That was Then, This is Now
Disclaimer: Why do I always have to write these stupid things? I know that I don't own them and you know that I don't own them. Even if I didn't put one up, what are the chances of somebody finding out who I am and then suing me?
Kristin:
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Chapter Eight
Chibi Chibi sat in the potion's classroom, with Draco breathing down her neck, while she tried her hardest to get the potion right. He had been tutoring her for a bit over two weeks and they were both getting on each other's nerves. The first session had actually gone fairly well, although all they had done was laid down a few base rules. Draco had demanded that Chibi Chibi treat him with respect, pay attention to what she was doing, and leave all dangerous or distracting means of entertainment in her dorm room. Chibi Chibi had only jokingly asked that Draco not fall in love with her 'no matter how hard it may seem'.
Things had gone downhill from there. Chibi Chibi was concentrating as much as she could on the potion, but when a sudden feeling of weakness possessed her, the bottle she had been holding fell to the ground and broke.
"You clumsy girl! Honestly, Black, how did you even manage to get this far in potions? Longbottom is probably better than you are!" Chibi Chibi gripped the edge of the table she had been working at so tightly that her fingers turned white.
"That is it! I've had enough of this, Malfoy," she picked up her things at whirled around toward Draco, "So I'm not that great at this. Do you honestly think that I don't already know that? I may not be the best student in this class, but it doesn't give you the right to treat me like this!" Draco smirked.
"Your incompetence has nothing to do with how I treat you. I treat you this way, because I'm better than you." Chibi Chibi's face flushed with anger.
"I'm a person Malfoy. I have feelings, just like everyone else! Of course, you wouldn't know anything about those, would you? You are such a self absorbed, arrogant git! You don't care at all if you hurt people, and when you do hurt people, you don't even seem to realize that you've done it. How can you be so heartless? I bet that you still believe that mum is angry at you because you invaded her privacy." The smirk on Draco's face faded, although he refused to allow his confusion to show.
"What other reason does she have for punishing me?" Chibi Chibi rolled her eyes and shook her head.
"In case you didn't notice, the things that were shown were, for the most part, fairly public. She was angry, because you brought up painful memories. You hurt her, Malfoy. You are so incredibly blind. I pity you. Did you even have a good reason for stealing the stone and showing everyone what was on it?" Draco's eyes narrowed.
"First of all, I found the stone. You might want to talk to your mum about getting a new chain for that thing. The one that it was on looked like it would brake at any moment. Second of all, I did have a good reason. Not that its any of your business, but she insulted my father. I don't care if what she said was true; he is still family." Chibi Chibi regarded him with calculating eyes.
"You still didn't have the right to hurt her that much," she whispered, before walking out of the room.
*
Harry stepped out of the DADA classroom and breathed a sigh of relief. It was getting increasingly difficult to get through that class without feeling guilty. Harry had spoken to Dumbledore about Sirius, but so far he hadn't been able to come. It was getting to the point where Harry couldn't look at Professor Black without seeing her the way that she had been in her office or sixteen years ago. He was halfway back to the common room, when Professor McGonagall stopped him. "Professor Dumbledore would like to have a word with you."
Harry nodded, and followed her to Dumbledore's office, where she spoke the password(chocolate frogs) and left him. Harry entered the headmaster's office and stopped short when he saw who was there. "Sirius!"
Sirius Black turned at the sound of his name, and smiled at his godson. "Hello Harry. I was just trying to get Dumbledore to tell me why I was needed here."
Harry looked at Dumbledore. "You didn't tell him?"
"I thought that it would be a nice surprise. Why don't you go show him why he's here," Dumbledore suggested. Harry nodded somewhat numbly.
"Um, sure. Come on Sirius. I think that you're going to like this."
*
Usagi slouched back in the chair behind her desk and ran her fingers through her hair. The tight braid had been bothering her, and so she had undone it. She sighed as she went through the stack of papers on her desk. Five more schools had been attacked in the last month. The results had not been very positive. One of the schools had no survivors left at all. A knock on her door snapped Usagi out of her daze. "Who is it?"
Harry popped his head into the room and waved at Usagi. "Can I come in, professor?" Usagi nodded at the teenager, and he entered the room with a large black dog, right behind him. Usagi's eyes widened. That dog was far too familiar. Harry took a step back when Sirius changed back into a human. Usagi's jaw dropped and all color drained from her face. Her lips moved silently as she desperately tried to regain her voice. Sirius slowly walked toward her, with a cautious look on his face. Usagi braced herself against her desk as she shakily got to her feet. Sirius studied her face as he came closer. "Usagi?"
The question was so soft that Usagi was barely able to hear it, but it was all that she needed to lead her back to reality. Suddenly, Usagi was crying and laughing at the same time, and stumbling over her robe hem, as she literally climbed over her desk, in attempt to get to Sirius sooner. Instead, her foot got tangled in her robe and tumbled on top of Sirius, whom had a hard time trying to stay upright. Usagi's sobs soon overcame her laughter and she laid her face against the Sirius' shoulder while he pressed kisses onto the top of her head. Neither noticed when Harry slipped out of the room. After several minutes, Usagi, managed to get herself under control, and she pulled herself just far enough back so that she could look up at Sirius. Sirius stared back at her. "Your hair and eyes are different."
Usagi smiled weakly. "My body tried to become Serenity."
"You didn't let it."
"How could I become a queen without my king," Usagi pushed a strand of hair out of Sirius' eyes, "They told me that you died."
"They told me that you believed I was guilty." A few tears silently slipped down Usagi's cheeks and Sirius gently brushed them away.
"Is that why you never came to see me?"
"How could I? I saw how Remus reacted when he first saw me again. I really would have died if I had seen the same thing on your face." Usagi choked back another sob.
"I never once, even for a moment, believed that you were guilty." Sirius looked down at her.
"How? How could you not think that I was guilty? There were times when I thought that I was guilty." Usagi smiled and cupped Sirius' cheek in the palm of her hand.
"If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.[1] That is how I could believe that you were innocent. Because I love you and I know that you would never do that." Sirius leaned down and kissed Usagi on the forehead.
"I am so incredibly lucky. You are the most incredible woman in the universe," a look of wonder covered Sirius' face, "And you're all mine."
"You also have two incredible daughters. Let's not forget them." Sirius' eyes widened even more.
"Two? I have two daughters?" Usagi laughed as she nodded.
"Yes, you have two daughters. Hotaru and Chibi Chibi. Chibi Chibi is exactly like you were when you were her age." Sirius chuckled.
"That bad, huh?"
"How long can you stay?" Sirius rested his forehead against his wife's.
"No longer than a week." Disappointment flickered across Usagi's face before she smiled mischievously.
"Well then, you will have plenty of time to meet the girls tomorrow. Will you allow me to be selfish for one night?" Sirius tightened his grip on Usagi's waist and closed the distance between their lips for a brief intense moment.
"Yes, but tomorrow I insist on meeting them." Usagi grinned.
"I love you, my Shinigami.[2]" Sirius smiled lovingly down at her.
"And I love you, my Tsuki no Tenshi.[3]" Usagi smiled widely, and with the smile still intact, led Sirius out of the door and toward her rooms.
*
Late that night, Usagi slipped into the school library and made her way to the ancient history section. She paused for a moment as she searched for the portion that held all accounts of myths, and slipped a book onto the shelf, when the portion was found. She smiled again to herself, and quietly retreated back toward her rooms, where Sirius was still fast asleep. In the library, the moon shone through the window at just the right angle to cause the book's engraved title to glow. It read 'The Silver Alliance'.
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[1] I did not, and I repeat NOT write anything from the quotation marks to the one in this. I found it in a book. If anyone can tell me what book it if from, then I will give them a piece of virtual chocolate. If not, then I will tell you in the next chapter.
[2] If you didn't know, Usagi is calling Sirius the god of death.
[3] Again, if you didn't know, Sirius is calling Usagi an angel of the moon.
Kristin: Well, there it is. The long awaited reunion. I really hope that it was good. In the next chapter there will be a family reunion of another kind, and some more info on Minako and Severus, as well as Chibi Chibi and Draco.
Special Thanks to:
Silver Moon Goddess
WindRider-Damia
Rona
Saturnpyroprincess
Sailorruss
Starfury3000
Solarmistress17
Luna_the_lune: Actually, I wasn't planning on them turning out like that at all. It just kind of happened. But I'm glad that you liked them. I wish that I could do that bubble thing too.
Lady Earth Goddess: Um.please don't kill me?
alexz
Disclaimer: Why do I always have to write these stupid things? I know that I don't own them and you know that I don't own them. Even if I didn't put one up, what are the chances of somebody finding out who I am and then suing me?
Kristin:
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Chapter Eight
Chibi Chibi sat in the potion's classroom, with Draco breathing down her neck, while she tried her hardest to get the potion right. He had been tutoring her for a bit over two weeks and they were both getting on each other's nerves. The first session had actually gone fairly well, although all they had done was laid down a few base rules. Draco had demanded that Chibi Chibi treat him with respect, pay attention to what she was doing, and leave all dangerous or distracting means of entertainment in her dorm room. Chibi Chibi had only jokingly asked that Draco not fall in love with her 'no matter how hard it may seem'.
Things had gone downhill from there. Chibi Chibi was concentrating as much as she could on the potion, but when a sudden feeling of weakness possessed her, the bottle she had been holding fell to the ground and broke.
"You clumsy girl! Honestly, Black, how did you even manage to get this far in potions? Longbottom is probably better than you are!" Chibi Chibi gripped the edge of the table she had been working at so tightly that her fingers turned white.
"That is it! I've had enough of this, Malfoy," she picked up her things at whirled around toward Draco, "So I'm not that great at this. Do you honestly think that I don't already know that? I may not be the best student in this class, but it doesn't give you the right to treat me like this!" Draco smirked.
"Your incompetence has nothing to do with how I treat you. I treat you this way, because I'm better than you." Chibi Chibi's face flushed with anger.
"I'm a person Malfoy. I have feelings, just like everyone else! Of course, you wouldn't know anything about those, would you? You are such a self absorbed, arrogant git! You don't care at all if you hurt people, and when you do hurt people, you don't even seem to realize that you've done it. How can you be so heartless? I bet that you still believe that mum is angry at you because you invaded her privacy." The smirk on Draco's face faded, although he refused to allow his confusion to show.
"What other reason does she have for punishing me?" Chibi Chibi rolled her eyes and shook her head.
"In case you didn't notice, the things that were shown were, for the most part, fairly public. She was angry, because you brought up painful memories. You hurt her, Malfoy. You are so incredibly blind. I pity you. Did you even have a good reason for stealing the stone and showing everyone what was on it?" Draco's eyes narrowed.
"First of all, I found the stone. You might want to talk to your mum about getting a new chain for that thing. The one that it was on looked like it would brake at any moment. Second of all, I did have a good reason. Not that its any of your business, but she insulted my father. I don't care if what she said was true; he is still family." Chibi Chibi regarded him with calculating eyes.
"You still didn't have the right to hurt her that much," she whispered, before walking out of the room.
*
Harry stepped out of the DADA classroom and breathed a sigh of relief. It was getting increasingly difficult to get through that class without feeling guilty. Harry had spoken to Dumbledore about Sirius, but so far he hadn't been able to come. It was getting to the point where Harry couldn't look at Professor Black without seeing her the way that she had been in her office or sixteen years ago. He was halfway back to the common room, when Professor McGonagall stopped him. "Professor Dumbledore would like to have a word with you."
Harry nodded, and followed her to Dumbledore's office, where she spoke the password(chocolate frogs) and left him. Harry entered the headmaster's office and stopped short when he saw who was there. "Sirius!"
Sirius Black turned at the sound of his name, and smiled at his godson. "Hello Harry. I was just trying to get Dumbledore to tell me why I was needed here."
Harry looked at Dumbledore. "You didn't tell him?"
"I thought that it would be a nice surprise. Why don't you go show him why he's here," Dumbledore suggested. Harry nodded somewhat numbly.
"Um, sure. Come on Sirius. I think that you're going to like this."
*
Usagi slouched back in the chair behind her desk and ran her fingers through her hair. The tight braid had been bothering her, and so she had undone it. She sighed as she went through the stack of papers on her desk. Five more schools had been attacked in the last month. The results had not been very positive. One of the schools had no survivors left at all. A knock on her door snapped Usagi out of her daze. "Who is it?"
Harry popped his head into the room and waved at Usagi. "Can I come in, professor?" Usagi nodded at the teenager, and he entered the room with a large black dog, right behind him. Usagi's eyes widened. That dog was far too familiar. Harry took a step back when Sirius changed back into a human. Usagi's jaw dropped and all color drained from her face. Her lips moved silently as she desperately tried to regain her voice. Sirius slowly walked toward her, with a cautious look on his face. Usagi braced herself against her desk as she shakily got to her feet. Sirius studied her face as he came closer. "Usagi?"
The question was so soft that Usagi was barely able to hear it, but it was all that she needed to lead her back to reality. Suddenly, Usagi was crying and laughing at the same time, and stumbling over her robe hem, as she literally climbed over her desk, in attempt to get to Sirius sooner. Instead, her foot got tangled in her robe and tumbled on top of Sirius, whom had a hard time trying to stay upright. Usagi's sobs soon overcame her laughter and she laid her face against the Sirius' shoulder while he pressed kisses onto the top of her head. Neither noticed when Harry slipped out of the room. After several minutes, Usagi, managed to get herself under control, and she pulled herself just far enough back so that she could look up at Sirius. Sirius stared back at her. "Your hair and eyes are different."
Usagi smiled weakly. "My body tried to become Serenity."
"You didn't let it."
"How could I become a queen without my king," Usagi pushed a strand of hair out of Sirius' eyes, "They told me that you died."
"They told me that you believed I was guilty." A few tears silently slipped down Usagi's cheeks and Sirius gently brushed them away.
"Is that why you never came to see me?"
"How could I? I saw how Remus reacted when he first saw me again. I really would have died if I had seen the same thing on your face." Usagi choked back another sob.
"I never once, even for a moment, believed that you were guilty." Sirius looked down at her.
"How? How could you not think that I was guilty? There were times when I thought that I was guilty." Usagi smiled and cupped Sirius' cheek in the palm of her hand.
"If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.[1] That is how I could believe that you were innocent. Because I love you and I know that you would never do that." Sirius leaned down and kissed Usagi on the forehead.
"I am so incredibly lucky. You are the most incredible woman in the universe," a look of wonder covered Sirius' face, "And you're all mine."
"You also have two incredible daughters. Let's not forget them." Sirius' eyes widened even more.
"Two? I have two daughters?" Usagi laughed as she nodded.
"Yes, you have two daughters. Hotaru and Chibi Chibi. Chibi Chibi is exactly like you were when you were her age." Sirius chuckled.
"That bad, huh?"
"How long can you stay?" Sirius rested his forehead against his wife's.
"No longer than a week." Disappointment flickered across Usagi's face before she smiled mischievously.
"Well then, you will have plenty of time to meet the girls tomorrow. Will you allow me to be selfish for one night?" Sirius tightened his grip on Usagi's waist and closed the distance between their lips for a brief intense moment.
"Yes, but tomorrow I insist on meeting them." Usagi grinned.
"I love you, my Shinigami.[2]" Sirius smiled lovingly down at her.
"And I love you, my Tsuki no Tenshi.[3]" Usagi smiled widely, and with the smile still intact, led Sirius out of the door and toward her rooms.
*
Late that night, Usagi slipped into the school library and made her way to the ancient history section. She paused for a moment as she searched for the portion that held all accounts of myths, and slipped a book onto the shelf, when the portion was found. She smiled again to herself, and quietly retreated back toward her rooms, where Sirius was still fast asleep. In the library, the moon shone through the window at just the right angle to cause the book's engraved title to glow. It read 'The Silver Alliance'.
***
[1] I did not, and I repeat NOT write anything from the quotation marks to the one in this. I found it in a book. If anyone can tell me what book it if from, then I will give them a piece of virtual chocolate. If not, then I will tell you in the next chapter.
[2] If you didn't know, Usagi is calling Sirius the god of death.
[3] Again, if you didn't know, Sirius is calling Usagi an angel of the moon.
Kristin: Well, there it is. The long awaited reunion. I really hope that it was good. In the next chapter there will be a family reunion of another kind, and some more info on Minako and Severus, as well as Chibi Chibi and Draco.
Special Thanks to:
Silver Moon Goddess
WindRider-Damia
Rona
Saturnpyroprincess
Sailorruss
Starfury3000
Solarmistress17
Luna_the_lune: Actually, I wasn't planning on them turning out like that at all. It just kind of happened. But I'm glad that you liked them. I wish that I could do that bubble thing too.
Lady Earth Goddess: Um.please don't kill me?
alexz