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*Cringes at the date* 12-30-02 *Doubles over* kami! I have been neglecting this fic! Wha! How bad of me! Please forgive me for the utterly LONG delay of updates for this fic! I bottom heartedly apologize. So please put down those stake forks *Sweat drop* No need to resort to violence, right? *giggles nervously* Please do forgive me, but I was so absorbed with all those other fics that I totally forgot. . . wha! What a bad author I am! *sniff* Gomen. Anyway, I think I lost my touch with this story, I kinda lost it. So please forgive me when this fic would sound a bit confusing.
Also, this will have a really darker edge to it, that's why I raised the rating a tad bit higher. Also, it has a very dark mental picture for Usagi. *Shudder* I really don't want to imagine about it, if it were my loved ones. This fic will soon come to an end, like really, really soon! ^____^ Any-who, as to now keep you waiting any longer, (You waited already too long. . . ::four months::) On with the FIC!
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"Talking"
'Thinking'
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Chapter 9 "Dreams are never real.....are they?"
~Headmaster's Office~
".......And that's what happened!" said Ron, telling the headmaster the whole ordeal that occurred up in the girls dorm. He uneasily shifted in his chair as he watched the headmaster sip his tea carefully. He quickly glanced at Harry; he looked very pale and anxious. He faintly heard the door open and close behind them, signaling that Snape had returned.
"Minerva," began Dumbledore, setting down his teacup. "Inform all the students to remain in their common rooms. Severus, you and some teachers have a look around the grounds to see if the 'monster' left any trails. No student will be allowed to leave the castle; classes will be postponed for several days. We all must be at top guard,"
McGonagal nodded quickly and rushed out the office. Her lips were pressed to a thin line, showing the severity of the situation. 'The child is in danger,'
Snape followed McGonagal out of the office, 'The dark Lord will pay for what he did to Serenity,' he thought darkly.
"Why does Voldemort want Usagi professor?" asked Harry with a hint of worry in his voice. His tea was untouched as he was too worried about Usagi's welfare. He remembered the youma's words.
Dumbledore looked apprehensively at Harry, debating on whether or not to tell the three about Voldemort. He glanced at Hermione as she sighed shakily and gave a little sob. "I believe that now is not the time to discuss these matters," he said. 'Voldemort has found Serenity,' he thought. 'Everything will be revealed sooner than expected,'
"Will Usagi be alright?" asked Hermione after a little sob.
"Yes, yes, I believe that Mdm. Pomfrey is doing her job," nodded the headmaster. "It is best that you three should head back to your common rooms. Tomorrow would be the best time for you to see Usagi,"
Harry, Ron and Hermione nodded. They thanked the headmaster for the tea and slowly got up from their seats and walked out the office with heavy hearts. Worry was evident on their faces as their thoughts were directed to Usagi.
"They are gone now," said Dumbledore, as his office was now empty. He watched silently as the huge window next to the fireplace creaked loudly and opened. The Star Lights clumsily stumbled into the office. He couldn't help but chuckle slightly at the sight of the three senshi.
"Took them long enough," mumbled Healer, rubbing her arms. "It's so cold out there,"
Fighter dehenshined and stared directly at the silent headmaster. "How did he find us?" asked Seiya with a frown. "How on earth did he find where Usagi's room was?"
Dumbledore sighed, "There are so many possibilities, on more unlikely than the other," He silently watched as Maker and Healer dehenshined as well before continuing, "The answer lies in Usagi, she may know how the youma had entered the castle,"
"But why does that Voldemort character want Usagi?" asked Yaten with a confused frown.
Taiki sighed, "It's quite obvious, Voldemort is after power. He only rose to power months ago, and he needs more to reach his full glory. And what better way to get power than through the Ginzuishou and the Moon princess. It would be like a 12 course meal for Voldemort," he said.
"Taiki is right, Voldemort does need power. However, I do believe that Voldemort has other intentions with the Moon princess," said Dumbledore with a slight frown.
"What does tha---?" asked Seiya with a bewildered look.
"Nothing, no trace left what so ever!" cried Snape in furry, stepping into the office. Accompanied with him were Hagrid and McGonagal. Taking finally notice of the three lights that were scattered in the room, Severus Snape scowled, "What are you three still doing here?"
"Severus, we were just discussing about the whole situation," smiled Dumbledore at the scowling potion master.
"So is it true Albus, that.......that.....you-know-who might have done this?" asked McGonagal, her eyes switching uneasily between the frowning Three lights and the headmaster.
"I believe so, the youma did state that Voldemort is expecting Usagi." Answered Dumbledore. "And I believe this time, he will do anything to rise to power,"
~Infirmary~
Mdm. Pomfrey watched in satisfaction as Usagi's condition stabled. As Severus has brought in the battered moonchild, she had lost too much blood for her liking. It took a great deal of effort in getting the girl back into a stable condition. The girl had several broken ribs and bones upon arrival but was slowly healing through the help of 'Skele-repair', which helped greatly.
"Poor Child," whispered Mdm. Pomfrey, placing a cool washcloth on Usagi's forehead. The girl was burning up with fever, which seemed quite strange. 'What she must go through,' she mused. "Good Night princess," she whispered after a minute of silence. She would just come by later, to change to washcloth and to see if the fever had lowered. Now what both of them needed now, was rest. She quickly walked out the room and closed to door silently only leaving one candle on.
The candle flickered slightly in the room, as Usagi's breathing came in irregular intakes. Little moans escaped her lips and her face contorted into pain. Twisting in her bed in pain she continued to moan, "No.......no......"
~*Dream Sequence*~
Usagi tried hard to stare through the fog, trying hard to see where she was. 'Where am I?' she mused.
"Come........."
'Mars?!' cried Usagi. She tried to find the origin of the voice, but found it difficult since there was an echo.
"Come......Serenity....."
"Serenity......."
"Usa-chan......come...."
"We're waiting.......my love...."
'Venus! Mercury! Jupiter........Mamo-chan!' thought Usagi with delight. They were alive. She blindly ran through the fog, going where her feet were taking her. She heard leaves crunch under her feet and twigs snap ever so often. Her suspicions were right, she was in a forest.
"Koneko.........."
"We're here......."
"Usagi-mama....."
"Hurry......Serenity...."
'Uranus, Neptune, Saturn, Pluto! I'm coming........' thought Usagi with delight. Her senshi were alive, she knew it. She soon noted that she wore her princess dress. It seemed to her like an eternity as she continued to run blindly in the forest.
The fog soon thinned out, yet it was still unclear to see what lay up ahead. She still could head her senshi calling to her in her head. In her hurry she didn't see the large root poking out of the ground.
"Ah!" cried Usagi in pain. She fell forward; she caught her head on her arm. She felt slight pain, but still it wouldn't bring her down. She wanted to see her beloved senshi and mamoru. "Minna......." she whispered slowly pulling herself up.
As she turned to dust her gown off, what she saw on her hands made her stop and stare. She saw blood on her hands. 'I didn't hit the ground that hard,' she mused slightly. When she looked down on her white gown, she found more blood. Her eyes grew wide, and she felt a silent scream in her throat. The whole ground in front of her was full of blood. 'No!' she cried.
The fog slowly cleared up, it revealed that she was standing in the entrance of a clearing filled with blood. Usagi held a silent scream; she had never seen so much blood in her life. 'Minna, where are you?' she thought, she ignored the sickening squishy sounds the bloodied grass made against her feet.
"Serenity......." came a raspy voice. It almost sounded sick and dieing. "Help!" more voices cried out this time in unison.
Usagi looked up as she heard the familiar cries of her senshi. Her eyes widened in terror as the fog cleared infront of a set of trees lined in front of her. She screamed out in horror as she saw the mutilated/decaying bodies of her senshi hanging on each tree. She stumbled backwards in fright, as she watched the senshi's forms.
"No...no.....NO! MINNA!" cried Usagi. She couldn't move, her feet were immobile. She just watched as her beloved senshi and Mamoru hung the by the trees. Her heart felt like it stopped and her blood ran cold. She watched as the senshi somewhat moved and desperately reached out their bloodied hands towards Usagi.
"Usagi.......help!" they moaned out in unison.
Usagi couldn't bear to watch, silent tears coursed down her cheeks. She couldn't help, she couldn't. It was too much for her, 'Who could have done this!' she cried. Stumbling backwards and falling onto the bloodied ground. To her utter horror, she felt herself be pushed towards the mutilated senshi by an unknown force.
(AN: This is graphic!)
"Serenity, help me......" rasped Tuxedo Mask reaching out to Usagi with his bloodied hand. He was tied around his neck, hanging limply on the tree. Cuts and blood covered his whole body. His tuxedo was tattered and burned, open wounds were visible and bones could be seen. It looked like his body was decaying as the exposed flesh looked rubbery.
The senshi, each hung to a tree, also tried futilely to reach out to the screaming princess. Mars, Jupiter, Uranus and Venus all had ropes tied around their bloodied necks. They even had open cuts on their stomachs and blood continued to flow. Even bones and burned flesh was visible. Their fukus were all tattered and burned. Neptune, Pluto, Mercury and Saturn, were all tied up around one arm, like the others open cuts and wounds were visible. Their heads were in odd angles, obviously snapped out of place.
"DON'T TOUCH ME!" yelled Usagi in a horrified voice, as she became in touching reach of the senshi. She felt Mamoru's bloodied hand brush up against her cheek; it left a trail of blood. "Ah!" she cried in a terrified voice. She couldn't bare the sigh infront of her, she clenched her eyes as the senshi continued to try to touch her.
"Help us Serenity!" cried Venus, grasping Usagi's wrist and pulling her up from the ground.
The dead stench of flesh and bones overwhelmed her senses. "Ah! Let go!" Screamed Usagi brushing off Venus arm and hearing it snap in process. 'This can't be happening!' her mind screamed. She felt nothing holding her back anymore, she quickly ran away from the senshi.
"Don't go Serenity! Help us......" Cried the senshi in unison.
Usagi clenched her eyes, as silent tears coursed down her cheeks. 'Minna, that was not you! That was not you!' she thought while blindly running away from them. She still heard the sickening squishy sounds of blood under her feet.
"Where are you going Serenity?" whispered a raspy voice from behind her.
"Who-who-are you?" whispered Usagi between tears. She stopped running, and sighed in relief to see the dead senshi nowhere in sight. She felt her blood run cold as she saw Voldemort's figure loom only a few feet away from her.
"Get......get away from me!" yelled Usagi in frantic, stepping backwards. She suddenly felt her princess gown disappear and reverted back into her normal clothes.
Voldemort smiled a sinister smile and took several shaky steps forward. "You can't escape from me. No one can, not even a little princess like you. I hope you enjoyed your little reunion with you precious senshi and prince.......it was quite entertaining......."
Usagi held back a silent scream in her throat. She stepped backwards, her back hitting a tree. She felt her heart pound loudly against her chest. 'This can't be happening!' she mentally screamed.
"What do you want?" whispered Usagi in fear.
Voldemort quickly closed the distance between him and the quivering Moonchild. "You and the crystal......." he whispered.
"AHHHH!" Usagi screamed in pain as she felt his bony hand plunge deep into her chest. She felt his hand close around her heart and give it a little tug. Hot tears trickled down her cheeks in pain, blood covered her whole shirt.
"And I'll do anything to get what I want........." whispered Voldemort with a sinister smile.
"No........NO!" Cried Usagi between sobs.
"Even if it means to kill everything close to your precious little heart of yours," he added with a long cackle. He gave her heart one last tug before roughly pulling his hand out her chest.
"Let this be a fair warning princess......" Whispered Voldemort to the sobbing moonchild.
Usagi watched in terror as Voldemort moved away from her. Blood trickled down his bony hands. She lowered herself to the ground and continued to sob in pain. She watched as Voldemort disappeared into the forest and cackle loudly. Rain began to pour down from the sky and thunder struck loudly.
As the lightning struck the ground only a few feet infront of her, it illuminated the whole area. And again she saw the dead senshi and mamoru trying to reach out to her by the trees.........but this time, she saw Harry among them.
"AHHHH!"
~*End of Dream Sequence*~
"AHHHHHHHHH! Nooo! Ahhh!"
"Usagi!" yelled Harry in worry as he watched his girlfriend bolt up straight from bed.
"She's awake," mumbled Dumbledore in delight. It had worried him that the girl did not wake after two days had passed. Mdm. Pomfrey had told them that the girl was in a sort of shock state, and would not wake. All her wounds and broken bones were healed, yet he sensed that there was something wrong with the girl.
"Usagi......." whispered Harry, moving a comforting hand towards her shoulder.
"I SAID DON'T TOUCH ME!" yelled Usagi, slapping Harry's hand away roughly. She ignored Harry's yelp of pain and began to hug her knees. "It hurts...." She whispered and laid her head on her knees.
"Auch," whispered Harry in shock and rubbed his hand. Pain flashed in his eyes but said nothing, instead he watched as Usagi mumbled something about being hurt. 'What's wrong with her,'
Silence filled the room, as the Three Lights, Harry, Hermione, Ron, Dumbledore, Snape, McGonagal and Mdm. Pomfrey eyed the mumbling girl in worry. They watched as she began to rock her little body back and fort and mumble something about being hurt.
"What is wrong with her?" whispered Seiya as he eyed the mumbling princess with worry. "You told us she was in shock, so what caused this to her?!" he asked, sending the nurse a slight glare.
"I don't know," answered Mdm. Pomfrey. She moved towards Usagi, "Are you hurt dear?" she asked gently upon hearing Usagi mumble being hurt.
Usagi stopped rocking her body and slowly looked up and stared up at the nurse. Hot tears coursed down her cheeks as pain and turmoil flashed in her eyes. "It hurts......." she whispered.
Mdm. Pomfrey gasped and stepped back, the pain she saw in the girl's eyes was too much. "Oh my....." She gasped and stepped further away.
"Usagi?" whispered Hermione in worry. She began to worry about the girl, she noted that Usagi looked hurt.
"What's wrong with her?" whispered Ron to Harry.
Harry shrugged and continued to cradle his hand. She had hit his hand quite hard. His eyes clouded over with worry as Usagi still continued to refuse to be touched or held by anybody.
"It looks like she saw something while she was in shock," said Dumbledore thoughtfully as he watched the nonstop crying girl.
"Do you mean like she had a dream that felt too real for her? Do you think that might have been the cause of her behavior Professor?" asked Taiki in worry, glancing between Usagi and the headmaster. 'What could she have seen?'
"Are saying Albus that what this girl is in mentally shock?" asked Snape with a slight frown.
"It seems, that whatever had happened in dream caused her current behavior. What ever she saw may have been overwhelming and caused some damage," answered the headmaster.
"The poor child," whispered McGonagal.
"Usagi?" asked Dumbledore, cautiously sitting down infront of Usagi. He reached out with his hand and touched her trembling arm. She was about to swat his hand away when he quickly made a move and held both of her wrists firmly in his arms.
Everybody was amazed at the headmaster's quick reflexes and strong grip. They watched hesitantly as Usagi began to struggle and try to free herself from his grip.
"Let go! Let go! Let go! Don't touch me! I wanna go!" cried Usagi trashing around in her bed. She finally realized that it was no use to struggle against the old man, she soon began to cry. Heart wrenching sobs escaped her lips as she pulled her legs up to her chest and laid her head back on her knees.
"What's the matter? What did you see?" asked Dumbledore, still firmly holding the girls wrists. It hurt him to see the girl all shaken up, whatever she saw mush have been horrifying.
"I-I-I.......saw Minna.....Minna! I saw them...." whispered Usagi between sobs.
"Minna......but, Usagi-chan, their dead........" mumbled Yaten bitterly.
"Their dead, I know.....I saw them......" whispered Usagi after a sob. She stared blankly at her knees, "I saw Mamo-chan........" She added in a small whisper.
Seiya plunged forward and roughly grabbed the surprised girl by the shoulders and forced her to stare into his eyes. "Usagi, their dead! Their dead! Mamoru-san and the others are dead! What ever you saw was just a dream! Snap out of it!" he yelled angrily. He roughly shock Usagi, ignoring the headmaster and the set of gasps that went off the room.
"Seiya......." whispered Usagi, she felt Dumbledore let go of her hands. "Seiya......" she repeated, somewhat snapping back to reality. She quickly engulfed the starlight in a tight hug and began to sob uncontrollably on his shoulder. She clutched his shirt tightly, in fear that he might disappear.
Dumbledore smiled appreciatively at Seiya and moved off the bed. "She is getting back to her old self," he said.
"Who's mamoru?" asked Harry while watching Usagi let out heart wrenching sobs. He felt a twinge of jealousy but got over it easily.
Taiki gave Yaten an uneasy look, "Uh, Harry, You see, Mamoru was Usagi's fiancée," he answered with a sigh.
"What?!" whispered Harry in disbelief. Usagi had a fiancée?!
"And he died," whispered Hermione, she felt totally sorry for her friend. 'She must go through a lot of pain,' she thought.
Harry stared silently as Usagi continued to sob on Seiya's shoulder. 'How can she not tell me?' he thought with slight anger. "Usagi...."
"Where's Harry?! He killed him.......killed him......" Cried Usagi pulling herself away from Seiya. She looked around the room frantically, trying to find Harry. She quickly found him only sitting next to her bed. "You're alive!" she cried happily, flinging herself into the surprised Harry's arms. She almost fell out of bed if he hadn't pulled them back on it but she didn't care she was just happy to see Harry.
Snape watched silently as Harry cradled the sobbing Usagi in his arms. He silently wondered what she could have seen that caused her current behavior. 'The Dark Lord will pay.........'
"You're alive, you're alive!" sobbed Usagi into Harry's shoulder.
Harry was surprised to have Usagi in his arms all of the sudden. He was even more surprised to hear her mumble about being alive. 'Did she see me dead?!' he thought incredulously. He continued to soothe her and mumble soothing words into her ear as she continued to sob.
"Who else did you see dear?" asked Dumbledore watching Usagi solemnly sob uncontrollably into Harry's shoulder.
Usagi pulled herself slowly away from Harry and gave him a slight smile. Her crescent Moon shone for a minute as she stared down at her bed sheets, causing Harry and the others to gasp in shock. Tears continued to stream down her cheeks as she placed her hands on her chest as if feeling the pain of getting her heart ripped out again.
"Voldemort........."
~A week later~
The news of Usagi being attacked and nearly killed had spread like wildfire throughout the school. Since her being famous, students tried to see and visit the girl but failed as they were refused to enter the room. Rumors and theories flew around the school about how the 'monster' could have entered the school premises. Guesses were made as to who was behind the attack, and eventually only You-know-who was the only candidate. Soon fear and anxiety built up in the school as classes were resumed days later. The ministry of magic was not pleased about what had happened, and Fudge still persisted to believe that Voldemort had risen was just all hogwash.
But what probably disturbed Harry the most was the fact what Usagi had told him and Hermione and Ron the day after she woke up. It had greatly confused him as he saw the crescent Moon flash on her forehead before disappearing minutes after.
~Flashback~
"Usagi? How are you?!" smiled Hermione as she entered the room followed closely by Ron and Harry. Her smile wavered slightly as she saw Usagi not moving but just stare blankly out at the Forbidden Forest. Quite frankly, it scared Hermione to see her friend all shaken up.
"Whoa! You got a lot of presents!" said Ron, trying hard to cover up his concern and cheer Usagi up.
Usagi glanced at all the presents that scattered around her room, flowers, balloons, cards, gifts, chocolates, and candies. Sighing slightly she turned back to watch the Forbidden Forest, 'Why was I so afraid to help my senshi? Am I that a bad leader?' she thought bitterly. She shuddered as she remembered the mutilated bodies of her senshi, 'I am that afraid?'
"We really missed you," said Harry with a sad tone as he sat down on her bed and watched her sadly. 'I really missed you.......' he wanted to add.
"Yeah, we're just dying to see you get out of this place," added Ron with a slight grin.
"Don't die....." mumbled Usagi. She stared at Ron with worry.
"No, no, no. He meant it as a figurative language. He means we're all anticipating your release. We're not going to die......." Said Hermione with a small smile.
"Oh....."
Usagi blankly stared out the window, staring at the Forbidden Forest. 'Minna.....' Why was she so afraid to help her senshi? Thoughts continued to run through her head. 'I'm a coward,' she thought bitterly.
"So, what's so important about the Forbidden Forest?" asked Ron switching his gaze between the Forbidden Forest and Usagi. It sort of creped him out to see Usagi stare so blankly at the forest.
"Minna......" mumbled Usagi with a sigh. "They're dead, I saw them....." she whispered turning to stare at Harry with worry. A little sob escaped her lips as she help Harry's hand, "I saw you dead......."
"It was just a dream, you shouldn't believe what you usually see in your dream!" protested Hermione, placing a worried hand on Usagi's shoulder.
"I'm a coward........I didn't help. I'm worthless......." whispered Usagi clutching Harry's hand harder.
"Don't say that!" cried Harry angrily. He quickly grabbed her shoulders and gently rocked her body back and forth soothingly. "You're not a coward! You're brave and strong. You survived an attack! You're not worthless! You're special to all of us, you're special to me........" he trailed of. Then very gently he brushed his lips against her cheeks.
Hermione and Ron's eyes grew wide in surprise at Harry's forwarding gestures. Immediately their thoughts of Harry and Usagi having some kind of relationship together were confirmed when Harry kissed Usagi briefly on the lips.
"*Cough, cough*"
Harry blushed and smiled slightly and allowed Usagi to sit back up properly. "Err, yes, you're not worthless....." He smiled brightly at her.
"But........but.....I'm not fit to be .....a leader.....I'm a coward! I shouldn't be a princess! --- Oh!" Usagi's eyes went wide as she snapped back to reality, finally understanding what she had just said. She clamped her hand over her mouth and stared in shock at the three gaping teens.
"Princess?" whispered Ron with raised eyebrows.
"You're a princess?" asked Harry with a surprised look.
"Forget I said that......nothing.....it meant nothing....." sputtered Usagi. 'Because of my stupid mental damage I gave myself away! Way the go Serenity!' she mentally sighed.
"Does that have to do anything with the crescent Moon thing glowing on your forehead?" asked Harry while pointing at Usagi's forehead.
"What?!" cried Usagi and fingered her forehead tentatively. Sure enough, she felt a soft pulse and warmth from her insignia. From all her anxiety, it caused the crystal to react within her and let her insignia appear. 'Damn anxiety attacks' she tried to calm down, very slowly the insignia stopped glowing and disappeared.
"Wait a minute....." cried Hermione. She watched as Usagi squirmed in her bed. "I recognize that symbol........but, it couldn't be. They're all dead.....Princess Serenity?" she said with a slight frown.
Usagi sighed, Hermione knew too much for her own good. "Look, if I tell you three. You wont tell anybody right?" she asked. She watched them silently as they nodded. 'Here goes nothing.......'
She began to tell them everything......from her past, to the present and even to her supposed future. Usagi just hoped that Harry wouldn't feel betrayed after she told them everything.
*1 hour later*
A sobbing Usagi sat on the bed while Harry tried futilely to comfort her. She told them her secret of also being Sailor Moon and the three lights being the three mysterious senshi that saved her. She ended up telling them her dream, which then caused her again to feel mixed emotions.
"That's the most horrible mental picture ever........" shuddered Ron sending Usagi a sympathetic look. He could understand how hard it would feel to see all her loved ones dead and dangle on a tree. It would be hard for him to see all his friends and family dead and dangle on a tree.
Hermione let out a little sob, "Oh, god Usagi! I'm so sorry!" she cried and immediately latched herself onto Usagi and Harry. Hugging tightly the sobbing girl.
After a minute or so, Usagi entangled herself from the hug and eyed her friends and boyfriend. "So, you are not angry with me for keeping a secret?" she asked tentatively.
Harry though feeling a little betrayed, shock his head and gave a slight chuckle. "Of course not," he said. He completely understood her situation, though it would have been better if she told him sooner. He watched as Usagi sighed in relief, he smiled and kissed her quickly on the lips. "Besides, I would never be angry at you anyway......"
Usagi blushed slightly and gave Harry a quick hug, "Thank you,"
"Hey! You two have been holding out on us!" cried Ron finally with a huge grin.
"You two should share your secrets!" giggled Hermione while dabbing her eyes.
Usagi giggled and stared at Ron and Hermione while continuing to hug a chuckling Harry. She felt much better now, much better than she felt an hour ago. It seemed like all she needed was some people whom she could talk to and pour her heart out. It was different then talking to the guys or to Luna and Artemis.
"We're he-------re!" cried a singsong voice as the door opened. In stepped Seiya, upon seeing Harry and Usagi hug he grinned, "I guess she didn't lose her mind after all,"
"Will you move already!" cried Yaten pushing Seiya out of the door way and ambling in with Luna and Artemis in his arms.
"Hi Usagi-chan!" said Taiki with smile. He chuckled slightly upon seeing Usagi quickly detangle herself from Harry's arms.
"Hi!" said Ron with a wave.
"Hey," whispered Usagi while covering up her blush. She watched tentatively as Seiya and Yaten argued over some Chocolate Frogs. She contemplated on how she was going to tell them that she told their secret, especially when Luna and Artemis were around both would blow a fuse. She watched as Harry and Ron eyed the three lights with laughter in their eyes, when hey found out that the light alter ego were girls they found it very amusing.
"Usagi are you feeling alright?" asked Taiki seeing that Usagi looked very much better than yesterday. Much more mentally stable than before.
Usagi watched as Luna and Artemis made themselves comfortable on her bed, with Luna softly purring on Harry's lap. "Yes, very much fine. Better than ever," she answered.
"I said give me some!" yelled Seiya snatching some candy away from Yaten.
"Find your own candy!" protested Yaten hugging the chocolate frogs to his chest.
"Gimme!" whined Seiya.
"Uh....guys....I got to tell you something......" began Usagi while watching them argue. "You see, well, I........they.....They know."
"What?!" cried Yaten dropping a box of Bertie Botts.
"They what?!" yelled Seiya holding on the foot of Usagi's bed. "You told them?!"
"How could you?!" asked Taiki staring disbelievingly at Usagi.
"HOW COULD YOU!" Roared Luna jumping out from a surprised Harry's lap and directly on Usagi's chest. She stared into her charge's eyes. "How could you?!" demanded the cat.
"Eh, Luna calm down. It just slipped, nothing big," sputtered Usagi while prying off her peeved adviser. "And besides they wont tell a soul," she assured, putting the cat down next to Artemis.
"I didn't believe you when you said your cat talks but now I've seen it, wow!" mumbled Hermione while watching a hyperventilating Luna.
"Are you three certain that you wont tell anybody?" asked Artemis with worry.
"Yeah, you can trust us!" said Ron with a smile. He watched as Luna calmed down gradually.
"Besides, we'll even help you protect Usagi," suggested Harry with a smile.
Usagi frowned, "That really isn't a wise decision," she said.
"Don't worry, Hermione will think up some great spells. We'll help you anyway we can, even if you don't like it," said Harry with a determined look.
"We'll be happy to help," said Hermione.
"But......" whispered Usagi in worry. She had an odd feeling that someone might get hurt out of this. 'Oh no........'
"Thank you help is greatly appreciated......." Said Luna with a nod.
"This is so bloody brilliant! We are actually friends with Sailor senshis!" said Ron with a huge grin.
~End of Flashback~
Harry sighed, that was sure one shocking discovery. Usagi was soon after then released from the infirmary and placed under strict bed rest. She stayed most of the past days up in the dorms and they would just visit her occasionally. 'I'm glad she's fine,' he thought happily.
"Why do they give out assignments if we don't even go to classes?" whined Ron, putting down his quill.
"Because, classes will resume on Monday. Which I may remind you is only two days away!" snapped Hermione before returning to her Transfiguration essay.
"Teachers are giving away assignments to ease away the tension. That way students will be more preoccupied with their work than worry about the next attack," said Taiki while looking around the common room. True, the tension was still high but still students were pretty much busy with their piles of assignments.
"I still don't get it," mumbled Yaten, eyeing the potions assignment. "Why brew a dumb potion when you just put a hex on your victim or better yet kick their ass?"
"For once I have to agree with you," sighed Seiya putting down his quill.
"Well, unlike you three," said Harry with a slight laugh and putting down his quill. "Others don't have the ability to break somebody else's bones. So a potion may be the last resort," he said. He laughed upon seeing Yaten and Seiya's disgruntled looks.
"I don't understand this crap, Snape doesn't teach well....." sighed Yaten rolling up his potion essay.
"That's not a nice things to ----- hey, isn't that Usagi?!" said Hermione upon seeing a blonde figure quickly dash through the common room.
"Where?" asked Harry with a frown. Sure enough they all saw Usagi's back disappear through the portrait hole. "Where is she going?" he mumbled.
"Did she tell any of you were she's going?" asked Ron.
"No, she didn't," answered Taiki.
Just at that moment, Luna and Artemis came bounding towards their table. An alarmed look plastered on their faces. They quickly jumped on their table and both frowned.
"Did you see where she went?!" whispered Luna in alarmed voice.
"Usagi went out the portrait hole, did she saw were she was going?" asked Seiya with a concerned look.
"She lost it again. She totally lost her mind; apparently she had the same dream again. This time she woke up screaming her head off and crying like somebody died. Then all of the sudden she just dashed out." Whispered Artemis.
"Where might she be heading?" mumbled Harry with a frown.
"The forest......The Forbidden Forest!" Cried Hermione as it dawned on her. "Didn't she tell us that in her dream it happened in a forest? Then she's most likely heading into the forest!"
"But its too dangerous there!" said Taiki in alarm.
"Then what are we waiting for?! Let's follow her!" whispered Luna angrily.
The group quickly rushed out of the common room, hoping that nothing serious might happen to Usagi.
~Forbidden Forest~
She just wanted to make sure, just to make sure.....nothing else. Her heart pounded against her chest with an extreme intensity of pain. Her dream felt more real than ever, she felt her chest hurt as she woke up as a remembrance of Voldemort's attempt to pull her crystal out of her.
"Minna," Usagi whispered, pulling her cloak closer to her body. She just went blindly through the forest, trying hard to ignore the rustling bushes and sets of eyes watching her moves. 'The creatures of the forest,' she mused, while hurrying down the small path.
'I just want to make sure that it wasn't real, just to make sure......' She repeated in her head as her pace quickened. She let out a little sob as she remembered the mutilated bodies of her senshi. It hurt her to see them, yet she was too afraid to help. 'Why am I so afraid?!' she mentally screamed. 'They were my senshi......they are my senshi. Why am I so hesitant to help?' she asked herself.
"You're a Coward......."
"What?!" cried Usagi stopping abruptly and looking around wildly. She was sure she heard somebody. A chilling voice that practically run up her spine. Her tears stopped and her sobs subsided.
"Coward..........." The voice hissed harshly into her ear. It felt like ice biting her skin.
"No....." whispered Usagi, as realization slowly hit her. Her sobs returned and tears began to trail down her cheeks. The voice was familiar, she knew the voice. 'Voldemort!' she thought in alarm. Feeling her stomach churn and her heart beat wildly against her chest. Lightning flashed in the sky, illuminating the whole area. 'This can't be true!'
A loud scream erupted from her throat as she saw where she was. She stood in the exact same clearing as in her dream. Her screaming continued as she slowly began to see blood forming on the ground. If it were possible, her screams turned louder as she looked up on the trees and saw the dead corpses of her senshi.
"NO! It can't be!" She shrieked loudly as she watched the senshi move and their bony heads and hands reaching for her. She could faintly hear the cackling laughter coming from somewhere in the forest. She fell on her knees as she continued to scream loudly trying with all her will power to just to turn around and run away. She couldn't....
"MINNA! NOOOOOOO!"
~Near the edge of the forest~
"Minna! Nooooooo!"
Seiya looked up sharply as the cry echoed the area. Birds rustled the treetops and soon fled the area in fear. "Usagi!" he whispered in alarm.
"Get away! Get away! Nooooooo!"
"Usagi!" yelled Harry into the forest worry written all over her face.
"This way!" yelled Luna, pointing her paw at the small path infront of them.
The group quickly ran down the narrow path trying frantically to follow Usagi's screams. They were surprised to find a thundercloud looming up ahead and lightning struck the ground. Hermione let out a little shriek as thunder boomed up ahead.
"Usagi!" yelled Harry hoping that he'd get a response soon.
"Nooo! Minna!"
"We're close!" said Taiki pointing at the opening of a clearing.
"Usag-huh?!" They all just stopped at the entrance of the clearing. They stood shocked as they all saw Usagi stand in the middle of the clearing and just sob uncontrollably. None of them dared to move, as they watched her yell and scream at the rows of trees.
"No! No! Get away!" cried Usagi fear etched on her face. She watched in horror as the senshi continued to try to reach out to her. She heard their pleas of help but she couldn't bring herself to help them.
"Help us Usagi-chan!" rasped Venus, extending her bloodied hand towards the frightened Moon princess.
"No! You're dead! Stop! Stop! Go away!" yelled Usagi as more tears coursed down her cheek.
"Coward......" hissed a harsh voice in into her ear. "You call yourself a princess?!"
"Stop! Go away!" yelled Usagi falling to her knees and covering her ears with her hands. "Go away!"
"What's wrong with her?!" whispered Harry as he watched Usagi sob into her hands. He looked around them and found nothing but trees. 'Who is she talking to?' he though. He moved to run to he but was help back Taiki.
"She thinks she sees the senshi, you shouldn't interfere now." whispered Taiki sternly while peeling his eyes the distraught princess. "She's hallucinating,"
"Her emotions are running haywire, if you might get involved you might get hurt. She isn't herself now," said Luna while staring intently at Usagi. 'You can do it, fight. Fight Usagi, fight!'
"Coward....." hissed the harsh voice in her ear. "You cant even help your own senshi.....COWARD!"
"Usagi help us!" cried the senshi in unison.
"STOP IT!" yelled Usagi, now wobbly standing up and still covering her ears. 'Their not real! Not real! Not real! They are dead!' she repeated in her head. "Stop, stop! Just go away!" she yelled at the senshi. "I can't help you!" she yelled at them, this time a surge of power followed her yell.
"What is going on?!" yelled Harry staring down at the shocked Artemis. He looked back up and watched in horror as Usagi began to glow in soft silver. It soon intensified as her sobs turned into harsh cries. "Usagi!"
"Don't Harry!" yelled Yaten holding back Harry. The wind picked up around them. Thunder loomed just above them. "You'll get hurt!"
"But she's in pain....." sputtered Hermione in shock. "Don't you want to help her?!"
Artemis jumped up onto her shoulder and watched Usagi continue to cry, seeming to be completely oblivious of her other surroundings. "She's fighting her inner troubles. Her powers are reacting to her emotions, causing the current change of weather. If my deductions are correct I'd say she's evolving," said Artemis with a frown.
Luna's eyes narrowed, "Yet her body is not ready for that change. If she wont fight her inner troubles properly.....surely she might die due to too much power exertion....................."
"What?!" yelled Harry in disbelief. His stomach lurched at the thought of Usagi dieing. He surely didn't want her die, the two of them just found their love for each other and he was defiantly not ready to lose her. Not yet, not ever. He watched in worry as Usagi continued to glow silver.
They watched in shock as Usagi's body continued to glow. They all gasped as she let out a little cry and her aura pulsed. The light around her turned back to a softer shade, Sailor Moon stood in Usagi's place.
"Her fuku! Its....it's...the first one...." Whispered Luna in disbelief. 'What is happening?!'
'What's happening to me?!' Usagi thought as she felt a sudden change. Avoiding the loud pleas of help of her senshi, she looked down at herself and found herself transformed. To her utter shock she found her fuku to be her first one. 'No!' she inwardly moaned.
"Coward!" hissed the voice into her ear. "You are useless and incompetent.....you don even have control over your own power!"
"No!" yelled Sailor Moon stumbling backwards and falling to the ground. She suppressed a sob as she saw the bloodied grass. 'It's not real.....it's not real....please it's not real.....' she repeated. She let out a loud sob and let her aura engulf her body once more. As it reduced, she found herself wearing her Super Sailor Moon fuku.
"Sailor Moon help us!" Yelled Venus trying to reach out for her princess.
Sailor Moon gasped and stumbled backwards. "You're not real! Stop it!" she yelled angrily trying to convince herself. 'Stop it! What's going on with me?!' she felt her crystal pulse inside her and cause her to transform her once again, this time into eternal Sailor Moon.
"No control what so ever.....if you can't control it, why keep it?!" hissed the harsh voice. "You will only cause pain and hurt people.......why keep such power and not have control over it?........foolish princess....coward!"
"No! Stop it! Go away!" she yelled, trying frantically to find the origin of the voice. For the final time changed, this time changing into her princess form, Serenity. '*Why fight something that is not real?*' a small voice asked.
"Coward....." hissed the harsh voice. "Give me your powers instead! You have no strength to keep them anyway......."
"No...." mumbled Serenity falling to the ground and sitting there staring blankly at the bloodied ground. "Stop....please....." She whispered, she felt hopeless and worn out.
'*Tell me, why fight something that is not real?*' asked the small voice.
'Because it's real....' answered Serenity with a small sob. 'Everything is,' she thought as her aura began to pulse.
"What's going on?!" yelled Harry in worry as he watched Usagi just sit there and stare blankly at the ground. It amazed him to see her in those various uniforms of Sailor Moon, it caught him off guard. Yet what really caught his eye was her princess form, she looked totally beautiful.
"It's happening," whispered Luna in disbelief.
"She's changing," finished Artemis with a gasp.
Serenity stared blankly at her now bloodied dress, tears rolled down her cheek. 'It's not real,' she thought. Her aura began to pulse, intensifying and covering her whole body. She felt faint; she could no longer hear the pleas of the senshi and the harsh hissing of the unknown voice. All she heard was nothing.
'*Time to chose*' whispered the small voice. '*Choose well*'
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Hmmm, who could that be? Lol, I am sorry for this cliffy, but I couldn't help myself. I am just a big sucker for these kind of endings. Lol, Gomen. Anywayz, tell me what you guys think. Did you like it? Were you confuzzeled? Are you happy? TELL ME! Better click that button down there and REVIEW! I wanna know what you think. Please, I need 10 reviews (more) to get me going to do another chapter. Also, I accept suggestions, ideas, opinions and what-so-evers. Feel free to e-mail me!
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Elisabeth the ultimate Harry/Usagi fan! ..... Harry and Usagi rule!
*Cringes at the date* 12-30-02 *Doubles over* kami! I have been neglecting this fic! Wha! How bad of me! Please forgive me for the utterly LONG delay of updates for this fic! I bottom heartedly apologize. So please put down those stake forks *Sweat drop* No need to resort to violence, right? *giggles nervously* Please do forgive me, but I was so absorbed with all those other fics that I totally forgot. . . wha! What a bad author I am! *sniff* Gomen. Anyway, I think I lost my touch with this story, I kinda lost it. So please forgive me when this fic would sound a bit confusing.
Also, this will have a really darker edge to it, that's why I raised the rating a tad bit higher. Also, it has a very dark mental picture for Usagi. *Shudder* I really don't want to imagine about it, if it were my loved ones. This fic will soon come to an end, like really, really soon! ^____^ Any-who, as to now keep you waiting any longer, (You waited already too long. . . ::four months::) On with the FIC!
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"Talking"
'Thinking'
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Chapter 9 "Dreams are never real.....are they?"
~Headmaster's Office~
".......And that's what happened!" said Ron, telling the headmaster the whole ordeal that occurred up in the girls dorm. He uneasily shifted in his chair as he watched the headmaster sip his tea carefully. He quickly glanced at Harry; he looked very pale and anxious. He faintly heard the door open and close behind them, signaling that Snape had returned.
"Minerva," began Dumbledore, setting down his teacup. "Inform all the students to remain in their common rooms. Severus, you and some teachers have a look around the grounds to see if the 'monster' left any trails. No student will be allowed to leave the castle; classes will be postponed for several days. We all must be at top guard,"
McGonagal nodded quickly and rushed out the office. Her lips were pressed to a thin line, showing the severity of the situation. 'The child is in danger,'
Snape followed McGonagal out of the office, 'The dark Lord will pay for what he did to Serenity,' he thought darkly.
"Why does Voldemort want Usagi professor?" asked Harry with a hint of worry in his voice. His tea was untouched as he was too worried about Usagi's welfare. He remembered the youma's words.
Dumbledore looked apprehensively at Harry, debating on whether or not to tell the three about Voldemort. He glanced at Hermione as she sighed shakily and gave a little sob. "I believe that now is not the time to discuss these matters," he said. 'Voldemort has found Serenity,' he thought. 'Everything will be revealed sooner than expected,'
"Will Usagi be alright?" asked Hermione after a little sob.
"Yes, yes, I believe that Mdm. Pomfrey is doing her job," nodded the headmaster. "It is best that you three should head back to your common rooms. Tomorrow would be the best time for you to see Usagi,"
Harry, Ron and Hermione nodded. They thanked the headmaster for the tea and slowly got up from their seats and walked out the office with heavy hearts. Worry was evident on their faces as their thoughts were directed to Usagi.
"They are gone now," said Dumbledore, as his office was now empty. He watched silently as the huge window next to the fireplace creaked loudly and opened. The Star Lights clumsily stumbled into the office. He couldn't help but chuckle slightly at the sight of the three senshi.
"Took them long enough," mumbled Healer, rubbing her arms. "It's so cold out there,"
Fighter dehenshined and stared directly at the silent headmaster. "How did he find us?" asked Seiya with a frown. "How on earth did he find where Usagi's room was?"
Dumbledore sighed, "There are so many possibilities, on more unlikely than the other," He silently watched as Maker and Healer dehenshined as well before continuing, "The answer lies in Usagi, she may know how the youma had entered the castle,"
"But why does that Voldemort character want Usagi?" asked Yaten with a confused frown.
Taiki sighed, "It's quite obvious, Voldemort is after power. He only rose to power months ago, and he needs more to reach his full glory. And what better way to get power than through the Ginzuishou and the Moon princess. It would be like a 12 course meal for Voldemort," he said.
"Taiki is right, Voldemort does need power. However, I do believe that Voldemort has other intentions with the Moon princess," said Dumbledore with a slight frown.
"What does tha---?" asked Seiya with a bewildered look.
"Nothing, no trace left what so ever!" cried Snape in furry, stepping into the office. Accompanied with him were Hagrid and McGonagal. Taking finally notice of the three lights that were scattered in the room, Severus Snape scowled, "What are you three still doing here?"
"Severus, we were just discussing about the whole situation," smiled Dumbledore at the scowling potion master.
"So is it true Albus, that.......that.....you-know-who might have done this?" asked McGonagal, her eyes switching uneasily between the frowning Three lights and the headmaster.
"I believe so, the youma did state that Voldemort is expecting Usagi." Answered Dumbledore. "And I believe this time, he will do anything to rise to power,"
~Infirmary~
Mdm. Pomfrey watched in satisfaction as Usagi's condition stabled. As Severus has brought in the battered moonchild, she had lost too much blood for her liking. It took a great deal of effort in getting the girl back into a stable condition. The girl had several broken ribs and bones upon arrival but was slowly healing through the help of 'Skele-repair', which helped greatly.
"Poor Child," whispered Mdm. Pomfrey, placing a cool washcloth on Usagi's forehead. The girl was burning up with fever, which seemed quite strange. 'What she must go through,' she mused. "Good Night princess," she whispered after a minute of silence. She would just come by later, to change to washcloth and to see if the fever had lowered. Now what both of them needed now, was rest. She quickly walked out the room and closed to door silently only leaving one candle on.
The candle flickered slightly in the room, as Usagi's breathing came in irregular intakes. Little moans escaped her lips and her face contorted into pain. Twisting in her bed in pain she continued to moan, "No.......no......"
~*Dream Sequence*~
Usagi tried hard to stare through the fog, trying hard to see where she was. 'Where am I?' she mused.
"Come........."
'Mars?!' cried Usagi. She tried to find the origin of the voice, but found it difficult since there was an echo.
"Come......Serenity....."
"Serenity......."
"Usa-chan......come...."
"We're waiting.......my love...."
'Venus! Mercury! Jupiter........Mamo-chan!' thought Usagi with delight. They were alive. She blindly ran through the fog, going where her feet were taking her. She heard leaves crunch under her feet and twigs snap ever so often. Her suspicions were right, she was in a forest.
"Koneko.........."
"We're here......."
"Usagi-mama....."
"Hurry......Serenity...."
'Uranus, Neptune, Saturn, Pluto! I'm coming........' thought Usagi with delight. Her senshi were alive, she knew it. She soon noted that she wore her princess dress. It seemed to her like an eternity as she continued to run blindly in the forest.
The fog soon thinned out, yet it was still unclear to see what lay up ahead. She still could head her senshi calling to her in her head. In her hurry she didn't see the large root poking out of the ground.
"Ah!" cried Usagi in pain. She fell forward; she caught her head on her arm. She felt slight pain, but still it wouldn't bring her down. She wanted to see her beloved senshi and mamoru. "Minna......." she whispered slowly pulling herself up.
As she turned to dust her gown off, what she saw on her hands made her stop and stare. She saw blood on her hands. 'I didn't hit the ground that hard,' she mused slightly. When she looked down on her white gown, she found more blood. Her eyes grew wide, and she felt a silent scream in her throat. The whole ground in front of her was full of blood. 'No!' she cried.
The fog slowly cleared up, it revealed that she was standing in the entrance of a clearing filled with blood. Usagi held a silent scream; she had never seen so much blood in her life. 'Minna, where are you?' she thought, she ignored the sickening squishy sounds the bloodied grass made against her feet.
"Serenity......." came a raspy voice. It almost sounded sick and dieing. "Help!" more voices cried out this time in unison.
Usagi looked up as she heard the familiar cries of her senshi. Her eyes widened in terror as the fog cleared infront of a set of trees lined in front of her. She screamed out in horror as she saw the mutilated/decaying bodies of her senshi hanging on each tree. She stumbled backwards in fright, as she watched the senshi's forms.
"No...no.....NO! MINNA!" cried Usagi. She couldn't move, her feet were immobile. She just watched as her beloved senshi and Mamoru hung the by the trees. Her heart felt like it stopped and her blood ran cold. She watched as the senshi somewhat moved and desperately reached out their bloodied hands towards Usagi.
"Usagi.......help!" they moaned out in unison.
Usagi couldn't bear to watch, silent tears coursed down her cheeks. She couldn't help, she couldn't. It was too much for her, 'Who could have done this!' she cried. Stumbling backwards and falling onto the bloodied ground. To her utter horror, she felt herself be pushed towards the mutilated senshi by an unknown force.
(AN: This is graphic!)
"Serenity, help me......" rasped Tuxedo Mask reaching out to Usagi with his bloodied hand. He was tied around his neck, hanging limply on the tree. Cuts and blood covered his whole body. His tuxedo was tattered and burned, open wounds were visible and bones could be seen. It looked like his body was decaying as the exposed flesh looked rubbery.
The senshi, each hung to a tree, also tried futilely to reach out to the screaming princess. Mars, Jupiter, Uranus and Venus all had ropes tied around their bloodied necks. They even had open cuts on their stomachs and blood continued to flow. Even bones and burned flesh was visible. Their fukus were all tattered and burned. Neptune, Pluto, Mercury and Saturn, were all tied up around one arm, like the others open cuts and wounds were visible. Their heads were in odd angles, obviously snapped out of place.
"DON'T TOUCH ME!" yelled Usagi in a horrified voice, as she became in touching reach of the senshi. She felt Mamoru's bloodied hand brush up against her cheek; it left a trail of blood. "Ah!" she cried in a terrified voice. She couldn't bare the sigh infront of her, she clenched her eyes as the senshi continued to try to touch her.
"Help us Serenity!" cried Venus, grasping Usagi's wrist and pulling her up from the ground.
The dead stench of flesh and bones overwhelmed her senses. "Ah! Let go!" Screamed Usagi brushing off Venus arm and hearing it snap in process. 'This can't be happening!' her mind screamed. She felt nothing holding her back anymore, she quickly ran away from the senshi.
"Don't go Serenity! Help us......" Cried the senshi in unison.
Usagi clenched her eyes, as silent tears coursed down her cheeks. 'Minna, that was not you! That was not you!' she thought while blindly running away from them. She still heard the sickening squishy sounds of blood under her feet.
"Where are you going Serenity?" whispered a raspy voice from behind her.
"Who-who-are you?" whispered Usagi between tears. She stopped running, and sighed in relief to see the dead senshi nowhere in sight. She felt her blood run cold as she saw Voldemort's figure loom only a few feet away from her.
"Get......get away from me!" yelled Usagi in frantic, stepping backwards. She suddenly felt her princess gown disappear and reverted back into her normal clothes.
Voldemort smiled a sinister smile and took several shaky steps forward. "You can't escape from me. No one can, not even a little princess like you. I hope you enjoyed your little reunion with you precious senshi and prince.......it was quite entertaining......."
Usagi held back a silent scream in her throat. She stepped backwards, her back hitting a tree. She felt her heart pound loudly against her chest. 'This can't be happening!' she mentally screamed.
"What do you want?" whispered Usagi in fear.
Voldemort quickly closed the distance between him and the quivering Moonchild. "You and the crystal......." he whispered.
"AHHHH!" Usagi screamed in pain as she felt his bony hand plunge deep into her chest. She felt his hand close around her heart and give it a little tug. Hot tears trickled down her cheeks in pain, blood covered her whole shirt.
"And I'll do anything to get what I want........." whispered Voldemort with a sinister smile.
"No........NO!" Cried Usagi between sobs.
"Even if it means to kill everything close to your precious little heart of yours," he added with a long cackle. He gave her heart one last tug before roughly pulling his hand out her chest.
"Let this be a fair warning princess......" Whispered Voldemort to the sobbing moonchild.
Usagi watched in terror as Voldemort moved away from her. Blood trickled down his bony hands. She lowered herself to the ground and continued to sob in pain. She watched as Voldemort disappeared into the forest and cackle loudly. Rain began to pour down from the sky and thunder struck loudly.
As the lightning struck the ground only a few feet infront of her, it illuminated the whole area. And again she saw the dead senshi and mamoru trying to reach out to her by the trees.........but this time, she saw Harry among them.
"AHHHH!"
~*End of Dream Sequence*~
"AHHHHHHHHH! Nooo! Ahhh!"
"Usagi!" yelled Harry in worry as he watched his girlfriend bolt up straight from bed.
"She's awake," mumbled Dumbledore in delight. It had worried him that the girl did not wake after two days had passed. Mdm. Pomfrey had told them that the girl was in a sort of shock state, and would not wake. All her wounds and broken bones were healed, yet he sensed that there was something wrong with the girl.
"Usagi......." whispered Harry, moving a comforting hand towards her shoulder.
"I SAID DON'T TOUCH ME!" yelled Usagi, slapping Harry's hand away roughly. She ignored Harry's yelp of pain and began to hug her knees. "It hurts...." She whispered and laid her head on her knees.
"Auch," whispered Harry in shock and rubbed his hand. Pain flashed in his eyes but said nothing, instead he watched as Usagi mumbled something about being hurt. 'What's wrong with her,'
Silence filled the room, as the Three Lights, Harry, Hermione, Ron, Dumbledore, Snape, McGonagal and Mdm. Pomfrey eyed the mumbling girl in worry. They watched as she began to rock her little body back and fort and mumble something about being hurt.
"What is wrong with her?" whispered Seiya as he eyed the mumbling princess with worry. "You told us she was in shock, so what caused this to her?!" he asked, sending the nurse a slight glare.
"I don't know," answered Mdm. Pomfrey. She moved towards Usagi, "Are you hurt dear?" she asked gently upon hearing Usagi mumble being hurt.
Usagi stopped rocking her body and slowly looked up and stared up at the nurse. Hot tears coursed down her cheeks as pain and turmoil flashed in her eyes. "It hurts......." she whispered.
Mdm. Pomfrey gasped and stepped back, the pain she saw in the girl's eyes was too much. "Oh my....." She gasped and stepped further away.
"Usagi?" whispered Hermione in worry. She began to worry about the girl, she noted that Usagi looked hurt.
"What's wrong with her?" whispered Ron to Harry.
Harry shrugged and continued to cradle his hand. She had hit his hand quite hard. His eyes clouded over with worry as Usagi still continued to refuse to be touched or held by anybody.
"It looks like she saw something while she was in shock," said Dumbledore thoughtfully as he watched the nonstop crying girl.
"Do you mean like she had a dream that felt too real for her? Do you think that might have been the cause of her behavior Professor?" asked Taiki in worry, glancing between Usagi and the headmaster. 'What could she have seen?'
"Are saying Albus that what this girl is in mentally shock?" asked Snape with a slight frown.
"It seems, that whatever had happened in dream caused her current behavior. What ever she saw may have been overwhelming and caused some damage," answered the headmaster.
"The poor child," whispered McGonagal.
"Usagi?" asked Dumbledore, cautiously sitting down infront of Usagi. He reached out with his hand and touched her trembling arm. She was about to swat his hand away when he quickly made a move and held both of her wrists firmly in his arms.
Everybody was amazed at the headmaster's quick reflexes and strong grip. They watched hesitantly as Usagi began to struggle and try to free herself from his grip.
"Let go! Let go! Let go! Don't touch me! I wanna go!" cried Usagi trashing around in her bed. She finally realized that it was no use to struggle against the old man, she soon began to cry. Heart wrenching sobs escaped her lips as she pulled her legs up to her chest and laid her head back on her knees.
"What's the matter? What did you see?" asked Dumbledore, still firmly holding the girls wrists. It hurt him to see the girl all shaken up, whatever she saw mush have been horrifying.
"I-I-I.......saw Minna.....Minna! I saw them...." whispered Usagi between sobs.
"Minna......but, Usagi-chan, their dead........" mumbled Yaten bitterly.
"Their dead, I know.....I saw them......" whispered Usagi after a sob. She stared blankly at her knees, "I saw Mamo-chan........" She added in a small whisper.
Seiya plunged forward and roughly grabbed the surprised girl by the shoulders and forced her to stare into his eyes. "Usagi, their dead! Their dead! Mamoru-san and the others are dead! What ever you saw was just a dream! Snap out of it!" he yelled angrily. He roughly shock Usagi, ignoring the headmaster and the set of gasps that went off the room.
"Seiya......." whispered Usagi, she felt Dumbledore let go of her hands. "Seiya......" she repeated, somewhat snapping back to reality. She quickly engulfed the starlight in a tight hug and began to sob uncontrollably on his shoulder. She clutched his shirt tightly, in fear that he might disappear.
Dumbledore smiled appreciatively at Seiya and moved off the bed. "She is getting back to her old self," he said.
"Who's mamoru?" asked Harry while watching Usagi let out heart wrenching sobs. He felt a twinge of jealousy but got over it easily.
Taiki gave Yaten an uneasy look, "Uh, Harry, You see, Mamoru was Usagi's fiancée," he answered with a sigh.
"What?!" whispered Harry in disbelief. Usagi had a fiancée?!
"And he died," whispered Hermione, she felt totally sorry for her friend. 'She must go through a lot of pain,' she thought.
Harry stared silently as Usagi continued to sob on Seiya's shoulder. 'How can she not tell me?' he thought with slight anger. "Usagi...."
"Where's Harry?! He killed him.......killed him......" Cried Usagi pulling herself away from Seiya. She looked around the room frantically, trying to find Harry. She quickly found him only sitting next to her bed. "You're alive!" she cried happily, flinging herself into the surprised Harry's arms. She almost fell out of bed if he hadn't pulled them back on it but she didn't care she was just happy to see Harry.
Snape watched silently as Harry cradled the sobbing Usagi in his arms. He silently wondered what she could have seen that caused her current behavior. 'The Dark Lord will pay.........'
"You're alive, you're alive!" sobbed Usagi into Harry's shoulder.
Harry was surprised to have Usagi in his arms all of the sudden. He was even more surprised to hear her mumble about being alive. 'Did she see me dead?!' he thought incredulously. He continued to soothe her and mumble soothing words into her ear as she continued to sob.
"Who else did you see dear?" asked Dumbledore watching Usagi solemnly sob uncontrollably into Harry's shoulder.
Usagi pulled herself slowly away from Harry and gave him a slight smile. Her crescent Moon shone for a minute as she stared down at her bed sheets, causing Harry and the others to gasp in shock. Tears continued to stream down her cheeks as she placed her hands on her chest as if feeling the pain of getting her heart ripped out again.
"Voldemort........."
~A week later~
The news of Usagi being attacked and nearly killed had spread like wildfire throughout the school. Since her being famous, students tried to see and visit the girl but failed as they were refused to enter the room. Rumors and theories flew around the school about how the 'monster' could have entered the school premises. Guesses were made as to who was behind the attack, and eventually only You-know-who was the only candidate. Soon fear and anxiety built up in the school as classes were resumed days later. The ministry of magic was not pleased about what had happened, and Fudge still persisted to believe that Voldemort had risen was just all hogwash.
But what probably disturbed Harry the most was the fact what Usagi had told him and Hermione and Ron the day after she woke up. It had greatly confused him as he saw the crescent Moon flash on her forehead before disappearing minutes after.
~Flashback~
"Usagi? How are you?!" smiled Hermione as she entered the room followed closely by Ron and Harry. Her smile wavered slightly as she saw Usagi not moving but just stare blankly out at the Forbidden Forest. Quite frankly, it scared Hermione to see her friend all shaken up.
"Whoa! You got a lot of presents!" said Ron, trying hard to cover up his concern and cheer Usagi up.
Usagi glanced at all the presents that scattered around her room, flowers, balloons, cards, gifts, chocolates, and candies. Sighing slightly she turned back to watch the Forbidden Forest, 'Why was I so afraid to help my senshi? Am I that a bad leader?' she thought bitterly. She shuddered as she remembered the mutilated bodies of her senshi, 'I am that afraid?'
"We really missed you," said Harry with a sad tone as he sat down on her bed and watched her sadly. 'I really missed you.......' he wanted to add.
"Yeah, we're just dying to see you get out of this place," added Ron with a slight grin.
"Don't die....." mumbled Usagi. She stared at Ron with worry.
"No, no, no. He meant it as a figurative language. He means we're all anticipating your release. We're not going to die......." Said Hermione with a small smile.
"Oh....."
Usagi blankly stared out the window, staring at the Forbidden Forest. 'Minna.....' Why was she so afraid to help her senshi? Thoughts continued to run through her head. 'I'm a coward,' she thought bitterly.
"So, what's so important about the Forbidden Forest?" asked Ron switching his gaze between the Forbidden Forest and Usagi. It sort of creped him out to see Usagi stare so blankly at the forest.
"Minna......" mumbled Usagi with a sigh. "They're dead, I saw them....." she whispered turning to stare at Harry with worry. A little sob escaped her lips as she help Harry's hand, "I saw you dead......."
"It was just a dream, you shouldn't believe what you usually see in your dream!" protested Hermione, placing a worried hand on Usagi's shoulder.
"I'm a coward........I didn't help. I'm worthless......." whispered Usagi clutching Harry's hand harder.
"Don't say that!" cried Harry angrily. He quickly grabbed her shoulders and gently rocked her body back and forth soothingly. "You're not a coward! You're brave and strong. You survived an attack! You're not worthless! You're special to all of us, you're special to me........" he trailed of. Then very gently he brushed his lips against her cheeks.
Hermione and Ron's eyes grew wide in surprise at Harry's forwarding gestures. Immediately their thoughts of Harry and Usagi having some kind of relationship together were confirmed when Harry kissed Usagi briefly on the lips.
"*Cough, cough*"
Harry blushed and smiled slightly and allowed Usagi to sit back up properly. "Err, yes, you're not worthless....." He smiled brightly at her.
"But........but.....I'm not fit to be .....a leader.....I'm a coward! I shouldn't be a princess! --- Oh!" Usagi's eyes went wide as she snapped back to reality, finally understanding what she had just said. She clamped her hand over her mouth and stared in shock at the three gaping teens.
"Princess?" whispered Ron with raised eyebrows.
"You're a princess?" asked Harry with a surprised look.
"Forget I said that......nothing.....it meant nothing....." sputtered Usagi. 'Because of my stupid mental damage I gave myself away! Way the go Serenity!' she mentally sighed.
"Does that have to do anything with the crescent Moon thing glowing on your forehead?" asked Harry while pointing at Usagi's forehead.
"What?!" cried Usagi and fingered her forehead tentatively. Sure enough, she felt a soft pulse and warmth from her insignia. From all her anxiety, it caused the crystal to react within her and let her insignia appear. 'Damn anxiety attacks' she tried to calm down, very slowly the insignia stopped glowing and disappeared.
"Wait a minute....." cried Hermione. She watched as Usagi squirmed in her bed. "I recognize that symbol........but, it couldn't be. They're all dead.....Princess Serenity?" she said with a slight frown.
Usagi sighed, Hermione knew too much for her own good. "Look, if I tell you three. You wont tell anybody right?" she asked. She watched them silently as they nodded. 'Here goes nothing.......'
She began to tell them everything......from her past, to the present and even to her supposed future. Usagi just hoped that Harry wouldn't feel betrayed after she told them everything.
*1 hour later*
A sobbing Usagi sat on the bed while Harry tried futilely to comfort her. She told them her secret of also being Sailor Moon and the three lights being the three mysterious senshi that saved her. She ended up telling them her dream, which then caused her again to feel mixed emotions.
"That's the most horrible mental picture ever........" shuddered Ron sending Usagi a sympathetic look. He could understand how hard it would feel to see all her loved ones dead and dangle on a tree. It would be hard for him to see all his friends and family dead and dangle on a tree.
Hermione let out a little sob, "Oh, god Usagi! I'm so sorry!" she cried and immediately latched herself onto Usagi and Harry. Hugging tightly the sobbing girl.
After a minute or so, Usagi entangled herself from the hug and eyed her friends and boyfriend. "So, you are not angry with me for keeping a secret?" she asked tentatively.
Harry though feeling a little betrayed, shock his head and gave a slight chuckle. "Of course not," he said. He completely understood her situation, though it would have been better if she told him sooner. He watched as Usagi sighed in relief, he smiled and kissed her quickly on the lips. "Besides, I would never be angry at you anyway......"
Usagi blushed slightly and gave Harry a quick hug, "Thank you,"
"Hey! You two have been holding out on us!" cried Ron finally with a huge grin.
"You two should share your secrets!" giggled Hermione while dabbing her eyes.
Usagi giggled and stared at Ron and Hermione while continuing to hug a chuckling Harry. She felt much better now, much better than she felt an hour ago. It seemed like all she needed was some people whom she could talk to and pour her heart out. It was different then talking to the guys or to Luna and Artemis.
"We're he-------re!" cried a singsong voice as the door opened. In stepped Seiya, upon seeing Harry and Usagi hug he grinned, "I guess she didn't lose her mind after all,"
"Will you move already!" cried Yaten pushing Seiya out of the door way and ambling in with Luna and Artemis in his arms.
"Hi Usagi-chan!" said Taiki with smile. He chuckled slightly upon seeing Usagi quickly detangle herself from Harry's arms.
"Hi!" said Ron with a wave.
"Hey," whispered Usagi while covering up her blush. She watched tentatively as Seiya and Yaten argued over some Chocolate Frogs. She contemplated on how she was going to tell them that she told their secret, especially when Luna and Artemis were around both would blow a fuse. She watched as Harry and Ron eyed the three lights with laughter in their eyes, when hey found out that the light alter ego were girls they found it very amusing.
"Usagi are you feeling alright?" asked Taiki seeing that Usagi looked very much better than yesterday. Much more mentally stable than before.
Usagi watched as Luna and Artemis made themselves comfortable on her bed, with Luna softly purring on Harry's lap. "Yes, very much fine. Better than ever," she answered.
"I said give me some!" yelled Seiya snatching some candy away from Yaten.
"Find your own candy!" protested Yaten hugging the chocolate frogs to his chest.
"Gimme!" whined Seiya.
"Uh....guys....I got to tell you something......" began Usagi while watching them argue. "You see, well, I........they.....They know."
"What?!" cried Yaten dropping a box of Bertie Botts.
"They what?!" yelled Seiya holding on the foot of Usagi's bed. "You told them?!"
"How could you?!" asked Taiki staring disbelievingly at Usagi.
"HOW COULD YOU!" Roared Luna jumping out from a surprised Harry's lap and directly on Usagi's chest. She stared into her charge's eyes. "How could you?!" demanded the cat.
"Eh, Luna calm down. It just slipped, nothing big," sputtered Usagi while prying off her peeved adviser. "And besides they wont tell a soul," she assured, putting the cat down next to Artemis.
"I didn't believe you when you said your cat talks but now I've seen it, wow!" mumbled Hermione while watching a hyperventilating Luna.
"Are you three certain that you wont tell anybody?" asked Artemis with worry.
"Yeah, you can trust us!" said Ron with a smile. He watched as Luna calmed down gradually.
"Besides, we'll even help you protect Usagi," suggested Harry with a smile.
Usagi frowned, "That really isn't a wise decision," she said.
"Don't worry, Hermione will think up some great spells. We'll help you anyway we can, even if you don't like it," said Harry with a determined look.
"We'll be happy to help," said Hermione.
"But......" whispered Usagi in worry. She had an odd feeling that someone might get hurt out of this. 'Oh no........'
"Thank you help is greatly appreciated......." Said Luna with a nod.
"This is so bloody brilliant! We are actually friends with Sailor senshis!" said Ron with a huge grin.
~End of Flashback~
Harry sighed, that was sure one shocking discovery. Usagi was soon after then released from the infirmary and placed under strict bed rest. She stayed most of the past days up in the dorms and they would just visit her occasionally. 'I'm glad she's fine,' he thought happily.
"Why do they give out assignments if we don't even go to classes?" whined Ron, putting down his quill.
"Because, classes will resume on Monday. Which I may remind you is only two days away!" snapped Hermione before returning to her Transfiguration essay.
"Teachers are giving away assignments to ease away the tension. That way students will be more preoccupied with their work than worry about the next attack," said Taiki while looking around the common room. True, the tension was still high but still students were pretty much busy with their piles of assignments.
"I still don't get it," mumbled Yaten, eyeing the potions assignment. "Why brew a dumb potion when you just put a hex on your victim or better yet kick their ass?"
"For once I have to agree with you," sighed Seiya putting down his quill.
"Well, unlike you three," said Harry with a slight laugh and putting down his quill. "Others don't have the ability to break somebody else's bones. So a potion may be the last resort," he said. He laughed upon seeing Yaten and Seiya's disgruntled looks.
"I don't understand this crap, Snape doesn't teach well....." sighed Yaten rolling up his potion essay.
"That's not a nice things to ----- hey, isn't that Usagi?!" said Hermione upon seeing a blonde figure quickly dash through the common room.
"Where?" asked Harry with a frown. Sure enough they all saw Usagi's back disappear through the portrait hole. "Where is she going?" he mumbled.
"Did she tell any of you were she's going?" asked Ron.
"No, she didn't," answered Taiki.
Just at that moment, Luna and Artemis came bounding towards their table. An alarmed look plastered on their faces. They quickly jumped on their table and both frowned.
"Did you see where she went?!" whispered Luna in alarmed voice.
"Usagi went out the portrait hole, did she saw were she was going?" asked Seiya with a concerned look.
"She lost it again. She totally lost her mind; apparently she had the same dream again. This time she woke up screaming her head off and crying like somebody died. Then all of the sudden she just dashed out." Whispered Artemis.
"Where might she be heading?" mumbled Harry with a frown.
"The forest......The Forbidden Forest!" Cried Hermione as it dawned on her. "Didn't she tell us that in her dream it happened in a forest? Then she's most likely heading into the forest!"
"But its too dangerous there!" said Taiki in alarm.
"Then what are we waiting for?! Let's follow her!" whispered Luna angrily.
The group quickly rushed out of the common room, hoping that nothing serious might happen to Usagi.
~Forbidden Forest~
She just wanted to make sure, just to make sure.....nothing else. Her heart pounded against her chest with an extreme intensity of pain. Her dream felt more real than ever, she felt her chest hurt as she woke up as a remembrance of Voldemort's attempt to pull her crystal out of her.
"Minna," Usagi whispered, pulling her cloak closer to her body. She just went blindly through the forest, trying hard to ignore the rustling bushes and sets of eyes watching her moves. 'The creatures of the forest,' she mused, while hurrying down the small path.
'I just want to make sure that it wasn't real, just to make sure......' She repeated in her head as her pace quickened. She let out a little sob as she remembered the mutilated bodies of her senshi. It hurt her to see them, yet she was too afraid to help. 'Why am I so afraid?!' she mentally screamed. 'They were my senshi......they are my senshi. Why am I so hesitant to help?' she asked herself.
"You're a Coward......."
"What?!" cried Usagi stopping abruptly and looking around wildly. She was sure she heard somebody. A chilling voice that practically run up her spine. Her tears stopped and her sobs subsided.
"Coward..........." The voice hissed harshly into her ear. It felt like ice biting her skin.
"No....." whispered Usagi, as realization slowly hit her. Her sobs returned and tears began to trail down her cheeks. The voice was familiar, she knew the voice. 'Voldemort!' she thought in alarm. Feeling her stomach churn and her heart beat wildly against her chest. Lightning flashed in the sky, illuminating the whole area. 'This can't be true!'
A loud scream erupted from her throat as she saw where she was. She stood in the exact same clearing as in her dream. Her screaming continued as she slowly began to see blood forming on the ground. If it were possible, her screams turned louder as she looked up on the trees and saw the dead corpses of her senshi.
"NO! It can't be!" She shrieked loudly as she watched the senshi move and their bony heads and hands reaching for her. She could faintly hear the cackling laughter coming from somewhere in the forest. She fell on her knees as she continued to scream loudly trying with all her will power to just to turn around and run away. She couldn't....
"MINNA! NOOOOOOO!"
~Near the edge of the forest~
"Minna! Nooooooo!"
Seiya looked up sharply as the cry echoed the area. Birds rustled the treetops and soon fled the area in fear. "Usagi!" he whispered in alarm.
"Get away! Get away! Nooooooo!"
"Usagi!" yelled Harry into the forest worry written all over her face.
"This way!" yelled Luna, pointing her paw at the small path infront of them.
The group quickly ran down the narrow path trying frantically to follow Usagi's screams. They were surprised to find a thundercloud looming up ahead and lightning struck the ground. Hermione let out a little shriek as thunder boomed up ahead.
"Usagi!" yelled Harry hoping that he'd get a response soon.
"Nooo! Minna!"
"We're close!" said Taiki pointing at the opening of a clearing.
"Usag-huh?!" They all just stopped at the entrance of the clearing. They stood shocked as they all saw Usagi stand in the middle of the clearing and just sob uncontrollably. None of them dared to move, as they watched her yell and scream at the rows of trees.
"No! No! Get away!" cried Usagi fear etched on her face. She watched in horror as the senshi continued to try to reach out to her. She heard their pleas of help but she couldn't bring herself to help them.
"Help us Usagi-chan!" rasped Venus, extending her bloodied hand towards the frightened Moon princess.
"No! You're dead! Stop! Stop! Go away!" yelled Usagi as more tears coursed down her cheek.
"Coward......" hissed a harsh voice in into her ear. "You call yourself a princess?!"
"Stop! Go away!" yelled Usagi falling to her knees and covering her ears with her hands. "Go away!"
"What's wrong with her?!" whispered Harry as he watched Usagi sob into her hands. He looked around them and found nothing but trees. 'Who is she talking to?' he though. He moved to run to he but was help back Taiki.
"She thinks she sees the senshi, you shouldn't interfere now." whispered Taiki sternly while peeling his eyes the distraught princess. "She's hallucinating,"
"Her emotions are running haywire, if you might get involved you might get hurt. She isn't herself now," said Luna while staring intently at Usagi. 'You can do it, fight. Fight Usagi, fight!'
"Coward....." hissed the harsh voice in her ear. "You cant even help your own senshi.....COWARD!"
"Usagi help us!" cried the senshi in unison.
"STOP IT!" yelled Usagi, now wobbly standing up and still covering her ears. 'Their not real! Not real! Not real! They are dead!' she repeated in her head. "Stop, stop! Just go away!" she yelled at the senshi. "I can't help you!" she yelled at them, this time a surge of power followed her yell.
"What is going on?!" yelled Harry staring down at the shocked Artemis. He looked back up and watched in horror as Usagi began to glow in soft silver. It soon intensified as her sobs turned into harsh cries. "Usagi!"
"Don't Harry!" yelled Yaten holding back Harry. The wind picked up around them. Thunder loomed just above them. "You'll get hurt!"
"But she's in pain....." sputtered Hermione in shock. "Don't you want to help her?!"
Artemis jumped up onto her shoulder and watched Usagi continue to cry, seeming to be completely oblivious of her other surroundings. "She's fighting her inner troubles. Her powers are reacting to her emotions, causing the current change of weather. If my deductions are correct I'd say she's evolving," said Artemis with a frown.
Luna's eyes narrowed, "Yet her body is not ready for that change. If she wont fight her inner troubles properly.....surely she might die due to too much power exertion....................."
"What?!" yelled Harry in disbelief. His stomach lurched at the thought of Usagi dieing. He surely didn't want her die, the two of them just found their love for each other and he was defiantly not ready to lose her. Not yet, not ever. He watched in worry as Usagi continued to glow silver.
They watched in shock as Usagi's body continued to glow. They all gasped as she let out a little cry and her aura pulsed. The light around her turned back to a softer shade, Sailor Moon stood in Usagi's place.
"Her fuku! Its....it's...the first one...." Whispered Luna in disbelief. 'What is happening?!'
'What's happening to me?!' Usagi thought as she felt a sudden change. Avoiding the loud pleas of help of her senshi, she looked down at herself and found herself transformed. To her utter shock she found her fuku to be her first one. 'No!' she inwardly moaned.
"Coward!" hissed the voice into her ear. "You are useless and incompetent.....you don even have control over your own power!"
"No!" yelled Sailor Moon stumbling backwards and falling to the ground. She suppressed a sob as she saw the bloodied grass. 'It's not real.....it's not real....please it's not real.....' she repeated. She let out a loud sob and let her aura engulf her body once more. As it reduced, she found herself wearing her Super Sailor Moon fuku.
"Sailor Moon help us!" Yelled Venus trying to reach out for her princess.
Sailor Moon gasped and stumbled backwards. "You're not real! Stop it!" she yelled angrily trying to convince herself. 'Stop it! What's going on with me?!' she felt her crystal pulse inside her and cause her to transform her once again, this time into eternal Sailor Moon.
"No control what so ever.....if you can't control it, why keep it?!" hissed the harsh voice. "You will only cause pain and hurt people.......why keep such power and not have control over it?........foolish princess....coward!"
"No! Stop it! Go away!" she yelled, trying frantically to find the origin of the voice. For the final time changed, this time changing into her princess form, Serenity. '*Why fight something that is not real?*' a small voice asked.
"Coward....." hissed the harsh voice. "Give me your powers instead! You have no strength to keep them anyway......."
"No...." mumbled Serenity falling to the ground and sitting there staring blankly at the bloodied ground. "Stop....please....." She whispered, she felt hopeless and worn out.
'*Tell me, why fight something that is not real?*' asked the small voice.
'Because it's real....' answered Serenity with a small sob. 'Everything is,' she thought as her aura began to pulse.
"What's going on?!" yelled Harry in worry as he watched Usagi just sit there and stare blankly at the ground. It amazed him to see her in those various uniforms of Sailor Moon, it caught him off guard. Yet what really caught his eye was her princess form, she looked totally beautiful.
"It's happening," whispered Luna in disbelief.
"She's changing," finished Artemis with a gasp.
Serenity stared blankly at her now bloodied dress, tears rolled down her cheek. 'It's not real,' she thought. Her aura began to pulse, intensifying and covering her whole body. She felt faint; she could no longer hear the pleas of the senshi and the harsh hissing of the unknown voice. All she heard was nothing.
'*Time to chose*' whispered the small voice. '*Choose well*'
~*~*~*~
Hmmm, who could that be? Lol, I am sorry for this cliffy, but I couldn't help myself. I am just a big sucker for these kind of endings. Lol, Gomen. Anywayz, tell me what you guys think. Did you like it? Were you confuzzeled? Are you happy? TELL ME! Better click that button down there and REVIEW! I wanna know what you think. Please, I need 10 reviews (more) to get me going to do another chapter. Also, I accept suggestions, ideas, opinions and what-so-evers. Feel free to e-mail me!
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