Damn the Fates!
Cosmos pointed a finger accusingly at the ceiling. "You stupid Fates! You had this all planned, didn't you! You all knew I wanted to keep it from them, but noooo! You had to blab it all out! Did it ever occur to you that I might not want to remember who I was?! Why won't you all just let me forget?" The last part came out as a sob, and Cosmos buried her face in her hands.
"So you do not deny that you are indeed Serenity?" asked Dumbledore.
"Eyes on the ground, Cosmos mumbled, "No."
"Well this certainly is unexpected," sighed Dumbledore.
"You're going to believe this, this… girl? You saw her power! She might just have made the name appear in the book!" cried Snape. "Besides, even if she was, Serenity is supposed to be kind and gentle."
"I used to be," said Cosmos quietly.
"If you do not mind me asking, what happened?" questioned Dumbledore.
"I might as well start from the top," sighed Cosmos. "A thousand years ago, Earth was a peaceful place, a perfect utopia. Then one day, disaster struck.
"An evil entity named Chaos broke free of the Galaxy Cauldron where I had sealed him a millennia before, and he wanted revenge. My senshi, my husband, and my," her voice cracked, "my little girl went off to fight it. I would've gone with them, but I had given up my senshi power when I became queen.
"I felt they're powers dropping, so I ran onto the battlefield. I saw Chaos kill my senshi, one by one. Next came my husband, Endymion. Last was my, my daughter. He tortured her first, right in front of my eyes. I screamed at him to stop, but he just laughed. He strangled her first, then dropped he body right in front of me…
"I prayed for someway to stop him, any way. My prayers were answered. My senshi's, my husband's and my daughter's starseeds flew from their bodies and fused with me. A new warrior was born: Sailor Cosmos.
"Chaos and I battled. For how long, I do not know. We were evenly matched, so I prayed to everyone in the universe to help me. They had to decide if they were good or evil. The good's power flew to me, the evil to Chaos. Light was more. I backed Chaos into a corner, and was about to deal the final blow, when I realized something.
"If I were to kill Chaos, the balance between good and evil, light and darkness would cause the dimensions to topple onto one another and all would be lost. So instead, I banished him to a dimension that was his version of heel. A place where everyone was pure-hearted, so he couldn't feed.
"The battle finally finished, I took a look at the universe. What I saw devastated me. The universe was completely destroyed. The only light came from me, until I noticed a light coming from the once proud Earth. Helios, the Earth Guardian, had survived and was keeping the core alive. This meant that life would someday return to Earth.
"The Fates, angry with me, decreed that I would watch over the universe until life returned to it. All went well, until I felt a disturbance. A piece of Chaos had broken free. I followed it to another dimension, where I went undercover as a student. I'm waiting for him to make the first move."
"So, have you any idea where the fragment of Chaos is?" asked Dumbledore after a long silence had passed.
"I think it wielded with Voldemort," came Cosmos' calm reply.
"WHAT?" cried Snape. "We have no chance then!"
"You always have a chance, no matter how small," said Cosmos. "In fact, my favourite Fate is Chance. She's the only one that cuts me a break. Besides, you have me on your team. I can beat anyone if I set my mind to it."
"Yes, it does give us an advantage," said McGonagall.
"Indeed it does," added Dumbledore. "We appreciate your assistance."
"My assistance?" asked Cosmos. "No, no, no, no. I am going to beat the fragment of Chaos. You will assist me."
"Surely you are not serious," said McGonagall. "You have never even seen You-know-who!"
"You-know-who?"
"Voldemort," supplied Dumbledore. "People have this incessant fear of speaking his name." Professor McGonnagal blushed.
"I see. Well, it won't be a problem. I faced scarier things than old Voldymouth," responded Cosmos. "Now if you don't mind, I wish to go to sleep and forget everything I have remembered today. Good night!" She disappeared.
"I would hate to see what she's faced," said McGonagall.
Dumbledore sighed, "I think we all would."
Harry, Ron, and Hermione quietly snuck down the hall. "Ow Ron! That was my foot!" hissed Hermione.
"Sorry!"
"Be quiet you two!" whispered Harry harshly.
The trio were under the invisibility cloak, on the way to the library. They were determined to find out about the mysterious silver haired girl named Cosmos, even if it took all night.
Finally reaching the library after fifteen minutes of furious whispering, the trio began pulling books out on the Fates. Five minutes later, all were settled down reading one book or another.
Ten books later, Harry stated, "This is hopeless! We're never going to find anything!"
"I found something!" cried Hermione. She read the passage out loud:
There is one,
Who will rise above all others.
Born of silver blood,
Lover of red.
When the Crystal Kingdom fall,
The Queen of Stars will arise
Imbued with all the planetary power
She will defeat the Darkness.
She is higher than time.
She is higher than the Fates.
She is higher than all other before her.
She is the light.
"What does that mean?" asked Ron, looking perplexed.
"I'm not sure, but it's all we have to go on," said Hermione.
Harry sighed, "I think we should go back to bed." The other two nodded their heads. They put away the books and headed back to their dormitories for a peaceful sleep.
But it wasn't going to be peaceful.
Cosmos thrashed in her covers. Sweat glistened her forehead. Her cheeks were flushed. Her breathing was rapid, but most of all, her heart ached.
Eight figures fell with a scream…
A man fought with a golden crystal, but failed. He fell limply to the ground…
A small girl with pink hair rushed forward, and was captured by the darkness…
It strangled her… she tried to gasp for breath, but it was beyond her reached… the breathing stopped.
The girl fell in a heap on the ground…
"No Usagi!!" whispered a woman in a white gown, approaching the body. Tears fell down her face. "Wake up! C'mon Princess, wake up for mother! Usagi, I know you can do it! Wake up!"
The body didn't respond, and…
The dark sky laughed.
"Usagi!!!" screamed Cosmos snapping up. Silent tears flowed down her face.
"Cosmos, what is it?" asked a concerned voice. It was Hermione. "Are you okay?" She attempted to put her hand on Cosmos' shoulder, but the girl flinched away.
"Don't touch me!" snapped Cosmos. "Just leave me alone!" Hermione looked at her with sad eyes and went back to her own bed.
And Cosmos was left alone, clutching her blanket, rocking back and forth, lost in the sadness of her life.
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A.N. See! I told you it was sad! ~wipes her tears away~ Poor Cosmos! Anyways, thanks for the reviews! When I started this fic, I never expected this many reviews! The most I hoped for was like, fifty. Anyways, I did as you asked and updated faster! Was it fast enough?! Sheesh people, I take two weeks, and you're all giving me heck. ~shrugs~ I guess that's the price you have to pay! Have a nice weekend!
