Title: Truth Before The Eyes

Author: Yuki Kamitoki

Prologue: Painful Past

Disclaimers: I do not own Harry Potter or Sailor Moon.

Author's Notes: The Prologue before was rewritten so that more things could be understood better. This is the result of it. I hope you enjoy this fic.

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Pain, sorrow, hurt…

Flashback

"You have to believe me! He's coming for you!"

"Why should I believe you?!" he asked in a rather cold tone. A hint of challenge beneath it.

She stared at him hopelessly. Knowing that it was perfectly normal that he would behave like this, that he wouldn't trust her, when she took that first step.

"I-I…" she trailed off, not knowing what to say. She hadn't planned that she would actually talk to him after the plan was done. She hadn't planned that it would actually come in these circumstances. But now that the time had come, she didn't know what to do.

"Leave." A simple word that shattered her heart, although perhaps it was already shattered the day his was broken. She stared at him miserably, desperately wanting him to understand what was happening. But his pride was too big for her to tackle down alone.

"But-" A pitiful word to say, she thought, but it seemed to be the only word she could say.

"Leave!" it was the same word, the same meaning, but added with a piercing tone.

"Why can't you understand damnit!!" She suddenly shouted. Fueled by anger, she continued on. "Why does everything have to go your way, huh? Why is it that you can't see clear of what is about to happen, what could happen?! There are people that care about you, people that need you to be there!!"

"I'm sure you don't!" he retorted.

She faltered a bit at his words.

He saw her falter, he saw her guilt, but he didn't see the deepest, most hidden emotion that she contained.

He suddenly felt powerful. He felt like he wanted to hurt someone, someone that hurt him a lot, the day she left him. And with that newly attain feeling, he rounded on her. His eyes giving a cold glint.

She stepped back unconsciously as she saw his eyes.

"Do you know how I felt the day you left?" he whispered, the glint still in his eyes.

She stood there, still as a board. She didn't dare move. She knew what was coming, and she waited for it. It was only fair that he was to let out some anger, his hurt, but the only question was, was his pain greater than hers? Does the one that got hurt have more pain, or the one that hurted, purposely or not?

He walked past her and stood next to the fireplace where she noticed many pictures that were recently taken resided. He lifted an album and flipped it, trying to find a certain page as she observed. When he found that page that he was looking for, he stared at it, the glint gone for the time being.

She waited for him to talk, or show any kind of response.

He turned around and showed the page from the album to her.

One picture was seen.

She walked a bit closer, trying to get a better look, but a warning sign went off in her heart, telling her that if she went any closer more pain will take place.

She ignored it.

She walked closer.

Standing still, her heart frozen, she could only stare at what was seen before her eyes. Two people were sitting along a bench of roses. A couple by the distance of it. They were staring at each other with this gaze, that she once held herself. A gaze that brought them to a whole new level, something that she wanted to keep. Enchantment captured her eyes and she could only stand watching, watching what was the blossoming of a love. She wanted to look away, she really did, but she couldn't.

"Lily." He spoke at last. "She was there when I really needed someone the most."

She felt hurt that it wasn't her who was there to help him in his time of need, instead it was Lily. But she didn't feel that much of a regret as to what she did to cause him his hurt. By leaving him, she gave him a chance to find someone better than herself. Someone that could provide him with things that she couldn't.

"I was really hurt that time, do you know that?"

Yes, she did know that. She really did know that.

"And do you know that I thought that everything disappeared from my life that day? That I couldn't stand up and be myself again?"

Yes, she did know that. But did he know that a part of her shattered that day as well. That she lost herself. That she wanted to kill herself for causing him such pain that she never thought she could make.

"And all…" he paused. "because I didn't have you."

An amazing feeling passed through her whole body. The cause: that he loved her so much that he couldn't live without her. But as always, happiness will always have an ending. Perhaps the pain of an end depends on how much you weight it.

"But, I have Lily now."

Yes, her heart shattered at his words. Yes, her world did fall down when she remembered that he had Lily now. And yes, she did feel like killing herself because what she wanted all along, what she wished and hoped would never come true. All she ever wanted from the beginning was to live peacefully with the ones that she loved. Was it such a hard thing to make it come true? Perchance, she didn't need to know the answer to that question.

"She was wonderful, she stayed beside me all along, stayed and help me lessen my pain. And slowly, bit-by-bit, I became myself again. As hard as I tried not to do what I promised myself to do, I gradually fell in love with her."

Ai, pain was the worst thing in the world to experience, it tortured you till you don't know what's between fantasy and reality.

He gave a small wistful sigh and looked at her, his eyes, losing a bit of the warm tone it just had. Instead it turned cold.

"I want to thank you, for leaving me that day. Because I finally found someone that wouldn't betray me, and leave me standing lost for what I loved."

She stared back at him, pain danced in her eyes, yet he couldn't see it. She cleared her throat. "You're welcome."

He nodded.

She looked down, her heart probably shattered to pieces already. Lost into the great waves of pain, but she knew there was still a piece, no matter how small it was, that wouldn't break, and that was her love for him.

She suddenly looked up, resolutely staring into his eyes. She saw that his eyes carried a great burden in it. That he was still hurt from that day. She knew that, but he already found love already. There was no point in worrying about him anymore; someone else had that job.

"I just want to say that, no matter how much you hate me, no matter how much you don't trust me, what I'm saying is true. Voldemort is after your family! And he will find some way to kill Lily and you if you aren't too careful."

All of a sudden he felt tired. He didn't want to argue anymore, he didn't want to be hurt or relieve the past again.  "Anything else?" he asked resignedly.

She shook her head. "Nothing else, but one more thing, beware of the jagged dagger." With that warning, she turned around, a small tear drifting down her eyes, and disappeared into the sacred night.

He stared at her as she disappeared from sight. His mind trying to figure out what she meant by jagged dagger, but then he couldn't think anymore. Not after seeing her again after so long. He thought he would never ever see her again. He didn't exactly plan to see her either, not when so much pain circled his life after her absence. But appearing on his porch, beautiful as ever, the gentle eyes… he couldn't forget why he love her. Couldn't forget that she was once an important person in his life. And then when she opened her lips to greet him, and warn him of danger… Why couldn't he actually forget her?!

His legs slowly gave away. And he fell effortlessly on the floor; he didn't have the will to support himself after the visit. His brain shutting down, couldn't handle everything. A tear made its way down his face. He closed his eyes. Another tear fell. Suddenly one tear turned into hundreds of tears. He wrapped his arms around his head and cried, just like he did that day she left him.

Unknown to him, in a secluded area in the moon, she too was crying, for agony and hurt. For all things that she done to him that gave him anguish.

Pain continuously holds us for every wrong step we take. Though whether we want to live our lives with happiness or pain will only depend on us. We still have to go through everyday, working, sleeping, thinking, why can't we go through the long days with happiness?

Flashback Ends

End of Prologue: Painful Past

Sooo, how do you like it? Better than the other one? I hope so. I spend some time working on this, trying to make the pain stand out, so you can really feel how they felt. Do you? Anyway, well I hope you review and tell me how you feel. I like to continue on to the next chapters with more confidence.