Progress
Kai fought the urge to leave right there and then. The man had somehow brought him here so he had to be able to take him back to London. And unless Kai had been unconscious for an entire day, which he severely doubted, they had to only be about an hours drive away from London. When he'd opened the box, he must have released some drug that caused him to lose consciousness. He didn't know where he was or how to get back to London (though there should be some place that he could buy a map and there would be a some road signs around the village but it could still be quicker going with Professor Dumbldore).
"We're in Scotland and you brought me here by magic," Kai repeated, deadpan, making sure he heard what Professor Dumbledore has said. Why exactly was he surprised?
The Professor nodded, a knowing smile on his lips.
"Then prove it to me that magic is real." Kai stopped himself from smirking. They couldn't do real magic - only little parlour tricks. That blond boy had said that they weren't allowed to do magic so...
Professor Dumbledore reached into his robe and pulled out a withered stick. Kai stared at it. The person at the airport had weilded something similar; not exactly the same but similar. That was his wand? Not the cliché black and white one? For once, they were actually being inconspicuous. The Professor pointed the stick to Kai's mug and said a few words in Latin.
The mug, right before Kai's eyes, turned into a kitten. There hadn't been any misdirection, no flashing lights, no exaggerated movements. One second it was a white mug and the next, it was a tortoiseshell kitten. It looked up at him and mewled.
Hesitating slightly, Kai extended an arm and started to pet the kitten. It was warm, the fur felt real and it just started purring at his scratching.
So the Professor was very good at 'magic'. It was probably down to all the time spent practicing as well as the entire thing being set up.
Kai decided to go along with it anyway. Better to humour the man to get back to London quicker than to argue with him.
"Fine, magic is real." He twitched slightly when the kitten licked his palm. What, it was hungry? It wanted some of the stuff that he'd had for breakfast? He'd barely started when that package had been delivered. "What did you want to ask me?"
Tucking the wand away again, Professor Dumbledore said, "I have recently found out that you have been targeted by Voldemort." He waited to see Kai's reaction.
That was to raise an eyebrow, waiting to see if Professor Dumbledore was going to elaborate. The kitten started to rub its body against Kai's palm when he stopped stroking it. Kai wasn't particularly impressed; not to mention the name reminded him too much of his grandfather's name.
"Never heard of him." The name was distinctive enough for Kai to remember it if he had heard it before.
"But you have met him."
Probably. There had been a lot of people at that signing yesterday. And that was only at one signing as well.
"He wants the power of the Ssu Ling," Dumbledore continued.
Kai's eyes narrowed. He knew exactly who the Professor was talking about. The kitten headbutted his palm this time when he stopped stroking it. He didn't notice as his other hand was reaching into his pocket.
Rosmerta walked up to the table during the quiet moment and put Professor Dumbledore's tea in front of him. He thanked her with a smile and she left. Kai had seen her eyes flick to the unexplained appearance of a kitten but she said nothing about it. Maybe this was a regular occurence or was she a part of this as well? Well, if the entire thing was set up, Professor Dumbledore would have to had her permission to do anything.
Professor Dumbledore stirred his tea, the grating noise filling the silence.
"Why?"
"He wants to use that power to destroy the Ministry of Magic," Heard that before. "and to rid the world of anything muggle." Didn't hear that one before.
"... Muggle?"
"It's a word that wizards and witches use to describe people who don't have any magical ability." So he was right. These people had their own termonology to 'set them apart' from everyone else.
Professor Dumbledore peered over his glasses. "Which leads to some interesting problems with you. You were not born with magical abilities and your family isn't magical either. Yet you can still see places hidden by magical means."
"And that would be a problem because...?" That didn't seem to be a big problem to Kai.
"Simply, because there is no wizarding term to describe you." He took a sip of his tea. "As I said before, a muggle is a person with no magical ability; they are born from non-magical parents. Muggleborns are wizards or witches born from non-magical parents. On the other hand, a squib is a person who was born form magical parents but they barely inherited their parents' ability.
"You are neither a muggleborn or a squib - you developed your ability after birth. That should be impossible," Professor Dumbledore concluded.
"That's it? You don't know what to call me?" Seemed like a stupid problem. Was there something wrong with calling him by his name? Or just never seeing him again would be better. On the inside, Kai started to quietly seethe. Now that he knew what a few of the terms meant, Kai had a feeling that the younger Malfoy had been insulting him. Not that he hadn't already guessed from the boy's tone but now he knew what he'd meant. Even though it still didn't make any sense.
"That's because there's no-one else like you. You are the first that I have heard of and seen developing in this way." Professor Dumbledore took another sip from his teacup.
So, he was 'special' and 'one-of-a-kind'. Right. And they cared, why? What difference did it make if he suddenly deveoped 'magical powers' -as if he actually had- anyway?
"Sh-!" The kitten had decided to grab Kai's attention again. By jumping on his lap. Dranzer hit the table with a thump as Kai's hand banged on the table as he jerked in surprise.
Kai glared at the kitten but it gazed up at him innocently, not fazed by it. Almost exactly like Tyson. Grabbing it by the scruff of the neck, he put it back on top of the table. "Stay there," he muttered to it. It started to purr again as he scratched behind its ears.
Professor Dumbledore was staring at Kai's hand in curiosity when Kai looked back up at him. "What's that?" he asked.
Kai's lips thinned to a line. "My beyblade." He'd said that he was going to answer his questions but that didn't mean he had to go in to detail.
"Suzaku," Professor Dumbledore murmured.
Kai's eyes narrowed in suspicion and wariness. "Dranzer," he corrected. Why did they keep on calling Dranzer Suzaku? They weren't the same. Wasn't it obvious? After what had happened at the airport, Kai decided to read more on the myth of the Ssu Ling. He'd been surprised by what he'd found and what he'd forgotten.
The Ssu Ling was a Chinese legend about four mythical creatures that represented and guarded one part of the compass, as well as a season, a colour and an element. Kai had been startled to find out that the Bladebreakers' bitbeasts coincided with the Ssu Ling but brushed that off as being merely a coincidence. If the tournament in Beycity had ended differently, there would have been different people on the team.
He had snorted at the information when he found it. Because of a coincidence, the Bladebreakers were targeted by an insane man who believed in an ancient legend.
He'd also found out that the phoenix's name in the Ssu Ling was Suzaku.
"How did you know that it was Dranzer?" Kai asked carefully. "My hand's covering the bitpiece."
Professor Dumbledore smiled at him and Kai stopped himself from glaring at the window again. "I have a connection with phoenixes."
Just then, Dranzer glowed as if agreeing with Professor Dumbledore's statement. If Dranzer was agreeing with Professor Dumbledore... 'Are you telling me magic exists and it's real?' Dranzer stopped glowing for a second before glowing again. That was a definite yes.
Kai's mind reeled. But then that meant - Kai's attention was brought back to Professor Dumbledore when the Professor settled his teacup back on to its saucer.
"I'm afraid that we've run out of time," he said sadly. "The portkey will take you back to your hotel in a minute. Don't worry, she won't apparate you anywhere else.
"The letter should answer a few more of your questions and I'll contact you at a later date." Professor Dumbledore nodded in a goodbye kind of manner.
Kai suddenly found himself in the lounge area of his hotel, feeling as if all the air had been yanked out of his body. He waited a minute to orientate himself before glancing at the clock. Seven-thirty. The conversation felt like it had lasted that long but to be teleported from some place in Scotland to some place in London... That sort of technology didn't exist yet.
He slipped Dranzer back into his pocket when he heard footsteps approach the lounge area and held the purring kitten close to him to try and hide it. He hadn't exactly checked but he was sure pets weren't allowed in the hotel.
"Hey Kai?" a familiar voice called out. Tyson was up at this time? That was a surprise. "I was told that you... were..." Kai looked up at his gaping teammate just in time to see his face change into a wicked grin. Kai paled in realisation. "The others are never gonna believe me!" Tyson was already gone, running as fast as he could before Kai could catch up with him.
He was never going to hear the end of the teasing.
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Summary: [Harry Potter/ Beyblade crossover] After arriving in the UK to promote beyblading, the Bladebreakers are kidnapped by men in black robes wanting the power of their bitbeasts. Kai isn't too pleased. Then the other people he meets just. Aren't. Normal.
Rating: K
Notes: Any place to find out what Dumbledore's wand looks like?
Portkey might not actually work buuut, it's on a timer?
Hopefully I'm not info-dumping. Info from http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/ssu-ling.shtml
Genre: Humour
Word count: 1,696
Status: Work in Progress
Kai fought the urge to leave right there and then. The man had somehow brought him here so he had to be able to take him back to London. And unless Kai had been unconscious for an entire day, which he severely doubted, they had to only be about an hours drive away from London. When he'd opened the box, he must have released some drug that caused him to lose consciousness. He didn't know where he was or how to get back to London (though there should be some place that he could buy a map and there would be a some road signs around the village but it could still be quicker going with Professor Dumbldore).
"We're in Scotland and you brought me here by magic," Kai repeated, deadpan, making sure he heard what Professor Dumbledore has said. Why exactly was he surprised?
The Professor nodded, a knowing smile on his lips.
"Then prove it to me that magic is real." Kai stopped himself from smirking. They couldn't do real magic - only little parlour tricks. That blond boy had said that they weren't allowed to do magic so...
Professor Dumbledore reached into his robe and pulled out a withered stick. Kai stared at it. The person at the airport had weilded something similar; not exactly the same but similar. That was his wand? Not the cliché black and white one? For once, they were actually being inconspicuous. The Professor pointed the stick to Kai's mug and said a few words in Latin.
The mug, right before Kai's eyes, turned into a kitten. There hadn't been any misdirection, no flashing lights, no exaggerated movements. One second it was a white mug and the next, it was a tortoiseshell kitten. It looked up at him and mewled.
Hesitating slightly, Kai extended an arm and started to pet the kitten. It was warm, the fur felt real and it just started purring at his scratching.
So the Professor was very good at 'magic'. It was probably down to all the time spent practicing as well as the entire thing being set up.
Kai decided to go along with it anyway. Better to humour the man to get back to London quicker than to argue with him.
"Fine, magic is real." He twitched slightly when the kitten licked his palm. What, it was hungry? It wanted some of the stuff that he'd had for breakfast? He'd barely started when that package had been delivered. "What did you want to ask me?"
Tucking the wand away again, Professor Dumbledore said, "I have recently found out that you have been targeted by Voldemort." He waited to see Kai's reaction.
That was to raise an eyebrow, waiting to see if Professor Dumbledore was going to elaborate. The kitten started to rub its body against Kai's palm when he stopped stroking it. Kai wasn't particularly impressed; not to mention the name reminded him too much of his grandfather's name.
"Never heard of him." The name was distinctive enough for Kai to remember it if he had heard it before.
"But you have met him."
Probably. There had been a lot of people at that signing yesterday. And that was only at one signing as well.
"He wants the power of the Ssu Ling," Dumbledore continued.
Kai's eyes narrowed. He knew exactly who the Professor was talking about. The kitten headbutted his palm this time when he stopped stroking it. He didn't notice as his other hand was reaching into his pocket.
Rosmerta walked up to the table during the quiet moment and put Professor Dumbledore's tea in front of him. He thanked her with a smile and she left. Kai had seen her eyes flick to the unexplained appearance of a kitten but she said nothing about it. Maybe this was a regular occurence or was she a part of this as well? Well, if the entire thing was set up, Professor Dumbledore would have to had her permission to do anything.
Professor Dumbledore stirred his tea, the grating noise filling the silence.
"Why?"
"He wants to use that power to destroy the Ministry of Magic," Heard that before. "and to rid the world of anything muggle." Didn't hear that one before.
"... Muggle?"
"It's a word that wizards and witches use to describe people who don't have any magical ability." So he was right. These people had their own termonology to 'set them apart' from everyone else.
Professor Dumbledore peered over his glasses. "Which leads to some interesting problems with you. You were not born with magical abilities and your family isn't magical either. Yet you can still see places hidden by magical means."
"And that would be a problem because...?" That didn't seem to be a big problem to Kai.
"Simply, because there is no wizarding term to describe you." He took a sip of his tea. "As I said before, a muggle is a person with no magical ability; they are born from non-magical parents. Muggleborns are wizards or witches born from non-magical parents. On the other hand, a squib is a person who was born form magical parents but they barely inherited their parents' ability.
"You are neither a muggleborn or a squib - you developed your ability after birth. That should be impossible," Professor Dumbledore concluded.
"That's it? You don't know what to call me?" Seemed like a stupid problem. Was there something wrong with calling him by his name? Or just never seeing him again would be better. On the inside, Kai started to quietly seethe. Now that he knew what a few of the terms meant, Kai had a feeling that the younger Malfoy had been insulting him. Not that he hadn't already guessed from the boy's tone but now he knew what he'd meant. Even though it still didn't make any sense.
"That's because there's no-one else like you. You are the first that I have heard of and seen developing in this way." Professor Dumbledore took another sip from his teacup.
So, he was 'special' and 'one-of-a-kind'. Right. And they cared, why? What difference did it make if he suddenly deveoped 'magical powers' -as if he actually had- anyway?
"Sh-!" The kitten had decided to grab Kai's attention again. By jumping on his lap. Dranzer hit the table with a thump as Kai's hand banged on the table as he jerked in surprise.
Kai glared at the kitten but it gazed up at him innocently, not fazed by it. Almost exactly like Tyson. Grabbing it by the scruff of the neck, he put it back on top of the table. "Stay there," he muttered to it. It started to purr again as he scratched behind its ears.
Professor Dumbledore was staring at Kai's hand in curiosity when Kai looked back up at him. "What's that?" he asked.
Kai's lips thinned to a line. "My beyblade." He'd said that he was going to answer his questions but that didn't mean he had to go in to detail.
"Suzaku," Professor Dumbledore murmured.
Kai's eyes narrowed in suspicion and wariness. "Dranzer," he corrected. Why did they keep on calling Dranzer Suzaku? They weren't the same. Wasn't it obvious? After what had happened at the airport, Kai decided to read more on the myth of the Ssu Ling. He'd been surprised by what he'd found and what he'd forgotten.
The Ssu Ling was a Chinese legend about four mythical creatures that represented and guarded one part of the compass, as well as a season, a colour and an element. Kai had been startled to find out that the Bladebreakers' bitbeasts coincided with the Ssu Ling but brushed that off as being merely a coincidence. If the tournament in Beycity had ended differently, there would have been different people on the team.
He had snorted at the information when he found it. Because of a coincidence, the Bladebreakers were targeted by an insane man who believed in an ancient legend.
He'd also found out that the phoenix's name in the Ssu Ling was Suzaku.
"How did you know that it was Dranzer?" Kai asked carefully. "My hand's covering the bitpiece."
Professor Dumbledore smiled at him and Kai stopped himself from glaring at the window again. "I have a connection with phoenixes."
Just then, Dranzer glowed as if agreeing with Professor Dumbledore's statement. If Dranzer was agreeing with Professor Dumbledore... 'Are you telling me magic exists and it's real?' Dranzer stopped glowing for a second before glowing again. That was a definite yes.
Kai's mind reeled. But then that meant - Kai's attention was brought back to Professor Dumbledore when the Professor settled his teacup back on to its saucer.
"I'm afraid that we've run out of time," he said sadly. "The portkey will take you back to your hotel in a minute. Don't worry, she won't apparate you anywhere else.
"The letter should answer a few more of your questions and I'll contact you at a later date." Professor Dumbledore nodded in a goodbye kind of manner.
Kai suddenly found himself in the lounge area of his hotel, feeling as if all the air had been yanked out of his body. He waited a minute to orientate himself before glancing at the clock. Seven-thirty. The conversation felt like it had lasted that long but to be teleported from some place in Scotland to some place in London... That sort of technology didn't exist yet.
He slipped Dranzer back into his pocket when he heard footsteps approach the lounge area and held the purring kitten close to him to try and hide it. He hadn't exactly checked but he was sure pets weren't allowed in the hotel.
"Hey Kai?" a familiar voice called out. Tyson was up at this time? That was a surprise. "I was told that you... were..." Kai looked up at his gaping teammate just in time to see his face change into a wicked grin. Kai paled in realisation. "The others are never gonna believe me!" Tyson was already gone, running as fast as he could before Kai could catch up with him.
He was never going to hear the end of the teasing.