Return of Chaos

Disclaimer: Not mine, money-less person, blood from a turnip.

Fandoms: Harry Potter, Slayers

Pairings: Ginny/Draco, Ron/Hermiony

Spoilers: Harry Potter; Chamber of Secrets, Order of the Phoenix
Slayers; Next, Try, OAV’s Mirror Mirrior- Explosion Array, and the Motion Picture.

Summery/Notes: This started out as a plot bunny that bit me while I was watching CoS after watching the Slayers Motion Picture. After conferring with Syx-oniichan, I decided who would be reincarnated and as who. Credit to Syx-oneechan for who Filia, Amelia, and Sylphiel ended up being. Also, I still have to go back to my Video archive to get the spelling for all the Slayers ppl, places, and creatures. And as I have only seen 7 eps of Slayers season one, (the first and third volumes) my knowledge of Sirag (sp) is a bit shoddy. If I make any errors, please tell me.

The Return of Chaos
By Youko Rayah
04/04

STORY ONE: Introducing the Main Players

Screaming, blood, loss, pain, oblivion. It was always the same. Come solicits she would dream of That Day. The day she lost her everything, her Zel. Not to mention her surrogate brother, and her own life.

The little red haired girl rose from bed while wrapping herself in a warm cloak. Then padded out of the girls dorm. She descended the stairs silently, and proceeded to leave the Gryffindor Tower. She needed air, and to see the stars. Moving from shadow to shadow so as to avoid Mrs. Norris, Filch, and Professor Snape, she left the school proper for the lakeshore.

Finding a spot on the cold, frozen ground, she sat and looked up at the night sky. It hurt, more and more every year. And ever since her first year the memories had been coming clearer and clearer. She closed her eyes, took a breath, and began to speak.

\"Hello Zel. It\'s me again. Things have been bad this year, worse than before. They basically fired Dumbledore, and put this ministry woman in charge. She\'s going to get someone killed at this rate. She refuses to acknowledge the fact that Voldemort is a real threat. That bastard possessed me so I know what I\'m talking about.

\"By L-sama, I wish you were here. Between you and me there wasn\'t an enemy we couldn\'t beat. I miss you. I miss your smile, your laugh, the way the tips of your ears turned purple when you blushed. But most of all, I miss the way you used to hold me.\"


She sniffed and wiped her eyes with the back of her hand. \"But at least I know you aren\'t alone. Gourry, Sylphiel, and Amelia are up there with you. Miss you Zel, and I love you. Give the others a hug for me.\"

She bowed her head, and then got to her feet. As she walked back to the castle, Ginny Weasley, the reincarnation of Lina Inverse, hoped that the year would start to turn around when classes started again.

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Two weeks later, school was back in swing. It was then that Lina started to notice something decidedly off about many of the people around her. It all started with Ron being nice to Draco. Lina twitched a bit at her brother\'s mindless cheeriness. And then Hermione went and got all shy, to the point that she almost never raised her hand anymore in class. Malfoy\'s two bodyguards started acting all knowledgeable, not to mention that they had both lost weight. And Draco was just plain off; he wasn\'t snide or condescending any more.

It was almost as creepy as the time Lagen, the vice president of the Professional of Magic-users Society (PMS for short), had made that copy of her. Ginny shuddered. Some things just did NOT bear thinking about.

Well, she thought as she reached the door to the Potions classroom, contemplating the shifts in the school could wait. She had detention with Professor Snape. With a knock to the door, she announced her presence.

\"Professor?\"

\"Ah, Mrs. Weasley, punctual as ever. You may begin by wiping down the tables, then sweeping and mopping the floors. When you\'re done with that, come see me for more. You are not to use magic.\"

\"Yes sir.\"

It didn\'t take long to wipe down the tables, not more than fifteen minutes or so, then she went to get a broom. Out of the corner of her eye she saw the Potions master watching her. Deciding to take a chance, she asked, \"Professor? You never said why exactly I was given detention. And I was wondering what I did.\"

\"The reason for the detention? Well, that... is a secret.\"

Lina\'s head met the floor in a full on face fault. Looking up she squeaked out, \"Xellos?!\"

The black haired man just smiled mysteriously. Once Lina recovered from her shock, the newly revealed Trickster priest called the house elves for tea. After being served, Lina proceeded to glare at the Mazuko over the rim of her cup.

At the glare, Xellos explained. \"I wandered around for a while after you and the others died. Filia and Val were the only things that kept me even remotely sane. Then the fighting started again. Luna didn\'t last long. One of Dynast\'s minions got her about two years after you died. Not long after the fighting had died down, L-sama appeared in Seyruun and proclaimed that you and the others would be reborn when you were needed again to bring high magic back into the world.

\"Time passed and I waited. Eventually I ended up here in Great Britain. I felt a huge burst of fear, pain, and despair, so I went to investigate. It was coming from a student who had been attacked by a werewolf. He was dying, and I honestly don\'t know WHY I did it, but I merged with him. Zalas-sama arranged it so that this body wouldn\'t change in appearance, and I\'ve been here ever since.\"

\"No wonder you hate Sirius Black so much. He essentially committed murder using his best friend as the weapon.\"

\"And you have never cared for werewolves.\"

\"Not really. Got attacked by to many of them in the old days when I traveled with Nahga.\"

\"True. Lina, you should know, you aren\'t the only one who reincarnated. I\'ve sensed some of the others here in Britain.\"

\"Do you know who and where?\"

\"The who is many of your old friends, the where is... a secret!\"

Lina promptly hit him over the head with a chair.

\"Ouch.\"

\"Serves you right. Now be serious, Xellos. How do I find them?\"

\"The only advice I can give you is to start looking at those who have changed suddenly.\"

\"Well I guess that\'s better than nothing. Later Xellos.\"

\"But Miss Lina, you haven\'t finished with detention.\"

She hit him with a table this time.

After leaving detention, Lina went to the Gryffindor common room to get some studying done. But her mind kept wandering. Who could the others be? How many came back, and as whom? Would they remember her? Could she find them?

Xellos said there were some in Britain. Could they be at the school? The first thing to do is look at similarities; who was acting like her old friends? With the way Xellos was behaving, and what he had said, she would bet her last drop of magic that they were here in the school, but as students or teachers? Maybe both.

Let\'s start in Gryffindor. Lina pulled out a fresh sheet of parchment and began writing names. She started with those in her year and those in Ron\'s year. The only ones who had changed drastically as far as she could tell, were Hermione and Ron. But who were they?

Okay, Hermione was still helpful, and very knowledgeable about school, but she had become much more shy when talking to others. Less spotlight prone. And Ron was friendlier to people, even Draco. And his grades were slipping. Mum had set him letters telling him to buckle down and work harder. If anything it seemed like he... had...

\"Pudding for brains,\" she whispered with widening eyes. \"Gourry.\"

She set her things aside and ran from the room and down the hall. In her mad dash to see Xellos to have it confirmed, she ran full tilt into none other than Draco Malfoy and his two friends. Crabbe glared and snarled, \"Hay watch it you flat-chested little brat!\"

\"I am NOT flat chested! I\'m extra petite! And just who are you calling a brat, you third rate wizard!?\"

Draco\'s eyes went impossibly wide. \"Lina?\"

\"Eh? How do you know that name,\" she demanded.

\"One word. Chimera.\"

\"Zel?\" she whispered. \"Is that you?\"

\"Yes. And you remember Zolt and Rodomus?\"

For the longest time, she gazed into his eyes. Eyes that were the same crystal-edged, slit-eyed gaze she had dreamed of closing forever for so many pain-filled years.

\"By the nine hells, it IS you! Come on,\" she sad grabbing his arm. \"We have to go see Snape.\"

\"Why?\" Crabbe, now revealed as the wizard Zolt, demanded.

\"You two never met him as far as I know. But Snape is Xellos.\"

\"Say WHAT?\" Zelgadis demanded.

\"Snape and Xellos merged years ago. Back in his fifth or sixth year, I think. He can explain it to you. And I think Gourry reincarnated too.\"

\"As who,\" Zolt asked

\"Ron. But I\'m not sure.\"

They continued to the dungeons, quickly locating the dark Potions master.

\"Xellos! I need a confirmation.\"

\"Oh? For whom?\"

Zelgadis Greywers blinked in shock. There sat the greasy haired head of Slytherin house sipping tea, dressed in much the same manner as the Mazuko Priest he knew and argued with so many times.

\"I don\'t believe it.\"

\"Ah, I see you found Zelgadis-kun and his two old friends.\"

\"Yes, but that\'s not who I need it verified for. Is Ron Gourry?\"

\"Why yes. I\'m amazed you spotted it so quickly.\"

\"You shouldn\'t be. Ron\'s been acting like he has jellyfish for brains lately.\"

\"True, but I do not believe that he has fully awakened. You must be careful until then.\"

\"Right, no approaching any of the reincarnated until they remember,\" Lina said. \"Got it.\"

Zel looked around the room and voiced a thought. \"Is there a way for us to be recognized as adults by the ministry?\"

\"I believe so, Zelgadis-kun,\" Xellos said. \"Why do you ask?\"

\"Because I don\'t want to be a Death Eater. Lucius plans to force me to take the Dark Mark come summer. I won\'t do it. I\'ll see him dead first.\"

\"I agree with Zel. I was around for over five hundred years in my last life. I absolutely refuse to be treated like a child.\"

\"I\'ll see what I can find, but we must keep this quiet. If Voldemort finds out about you and the others, he will come after you. And as you are, you are still vulnerable. It will be a while yet before you can fully access the magic forces you once used.\"

\"Right. Our reserves aren\'t what they were, or what we need them to be for the higher levels of magic.\" Lina shifted her gaze inwards, and voiced her own thoughts. \"What I want to know is if our resources are still available. We helped found the first Goblin-run vault.\"

\"Yes, as a matter of fact. That vault eventually grew into Gringotts. And it should still be available to you. Do you still have your key?\"

\"It was keyed to my magic. A spell I created for the occasion.\"

\"Well just wait until you are strong enough to cast it.\"

\"Yes, but first I want to be recognized as an adult. Then I\'ll go to the bank and get my money. Then Zel and I can get our lives started for real.\"

Zelgadis nodded. \"I imagine I\'ll be disowned once we pull this off. We have to have access to finances to remain independent. But until we are recognized as adults, we cannot risk anyone else gaining access to the accounts. Also we cannot make any long-term plans until we know how much working capital we have.\"

\"Well,\" Xellos said. \"I will begin looking into a solution to your legalization, but you four need to head to your dorms. Curfew isn\'t too far off.\"

The four nodded and left to their respective sleeping quarters. After they left, the Mazuko continued his research. He had been looking into this ever since Draco had been born, when he had seen the chimera in those blue eyes. He had found a legal precedence to minors in the wizarding community gaining legal status as adults due to reincarnation, but he still had some details to check before he helped Lina set the wheels in motion.

There would be a hearing, a potion, and a spell to show the more critical memories of the person in question. The problem was Lina\'s knowledge of Chaos Magic. Especially the Giga Slave. It was far too dangerous to allow anyone to learn of it, especially in the Ministry. There had to be a way to keep that from coming up.

The Potions master worked all through the night, looking up provisions in the law, and every detail in the spell and potion that would be involved. It wasn\'t until the first rays of sunlight peeked over the horizon that he hit upon the solution.

Painful and traumatic memories of the previous life were exempt from the viewing. All he had to do was help Lina to project to the investigators that it was too painful to go into in detail. And as the red haired sorceress had always been a superb actor, especially when she had time to plan and was sufficiently motivated, it would not be an overly large problem.

When the weekend came, he would discuss the matter with his two friends and Zel\'s two retainers. Then it would just be a matter of timing. After all timing was everything. It wouldn\'t do for certain factions within the wizarding world to know that the legend of the God Slayer was not only true, but the key players had been reincarnated into modern wizards and witches.

They would wait until just the right time, when the information would do them the most good.

END STORY ONE


Note: who\'s who.

Lina Inverse- Ginny Weasley
Xellos Mitallia- Severus Snape
Zelgadis Greywers- Draco Malfoy
Zolt- Crabbe
Rodomus- Goyle
Gourry Gabriev- Ron Weasley

See if you can guess who else is going to show up and as whom! After all, there are still 8 more to go!