*sniffle* I hope our dear Malfoy-chan is ok...;__; I would never be able to live with myself it he wasn't...ah, nevermind, please just read the WHOLE chapter, and don't let small things deceive you...
~Chapter 5~ *...That Which Cannot Be Explained...*
Harry looked down, still stunned. Malfoy was falling, and fast. Harry saw him outstretch his hand and grab something. He saw him searching for his wand. As he plunged faster and faster down, Harry lost sight of him. And then…he heard it.
The sound was so sickeningly loud, everything stopped at once. The buzzing crowd became quiet, the Quidditch players stopped abruptly. And they all looked down. Usagi, along with almost everyone else, turned sheet white. She let out a strangled cry and immediately flew down. She ran over, and gasped mutely. There he was, Draco Malfoy, broken, bloody…
Dead.
Every teacher came down, warding off the students. They formed a circle around Malfoy, and they all looked rather pale. Snape knelt down and pressed two fingers to Malfoy's neck. He looked up, his eyes flickering as they rarely did with emotion. "He…he's dead," he said quietly. His eyes then turned so cold and hard he could have scared away a mountain troll. "Harry Potter," he growled ferociously, standing up. He looked up in the sky, and sure enough, Harry Potter was the only one left up there, looking as though he was in some sort of trance. Ever so slowly, he came down, and everyone stared at him with deep disgust and resentment. Usagi pushed her way through the huddle of teachers. "Miss Tsukino, please," said Dumbledore sadly. "No," Usagi said coldly. She knelt down next to Malfoy. "Ne…me o wakete yo," she said. No response came. "I said, open your eyes," she said loudly, anger rising in her quivering voice. "Please!! Just open your eyes!" She begged fervently, tears silently streaming down her cheeks. The teachers looked on with great remorse. "That is enough, Tsukino," said Professor McGonagall quietly. "NO!" she repeated.
"Malfoy...Malfoy...you can't leave, not now…it's not your time…" As if on an unknown impulse, Usagi raised her hands high above her head. "Please back away," Usagi said softly to the teachers. "Daijoubu, I promise it'll be okay." The teachers looked at each other, silently consulting her. "Usagi…please…this is not something for you to see…" Dumbledore regarded her forlornly. Usagi sighed. "It is alright. I am going to save him."
"You cannot save someone who is already dead. I am sorry, but you must leave it be," said Snape in a surprisingly soft voice. Usagi frowned at them all. "Urusai. I will help him," she repeated. "I do suggest you back away, if you don't you might get hurt." They all looked surprised, but lowered their heads and did so. This was something Usagi was going to have to face and deal with. If she was in any danger of hurting herself, they would stop her. They silently back away, and Usagi thanked them with a nod.
She raised her arms again and closed her eyes, concentrating. She did not pull out her wand, as they had presumed she would do. Usagi, going purely on an impulse, began speaking, unsure of what she was saying. The words ran continually in her head. "Onegai, ginzuishou…give me the power to bring him back." Her hands suddenly began to glow. The students, who were surrounding the teachers, watched in horror mingled with fascination as Usagi did this process. Harry, who was watching also, wasn't truly seeing. 'I killed him…I kill him…' The thought ran over and over again in his mind. Sure, he had always said he would love to kill Malfoy, but never did he ever have any intent on actually doing it.
Usagi's outfit suddenly began to change. Her green robed dissolved with a flurry of ribbons into a princess like dress. Within Usagi's hands, a small diamond shaped sphere materialized. It was glowing brightly, radiating with Usagi's energy. Usagi bent down and pressed her lips to his forehead, tears silently sliding down her face onto his. Usagi then lowered the crystal shaped object in her hands to his heart. The light of it began to pulsate even brighter, and an upturned crescent moon became present on Usagi's forehead, glowing as brightly as the crystal in her hands.
The light from the crystal dimmed for a moment, and then brightened twice as vivacious. The warm energy began to transfer from the crystal to Malfoy's extremely pale and broken body. She light flooded into him, engulfing him completely. The sickening sound of bones being snapped back in place sounded one after another. Slowly, his bones came back in place, and from beneath the light, a small bit of color began to return to his extremely pale skin. After a few more minutes, Usagi pulled away, looking down at him with hazy, unfocused eyes.
Malfoy's chest began to rise and fall, his breathing even and his face peaceful with sleep. Usagi smiled weakly. "Yokata," she whispered inaudibly, before collapsing across his chest. Her flowing gown flickered for a few moments, before returning to her green robes. Everyone stared blankly at Usagi and Malfoy. Not a few minutes ago, Draco Malfoy was dead. And now…he was alive. It was by far one of the greatest miracles ever experienced at Hogwarts. However…what about Usagi?
Snape knelt down and checked her pulse. "It's very weak, but she is alive," he reported with unmasked relief. "I will take her to the hospital wing." "And I will take Malfoy as well," said Dumbledore quietly. Snape picked up Usagi, and Dumbledore picked up Malfoy. As he did so, something fell out of Malfoy's hand. Everyone looked quite surprised. Out of his hand fell the Golden Snitch. Dumbledore smiled dimly at the paradox that had occurred. Malfoy had just died, but he died winning the Quidditch Match. Dumbledore sighed and he and Snape carried the two students off to the hospital wing, Madam Pomfrey close behind. She was quite stunned and at a loss for words at what had just happened.
*
Malfoy awoke suddenly. He tiredly opened his eyes and tried to make out his fuzzy surroundings. After things came back in view, he discovered that he was in the hospital wing. The events of what had happened earlier flashed through his mind and he bolted up. Looking to his right, he saw Usagi. His eyes widened and a low gasp escaped his lips.
There she was, pale, hardly moving. He got out of the bed he had been put in and walked over to her. "Usagi-chan," he whispered. Madam Pomfrey bustled into the room. She looked immensely surprised to see Malfoy up and about. "Well! I'm so relieved, but honestly, she should still be resting in bed. How are you feeling?" she asked. "What happened?" he demanded harshly, ignoring her question. She was slightly taken a back. "You don't…you don't remember do you," she said thoughtfully. "What are you talking about?" he asked impatiently.
"Well Hun, I don't think I'm really the one to explain what happened. Honestly, I'm not quite sure…." Malfoy frowned. "Well, is she going to be alright?" Madam Pomfrey smiled. "She'll be fine. Just tired, I'm assuming, from whatever she did to you," she answered. Malfoy raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?" he asked impatiently. "Well…you had died," she answered. Malfoy frowned.
"The only person who can put an explanation behind Miss Tsukino's actions is Miss Tsukino herself," came a voice. Just then, Snape, Dumbledore, and Professor McGonagall came in the hospital wing. "What happened on the Quidditch field has to be one of the most…phenomenal events to ever occur at Hogwarts," Professor McGonagall said. Dumbledore nodded solemnly. "Mister Malfoy , we will tell you what we know of what happened today, but in all honestly we really are not quite sure. Now…before I begin, what is the last thing you remember?"
Malfoy thought for a moment and then a deep scowl came to his lips. "Potter," he growled. "Potter and I were up high, and then he pushed me off my broomstick. I saw the snitch and made a grab for it. And then…" He frowned. "I don't remember. There was a white light and…" he stopped. "That's it."
Dumbledore nodded. "Well…after you had fallen you…you died," he said. Malfoy stared at him puzzled. "What are you talking about?" Malfoy asked. Dumbledore sighed. "I know, Draco, believe it or not, you died. For a good five minutes or so, you were as good as gone. But then…then Usagi came over, and she…she raised her hands and called on some kind of power. It was quite odd, however, she knelt down beside you, kissed your forehead, placed her hands over your heart, and…brought you back to life. After that, Usagi became quite pale and she fainted," he concluded. Malfoy looked utterly shocked. Usagi had saved his life? No, correction, Usagi had brought him _back_ to life.
"I don't get it," Malfoy muttered. "There is no spell, no potion, no ANYTHING in this world that can bring a person back to life," he said. "We are well aware of this," Snape said calmly, "which is why we ourselves are also puzzled. We must simply wait till she waked up to ask her ourselves," he finished. As if on cue, Usagi began to stir. Madam Pomfrey frowned. "Honestly, can't all of your talking wait? Let my patients get their rest," she said angrily. Dumbledore smiled politely. "I'm sorry, but this really cannot wait."
Usagi slowly and tiredly opened her eyes. She looked groggily at the four people around her bed. "G'Morning," she mumbled, rolling over and about to go back to sleep. "Miss Tsukino," Professor McGonagall said with a sigh. "I do understand you want to go back to sleep, but first just answer our questions." Usagi turned back around, and then as if a light bulb clicked, she immediately sat up. She turned to Malfoy. "Malfoy! Daijoubu?" she asked in a worried tone. "Daijoubu, Usagi-chan, demo, kimi mo?" he asked. Usagi smiled feebly. "Hai…hai, if you're okay, then I'm okay," she said with a weary smile. "Demo…I wanna go back to sleep," she said with a yawn.
"You can rest for the rest of the day, Usagi, but first please answer our questions," Dumbledore said with a smile. Usagi sighed and nodded. "Now, what exactly did you do to Malfoy? Through the thousands of years, not one wizard has come even remotely close to discovering a method of reviving the dead."
"Well…I really don't know what I did. I acted on impulse, did what I just somehow knew I had to do…What I did out there I've never did before, I mean, I didn't even know I had those kind of powers," she answered truthfully. "All I knew in my mind was that I couldn't let Malfoy die…er, stay dead," she corrected. The three teachers exchanged confused glances. "Miss Tsukino, do you remember what you did?" Snape asked. Usagi nodded. "Hai, I remember calling forth the Ginzuishou, and using it to heal Malfoy, but I don't know exactly what the Ginzuishou is."
The three teachers glanced at each other again. "Usagi," said Dumbledore warily, "you do realize that with this power…you have the ability to resurrect the dead. You can bring back people, save people, innocent people," he said. "This is by far an important gift in life, given to you for some sort of purpose…" Usagi shrugged. "Like I said, I really don't understand what happened, I just knew I had to do something for him," she declared. "If it's okay now, can I get some more sleep?" she asked tiredly. Madam Pomfrey nodded in approval. "Sleep is what the poor girl needs," she said. Professor McGonagall sighed. "You may, Miss Tsukino. Thank you for answering our questions." The three teachers headed for the door to exit. Snape took one last approving glance at Usagi, and a slight smile crossed his lips. They all then left.
"I'm staying here with Usagi-chan," Malfoy said in a final tone to Madam Pomfrey. She smiled gently. "Well of course you are, you have to get some rest as well." She handed Usagi a hunk of chocolate. "Eat this. You will feel much better in the morning." Usagi grinned weakly at the chocolate and thanked her. After she finished the chocolate, she curled up on the bed and almost immediately fell back asleep.
*
Two hours after Usagi and Malfoy had awoken from the hospital wing found them both in the Great Hall for breakfast. Malfoy, who had already taken a liking to Usagi and hung out with her, now became quite protective and stayed close by her side after the recent incidents. Everyone kept on looking at Usagi in awe and asking her exactly what he had did. When she was asked, Usagi simply shrugged and told them that she herself wasn't quite sure.
Once the teachers had assembled at the front of the room, Dumbledore stood up. Everyone turned their attention to him. "As you all may know, certain events that have occurred of late have been nothing short of miracles. Therefore, I do believe the gaining…as well as losing (as he sad this, everyone shot a glance at Harry) of points will be needed. Well then, for Gryffindor…100 points will be deducted." The Gryffindor table sighed, but found no reason to dispute. "And as for Slytherin…130 points will be added." The Slytherin table cheered, and everyone gave a high-five and hugged Usagi. Usagi blushed brightly and smiled at them all.
" I would just like to say Miss Tsukino, your astounding performance is well appreciated, I'm sure. I believe…a toast should be in order." Almost immediately, the food magically appeared. Everyone raised their goblets. "To Usagi," Dumbledore said, his eyes twinkling. "To Usagi!" everyone shouted, everyone took a swig of their drink and gave a loud cheer. "You may now all begin your breakfast," Dumbledore said with a smile.
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"Today, we will be concocting a new potion…the Caprice Potion," Snape said, his eyes glinting. Everyone glanced at each other with puzzled looks. "Yes…the Caprice Potion…. It can be dangerous, if used wrong. The Caprice Potion is exactly as it says, it makes you act on impulse, do what you want to do but couldn't before out of modesty, shyness, or perhaps because you know you'd have consequences to pay later. Well, today, each person will make it and test it." He turned around and began to write the ingredients on the blackboard. Usagi looked at it uneasily. Impulse? What would she do if she were acting on pure impulse? She began to unpack the ingredients she needed and began to mix them together.
After about fifteen minutes, everyone had finished. "Miss Granger…you may go first." Hermione stood up and gulped. She took her dropped and dipped it into her Caprice Potion. She dripped one droplet of it into her mouth and swallowed. She sighed. "I guess I made it wrong, I really don't feel any diff-" She stopped. "Oh no! I need to study, I must go to the library now," she said, hurrying to the door. "Miss Granger," Snape said, rubbing his temples, "you will do no such thing…" Hermione stopped and narrowed her eyes at him.
"Listen here Snape, I could really care less what you think. I only follow your stupid rules because I have to. Honestly, I wish every day you'd be bitten by a rabid hippogriff or something! I can't stand you! It's no wonder you have no children, who'd want to mate with you?! Ha! The first person you get with could condemn THEMSELVES to hell for even being around you afterward! Really, whoever could live with and put up with you for more than five minutes is beyond me, you low life bottom feeding trash bagging-" She stopped abruptly and turned very red-but not as red as Snape was. Snape quivered with anger and a vein was bulging on his head. "MISS GRANGER!!" He yelled, "THAT IS QUITE ENOUGH!!!!!!!!" Hermione was a dark scarlet red by now, hardly believing she had said all of that to the teacher. After a few moments, Snape regained his composure. "Under normal circumstances, I would take away all of your points for Gryffindor…" Hermione's eyes widened and she held a pleading look in her eyes. "However…since you were under the influence of the Caprice Potion, I will let it slide…" He was still a terrible shade of red, but began to gradually calm down.
The lesson progressed, with many bizarre acts, such as a Slytherin girl confessing her feelings for Malfoy. The girl ran over and tried to kiss Malfoy, but Malfoy pulled out his wand and pointed it at her threateningly. Usagi found she felt almost relieved in a way that the girl didn't kiss him. She wasn't quite sure why though. Another uncanny performance was by Ravenclaw girl belting out obscene remarks about each of her teachers. Every possible crude word tumbled out of her mouth. Afterwards, she had a similar reaction to that of Hermione's, blushing furiously.
"Miss Tsukino," Snape said, his eyes gleaming. Everyone looked on with interest. Usagi lowered her head, afraid of what she was going to do. She swallowed the potion and waited for the effects to come. "I'm hungry," she murmured. She giggled and pulled out her wand. She pointed it in the air and chanted a spell she herself didn't know she knew. Almost immediately, cheesecake, brownies, and assorted other sweets appeared in midair. The whole class laughed slightly and shook their heads. "Nani yo?" Usagi asked through a mouthful of cake. "Oishi!" she said and she polished off another brownie. "Usagi-chan, you just had breakfast a little while ago," Malfoy said, shaking his head.
Usagi frowned. "Can't help it, I'm still hungry…Want some?" she asked, thrusting forward a half bitten donut. Malfoy snickered and shook his head. "No thanks, Usagi-chan," he said. Usagi grinned. "Kay, more for me," she said happily.
After the potion had worn off, Usagi sighed in relief, glad she hadn't did something really bad, but her stomach hurt a little with all of the sweets she had consumed. "Mister Malfoy," said Snape. Malfoy swallowed his drop of potion. After a few moments, a smirk made its way to his lips. He pulled out his wand and pointed it at Harry. "You killed me, now I kill you," he said with a sadistic smirk. Usagi's eyes widened and she ran forward. "Malfoy, yamete," she said, placing a hand on his shoulder. Malfoy looked at Usagi for a moment. Slowly, he lowered his wand. Usagi sighed in relief and began walking back to her seat, when Malfoy placed a restraining hand on her shoulder. Usagi looked at him curiously. His smiled maliciously and pulled her forward so she was standing in front of him. Snape watched with interest, his eyes glinting.
Malfoy stroked her cheek softly and cupped her chin. Usagi stared at him in confusion. Malfoy lowered his lips to hers and gently kissed her. Usagi's eyes widened, as she stood there, frozen. Malfoy encircled his arms around her back and deepened the kiss. Ron and Harry looked on in horror. Harry stood up angrily and walked over to Malfoy. "Stop it Mal-" Malfoy outstretched his arm and punched Harry in the face without even looking. Harry fell to the ground, shocked. Malfoy kept on kissing the stunned Usagi, continuing to deepen it.
After a few moments, the potion wore off, however Malfoy's lips lingered on hers for a few seconds. Slowly, he pulled away, and looked over Usagi. Usagi's face was terribly flushed with embarrassment. She averted her eyes, knowing if she looked him in the eyes she would begin to blush worse. Malfoy smirked widely, and pressed a soft kiss to her forehead before retreating to his seat. Usagi numbly followed, keeping her eyes lowered. The Slytherin girl who had previously confessed her feelings for Malfoy snarled at Usagi. Snape continued down his list. A frown formed on his lips.
"Mister Potter," he said dully. Harry got up nervously. Swallowing his drop of potion, he waited for the effects to come. After a few minutes of nothing happening, he realized with a panic that he had forgot to throw in the sugar herbs. A cold sweat broke out on his forehead as he saw Snape waiting with a smirk. Harry gulped and tried to play it off. "You know Snape…I really hate you. You are an evil person," he began to ramble desperately. After about five minutes of insults to Snape (which made Harry very pleased), he pretended for the potion to have worn off and apologized to Snape. Malfoy however scowled. "He was faking it," he said, rolling his eyes. "That was completely unconvincing…" Snape smiled evilly. "I do believe you are right Mister Malfoy, however, before I can grade him accordingly, I need this statement to be proven for certain. Would you please test it out Mister Malfoy?" Malfoy smirked. "It would be my pleasure," he said.
"He walked over to Harry's cauldron and dipped his spoon in. He swallowed the drop and waited. After a few minutes, nothing happened. Malfoy smirked. "Told ya," he said triumphantly. Harry had his head lowered and was grimacing. "Mister Potter…you deliberately insulted a teacher, and did not succeed in correctly making your potion. Therefore, you receive a failing grade, and 10 points will be taken from Gryffindor." Harry gritted his teeth but remained silent.
Potions finished that day with not too much more bizarre activity taking place. The day progressed surprisingly quickly for Usagi. People kept coming up to her in the hallway, congratulating her. When lunch came, Usagi grinned as she took her seat, happily awaiting her food. "I'm starving," she complained, wishing the food wood come pucker. Malfoy laughed. "I really don't understand how you stay in shape with as much as you eat, Usagi-chan," Malfoy said with a sigh. Usagi stuck out her tongue.
The teachers assembled at the long table in the front. Dumbledore stood up and clanged his glass. "Your attention, please," he said with a smile. Everyone stopped talking and looked up. "As you may or may not know, we have been needing a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher," he began. "Well, I am pleased to inform you all that we have found one. In two weeks, the Defense Against the Dark Arts classes will begin." Everyone clapped happily. Usagi sighed, feeling indifferent. "Can we eat now," she murmured.
Dumbledore smiled and raised his hands. The food magically appeared, much to Usagi's delight, and they all began to eat.
**
Usually, after Care Of Magical Creatures, they had a very long break, due to the missing class. However, two weeks later, they each received their new schedules. "Professor Lupin," Usagi muttered, reading off the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher's name.
As the walked into the class, they were surprised to discover that the teacher wasn't there yet. A few minutes after the bell, a man in shaggy robes came in. He smiled pleasantly. "I'm sorry for my lateness. I am Professor Lupin, and I will be teaching this class this year. Please put away your books. You will only need your wands for this lesson." Everyone exchanged puzzled glances, but naturally complied. "Please follow me."
"Well, that lesson certainly proved to be quite interesting," Usagi said, who was a little insipid. Most of the students were a bit pale from the lesson that had just taken place. They had worked with boggarts and how to make them more…pleasant. Usagi noticed that the Professor had skipped over Harry and was a bit puzzled as to why. Malfoy also hadn't gone, refusing to take his turn. "Usagi-chan," Malfoy began in his usual drawl voice, "I can't believe you turned it into a carrot. You're ridiculous…" Usagi blushed. "Urusai," she mumbled. "At least I took my turn!" Malfoy rolled his eyes. "I already told you, I'm not afraid of anything nor anyone," he replied coolly. Usagi rolled her eyes. "Everyone's afraid of something," she said to him. "Hnn, not me." Usagi sighed, seeing this conversation would get her nowhere.
Divination came, and more crystal ball peering was in store for them all. Usagi looked at the crystal ball uneasily. "Anno…I don't think I want to do this today. I mean, what if what happened before happens again?" she said nervously to Professor Trelawney. The Professor merely smiled. "What happened before was quite remarkable, dear. You have proved to us all that you have the Inner Eye." Usagi sighed. She looked warily into the crystal ball, trying to make her mind wander as much as possible, since she knew the only way the crystal would be effective was if she concentrated hard. She inwardly smiled as she saw her plan had worked. Nothing more than the same swirls of white appeared in the crystal. Professor Trelawney sighed and shook her head.
After Divination, Usagi went to the Slytherin Common room to do the homework for the day, and to make up for the homework she had missed. Malfoy entered shortly after and took a seat across from her at the table she was sitting at. They sat in silence, each one concentrating on their work. After a while, they both finished and retreated to their dorms for the night, saying a small good bye to one another.
As Usagi entered her dorm, Usagi saw that three of the four girls were asleep; Haruka was awake. Usagi smiled warily. "Hey Haruka-san," she said sleepily. Haruka smiled softly. "Ossu, Usagi-chan. Usagi…I wanted to talk to you, about what happened," she said, her expression turning serious.
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Kay…not too much of a cliffie or anything, but I couldn't think of a better place to stop it. This is the last chapter that I have fully written, but I am working VERY hard to get Chapter 6 completed as quickly as possible, kay? Kay. ^_^ Thanks a ton to everyone who reviewed the last chapter...I'm very sorry, I know I usually post replies and in depth thanks to the reviews, demo...a lot of stuff is going on, and I don't believe I will be updating this any time soon, which is the only reason I really updated ( sorry for the long wait...) I hope ya can forgive me, but my stories will not be updated for some time...Once again, I apologize. Thank you very very much for reviewing, and I ask you to please continue to review.
~Chapter 5~ *...That Which Cannot Be Explained...*
Harry looked down, still stunned. Malfoy was falling, and fast. Harry saw him outstretch his hand and grab something. He saw him searching for his wand. As he plunged faster and faster down, Harry lost sight of him. And then…he heard it.
The sound was so sickeningly loud, everything stopped at once. The buzzing crowd became quiet, the Quidditch players stopped abruptly. And they all looked down. Usagi, along with almost everyone else, turned sheet white. She let out a strangled cry and immediately flew down. She ran over, and gasped mutely. There he was, Draco Malfoy, broken, bloody…
Dead.
Every teacher came down, warding off the students. They formed a circle around Malfoy, and they all looked rather pale. Snape knelt down and pressed two fingers to Malfoy's neck. He looked up, his eyes flickering as they rarely did with emotion. "He…he's dead," he said quietly. His eyes then turned so cold and hard he could have scared away a mountain troll. "Harry Potter," he growled ferociously, standing up. He looked up in the sky, and sure enough, Harry Potter was the only one left up there, looking as though he was in some sort of trance. Ever so slowly, he came down, and everyone stared at him with deep disgust and resentment. Usagi pushed her way through the huddle of teachers. "Miss Tsukino, please," said Dumbledore sadly. "No," Usagi said coldly. She knelt down next to Malfoy. "Ne…me o wakete yo," she said. No response came. "I said, open your eyes," she said loudly, anger rising in her quivering voice. "Please!! Just open your eyes!" She begged fervently, tears silently streaming down her cheeks. The teachers looked on with great remorse. "That is enough, Tsukino," said Professor McGonagall quietly. "NO!" she repeated.
"Malfoy...Malfoy...you can't leave, not now…it's not your time…" As if on an unknown impulse, Usagi raised her hands high above her head. "Please back away," Usagi said softly to the teachers. "Daijoubu, I promise it'll be okay." The teachers looked at each other, silently consulting her. "Usagi…please…this is not something for you to see…" Dumbledore regarded her forlornly. Usagi sighed. "It is alright. I am going to save him."
"You cannot save someone who is already dead. I am sorry, but you must leave it be," said Snape in a surprisingly soft voice. Usagi frowned at them all. "Urusai. I will help him," she repeated. "I do suggest you back away, if you don't you might get hurt." They all looked surprised, but lowered their heads and did so. This was something Usagi was going to have to face and deal with. If she was in any danger of hurting herself, they would stop her. They silently back away, and Usagi thanked them with a nod.
She raised her arms again and closed her eyes, concentrating. She did not pull out her wand, as they had presumed she would do. Usagi, going purely on an impulse, began speaking, unsure of what she was saying. The words ran continually in her head. "Onegai, ginzuishou…give me the power to bring him back." Her hands suddenly began to glow. The students, who were surrounding the teachers, watched in horror mingled with fascination as Usagi did this process. Harry, who was watching also, wasn't truly seeing. 'I killed him…I kill him…' The thought ran over and over again in his mind. Sure, he had always said he would love to kill Malfoy, but never did he ever have any intent on actually doing it.
Usagi's outfit suddenly began to change. Her green robed dissolved with a flurry of ribbons into a princess like dress. Within Usagi's hands, a small diamond shaped sphere materialized. It was glowing brightly, radiating with Usagi's energy. Usagi bent down and pressed her lips to his forehead, tears silently sliding down her face onto his. Usagi then lowered the crystal shaped object in her hands to his heart. The light of it began to pulsate even brighter, and an upturned crescent moon became present on Usagi's forehead, glowing as brightly as the crystal in her hands.
The light from the crystal dimmed for a moment, and then brightened twice as vivacious. The warm energy began to transfer from the crystal to Malfoy's extremely pale and broken body. She light flooded into him, engulfing him completely. The sickening sound of bones being snapped back in place sounded one after another. Slowly, his bones came back in place, and from beneath the light, a small bit of color began to return to his extremely pale skin. After a few more minutes, Usagi pulled away, looking down at him with hazy, unfocused eyes.
Malfoy's chest began to rise and fall, his breathing even and his face peaceful with sleep. Usagi smiled weakly. "Yokata," she whispered inaudibly, before collapsing across his chest. Her flowing gown flickered for a few moments, before returning to her green robes. Everyone stared blankly at Usagi and Malfoy. Not a few minutes ago, Draco Malfoy was dead. And now…he was alive. It was by far one of the greatest miracles ever experienced at Hogwarts. However…what about Usagi?
Snape knelt down and checked her pulse. "It's very weak, but she is alive," he reported with unmasked relief. "I will take her to the hospital wing." "And I will take Malfoy as well," said Dumbledore quietly. Snape picked up Usagi, and Dumbledore picked up Malfoy. As he did so, something fell out of Malfoy's hand. Everyone looked quite surprised. Out of his hand fell the Golden Snitch. Dumbledore smiled dimly at the paradox that had occurred. Malfoy had just died, but he died winning the Quidditch Match. Dumbledore sighed and he and Snape carried the two students off to the hospital wing, Madam Pomfrey close behind. She was quite stunned and at a loss for words at what had just happened.
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Malfoy awoke suddenly. He tiredly opened his eyes and tried to make out his fuzzy surroundings. After things came back in view, he discovered that he was in the hospital wing. The events of what had happened earlier flashed through his mind and he bolted up. Looking to his right, he saw Usagi. His eyes widened and a low gasp escaped his lips.
There she was, pale, hardly moving. He got out of the bed he had been put in and walked over to her. "Usagi-chan," he whispered. Madam Pomfrey bustled into the room. She looked immensely surprised to see Malfoy up and about. "Well! I'm so relieved, but honestly, she should still be resting in bed. How are you feeling?" she asked. "What happened?" he demanded harshly, ignoring her question. She was slightly taken a back. "You don't…you don't remember do you," she said thoughtfully. "What are you talking about?" he asked impatiently.
"Well Hun, I don't think I'm really the one to explain what happened. Honestly, I'm not quite sure…." Malfoy frowned. "Well, is she going to be alright?" Madam Pomfrey smiled. "She'll be fine. Just tired, I'm assuming, from whatever she did to you," she answered. Malfoy raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?" he asked impatiently. "Well…you had died," she answered. Malfoy frowned.
"The only person who can put an explanation behind Miss Tsukino's actions is Miss Tsukino herself," came a voice. Just then, Snape, Dumbledore, and Professor McGonagall came in the hospital wing. "What happened on the Quidditch field has to be one of the most…phenomenal events to ever occur at Hogwarts," Professor McGonagall said. Dumbledore nodded solemnly. "Mister Malfoy , we will tell you what we know of what happened today, but in all honestly we really are not quite sure. Now…before I begin, what is the last thing you remember?"
Malfoy thought for a moment and then a deep scowl came to his lips. "Potter," he growled. "Potter and I were up high, and then he pushed me off my broomstick. I saw the snitch and made a grab for it. And then…" He frowned. "I don't remember. There was a white light and…" he stopped. "That's it."
Dumbledore nodded. "Well…after you had fallen you…you died," he said. Malfoy stared at him puzzled. "What are you talking about?" Malfoy asked. Dumbledore sighed. "I know, Draco, believe it or not, you died. For a good five minutes or so, you were as good as gone. But then…then Usagi came over, and she…she raised her hands and called on some kind of power. It was quite odd, however, she knelt down beside you, kissed your forehead, placed her hands over your heart, and…brought you back to life. After that, Usagi became quite pale and she fainted," he concluded. Malfoy looked utterly shocked. Usagi had saved his life? No, correction, Usagi had brought him _back_ to life.
"I don't get it," Malfoy muttered. "There is no spell, no potion, no ANYTHING in this world that can bring a person back to life," he said. "We are well aware of this," Snape said calmly, "which is why we ourselves are also puzzled. We must simply wait till she waked up to ask her ourselves," he finished. As if on cue, Usagi began to stir. Madam Pomfrey frowned. "Honestly, can't all of your talking wait? Let my patients get their rest," she said angrily. Dumbledore smiled politely. "I'm sorry, but this really cannot wait."
Usagi slowly and tiredly opened her eyes. She looked groggily at the four people around her bed. "G'Morning," she mumbled, rolling over and about to go back to sleep. "Miss Tsukino," Professor McGonagall said with a sigh. "I do understand you want to go back to sleep, but first just answer our questions." Usagi turned back around, and then as if a light bulb clicked, she immediately sat up. She turned to Malfoy. "Malfoy! Daijoubu?" she asked in a worried tone. "Daijoubu, Usagi-chan, demo, kimi mo?" he asked. Usagi smiled feebly. "Hai…hai, if you're okay, then I'm okay," she said with a weary smile. "Demo…I wanna go back to sleep," she said with a yawn.
"You can rest for the rest of the day, Usagi, but first please answer our questions," Dumbledore said with a smile. Usagi sighed and nodded. "Now, what exactly did you do to Malfoy? Through the thousands of years, not one wizard has come even remotely close to discovering a method of reviving the dead."
"Well…I really don't know what I did. I acted on impulse, did what I just somehow knew I had to do…What I did out there I've never did before, I mean, I didn't even know I had those kind of powers," she answered truthfully. "All I knew in my mind was that I couldn't let Malfoy die…er, stay dead," she corrected. The three teachers exchanged confused glances. "Miss Tsukino, do you remember what you did?" Snape asked. Usagi nodded. "Hai, I remember calling forth the Ginzuishou, and using it to heal Malfoy, but I don't know exactly what the Ginzuishou is."
The three teachers glanced at each other again. "Usagi," said Dumbledore warily, "you do realize that with this power…you have the ability to resurrect the dead. You can bring back people, save people, innocent people," he said. "This is by far an important gift in life, given to you for some sort of purpose…" Usagi shrugged. "Like I said, I really don't understand what happened, I just knew I had to do something for him," she declared. "If it's okay now, can I get some more sleep?" she asked tiredly. Madam Pomfrey nodded in approval. "Sleep is what the poor girl needs," she said. Professor McGonagall sighed. "You may, Miss Tsukino. Thank you for answering our questions." The three teachers headed for the door to exit. Snape took one last approving glance at Usagi, and a slight smile crossed his lips. They all then left.
"I'm staying here with Usagi-chan," Malfoy said in a final tone to Madam Pomfrey. She smiled gently. "Well of course you are, you have to get some rest as well." She handed Usagi a hunk of chocolate. "Eat this. You will feel much better in the morning." Usagi grinned weakly at the chocolate and thanked her. After she finished the chocolate, she curled up on the bed and almost immediately fell back asleep.
*
Two hours after Usagi and Malfoy had awoken from the hospital wing found them both in the Great Hall for breakfast. Malfoy, who had already taken a liking to Usagi and hung out with her, now became quite protective and stayed close by her side after the recent incidents. Everyone kept on looking at Usagi in awe and asking her exactly what he had did. When she was asked, Usagi simply shrugged and told them that she herself wasn't quite sure.
Once the teachers had assembled at the front of the room, Dumbledore stood up. Everyone turned their attention to him. "As you all may know, certain events that have occurred of late have been nothing short of miracles. Therefore, I do believe the gaining…as well as losing (as he sad this, everyone shot a glance at Harry) of points will be needed. Well then, for Gryffindor…100 points will be deducted." The Gryffindor table sighed, but found no reason to dispute. "And as for Slytherin…130 points will be added." The Slytherin table cheered, and everyone gave a high-five and hugged Usagi. Usagi blushed brightly and smiled at them all.
" I would just like to say Miss Tsukino, your astounding performance is well appreciated, I'm sure. I believe…a toast should be in order." Almost immediately, the food magically appeared. Everyone raised their goblets. "To Usagi," Dumbledore said, his eyes twinkling. "To Usagi!" everyone shouted, everyone took a swig of their drink and gave a loud cheer. "You may now all begin your breakfast," Dumbledore said with a smile.
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"Today, we will be concocting a new potion…the Caprice Potion," Snape said, his eyes glinting. Everyone glanced at each other with puzzled looks. "Yes…the Caprice Potion…. It can be dangerous, if used wrong. The Caprice Potion is exactly as it says, it makes you act on impulse, do what you want to do but couldn't before out of modesty, shyness, or perhaps because you know you'd have consequences to pay later. Well, today, each person will make it and test it." He turned around and began to write the ingredients on the blackboard. Usagi looked at it uneasily. Impulse? What would she do if she were acting on pure impulse? She began to unpack the ingredients she needed and began to mix them together.
After about fifteen minutes, everyone had finished. "Miss Granger…you may go first." Hermione stood up and gulped. She took her dropped and dipped it into her Caprice Potion. She dripped one droplet of it into her mouth and swallowed. She sighed. "I guess I made it wrong, I really don't feel any diff-" She stopped. "Oh no! I need to study, I must go to the library now," she said, hurrying to the door. "Miss Granger," Snape said, rubbing his temples, "you will do no such thing…" Hermione stopped and narrowed her eyes at him.
"Listen here Snape, I could really care less what you think. I only follow your stupid rules because I have to. Honestly, I wish every day you'd be bitten by a rabid hippogriff or something! I can't stand you! It's no wonder you have no children, who'd want to mate with you?! Ha! The first person you get with could condemn THEMSELVES to hell for even being around you afterward! Really, whoever could live with and put up with you for more than five minutes is beyond me, you low life bottom feeding trash bagging-" She stopped abruptly and turned very red-but not as red as Snape was. Snape quivered with anger and a vein was bulging on his head. "MISS GRANGER!!" He yelled, "THAT IS QUITE ENOUGH!!!!!!!!" Hermione was a dark scarlet red by now, hardly believing she had said all of that to the teacher. After a few moments, Snape regained his composure. "Under normal circumstances, I would take away all of your points for Gryffindor…" Hermione's eyes widened and she held a pleading look in her eyes. "However…since you were under the influence of the Caprice Potion, I will let it slide…" He was still a terrible shade of red, but began to gradually calm down.
The lesson progressed, with many bizarre acts, such as a Slytherin girl confessing her feelings for Malfoy. The girl ran over and tried to kiss Malfoy, but Malfoy pulled out his wand and pointed it at her threateningly. Usagi found she felt almost relieved in a way that the girl didn't kiss him. She wasn't quite sure why though. Another uncanny performance was by Ravenclaw girl belting out obscene remarks about each of her teachers. Every possible crude word tumbled out of her mouth. Afterwards, she had a similar reaction to that of Hermione's, blushing furiously.
"Miss Tsukino," Snape said, his eyes gleaming. Everyone looked on with interest. Usagi lowered her head, afraid of what she was going to do. She swallowed the potion and waited for the effects to come. "I'm hungry," she murmured. She giggled and pulled out her wand. She pointed it in the air and chanted a spell she herself didn't know she knew. Almost immediately, cheesecake, brownies, and assorted other sweets appeared in midair. The whole class laughed slightly and shook their heads. "Nani yo?" Usagi asked through a mouthful of cake. "Oishi!" she said and she polished off another brownie. "Usagi-chan, you just had breakfast a little while ago," Malfoy said, shaking his head.
Usagi frowned. "Can't help it, I'm still hungry…Want some?" she asked, thrusting forward a half bitten donut. Malfoy snickered and shook his head. "No thanks, Usagi-chan," he said. Usagi grinned. "Kay, more for me," she said happily.
After the potion had worn off, Usagi sighed in relief, glad she hadn't did something really bad, but her stomach hurt a little with all of the sweets she had consumed. "Mister Malfoy," said Snape. Malfoy swallowed his drop of potion. After a few moments, a smirk made its way to his lips. He pulled out his wand and pointed it at Harry. "You killed me, now I kill you," he said with a sadistic smirk. Usagi's eyes widened and she ran forward. "Malfoy, yamete," she said, placing a hand on his shoulder. Malfoy looked at Usagi for a moment. Slowly, he lowered his wand. Usagi sighed in relief and began walking back to her seat, when Malfoy placed a restraining hand on her shoulder. Usagi looked at him curiously. His smiled maliciously and pulled her forward so she was standing in front of him. Snape watched with interest, his eyes glinting.
Malfoy stroked her cheek softly and cupped her chin. Usagi stared at him in confusion. Malfoy lowered his lips to hers and gently kissed her. Usagi's eyes widened, as she stood there, frozen. Malfoy encircled his arms around her back and deepened the kiss. Ron and Harry looked on in horror. Harry stood up angrily and walked over to Malfoy. "Stop it Mal-" Malfoy outstretched his arm and punched Harry in the face without even looking. Harry fell to the ground, shocked. Malfoy kept on kissing the stunned Usagi, continuing to deepen it.
After a few moments, the potion wore off, however Malfoy's lips lingered on hers for a few seconds. Slowly, he pulled away, and looked over Usagi. Usagi's face was terribly flushed with embarrassment. She averted her eyes, knowing if she looked him in the eyes she would begin to blush worse. Malfoy smirked widely, and pressed a soft kiss to her forehead before retreating to his seat. Usagi numbly followed, keeping her eyes lowered. The Slytherin girl who had previously confessed her feelings for Malfoy snarled at Usagi. Snape continued down his list. A frown formed on his lips.
"Mister Potter," he said dully. Harry got up nervously. Swallowing his drop of potion, he waited for the effects to come. After a few minutes of nothing happening, he realized with a panic that he had forgot to throw in the sugar herbs. A cold sweat broke out on his forehead as he saw Snape waiting with a smirk. Harry gulped and tried to play it off. "You know Snape…I really hate you. You are an evil person," he began to ramble desperately. After about five minutes of insults to Snape (which made Harry very pleased), he pretended for the potion to have worn off and apologized to Snape. Malfoy however scowled. "He was faking it," he said, rolling his eyes. "That was completely unconvincing…" Snape smiled evilly. "I do believe you are right Mister Malfoy, however, before I can grade him accordingly, I need this statement to be proven for certain. Would you please test it out Mister Malfoy?" Malfoy smirked. "It would be my pleasure," he said.
"He walked over to Harry's cauldron and dipped his spoon in. He swallowed the drop and waited. After a few minutes, nothing happened. Malfoy smirked. "Told ya," he said triumphantly. Harry had his head lowered and was grimacing. "Mister Potter…you deliberately insulted a teacher, and did not succeed in correctly making your potion. Therefore, you receive a failing grade, and 10 points will be taken from Gryffindor." Harry gritted his teeth but remained silent.
Potions finished that day with not too much more bizarre activity taking place. The day progressed surprisingly quickly for Usagi. People kept coming up to her in the hallway, congratulating her. When lunch came, Usagi grinned as she took her seat, happily awaiting her food. "I'm starving," she complained, wishing the food wood come pucker. Malfoy laughed. "I really don't understand how you stay in shape with as much as you eat, Usagi-chan," Malfoy said with a sigh. Usagi stuck out her tongue.
The teachers assembled at the long table in the front. Dumbledore stood up and clanged his glass. "Your attention, please," he said with a smile. Everyone stopped talking and looked up. "As you may or may not know, we have been needing a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher," he began. "Well, I am pleased to inform you all that we have found one. In two weeks, the Defense Against the Dark Arts classes will begin." Everyone clapped happily. Usagi sighed, feeling indifferent. "Can we eat now," she murmured.
Dumbledore smiled and raised his hands. The food magically appeared, much to Usagi's delight, and they all began to eat.
**
Usually, after Care Of Magical Creatures, they had a very long break, due to the missing class. However, two weeks later, they each received their new schedules. "Professor Lupin," Usagi muttered, reading off the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher's name.
As the walked into the class, they were surprised to discover that the teacher wasn't there yet. A few minutes after the bell, a man in shaggy robes came in. He smiled pleasantly. "I'm sorry for my lateness. I am Professor Lupin, and I will be teaching this class this year. Please put away your books. You will only need your wands for this lesson." Everyone exchanged puzzled glances, but naturally complied. "Please follow me."
"Well, that lesson certainly proved to be quite interesting," Usagi said, who was a little insipid. Most of the students were a bit pale from the lesson that had just taken place. They had worked with boggarts and how to make them more…pleasant. Usagi noticed that the Professor had skipped over Harry and was a bit puzzled as to why. Malfoy also hadn't gone, refusing to take his turn. "Usagi-chan," Malfoy began in his usual drawl voice, "I can't believe you turned it into a carrot. You're ridiculous…" Usagi blushed. "Urusai," she mumbled. "At least I took my turn!" Malfoy rolled his eyes. "I already told you, I'm not afraid of anything nor anyone," he replied coolly. Usagi rolled her eyes. "Everyone's afraid of something," she said to him. "Hnn, not me." Usagi sighed, seeing this conversation would get her nowhere.
Divination came, and more crystal ball peering was in store for them all. Usagi looked at the crystal ball uneasily. "Anno…I don't think I want to do this today. I mean, what if what happened before happens again?" she said nervously to Professor Trelawney. The Professor merely smiled. "What happened before was quite remarkable, dear. You have proved to us all that you have the Inner Eye." Usagi sighed. She looked warily into the crystal ball, trying to make her mind wander as much as possible, since she knew the only way the crystal would be effective was if she concentrated hard. She inwardly smiled as she saw her plan had worked. Nothing more than the same swirls of white appeared in the crystal. Professor Trelawney sighed and shook her head.
After Divination, Usagi went to the Slytherin Common room to do the homework for the day, and to make up for the homework she had missed. Malfoy entered shortly after and took a seat across from her at the table she was sitting at. They sat in silence, each one concentrating on their work. After a while, they both finished and retreated to their dorms for the night, saying a small good bye to one another.
As Usagi entered her dorm, Usagi saw that three of the four girls were asleep; Haruka was awake. Usagi smiled warily. "Hey Haruka-san," she said sleepily. Haruka smiled softly. "Ossu, Usagi-chan. Usagi…I wanted to talk to you, about what happened," she said, her expression turning serious.
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Kay…not too much of a cliffie or anything, but I couldn't think of a better place to stop it. This is the last chapter that I have fully written, but I am working VERY hard to get Chapter 6 completed as quickly as possible, kay? Kay. ^_^ Thanks a ton to everyone who reviewed the last chapter...I'm very sorry, I know I usually post replies and in depth thanks to the reviews, demo...a lot of stuff is going on, and I don't believe I will be updating this any time soon, which is the only reason I really updated ( sorry for the long wait...) I hope ya can forgive me, but my stories will not be updated for some time...Once again, I apologize. Thank you very very much for reviewing, and I ask you to please continue to review.