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Father Mine
Chapter 22: A fight for personality
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Last time
When the light disappeared, they lifted their own gaze upwards and gaped. Up there, replacing the blue sky that was previously charmed on the ceiling, there was a surreal image…of a gigantic kingdom with Earth as the background.
"What is that?" Hermione asked silently, her eyes wide, hands hanging limp at her sides. The images began to move as if time was passing faster up there than in Hogwarts. The now silver haired 'Usagi' was staring emotionlessly at the projection and Hermione's question was left unanswered.
The image of the kingdom changed for one of a young woman with sun kissed golden hair and wide blue eyes. She turned around and some silent gasps were heard. She was looking exactly like Usagi! Except that the girl in the image was wearing a long white gown and had a curious moon insignia on her forehead. She was laughing and her lips moved, though nothing came out.
Other girls, dressed in what looked like very short sailor suits were accompanying her like guards. The images sped up and the Usagi look-alike was now with a young black haired man. There was a big explosion and the students could see the earlier guards trying to defend the kingdom, but with no luck. They were blasted away, like everybody else.
A nasty looking witch appeared and killed the prince, who was trying to defend the girl he loved. Sirius let out a strangled gasp as the Usagi look-alike made a shining sword appear in her hands and cries of terror came out of the children's mouths as she transpierced herself with it, blood pouring everywhere. The image changed.
A regal woman was left standing in the ruins of her kingdom, embracing the body of whom could only be her daughter. Her lips moved, and a bright light engulfed the place. She died, watching the deceased people from her kingdom being brought away into space, towards the Earth.
For a moment, the image stilled. It then circled like a vortex and another scenery came forth. It became too clear for Sirius as to whom the Usagi look-alike was; because the next image was the one of Usagi's birth. 'So, it was her true past, before she was born in this world…' Sirius thought grimly.
And the students who had been in potions class when Usagi drank the memory potion recognized this part. The mysterious woman came out of the black portal and took the baby away, as the father was left behind, kneeling on the ground and crying his anguish.
The images moved faster and faster, by this point. A little girl with pigtails playing with her friends, then it was her first day of school. The scenery swirled and swirled, until she was a young adolescent. It showed how she found a black cat, and when she transformed into some kind of sailor girl.
Again, they gasped as many ugly monsters appeared. But she was always winning, with the help of her new found friends, the guards from the kingdom part. She was growing up and she faced the same witch from before, all alone. She had died once again, only to come back.
Then, came 2 other new enemies, and new monsters to defeat. She was always winning, but it showed that she was suffering. It showed that she didn't like fighting and always put herself in danger for the good of others. The enemies got more and more vicious. A young violet haired girl, being threatened by 2 other sailor soldier girls. Usagi putting herself in danger to protect her, along with a weird pink haired child. Braving once again a destructive evil. The violet haired girl transforming into another soldier and dying with Usagi, but not before coming back –again-.
Then, other attacks, another new enemy, and the image of a Pegasus in the background, neighing and flying into a mirror of some sort. A glowing golden crystal, Usagi jumping down from a weird circus rooftop to catch the unconscious pink haired child that had been thrown into the emptiness of the atmosphere. The Pegasus catching them before it was too late, giving them wings to fly to safety.
From here, the image got darker and colder. The man she was with being killed in the plane by an evil woman, also dressed into the odd sailor suit. The appearance of 3 mysterious guys, one of them becoming close friends with Usagi. Black crystals being taken from the person's chests, making them transform into monsters. Brutal attacks, 3 new soldiers helping Usagi.
The guys drooled. They showed a lot of skin under their costumes!
Harry glanced at his girlfriend out of the corner of his eyes. He gave a hopeless look at her but she wasn't even glancing at him. He furrowed his brow when he detected a slight movement from her. She had gripped her staff tightly for a second and the image on the ceiling had wavered. But nothing changed the emotionless look she had.
So many assaults. The death of her soldiers, their crystals being taken away by the same woman who had killed the black haired man on the plane. Usagi being killed and dropping on the ground enveloped by glowing ribbons. A tear running down the red haired child's cheek, dropping on the ground, only to glow and making Usagi come back to life to fight with a sword.
Usagi, suffering by the hands of the dark being that had taken over the other woman's body. Usagi, embracing her enemy instead of killing her, even after all the evil did to her and her friends…The image wavered, and broke afterwards.
Stunned silence met the emotionless warrior in the front of the hall. A slight 'crack'! was heard and they could only watch as the internal battle for dominance took place. Sweat covered the silver haired girl's brow and the staff had cracked where she had put too much pressure. She began to pant heavily and her head was bent, even though she was trying to regain her position.
"What's going on, black?!" Snape asked, disconcerted.
But Sirius was at a loss of word. "I…I don't know! Nothing like this has ever happened before!"
The moment Sirius tried to take a step forward, a voice boomed in his head and the scenery changed suddenly. "PLEASE! HELP HER! IT'S NOT HER TIME YET!"
When he opened his eyes, it was dark. And no matter where he turned to, he could clearly see he was all alone. "Hello? Is somebody there?" He was met with silence. He began to panic, until a familiar olive green light appeared. Sirius scowled darkly. He was about to yell at the meddling woman, but the look on her face made him think about it twice.
"Please, you must help her. You must help our hime! Her counterpart isn't supposed to emerge from her heart yet! If she lets her power grow, it could be disastrous! She has to come back to her old self!!!" Said Pluto, voice cracking and eyes pleading. "I can no longer go into your world without the key, and we felt her power expand through the dimensions. You have to do something!"
Sirius looked powerless. "But what can I do?"
Pluto seemed to think for a moment while the dog animagus fidgeted in his place. "The hime is currently fighting for dominance in her own body. Her anger made her true counterpart wake up and she's trying to gain total possession of her body. Maybe an attack or a jolt of some sort could do the trick and give Usagi enough time to regain possession of her body. But it would have to be powerful, and I don't think wizards are strong enough to do this. She would need something that would stun her enough to make the change work, but it can be dangerous."
Sirius thought about it a little and nodded grimly to himself. "I think I know a curse powerful enough to snap her out of it…I really hope she's as tough as you think."
Pluto gave him a questioning look but nodded anyway. "The hime is strong and can withstand everyone of your spells. She has died many times and will always come back anyway. Fate and destiny like to play with her. But if she truly wakes up, there won't be anything left to play with."
Sirius nodded. "Alright. Make me go back." He blinked, and was back in the Great Hall. Harry was gripping his arms and looking at him worriedly.
"Sirius? Are you ok? You seemed to zone out for a moment! We tried to talk to you but you never answered! Usagi's state is worsening! We have to do something!" Harry cried out to him.
Sirius closed his eyes to regain his thoughts. He took one more step towards his daughter and cringed when he saw that she was still struggling with her other self. She needed help badly.
The teachers and students backed away when the silver haired girl cried out slightly and let some of her power go out. Sirius reeled back when the jolt of raw energy destroyed the head table. Fudge, who had been caught between the table and the wall, had taken his chance and ran away beside his people, in fright.
The dog animagus gulped and tried to focus. He lifted his wand slowly and pointed it towards the shaking girl. Remus gripped his arm. "What are you doing, Padfoot?!"
Sirius pried his friend's hand away and tried to calm himself. It was his daughter, for heaven's sake! He couldn't possibly do this to her!
Another energy jolt erupted from her body but a part of her still refused to let go, and in a desperate attempt, she let go of the staff, which fell on the floor and disappeared. The hand that was holding the staff began to shake, as if she wanted to summon it again to end this, and the silver haired girl turned swiftly, fixing her gaze with Sirius' in a desperate plea.
"P…Plea-se…He-lp…Da-ddy…" She was struggling with her words and straining to reach out to him. Sirius took his wand again. "I'm sorry Serenity. But I have to do this. Not only for us, but also for you." He lifted his wand, ignoring Harry's worrying in the background.
"AVADA…"
Harry's eyes widened considerably, like everyone else's. "NO! SIRIUS! YOU CAN'T!!!" He cried out to him, tears invading his eyes.
When her counterpart understood what Sirius was trying to do, she began to charge at him. But it was too late.
"KEDAVRA!"
The cold green light hurled towards her. She was about to let go of one of her own attacks when she felt stopped by the fighting rabbit inside her. 'No. It is not your time yet! Go away!'
Sirius watched as the warrior stopped moving and was stricken directly by the stream of lime green light.
"NOOOOO!!!" Harry fell on his knees in tears of denial as he saw his girlfriend's eyes widen, then close, as she fell on the ground, unmoving.
Ron was shaking his head back and forth in disbelief, Hermione clinging to his side, shaking in fear. The aurors had unfrozen and were now pointing their wands at him. "MURDERER!!!" Yelled Shacklebolt.
Sirius was ignoring them, staring passively at his fallen daughter, so when an Auror gripped him by behind, he jumped a little and tried to free himself. "What are you doing?! Let me go!" No matter what Sirius was saying, the aurors didn't let go of him and used a binding spell for his arms.
They were trying to get him out of there, and streams of nasty curses flew out of their mouths. They were yelling loudly at each other and Sirius clearly didn't want to go away. Every eye in the hall were following them, so they didn't see Usagi's hair going back to its original color; golden-silver with black stripes.
The noise had awakened her and she sat up slowly, rubbing her head. "Ow. Will you guys keep it down? I have one hell of a headache."
The yelling ended quite abruptly and in their surprise, the aurors let go of Sirius, who ran back to his daughter. He hugged her close to himself and stroked her hair. "I'm happy it worked. Pluto said it wasn't 'her' time yet, though I have no idea as to who 'she' is."
Usagi grimaced and tried to get up on wobbly feet. She put a hand on her forehead and tried to ignore the impending headache that was threatening her, along with the sensation that the room was spinning like the merry-go-round. She took a few steps forwards, intending on going to her room to recuperate.
"I tried so much to stop her, blasted counterpart. I was trying to reach you so hard, but you couldn't hear me in the least. She fueled on my anger, and since I received some of my senshi's powers, she was able to get out. Still, she knew she had quite a few more millennia to wait. That was Cosmos, my true self, and you're all lucky she wasn't in the best of her form. The jolt you gave me was kinda weak, but strong enough to stun her and aiding me into regaining the control of my body. Thanks dad, I owe you one." Usagi said, still walking towards the door slowly, not watching him.
Sirius smiled nonetheless. "What I wouldn't do for you, but you gave me quite the scare."
Usagi snorted. "The famous killing curse…nothing I can't handle." She said sarcastically. She passed beside Harry and looked at him uncertainly. He got up so fast and attached himself so tightly to her she almost fell backwards in surprise.
"God! I thought…I thought Sirius had…Oh god, you're alive! How?..."
Usagi smiled softly when he began to babble and hugged back enthusiastically. "You should believe in my father a little more, Harry. He would never do anything to me that could be considered as dangerous. He cast the killing curse because he knew I could handle it. Now, if you're kind enough, would you help me get to my rooms? I'm pooped out. Fighting my counterpart asked a lot more energy than I thought."
Harry nodded and they started to walk to the doors. When she passed beside Fudge, she gripped his left arm and startled him out of his deep frowning session. "I don't care if you stay here, but stay out of my way. If you continue to threaten my friends OR my father, you will have to answer to me."
She moved her grip to his forearm and clenched hard, making him wince. She smiled sardonically and approached him, whispering in his ear for only his to hear; "If you choose to ignore my warnings, I will take care of 'this' problem myself." She made him wince in pain as she gripped even harder at the words 'this problem', making him wonder if she knew.
She let go of him, glared at the aurors one more time to remind them of their place and let Harry lead her to her room.
Remus sat on a bench, trying to get his thoughts back in line. He had seriously thought Sirius was going to kill her! But how can anybody ever resist the killing curse? He sighed in fatigue.
Sirius put a comforting hand on his shoulder. "You looked tired, don't think so much." He teased.
Remus chuckled tiredly. "It's not that. The moon is going to be full in a couple of days…"
Sirius nodded seriously. "I'll ask Serenity if she can do something about this."
Remus looked at him with his mouth hanging open. "You think she can do something about that?!" He almost jumped on Sirius in excitement.
Sirius held his hands up. "Hey! Calm down, tiger! I never said that! But she can always take a look."
Remus nodded with bright eyes, like a child in a candy store until he yelped when somebody pinched his ear to make him calm down. "Ow! Ow, Ow! OW!" The werewolf turned to Mme Pomfrey, who was still pinching his ears.
"You better wait, you excited pup! I fully intend to make Miss Black come to the infirmary tomorrow for a thorough checkup! You, Mister Black," She continued, pointing a finger in the dog animagus' chest, "better not assume she cannot tire and make her do everything!" She humphed and went back to her infirmary in great strides, nose up in the air.
Sirius gaped. "What did I do?!" Then, he turned to Remus in conspiracy and muttered; "She should say that to Harry. I bet she'll be more tired tomorrow morning anyway…"
Remus blushed and hastily put a hand on his friend's mouth to shut him up. "Padfoot!" He hissed, blushing even more when he got the attention of the kids. "This is not a thing to say in front of children!"
Sirius tried to pry his hand off. "But Remus! They didn't hear anything! And you know I'm right!" Remus was trying to crawl under the stone floor as Dumbledore's gaze fell on the last 2 marauders. Sirius merely grinned back.
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There! Another chapter done! ^_^ And…It's NOT a cliffy! You happy?
I hope you liked. It was her past, so now everyone saw who she fought and how. Not all of it, but they've had quite a picture of it! FUDGE GOT TOLD! YEAH!!! And it's not over…*author looks at readers mysteriously*
There's going to be a little more action in the next chapter, and Lupin'll probably have a talk to Usa about his lycanthropy.
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