OK just a very short chapter to satisfy my wonderful, wonderful fans! Please reviews guys I love reviews!! BTW if you guys didn't catch if last time I updated it wasn't a new chapter it was actually a revised chapter...so check out chapter 4 for an important change...It's not a big part but it does make a difference in the plot line
Chapter 9:
"Mind if I sit down?" Usagi jumped slightly as Harry's voice came from behind and to the right of her.
Usagi shrugs, "Why not?" When Harry took a seat on the grass beside her Usagi didn't look at him but asked, "Did you come to get your wand back."
"I would like to get my want back but that's not why I'm here." Harry responds.
"Then why *are* you here?" Usagi asks.
"Because I want to apologize." Harry replies.
"Apologize for…" Usagi lets her sentence trail trying to figure out if Harry and Draco, whose eyes she could feel on the back of her head, knew why she was mad at them.
"Because we shouldn't have been fighting over you…that wasn't right. You're a Gryffindor and sometimes I forget that Malfoy…"
"Draco." Usagi corrects.
"Right Draco is your brother. You guys are so different it's not hard to forget you know. So I apologize and if you want us to be friends then I will make an attempt."
Usagi turns to face Harry and finding his face sincere she responds, "I don't want you to be friends with someone you hate for me. I understand you don't get along, and I understand that there is this standing rivalry between Gryffindor and Slytherin. I'd rather you guys didn't fight, especially about me, but I wouldn't ever ask you to be friends with him if you didn't want to be. That's not what friendship is about."
"Are we friends?" Harry asks gauging Usagi's reaction.
"We are." Usagi responds picking through her words slowly. "But I'm not sure that's all you want."
"I'm not sure what I want." Harry responds with a shrug, "But I was wondering if you would go with me to the Halloween Dance with me?"
"As friends?" Usagi asks, "Because right now that's all I can handle, and I think that's all you need right now also. At least until you and I can figure out how we feel about different people."
"Ginny and Seiya" Harry states.
"That's right. Ginny and Seiya because we are their friends and they shouldn't get hurt."
"You're right of course. So you'll go to the dance with me?"
"Yeah, I'll go to the dance with you." Usagi replies, "As long as you're clear that I will be spending sometime with my brother."
"I can deal with that." Harry stands up; "I'm going to head back to the common room and see if I'm in any trouble. Besides I think your brother wants to talk to you."
"Thanks Harry and you can have your wands back." Usagi hands Harry back his wand before he walks away.
Unlike Harry, Draco doesn't ask if he can sit he just takes the spot on the opposite side of Usagi than where Harry sat. "Cassi I'm-"
"I know Drackie you're sorry." Usagi sighs, leaning back on her elbows.
"You're still angry with me though." Draco states he can tell his sister is still fuming about the fight.
"It's not the fight Drackie it's everything. I don't know what I'm doing here, sometimes I feel so out of place."
"Maybe you should talk to Professor Dumbledore about being switched into Slytherin." Draco suggests.
"It's not being in Gryffindor that I am confused about. I don't know what I am doing at Hogwarts."
"Actually I don't either. I thought you weren't going to any magic schools in Tokyo." Draco arches and eyebrow, realizing for the first time that he had never asked how Usagi had become such a good student in magic. "I thought that Ikuko, mom, want to raise you as a muggle. You never led on that you were learning magic whenever I got to see in the summers."
Usagi's mind was reeling she had never thought she was going to have to lie to Draco about who she was, and it wasn't that she didn't trust her brother…it was just well…she didn't. It wasn't his fault really, Usagi knew her brother well enough to know that he would do anything for Lucius affection and anything could mean telling Lucius everything about Usagi being a senshi.
Finally Usagi shrugs, "Mom taught me enough to get by and then when we decided I was coming here I studied up a storm, I wanted to be all caught up. And I'm a fast learner."
The twins fell silent for several minutes; Draco broke the silence saying, "I'm sorry about what I said last month. About us not being able to get along."
"I didn't understand then, but now I get it a little more." Usagi replied quietly, "About the houses not being able to get along. But I want us to be able to be brother and sister, forget what house we are in."
"I can't forget about the houses, Cassi, you shouldn't be able to either. We come from generations of Slytherins, Mom was even a Slytherin, whether she'll admit to it or not. You should be in Slytherin Usagi, you're destined to it."
"No Draco I'm not. If were destined to be a Slytherin the Sorting Hat would have put me in Slytherin House."
"You can't deny who you are Cassi! You are Cassiopeia Malfoy daughter of Lucius Malfoy and Illene Riddle. Niece of the great Voldermort how could there not be a mistake into the house you were sorted. If you live up to who you are supposed to be we could be great. If you could just embrace who you really are."
"Who I really am is the person sitting in front of you right now, I'm not who you want me to be, I am who I am." Usagi turns to stare into the eyes that mirror hers identically, "I am who you see right in front of me, no one else. You can't change me. And if you can't except me for who I am, the first non-Slytherin Malfoy who refuses to give into whatever dark side pulls at me. I won't Draco and if you can't accept that then I can't have anything to do with you."
Draco doesn't respond for several minutes and Usagi goes back to looking over the Quidditch Field, "All right I won't try to change you. But I'm also not promising I will get along with Potter and they rest of your friends."
"Just no more duels OK?" Usagi asks.
"Deal." Draco sticks his hand out for Usagi to shake but instead Usagi hugs Draco tightly.
Chapter 9:
"Mind if I sit down?" Usagi jumped slightly as Harry's voice came from behind and to the right of her.
Usagi shrugs, "Why not?" When Harry took a seat on the grass beside her Usagi didn't look at him but asked, "Did you come to get your wand back."
"I would like to get my want back but that's not why I'm here." Harry responds.
"Then why *are* you here?" Usagi asks.
"Because I want to apologize." Harry replies.
"Apologize for…" Usagi lets her sentence trail trying to figure out if Harry and Draco, whose eyes she could feel on the back of her head, knew why she was mad at them.
"Because we shouldn't have been fighting over you…that wasn't right. You're a Gryffindor and sometimes I forget that Malfoy…"
"Draco." Usagi corrects.
"Right Draco is your brother. You guys are so different it's not hard to forget you know. So I apologize and if you want us to be friends then I will make an attempt."
Usagi turns to face Harry and finding his face sincere she responds, "I don't want you to be friends with someone you hate for me. I understand you don't get along, and I understand that there is this standing rivalry between Gryffindor and Slytherin. I'd rather you guys didn't fight, especially about me, but I wouldn't ever ask you to be friends with him if you didn't want to be. That's not what friendship is about."
"Are we friends?" Harry asks gauging Usagi's reaction.
"We are." Usagi responds picking through her words slowly. "But I'm not sure that's all you want."
"I'm not sure what I want." Harry responds with a shrug, "But I was wondering if you would go with me to the Halloween Dance with me?"
"As friends?" Usagi asks, "Because right now that's all I can handle, and I think that's all you need right now also. At least until you and I can figure out how we feel about different people."
"Ginny and Seiya" Harry states.
"That's right. Ginny and Seiya because we are their friends and they shouldn't get hurt."
"You're right of course. So you'll go to the dance with me?"
"Yeah, I'll go to the dance with you." Usagi replies, "As long as you're clear that I will be spending sometime with my brother."
"I can deal with that." Harry stands up; "I'm going to head back to the common room and see if I'm in any trouble. Besides I think your brother wants to talk to you."
"Thanks Harry and you can have your wands back." Usagi hands Harry back his wand before he walks away.
Unlike Harry, Draco doesn't ask if he can sit he just takes the spot on the opposite side of Usagi than where Harry sat. "Cassi I'm-"
"I know Drackie you're sorry." Usagi sighs, leaning back on her elbows.
"You're still angry with me though." Draco states he can tell his sister is still fuming about the fight.
"It's not the fight Drackie it's everything. I don't know what I'm doing here, sometimes I feel so out of place."
"Maybe you should talk to Professor Dumbledore about being switched into Slytherin." Draco suggests.
"It's not being in Gryffindor that I am confused about. I don't know what I am doing at Hogwarts."
"Actually I don't either. I thought you weren't going to any magic schools in Tokyo." Draco arches and eyebrow, realizing for the first time that he had never asked how Usagi had become such a good student in magic. "I thought that Ikuko, mom, want to raise you as a muggle. You never led on that you were learning magic whenever I got to see in the summers."
Usagi's mind was reeling she had never thought she was going to have to lie to Draco about who she was, and it wasn't that she didn't trust her brother…it was just well…she didn't. It wasn't his fault really, Usagi knew her brother well enough to know that he would do anything for Lucius affection and anything could mean telling Lucius everything about Usagi being a senshi.
Finally Usagi shrugs, "Mom taught me enough to get by and then when we decided I was coming here I studied up a storm, I wanted to be all caught up. And I'm a fast learner."
The twins fell silent for several minutes; Draco broke the silence saying, "I'm sorry about what I said last month. About us not being able to get along."
"I didn't understand then, but now I get it a little more." Usagi replied quietly, "About the houses not being able to get along. But I want us to be able to be brother and sister, forget what house we are in."
"I can't forget about the houses, Cassi, you shouldn't be able to either. We come from generations of Slytherins, Mom was even a Slytherin, whether she'll admit to it or not. You should be in Slytherin Usagi, you're destined to it."
"No Draco I'm not. If were destined to be a Slytherin the Sorting Hat would have put me in Slytherin House."
"You can't deny who you are Cassi! You are Cassiopeia Malfoy daughter of Lucius Malfoy and Illene Riddle. Niece of the great Voldermort how could there not be a mistake into the house you were sorted. If you live up to who you are supposed to be we could be great. If you could just embrace who you really are."
"Who I really am is the person sitting in front of you right now, I'm not who you want me to be, I am who I am." Usagi turns to stare into the eyes that mirror hers identically, "I am who you see right in front of me, no one else. You can't change me. And if you can't except me for who I am, the first non-Slytherin Malfoy who refuses to give into whatever dark side pulls at me. I won't Draco and if you can't accept that then I can't have anything to do with you."
Draco doesn't respond for several minutes and Usagi goes back to looking over the Quidditch Field, "All right I won't try to change you. But I'm also not promising I will get along with Potter and they rest of your friends."
"Just no more duels OK?" Usagi asks.
"Deal." Draco sticks his hand out for Usagi to shake but instead Usagi hugs Draco tightly.