Blast to the Past II
Chapter 13: Visions of White
Author: Kitty Malfoy
A/N: Same disclaimer as before. No spoilers here! Read on!
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"No!" Sirius yelled as her body finally fell forward. His legs buckled beneath him like a folding table, and he struggled to crawl to her. Her bloody body lay face down in the carpet and her golden hair spilled around in a pool.
Unable to go on, Sirius collapsed on top of her and sobbed into her hair. Kissing her head, he wasn't expecting the vision that barreled into him.
He saw her naked body being pulled toward a light. Soft, ivory feathers drifted down to him as she flapped her angelic wings.He saw one elegant hand reach up, and then---
He was back in reality. There was a sound of the front door being broken down, and Sirius turned to Harry. He picked up the baby boy and examined his forehead. The burning metal of Serenity's necklace had emblazoned the lightening bolt scar on his forehead that would remain there for the rest of his life. Baby Harry giggled and pulled on Sirius hair, as if there was no pain from where the burning metal had scalded him.
More tears came and he set Harry back down. Moving back to Serenity he ran a trembling hand down her back. Someone ran inside, but Sirius paid him or her no mind. He turned Serenity over and pulled her into his arms. Her golden hair swept over his arm and flowed majestically to the floor like a docile waterfall. His hands dripped with her blood and he stroked her face with the back of his hand, keeping her face clean and pure.
Her eyes were closed and her black eyelashes rested lightly against her pale skin. Her finely arched eyebrows were relaxed and her soft, coral, lips were eternally set in a small smile. She looked heart stopping, even in death.
"Oh my God!" a gruff voice swore.
It was Hagrid.
"Lily, James, and now..." Tears form in his beady brown eyes, and he placed a hand on Sirius shoulder. "I'm so sorry." Sirius sobbed and crushed Serenity's limp body to his chest and buried his head in her hair. She smelt like strawberries.
"You...need to get Harry out of here..." Sirius whispered to the half- giant. "...take my motorcycle..."
Hagrid nodded and scooped up Harry into the crook of his large arm and left the room.
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[One Month Later]
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"--Though their bodies are gone...their souls and memories will live on through their friends and family."
Sirius and Remus stood side by side in their dark suits. Kira stood beside her father wearing an elegant black dress with a matching shawl and wide-brimmed hat. Leo was nowhere to be seen.
No words were spoken between the three for their anguish was too great. So many people had died in the war against Voldemort and it didn't faze them, but when it was people they knew...people they cared about...it cut them deeper than any knife could. There was an empty place inside of each of them that could never be filled for as long as they lived.
Their life had been shattered like a pane of glass, and it would take years to glue the pieces back together.
Suddenly, they were knocked over and went tumbling head-over-heels the grass. More mourners followed as they were forced back by an unseen power. The grass rippled with the currents of energy that flooded from the center of the service.
Leo was at the center of the energy, in his hand was firmly clasped the pale hand of Serenity. Her wheelchair was parked in front of Lily's coffin, and with her friend's dead hand held tightly in her own, once again her lightening necklace floated eerily around her neck. Serenity's golden hair floated around her and she bent down to kiss her friend's hand.
As quickly as it started it was done, and Serenity was left quiet and crying in her wheelchair. "She's ok..." She said out loud. "She wanted me to know that they're ok..."
She looked up at Sirius and smiled. Tears of release poured down her face and she laughed through the tears. "She says she's bored..."
~*~ [Flashback]
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Reaching...reaching...
"Hello love..."
Serenity pulled back her hand. "Lily? Is that you?"
Her friend appeared out of the clouds to which she was flying. She was bare as well and her own wings mirrored Serenity's. "Oh Lily!" she sobbed. "I tried so hard to save you! I failed..." Lily's finger touched her lips and silenced her.
"Ssh...You did more for me than I could ever repay you for. YOU did so much for all of us. YOU kept us all going. YOU kept us all together. It was all YOU. Don't ever think that you've failed. YOU were the best thing that happened to any of us." Lily argued stroking Serenity's hair.
Serenity's hands balled into fists and angry tears leaked out of the corner of her eyes. "But I couldn't save you or James from dying! Or myself!"
"But you saved Harry's life." Lily countered.
"But was it worth three lives?" Serenity asked softly.
"Two." Lily corrected.
"What?"
"To the two lives that were lost it was worth losing their life. James and I were willing to die to protect Harry - so that he would have a chance to live the life we did."
"But I--"
"You're not meant to die here. The Powers-That-Be have greater plans for you."
"But Voldemort! He-he ki..."
Lily shook her head. "You body died, but not your spirit. As long as your Spirit is still in this limbo you can still go back."
Serenity didn't speak for a moment.
"The world needs you Serenity, more than the dead ever could. Your children need you. Your husband needs you..." Lily's body drifted upwards and disappeared into the light.
The haunting music reached her again. It's song so compelling. She wanted to just give in and follow the music, follow the light. She was about to do so when Lily's voice stopped her. It drifted through her mind as compelling as the song.
"The world needs you Serenity, more than the dead ever could. Your children need you. Your husband needs you..."
Serenity looked below her and saw her flesh body cradled in her lover's arms. He looked lost and forlorn like a small child who had lost it's mother in the store. She couldn't leave him.
Her astral body appeared before Sirius - her wings opening in a dramatic rush and flurry of feathers. She stood there at the feet of her body and looked at her lover.
Sirius looked up at her through his tear stained eyes in wonder. Her spirit drifted down on top of her body. Her spirit disappeared into her feet and her spirit's face kissed her flesh body before it too sunk inside her body and rejoined with it.
Serenity's eyes snapped open and she gasped.
She was alive.
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[End Flashback]
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[End Chapter 13]
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[End Blast to the Past II]
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[End Passing Time Trilogy]
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R&R! Yep! It's totally done! Isn't that awesome! R & R!
Kitty Malfoy
A/N: Same disclaimer as before. No spoilers here! Read on!
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"No!" Sirius yelled as her body finally fell forward. His legs buckled beneath him like a folding table, and he struggled to crawl to her. Her bloody body lay face down in the carpet and her golden hair spilled around in a pool.
Unable to go on, Sirius collapsed on top of her and sobbed into her hair. Kissing her head, he wasn't expecting the vision that barreled into him.
He saw her naked body being pulled toward a light. Soft, ivory feathers drifted down to him as she flapped her angelic wings.He saw one elegant hand reach up, and then---
He was back in reality. There was a sound of the front door being broken down, and Sirius turned to Harry. He picked up the baby boy and examined his forehead. The burning metal of Serenity's necklace had emblazoned the lightening bolt scar on his forehead that would remain there for the rest of his life. Baby Harry giggled and pulled on Sirius hair, as if there was no pain from where the burning metal had scalded him.
More tears came and he set Harry back down. Moving back to Serenity he ran a trembling hand down her back. Someone ran inside, but Sirius paid him or her no mind. He turned Serenity over and pulled her into his arms. Her golden hair swept over his arm and flowed majestically to the floor like a docile waterfall. His hands dripped with her blood and he stroked her face with the back of his hand, keeping her face clean and pure.
Her eyes were closed and her black eyelashes rested lightly against her pale skin. Her finely arched eyebrows were relaxed and her soft, coral, lips were eternally set in a small smile. She looked heart stopping, even in death.
"Oh my God!" a gruff voice swore.
It was Hagrid.
"Lily, James, and now..." Tears form in his beady brown eyes, and he placed a hand on Sirius shoulder. "I'm so sorry." Sirius sobbed and crushed Serenity's limp body to his chest and buried his head in her hair. She smelt like strawberries.
"You...need to get Harry out of here..." Sirius whispered to the half- giant. "...take my motorcycle..."
Hagrid nodded and scooped up Harry into the crook of his large arm and left the room.
~*~*~
[One Month Later]
~*~*~
"--Though their bodies are gone...their souls and memories will live on through their friends and family."
Sirius and Remus stood side by side in their dark suits. Kira stood beside her father wearing an elegant black dress with a matching shawl and wide-brimmed hat. Leo was nowhere to be seen.
No words were spoken between the three for their anguish was too great. So many people had died in the war against Voldemort and it didn't faze them, but when it was people they knew...people they cared about...it cut them deeper than any knife could. There was an empty place inside of each of them that could never be filled for as long as they lived.
Their life had been shattered like a pane of glass, and it would take years to glue the pieces back together.
Suddenly, they were knocked over and went tumbling head-over-heels the grass. More mourners followed as they were forced back by an unseen power. The grass rippled with the currents of energy that flooded from the center of the service.
Leo was at the center of the energy, in his hand was firmly clasped the pale hand of Serenity. Her wheelchair was parked in front of Lily's coffin, and with her friend's dead hand held tightly in her own, once again her lightening necklace floated eerily around her neck. Serenity's golden hair floated around her and she bent down to kiss her friend's hand.
As quickly as it started it was done, and Serenity was left quiet and crying in her wheelchair. "She's ok..." She said out loud. "She wanted me to know that they're ok..."
She looked up at Sirius and smiled. Tears of release poured down her face and she laughed through the tears. "She says she's bored..."
~*~ [Flashback]
~*~
Reaching...reaching...
"Hello love..."
Serenity pulled back her hand. "Lily? Is that you?"
Her friend appeared out of the clouds to which she was flying. She was bare as well and her own wings mirrored Serenity's. "Oh Lily!" she sobbed. "I tried so hard to save you! I failed..." Lily's finger touched her lips and silenced her.
"Ssh...You did more for me than I could ever repay you for. YOU did so much for all of us. YOU kept us all going. YOU kept us all together. It was all YOU. Don't ever think that you've failed. YOU were the best thing that happened to any of us." Lily argued stroking Serenity's hair.
Serenity's hands balled into fists and angry tears leaked out of the corner of her eyes. "But I couldn't save you or James from dying! Or myself!"
"But you saved Harry's life." Lily countered.
"But was it worth three lives?" Serenity asked softly.
"Two." Lily corrected.
"What?"
"To the two lives that were lost it was worth losing their life. James and I were willing to die to protect Harry - so that he would have a chance to live the life we did."
"But I--"
"You're not meant to die here. The Powers-That-Be have greater plans for you."
"But Voldemort! He-he ki..."
Lily shook her head. "You body died, but not your spirit. As long as your Spirit is still in this limbo you can still go back."
Serenity didn't speak for a moment.
"The world needs you Serenity, more than the dead ever could. Your children need you. Your husband needs you..." Lily's body drifted upwards and disappeared into the light.
The haunting music reached her again. It's song so compelling. She wanted to just give in and follow the music, follow the light. She was about to do so when Lily's voice stopped her. It drifted through her mind as compelling as the song.
"The world needs you Serenity, more than the dead ever could. Your children need you. Your husband needs you..."
Serenity looked below her and saw her flesh body cradled in her lover's arms. He looked lost and forlorn like a small child who had lost it's mother in the store. She couldn't leave him.
Her astral body appeared before Sirius - her wings opening in a dramatic rush and flurry of feathers. She stood there at the feet of her body and looked at her lover.
Sirius looked up at her through his tear stained eyes in wonder. Her spirit drifted down on top of her body. Her spirit disappeared into her feet and her spirit's face kissed her flesh body before it too sunk inside her body and rejoined with it.
Serenity's eyes snapped open and she gasped.
She was alive.
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[End Flashback]
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[End Chapter 13]
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[End Blast to the Past II]
~*~
[End Passing Time Trilogy]
~*~
R&R! Yep! It's totally done! Isn't that awesome! R & R!
Kitty Malfoy