That was Then, This is Now
Disclaimer: *Kristin sits rocking in a corner, softly muttering. Bob, her muse, steps forward with a lawyer a step behind him.* Kristin, in no way shape or form, owns Harry Potter or Sailor Moon. Unfortunately she has convinced herself that she does, so we will all have to be a little more careful around her from now on.
Kristin: My goodness. I didn't think that so many people would like it. *wipes away a tear* I'm touched. However, there is a little thing about Usagi and Severus that I want to clear up. Severus is NOT in love with Usagi. The two are just extremely close; you will find out why later on. Want to see if any of you can guess why? Severus will be with Minako. I think that her sunny disposition goes great with his dark one, don't you? Okay, just wanted to clear that up.
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Chapter Two
Harry paused outside of the DADA classroom door. It was his last class of the day and he had no idea what to expect. Ginny had had the class earlier that day, but she had refused to say anything about it to the rest of them. He thought back to breakfast that morning. All of the prior friendliness between the potions professor and the DADA professor had disappeared. Snape had appeared to be trying, but the new professor had sat as far away from him as possible, and had glared over time he tried to get her attention. It hadn't had a very good effect on the irritable potions professor. He had been almost unbearable during class and had even taken points from the Slytherins. Harry braced himself for the worst and walked into the room.
He grabbed a seat beside Hermione, who was exchanging a goofy look with Ron. The two had finally gotten together during their sixth year, and could be extremely disgusting to be around. He sighed heavily before turning his attention toward the professor. She was sitting behind her desk, glancing at a few opened books and hastily writing on a piece of parchment. Harry's eyes narrowed. Now that he could see her more clearly, she looked very familiar. In fact, Harry was sure that he had seen her somewhere before. The face was certainly familiar, although, he had never seen eyes filled with such a silent rage before.
Usagi looked up from her writing to find her room filled with students. She carefully placed her things into a drawer, stood and circled around her desk, to the front. She looked over the students with an appraising eye as she leaned against the front of her desk. Her gaze locked with Harry's and for a moment, in his place she saw a slightly different face with dark brown eyes and a mischievous smile. She blinked and it was gone.
"Hello class," her voice was quiet and slightly hoarse, and she coughed lightly to clear her throat, "I am Professor Black. I do not play favorites. In fact, I do not play at all. This is a very serious class and I expect all of you to treat it as such. Any of you that have a problem with that should leave now. However, you will have to explain to Dumbledore why you were not allowed back in the classroom. Outside of this school, things are getting dangerous and most of you don't seem to realize that. One distraction in this class could cause somebody to miss something important. If you miss something important then you could die. Before now, you have been taught how to deal with creatures in the wizarding world. This year will be the same, although, the creature that I will teach you how to destroy will be much wiser than anything you have faced before. I will be teaching you how to destroy man," Usagi glanced at a paper on her desk, "They put Slytherins and Gryffindors together? What kind of moron would do that," she sighed heavily before continuing, "I want all Slytherins on one side of the room and all Gryffindors on the other. I want to see how well you can duel in groups. How about we make this a bit more interesting. The Slytherins will be representing deatheaters and the Gryffindors will be representing aurors. The side that wins will be given five points for each member still standing."
"Isn't that a bit prejudice Professor?" Usagi advanced toward Draco.
"You're Malfoy's boy, aren't you?" Draco nodded proudly. "I pity you for that. Your mother is very sweet, but your father is a complete socially- challenged git," Usagi paused as the Gryffindor half of the room laughed, "Very well. The Slytherins will represent aurors and the Gryffindors will represent deatheaters. I was going to make you trade sides next time that we do this, so I suppose it doesn't matter. Now, when I say begin, I want all of you to attack each other. But, keep in mind that if you do anything life threatening, I have permission to expel you," Usagi stepped back behind her desk, "Begin."
Late that night, Usagi sat on a chair in her room staring at the fire that the house elves had built. She had just finished reading The Daily Prophet. They claimed that the ministry was closer than ever to capturing Sirius and destroying Voldemort. She was happy that she had quit. When Sirius had first been arrested, her cries of his innocence had been lost in a sea of screams for conviction. For nearly six years after his arrest, she had continued to demand justice, and there was no longer anyone else to muffle her. Then, the unthinkable had happened. She had received a letter from the ministry saying that Sirius had died. She didn't eat for weeks and rarely left the house. She had to send her children to stay with one of her friends until she recovered enough to continue taking care of them. Finding out that the ministry had lied to her had been like a slap in the face. Usagi had wanted to quit then, and still had when she had received a job offer from Dumbledore.
Usagi slumped back on the couch. Her hand curled around the newspaper. She lifted it so that it was level to her eyes. With a curse to the ministry Usagi threw the paper into the fire and watched in satisfaction as it burned.
At that same time Harry was sitting in the middle of his bed, flipping through the pages of the album that Hagrid had given him at the end of his first year. He did it every time that he had something on his mind; it soothed him to see the smiling faces of his parents, and he could almost imagine that they were there to give him advice. Right now he was wondering about where he had seen Professor Black before. His hand paused its methodical turning when he reached his parent's wedding picture, and his eyes widened. This was it. This was what he had been looking for! There in the picture, by his mother's side in the position of Maid of Honor was a younger, smiling Usagi Black.
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Kristin: So, was that any good? Anybody disappointed? Anybody overjoyed? Please, let me know what you think.
Special Thanks to:
Kiwi: My first reviewer. I plan on keeping it up.
Booyaka: When you say new, do you mean new idea or new story?
Alexz: Is this soon enough?
Koneko: I'm glad that you like it.
Za Kaze no Nisou: Nope, no triangle. Um, and yes Sirius did escape. Thanks for putting my story on your favorites. For that you get a piece of my super duper duct tape!
First Sol, Lighting Star: I'm continuing it now.
Sergon: Glad that you like it.
Akiko SkywalkerGreenleafPotter: I know what you mean. I wrote it and I feel sorry for him. Don't worry though. He'll be okay. Aw, you didn't just say that you liked it, you said that you loved it!
Moon: I hurried.
Princess of the Fae: Usagi/Sirius is one of my favorite pairings. I hate that there aren't more out there.
Kolinshar Jackie-chan Benito: .um.please don't thonk me? I hope that I updated fast enough for you. Be glad. I never update this quick.
Silver Moon Goddess: Glad that somebody picked up on the second child thing. Well, sorry but I'm not telling. All I'm going to say is that it isn't Chibiusa, cause I just hate her. But it is somebody from Sailor Moon and she is very cute.
Sailorruss: Odd in a good way, right? Right? *gets panicked look on face* RIGHT?!
Hilary: Hope that I didn't make you wait too long.
Disclaimer: *Kristin sits rocking in a corner, softly muttering. Bob, her muse, steps forward with a lawyer a step behind him.* Kristin, in no way shape or form, owns Harry Potter or Sailor Moon. Unfortunately she has convinced herself that she does, so we will all have to be a little more careful around her from now on.
Kristin: My goodness. I didn't think that so many people would like it. *wipes away a tear* I'm touched. However, there is a little thing about Usagi and Severus that I want to clear up. Severus is NOT in love with Usagi. The two are just extremely close; you will find out why later on. Want to see if any of you can guess why? Severus will be with Minako. I think that her sunny disposition goes great with his dark one, don't you? Okay, just wanted to clear that up.
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Chapter Two
Harry paused outside of the DADA classroom door. It was his last class of the day and he had no idea what to expect. Ginny had had the class earlier that day, but she had refused to say anything about it to the rest of them. He thought back to breakfast that morning. All of the prior friendliness between the potions professor and the DADA professor had disappeared. Snape had appeared to be trying, but the new professor had sat as far away from him as possible, and had glared over time he tried to get her attention. It hadn't had a very good effect on the irritable potions professor. He had been almost unbearable during class and had even taken points from the Slytherins. Harry braced himself for the worst and walked into the room.
He grabbed a seat beside Hermione, who was exchanging a goofy look with Ron. The two had finally gotten together during their sixth year, and could be extremely disgusting to be around. He sighed heavily before turning his attention toward the professor. She was sitting behind her desk, glancing at a few opened books and hastily writing on a piece of parchment. Harry's eyes narrowed. Now that he could see her more clearly, she looked very familiar. In fact, Harry was sure that he had seen her somewhere before. The face was certainly familiar, although, he had never seen eyes filled with such a silent rage before.
Usagi looked up from her writing to find her room filled with students. She carefully placed her things into a drawer, stood and circled around her desk, to the front. She looked over the students with an appraising eye as she leaned against the front of her desk. Her gaze locked with Harry's and for a moment, in his place she saw a slightly different face with dark brown eyes and a mischievous smile. She blinked and it was gone.
"Hello class," her voice was quiet and slightly hoarse, and she coughed lightly to clear her throat, "I am Professor Black. I do not play favorites. In fact, I do not play at all. This is a very serious class and I expect all of you to treat it as such. Any of you that have a problem with that should leave now. However, you will have to explain to Dumbledore why you were not allowed back in the classroom. Outside of this school, things are getting dangerous and most of you don't seem to realize that. One distraction in this class could cause somebody to miss something important. If you miss something important then you could die. Before now, you have been taught how to deal with creatures in the wizarding world. This year will be the same, although, the creature that I will teach you how to destroy will be much wiser than anything you have faced before. I will be teaching you how to destroy man," Usagi glanced at a paper on her desk, "They put Slytherins and Gryffindors together? What kind of moron would do that," she sighed heavily before continuing, "I want all Slytherins on one side of the room and all Gryffindors on the other. I want to see how well you can duel in groups. How about we make this a bit more interesting. The Slytherins will be representing deatheaters and the Gryffindors will be representing aurors. The side that wins will be given five points for each member still standing."
"Isn't that a bit prejudice Professor?" Usagi advanced toward Draco.
"You're Malfoy's boy, aren't you?" Draco nodded proudly. "I pity you for that. Your mother is very sweet, but your father is a complete socially- challenged git," Usagi paused as the Gryffindor half of the room laughed, "Very well. The Slytherins will represent aurors and the Gryffindors will represent deatheaters. I was going to make you trade sides next time that we do this, so I suppose it doesn't matter. Now, when I say begin, I want all of you to attack each other. But, keep in mind that if you do anything life threatening, I have permission to expel you," Usagi stepped back behind her desk, "Begin."
Late that night, Usagi sat on a chair in her room staring at the fire that the house elves had built. She had just finished reading The Daily Prophet. They claimed that the ministry was closer than ever to capturing Sirius and destroying Voldemort. She was happy that she had quit. When Sirius had first been arrested, her cries of his innocence had been lost in a sea of screams for conviction. For nearly six years after his arrest, she had continued to demand justice, and there was no longer anyone else to muffle her. Then, the unthinkable had happened. She had received a letter from the ministry saying that Sirius had died. She didn't eat for weeks and rarely left the house. She had to send her children to stay with one of her friends until she recovered enough to continue taking care of them. Finding out that the ministry had lied to her had been like a slap in the face. Usagi had wanted to quit then, and still had when she had received a job offer from Dumbledore.
Usagi slumped back on the couch. Her hand curled around the newspaper. She lifted it so that it was level to her eyes. With a curse to the ministry Usagi threw the paper into the fire and watched in satisfaction as it burned.
At that same time Harry was sitting in the middle of his bed, flipping through the pages of the album that Hagrid had given him at the end of his first year. He did it every time that he had something on his mind; it soothed him to see the smiling faces of his parents, and he could almost imagine that they were there to give him advice. Right now he was wondering about where he had seen Professor Black before. His hand paused its methodical turning when he reached his parent's wedding picture, and his eyes widened. This was it. This was what he had been looking for! There in the picture, by his mother's side in the position of Maid of Honor was a younger, smiling Usagi Black.
***
Kristin: So, was that any good? Anybody disappointed? Anybody overjoyed? Please, let me know what you think.
Special Thanks to:
Kiwi: My first reviewer. I plan on keeping it up.
Booyaka: When you say new, do you mean new idea or new story?
Alexz: Is this soon enough?
Koneko: I'm glad that you like it.
Za Kaze no Nisou: Nope, no triangle. Um, and yes Sirius did escape. Thanks for putting my story on your favorites. For that you get a piece of my super duper duct tape!
First Sol, Lighting Star: I'm continuing it now.
Sergon: Glad that you like it.
Akiko SkywalkerGreenleafPotter: I know what you mean. I wrote it and I feel sorry for him. Don't worry though. He'll be okay. Aw, you didn't just say that you liked it, you said that you loved it!
Moon: I hurried.
Princess of the Fae: Usagi/Sirius is one of my favorite pairings. I hate that there aren't more out there.
Kolinshar Jackie-chan Benito: .um.please don't thonk me? I hope that I updated fast enough for you. Be glad. I never update this quick.
Silver Moon Goddess: Glad that somebody picked up on the second child thing. Well, sorry but I'm not telling. All I'm going to say is that it isn't Chibiusa, cause I just hate her. But it is somebody from Sailor Moon and she is very cute.
Sailorruss: Odd in a good way, right? Right? *gets panicked look on face* RIGHT?!
Hilary: Hope that I didn't make you wait too long.