Title: Truth Before The Eyes

Author: Yuki Kamitoki

Chapter 1: A Stranger's Visit

Disclaimers: I do not own Harry Potter or Sailor Moon

Author's Notes: Well here's the rewritten chapter from Memory and the next chapter of Truth Before The Eyes.

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She suddenly woke up. Her eyes staring into the darkness, her heart thumping very quickly that it hurt. Sweat poured down her face, she grabs her blankets covering herself with it, suddenly feeling very cold. Her tense eyes stared around the room, looking for anything out of place. Nothing, she relaxed and thought about the dream she just had. It felt like she was actually part of the dream; that the girl was she. And she didn't know whether it was a good thing or not.

She closed her eyes, attempting to go back to sleep, and forget the dream that plague her mind every time she closed her eyes. But she couldn't, it pester her like a fly. She snuggled closer into the blankets and counted sheep.

One little sheep, two little sheep, three little sheep…

A sudden movement reached her ears. She opened her eyes, and strained to see what had moved in the dark. Seeing nothing, she just shrugged and concludes that her mind must be playing jokes on her. Once again, she closed her eyes.

Five little sheep, six little sheep, seven little sheep…

She suddenly felt light against her face. Curious, she opened her eyes to meet with another pair of eyes.

"Hello." He greeted.

She jumped up from her bed and picked up a pillow, aiming it at him.

"Who are you and what are you doing in my room?" she asked him suspiciously.

He sat down on a chair near her desk, and responded, "My name is Albus Dumbledore, and I am here to take you back to where you belong."

She remained silent, studying him.

He had long silvery, white hair and eyes that were filled with wisdom, and currently amusement. She scowled at him but continued to scrutinize him. He apparently had a broken nose from some sort of accident ('Serves him right!' she quietly thought.), and he was dressed in a blue robe with twinkling stars.

"Well I'm not going anywhere with the likes of you!" she exclaimed, her eyes still on him, wary of his actions.

"How would you know I'm a bad guy?" he questioned her, the twinkle in his eyes bright as ever.

"How about starting with coming into my room unannounced not to mention without agreement, then waking me up when I was sleeping, and now telling me that you have to take me away. How's that for being a bad guy?"

As he chuckled, she noticed that it was deep and warm. She felt like she was swept away by the waves, and they weren't cold, they were only warm.

"I see we have some misunderstandings."

She frowned at him. "There are no misunderstandings between us, now leave!" she commanded.

"Usually I would comply with that, but today I cannot." Was his response.

She stared at him curiously yet cautiously. "Why?"

"Because it is an order that came from royalty. And I do not disobey Serenity-sama unless it is of great reason."

She scoffed at him. Yet she wondered who Serenity-sama was.

"Serenity-sama is the deceased Queen of the Moon." He answered her silent question.

She gaped at him, wondering how he knew what she was thinking.

"And… she is your mother." He added. She stared at him confused but angry. Who was he to tell her that she had another mother when she had a perfect one just across the hall? But why did the name seem so familiar?

"Serenity-sama was your mother from another life time. She ruled over the Moon, and you were her daughter, the Moon Princess. At your teenage years, she sent you to my dimension to learn more about magic, however after studying for only a few years, you had to travel back to the moon. For there were great troubles at the Moon, though your mother had not told you of the coming danger to the Moon, you had sensed it yourself. The moon and you are one, you see what the Moon sees and you feel what the Moon feels. Because of your coming, it aided the battle, yet it only made problems worse. In the end, the great Silver Millennium came to an end, and your mother sent you and your court to the future earth. Where if problems do arise, you could overcome it. She didn't predict that her action could cause more harm than good…" Albus trailed off, his eyes holding a far away gleam.

She slowly sat down on the bed, shock apparent on her face. She didn't believe any of this. She did not believe what the old man had said. However why she feel a sense of peace in herself, that had never shown itself to her before?

"This is all truth, it is for you to believe or not, but whether you actually do, or not, won't cause much difference in the fact."

She composed herself. What reasons does she have to believe him? He was just a stranger that somehow appeared in her room, and it was a joke. If it wasn't, then it was a dream, a nightmare. Never the truth.

"I don't believe you." She stated, her heart calming itself. She released her tight hands on the blanket and relaxed.

"What reasons do you have not to believe?" he asked her. Wishing that she would actually believe him.

"What reasons do I have to believe?" she countered.

He suddenly chortled. Remembering many years ago of a young girl with blonde hair arguing with him about the joke she had put on Malfoy. It seemed so petty now… A sad look crossed his face.

"Why are you laughing?"

"A memory."

"Oh…" Other than that, she didn't really have anything to say. "Did that person pass away? The one that you just had a memory about?" she suddenly asked, but then felt ashamed of herself. It was a personal question. Why was she so nosy?

He was silent, thinking how to answer her question.

"In a sense she did, but she really didn't." he finally said.

She nodded, and then played with a strand of hair. Not really understanding what he had just said.

After many minutes passed by in which neither of them said anything, Albus stood up. She looked up at him.

"Well, I have to go now. The night is long; think about what I had said. When you have an answer, send me an owl, it will know where to find me." He spoke, before turning around, about to apparate.

"Wait!" she exclaimed. "Where am I suppose to go with you, if I said yes, and what is my purpose?"

"Hogwarts, my dear, and your purpose, that is for you to find out." He apparate away, leaving her speechless.

She stared at where he was standing seconds ago. Confused about what Hogwarts was and her purpose. What was her purpose really?

She shook her head; there was no need to think about these things, besides it was only a dream, just a dream.

With those words in mind, she slowly drifted off to sleep, her mind already forgotten about whatever the old man had said to her. Yet, her heart didn't. And it was growing restless.

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Deep in the silent jungles of Britain, a sinister darkness reign over it like shadows. No animals dare to disturb the darkness, nor did they dare do anything. All they could do was stay in their homes, either in trees, underground, or cavern and silently hope for the darkness to pass by them. Was all hope in vain?

At the same time as in the jungles, the same happened to the oceans. Suddenly everything wasn't fresh anymore. It was tainted. Tainted by darkness. And there wasn't really anything to stop it.

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"It has already begun…" a figure, stated as it stared passed the oceans and jungles of Britain. His heart held lumps in it, as darkness seemed to actually cover the whole country, but then as fast as it appeared, it suddenly disappeared.

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Few days later…

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Tsukino Usagi stared up at the blue sky as she sat on a bench. The sky was so blue, and the clouds so fluffy… She felt like she was lifted up in the sky, and floating with the clouds. It was a exhilarating feeling that possessed her, and she suddenly wondered, what it would feel like to fly in the sky, to see things the birds do. She was really tempted to try it, but she knew that it defied the rules of physics.

She sighed; it brought her to think of yesterday's events. About the old man and what he had said. Which part of her seemed like a princess? She wasn't graceful nor smart, or even talented. She was just an ordinary person that was a klutz and whined a lot. She knew that she wasn't that much of what her age was. She really did know that, but it didn't really help when her friends tease her overboard about it.

She bowed her head, and wondered, should see take up what he had said. That way she could prove all that her friends doubted her of. She knew they loved her and all that, but she wanted them to show it to her truthfully. She wanted them to be proud of her…

Maybe then she could find out what her purpose in life was. She felt so empty after that night he had came. She felt like she was missing something that she really needed, and was deprived of. But she felt this way even before he came. It just wasn't as great as it was now.

She stood up, having the key to her problems, and walked home. Throwing her shoes away as she went up the stairs, she opened the door to her room, and sat down on the desk. She looked at the owl that had been perched at the tree near her window for many days, and opened the window. The owl came swooping in, settling at the top of her lamp as she took out a paper and pen from her drawer.

Dear Albus Dumbledore,

I have decided to take up on your offer. I do have a question though, how will I be able to get to Hogwarts? If you do give me the date, time, and place, I will be better off then I am now. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Tsukino Usagi

Though her letter was short, she had no real need to add more that the required. Sealing her letter in an envelope, she handed it to the owl by its beak, thinking that the owl carried if off that way. The owl instead lifted its legs up, as if to tell her to tie it there so it can send it. She stared for a few seconds longer, a bit confused, but then suddenly snapped out of it. She sweatdropped, embarrass but then did as the owl requested.

When the owl left Usagi's sight, she fell down on her bed. A bit tired from all the unneeded excitement.

In a matter of seconds she had dozed off, dreaming about ice cream and chocolate cakes… Yummy…

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When she received mail many days after the one she sent to Albus Dumbledore, she had never thought that she would receive a key. But it wasn't the kind that you usually have. Instead it was a beautiful, expensive, and old key. Made up of many different kind of gems. It wasn't that big nor was it that small. It just fitted her palm perfectly, like it was meant for only her.

It was decorated with eight different gems around the exterior. Garnet, Amethyst, Aquamarine, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Topaz, and Amber. In the middle was a diamond, it's light almost blinded her eyes. On the outside surface, there were markings, of which she did not understand. Though a part of her did suspect why she would receive a key like this, another part of her was overjoyed and excited. Except for that little fact that she was going to leave everything that she knew behind. She wasn't ready for it. She had never ever really left her family or friends to a faraway land and for such a long period of time, as she would guess. And it was quite strange that it would start now.

She felt that she needed to face the world alone though. She wanted to experience all that she could before she could actually settle down. And this key was probably the only way to for her to fulfill that wish.

She stared down at it with a mixture of thrill and nervousness. With a final resolution, she took a small piece of paper from the envelope sent by Albus Dumbledore and looked at it. When she finished, she held the key up and whispered the incantation that would take her to where Albus dwell. But she didn't see what was written at the bottom of the note.

'Be really careful when you summon entrance to my dimension. They Key of Cosmos have many weapons of assistance, but hidden powers of obstacles. Never let go of the key.'

"Key of Cosmos, I call upon you. With the elements, with my heart, to guide me to where Tranquility lies."

She felt nothing at first. Afraid that she had done something wrong, she was about to start over again, until whirls of wind suddenly weave around her. Her hair flew around her covering her face, blocking her eyes from seeing anything, though she was pretty sure she didn't want to see anything at all. She felt the key slipping away from her grasps because of the furious winds, she tried to grab a hold of it, but with one final spin, the key slid away from her hands and into the spiraling element. As well as the small piece of paper.

She gasped; it wasn't heard above the noise the wind created.

Just then the winds suddenly stopped, letting her fall ungracefully onto the ground.

She stood up, rubbing her back, while panicking that she had lost the key. While she was panicking, she didn't notice a black hole slowly grow beneath her.

When the hole reached enough size to swallow her, it let out a low groan. Usagi didn't notice or hear anything; she was in a state of terror. It was too late though, too actually do anything, a second later. She was swallowed by the black hole.

Her echoing screams of terror vibrated around the whole house, unfortunately no one was home…

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At Hogwarts…

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A young boy of 15 with dark black hair and emerald green eyes suddenly sat up from his sleeping position. He was just sleeping when he heard a girl scream awake him. He sat up huffing and puffing, while peering around the room. Nothing unordinary was seen. He breathes a sigh of relief. It was just a dream, just a dream only. He didn't know how wrong he was…

"You okay Harry?" a boy with red hair next to him asked tiredly.

"Yeah, I'm find, Ron. Go back to sleep." Harry assured him.

"If you say so." Ron yawned, and then turned around pushing his blankets up to his shoulder as he did.

Harry stared ahead, not really sure if he was okay. The girls' scream, it scared him for some reason. Like something like that actually happened. He didn't exactly know what he was thinking, maybe he was too deprived of sleep lately that he started to imagine things. He yawned, and lied back down on the bed. Within a second he was asleep already, never heard of a girl screaming for the night.

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Dumbledore's office…

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Albus Dumbledore stared at nothing as he pondered. Some trivial things, some crucial things, but the main thing on his mind was Usagi. He was wondering when she would arrive. And how she would feel when she entered the castle. The actual important thing that he wondered was if she was like Sere. If Sere was still in her. He had missed the dear girl dreadfully since the day she had left. But he knew why she left. He knew how hard it was for her to leave everything behind, that she didn't want anyone to be miserable or to help her on her journey. Only he knew, because he was her best friend, and she was his best friend. Best friends are able to see through each other.

Since the day she sensed that the Moon was in peril, she hadn't been quite herself. She had put up a cheerful façade so that no one would know that she was soon going to leave. Leave to help her birth planet from its upcoming threat. But he knew; he knew that something had trouble the young girl and had set out to find out what it was. Yet, sometimes it was better to not know than to know. Though both ways could end up hurting you.

He was angry, he was sad; he didn't want her to go. He knew, though, how much the Moon and her people meant to her. So he let her go, to find her destiny. And through it all, he silently wept inside his heart. To see his dear friend go.

How foolish she was, thinking that if she makes the ones closest to her hurt, she could actually protect them. Instead she caused more pain.

Through it all, he thought he was the one that was hurt most of all, he was her best friend, and he knew her secret. Though, in reality he wasn't. He never really was to begin with. It was a foolish man that had let her go that caused so much pain in him. If he had actually said some words to make her stay that last day, she wouldn't have been gone. She wouldn't have died and all of them wouldn't face this never-lasting ache. How he detest that man! How he wanted to kill him, but he knew that if he did, it would only make life more painful, and Sere from up above, would never forgive him.

So he tried to forgive him, try to forgive that ignorant man she loved. He couldn't find himself to do it though. Because of that, he was so close to falling under darkness…

Albus shivered as he thought about passed times, and how he was very close to succumb to the Dark times. It wasn't a pleasant experience.

He learned to forgive him through time, though it was only little. He only forgave him because Sere loved him, and he could never try to make Sere unhappy.

Years passed by quickly, and soon Harry Potter came to Hogwarts. It brought back painful memories to see the boy for he was almost the spitting image of his father except for the eyes, they were Lily's.

Harry took on most of his father's characteristics. He was curious, and he was intelligent enough to solve many of the mysteries where Voldemort was involved, as well as having sufficient strength to triumph over Voldemort for many few times. He was proud of the boy yet anger sometimes boiled up in him when he remembered it was his adversary's son. The one that let go of Sere so many years ago, and instead born a child with the boy's mother.

He glared at the ceiling, but then his glare softens, as he remembered the day he found out that Sere was alive.

Flashback

He was sitting in his chair at his office looking over some parchments the Ministry of Magic had insisted him read. Either he was too busy, or he was too weary to notice a small bubble slowly growing big in front of him. He only stopped to rest when he finished a quarter (which was about 20 pages) of the parchment. He leaned back on his chair and closed his eyes. His hands folded together.

He gave a small sigh when he felt his headache suddenly depart. He didn't noticed that it was the hands of a woman that had made his headache disappear. The woman giggled, then removed her hands and set down at the couch. A small pout made it's way to his face when he couldn't feel his head being pressured in a soothing motion.

Then suddenly, his hand began to move around, later his arms. They were reaching for something, but the woman didn't know what it was. His face contorted and his mouth opened in a wordless wail. She straightened up and rushes toward him. Terrified eyes stared at him as she tried to ease his pain.

It disappeared in a sudden motion, that it left the woman breathless.

"Albus," she shook him, trying to make him wake up. "Albus, wake up!" she cried louder.

A finger moved, then a hand, finally a whole arm. Albus shook his head, a hand on his forehead. "What happened?" he groaned.

"It's nothing now," she told him, checking to see if there was any physical injuries. There wasn't.

A sigh of relief escaped her mouth. Albus stared at her curiously. But didn't press the matter.

Realizing that he was being disrespectful to royalty as he had never address her, he suddenly bowed down.

"Good evening, Serenity-sama,"

She helped him up, "You know there is no need for formalities." She scold him, he smiled.

"Yes, well, not to be disrespectful, but do you have a reason to see me?" he asked her.

Remembering what she had come here for, her eyes brighten considerably.

"I have come bearing good news," she started. Albus waited patiently for her to continue, at the same time wondering what the good news was. "And I'm sure you would love this news for sure!" she exclaimed. A blank look covered his face.

"Pardon my rudeness, but what is the good news?" he asked as he shifted to find a fitting spot to be comfortable with.

"Hmm, now how should I put this? I know!" she exclaimed, snapping her fingers with excitement. "How about you guess?"

"Why don't you just tell me what the good news is?" he suggested.

"No, that wouldn't be fun at all! Come on, just guess." She coaxed him.

"Alright, you got a new husband, you guys are going to live happily after and you'll never disturb me again because you're too busy with your spouse?" he proposed, a hint beneath his words.

Serenity-sama stared at him with open eyes, before slapping his arms. "No! Of course not! What made you think that?" she inquired, but then said. "Actually, you know what? I'm not going to tell you what the good news is, even though I know that if you actually have a hint of what it is, you'll come begging me for it."

She crossed her arms and held her head high. Albums raised one of his eyebrows, staring at her confused. She stayed in that position for a while before looking at him exasperated.

"Well, aren't you going to beg me?"

If possible, his eyebrow was raised higher. "What for?"

"Arrgh!" Serenity-same threw her arms down. "You're impossible!"

Albus smiled. "I know."

"Fine! You don't want to know how Sere is doing? Well that's just okay with me! I'm not-"

Albus suddenly stood up. The chair-clattering behind him, but he ignored it. His face held elements of shock in it. But his heart was filling with happiness. He could feel it almost burst.

"What did you say?" he asked her, deadly calm, hoping that what he had just heard was true.

"I said that Sere is alive!" she exclaimed.

"What?!" Albus shouted. The whole room echoed with his shout.

Serenity-sama composed herself before speaking. "Albus, Sere is alive." Happiness couldn't hide itself in her voice. She clearly too was happy.

She's alive? His best friend was alive? He couldn't believe, he didn't exactly want to believe it, because he knew that if he believed it and it wasn't true, he would fall deeply into misery. He didn't want to fall down again, after the last fall. He didn't think that he would actually get back up again.

"Are you sure?" he asked, swallowing a cough.

"Yes, Albus. She's alive." Serenity-sama held him by his arms and looked deeply into his eyes. "She's really alive."

Joy swallowed him whole. All he could think about was that Sere was alive. She was up and breathing. She was alive!

Out of instinct he grabbed Serenity-sama by the shoulders and cried out, "She's alive!" He hugged her, and jumped up and down. He hadn't felt so alive then. It was like returning back to youth. Though it did some damage to his body, for being so active suddenly, he could care less.

Later that night, after Serenity-sama left, he quietly smiled to himself. Waiting the day that he would finally meet her again.

Flashback Ends

End of Chapter 1: A Stranger's Visit

Okay… Well this is a bit longer since it has been so long and I should have like 2 to 3 chapters up since the chapter, Memory. However, all I could say is two words, and they sum up basically all that I have to say and the excuses, 'Writer's Block'. Yep, the familiar term. I think I left writer's block few days ago on the road, so expect more updates!

Below are the responses to the past chapters.

Cosmos-sama: Thanks for the encouragement!

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Yuki Kamitoki