Transfiguration and Lunarians
"You?" asked Trelawney surprised. Her expression was that of shock and disbelief.
"Have you got a problem with that?" asked Cosmos crossing her arms. By this time, everyone in the class was staring at her. Parvati and Lavender were glaring in her direction.
"You're obviously too young to be the Guardian of the Time Gates." Trelawney sounded like she was trying to convince everyone.
Cosmos looked at her. She suddenly put her hands in the air and said sarcastically, "You're right! What was I thinking?"
Trelawney seemed to have missed the sarcasm. "See students! Only one who has had many trials may become the Guardian. This girl," she pointed at Cosmos, "has obviously been spoiled her whole life."
When Cosmos heard these words, she jumped to her feet. "Don't assume anything Professor! You have no idea what I have seen!" With that, she picked up her books and exited the room.
"As I was saying," continued Professor Trelawney, "completely spoiled."
Harry and Ron were filling Hermione in about what happened in Divination. She seemed shocked that Cosmos was the Guardian of the Time Gates.
"Uh, not to sound stupid, but what are the Time Gates?" asked Harry.
"They are the gates that separate all the years and dimensions of the universe. If Cosmos had access to that, she could've come from anywhere, or any when. Heck, she could've come from the future." Responded Hermione.
"Wow." Chorused Ron and Harry.
They reached the Transfiguration classroom and took they're normal spots. Cosmos was already there, reading yet another book.
"She's becoming Hermione." Whispered Ron to Harry. Hermione glared.
Just then, Professor McGonagall walked in. "Settle down class." She said. The class instantly became quiet. The Professor looked over the room. It pleased her until she got to Cosmos. She cleared her throat, "Am I interrupting anything Cosmos?"
Cosmos looked up at her teacher, "Actually yes. I'm trying to read."
McGonagall looked taken aback. Never in my life have I had a student quite like her. she thought to herself. "Five points from Gryffindor. Now, turn your rope into a snake." Commanded McGonagall.
That's it? Cosmos asked herself mentally. She put her hand out in front of her, concentrated and was about to turn the rope into a snake when…
"What are you doing Miss Cosmos? Where is your wand?" Asked the teacher sternly.
Cosmos looked up at her, and to everyone's surprise, started laughing. "You people use wands? Wow! It's just like the fairy tales I used to…" She trailed of looking at everyone's face. She then said, "I have no need to use a wand." And with that, a snake appeared where the rope used to be.
"Why I never…" said a shocked Transfiguration teacher.
Cosmos opened her book once more and started to read as the class looked at her in wonder.
"Err… yes. Well done." McGonagall looked completely flabbergasted. She then looked at the rest of the class. "What are you all waiting for?" she snapped. The class immediately started performing the spell.
"How do you that thing with the rope?" asked Ron to Cosmos. "I mean, you didn't say a spell or even use your wand."
"I've learned to focus my energy." Replied Cosmos.
"Could you teach us?" asked Hermione eagerly.
"We'll see."
They reached the classroom. Inside there was a rather young looking woman. Her hair was brown, and she looked fairly tall. She sat at a desk filling out paper work. When everyone had taken their seats, she looked up with golden eyes and introduced herself.
"Hello students! My name is Professor Mantra, also called 'Moon Gazer' by my friends. This is for the simple reason that I am an expert in one particular legend; the legend of the Moon Kingdom." (How many people knew that was coming? *Everyone raises their hands* I thought so…)
Most of the class whispered among themselves, but Harry noticed that Cosmos looked a little nervous and had slumped in her seat.
Oh great! she thought. Just my luck. I hope they don't figure it out!
"Yes, yes, it's all very interesting." Said the Professor through the whispers. "That is why I have decided that it is first legend we will learn about." There was a squeak. The class turned to look as Cosmos who was covering her mouth.
"Sorry." She said.
"You are forgiven. Now class I will start by telling you about the Moon Kingdom and it's inhabitants.
Over a thousand years ago, there was a time known as the Silver Millennium. People lived on each planet. The planets also had a monarchy. It was a time of peace. During all the planets, save Earth, there was something known as the Silver Alliance. It was a basic bond between them all."
Hermione's hand shot up. "Yes Miss…" the professor looked at her name sheet, "Granger? What can I do for you?"
"Why wasn't Earth in the Alliance?" asked Hermione.
"That's simple. At the time, all the people of Earth knew was war and hate." Answered Mantra. "Getting back to the story…
Queen Selenity, the descendent of the Moon Goddess Selene, was the keeper of the most powerful power in the universe; the Guizinshou. Hence the reason she was the most powerful person in the Alliance.
The Queen had a young daughter by the name of Serenity. The Princess was the most caring and innocent person in the entire galaxy, and also the heir of the Guizinshou.
Well, being the heir of such power, the Princess obviously needed protection. Queen Selenity asked the four closest planets in the alliance for aid to protect the Princess. They supplied they're eldest daughters. The Queen gave them special powers. They were called the Sailor Senshi. Of them all, the Princess of Venus was the leader, being a distant relation to the Moon Princess. She hardly left the Princess."
"Tell me about it…"muttered Cosmos under her breath. (LOL)
Well, the other four planets started feeling left out. The Queen appointed the Princesses of Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and Saturn powers as well. She then made Pluto, Uranus, and Neptune the senshi in charge of guarding the outskirts of the galaxy. Now this is the distinction between the Inners and the Outers…"
"What about Saturn?" asked Harry, thinking he'd missed something.
"Nobody really knows what she did during the Silver Millennium. We do however, know that she had the power to destroy an entire planet with one blow." Replied Mantra looking grave. Suddenly she smiled and a light flush appeared on her cheeks. "Now, on to the romance…"
Harry glanced at Cosmos. Her eyes were down and she seemed to be concentrating on not listening. "Are you okay?" he asked her. She looked at him. Her eyes showed deep thought.
"I'm fine." She said and turned away.
Professor Mantra continued, "Now, Princess Serenity was always caught staring at the Earth. She thought it was the most beautiful thing in the night sky. Queen Serenity did not approve and tried to occupy the princess' time with other things. This task was made even more difficult when the princess did something forbidden… she fell in love. And not just with anyone! Oh no! She fell in love with the prince of Earth.
She would often sneak off to Earth in order to visit her beloved, where she would be caught by Sailor Venus and dragged back home."
"Yeah and it got annoying…" Cosmos muttered again.
"A while later, the Queen threw a grand ball for her daughter's birthday. The prince of Earth showed up and danced the night away with the princess, for the Queen knew he loved Serenity very much.
Then, there was an attack that took the Moon Kingdom by surprise. Queen Matallia, an evil demon from another demension and her host, Beryl led the brainwashed people of Earth. You see, Beryl had long since been obsessed with Edymion, the prince of Earth, and wanted revenge on Serenity for, in her opinion, stealing him.
One by one, the senshi's failed by dying, until Beryl had a clear shot at the Moon Princess.
She tried to kill Serenity, but the prince jumped in front and was killed immediately. Unable to stand the thought of living without him, Serenity grabbed the prince's sword and killed herself."
There was a gasp from the class. No one had thought that this legend would end that way. No one except…
A tear fell down Cosmos' cheek. She wiped it away. She looked around and saw that everyone's attention was fixed on Professor Mantra. Thank goodness! she thought. I don't want anyone figuring out who I am.
At this point, Mantra sighs and says, "It's all very sad. There was complete destruction. In fact, the only person that survived was the Queen. She knew there was only one way to save her daughter.
She trapped Matalia, Beryl, and all their troops inside an alternate dimension known as the Nega-verse. She then sent the Princess, her court and the Earth Prince into the future, where they would be reborn.
She also sent her two advisers in the form of cats into the future, for if the evil ever escaped the Nega-verse, they would need to call on the senshi again…" The Professor looked at the clock. "Well, head off to your next class. We don't want to be late on our first day, now do we?"
The class packed up in a hurry, but none as fast as Cosmos. She grabbed her things and sprinted out of the classroom.
"I wonder what got her knickers in a knot." Said Ron watching the retreating girl.
"I don't know, but during class, she wasn't paying attention." Replied Harry.
"Not only that, but when Mantra said that the princess killed herself, I saw a tear fall down her cheek."
"Maybe she was just caught up in the story." Suggested Rom.
"Maybe." Replied Hermione sounding doubtful.
When the trio got to class they noticed that Cosmos was sitting by herself at the back of the class. She looked like she didn't want to be bothered. This wasn't a problem for them though, for they wanted to be right up front.
"Good day class!" said Professor Lupin walking into class. "Now for this term I thought we'd start off with…" He looked at up at Hermione who's hand was waving in the air. "Yes Miss Granger."
"Can you tell us what kind of demon was in the Grand Hall yesterday?" There were shouts of agreement through the classroom.
"Err…Well you see I don't…" started Professor Lupin.
"It was a youma." Said a voice from the back of the class. It was Cosmos. "And a weak one at that."
"Can you explain exactly what a youma is?" asked Lupin politely.
"It's an evil demon with great powers. They usually have one type of special attack." Said Cosmos looking bored. "They usually work for some evil person who's trying to take over the world, or the galaxy, or just looking for cheap entertainment. You see, this evil boss, usually a woman, takes people and turns them into ugly, disgusting monsters."
"You mean that thing used to be human?" asked Ron.
"Yup." Said Cosmos unenthusiastically.
"But you killed it!" someone else yelled.
"If I hadn't, you would all probably be dead." Replied Cosmos.
"Ok! Well we're getting off topic…" started Professor Lupin and the class began.
Harry couldn't sleep. He just couldn't. He decided to go downstairs and sit by the fire. Maybe he could take his mind off things…
As he reached the bottom of the stairs, he saw a figure sitting on the window seat. Harry could hear the faint sound of crying. He walked over, into the darkness. He saw it was a girl, but couldn't see her face, or the colour of her hair.
"Are you okay?" he asked the girl. The girl turned her head to face him tears rolling down her cheeks. It was Cosmos.
"I'm fine." She replied.
"What's wrong?" he asked feeling very uncomfortable.
"Memories."
"Of what?"
"Horrible things." Harry looked into Cosmos' eyes. He saw pain and grief. "I'd like to be alone if you don't mind."
"Sure, no problem." He turned to walk away, when he heard:
"Harry?"
He looked at Cosmos once more. "Yeah?" he asked.
"Don't tell anyone." She whispered.
"I won't." He turned and walked up the stairs. As he lay down in bed, he thought, Hermione's right. She really is just lonely. Soon after, he fell asleep.
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A.N. *wipes a tear from her eye* Finally, I'm done! Sorry it took so long. I had a hard time planning this chapter. I hope you liked it!
