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Awakening of the Blood Moon
Chapter 21
Forgetting Myself
After the death of Malachi, Assiah asked Hagrid to stop teaching, acromantulas and begin new lessons on centaurs. Assiah offered no explanation to the sudden end of the lessons. When students came to class the next day and saw Fabias, Firenze's brother by Hagrid's hut, some were confused.
A Gryffindor girl taking divination gasped. "Firenze, I didn't know you would be in care of Magical Creatures today!"
"I'm not Firenze," said Fabias. "I am his brother, Fabias."
The Gryffindor girl went pink as some others laughed at her. Once everyone had made it to class, Hagrid welcomed them.
"All right, everyone," he said. "We're now going to start lessons on centaurs."
"I didn't know that the acromantula lessons would be over today," said Dennis.
"The colony told me they need to remain in the hollow," said Assiah. "They don't want to leave."
"Why?" asked Dennis.
"They have their reasons," Assiah said curtly. She couldn't tell all the students that her 'sister' killed half the colony, including Malachi. When the students left, Hagrid turned to Fabias.
"Do you know why Assiah wanted to discontinue acromantulas?" he asked.
"I do," said Fabias sadly. "Assiah discovered the one who attacked the colony."
"Who?"
"Serena," answered Fabias. "She found out yesterday. Serena attacked Malachi and killed him."
"What?" exclaimed Hagrid. "Impossible!"
"It's true," said Fabias. "The girl has a darkness about her. I would ask that you keep an eye on her and do what you can to keep her away from the forest."
"I'll try," said Hagrid. "I'll let Dumbledore know about this."
He had chased a few students out of the forest, Fred and George being among them. Reenie on the other hand, might be more of a challenge. How would he know she wouldn't attack him? He remember Tom Riddle and how he seemed perfectly harmless. Then Hagrid later learned his agenda. Reenie was the same, only worse. From the start, there was something just not right about her. Everyone was scared of her and he knew about her out bursts, but he never would have guessed she would be so dangerous as to kill anything.
Hagrid always trusted Dumbledore. He knew what a great man he was, always giving people chances and second chances. He believed in many people: Hagrid, Lupin, and even Snape. But now this girl, who just appeared from no where? It was the first time Hagrid doubted Dumbledore's judgment. It was not right for a girl like Serena Shields to be at Hogwarts. Hogwarts was supposed to be the safest place in the world, and Serena's mere presence thwarted that.
That night at dinner, a third Ravenclaw boy gave Reenie a rolled up piece of parchment. "Looks like you've got an admirer, Shields," Pansy teased.
Reenie rolled her yes at Pansy and unrolled the parchment. She sighed and got up from the table. She had a feeling what this was about and felt that she may as well get this over with. After saying the password to the griffin statue, and going up the spiral staircase, Reenie walked right through Professor Dumbledore's office without knocking on the door first.
"This is about me cutting Transfiguration, isn't it?" Reenie demanded.
"Although Professor McGonagall did inform me of your sudden departure from her class," Professor Dumbledore said. "There is something else I wanted to speak with you."
"There is?" Reenie asked.
"Yes," said Dumbledore. "I understand that you have killed another acromantula last night."
"Oh," said Reenie. "I…thought Assiah was in danger."
"Why did you go into the forest when you knew that the acromantulas were planning to kill you?" Dumbledore inquired.
"I forgot," Reenie admitted.
"Forgot? Forgot why you were in the forest?"
"I…I forgot that they were going to kill me," said Reenie softly.
Reenie wished she had taken a hit of forgetfulness potion last night. When she had returned back to the castle after her argument with Assiah, she discovered that her forgetfulness potion was all used up. She planned to start a new cauldron full today, whenever she got the chance.
"I see," said Dumbledore. "Did something happen back home?"
Reenie realized that he was exercising his Legilimency on her. She tried not to look at his eyes. "Sailor Pluto died in the war."
"How do you know this?" Dumbledore inquired.
"I sensed it," Reenie said. "Now, I am stuck here and I can't return home."
"We'll work for a way for you to return back home," said Dumbledore.
"I'm not sure a simple time turner would work," Reenie said. "I am a hundred years away from home. Time turners are only good for a couple of hours."
"Maybe we can make one," said Dumbledore. "But I would not be too concerned about that. If your friend has lost her life, then the war is not over and it is not safe for you to return home."
"But if I can't get back home," said Reenie, "then no one can get here! How will I know if the war is over?"
"We'll find away," Dumbledore insisted. "I would not underestimate your mother. You told me how powerful she is. She may come for you herself when she knows it is safe for you to return."
"Right," said Reenie.
"My condolences about Sailor Pluto," said Dumbledore.
"Thanks," said Reenie and she stood up. "Can I leave?"
"Yes, you may," said Dumbledore. "I'll send for you again at another time."
The day of the first apparition lessons came. Reenie did not want to participate but Theodore and Blaise talked her into it. Just incase something went wrong, Reenie brought a vial of Forgetfulness Potion with her. Since she had told them she had "teleported" before, they were certain she would be one of the few to learn apparition quickly. They wanted to show up the other houses. Once everyone saw Reenie apparate with no problem, Slytherin would be proud that Reenie had decided to be with them, and the other three would be sorry she didn't.
Reenie had only teleported in groups. She hadn't learned how to teleport herself. The only people that could teleport solo were her mother and Sailor Pluto.
When the students entered the great hall, the found the tables were missing, making the room seem larger than usual. Standing with the Heads of Houses was a wizard with a wispy, frail experience. There were a few students still chattering, one of them was Draco Malfoy. Reenie hushed at him, but he was still speaking with Crabbe.
"Good morning," said the Ministry wizard. "I am Wilkie Twycoss and I shall be your Ministry Apparition instructor for the next twelve weeks. I hope to be able to prepare you for your Appiration Tests in this time-,"
"Malfoy, be quiet and pay attention!" barked Professor McGonagall.
Reenie glanced behind her. Draco stepped away from Crabbe, his usual pale face dull pink. He looked at back at her and mouthed Crabbe…
"Forget it!" Reenie hissed.
"—by which time, many of you may be ready to take your tests," Twycross continued, acting as if he didn't even notice the interruption.
"As you may know, it is usually impossible to Apparate or Disapparate within Hogwarts. The headmaster has lifted this enchantment, purely within the Great Hall, for one hour, so as to enable you to practice. May I emphasize that you will not be able to Apparate outside the walls of this Hall, and that you would be unwise to try.
"I would like each of you to place yourselves now so that you have a clear five feet of space in front of you."
Reenie followed his instruction quickly, using wand less magic in the form of telekinesis to keep certain people (like Pansy Parkinson) away from her. She stood between Theodore and Draco. Blaise stood beside him, fuming because Draco took his spot. His frustration was worsened when Crabbe came and pushed him out of the way. Since Crabbe was bigger than he was, Blaise moved so that he was on the other side of Theodore.
"I don't know how much longer, all right?" Draco shot at him. "It's taking longer than I thought. And I told you yesterday, I'm not including Serena in this."
"What?" Reenie muttered.
Crabbe opened his mouth and Draco added, "Look, it's none of your business what I'm doing, Crabbe, you and Goyle just do as you're told and keep a look out!"
"I tell my friends what I'm up to, if I want them to keep a lookout for me," Harry's voice said behind Draco.
"Harry?" said Reenie, glancing over her shoulder as Draco spun around, reaching for his wand.
"Quiet!" the heads of houses shouted.
Everyone became quiet and turned looked to the front, though Draco did it slowly.
"Thank you," said Twycross. "Now then…"
He waved his wand and old-fashioned wooden hoops appeared on the floor in front of the students. Reenie smirked. "This…is it?" she said. She could picture her mother doing a much better job than attempting to appear in wooden hoops just five feet in front of them.
"The important things to remember when Apparating are the three D's!' said Twycross. "Destination, Determination, Deliberation!
"Step one: fix your mind firmly upon the desired Destination,"
"Desired…wait, that's four D's," Reenie said derisively and Theodore nodded.
"In this case, the interior of your hoop. Kindly concentrate upon that destination now."
Unlike the rest of the students, Reenie did not look around. She closed her eyes and took a breath, clearing her mind. She opened her eyes again to look strait at the hoop. She estimated the circumference of the hoop, memorized the exact cranny of the floor. She closed her eyes again and saw the same spot in her minds eye, as if her eyes were still open.
"Step two," said Twycross, "focus your determination to occupy the visualized place! Let your yearning to enter it flood from your mind to every particle of your body!"
Reenie lowered her hands to her sides, moving them out as if she were reaching for Draco and Theodore's hands. Both Slytherin boys took their focus from their own hoops and put it on Serena.
"Serena?" said Draco.
Reenie was unaware that Draco said her name. She felt her entire body tingle, from her head to her feet. She wanted to be in that hoop more than anything. This seemed all too simple.
"Step three," called Twycross," and only when I give the command…Turn on the spot, feeling your way into nothingness, moving with deliberation! ON my command, now…one—"
"Two—"
"-THREE!"
The floor at Reenie's feet cracked. Her entire body glowed pink light and her hair and clothes began floating about as if the wind was blowing. Her red eyes opened and she was gone.
"She did it!" shouted Theodore Nott. "By Merlin, she did it!"
A second later, Reenie appeared in her wooden hoop, creating a small divot in the floor. Her arms were still stretched to the sides. She lowered them, and looked at the floor. "No way," she said.
Theodore and Blaise walked from their spots to congratulate her. "I knew you'd do it," said Theodore. "Blaise, I told you we could've made bets on this."
"That was incredible,' said Blaise. "So that must've been a bet of what you called 'teleporting?' Do you always glow like that?"
"Wait, sorry?" Reenie mumbled. "Glow?"
"Yeah," said Blaise. "You started glowing bright pink and you put a hole in the floor." He pointed behind her and when Reenie turned to look, she saw people standing around the hole she put in the floor. Draco was staring at her in shock, fear, just like the rest of the school.
"Oh no, oh no," she said. "No, no, no."
"Hey don't worry about it," said Blaise. "You were able to Apparate on your first try."
Reenie's face blanched and her eyes went wide. Draco recognized the look on her face. She had looked the same way when she flipped out at the Christmas party and made a mess. She got like that when she had realized she excised her "other power."
Draco gained control of his body and he stepped forward. "Reenie, relax, don't…."
"No!" Reenie shouted and she disappeared again. Everyone spun around, looking for where ever she may appear next. But she did not reappear anywhere in the great hall.
"Whoa," exclaimed Ron. "How was she able to break the Anti-Appiration spell?"
"Because she didn't Apparate," said Theodore, though he wasn't anywhere near for Ron to hear him. "She 'teleported.'"
"We've got to find her," said Draco, shakily. "She can be anywhere."
"What are you worried about, Malfoy?" said Blaise. "You fancy her or something?"
"I'm serious!" Draco exclaimed. "When she gets upset…she does these kinds of things. If she's doing what I think she's doing…"
"And that is?" said Theodore.
"Be quiet, all of you!" exclaimed Professor McGonagall.
"Back to your places," said Twycross. "We still have an hour so let's continue."
"Meet with me when this is over," said Draco.
After Reenie's teleportation, the only other exciting thing that happened was Susan Bone's leg splinching off. Draco walked to Blaise and Theodore. Crabbe and Goyle came up to join them. Draco groaned.
"All right, forget about looking out for me for now, all right?" Draco said. "I have something else for you to do. I need to you to help us find Serena."
"But you said she had nothing to do with this," said Crabbe.
"She doesn't!" Draco insisted. "Look, the whole school witnessed Serena Apparate in a very different way, and we should find her before anyone else does."
"She might have just gone to the common room," said Goyle.
"Fine, you and Crabbe go down," said Draco. "Nott, you check the library. Zabini, classrooms."
"We should have a girl check the bathrooms," suggested Theodore.
"Oh that's good, let's just ask Pansy," groaned Draco. "You know how none of the girls like her!"
"So are you going to check them yourself, Malfoy?" Zabini said slyly.
"Let's go," said Draco, ignoring Zabini's remark. The five Slytherin boys broke off into different directions to search for Reenie.
Hermione, knowing that every upset girl goes to the bathroom to cry, deiced to look for her there. The moment the lesson was over, she left the Great Hall. She did not think Serena's display of apparition, teleportation or whatever it was she did, was scary or strange. She thought it was incredible. It seemed so much more exciting than the way Twycross had exemplified for them. Hermione checked every girl's bathroom but did not discover Reenie in any of them.
Harry was also wondering where Reenie had disappeared too. Harry practically dragged Ron to Gryffindor tower. By the time they got to the dormitory, Ron was panting. He really should be used to Harry's fast step by now. Harry walked so fast when he was determined, he probably didn't need to learn how to Apparate.
"Everyone is wondering where Serena went," said Harry, "including Malfoy, but I have something Malfoy doesn't."
Harry pulled out the Marauder's map, tapped it and said, "I solemnly swear that I've been up to no good. Help me find Malfoy and Serena."
They could not find Serena, but Ron found Draco's dot. "There!" he said. "He's on the seventh floor.…"
"That's where the Room of Requirement is," said Harry softly.
"Could Serena be in there?" said Ron.
"Only if she knew how to get in it," said Harry, looking over the map. "Maybe the map doesn't have the Room of Requirement on here."
There were footsteps above them. Harry was too focused on the map to notice them. "Harry, I think someone's on the roof," said Ron.
"Oh come on," Harry said irritably.
Then he heard the footsteps, and someone talking. Ron and Harry sped to the window, threw it open and craned their necks upward.
"Can you see anything?" said Ron.
"No…wait," said Harry. He went back to his trunk and grabbed his Firebolt. He flew out of the window and raised himself up to the roof. He took out his wand.
"Who's there?" he called out.
Instead of seeing a supporter of Voldemort or the like, he found Reenie pacing on the roof, muttering to herself.
"Serena, how did you get on the roof?" Harry said.
Reenie turned around and screamed. "Go away! Leave me alone!"
"Calm down," said Harry. "How did you get up here?"
"I…I don't know," said Reenie. "I don't remember."
Upon his new broomstick, Ron joined Harry on the roof. "Did she…Apparate here?"
"You glowed when you Apparated today," Harry explained. "You left the Great Hall. I heard Malfoy tell Crabbe something about being lookouts for him. Do you know anything about that?"
"No, I don't," said Reenie. "I just…wanted to get somewhere away from everybody…and I ended up here! Now I don't know how to get back inside. It's freezing out here!"
"Accio Robe!" exclaimed Harry and his robe sporting Gryffindor colors zoomed out of his window. He held it out to Reenie. "Put this on." Reenie glanced at it as if she forgot how to clothe herself and then she pulled on the robe. "We'll help you inside."
"We can't let her inside the Gryffindor tower, Harry," said Ron.
"Yeah, okay," said Harry. "You can ride with us downstairs. We can talk more."
"I don't want to talk," said Reenie, backing away. Reenie walked to the edge of the roof, glancing down.
"She's nutters, Harry. I think she's going to jump."
Reenie laughed, not an amused chuckle but she sounded somewhat maniacal. "Jump…yeah….maybe I'll fly."
"I think she has been confounded," said Harry.
"Maybe we should get Professor Snape, or Professor McGonagall," Ron said.
"No! No!" Reenie exclaimed. "I can't stand the sight of them! I can find a way back in myself! I just need an open window!" She lay flat on her stomach, trying to get a look at the windows.
"Okay, okay, I'll down and open a window for you," said Harry. Harry mounted his Firebolt, checked for an empty room and then pushed a window open. "Okay," said Harry. "This room's…"
Reenie somersaulted into the open room, knocking over a desk in the process. "What are you doing?" said Harry. "Are you mental? I was going to have Ron help you down."
"I can take care of myself!" Reenie exclaimed. "What do you care?"
The door opened and Draco stood in the doorway. "What's going on here, Potter?"
"I found her on the roof," said Harry. "I was just helping her inside."
"Well she's inside now," said Draco. "Go back to your flying lesson and take this rubbish with you!" Draco pulled the Gryffindor House robe off Reenie and tossed it at Harry.
"Serena's a Slytherin now," Draco said darkly. "Get used to that."
Draco escorted Reenie out of the room and they made their way down stairs. "What did he do to you?" he asked.
"Nothing," said Reenie.
"How'd you get up on the roof?"
"I don't know," Reenie said irritably.
"Serena," Draco said, wincing. "Are you…still drinking Forgetfulness Potion?"
"Maybe," Reenie said stiffly. "What's it to you?"
"How much of that stuff do you drink?" Draco asked her.
"I don't know," said Reenie. "It depends on how much I want to forget."
"How often do you drink it?"
"Depends how often I want to forget it," Reenie said defensively, walking away from him.
Draco grabbed her arm. "Maybe you should stop."
"Why?" said Reenie. "You think I'll disgrace Slytherins image or something? You're not doing so well either! I know you sneak off to the Room of Requirement doing who knows what!"
"That's not the same thing!" Draco exclaimed.
"Come on, Draco," said Reenie. "What's the big deal? You had some Forgetfulness Potion with me on Christmas."
"Yeah, and I got the shock of my life when I learned that my father was in prison!" Draco exclaimed. "Taking the Forgetfulness Potion didn't get him out of there, just as it doesn't take away what happened at the party or at the lesson or that war from your home world."
"Shut up!" Reenie shouted. "You know nothing, nothing about the war or anything else! Just stay out of it!"
"All right, fine," said Draco, "you want to keep taking this junk, go ahead."
"Fine," said Reenie.
"Fine."
"Fine."
"Hey, you found her!" said Blaise, who was coming up the stairs. He grabbed his knees, panting. "Where were you? We've been looking everywhere."
"I was on the roof," Reenie said and she glared at Draco. "What, you think I can't be alone? You had to have everyone look for me?"
"Malfoy wanted one of us to find you before anybody else," said Blaise. "We know how the rest of the school feels about you. Are you all right?"
"I'm fine!" Reenie yelled. "Just leave me alone, all of you!"
She ran off and Blaise looked at Draco. "I'm not looking for her again. I've checked every empty classroom on the first three floors. I'm done."
"Yeah, me too," said Draco.
They went to the common room and Crabbe and Goyle were still waiting. "We found her," said Draco before either of them could say anything. "But she ran off again."
"She came in just a while ago," Goyle said.
"Okay," said Draco. "Thanks."
"Why were you worried about her?" Crabbe asked.
"I wasn't," said Draco. "I was just…wondering where she went. Serena's a complicated girl. Let's just give her space, or she'll make us regret it."
On Valentine's day, Reenie couldn't understand why the classrooms were decorated in pink and red, or why couples were giving each other presents.
"It's Valentines Day," Theodore told her when they came to Charms. "Don't you have Valentines Day from where you come from?"
"I…I don't remember," said Reenie, rubbing her head. She took her seat. Valentine's Day…Valentine's Day. Wasn't there somebody that always gave her roses on Valentines Day? And from someone else, there seemed to be kisses and hugs and romantic dinners? There was someone, not just one, but many people who gave her love and affection.
"Ugh!" Reenie groaned. It hurt to think.
"Yeah, it does seem kind of foolish to me too," said Theodore, thinking she found the decorations disgusting. "This entire sissy love stuff. If you think this is bad, you should have been here when Lockhart was teaching."
Draco looked away from Reenie. He couldn't look at her right now. Over the weeks, Reenie would still have a hit of Forgetfulness Potion here and there. Whenever something reminded her of the war, or something bad happened at school, she would go someplace private and have a quick swig. In her mind, she was doing nothing wrong. Draco was the only one that knew her secret and he wasn't telling anybody. He had warned her, told her to give it up and she didn't listen. He kept his promise to his mother and there was nothing else to do. He wasn't going to involve himself anymore. If she wanted to have the memory of a goldfish, then she was free to do so. Draco had more important things about, like killing Dumbledore and fixing that stupid Vanishing Cabinet. But why did he get a sickening feeling whenever he saw her? He was starting to notice when had just had some Forgetfulness Potion. He could tell the difference in her face, her walk. It was like two different Reenies.
He glanced back at her. This wasn't the same Reenie he saw on Halloween. This was not the girl that stood with authority and power and grace. The girl that walked with an air of royalty. She was beautiful and strong and scary all in the same instant. The girl that sat a few seats from her now was a confused, forgetful druggie. He wanted the old Reenie back. He didn't want Reenie to forget who she really was. Only there was nothing he could do about it. Reenie was her own person. She was a free agent. Even if she were to forget herself, Draco wouldn't.
It was a strange day for a Quidditch match. It was party cloudy, some wind and bright sun would shine between clouds. Reenie sat on the bleachers by Theodore and Blaise. Being outside in the fresh made her feel slightly better. She felt like a normal Hogwarts student. Sailor Pluto—Reenie's only ticket back home—was gone. If Reenie was to remain at Hogwarts, then could at least enjoy it. Perhaps it was easier. Instead of watching her home crumble to pieces, she could sit here and watch a game. There was no way Chaos could follow her here. She didn't have to be Sailor Neo Moon anymore. Everything was going to be just fine.
Only, she was getting very irritated at the Gryffindor Keeper. She felt sorry for Harry, but she was also slightly mad at him. Why did he let such a show off on his team? She knew that Ron had been poisoned and was still in the hospital wing, but couldn't Harry had picked a more decent stand in? There was no way Reenie would stand for behavior like McLaggen's. For some reason, it reminded her of the war and how some people on her own team would not do their duties.
"Don't think about that!" Reenie growled. Reaching her hands to her head.
"Don't think about what?" said Theodore. "Are you all right, Serena?"
"I uh…was just…thinking of something…bad," said Reenie slowly.
"Oh look!" said Luna Lovegood. "The Gryffindor Keeper's got hold of one of the Beater's bats."
All of the Slytherins except for Serena laughed. "Malfoy's missing a hell of a show!" said Theodore.
"You idiot!" Reenie yelled at McLaggen. "Get back to your post!"
As she said this, Harry was giving the Gryffindor Keeper a similar order, soaring madly at him. McLaggen smacked a bludger and instead of it heading for Cadwallader as he intended, it hit Harry right in the head. Harry fell off his broom and before he crashed into the ground, he stopped and changed course to the referee, Madame Hooch. Harry was laid right at her feet.
"How in the?" Madame Hooch said.
Reenie was on her feet. She raised her angry eyes at McLaggen, was staring at Harry in shock. Peakes took his bat back, and hit McLaggen in the head.
"Oh sure, that's how you do it!" Peaks said as he flew down to check on his captain.
"You imbecile!" Reenie hollered at McLaggen. "Can't you follow orders? When your captain says to remain at your post. You…"
McLaggen felt his broom jerk backward.
"…remain…"
Another hard jerk.
"…at your…"
A jerk slightly stronger.
"POST!"
McLaggen's broom moved with such force he suffered whiplash. He had to grab onto the hoop of the goalpost to keep from falling off his broom.
"Okay, I get it!" McLaggen exclaimed. "I'm sorry!"
Ignoring him, Reenie continued to yell. "And you stay there!" Ropes appeared out of nowhere, binding McLaggen to the goalpost.
"When you don't do what you're told," Reenie cried. "People get hurt and you lose the war!"
"War?" said Blaise. "Reenie, it's just a game!"
"Don't call me Reenie and you should know that war is not a game!" Reenie yelled at him, whirling around. "Do you know how many times I've seen this behavior on the battlefield?" She waved her hand at McLaggen. "People don't stay at their posts. They don't listen to their captains. They think they know how to win the war, but they're wrong! Wrong! Wrong!"
The floor of the bleachers shook slightly. People gasped and braced themselves.
"Enough Shields!" barked Professor McGonagall, striding toward her. "How dare you attack one of my students?"
"McLaggen had it coming," Reenie said and she left the bleachers, immediately hiding underneath them.
McLaggen's failure to remain at his post reminded her of Crystal Tokyo's greatest defeat, other than losing the majority of the inners and outers. When all but Sailor Pluto and Sailor Saturn lost their starseeds, it was up to Sailor Neo Moon and her Asteroid Senshi to guard the Crystal Points. As Sailor Neo Moon guarded the barracks, Sailor Juno watched the Mage School, Sailor Pallas the Knight School, Sailor Ceres the Sailor Scout School and Sailor Vesta the Cherry Hill Temple.
For several days, the group of scouts managed to keep Chaos' forces away from the Crystal Points. Sailor Vesta then became bored of her post, and left. She believed that with all of the shrine keeprs, the hill temple would be kept safe. Sailor Vesta had decided to move to outer edge of the city, looking for any beasts that Chaos may had corrupted. Even after VesVes of the Dead Moon Circus gave up her magic and became a sailor scout, she still had an ability to train animals. She was no where near as gifted as Assiah of course. Vesta had to put in more effort and she had to take the time, where for Assiah it came naturally. Reenie and Vesta, or Hestia as she was called in her civilian form, were in most cases like Serena and Raye. Though they wre dear friends, they still argued with each other time to time. Seeing that they had a common interest in animals, Hestia and Assiah would work together finding injured beasts, taming them and visiting the zoo. Sailor Vesta had promised Assiah that she would try to keep animals safe, and Sailor Vesta seized a moment when she should have stayed at her post.
"You left your post," Reenie growled, reaching into her pocket for a vial of forgetfulness potion, "to look for animals? Why don't you ever listen to me, Sailor Vesta!"
After Sailor Vesta left her post, it was not long until the others left theirs too. A spell transformed the dead knights into undead, frightening Sailor Pallas to retreat. Sailor Juno left the mage school to help her and it was not long until they two lost their starseeds. Sailor Ceres stayed at the Sailor Scout School as long as she could, then she had to go to the barracks to help Sailor Neo Moon when she became a target.
Reenie chugged down the forgetfulness potion and fell asleep under the bleachers. The students and staff returned to the castle without a clue where she had gone. When Draco returned to the Slytherin Common Room, Blaise told him about Reenie's behavior at Quidditch game. He pretended to act disinterested but as everyone told him what he missed at the match, he wished he had decided to watch the match instead. He was growing tired of trying to mend that stupid vanishing cabinet. It was taking forever and it was making Crabbe and Goyle restless. They wanted to know what he was up to and Draco was growing tired of his task. He wanted things back as they were before. But Draco could not give up, for the sake of his family.
"Where is Serena, anyway?" Draco drawled.
"I don't know," said Montague. "I haven't seen her since the match. Speaking of Quidditch…we're having practice tomorrow. Are you coming?"
"No," said Draco. "I'm busy, and Harper is taking my place."
"Harper is still learning how to handle his broom," said Montague. "I want you to come back."
"I only got in the team because my father bought you all Nimbus 2001's!" Draco exclaimed. "I don't want to be on the team anymore."
"I don't believe you," said Montague. "I know you'd rather be back on the field. You've been riding broomsticks since you could walk. Don't lie to me, Malfoy."
"I have more important things to do than chase a glittering ball around!" Draco exclaimed. "Harper is the new Seeker, so you'll just have to get used to him!"
Draco went to his dormitory, fuming. It was because of Montague that Draco was still trying to fix that cabinet. If he hadn't gotten himself trapped in the stupid thing and try to Apparate himself out, Draco wouldn't be in this mess. Montague had to do something to stupid really make the Weasley twins angry. But of course, the Weasleys did have bad tempers. Draco crossed by his bed several times and then dug through his trunk to pull out a framed photograph. It was him, at age three, with his very first broom. Draco wished he could go back to those days, when things were simple.
Reenie awoke when she heard voices. She sat up and hit her head on something. "Ouch, what the?"
Reenie was still underneath the bleachers. She had drunken herself to sleep and remained under the bleachers for the whole night. Reenie climbed through the bleachers to see what was going on. The Slytherin Quidditch team was having practice. Montague was complaining about Harper's abilities, or lack there off.
"We've been here for an hour—why can't you find it?'
"Hey, it's Serena," Adrian Pucey, a Chaser said. "What is she doing here?"
"Isn't that what she was wearing yesterday?" said Warrington.
Reenie walked across the bleachers, looking side to side, wondering which way to go.
"Serena, hey!" the two chasers came to Serena. "What're you doing here?"
"I…I just woke up," said Serena answered.
"What do you mean, you just woke up?" inquired Pucey. "Were you here the whole night?"
"I guess so," Reenie answered, rubbing her head. "I was…under there." She pointed at the bottom of the bleachers. "I've…got to get inside. I'm freezing." Reenie took a few steps and she reached for the railing to hold her balance. Instead of clutching the railing, she grabbed the snitch.
"Huh?" said Reenie. "What's this?" she glanced at her hand and saw two silver wings poking through her fingers.
"Montague, come look at this!" shouted Warrington.
Montague stopped yelling at Harper and came to see what Warrington was shouting about. He could not believe it.
"How did you get that?" Montague demanded.
"I don't know," said Reenie. "It just…flew into my hand. It was an accident."
"Do you think you can do it again?" Montague asked.
"I don't know," Reenie said again, irritated.
"Stay and have practice with us," said Montague. "You can be our new Seeker."
"What?" Reenie gasped. "Seeker? But…I don't know how to play! I have no idea!"
"You can learn," said Montague. "Too bad we've already played Gryffindor…I'd like to see the look on Potter's face when…"
"No!" Reenie said. "I don't want to be part of your team, all right? I don't want to be on anybody's team!"
"Come on, you just said yesterday how important it is to follow your captain," said Montague.
"No I didn't," said Reenie. "Just leave me alone! I don't know what you're talking about!"
Reenie clapped her hands over her ears and ran off the bleachers toward the school. Draco saw her as he was leaving breakfast. She was wearing the same clothes as the day before. She looked tired and confused. He knew what had happened. Reenie was still taking the forgetfulness potion and her addiction was getting worse. Draco might have to put his pride aside and intervene, if he ever wanted Reenie to return to her former self again.
To Be Continued