That was Then, This is Now
Disclaimer: *Bob, Kristin's muse for those who don't remember, steps out of the shadow's with a piece of paper in hand.* Kristin is currently recovering from her last disclaimer, and so she is not here to tell you that the characters don't belong to her.
Kristin: Hi everybody! I bet that you are all wondering what the hell is going on with Chibi Chibi. If the plot line in my head is correct, then you will find out exactly what it is in the chapter after the next one. If not, then it will be in the chapter after that one. In the mean time, don't ask, cause I'm not telling.
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Chapter Ten
Hotaru walked into her mother's rooms, where Usagi was pacing in frustration, and Sirius was sitting with his head in his hands. They both looked up when Hotaru entered. "Well, where is she," Usagi asked.
"She is in her dorm room, refusing to believe that we have a father." Usagi massaged her temples.
"I've talked to her about doing things like this. She keeps pushing people away, and we aren't even certain how things will turn out yet. For all we know, the tests could come back positive," Usagi ranted as she paced around the room some more. Hotaru sank next to her father on the couch.
"Yes, mum, and they could come back negative. She's scared, plain and simple. Chibi Chibi doesn't want to hurt anyone, any more than she has to," Hotaru turned toward her father and took his hand in hers, "Please, just give her more time. Once the results come back, either way she will be back to acting like herself. I'm sure of it.
***
Late that night, Usagi slipped out of her bed, and walked to the window. The full moon hung heavy in the sky, almost at the point that indicated midnight. Usagi smiled slightly. Perfect. She paused for a moment by the bed to gaze at her husband's face, before she swung a cloak around her shoulders and left the room. Mere minutes found her deep inside of the Forbidden Forest. The trees suddenly opened up into a clearing, directly in the middle of the forest. In the center of the clearing, stood the ruins of a temple. Usagi entered the remains of the holy building, and knelt before the alter, head bowed and eyes softly closed. A moonbeam filtered into the room, through a crack in the ceiling, illuminating Usagi, and the small circle that surrounded her. Usagi tilted her head back and let the moonlight bathe her face. "I'm ready," she whispered, and then vanished from her spot on the floor.
Usagi reappeared in a large, white circular room, with a dome shaped ceiling. In the middle of the room was a beautifully carved, marble pedestal. Over the pedestal floated the silver crystal. Behind the pedestal, three women looked down at Usagi from a platform where they sat on thrones, carved from gold, silver, and ivory. The woman who sat in the middle beckoned for Usagi to come closer. Usagi walked across the room, and knelt before the women. Selene, the woman in the middle, stood and descended from the platform. "You may rise, Serenity. Why have you come?"
Usagi stood, and looked from her great-grandmother, to her grandmother, who sat on the right, and to her mother, who sat on the left. "I'm ready to gain my full powers." Her grandmother, Selenity, smiled and nodded.
"Why have you waited so long to come into your power, child?" Usagi looked up at the stately woman.
"I didn't want the responsibility, and I wanted the people to suffer for what they had done for me. I know now that I was just as wrong as them, but I am willing to admit my mistakes and make up for them." Usagi's eyes sought out her mother's. Serenity smiled kindly at her daughter, descended the platform, and crossed over to the pedestal. Selene returned to her seat with a weary grin, which seemed out of place on her elegant face.
Serenity motioned for Usagi to stand across from her at the pedestal. Serenity reached across the surface of the pedestal, and grasped her daughter's hands. She closed Usagi's hands over the silver crystal and covered them with her own hands. Serenity began to glow softly, and the light seemed to drain down to her hands. Usagi gasped as her mother's light spread, and her power filled Usagi. Serenity released Usagi's hands and took a step back. "You have your full powers now, my child. There is nothing left to be done here," She smiled kindly at her daughter again, before pulling her into a tight hug, "This will be the last time that you will be allowed to see me, until you become immortal. Give your brother my love, and stay out of trouble."
Usagi pulled away from her mother. "I will," she said and disappeared.
***
The next day, during Divination, Hotaru watched in amusement as Trelawney and Rei argued over Harry's fate. Rei insisted that he would live to an old age, and be generally happy, while Trelawney insisted that he would die tragically the next day. Hotaru stopped in mid-chuckle when the room blurred. She blinked, and the room disappeared, leaving her in a bright expansion of light. She squinted and at the edge of the light, a dark shadow appeared, slowly moving closer to her. As it moved closer, Hotaru became aware of the screams of terror and pain that came from it. In the back of her mind, Hotaru could hear somebody calling her name frantically, before another voice told it to be quiet. She pushed the two voices out of her mind, and focused on the shadow.
Hotaru could feel the evil power that was now coursing the space around her, and could feel Mistress 9 trying to respond to it. She was beginning to lose control and closed her eyes as she desperately tried to fight it when she heard her name being called again, this time much clearer. Her eyes snapped open, and in front of her stood Harry. The shadow was advancing on him, intending to make him one more of its numerous victims. Mistress 9 was forcefully shoved into the recesses of her soul as the sign of Saturn appeared on Hotaru's brow. Before Hotaru could reach Harry, a brilliant light consumed the shadow, and it disappeared.
Suddenly she was back in the smoky Divination room, with Rei and Trelawney standing in front of her, the former looking worried and the latter looking delighted. Hotaru's knees nearly gave out, and the only things keeping her standing were a pair of hands that had a firm grip on her forearms. She weakly looked behind her, and saw Harry, staring down at her with a mixture of worry and terror. Then, Rei, was pushing her back into her seat, which Hotaru could remember getting out of, and handing her a cup of tea to drink. "What did you see, Hotaru?"
Hotaru sipped at her tea for a moment to delay answering. "An unstoppable force is headed toward Hogwarts. It's coming for Harry," Hotaru continued before Trelawney could voice her thoughts, "But, something destroyed it. I have no idea what it was. All I know is that I have never seen anything so powerful before, save once, and I thought that power was gone forever."
Rei nodded in understanding, while the rest of the occupants of the class looked on in confusion.
***
Draco sat in the Potions classroom for Chibi Chibi to come for their study session. She had seemed so happy when he had given her the necklace. The necklace. Draco had no idea what had possessed him to get her that necklace. It was more expensive than anything he had spent on anybody, save himself. And that said nothing about the trouble he had gone through to get it in such short notice. He had put the order through to his family's personal jeweler on the evening after their last fight. He had paid more than double what it was worth to get it.
"Malfoy." Draco's head snapped toward the door, where Chibi Chibi stood. She was wearing the necklace like she was born to wear fine jewels. Draco smirked. Perhaps she was. Chibi Chibi walked into the room, weighed down with her equipment for the lesson and they got to work. If either of them noticed the lack of arguments, then they didn't say anything about it. After two hours they were both beginning to feel a little edgy, and Draco decided that it would be a good time to stop for the day. Chibi Chibi rose from her chair, and began packing her things. Draco watched her and made a snap decision.
"Black?" Chibi Chibi looked up from her things at him and nodded for him to continue. "I was just thinking, and wouldn't it be easier for the two of us to work together if we weren't always on each other's nerves?" Chibi Chibi let out a short laugh.
"Of course it would be easier, Malfoy. How long did it take you to figure that one out?" Draco growled deep in his throat.
"That is exactly the type of thing that I'm talking about. Next weekend is a Hogsmeade weekend. Why don't we go together, and try getting to know each other a little bit better. Maybe if we did that, we wouldn't want to kill each other quite so much." Chibi Chibi stared at him with wide eyes.
"You mean, like a date?" Draco's eyes widened to match the younger girl's.
"No. Just as acquaintances. We wouldn't even be friends." Chibi Chibi studied him for a long moment, and Draco suddenly found himself praying that she would say yes.
"Okay," Chibi Chibi said and then walked to the door. She paused at the door, and turned back toward Draco for a moment, "See you then...Draco." And then she was gone.
Draco stared after her for several minutes. He was shocked that she had said his name, but for some reason it didn't make him angry. In fact, he had loved the way that his name had seemed to just roll off of her tongue. Draco shook his head, to clear it, and headed back to his common room. He was probably just getting sick.
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Kristin: I am SO sorry that this was late. I'm in a play at school, and I got so busy trying to get some of my lines memorized, that I completely forgot about the story for a few days.
Special Thanks to:
Lost Tenshi: I am so touched that you think my story is the best.
Em: Sure, you can put it on the sight. I check out the sight, and I thought it was great. The personality test said that I was most like Ami. Isn't that neat?
Sailor Millenia
Hilary: Okay, now I remember that part of the movie. *gives Hilary the rest of the piece of chocolate* I would answer your questions, but wouldn't that just ruin the surprise?
Lady Earth Goddess
Alexz
Lady Light: I'm proud to be your first.
Solarmistress17: You will find out what she is talking about later on.
Ami
Black Beyond: Isn't being evil just wonderful?
MarsMoonStar
Disclaimer: *Bob, Kristin's muse for those who don't remember, steps out of the shadow's with a piece of paper in hand.* Kristin is currently recovering from her last disclaimer, and so she is not here to tell you that the characters don't belong to her.
Kristin: Hi everybody! I bet that you are all wondering what the hell is going on with Chibi Chibi. If the plot line in my head is correct, then you will find out exactly what it is in the chapter after the next one. If not, then it will be in the chapter after that one. In the mean time, don't ask, cause I'm not telling.
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Chapter Ten
Hotaru walked into her mother's rooms, where Usagi was pacing in frustration, and Sirius was sitting with his head in his hands. They both looked up when Hotaru entered. "Well, where is she," Usagi asked.
"She is in her dorm room, refusing to believe that we have a father." Usagi massaged her temples.
"I've talked to her about doing things like this. She keeps pushing people away, and we aren't even certain how things will turn out yet. For all we know, the tests could come back positive," Usagi ranted as she paced around the room some more. Hotaru sank next to her father on the couch.
"Yes, mum, and they could come back negative. She's scared, plain and simple. Chibi Chibi doesn't want to hurt anyone, any more than she has to," Hotaru turned toward her father and took his hand in hers, "Please, just give her more time. Once the results come back, either way she will be back to acting like herself. I'm sure of it.
***
Late that night, Usagi slipped out of her bed, and walked to the window. The full moon hung heavy in the sky, almost at the point that indicated midnight. Usagi smiled slightly. Perfect. She paused for a moment by the bed to gaze at her husband's face, before she swung a cloak around her shoulders and left the room. Mere minutes found her deep inside of the Forbidden Forest. The trees suddenly opened up into a clearing, directly in the middle of the forest. In the center of the clearing, stood the ruins of a temple. Usagi entered the remains of the holy building, and knelt before the alter, head bowed and eyes softly closed. A moonbeam filtered into the room, through a crack in the ceiling, illuminating Usagi, and the small circle that surrounded her. Usagi tilted her head back and let the moonlight bathe her face. "I'm ready," she whispered, and then vanished from her spot on the floor.
Usagi reappeared in a large, white circular room, with a dome shaped ceiling. In the middle of the room was a beautifully carved, marble pedestal. Over the pedestal floated the silver crystal. Behind the pedestal, three women looked down at Usagi from a platform where they sat on thrones, carved from gold, silver, and ivory. The woman who sat in the middle beckoned for Usagi to come closer. Usagi walked across the room, and knelt before the women. Selene, the woman in the middle, stood and descended from the platform. "You may rise, Serenity. Why have you come?"
Usagi stood, and looked from her great-grandmother, to her grandmother, who sat on the right, and to her mother, who sat on the left. "I'm ready to gain my full powers." Her grandmother, Selenity, smiled and nodded.
"Why have you waited so long to come into your power, child?" Usagi looked up at the stately woman.
"I didn't want the responsibility, and I wanted the people to suffer for what they had done for me. I know now that I was just as wrong as them, but I am willing to admit my mistakes and make up for them." Usagi's eyes sought out her mother's. Serenity smiled kindly at her daughter, descended the platform, and crossed over to the pedestal. Selene returned to her seat with a weary grin, which seemed out of place on her elegant face.
Serenity motioned for Usagi to stand across from her at the pedestal. Serenity reached across the surface of the pedestal, and grasped her daughter's hands. She closed Usagi's hands over the silver crystal and covered them with her own hands. Serenity began to glow softly, and the light seemed to drain down to her hands. Usagi gasped as her mother's light spread, and her power filled Usagi. Serenity released Usagi's hands and took a step back. "You have your full powers now, my child. There is nothing left to be done here," She smiled kindly at her daughter again, before pulling her into a tight hug, "This will be the last time that you will be allowed to see me, until you become immortal. Give your brother my love, and stay out of trouble."
Usagi pulled away from her mother. "I will," she said and disappeared.
***
The next day, during Divination, Hotaru watched in amusement as Trelawney and Rei argued over Harry's fate. Rei insisted that he would live to an old age, and be generally happy, while Trelawney insisted that he would die tragically the next day. Hotaru stopped in mid-chuckle when the room blurred. She blinked, and the room disappeared, leaving her in a bright expansion of light. She squinted and at the edge of the light, a dark shadow appeared, slowly moving closer to her. As it moved closer, Hotaru became aware of the screams of terror and pain that came from it. In the back of her mind, Hotaru could hear somebody calling her name frantically, before another voice told it to be quiet. She pushed the two voices out of her mind, and focused on the shadow.
Hotaru could feel the evil power that was now coursing the space around her, and could feel Mistress 9 trying to respond to it. She was beginning to lose control and closed her eyes as she desperately tried to fight it when she heard her name being called again, this time much clearer. Her eyes snapped open, and in front of her stood Harry. The shadow was advancing on him, intending to make him one more of its numerous victims. Mistress 9 was forcefully shoved into the recesses of her soul as the sign of Saturn appeared on Hotaru's brow. Before Hotaru could reach Harry, a brilliant light consumed the shadow, and it disappeared.
Suddenly she was back in the smoky Divination room, with Rei and Trelawney standing in front of her, the former looking worried and the latter looking delighted. Hotaru's knees nearly gave out, and the only things keeping her standing were a pair of hands that had a firm grip on her forearms. She weakly looked behind her, and saw Harry, staring down at her with a mixture of worry and terror. Then, Rei, was pushing her back into her seat, which Hotaru could remember getting out of, and handing her a cup of tea to drink. "What did you see, Hotaru?"
Hotaru sipped at her tea for a moment to delay answering. "An unstoppable force is headed toward Hogwarts. It's coming for Harry," Hotaru continued before Trelawney could voice her thoughts, "But, something destroyed it. I have no idea what it was. All I know is that I have never seen anything so powerful before, save once, and I thought that power was gone forever."
Rei nodded in understanding, while the rest of the occupants of the class looked on in confusion.
***
Draco sat in the Potions classroom for Chibi Chibi to come for their study session. She had seemed so happy when he had given her the necklace. The necklace. Draco had no idea what had possessed him to get her that necklace. It was more expensive than anything he had spent on anybody, save himself. And that said nothing about the trouble he had gone through to get it in such short notice. He had put the order through to his family's personal jeweler on the evening after their last fight. He had paid more than double what it was worth to get it.
"Malfoy." Draco's head snapped toward the door, where Chibi Chibi stood. She was wearing the necklace like she was born to wear fine jewels. Draco smirked. Perhaps she was. Chibi Chibi walked into the room, weighed down with her equipment for the lesson and they got to work. If either of them noticed the lack of arguments, then they didn't say anything about it. After two hours they were both beginning to feel a little edgy, and Draco decided that it would be a good time to stop for the day. Chibi Chibi rose from her chair, and began packing her things. Draco watched her and made a snap decision.
"Black?" Chibi Chibi looked up from her things at him and nodded for him to continue. "I was just thinking, and wouldn't it be easier for the two of us to work together if we weren't always on each other's nerves?" Chibi Chibi let out a short laugh.
"Of course it would be easier, Malfoy. How long did it take you to figure that one out?" Draco growled deep in his throat.
"That is exactly the type of thing that I'm talking about. Next weekend is a Hogsmeade weekend. Why don't we go together, and try getting to know each other a little bit better. Maybe if we did that, we wouldn't want to kill each other quite so much." Chibi Chibi stared at him with wide eyes.
"You mean, like a date?" Draco's eyes widened to match the younger girl's.
"No. Just as acquaintances. We wouldn't even be friends." Chibi Chibi studied him for a long moment, and Draco suddenly found himself praying that she would say yes.
"Okay," Chibi Chibi said and then walked to the door. She paused at the door, and turned back toward Draco for a moment, "See you then...Draco." And then she was gone.
Draco stared after her for several minutes. He was shocked that she had said his name, but for some reason it didn't make him angry. In fact, he had loved the way that his name had seemed to just roll off of her tongue. Draco shook his head, to clear it, and headed back to his common room. He was probably just getting sick.
***
Kristin: I am SO sorry that this was late. I'm in a play at school, and I got so busy trying to get some of my lines memorized, that I completely forgot about the story for a few days.
Special Thanks to:
Lost Tenshi: I am so touched that you think my story is the best.
Em: Sure, you can put it on the sight. I check out the sight, and I thought it was great. The personality test said that I was most like Ami. Isn't that neat?
Sailor Millenia
Hilary: Okay, now I remember that part of the movie. *gives Hilary the rest of the piece of chocolate* I would answer your questions, but wouldn't that just ruin the surprise?
Lady Earth Goddess
Alexz
Lady Light: I'm proud to be your first.
Solarmistress17: You will find out what she is talking about later on.
Ami
Black Beyond: Isn't being evil just wonderful?
MarsMoonStar