That was Then, This is Now
Disclaimer: This is the disclaimer that never ends. It just goes on and on my friends. An author started righting not knowing what it was and she'll continue righting it forever to say that Harry Potter and Sailor Moon do not belong to her just because...This is the disclaimer that never ends. It just goes on and on my friends...*is gagged and gets dragged away by the nice men in the white coats to play in the nice padded room*
Kristin: I still can't believe how many people like this. I changed my mind about telling why Usagi and Severus are so close in this chapter. That will be next chapter. I will show who Usagi's other daughter is though.
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Chapter Four
Usagi paced back and forth in Dumbledore's office as she waited for everyone to arrive. T0he students whose parents allowed them to continue with their schooling had been invited to attend Hogwarts, although, the only students who actually were allowed were Usagi's daughters, and the two remaining teachers had been invited to assist the Hogwarts professors in their own specialized fields. They were going to travel by portkey. Usagi suddenly stopped her pacing and screamed, "Where are they?!" Severus stood up and dropped a comforting arm around Usagi's shoulders.
"Usa, they aren't even scheduled to arrive for another three minutes." Usagi sighed, but allowed herself to be lead toward a chair and sat down. The seconds slowly ticked away, as did Usagi's patience. Finally the time came for the group to arrive, and Severus slipped out of the room unnoticed. Usagi leapt from her seat as the four ungracefully fell to the ground. She ignored the two teachers as she ran over to her daughters and threw her arms around them both.
"Thank Merlin," she whispered as she pressed a kiss onto both of their foreheads. The older, and shorter, girl pulled away from her mother first, and leaned down to help the fallen professors up. Her dark hair momentarily hid her violet eyes. Hotaru had grown into a very beautiful young woman of seventeen. The younger girl pulled away from her mother as well. Dark red hair fell in twin streamer to her waist from two heart-shaped buns on the top of her head and her blue eyes were bright despite what she had just witnessed. Much to Hotaru's disgust, Chibi Chibi had surpassed her in height three years earlier. Usagi turned her attention the two professors. She walked over to the professors and hugged them both.
"Dang, Odango, haven't seen you this emotional in nearly a year." Usagi pulled away from the two as the blonde smacked her dark haired companion on the arm.
"Rei, would you act your age already?" Rei stopped and thought about it for a moment.
"Nah, Minako, I don't think so." Usagi smiled and wrapped one arm around each of her daughter's shoulders and lead them down to the Great Hall where they would be sorted, followed closely by Dumbledore and the two bickering professors.
*
Harry, Ron and Hermione headed toward the Great Hall for dinner. The conversation subject was the attack on the magic school in Japan. "It's so terrible," Hermione said, "All those poor people. And their families! What must their families be feeling?" Harry agreed with her, but a much more sinister thought had entered his mind.
"I only have one real question. If Voldemort's deatheaters could have attacked that school, then what is to stop them from attacking Hogwarts?" A heavy silence fell over the group as they entered the hall. Harry looked up and elbowed Ron's side. "Look."
Two new professors were sitting at the teacher's table; the Sorting Hat was placed on the stool in front of everyone and two teenagers stood next to it. The trio took their seats at the Gryffindor table and waited with the rest of the school for the sorting. Dumbledore stood up from his chair and rose a hand for silence. "As you all know, the school in Japan was attacked yesterday. We invited the two remaining professors to come and teach here, and the students who would be allowed to continue in their education to join us at Hogwarts. Professor Aino," he paused while the blonde woman stood momentarily, "will be helping Professor Snape with potions, and Professor Hino will be helping Professor Trelawney with Divination. Now, I want you all to remember that they have all been through a lot in the past forty-eight hours and I expect all of you to treat them with the greatest courtesy." Dumbledore sat back down and nodded for McGonagall to proceed with the sorting. She nodded back, and lifted the Sorting Hat off of the stool.
"Hotaru Black."
*
Hotaru sucked in a deep breath and held it as she slipped onto the stool. She slowly let the breath out as the hat landed on her head, and then drooped over her eyes.
'Ah, the princess of Saturn. It is an honor, highness. And what is this? Princess of Earth as well?'
'Hardly. Mum never became Neo-Queen Serenity.'
'To do that she needs her king, now, enough of that subject. Which house should I put you in. Any of them would do, but I see that there is something you yearn for. I believe that you could find that something in-'
"Gryffindor!" Hotaru plucked the hat off of her head and handed it back to McGonagall, and then found a seat at the Gryffindor table. Now it was her sister's turn.
"Chibi Chibi Black."
Hotaru watched in amusement as her younger sister stood with her eyes closed and lips barely moving, completely ignoring the increasingly frustrated professor.
"What is she doing?" Hotaru turned to look at the red haired boy who had asked the question. She leaned across the table toward him and motioned for him to come closer. He gave her a confused look but complied anyway.
"Look at her ears." Hotaru pointed at the wires that came out of the headphones that were currently occupying her ears. "She's listening to music, and it's turned up so loud that she can't hear anything else," Hotaru paused at their confused looks and answered their unspoken question, "She has her CD player set to work on magic instead of electricity. Just watch. It should be amusing."
*
Chibi Chibi stood in her own little world as she listened to a muggle group. She didn't even notice when Professor McGonagall walked over to her and began to call her name very loudly. She did notice when McGonagall reached out and pulled the headphones out of her ears. Chibi Chibi gave the teacher an irritated look. "What?"
"Get on the stool." McGonagall pointed at the stool as she grabbed the sixteen-year-old by the arm and pulled her over to it. Chibi Chibi yanked her arm away from the angry professor and daintily sat herself on the stool. Because of her hairdo the hat didn't fall over her eyes, but it would have looked less comical if it had.
'The troublemaker. Quite a little prankster, aren't you? Very original though, much like your father.' Chibi Chibi rolled her eyes.
'Look, I'm here so that you can place me in a house, not so you can critique my pranks.'
'Very well. I believe that you are best suited for-'
"Gryffindor!" Chibi Chibi yanked the hat off of her head, tossed it at McGonagall, put the headphones back in her ears and took a seat at the Gryffindor table, next to her sister.
*
Hotaru gave her sister an exasperated look, which went unnoticed as the younger girl began to eat in a rapid pace, which she had inherited from their mother, and bob her head slightly along with the music. Hotaru rolled her eyes and let out a loud sigh.
"So, are the two of you Professor Black's daughters?" Hotaru turned and saw a boy with messy black hair sitting across from her, and next to the boy with the red hair. She smiled shyly. She wasn't normally shy, but there was just something in his eyes that made her nervous.
"Yes. Hotaru Black, at your service," she held a hand out to the boy, who took it in his own and shook it.
"Harry Potter, and these are my friends, Ron and Hermione." Hotaru smiled, recognizing Ron as the red haired boy, and shook both of their hands before turning back toward Harry.
"Harry Potter, eh? I thought you looked familiar," she raised her hands in protest when he subconsciously reached up to touch his scar, "No, no it's not because of that. You look exactly like your father did when he was our age."
"People have told me that." Hotaru nodded and picked at her food. After a few minutes she looked up at Harry, who was half eating and half listening to Ron and Hermione talking.
"You know, if you want to know more about them, then you could always ask my mum. I'm sure that she wouldn't mind telling you." Harry looked up at her with a confused expression on his face.
"More about who?" Hotaru gathered her things and stood up.
"Your parents." She turned and walked out of the hall.
*
The next day was a Saturday and Usagi was a bit later getting up than normal. She reached over onto her bedside table for her memory stone. Her hand met wood and nothing else. She spent the next hour tearing her rooms apart in search of the priceless gem. For the second time in less than a week, she slammed open the door to the Great Hall, which was filled with students, and approached Dumbledore. "My memory stone is gone. I searched everywhere. I can't find it," she growled, fury evident in her voice.
"Try looking behind you." Dumbledore pointed over her shoulder. Usagi turned, and there, hanging in midair in the middle of the room was her stone. She turned and walked toward it, but was met by an invisible barrier that sent her hurled back, slamming to a halt against a table leg. She could barely contain a grunt of pain as the hard wood bit into her back. Out of the corner of her eye, she could see Draco Malfoy wave his wand at the memory stone, and then, using a wall as a screen, the images started.
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Kristin: *hands out pieces of Super Duper Duct Tape to everyone who guess Chibi Chibi as the second daughter* I'm sorry that I didn't tell about Severus and Usagi just yet, but that will be in the next chapter. I promise. Also, after I do that, I will be doing a lot more of focusing on the characters. I really don't have much to go on for Chibi Chibi so I'm having to make pretty much all of it up. Please don't kill me if you don't like how she is turning out. Flames will only be used to amuse my pyromaniac mind.
Special Thanks to:
Shinigami: Everything will be reveal when Sirius shows up. But, that won't happen for a few more chapters.
Alexz
Booyaka: Don't worry about the chapter. I wanted it to be that length. If I didn't want it to then I wouldn't have done it. Neville does deserve some recognition so I gave him some. He is smart; he just doesn't remember things well.
solarmistress17
Silver Moon Goddess: Good. Now can you guess why Severus and Usagi are so close?
Sapphireskies
Death: Sirius won't be coming back for a bit. I haven't decided exactly how long I'm going to wait yet, but it won't be for at least another two or three chapters.
Za Kaze no Nisou
ShInImEgAmI
WindRider-Damia
Luna_the_lune: I like that idea, but I don't think that I will use it on Voldemort. Let's ee. Fudge or Crouch(did I spell that right? If not, would somebody tell me how to?), Fudge or Crouch.
AngelQueen: Great guess. I'm always open to suggestions. If I weren't then I wouldn't be a very good writer. If you mean that you want me to go into more depth about their personalities then I was already planning to do that in the next few chapters. Thanks for the suggestion though. Constructive criticism is always welcome.
Kage-Shadow-of-Darkness: I'm glad that it wasn't too mushy. I was afraid that it would be.
Autumn Ice: I think that this chapter answered your question.
sailorruss
ChibiChaos
Disclaimer: This is the disclaimer that never ends. It just goes on and on my friends. An author started righting not knowing what it was and she'll continue righting it forever to say that Harry Potter and Sailor Moon do not belong to her just because...This is the disclaimer that never ends. It just goes on and on my friends...*is gagged and gets dragged away by the nice men in the white coats to play in the nice padded room*
Kristin: I still can't believe how many people like this. I changed my mind about telling why Usagi and Severus are so close in this chapter. That will be next chapter. I will show who Usagi's other daughter is though.
***
Chapter Four
Usagi paced back and forth in Dumbledore's office as she waited for everyone to arrive. T0he students whose parents allowed them to continue with their schooling had been invited to attend Hogwarts, although, the only students who actually were allowed were Usagi's daughters, and the two remaining teachers had been invited to assist the Hogwarts professors in their own specialized fields. They were going to travel by portkey. Usagi suddenly stopped her pacing and screamed, "Where are they?!" Severus stood up and dropped a comforting arm around Usagi's shoulders.
"Usa, they aren't even scheduled to arrive for another three minutes." Usagi sighed, but allowed herself to be lead toward a chair and sat down. The seconds slowly ticked away, as did Usagi's patience. Finally the time came for the group to arrive, and Severus slipped out of the room unnoticed. Usagi leapt from her seat as the four ungracefully fell to the ground. She ignored the two teachers as she ran over to her daughters and threw her arms around them both.
"Thank Merlin," she whispered as she pressed a kiss onto both of their foreheads. The older, and shorter, girl pulled away from her mother first, and leaned down to help the fallen professors up. Her dark hair momentarily hid her violet eyes. Hotaru had grown into a very beautiful young woman of seventeen. The younger girl pulled away from her mother as well. Dark red hair fell in twin streamer to her waist from two heart-shaped buns on the top of her head and her blue eyes were bright despite what she had just witnessed. Much to Hotaru's disgust, Chibi Chibi had surpassed her in height three years earlier. Usagi turned her attention the two professors. She walked over to the professors and hugged them both.
"Dang, Odango, haven't seen you this emotional in nearly a year." Usagi pulled away from the two as the blonde smacked her dark haired companion on the arm.
"Rei, would you act your age already?" Rei stopped and thought about it for a moment.
"Nah, Minako, I don't think so." Usagi smiled and wrapped one arm around each of her daughter's shoulders and lead them down to the Great Hall where they would be sorted, followed closely by Dumbledore and the two bickering professors.
*
Harry, Ron and Hermione headed toward the Great Hall for dinner. The conversation subject was the attack on the magic school in Japan. "It's so terrible," Hermione said, "All those poor people. And their families! What must their families be feeling?" Harry agreed with her, but a much more sinister thought had entered his mind.
"I only have one real question. If Voldemort's deatheaters could have attacked that school, then what is to stop them from attacking Hogwarts?" A heavy silence fell over the group as they entered the hall. Harry looked up and elbowed Ron's side. "Look."
Two new professors were sitting at the teacher's table; the Sorting Hat was placed on the stool in front of everyone and two teenagers stood next to it. The trio took their seats at the Gryffindor table and waited with the rest of the school for the sorting. Dumbledore stood up from his chair and rose a hand for silence. "As you all know, the school in Japan was attacked yesterday. We invited the two remaining professors to come and teach here, and the students who would be allowed to continue in their education to join us at Hogwarts. Professor Aino," he paused while the blonde woman stood momentarily, "will be helping Professor Snape with potions, and Professor Hino will be helping Professor Trelawney with Divination. Now, I want you all to remember that they have all been through a lot in the past forty-eight hours and I expect all of you to treat them with the greatest courtesy." Dumbledore sat back down and nodded for McGonagall to proceed with the sorting. She nodded back, and lifted the Sorting Hat off of the stool.
"Hotaru Black."
*
Hotaru sucked in a deep breath and held it as she slipped onto the stool. She slowly let the breath out as the hat landed on her head, and then drooped over her eyes.
'Ah, the princess of Saturn. It is an honor, highness. And what is this? Princess of Earth as well?'
'Hardly. Mum never became Neo-Queen Serenity.'
'To do that she needs her king, now, enough of that subject. Which house should I put you in. Any of them would do, but I see that there is something you yearn for. I believe that you could find that something in-'
"Gryffindor!" Hotaru plucked the hat off of her head and handed it back to McGonagall, and then found a seat at the Gryffindor table. Now it was her sister's turn.
"Chibi Chibi Black."
Hotaru watched in amusement as her younger sister stood with her eyes closed and lips barely moving, completely ignoring the increasingly frustrated professor.
"What is she doing?" Hotaru turned to look at the red haired boy who had asked the question. She leaned across the table toward him and motioned for him to come closer. He gave her a confused look but complied anyway.
"Look at her ears." Hotaru pointed at the wires that came out of the headphones that were currently occupying her ears. "She's listening to music, and it's turned up so loud that she can't hear anything else," Hotaru paused at their confused looks and answered their unspoken question, "She has her CD player set to work on magic instead of electricity. Just watch. It should be amusing."
*
Chibi Chibi stood in her own little world as she listened to a muggle group. She didn't even notice when Professor McGonagall walked over to her and began to call her name very loudly. She did notice when McGonagall reached out and pulled the headphones out of her ears. Chibi Chibi gave the teacher an irritated look. "What?"
"Get on the stool." McGonagall pointed at the stool as she grabbed the sixteen-year-old by the arm and pulled her over to it. Chibi Chibi yanked her arm away from the angry professor and daintily sat herself on the stool. Because of her hairdo the hat didn't fall over her eyes, but it would have looked less comical if it had.
'The troublemaker. Quite a little prankster, aren't you? Very original though, much like your father.' Chibi Chibi rolled her eyes.
'Look, I'm here so that you can place me in a house, not so you can critique my pranks.'
'Very well. I believe that you are best suited for-'
"Gryffindor!" Chibi Chibi yanked the hat off of her head, tossed it at McGonagall, put the headphones back in her ears and took a seat at the Gryffindor table, next to her sister.
*
Hotaru gave her sister an exasperated look, which went unnoticed as the younger girl began to eat in a rapid pace, which she had inherited from their mother, and bob her head slightly along with the music. Hotaru rolled her eyes and let out a loud sigh.
"So, are the two of you Professor Black's daughters?" Hotaru turned and saw a boy with messy black hair sitting across from her, and next to the boy with the red hair. She smiled shyly. She wasn't normally shy, but there was just something in his eyes that made her nervous.
"Yes. Hotaru Black, at your service," she held a hand out to the boy, who took it in his own and shook it.
"Harry Potter, and these are my friends, Ron and Hermione." Hotaru smiled, recognizing Ron as the red haired boy, and shook both of their hands before turning back toward Harry.
"Harry Potter, eh? I thought you looked familiar," she raised her hands in protest when he subconsciously reached up to touch his scar, "No, no it's not because of that. You look exactly like your father did when he was our age."
"People have told me that." Hotaru nodded and picked at her food. After a few minutes she looked up at Harry, who was half eating and half listening to Ron and Hermione talking.
"You know, if you want to know more about them, then you could always ask my mum. I'm sure that she wouldn't mind telling you." Harry looked up at her with a confused expression on his face.
"More about who?" Hotaru gathered her things and stood up.
"Your parents." She turned and walked out of the hall.
*
The next day was a Saturday and Usagi was a bit later getting up than normal. She reached over onto her bedside table for her memory stone. Her hand met wood and nothing else. She spent the next hour tearing her rooms apart in search of the priceless gem. For the second time in less than a week, she slammed open the door to the Great Hall, which was filled with students, and approached Dumbledore. "My memory stone is gone. I searched everywhere. I can't find it," she growled, fury evident in her voice.
"Try looking behind you." Dumbledore pointed over her shoulder. Usagi turned, and there, hanging in midair in the middle of the room was her stone. She turned and walked toward it, but was met by an invisible barrier that sent her hurled back, slamming to a halt against a table leg. She could barely contain a grunt of pain as the hard wood bit into her back. Out of the corner of her eye, she could see Draco Malfoy wave his wand at the memory stone, and then, using a wall as a screen, the images started.
***
Kristin: *hands out pieces of Super Duper Duct Tape to everyone who guess Chibi Chibi as the second daughter* I'm sorry that I didn't tell about Severus and Usagi just yet, but that will be in the next chapter. I promise. Also, after I do that, I will be doing a lot more of focusing on the characters. I really don't have much to go on for Chibi Chibi so I'm having to make pretty much all of it up. Please don't kill me if you don't like how she is turning out. Flames will only be used to amuse my pyromaniac mind.
Special Thanks to:
Shinigami: Everything will be reveal when Sirius shows up. But, that won't happen for a few more chapters.
Alexz
Booyaka: Don't worry about the chapter. I wanted it to be that length. If I didn't want it to then I wouldn't have done it. Neville does deserve some recognition so I gave him some. He is smart; he just doesn't remember things well.
solarmistress17
Silver Moon Goddess: Good. Now can you guess why Severus and Usagi are so close?
Sapphireskies
Death: Sirius won't be coming back for a bit. I haven't decided exactly how long I'm going to wait yet, but it won't be for at least another two or three chapters.
Za Kaze no Nisou
ShInImEgAmI
WindRider-Damia
Luna_the_lune: I like that idea, but I don't think that I will use it on Voldemort. Let's ee. Fudge or Crouch(did I spell that right? If not, would somebody tell me how to?), Fudge or Crouch.
AngelQueen: Great guess. I'm always open to suggestions. If I weren't then I wouldn't be a very good writer. If you mean that you want me to go into more depth about their personalities then I was already planning to do that in the next few chapters. Thanks for the suggestion though. Constructive criticism is always welcome.
Kage-Shadow-of-Darkness: I'm glad that it wasn't too mushy. I was afraid that it would be.
Autumn Ice: I think that this chapter answered your question.
sailorruss
ChibiChaos