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Many reviewers asked me to kill Bellatrix…Well, I'm warning you now. The beginning of this chapter is not for the faint of hearts. There's blOoOood! *author makes a scary face*
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Father Mine
Chapter 19: The end of Bellatrix Lestrange
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Harry ran towards his girlfriend without thinking about the earlier development but it had already begun. The moment Usagi took her own 'wand' out, Bellatrix had already hurled a Crucio towards her. "CRUCIO!"
Without thinking, Harry pushed her out of the way and she fell on the ground while Harry screamed in agony. The dark witch was putting way too much magic in her attack and Harry fell on his knees. Usagi watched as Sirius and Remus tried to cast a Stupefy on Bellatrix, but it got deflected by the magic from her wand.
Dumbledore started to chant something under his breath, the children watching him with hopes in their eyes, but nothing was happening. The blue eyed girl could see that the headmaster's incantations weren't going to have any effects while Bellatrix had Harry under her curse, and anyway, being linked like that only meant that he would most likely feel any magic attack sent to her.
If nobody was able to do anything, Harry would most likely die! Usagi had seen enough. A light wind started to swirl around her, unseen, and the fire from the hall's torches began to waver. She balled her fists tightly and her eyes flickered from their usual blue to silver. 'It' was trying to come out of her body so much she hurt just by trying to maintain it inside. 'It' wasn't meant to come out in a long time.
But nothing kept her from screaming in rage, jumping in the air and kicking Bellatrix on the side so hard the witch reeled back and dropped her wand in the process. She fell on the ground with a hollow thud while Harry was left gasping on the ground.
The infuriated rabbit took the wand and snapped it in 2, before walking slowly and darkly to the sputtering servant. Out of fear, and mostly stupidity, Bellatrix got up again and charged the livid girl. "I'LL KILL YOUUU!"
Bad idea. Usagi gripped her 'wand'. Everyone could see she was gripping it tightly, because her knuckles had turned white from the pressure. Dumbledore was about to interfere again when the wand in Usagi's hand began to glow and change to a dark violet color. Her hair began to change, also, and the black in it enveloped the shining strands of gold and silver. Her eyes darkened and her aura changed from warm and glowing to cold and deadly.
With such hate inside her, Harry winced and clutched his scar. Sirius pulled him back.
All this happened in seconds, such a short lapse of time! It was as if everything was in slow motion. But they never expected the ending result.
Bellatrix was in front of her and punched Usagi in the stomach, hard. Usagi doubled over, but no cry of pain ever came out of
her mouth. The others were too preoccupied with Usagi's fate, but they quickly realised a shocking and disgusting turn of event as Usagi, head almost leaning on Bellatrix' shoulder, did an aggressive shoving movement with the back of her arm.
The sound of clothes and flesh tearing made some students back away and cover their eyes with a heavy impression of getting sick, while others, braver, stood in place, completely mortified with what was happening. The shape of a sharp and pointed blade came out of Bellatrix' back and a hideous scream tore out from her mouth.
Usagi, still feeling the effects of using the dark powers of Saturn, grinned sadistically and moved closer still to Bellatrix, hugging her with one arm, before the other forced its way deeper into the nasty embrace. Another scream, weaker this time, came out from the servant's mouth as the blade came out completely from her back, the beginning of the black handle showing.
Usagi then sneered into Bellatrix' ear, while everyone could clearly hear what she was saying; "Don't mess with me, or my family. You've never really seen me angry yet. This was only the beginning." Her father's treacherous cousin's eyes widened, before the dark girl pulled out the scythe from her back in a swift, rough movement.
Bellatrix fell on the ground with a thud, her wide eyes hazing, then closing. Usagi merely watched, emotionless, leaning on the scythe slightly, as the dark servant died, red blood pooling around her and moving through the various cracks and indentations in the stone floor.
Total silence fell through the hall until Sirius took a few steps towards her. "So, you've finally mastered Saturn's powers?" Black eyes fixed him with such an intensity he had to turn his own gaze a little. Even if death was written in her eyes, a strong sorrow marked them.
"I…" The scythe glittered and vanished, and Usagi wavered. Her eyes and eyes slowly came back to their normal color and she tried to march to her father. She didn't make it. She fell unconscious in half-step and Sirius caught her just in time. He hugged her body closely to himself. "Oh, my baby! Why are the fates making you suffer like this!? You deserve so much more than this life of hurt and wars!"
Harry, now in the arms of Remus, stared at the unconscious form of his girlfriend and realized he couldn't ever be mad with her for hiding whatever she was hiding. He looked at the father-daughter duo with apprehension and switched his gaze to Remus. He was clearly shaken by what had just happened, and something akin to pity glinted in his eyes. Nobody moved as Sirius took her in his arms and brought her to the medical wing.
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After a few tries, her eyes opened and she was shushed by her father. "Where am I?" Sirius put a hand on her stomach to prevent her from getting up. "In the hospital wing. Harry's okay, Mme Pomfrey gave him a pepper up potion." He added, seeing the silent question in her eyes.
"I had a talk with him. He said he had felt betrayed when the truth came out but I think he doesn't mind as much now. You'll have to talk with him, but I wouldn't worry. Harry's old enough to make the right decisions. I also had a little reunion with the professors…I told them where you were from and what kind of powers you possessed. But they don't have any idea how powerful you are in reality. I didn't tell them. We all know Hogwarts' walls have ears."
Usagi groaned and rubbed her eyes tiredly. "I don't know what came over me. Displaying Saturn's power was foolish of me…Anyway, how did you get here so fast this morning?" She asked curiously.
Sirius grimaced. "Pluto appeared when I was reading the Daily Prophet in the kitchen. I thought she was about to tell me to wait some more and I was about to strangle her when she told me the wards on the house were down. Before I apparated to Hogsmeade, she gave me something and told me to give it to you. You know the rest. Here."
He searched his pockets and placed something in her hands. She looked curiously at him before glancing at her hands. It was Pluto's time key. 'So, Setsuna went back to the senshi dimension...' She thought with a slight smile. 'At least I'll be able to communicate with them sometimes.'
Before she could open her mouth, loud banging on the door interrupted their talk. The duo could hear arguing voices on the other side and recognition dawned on Sirius. He growled and sat on her bed, arms wounding their way protectively around her small frame. "What's going on, father?" Usagi asked, frowning at the loud noise.
Sirius sneered. "Cornelius Fudge. It's the minister's voice. I can also hear other familiar voices. I think he brought aurors with him. Albus warded the hospital wing, but it won't hold against many trained and angry witches and wizards."
Usagi raised her eyebrows. "Then, by all means, let's not make them wait." She lifted her hand and did a swishing movement. The wind of Uranus broke the spell with ease and it's a bunch of surprised looking wizards that fell in a heap on the floor of the hospital wing. Usagi sweatdropped while they composed themselves again.
"Sirius Black! We've been looking all over for you!" Fudge said when he finally spotted the dog animagus. "But I didn't come here for you today. There's been a murder, and this girl is coming with me to the ministry." Sirius tightened his grip on her and glared at him and his aurors, who had detangled themselves from the floor.
"You're not taking away my daughter, Fudge. Bellatrix messed with her and she paid the price!"
The aurors began to whisper amongst themselves and Fudge opened his mouth in surprise, before closing it tightly. "If it's not the father who's the murderer, figure it had to be the daughter!" Sirius let go of Usagi and got up swiftly, clearly intending on giving Fudge a piece of his mind and the aurors stiffened their stance.
Remus made his way past them deftly and tried to make Sirius back down. Hogwarts' teachers also made their way inside the room, accompanied by Harry, Ron and Hermione, who had been waiting outside to get some news from the rabbit. They made their way beside Sirius and Usagi, who was still sitting in bed, the group looking impressive from the aurors' point of view.
"Is this some kind of rebellion?! If this is the game you want to play, Dumbledore, I too can play! Auror Whitcombe! Make them come!" Fudge grinned triumphantly while the other man had no choice but to comply with the minister's order. The atmosphere in the hospital wing chilled and cries of frightened children resonated to them.
Dumbledore glowered. "You wouldn't dare!" Fudge didn't reply as dementors made their way in the room. The atmosphere, although darkened, seemed controlled to some point. "I ordered the dementors not to attack anyone in this castle without my order. They are currently controlling their need to feed and will not be stopped if either of you tries to resist."
Shouts of protest echoed in the room from all directions. Dumbledore had never looked so mad, Harry mused. Usagi had enough. She got up silently and passed her father, who was the first in line. She put a comforting hand on his shoulder, before turning her gaze to the minister.
She spoke calmly, but Sirius could see she was trying to control herself. "Minister, if you start using dementors for your deeds, I suggest you resign. I will not come with you. I do not fully belong in this world, so you have no control over me or my actions. I've faced more terrible things than dementors, and if you continue to set yourself against me, I will put a stop to it. I will not hesitate to even call my guardians personally if necessary."
Apparently, the idiotic man didn't get the message and ordered the dementors to render everyone harmless. Usagi shook her head as the atmosphere fully darkened and rasping from the dementors could be heard. She didn't let anyone the time to react as she called out angrily; "EXPECTO PATRONUM!"
Hey, it was about the only thing she could do as a witch, even thought it wasn't an animal, without depleting the rest of her energy.
The silver sheen of light appeared and stopped right in front of the dementors, who halted in return to look at the unstable light. Fudge started to laugh at her attempt at creating a patronus but he stopped short and gasped as the sheen slowly divided into 8 particular colors. The others behind Usagi could only watch in awe as 8 human figures took form, dressed in odd sailor suits. She controlled the power of her patronuses, which in turn merely made the dementors back away a little.
"May I present you the patronus forms of my guardians? I warn you, minister Fudge. I am not here to create a war, nor am I here to take over the world. I am on the side of good, and you will let me be if you are also on this side. Resist and I will conclude the worst for your case. Even if they're not real, my guardians' spirits are very protective."
While she said that, the 8 spirits in question walked to her protectively and one of them, a tall girl with short, dirty blond hair, fisted her hand menacingly, while grinning darkly.
"This is a threat to my person! I will not tolerate it! Get her!" Yelled Fudge, face red with anger. The dementors never saw it coming. In the space of 10 seconds, they were all unconscious on the ground. The patronuses looked as if they were real, living being.
Usagi smiled to them as Uranus came to her, bowed deeply and crushed her in a hug. No words came out of her mouth, but Usagi knew Uranus had given this patronus a part of her protective spirit. She hugged the tall senshi back with a shaky smile, while Uranus had her eyes set on Sirius in her back. She gave the man a look of warning and Sirius gulped, not knowing what to make of this.
"I'll miss you, Haruka-chan! You too, minna!" The hug ended and her senshi smiled before fluttering and vanishing in silver sparkles of light. Fudge sputtered and backed away slightly, while Dumbledore, finally out of his daze, advanced towards the minister.
He crossed his arms on his chest and said evenly; "I recommend you to go back to the ministry, Cornelius, and to take your aurors back with you. We are all on the same side, so you don't have to fear us." He looked pointedly at the aurors and they fidgeted, before leaving the room. They certainly didn't want to face an angry Dumbledore! Fudge grunted and stomped out of the hospital wing in rage.
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Harry gazed at the still form of his girlfriend, sitting on a nearby chair in the hospital wing. She was sleeping peacefully, hair sprayed around her like a blanket. Mme Pomfrey had shooed everyone outside the room, angry at everyone for not letting Usagi get her rest. Sirius had gone with Remus, Harry and the rest of the Gryffindors back to their common room and around 9, Harry had gotten restless.
Flashback
"I don't get why Mme Pomfrey doesn't want us to stay with Serena! She won't even let me near the door!" Said a pacing Harry, blabbering mostly to himself. Sirius watched him pace from left to right and leaned more in the comfortable warmth of the sofa he was sitting on.
"Chill, Harry. I don't like the prospect of staying here more than you do, but we don't have a choice in the matter. But I understand your need to talk to her, since you haven't got the chance to." Harry snorted at this but Sirius ignored him and went on, his voice dropping into a whisper.
Harry approached his godfather and saw the playful grin on his face. "There's something you could do. Wait until it's really late, take your invisibility cloak and go to the infirmary." Sirius finished with a devilish gleam in his eyes. Harry nodded, equally grinning.
"Sirius, you're a genius!" Harry exclaimed happily.
"Of course I am!" Sirius replied, while Remus tried to cover a snort with a cough in the background.
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So there was Harry, sitting in the chair, watching his girlfriend sleep. Well, he thought she was sleeping. He watched as she pouted cutely, before opening her eyes. "Are you going to talk to me or just stare at me for the entire night?"
Harry raised his eyebrows and answered back with a question of his own. "Aren't you supposed to be sleeping at this hour? And anyway, how did you know there was someone else in the room?"
Usagi smirked. "Sleeping draught doesn't work on me. Mme Pomfrey could try to drug me with it but it wouldn't work. And I felt your presence the instant you entered the room. Your magic trail is easily recognizable; at least it is for me." She finished silently.
Harry got up and sat on her bed, taking her hand in his. The uncomfortable silence stretched until Harry spoke up. "I'm not mad at you, you know. I was feeling betrayed at first, I admit it, but your reasons must've been pretty good to keep this a secret. At least, you made me stronger and kept my beliefs alive for Sirius' return. I don't know why I should be mad anyway. I kept things from you also. Well, you already knew them, it seems…"
Usagi blushed and Harry smiled softly. He bent down and laid a soft kiss on her lips. Usagi sighed contentedly while Harry asked for entrance, which she gladly complied.
"I'm happy you're ok with all of this. I wouldn't have been surprised in the least if you would've been angry with me. And I'm relieved to see father reacted well to us being together." Usagi said, after the need to breathe became an issue.
Harry sweatdropped. "That's because you weren't there when he lectured me!"
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There! Another chapter done! I thought I would've been able to post it Wednesday, but…damn writer's block. It seems I overcame it, though.
Maybe some of you were expecting Harry to blow at her and break up with her, only to come back and apologize later…
I made Harry responsible from the start of the story, and in the scene of their first kiss, I made him say 'I wouldn't leave you for a stupid reason' or something along those lines. He's able to think over something and not be rash and explode at every little problem that comes to him. Sirius had a talk with him and Harry had the chance to think this over clearly.
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