The Third Turn of the Wheel of the World's End: Name Your Game
Summary: WARNING: Spoilers to The Order of the Phoenix. The weirdest of things are always happening to Sirius and Severus because of their unnatural need for each other. Sequel to The First and Second Turn of the Wheel of the World's End. Slash SSSB HPDM.
Category: Adventure/Action, Romance
Pairing: Severus/Sirius; Harry/Draco
SIRIUS
I felt the presence of that man on the other side of the stone wall. Heimaer was fun to play with, but someone far more dangerous lurked outside the heavy door that closed my prison.
I felt relieved that I had left Severus out of this. I missed his presence in my mind as if I had lost an arm and it made difficult to think. Even so, I knew this man shouldn't get near him, I couldn't remember why. I had images flying on my mind. And it made it even harder to think.
That's when I heard several… familiar voices…
"You are not allowed to come here, miss."
"I have permission!" Hermione Granger said an indignantly.
"And even if she hadn't who do you think you are to stop us, anyway?" Drawled the calm, cold and arrogant voice of the last Malfoy.
Hermione's voice cleared my head and I knew they shouldn't come here also. That man was outside.
Before I could think of something to say or do, I was staring at him.
"Don't get up your hopes. They won't save you." Said the old man.
"I know." I answered. I didn't want them to. For some reason meeting that man reminded me that I still had things to atone for before resting… Before having the chance of finally having Severus in my arms to rest. I just wanted to die.
I had suffered so much already in this life and yet the curse continued parting me from him.
It was maddening. I saw the Wheel of the World's End in my mind and I begged the lords to forgive us our sins.
"Kogawa," I said, suddenly tired, suddenly lost. "Sessha no tanto, onegaidegozaru."
"Why do you need your dagger for?" The old man responded me, the contrast between the languages making me realize I had just spoken ancient Japanese, Japanese spoken by samurai only. The images in my head were all messed up. I started remembering other lives, other encounters with this man. Other encounters with Severus, Kurogane, Jaqces… All the same. No matter his name, my love for this sinner has never waned. My will, through all our lives sustained us both in that endless search for redemption, but now… I was just so tired.
"Tanto ga hoshi kara, seppuku wo surudegozaru."
"I'll not let you suicide again. That's how you and your darling have ran away from me these last centuries. This time… I'll torture you 'till you call out to him. 'Till you beg him to make another Philosopher's Stone... Just so that you can die with NO HONOR… Hoshino." Said Kogawa. Was that really his name in this life? I couldn't know nor cared. He was still the daimiyo who trusted me to protect Severus and who wanted the Stone and eternal life.
I fell to my knees.
"Do your worst."