Another Redemption
Ephirel
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the original characters, anyone not in HP or SM is mine.
Okay, this is my first Sailormoon crossover fic, so... ::wags finger:: be nice! *lol*
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Two elements that never should have come.
From darkness, light emerged
From light, darkness enfolds.
Both held powers neither foresaw
Yet together, their love held true...
Seemingly immortal they may be
Darkness still died, and Light went with him.
The Millenium fell, no withstanding their pain.
Yet from their fall, three saviors emerged...
The next Lunarian Queen, the King of Silendial,
And the Guardian of Planes...
Three, who held equilibrium of the World.
Three, whose lives melded into one.
Three, destined, to live again. ~Lunaria Oracle, 3:1'454
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Nightfall
The globe of light pulsed, encasing all three people in a galaxy-like subspace where their bodies glowed with an inner light... an aura that was unique from average humans. In front of them all, a pearly-gold light glowed in sync with the pulsation of the shield dome; one, whose glow was starting to sagregate into two - a pearly-silver one, and the other of a warm golden.
"Ami, come." The blonde lady murmured, her hand outstretched to maintain the visibility of the auras. In compliance, Ami walked over to her side, and was rewarded by a slight tingling sensation where the blonde's finger touched her chest. From her finger came a milky globe of light, which expanded, and merged together into one with the golden light.
Smiling sadly, the blonde tugged at the blue-haired lady's hand, placing it into the last person's outstretched palm. Immediately, the ring that was previously on the blonde's finger appeared on Ami's marriage finger, and the newly-bonded couple tranformed into their Silver Millenium forms.
"May Selene watch over the both of you." The blonde lady spoke, her silver-tinged hair swaying as she allowed the auras to fade. Once faded, she then proceeded to secure a piece of blue ribbon between the couple's wrist, signifying their soul bond through eternity. The ribbon disappeared almost immediately, and the blonde lady announced.
"It is done."
Flicking her hand, the shielding dome dissipated into thin air, allowing seven anxious senshis and two cats to enter the formerly shielded arena. The blonde's eyes were ringed silver, the upturned crescent moon glowing peacefully as the senshi watched with bated breath at the couple kneeling in front of their liege, heads bowed as if seeking forgiveness.
"Get up, Endymion, Mercury."
Her voice was stern, but forgiving. Endymion stood slowly, helping his affianced up as he spoke, "Usako, I'm sorry."
"Don't be." Usagi cut his tirade off, "if anyone's at fault, it should be me..." The blonde princess trailed off, tears gathering in her bright eyes as she spoke softly, "I saw your brother's shadow in you..."
"Princess, he still lives. I can feel it in the water." Ami spoke up worriedly, knowing that Serenity was still hurting because of the recent onslaught of memories.
After the last battle agains Kaos, the guardian of the galaxy cauldron had finally deemed it fit for them to receive their memories once more... and to be reverted back to their sixteen-year-old forms, except Endymion and Pluto, who were a little older, but not much.
The lunarian kingdom had risen again, the solar system reverted back to their original splendor, yet to Earthling's eyes, the other planets were still a barren land. It could not be held though, for should the knowledge of the other kingdoms' revival be let known to people on Earth, the situation might go a little... out of hand.
All eight senshi regained their memories... or most of it, and their titles were once again handed over to them. Currently, each planet were ruled by the guardians until they come of age to assume the throne, but Pluto had already inherited her mother's lands, and made Queen already. Still, she left the planet in the guardian's care, for she wished to continue serving Serenity until she's able to take up her role and mediator, and ruler of the entire system.
However, other than the nine planets, there is still another... One, whose system has returned to its original splendor, a magnificence that outmatched all the other planets except Lunar. The only one planet undiscovered by Earthlings, it was the only planet that could match the moon with its power. That planet, however, still lacked its ruler...
"I wonder if they are still alive..." The high princess mused sadly, her sapphire eyes muted of any twinkle as she remembered the three men most important in her life. Three, whose characters differed so much from one another, yet closer than once could ever expect of them. Pluto, recognizing the lost look in her liege's eyes, went up to the princess quietly, "They are still alive, Serenity-sama."
Her announcement brought forth much surprise to the other senshis. Makoto, anxious for more answers, asked, "What about my twin?"
The guardian of time smiled, "She too, is alive."
"Tranquility's here?" Hotaru asked, tears brimming in those violet orbs. She had seen him die during Silver Millenium's fall, heatedly involved in the fight against Metallia and the betrayers of the last planet of the solar system - Silendial. Her heart had virtually been torn into two at that moment, seeing her only love fall into darkness.
During that era, Tranquility had been the only one who understood the loneliness she felt. He had been the one who first brought her out of the self-induced solitude, the one who introduced her to Serenity and Raine, and also to Pluto. There, she had found a familial closeness she had never felt, and finally became friends with all of the senshis.
He had been the one who'd given her happiness.
Thus when he died, she no longer had any qualms of using the glaive to silence the world again. To her, her only hope had been gone, and her darker side took over.
Pluto, tuning back to the younger girl, hugged her gently, "Yes. His highness is still alive, Saturn. However..." Magenta orbs turned dim, "All of them might not remember us anymore." Her words elicited another uproar; for almost all of the senshis wondered why they, the closest people to them, did not remember the past.
It had been Endymion's words who woke all of them up.
"We regained our memories only after the past returned into the future..."
He had been referring to Metallia, and Ami had to agree, remembering how Metallia's presence had awoke the inner senshi's memories, "So if he doesn't return to the future, they would not remember either."
Slow nods could be seen by the others, and Luna finally surmised, "So if Voldemort doesn't return, they won't remember?"
Pluto just nodded, replying seriously, "But he already has. I'm positive that Raine has already remembered," turning to Serenity, she continued, "His guardians had been with him since virtually forever, and one of your parent's advisors is with him. As for Tranquility and the others, they are still young."
"How young, Pluto?" Serenity asked quietly.
"Sixteen years."
"That's our age now!" Minako exclaimed, eyes lighting up excitedly.
"Fate and destiny aren't completely heartless, Venus." Pluto reminded the blonde, looking slightly amused. Next to Makoto, Rei muttered, "Now that's a first!"
Once said, Haruka could not help but snicker, for it was evident to all the senshis that fate and destiny both possess a morbid sense of humor. Never have they done anything that would directly aid those of the systems, nor had they tried giving them a break. It is their nature to twist the lives of humans into something so tough, they'll end up wanting to die instead, and this 'twist' was also a form of entertainment for the duo.
Setsuna, ignoring the senshi's sidetracking, continued, "Serenity-sama, it is time to enter Hogwarts again."
Her voice, though soft, caught the attention of everyone present.
"Hogwarts?" The senshi spluttered, disbelieving what the time guardian had said.
"Yes, it ought to revive your other abilities." Pluto answered mildly, glancing at the younger children in slight amusement. Michiru and Usagi aside, the rest of the senshi were still in shock, not believing that they were entering that school again.
The first Hogwarts had been situated in the middle of Lunar, founded by Selenity, Queen of the Silver Millenium, Laurent, husband of Selenity, Chronos, the father of time and Gaia, the Queen of Terra. The senshi had been part of the first batch to graduate, alongside the geniuses and royals of each planets, including Earth. The lessons had been fun, but...
"Kami-sama," Makoto groaned, "I do not anticipate swordsmanship and dueling under uncle Albus. By Zeus, I swear, under that smiling face of his, he's a devil!" Haruka too, shuddered, remembering the smiling man who had been a fatherly figure to them all.
Albus Dumbledore had been the Dueling Master of Hogwarts, and he took his skill very seriously. Furthermore, being the Head of their House, he had been even stricter to them, as they were to be the future rulers of their separate planets. Thankfully though, he had also been the advisor of Selenity, and had seen all of them up since young. The bond that entwined all of them together had been close, closer than anyone could suspect. So whilst they whine about his merciless teachings, all the senshi still adored him very much. More often than not, all thirteen of them could be found enscounced in Dumbledore's living room in the castle, talking and chatting about all their subjects over hot chocolate, tea, and sometimes, alcohol.
Closing her eyes, Usagi 'felt' through the horizons and smiled slightly, "Not to worry about that, Mako-chan. He's now the Headmaster, so he isn't doing any actual teaching anymore."
"Also," Pluto reminded, "Swordsmanship and Dueling are no longer subjects to be taught. In fact, equitation and formal etiquette are out of the syllabus already."
"Thank Selene!" Haruka murmured, relieved that she no longer had to learn curtseying, playing female host, and how to walk like a lady all over again.
One experience was more than enough.
Michiru just rolled her eyes, knowing that Haruka had goten away with the worst class ever possible for her. Playing with her aqua hair, her heart fell a little at the knowledge that dueling was no longer taught. Contrary to popular belief, she too liked Dueling very much - the agility required for it posed a very appealing challenge to her, and not even Serenity could win her in that arena.
"Waitaminute, I thought Hogwarts had been destroyed?" Hotaru asked, bewildered.
"On Lunar, yes. But Godric and his friends had formed one on Earth. In England, to be exact."
"Erm, excuse me, Pluto," Rei started dangerously, "We're going to a Hogwarts founded by those two idiots?"
"Helga and Rowena chipped in too." The time guardian replied, seemingly non-plussed. Serenity had to smile at this, remembering how those two mages, along with Endymion, Raine and Tranquility had played countless of pranks on the inners and Helga. All of them had been sorted into the same House because of their statuses in the separate planets, along with Endymion and his brother. Of course, they had fought back, though Rowena and Serenity had stayed neutral, resulting in a chaotic mess within their House that only subsides when Serenity silenced them all, or when Pluto came in to cool them off.
Not surprising, Pluto had already been the guardian of time for millenias by then, and she had been asked by Selenity to be the deputy headmistress when it first started. Her first reaction had been to say 'no', but on realizing that Selenity's children would also be studying there, reluctantly agreed.
Noticing where her thoughts were going, she hurriedly drew back to the current situation, explaining to the quiet Usagi, "Serenity-sama, I have sent a letter over to Albus, and he is more than happy to let you come back to school. Of course, if you wish not to, I can write back to him of your decisions..."
"No." Usagi cut the time guardian off, "We'll go back to Hogwarts." She had been reverting more and more into Serenity Cosmos, first princess of the Lunarian Kingdom, and this form gained more respect from everyone around her. However, under her serious demeanor still lies the cheerful part of her. One that had showed very much during their years in Hogwarts, and she planned to have them back into her heart.
All the senshi look worried at her sudden silence, glancing at one another, wondering what could have induced this bout of quietness. Noticing their worry, Usagi smiled brightly, "It'll be fun to mingle around people of our age once more."
The others smiled, understanding her need to be around young people. They had seen too much death in the past month. The princess just turned her back, watching the falling maple leaves as she left. The senshi followed her lead, walking back to the hidden mansion that was now home to them all. A home that held the memories of the Silver Millenium.
Nobody heard her quiet murmur except Luna, who brushed her tail beside her master's legs when she whispered, "Besides, I wish to see my twins, and him, again."
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How about this? It's a HP/SM crossover, one that I've come to adore very much. Who do you think are Usa's twins? And I do mean twins, not twin. You'll find out about it very soon =P
Next up, the trip to Diagon Alley. Have fun till then 6_~
Ephirel