And now Sirius/Uranus gets a turn.
"Remus-papa!" Harry shouted. "I'm hungry!"
Remus took a deep breath and smiled down at the little boy, who was already running to the kitchen.
"C'mon, Remus-papa! Let's make dinner!"
"Alright, alright, Harry. Just wait for- don't you go near the cutlery drawer!" Remus tore out of the living room, rushing into the kitchen as fast as he could.
"But you get to use them..."
Sirius tried not to laugh too loud as he gently closes the door to the kitchen.
I wish the four of us could just live here forever...
"So what happened in the hallway?" Severus asked.
"You saw what happened. Our little princess chased a Hippogryph."
But something...something tells me...
"You know what I mean, Sirius Black," Severus snapped, narrowing his dark eyes at the man.
"And you know exactly what happened, Severus Snape," Sirius snapped back, walking over to the window and leaning his head near the pane. "There was a vision. A vision triggered by Harry. Remus...didn't like it."
Something tells me...that morning is close...
"You know how he gets when he can't understand a vision. And now that he doesn't have the Deep Aqua Mirror, he can't even divine the answer. He gets edgy when he can't figure things like that out."
"He's not the only one." Severus walked up next to him and stared out the window. "Look," he said, pointing. "You can't even see the moon."
"It's been like that for a while," Sirius said. "The sky's just too dark."
Morning is coming when we will awaken from this dream of ours.
"Hmph." Severus leaned his back against the window, folding his arms across his chest. "Harry's phenomonal growth rate. The darkening of the sky. Our inability to transfigure. And that vision earlier."
What will happen when we stop dreaming?
Sirius remained silent, staring out the window, trying in vain to find a sliver of moonlight.
"Something is happening," Severus said, speaking to himself. "These signs..."
What will happen when that morning comes?
"Diiiiiiiinerrrrrr!" Harry called out cheerfully. "Come on and eat! Iiiiiiiit's paaaaaaaaaastaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
Severus sighed and pushed himself off the window.
"We're coming, you obnoxious little brat!" he called, walking to the door.
He stopped and turned around. "Sirius?"
What will happen to our dream?
"Yeah, I'm coming."
What will happen to us?
-----
Sirius leaned back against the couch, watching as the normally energetic Harry sat quiet and still on the floor, eyes closed in concentration. A small solar system floated and swirled gently between them.
"Be careful, now," Sirius said gently. "Don't use too much..."
In these past six months, we've built ourselves a beautiful, quiet little life.
Remus entered the room quietly, seating himself beside Sirius.
"How goes the game, boys?" Remus asked. "Sirius, button your shirt already."
"Harry is doing very well," Sirius answered, ignoring the second comment. "But don't talk to him; he's busy concentrating, okay?"
"Well," Remus said, "I can see what Harry does, but I'm at a loss as to your purpose, Sirius." Remus gave Sirius a cheeky grin.
And we're happy. We truly are.
"Isn't it obvious? I thought you were supposed to be smart," Sirius scoffed. "I'm keeping his power under control, so that we don't have a repeat of last time."
"Yes, I'm afraid Mr Jost will never quite forgive or forget that...incident."
Sirius let out a barking laugh and wrapped an arm around Remus's shoulders.
"What a great night that was."
"Mm." Remus leaned into Sirius, watching Harry for a minutes. "A lot of your small planets from yesterday are gone, Harry. And a lot of the gas has vanished, too."
But is this life of ours, this dream of ours, truly meant to last?
"Right now," Harry spoke flatly without breaking his concentration. Sirius always found this a bit disconcerting, "we're simulating the past at a very high speed. We're at 4.2 billion years now. That's our current colar system."
"Yes, I can tell. I can see Neptune."
"I can see Uranus," Sirius leered.
Are we meant to stay where we are, passive and useless? Or...
"What are those flashing lights?" Remus asked Harry, decidingly ignoring Sirius.
Or...
"Those are asteroids and small planets. I don't know what to do with them – whether to let them live or die."
"That white star...that's the moon, isn't it?" Remus asked, pointing to a white light. "It's very pretty. Just like a pearl..."
"That white light...it seems to wrap itself around the Earth. That blue bead over there," Sirius said quietly.
"Siriuuuus!" a bushy-haired girl exclaimed, looking a little irritated, but overall very happy to see him.
This light...it was always surrounding her...
"Sirius..." Remus sighed and tightened his hold on Sirius. "You miss her...don't you?"
"...I wonder..." Sirius threw his head back and looked up at the ceiling. "I wonder...how they're all doing."
Or will we be summoned again?
"Sirius..."
"Now," Harry continued, "we've just gone past that solar eclipse that happened the other day."
Sirius and Remus froze, staring in horror as the blue bead of the Earth turned dark and black.
"Wha...Harry..." Sirius sputtered. "Harry, what the hell?!"
"The Earth's becoming darker and darker," Remus croaked.
"Didn't the eclipse end?" Sirius demanded, gripping Remus's arm. This had never happened before.
"Sirius...the light from the moon...it's turned black."
Are we even needed anymore?
"Harry! Harry! Harry! Snap out of it!" Sirius shouted, pulling the boy back form the game. Harry's eyes flew open, and the solar system disappeared.
"Huh? Sirius-papa? Remus-papa? What's wrong?"
Do we have a purpose anymore?
Sirius took a deep breath and released Harry.
"I think...I think that's enough for today, Harry," he said, ruffling the boy's hair. "Go take a bath and get ready for bed, okay?"
"Okay!" With a big grin on his face, Harry skipped off upstairs towards the bathroom.
Or are we just...
Sirius watched as the boy disappeared up the stairs before falling down wearily into Remus's arms.
...useless?
"Sirius?"
Like I've said before, in the manga, Haruka/Uranus goes walking around the house with her shirt unbuttoned and her bra showing. I don't know why...of course, I don't know why Setsuna/Pluto goes walking around in really skimpy, really kinky-looking outfits, either, but there you go (um, note: Severus/Pluto doesn't do this. That would be weird).
"Remus-papa!" Harry shouted. "I'm hungry!"
Remus took a deep breath and smiled down at the little boy, who was already running to the kitchen.
"C'mon, Remus-papa! Let's make dinner!"
"Alright, alright, Harry. Just wait for- don't you go near the cutlery drawer!" Remus tore out of the living room, rushing into the kitchen as fast as he could.
"But you get to use them..."
Sirius tried not to laugh too loud as he gently closes the door to the kitchen.
I wish the four of us could just live here forever...
"So what happened in the hallway?" Severus asked.
"You saw what happened. Our little princess chased a Hippogryph."
But something...something tells me...
"You know what I mean, Sirius Black," Severus snapped, narrowing his dark eyes at the man.
"And you know exactly what happened, Severus Snape," Sirius snapped back, walking over to the window and leaning his head near the pane. "There was a vision. A vision triggered by Harry. Remus...didn't like it."
Something tells me...that morning is close...
"You know how he gets when he can't understand a vision. And now that he doesn't have the Deep Aqua Mirror, he can't even divine the answer. He gets edgy when he can't figure things like that out."
"He's not the only one." Severus walked up next to him and stared out the window. "Look," he said, pointing. "You can't even see the moon."
"It's been like that for a while," Sirius said. "The sky's just too dark."
Morning is coming when we will awaken from this dream of ours.
"Hmph." Severus leaned his back against the window, folding his arms across his chest. "Harry's phenomonal growth rate. The darkening of the sky. Our inability to transfigure. And that vision earlier."
What will happen when we stop dreaming?
Sirius remained silent, staring out the window, trying in vain to find a sliver of moonlight.
"Something is happening," Severus said, speaking to himself. "These signs..."
What will happen when that morning comes?
"Diiiiiiiinerrrrrr!" Harry called out cheerfully. "Come on and eat! Iiiiiiiit's paaaaaaaaaastaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
Severus sighed and pushed himself off the window.
"We're coming, you obnoxious little brat!" he called, walking to the door.
He stopped and turned around. "Sirius?"
What will happen to our dream?
"Yeah, I'm coming."
What will happen to us?
-----
Sirius leaned back against the couch, watching as the normally energetic Harry sat quiet and still on the floor, eyes closed in concentration. A small solar system floated and swirled gently between them.
"Be careful, now," Sirius said gently. "Don't use too much..."
In these past six months, we've built ourselves a beautiful, quiet little life.
Remus entered the room quietly, seating himself beside Sirius.
"How goes the game, boys?" Remus asked. "Sirius, button your shirt already."
"Harry is doing very well," Sirius answered, ignoring the second comment. "But don't talk to him; he's busy concentrating, okay?"
"Well," Remus said, "I can see what Harry does, but I'm at a loss as to your purpose, Sirius." Remus gave Sirius a cheeky grin.
And we're happy. We truly are.
"Isn't it obvious? I thought you were supposed to be smart," Sirius scoffed. "I'm keeping his power under control, so that we don't have a repeat of last time."
"Yes, I'm afraid Mr Jost will never quite forgive or forget that...incident."
Sirius let out a barking laugh and wrapped an arm around Remus's shoulders.
"What a great night that was."
"Mm." Remus leaned into Sirius, watching Harry for a minutes. "A lot of your small planets from yesterday are gone, Harry. And a lot of the gas has vanished, too."
But is this life of ours, this dream of ours, truly meant to last?
"Right now," Harry spoke flatly without breaking his concentration. Sirius always found this a bit disconcerting, "we're simulating the past at a very high speed. We're at 4.2 billion years now. That's our current colar system."
"Yes, I can tell. I can see Neptune."
"I can see Uranus," Sirius leered.
Are we meant to stay where we are, passive and useless? Or...
"What are those flashing lights?" Remus asked Harry, decidingly ignoring Sirius.
Or...
"Those are asteroids and small planets. I don't know what to do with them – whether to let them live or die."
"That white star...that's the moon, isn't it?" Remus asked, pointing to a white light. "It's very pretty. Just like a pearl..."
"That white light...it seems to wrap itself around the Earth. That blue bead over there," Sirius said quietly.
"Siriuuuus!" a bushy-haired girl exclaimed, looking a little irritated, but overall very happy to see him.
This light...it was always surrounding her...
"Sirius..." Remus sighed and tightened his hold on Sirius. "You miss her...don't you?"
"...I wonder..." Sirius threw his head back and looked up at the ceiling. "I wonder...how they're all doing."
Or will we be summoned again?
"Sirius..."
"Now," Harry continued, "we've just gone past that solar eclipse that happened the other day."
Sirius and Remus froze, staring in horror as the blue bead of the Earth turned dark and black.
"Wha...Harry..." Sirius sputtered. "Harry, what the hell?!"
"The Earth's becoming darker and darker," Remus croaked.
"Didn't the eclipse end?" Sirius demanded, gripping Remus's arm. This had never happened before.
"Sirius...the light from the moon...it's turned black."
Are we even needed anymore?
"Harry! Harry! Harry! Snap out of it!" Sirius shouted, pulling the boy back form the game. Harry's eyes flew open, and the solar system disappeared.
"Huh? Sirius-papa? Remus-papa? What's wrong?"
Do we have a purpose anymore?
Sirius took a deep breath and released Harry.
"I think...I think that's enough for today, Harry," he said, ruffling the boy's hair. "Go take a bath and get ready for bed, okay?"
"Okay!" With a big grin on his face, Harry skipped off upstairs towards the bathroom.
Or are we just...
Sirius watched as the boy disappeared up the stairs before falling down wearily into Remus's arms.
...useless?
"Sirius?"
Like I've said before, in the manga, Haruka/Uranus goes walking around the house with her shirt unbuttoned and her bra showing. I don't know why...of course, I don't know why Setsuna/Pluto goes walking around in really skimpy, really kinky-looking outfits, either, but there you go (um, note: Severus/Pluto doesn't do this. That would be weird).