Hi all! Sorry for the long update! Some of you were very angry that I didn't update sooner! I spoiled you too much by updating twice a week…-_-; Had a lot to do this week and I've been sick from Tuesday to Thursday. So I think you can understand that I didn't quite feel like writing.
Anyway, I think I surprised you guys good in the last chapter, haven't I? Good. I didn't want to make this a cliché or something where Usagi would beat everyone up by herself. *chuckle* Some of you were like;
'Huh? What the hell happened?!'
'NOOOO! Usagi!'
'You better have a damn good reason for doing this! *growl*
*laughs* Yeah, I had good reasons, and everything was planned out. Don't freak out, it'll all work out eventually. Gotta keep you guys interested, don't I? ^_^
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Taiki: It will all make sense. You'll see! ^_~
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Father Mine
Chapter 27: The secret door
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Hours passed, and nobody really knew what time it was. Harry and Voldemort were still going at it, but they were clearly showing signs of fatigue. They had separated once, because neither of them were apt at going at it anymore. The Dark Lord had spelled himself better while Harry had taken a strong Pepper-up potion from professor Snape, who was still trying to maintain the werewolves at bay with the help of Bane and yes, even Sirius.
Unfortunately, when Usagi had been taken away, the second the veil had disappeared, the eclipse had ended and the werewolves had come back. Remus decided to transform at that moment to fight with the most vicious ones. So that's why he was limping and taking a strong dose of healing potion.
So there they were, the Boy-Who-Lived and Tom Riddle, having a face-off once again. Harry had taken on a lot of Legilimen attacks and Severus was a lot easier to deal with than the Dark Lord. Riddle grinned when he sensed that the boy was finally starting to back away.
"MORSMORDRE!" With a mighty cry, wand pointed towards the sky, he audaciously let the symbol of his victory appear. The glowing skull comprised of green sparks took its place in the air and a snake slithered out of its mouth. The dark mark, symbol of Voldemort's return, the symbol of his power.
A lot of people cried with fright at the terrifying image in the sky while Harry tried to regain his momentum. He took the opportunity as the Dark Lord was occupied elsewhere and shakily brought his wand at Riddle's height. "P-PRIOR INCANTATO!" He staggered but the spell hit the unsuspecting Voldemort.
The dome of power brought them in the air once again as their wands were tied with their same magic trail. At this moment, the battle stopped altogether and awed and fearful eyes pinned themselves on the spectacle above. The silvery mist formed and soon, all the persons which Voldemort had killed in the past resurfaced slowly. Harry was panting madly and he could hear the strangled cries below as people sometimes recognized the ghosts of their beloved ones in the mist.
Too soon came the time when Lily and James Potter appeared, at one another's side, gazing emotionlessly at the furious Dark Lord. Sirius and Remus found each other and held on as if their lives depended on it. "Oh. GOD! Lily…James…" was the only thing capable of going out of the dog animagus' throat.
"DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT!!!" Voldemort shielded his gaze from the stare the Potters were giving him. He hated it! He hated them all! As much as he wanted to make them stop, their gazes were still fixed onto him reproachfully. He glanced at the boy, the stupid Gryffindor tenacity etched in his face, the disgusting courage and faith! The only thing which crossed his mind is that he wanted no more than crush this faith into little pieces and make him see hell! Tired of being deprived of his wand, he yelled the only thing capable of stopping this atrocity. "DELETRIUS!!!"
Harry was so concentrated on his task that he didn't see it coming. He sensed Voldemort was panicking when he received the shockwave of the Deletrius. Everything just collapsed on its own and they dropped on the ground. Riddle screamed his rage and Harry didn't even see the curse coming his way in a mighty blast of angry power. He fell on the ground and screamed in agony as the Crucio curse did what it was meant to do.
"HARRY!" Sirius tried to reach his godson but he bounced off an invisible wall and fell back on the ground. "Shit! What is that?!"
Lupin put his wand where Sirius had collided in the first place and a barrier of magic appeared wherever the wand was touching it. "He thought of everything. Voldemort put up very powerful wards around them. We can't enter." He gazed at Albus but the old man sadly shook his head negatively.
Then, they realised something. Everything was silent. Sirius' head spun so fast it almost cracked. Harry was lying unconscious in front of Riddle, who in turn was gazing at him maniacally. He wasn't moving, just staring at Harry, and that was troubling Sirius even more.
*Department of Mysteries*
The corridors were empty. No one. No sounds. Maybe except…the sound of his shoes thumping on the floor. He rubbed his scar and continued to walk around with no particular purpose. He had the vague impression of letting everyone down, but why?
His feet lead him where the veil once stood. Nothing. His body shook all over and he let himself fall on the floor, his soundless sobs echoing quite loudly in the empty and deserted place. He didn't know just how long he stood there, not really remembering why he was here or why he cried. Maybe not why he cried but for whom did he cry.
Why was everything so complicated? After a while, he lost track of time, his gaze wandered aimlessly around the room. That map of the constellations? Why did it make him shake when he looked at it?
He walked to it and took it from the wall. "Sirius, the dog constellation?" Harry asked himself. Sirius? Where did he hear this word before?
Many more papers were stacked unceremoniously on the desk in front of him and he looked at them with little interest, until a map of this solar system caught his eyes. "The mystery of the birth of our solar system? Jeez, those guys who work here have a lot of questions on life…" He muttered, and he humphed, letting the papers he was holding fall on the ground.
He let himself fall on the floor in his turn and seemed to be waiting for something. But whatever that something was, it was taking its damn long time to come. He sighed loudly and kicked some papers aside. He stopped all movements, though, when the part of an image caught his eyes. It seems to be shining more than the other images, and he didn't know why his heart was beating so fast, almost as if it wanted to jump out of his ribcage.
He scattered the papers away and took the loose sheet in his hands, gazing at it as if it was his most treasured possession, or the find of the century. No markings, nothing, except the image of a round silvery circle. His eyes were captivated by it. 'Moon.' Was the only word his brain provided for him, and the past events came tumbling down on him like a tsunami.
"Oh no!" He choked, another set of tears making their way down his cheeks. "Serenity…" He wanted no more than join her, live happily with her and his family. With Sirius, and Remus, and…But now, there wasn't anything to do. But he wanted to see her again, so much! He would do anything! 'ANYTHING!" His mind screamed.
The room suddenly rotated around itself and he soon found himself staring at the door, the damned mysterious and forbidden door that was containing his supposedly 'hidden power'. It hadn't changed a bit since the last time he saw it. The same unnatural green glow still emitted on the other side of the locked door, only letting a thin glow pass below the door.
He was captivated by it. He crawled to it on his knees as if the sudden movement of getting up would make it disappear and his hand stopped just before touching the doorknob. Maybe he would see her if he opened it! Or maybe he could die. But what did it matter? A life without Serenity wasn't a happy life to live anyway. He shrugged. He was about to touch the doorknob when a faint voice made him freeze.
"It's locked, you know."
It was almost mocking him! He turned around and rubbed his eyes. Was it him or was there really a ghost in front of him?
The 'ghost' chuckled weakly and gazed at him sadly. "Hello, Harry. I'm Setsuna, better know under the name Sailor Pluto. I'm one of Serenity hime's guardians."
Harry cut her off, seething. "You, a guardian?! You must be joking! Just look at what happened!"
Setsuna bent her head, defeated. "There wasn't anything we could do…But, maybe…" Her yes sparkled in his direction for an instant, but it vanished as soon as it came.
"What? MAYBE WHAT?!" Harry was desperate.
The apparition sighed. "The other guardians have given me enough power to awaken her, but it could be dangerous, Harry. She is not entitled to become her ultimate self, Cosmos, in many, many years from now. It could do anything, if she breaks free of Fate and Destiny's binds. We have to place our fate in you…"
Harry nodded with the utmost seriousness. "I will do anything for her, even if it kills me in the process." Setsuna nodded and made a small key appear. She was about to put the key in the keyhole when Harry screamed in pain, rubbing his scar roughly. Pluto gasped and dropped the key. The green glow on the other side of the door was getting stronger and scarier by the second! What was happening in the real world!?
*Hogwarts*
Sirius kept pounding on the ward but nothing worked. A good 20 minutes had passed since Harry had lost consciousness and Voldemort finally got up from his kneeling position. He took a big breath and lifted his wand.
"Let no one forget that day, that day when Lord Voldemort killed the Boy-Who-Lived-Only-To-Die-In-The-End!" He gave a loud crooked laughter and let the curse's power flow through his wand, which became a vivid, deadly green.
"AVADA KEDAVRA."
*Department of Mysteries*
"Fuck." Setsuna cursed for the first time in her life and fumbled to get the key in the hole. Harry limped towards the door and as soon as he thought the green light from the other side would kill him on the spot, Pluto got the door to finally open. There was a huge burst of power and he was sure he wasn't in the Department of Mysteries anymore.
*Somewhere*
Empty eyes flickered in the darkness of the veil. Her hand moved a little but either than that, nothing. In her mind, a light appeared and disturbed her peace. She kept screaming at it to go away and leave her alone but it only shone brighter and she shielded her eyes. She screamed, and screamed, but eventually, the light became too strong. Something broke up in a loud crash, but she wasn't even sure of what it was when her mind became blank and all her power flowed freely around her.
*Hogwarts*
The lime green light reached him and no one could do anything about it. Ron and Hermione dropped on the ground and let tears fall from their eyes freely as Sirius and Remus kept pounding and yelling in disbelief. The curse hit Harry on the spot and Voldemort laughed darkly in pure joy, that is until a scream loud enough to wake the dead emitted from the Boy-Who-Lived's throat, surprising the Dark Lord and everyone around him.
Harry's body shook and the green light shot up in the sky, forming a ball of magic. It was truly an impressive thing to watch! Voldemort stood stunned as his own wave of power divided in 2, also linking up with the green ball of energy. So now, Riddle and Harry were both bounded to it, forming a neat triangle.
The green ball expanded, until the veil quivered and appeared. There seemed to be various yells coming from the inside, until both shadows exited the void in a hurry, trying to seal back the portal, but to no avail. A sound of breaking chains and enraged scream was the only warning they got until a being covered in a bright silver aura burst out of the veil in a flash.
By this time, Harry had opened his eyes and was sitting up, looking at the being with apprehension.
A graceful glowing hand extended towards the 2 shadows and a blast made them scream in agony, before the veil vanished and they disappeared. Sparkles fell down the sky, the only proof that there had been an attack seconds before.
The silver glow started to retract towards the being's back and out of nowhere, large silver wings sprouted from her back. The glow vanished, leaving a clear view for everyone to see who it was. "HOW CAN IT BE?! SHE GOT KILLED!" Voldemort shouted in disbelief and rage.
Sirius smiled widely in happiness, seeing that his daughter was ok after all. But she still floated up there and showed no signs of coming down, instead opting for gazing at the new strange environment. Silver eyes glanced emotionlessly around and locked themselves on the forest nearby, until they continued to roam far away in the distance. Long silver hair swirled around with the calm wind.
Down on school grounds, curious eyes gazed at the form before them. Why wasn't she doing anything? Didn't she know that there was a battle to fight? A Death Eater panicked below from the stillness of things and launched a blasting curse at her in desperation.
The spell hit some kind of violet shield and vanished, and she didn't even budge. However, this same death Eater was still looking in the sky when something sharp and pointy pierced through him. His eyes widened and it took him time to find out she wasn't in the air anymore, but right behind him, sword in hands, and blood running down the blade.
He coughed up blood and looked at her in disbelief, while she was staring at him emptily, no traces of being fazed whatsoever by what she had just done. He fell on the ground with a thud and his eyes closed for the last time.
Everyone in her vicinity, dark servants more than the people from the light side, backed away in fright and speechlessness. Voldemort growled and took a few steps towards her. "You! How did you come back? How dare you kill my servant?!" He stopped walking and froze when she turned her empty gaze to him.
She cocked her head on the side and let her sword hang limply in her hand. "Who are you?" This simple question left everyone unable to talk and answer. The people from the light side quickly yelped and backed away.
Sirius gazed at his daughter with concern. "Wha do you mean; who are you? Serenity, this is Voldemort! He's our enemy!"
She didn't even make a move to acknowledge her 'father', and Harry bent his head down, fisting his hands. "It's no use, Sirius. Pluto warned me something like this might happen. She doesn't remember a thing! She doesn't remember us! She's become Cosmos, it's too late." He finished lamely.
Voldemort snickered. "She doesn't remember a thing? Let's not waist this opportunity, shall we?" He motioned the werewolves behind him. "GET HER!"
Harry gasped as the werewolves savagely ran to her, howling and growling. "NOOO!!! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE DONE!" But it was too late.
Cosmos took a step back and the moment one of the beasts was about to bite her, she fisted her hand and cried out; "WORLD SHAKING!!!" The attack quickly disintegrated everything on its path, leaving a deep crater and no more werewolves. A third of the Forbidden forest was destroyed, along with a good part of Hogwarts grounds.
She snarled and made a tall silver staff adorned with wings appear out of thin air in her hands. "How dare you attack me! All who have the nerves to take on the ruler of the stars will perish by my hands! DIE! COSMIC REVOLUTION!!!"
The last thing Harry saw was the bright light that engulfed them all. "Serenity!" He called out in despair.
Voldemort stepped back in denial. "This wasn't how I planned my victory!"
This was the last thing they said, before everything went blank.
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Is the battle over?….duh. But what is going to happen? Did Cosmos destroy the Earth? He! He! You'll see in the next chappie! ^_^
I apologize again for the late update! _ SORRY! *bows ten times* Gomen!
I'm very happy you like the story! I never thought I would even near 27 chapters…^_^; I wanted to make a shorter story and look at what happened! What's going on with me? Can't I write shorter stories? Man, I think it'll be hard if I ever try a one-shot someday! ^_^;;; I was also thinking about taking a story break for a couple of weeks but I don't think that's a good idea…I don't really need death threats right now! *sweatdrops heavily*
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