Chapter Six: Voldemort's Nasty Plot
Voldemort paced his bedchambers, anger surging through him.
"I have to make her mine, somehow, and eliminate the Malfoy kid," he said to himself. "That crystal and its powers have to belong to me…and owning the girl wouldn't be too bad either," he added as an afterthought.
He opened the bedroom door and looked in on the sleeping girl. She had taken her hair out of the odangoes and it fell lightly around her sleeping figure. He looked at her, his face softening, and then gently closed the door.
He made his way down to the dungeons, where Harry Potter, The Boy Who Lived and the prince of the Moon Kingdom was being held captive.
Harry sat awake on the cold, uncomfortable cot, staring at the wall, occasionally bending over to pick up a rock and throw it at the wall. He noticed Voldemort and snapped, "What do you want?"
"Just to inform you of the fact that you are being used as bait. Tomorrow, you will be permitted to see her and actually speak to her. Her choices are simple: either she marries me, and hands over her powers to me, or I use one of the forbidden curses on you, got it?" he smirked.
"Just to warn you, she'll never marry you, even at the loss of me," said Harry.
"Of course she will, once I tell her my end of the plan." He stalked away.
"Stupid git," muttered Harry. A bright light appeared in front of him and he watched, eyes wide as Queen Serenity materialized before him.
"Harry, thank God that you're all right. I was worried that Voldemort had killed you," she said, hugging her son.
"No, but after he tells Serena of his plan, it will kill her, literally."
"What is it?" asked his mother, concerned.
"He wants Serena to marry him and give up her powers. Hermione thinks that he also wants her to have his child, meaning that…"
"It would have the powers of its mother and father," finished Serenity.
"There's no way she can escape. He's got the stupid place surrounded."
"You've forgotten, her powers," his mother reminded him.
"She can't use them. Voldemort's ready to drain her of them, and me for that matter," he said.
"Hmm," she thought. "She should be able to teleport, once she becomes Sailor Moon."
"No good. He's got the brooch, but can't work the Silver Crystal."
"Okay, just listen. Talk to her, try and talk her out of having to marry him at all costs, but don't let yourself get hurt. I'll find a way to get Dumbledore to exchange something in return for you."
"Tell him to find Voldemort's wand. It's hidden in Serena's dormitory."
"What's it doing there?"
"She stole it when Hermione and I had detention. That's the one thing that he wants back. Just don't let him get mine. If he has both of the phoenix core wands, he'll be able to combine them and use them against us," he warned.
"I won't," she whispered, hugging her son once again. She then disappeared.
Harry fell asleep, worrying about his sister, and what Voldemort might do to her…
***
Serena awoke to Voldemort staring at her from the darkness.
She jumped and looked around, seeing only him.
"I really wish that you wouldn't do that," she said quietly. She looked at the clock. It read "7:15 AM"
"Hurry up and get dressed. I have somewhere to take you," he said, pointing to the closet.
"Then get out," she snapped, climbing out of the bed.
She walked to the closet and picked out an ankle length periwinkle dress with puffy, short sleeves. She quickly put it on and redid her hair. She slipped into a pair of shoes and was sitting on the bed when Voldemort came back five minutes later.
"Come on," he said, taking her hand and leading her down the hallway. She pulled her hand out of his.
"I'm not two years old anymore. I'm sixteen, I think that I can walk on my own," she said, slowing her pace so that she followed behind him.
He gave her a dirty look and grabbed her wrist anyways and literally dragged her down the stairs to the dungeon.
"Where are we going?" she asked, pulling free again and hugging herself to keep warm.
"You'll see," he said. He led her to Harry's cell. When he saw her, he sat up and ran to the bars. Voldemort opened them and pushed Serena inside, and then locked the cell door again.
"You have one hour," he said, and stalked off.
Harry and Serena hugged each other and then sat down. Harry's teeth began to chatter and he picked up the small, thin blanket and wrapped it around him.
"Are you okay?" he managed to ask her.
"I'm fine, a little scared, but fine."
"Has he given you your "options" yet?" he asked.
"Yeah. He wants me to marry him, and then if I don't, he'll kill you."
"Serena, don't worry about me, and whatever you do, don't marry him," said Harry.
"Harry, I might have to. If it will save your life, and Hogwarts, then I'll have to."
"I talked to Mom yesterday," he said. "And she told me to hang on. I can't hang on forever, but knowing that you'll be safe, not marrying him will allow me to hang on for some time. She's coming to try and break me out of here; I think that the scouts are coming too. I don't think that they'll be able to help you though," he added.
"Yeah," she sadly agreed.
They passed the rest of their hour in silence, and when Voldemort came to take Serena back to her room, she walked silently behind him. She went through the door that he held open for her and silently sat on the bed.
He sat next to her and gently placed her hand inside his. "Serena, what did you decide?" he asked.
"I'm not marrying you," she said quietly. "I can't, and I won't. I won't allow you to take over my kingdom, or my crystal."
"Then you do realize that you've handed over your powers to me," he said.
"That was going to happen either way," she said. She reached over to her nightstand and opened the drawer.
"Here," she said, and handed him his wand.
"You've had it the entire time?" he asked.
"Of course. You didn't think that I'd leave it in my dorm, did you?"
"Not really, but I didn't think that you'd have it with you too."
"I did." She turned away from him, refusing to speak. He took this as a hint and left. On the way out, he stuck his head back in the door and said "Whether or not you hand over the crystal now, you're still marrying me. I have your brother and your friends the Sailor Scouts. If you don't, I promise you, I will kill them."
She stared with her eyes wide open in shock as he grinned nastily and left.
Her communicator started to beep and she picked it up and silenced it, revealing a message from Amy on the other line.
"Serena, just hold off the wedding a little longer. We're coming. We're leaving a little later. Hold on," and then the message vanished.
Voldemort paced his bedchambers, anger surging through him.
"I have to make her mine, somehow, and eliminate the Malfoy kid," he said to himself. "That crystal and its powers have to belong to me…and owning the girl wouldn't be too bad either," he added as an afterthought.
He opened the bedroom door and looked in on the sleeping girl. She had taken her hair out of the odangoes and it fell lightly around her sleeping figure. He looked at her, his face softening, and then gently closed the door.
He made his way down to the dungeons, where Harry Potter, The Boy Who Lived and the prince of the Moon Kingdom was being held captive.
Harry sat awake on the cold, uncomfortable cot, staring at the wall, occasionally bending over to pick up a rock and throw it at the wall. He noticed Voldemort and snapped, "What do you want?"
"Just to inform you of the fact that you are being used as bait. Tomorrow, you will be permitted to see her and actually speak to her. Her choices are simple: either she marries me, and hands over her powers to me, or I use one of the forbidden curses on you, got it?" he smirked.
"Just to warn you, she'll never marry you, even at the loss of me," said Harry.
"Of course she will, once I tell her my end of the plan." He stalked away.
"Stupid git," muttered Harry. A bright light appeared in front of him and he watched, eyes wide as Queen Serenity materialized before him.
"Harry, thank God that you're all right. I was worried that Voldemort had killed you," she said, hugging her son.
"No, but after he tells Serena of his plan, it will kill her, literally."
"What is it?" asked his mother, concerned.
"He wants Serena to marry him and give up her powers. Hermione thinks that he also wants her to have his child, meaning that…"
"It would have the powers of its mother and father," finished Serenity.
"There's no way she can escape. He's got the stupid place surrounded."
"You've forgotten, her powers," his mother reminded him.
"She can't use them. Voldemort's ready to drain her of them, and me for that matter," he said.
"Hmm," she thought. "She should be able to teleport, once she becomes Sailor Moon."
"No good. He's got the brooch, but can't work the Silver Crystal."
"Okay, just listen. Talk to her, try and talk her out of having to marry him at all costs, but don't let yourself get hurt. I'll find a way to get Dumbledore to exchange something in return for you."
"Tell him to find Voldemort's wand. It's hidden in Serena's dormitory."
"What's it doing there?"
"She stole it when Hermione and I had detention. That's the one thing that he wants back. Just don't let him get mine. If he has both of the phoenix core wands, he'll be able to combine them and use them against us," he warned.
"I won't," she whispered, hugging her son once again. She then disappeared.
Harry fell asleep, worrying about his sister, and what Voldemort might do to her…
***
Serena awoke to Voldemort staring at her from the darkness.
She jumped and looked around, seeing only him.
"I really wish that you wouldn't do that," she said quietly. She looked at the clock. It read "7:15 AM"
"Hurry up and get dressed. I have somewhere to take you," he said, pointing to the closet.
"Then get out," she snapped, climbing out of the bed.
She walked to the closet and picked out an ankle length periwinkle dress with puffy, short sleeves. She quickly put it on and redid her hair. She slipped into a pair of shoes and was sitting on the bed when Voldemort came back five minutes later.
"Come on," he said, taking her hand and leading her down the hallway. She pulled her hand out of his.
"I'm not two years old anymore. I'm sixteen, I think that I can walk on my own," she said, slowing her pace so that she followed behind him.
He gave her a dirty look and grabbed her wrist anyways and literally dragged her down the stairs to the dungeon.
"Where are we going?" she asked, pulling free again and hugging herself to keep warm.
"You'll see," he said. He led her to Harry's cell. When he saw her, he sat up and ran to the bars. Voldemort opened them and pushed Serena inside, and then locked the cell door again.
"You have one hour," he said, and stalked off.
Harry and Serena hugged each other and then sat down. Harry's teeth began to chatter and he picked up the small, thin blanket and wrapped it around him.
"Are you okay?" he managed to ask her.
"I'm fine, a little scared, but fine."
"Has he given you your "options" yet?" he asked.
"Yeah. He wants me to marry him, and then if I don't, he'll kill you."
"Serena, don't worry about me, and whatever you do, don't marry him," said Harry.
"Harry, I might have to. If it will save your life, and Hogwarts, then I'll have to."
"I talked to Mom yesterday," he said. "And she told me to hang on. I can't hang on forever, but knowing that you'll be safe, not marrying him will allow me to hang on for some time. She's coming to try and break me out of here; I think that the scouts are coming too. I don't think that they'll be able to help you though," he added.
"Yeah," she sadly agreed.
They passed the rest of their hour in silence, and when Voldemort came to take Serena back to her room, she walked silently behind him. She went through the door that he held open for her and silently sat on the bed.
He sat next to her and gently placed her hand inside his. "Serena, what did you decide?" he asked.
"I'm not marrying you," she said quietly. "I can't, and I won't. I won't allow you to take over my kingdom, or my crystal."
"Then you do realize that you've handed over your powers to me," he said.
"That was going to happen either way," she said. She reached over to her nightstand and opened the drawer.
"Here," she said, and handed him his wand.
"You've had it the entire time?" he asked.
"Of course. You didn't think that I'd leave it in my dorm, did you?"
"Not really, but I didn't think that you'd have it with you too."
"I did." She turned away from him, refusing to speak. He took this as a hint and left. On the way out, he stuck his head back in the door and said "Whether or not you hand over the crystal now, you're still marrying me. I have your brother and your friends the Sailor Scouts. If you don't, I promise you, I will kill them."
She stared with her eyes wide open in shock as he grinned nastily and left.
Her communicator started to beep and she picked it up and silenced it, revealing a message from Amy on the other line.
"Serena, just hold off the wedding a little longer. We're coming. We're leaving a little later. Hold on," and then the message vanished.
