That was Then, This is Now
Disclaimer: Contrary to popular belief...I do not own Sailor Moon or Harry Potter. *wipes away a tear* I know. It hurts me too.
Kristin: *stares at the readers with a dumbfounded look on her face* ...wow. Talk about hostility toward Draco. I'm starting to doubt whether or not I should continue with my original plans for him. I get the feeling that you would kill me if I did.
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Chapter Five
Usagi pushed herself up onto her knees as the blurry image sharpened into a younger version of her own face. "No," was all she could get out before it began.
*
A much younger Usagi smiled at the memory stone. Her hair was still a bright gold, and her eyes were the same brilliant blue as Chibi Chibi's instead of silver and dark blue speckled with silver. "Okay, all set. Invisible and set to follow me around," she mumbled under her breath and smiled wider as she introduced herself, "Hi. I'm Usagi. Now Rei made me this great memory stone for my last birthday, but I haven't had a reason to use it until now," her smiled faded into a sad look, "It's Rei's last day here at Hogwarts. Her parents were just killed by Death Eaters and her grandfather wants her with him at the family shrine in Japan. I'm really going to miss her, but I figure, what better way to remember her than to capture her last day here on the very memory stone that she made me? I had better get down to the common room, before somebody comes up to get me." Usagi made her over to the door and down the stairs with a spring in her step that the older version lacked.
A younger Professor Hino looked up from her position in a younger Remus Lupin's lap. "Can't you ever be on time for anything? You're fifteen minutes late." Lily Potter, at that time Evans, stepped into view and hit the fiery priestess over the head.
"Honesty, could you two at least try to get along?" Usagi sank into a chair and smirked at Rei.
"I've been trying to get along with her since our first year; during which, may I add, she labeled me as a demon, and attacked me. Pyro just needs to learn patience and maturity." The look on Rei's face was one of complete disbelief.
"Me!? I," she began as she pointed at herself and jumped from a disappointed Remus' lap, "am not the lazy, clumsy, slob with dumplings on her head!" Usagi leaned further back into her seat and smiled serenely at her irate friend.
"No, you're not. But, where as I stopped wailing every time you insulted me in our fourth year, you still get ridiculously angry when I call you pyro, Pyro." As if to prove Usagi's point, Rei swelled with anger, until Remus grabbed her shoulder and pointed her toward the door.
"Come on. Everyone is waiting for us down in the Great Hall." Remus gently began to push Rei out of the room, while Usagi held her hands out to Lily, who grasped them firmly and pulled her friend up to her feet. The trip to the Great Hall was uneventful and after a time, they finally reached it. They approached an already crowded table and carefully took their seats, so as not to hurt anyone else at the table with wayward elbows or knees. Usagi dropped down next to an untroubled looking Sirius Black, Lily took her place beside James Potter, and Rei and Remus forced a younger Professor Aino to one side, Peter to the other and sat in the space provided. Usagi smiled at everybody at the table as she piled her plate with food, before turning to Sirius.
"So, what have you been up to? You have that guilty gleam in your eyes again, Sirius." She inhaled a bit of her food while the rest of Sirius' face also got a guilty look. "Well?" He shrugged nonchalantly.
"It was nothing. Just a harmless prank on a Slitherin." Usagi was on her feet in less than a second, suddenly looking more like her older self, and startling the students into remembering that the cheerful girl they were watching would become their constantly angry DADA teacher.
"Sirius, you didn't," the almost sheepish look on Sirius' face proved that he had indeed 'done it', "Sirius, I can't believe you! You promised me that you would leave Severs alone. If you're going to pull pranks on people then you could at least do it to somebody who deserves it, like Malfoy!" The table watched in amusement as the mightily Sirius cowered in front of the comparatively tiny Usagi. "What did you do to him," her voice was dangerously low and it was all Sirius could do to point over her shoulder at the approaching Severus Snape.
Usagi looked and couldn't keep her jaw from dropping in shock. His black hair was a horrendous shade of neon pink. The entire table burst out laughing, with the exception of Usagi, who was looking at Sirius with a murderous gleam in her eye, and Minako, who had looked away with a slightly hurt expression on her face. "Sirius Black, if his hair isn't black again in the next three seconds I will make the rest of your life a living hell." Severs instantly had black hair again. Far from satisfied, Usagi turned back toward Sirius. "Well, don't you have anything to say for yourself?"
"Sorry?" Sirius shrank back even more under Usagi's now murderous gaze, while Severus and the table once again watched on with amusement. Judging by the lack of interference, it seemed as though this type of thing happened often.
"You're sorry? You ridicules bloke. You bloody git! You insufferable bastard!! I'll show you sorry!"
At this point James broke into the argument, although from the look on his face it appeared as though he was simply pondering out loud and not giving what he said much thought. "You know Usagi, if you keep yelling at him like that, I doubt that he will ever realize that you've had a crush on him since third year. Oh bloody hell. I just said that out loud, didn't I?" A single look at Sirius' shocked face and Usagi's pained betrayed one confirmed that he had. And if that hadn't then Usagi's drink splashing in his face certainly did.
"I trusted you James. How could you?" She slammed her glass down onto the table, and fled from the room with tears streaming down her face. She didn't stop running until she had reached her dorm room, where she fell onto a chair, half on the chair and half on the floor. Her sobs became heart wrenchingly painful to witness.
A few minutes passed before another person came into view. It was Severus. "Usagi?" When he didn't get a response, Severus lifted the petite girl from the chair, sat down in it and pulled her into his lap. Her back was pressed closely against his chest, his arms were wrapped around her waist in a tight hug and her hands covered his, and her head was turned so that she could cry on his shoulder. Severus tried again, "Usa?"
"He'll hate me now, Sev. I know that he will."
"He won't hate you. If anything, I think that he looked happy when Potter made that slip-up." Usagi looked up slightly so that she could see Severus' face.
"Really?" Severus smiled and hugged her tighter.
"Really. As much as I hate to think about you with him, I have never seen him look at anyone the way that he looks at you. And the same goes for the way that you look at him. Just wait and see, Usa. This could turn out to be the best thing that has ever happened to you." Usagi's tears slowed to a stop and a small smile appeared. She turned so that her shoulder was pressed against his chest, and pressed her forehead against the crook of his neck.
"Thank you, Sev. What would I do without you?" A tired smile spread across his face.
"You would have killed yourself when we were five and you decided you could fly without a broomstick.
"Sev?"
"Hm?"
"You won't ever leave me, will you," she looked up at Severus, "We'll be together forever and always, right?"
"Forever and always," Severus leaned over and kissed the top of Usagi's head, "I promise."
"Good." Usagi yawned loudly and snuggled against Severus. "I love you Sev."
Severus smiled again and laid his head down on top of hers. "I love you too, little one."
Usagi frowned, worn out from crying and half asleep, batted lightly at Severus' arm. "No fair. I'm five minutes older. I have seniority. You shouldn't be able to call me that."
Severus laughed, "It could be worse. I could be walking around calling you my 'ickle sister'."
Usagi pouted and slapped at Severus again before falling asleep. The sleeve of his robe had been pushed up slightly, and on his wrist a golden crescent moon flashed for a fraction of a second. Severus watched her for a few moments before, very carefully, picking her up and setting her on her bed. He pulled a blanket from the bottom of the bed and draped it over her before leaning down and kissing her on the forehead. He smiled again and then walked over to the door. Just before he closed the door, Severus looked back into the room and said, "I won't ever let anything hurt you. I promise that too."
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The scene changed; this time it was a court room. The stone focused on Usagi, who now looked older, although her hair was still gold, and very pregnant. She was sitting on a bench, staring in front of her with tears rolling down her unnaturally pale face. In the front of the room a haggard, yet still defiant looking Sirius was being dragged to his feet and toward the door. He stopped and stood up straight, walking with his head held high. They had nearly reached the door when Usagi leapt to her feet with a wordless wail. She tried to run forward, but was held back by Minako and Rei, who had been sitting on either side of her.
The two men who had been leading Sirius paused and Sirius turned his head to look at Usagi. He managed to small at her and mouthed the word 'I love you' before turning and allowing himself to be led further from his distraught wife.
They had nearly reached the door when Usagi suddenly began to glow silver. It began slowly at first, just little silver wisps of light swirling around her, led by an unseen wind. Soon the silver was becoming unbearably bright and it was all Minako and Rei could do to keep from being blown away by the wind. Sirius and his two escorts stepped out the door, and with one final scream and a blinding flash of light, Usagi fell to her knees. She braced herself on the floor with her hands and slowly looked up. Once golden hair was now a brilliant silver, and her bright cerulean eyes were now a dark navy, but what stood out the most was the upturned golden crescent moon on her forehead. Rei knelt by her princess and held her as the lunarian royal insignia faded. Minako took a step back to give the two some space. Rei turned Usagi's face toward her. "Usagi? Or should I say Serenity?"
"Usagi. I refuse to fully become Serenity until Sirius is returned to me," as if to prove her point the crescent moon fully disappeared. Usagi's eyes narrowed and darkened in anger, "I will make them all pay. I will watch in delight as their miserable bodies writhe in agony on the floor. If I have to wait ten thousand years and am left with only their descendants I will make them feel the same pain that they put me through. I swear I will. Selene will not look kindly on those who hurt her most favored child. By the moon, they will pay."
Minako knelt beside her friends. "Then we will help you." Usagi looked at the door that her husband had disappeared through and smiled cruelly.
"Thank you." Usagi allowed herself to be pulled to her feet by her two friends. Gone forever was the cheerful child who had once lived in Usagi, now all that was left was an angry woman, hell bent on revenge.
*
Usagi stood as the last image faded and the memory stone fell to the ground. Her entire body was shaking with fury. She turned toward Draco and very slowly walked over to him. Draco took a step back when Usagi locked her gaze with his. Her eyes were a frightening mixture of silent anger and tears, which she appeared barely able to keep in check. He suddenly understood his father's warning to tread softly around the seemingly harmless woman. This woman had killed before and he had no doubt that she would kill again if she deemed it worthy. She was now standing directly in front of him and Draco was finding it increasingly difficult to breath.
When she spoke, her voice was barely above a whisper, but the malice in it chilled him more than screaming would have. "Two hundred points from Slytherin, and detention four nights a week with Filch for the rest of the year," Usagi grabbed the front of Draco's robe and pulled him down so that they were eye to eye, "And if you ever do anything like that again, I swear that I will personally rip your heart out with my bare hands. Understood?"
Draco nodded and with one more hate filled glare, Usagi turned and slowly left the room. As she left the room, Draco's knees gave out and he fell to the floor. Professor Aino stood and walked to where the memory stone still laid. She leaned over, picked it up and then left through the same door as her friend and princess had.
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Kristin: Well? What do you guys think? Does it explain a few things? Will I ever stop asking these questions?
Special thanks to:
Twilight's revenge
Sailor Millenia
The Future Queen
tenshi_chikyuu
sailorruss
solarmistress17
Silver Moon Goddess: *hands her a piece of Super Duper Duct Tape* Good job on figuring it out.
Luna_the_lune: They don't dislike their mother; they just don't really know her. They will talk more about it in the next chapter. They do love her though.
Alexz
Hilary: But I don't want to kill Draco. He is one of my favorite characters in Harry Potter.
Shinigami: If I did something like that at my school, then I would get expelled.
AngelQueen: I have decided to put some stuff in on Snape and Minako in the next chapter, just for you. Be overjoyed by this great honor.
Booyaka: I don't know if I will make Chibi Chibi play a prank on Draco in particular. She is going to act like the next generation of marauders should though. Pranks and silliness galore!
Disclaimer: Contrary to popular belief...I do not own Sailor Moon or Harry Potter. *wipes away a tear* I know. It hurts me too.
Kristin: *stares at the readers with a dumbfounded look on her face* ...wow. Talk about hostility toward Draco. I'm starting to doubt whether or not I should continue with my original plans for him. I get the feeling that you would kill me if I did.
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Chapter Five
Usagi pushed herself up onto her knees as the blurry image sharpened into a younger version of her own face. "No," was all she could get out before it began.
*
A much younger Usagi smiled at the memory stone. Her hair was still a bright gold, and her eyes were the same brilliant blue as Chibi Chibi's instead of silver and dark blue speckled with silver. "Okay, all set. Invisible and set to follow me around," she mumbled under her breath and smiled wider as she introduced herself, "Hi. I'm Usagi. Now Rei made me this great memory stone for my last birthday, but I haven't had a reason to use it until now," her smiled faded into a sad look, "It's Rei's last day here at Hogwarts. Her parents were just killed by Death Eaters and her grandfather wants her with him at the family shrine in Japan. I'm really going to miss her, but I figure, what better way to remember her than to capture her last day here on the very memory stone that she made me? I had better get down to the common room, before somebody comes up to get me." Usagi made her over to the door and down the stairs with a spring in her step that the older version lacked.
A younger Professor Hino looked up from her position in a younger Remus Lupin's lap. "Can't you ever be on time for anything? You're fifteen minutes late." Lily Potter, at that time Evans, stepped into view and hit the fiery priestess over the head.
"Honesty, could you two at least try to get along?" Usagi sank into a chair and smirked at Rei.
"I've been trying to get along with her since our first year; during which, may I add, she labeled me as a demon, and attacked me. Pyro just needs to learn patience and maturity." The look on Rei's face was one of complete disbelief.
"Me!? I," she began as she pointed at herself and jumped from a disappointed Remus' lap, "am not the lazy, clumsy, slob with dumplings on her head!" Usagi leaned further back into her seat and smiled serenely at her irate friend.
"No, you're not. But, where as I stopped wailing every time you insulted me in our fourth year, you still get ridiculously angry when I call you pyro, Pyro." As if to prove Usagi's point, Rei swelled with anger, until Remus grabbed her shoulder and pointed her toward the door.
"Come on. Everyone is waiting for us down in the Great Hall." Remus gently began to push Rei out of the room, while Usagi held her hands out to Lily, who grasped them firmly and pulled her friend up to her feet. The trip to the Great Hall was uneventful and after a time, they finally reached it. They approached an already crowded table and carefully took their seats, so as not to hurt anyone else at the table with wayward elbows or knees. Usagi dropped down next to an untroubled looking Sirius Black, Lily took her place beside James Potter, and Rei and Remus forced a younger Professor Aino to one side, Peter to the other and sat in the space provided. Usagi smiled at everybody at the table as she piled her plate with food, before turning to Sirius.
"So, what have you been up to? You have that guilty gleam in your eyes again, Sirius." She inhaled a bit of her food while the rest of Sirius' face also got a guilty look. "Well?" He shrugged nonchalantly.
"It was nothing. Just a harmless prank on a Slitherin." Usagi was on her feet in less than a second, suddenly looking more like her older self, and startling the students into remembering that the cheerful girl they were watching would become their constantly angry DADA teacher.
"Sirius, you didn't," the almost sheepish look on Sirius' face proved that he had indeed 'done it', "Sirius, I can't believe you! You promised me that you would leave Severs alone. If you're going to pull pranks on people then you could at least do it to somebody who deserves it, like Malfoy!" The table watched in amusement as the mightily Sirius cowered in front of the comparatively tiny Usagi. "What did you do to him," her voice was dangerously low and it was all Sirius could do to point over her shoulder at the approaching Severus Snape.
Usagi looked and couldn't keep her jaw from dropping in shock. His black hair was a horrendous shade of neon pink. The entire table burst out laughing, with the exception of Usagi, who was looking at Sirius with a murderous gleam in her eye, and Minako, who had looked away with a slightly hurt expression on her face. "Sirius Black, if his hair isn't black again in the next three seconds I will make the rest of your life a living hell." Severs instantly had black hair again. Far from satisfied, Usagi turned back toward Sirius. "Well, don't you have anything to say for yourself?"
"Sorry?" Sirius shrank back even more under Usagi's now murderous gaze, while Severus and the table once again watched on with amusement. Judging by the lack of interference, it seemed as though this type of thing happened often.
"You're sorry? You ridicules bloke. You bloody git! You insufferable bastard!! I'll show you sorry!"
At this point James broke into the argument, although from the look on his face it appeared as though he was simply pondering out loud and not giving what he said much thought. "You know Usagi, if you keep yelling at him like that, I doubt that he will ever realize that you've had a crush on him since third year. Oh bloody hell. I just said that out loud, didn't I?" A single look at Sirius' shocked face and Usagi's pained betrayed one confirmed that he had. And if that hadn't then Usagi's drink splashing in his face certainly did.
"I trusted you James. How could you?" She slammed her glass down onto the table, and fled from the room with tears streaming down her face. She didn't stop running until she had reached her dorm room, where she fell onto a chair, half on the chair and half on the floor. Her sobs became heart wrenchingly painful to witness.
A few minutes passed before another person came into view. It was Severus. "Usagi?" When he didn't get a response, Severus lifted the petite girl from the chair, sat down in it and pulled her into his lap. Her back was pressed closely against his chest, his arms were wrapped around her waist in a tight hug and her hands covered his, and her head was turned so that she could cry on his shoulder. Severus tried again, "Usa?"
"He'll hate me now, Sev. I know that he will."
"He won't hate you. If anything, I think that he looked happy when Potter made that slip-up." Usagi looked up slightly so that she could see Severus' face.
"Really?" Severus smiled and hugged her tighter.
"Really. As much as I hate to think about you with him, I have never seen him look at anyone the way that he looks at you. And the same goes for the way that you look at him. Just wait and see, Usa. This could turn out to be the best thing that has ever happened to you." Usagi's tears slowed to a stop and a small smile appeared. She turned so that her shoulder was pressed against his chest, and pressed her forehead against the crook of his neck.
"Thank you, Sev. What would I do without you?" A tired smile spread across his face.
"You would have killed yourself when we were five and you decided you could fly without a broomstick.
"Sev?"
"Hm?"
"You won't ever leave me, will you," she looked up at Severus, "We'll be together forever and always, right?"
"Forever and always," Severus leaned over and kissed the top of Usagi's head, "I promise."
"Good." Usagi yawned loudly and snuggled against Severus. "I love you Sev."
Severus smiled again and laid his head down on top of hers. "I love you too, little one."
Usagi frowned, worn out from crying and half asleep, batted lightly at Severus' arm. "No fair. I'm five minutes older. I have seniority. You shouldn't be able to call me that."
Severus laughed, "It could be worse. I could be walking around calling you my 'ickle sister'."
Usagi pouted and slapped at Severus again before falling asleep. The sleeve of his robe had been pushed up slightly, and on his wrist a golden crescent moon flashed for a fraction of a second. Severus watched her for a few moments before, very carefully, picking her up and setting her on her bed. He pulled a blanket from the bottom of the bed and draped it over her before leaning down and kissing her on the forehead. He smiled again and then walked over to the door. Just before he closed the door, Severus looked back into the room and said, "I won't ever let anything hurt you. I promise that too."
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The scene changed; this time it was a court room. The stone focused on Usagi, who now looked older, although her hair was still gold, and very pregnant. She was sitting on a bench, staring in front of her with tears rolling down her unnaturally pale face. In the front of the room a haggard, yet still defiant looking Sirius was being dragged to his feet and toward the door. He stopped and stood up straight, walking with his head held high. They had nearly reached the door when Usagi leapt to her feet with a wordless wail. She tried to run forward, but was held back by Minako and Rei, who had been sitting on either side of her.
The two men who had been leading Sirius paused and Sirius turned his head to look at Usagi. He managed to small at her and mouthed the word 'I love you' before turning and allowing himself to be led further from his distraught wife.
They had nearly reached the door when Usagi suddenly began to glow silver. It began slowly at first, just little silver wisps of light swirling around her, led by an unseen wind. Soon the silver was becoming unbearably bright and it was all Minako and Rei could do to keep from being blown away by the wind. Sirius and his two escorts stepped out the door, and with one final scream and a blinding flash of light, Usagi fell to her knees. She braced herself on the floor with her hands and slowly looked up. Once golden hair was now a brilliant silver, and her bright cerulean eyes were now a dark navy, but what stood out the most was the upturned golden crescent moon on her forehead. Rei knelt by her princess and held her as the lunarian royal insignia faded. Minako took a step back to give the two some space. Rei turned Usagi's face toward her. "Usagi? Or should I say Serenity?"
"Usagi. I refuse to fully become Serenity until Sirius is returned to me," as if to prove her point the crescent moon fully disappeared. Usagi's eyes narrowed and darkened in anger, "I will make them all pay. I will watch in delight as their miserable bodies writhe in agony on the floor. If I have to wait ten thousand years and am left with only their descendants I will make them feel the same pain that they put me through. I swear I will. Selene will not look kindly on those who hurt her most favored child. By the moon, they will pay."
Minako knelt beside her friends. "Then we will help you." Usagi looked at the door that her husband had disappeared through and smiled cruelly.
"Thank you." Usagi allowed herself to be pulled to her feet by her two friends. Gone forever was the cheerful child who had once lived in Usagi, now all that was left was an angry woman, hell bent on revenge.
*
Usagi stood as the last image faded and the memory stone fell to the ground. Her entire body was shaking with fury. She turned toward Draco and very slowly walked over to him. Draco took a step back when Usagi locked her gaze with his. Her eyes were a frightening mixture of silent anger and tears, which she appeared barely able to keep in check. He suddenly understood his father's warning to tread softly around the seemingly harmless woman. This woman had killed before and he had no doubt that she would kill again if she deemed it worthy. She was now standing directly in front of him and Draco was finding it increasingly difficult to breath.
When she spoke, her voice was barely above a whisper, but the malice in it chilled him more than screaming would have. "Two hundred points from Slytherin, and detention four nights a week with Filch for the rest of the year," Usagi grabbed the front of Draco's robe and pulled him down so that they were eye to eye, "And if you ever do anything like that again, I swear that I will personally rip your heart out with my bare hands. Understood?"
Draco nodded and with one more hate filled glare, Usagi turned and slowly left the room. As she left the room, Draco's knees gave out and he fell to the floor. Professor Aino stood and walked to where the memory stone still laid. She leaned over, picked it up and then left through the same door as her friend and princess had.
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Kristin: Well? What do you guys think? Does it explain a few things? Will I ever stop asking these questions?
Special thanks to:
Twilight's revenge
Sailor Millenia
The Future Queen
tenshi_chikyuu
sailorruss
solarmistress17
Silver Moon Goddess: *hands her a piece of Super Duper Duct Tape* Good job on figuring it out.
Luna_the_lune: They don't dislike their mother; they just don't really know her. They will talk more about it in the next chapter. They do love her though.
Alexz
Hilary: But I don't want to kill Draco. He is one of my favorite characters in Harry Potter.
Shinigami: If I did something like that at my school, then I would get expelled.
AngelQueen: I have decided to put some stuff in on Snape and Minako in the next chapter, just for you. Be overjoyed by this great honor.
Booyaka: I don't know if I will make Chibi Chibi play a prank on Draco in particular. She is going to act like the next generation of marauders should though. Pranks and silliness galore!