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Hi everyone! I feel much better now! School is almost over! YEY! *Counts the days left on the calendar* only a couple more days! Yey! As you can see I am feeling much better now, since I will be soon leaving the horrible torture grounds of my school and entering the sanctuary of "FANFICTION addiction" once again. *Grins* Our finals are already done as of today, I have no more problems, my thesis didn't turn out so bad as expected and I have nothing left to worry about. Ah yes, I can smell the freedom right about now!
Kaio: It's your socks!
Me: Ewww! Those aren't mine! Since when do I ever wear neon-pink socks with green swirls on them? These are your socks! *Grabs a stick and holds up two smelly socks*
Kaio: *face lights up* Oi! Those are mine! Where d'ya find them? *Grabs socks and rubs them against her face* I need these for my facial!
Me: Ewww!
Kaio: *stops rubbing the socks* I forgot to tell you guys who those three figures are in FAND! *Grins* they are Se....Ah!
Me: Oh no you don't! *Grabs a vacuum*
Kaio: Ahhh! No! Wait! *Gets sucked up*
Me: Lol, just forget what she said.....*blushes* she got a bit delirious that's all! Lol
Anyway....*blushes* excuse that ranting, I got carried away. Lol, I am very happy to say that updates will happen very often now! I got no more chains bound to my wrists so I am FREE! Lol! I hope you guys are all happy! Now on with the fic!
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Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters! They rightfully belong to Naoko Takeuchi and JK Rowling! So don you dare sue!
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"Talking"
'Thinking'
~Setting/Place~
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Chapter 3
"An old friend"
Harry Potter woke up with a jolt. His scar burning lightly on his forehead. Sweat covered his face, as he tried to remember the dream he had. The dream felt so real. He took a deep breath, trying to calm his rapidly beating heart. Harry reached for his glasses next to his bed, being careful not to make any unnecessary noise. Pulling them on, he soon realized that it was still dark outside and Ron was still snoring in his Chuddley cannon bed.
Harry blinked a couple of times, adjusting his eyes into the darkness. 'The dream felt so real,' he mused while staring out the window. He remembered small bits of it....a girl....she looked so familiar. He remembered standing in the room, watching as the girl screamed and cried at someone in the shadows.....he heard a hiss....no a voice....a cold, familiar, sinister voice....Voldemort. He saw the girl scream in protest before she collapsed, Voldemort laughed manically....Harry soon woke up after that.
The girl seemed so familiar, like he had seen her already. Harry sighed loudly and rubbed his forehead, waiting for the pain to go away. He tried to remember something about the dream, try to make things clearer, but the more he thought the fuzzier things became. He soon gave up as sleep once again took over him. Sending him into a dreamless slumber.
~Morning~
Serena frowned lightly as she placed the dishes in the sink. Her brother wanted her, wanted her to come with him. She did evil, she killed an innocent, she killed Galaxia. Was she evil?
"Watch it!" she heard Shingo shout to her as she bumped into him causing him to drop his glass.
"Huh?" whispered Serena snapping out of her reverie. She heard glass shatter and looked down at the floor seeing the shards of glass. "Sorry," she said.
"You look tired, are you sick honey?" asked aunt Ilene, walking up to Serena and placing a hand on her forehead. To her surprise it felt cool, though she knew that something was seriously wrong with her niece.
Serena smiled light, "I'm fine, I just could sleep last night. That's all," she assured her aunt.
"You had a nightmare right?" said Shingo from the floor sweeping up the shard of glass.
"You want to talk about it," asked Ilene as Serena walked past her, walking towards the living room.
Serena shock her head slowly and smiled, "No, I think I can handle it on my own," she said before disappearing into the living room. She was happy to know that they were concerned about her but she couldn't pull them into her mess. It was her problem and not hers; she couldn't afford to let one of them get hurt like what happened to the senshi. Voldemort was after her; she had to deal with it. No problem, Harry Potter had dealt with it for his whole life, so can she.
Adjusting her blue shirt and jeans in the mirror, Serena thought about her dream again. 'It's not like I get these kind of dreams. It's just it felt so.....real. Like he really touched me, like he really was there.' mused Serena. 'I am evil,' concluded Serena, a deep frown appearing on her face while staring at her reflection. She had bags under her eyes, due to lack of sleep and she looked paler than usual. 'I could have spared Galaxia, destroyed chaos,' she thought angrily. Making sure that her pain killer pills were inside her pocket, she never knew when she could have a seizure; she walked out the door ready to head to the burrow.
"Maybe the dark within me reacted," she mused out aloud, while walking down the hill. 'Don't think that way.....you ARE good. You ARE Serenity, you ARE pure and NOT evil,' came a little voice in her head. Serena sighed, 'Forget it, I don't even know anymore if I'm good or bad,' she argued.
"I don't know," mumbled Serena, looking up at the clear blue morning sky. A small smile played on her lips as she remembered her younger years here. A slight breeze made freshened up her face, making her smile even more. In an instant she forgot about all her problems, instead she looked forward in seeing all her friends again.
"Morning," she said happily upon entering the Weasley kitchen through the back door.
Mrs. Weasley looked up from clearing up the table and smiled at the young blond, "Oh, morning dear, Ron and the others are in the living room," she said pointing towards the door adjacent to the living room.
"Thanks Mrs. Weasley," grinned Serena.
"Now, dear, how many time have I told you to call me," clucked Mrs. Weasley.
"Aunt molly," cut in Serena her eyes twinkling with mirth. She passed the chuckling woman and entered the living room.
"Finally! You came!" exclaimed George happily. "Took you long enough to wake up,"
"We were worried sick that you might have been eaten by a bed bug," said Fred grinning at Serena as she crossed the room to sit down next to Ginny.
Serena rolled her eyes, "And good morning to you too," she said.
"Morin' Sere," said Ron looking up from his chess game with Harry and grinning at Serena cheekily.
"Mornin'," answered Serena. "Morning Harry," she added upon seeing Harry.
"Mornin'," replied Harry looking up and blushing slightly.
"Now that you're here, we can go!" exclaimed Ginny happily. The Weasley twins gave loud cheers upon hearing this.
Serena made a puzzled face, "Go? Go where?"
"Picnic!" chorused Fred and George in unison. "Picnic, picnic, picnic!" they continued to chant happily while marching out the doors.
Serena blinked a couple of times before smiling lightly at the antics of the two. "That's nice," she mumbled lightly.
"I'll get the basket!" announced Ginny happily while racing into the kitchen to retrieve the picnic basket.
"Mum said that we should go to a picnic," said Ron after it was only him, Serena and Harry left in the room. He shrugged lightly and gave her a grin, "You know, like old times,"
Serena nodded, "Yeah, like old times," She brightened up upon remembering one thing, "We'll go to the meadow?" she asked excitedly.
Ron chuckled lightly upon seeing Serena's excited face, "Yeah, to the meadow," he assured.
Serena clapped her hands together happily, "Great! I wanna see what changed down there,"
"Meadow?" asked Harry totally confused. For the years that he came to the burrow never did he see the meadow. "Where? I never seen one," he told Ron.
Ron cocked his head and looked thoughtful, "I didn't bring you to the meadow yet?" he asked. Scrunching up his forehead for a moment, seeming to be thoughtful, before grinning at Harry, "Well now you'll go, it's really great down there! Cave and all! But it's kinda far away, so c'mon lets go!"
"Hai! C'mon! You'll absolutely love the meadow!" urged Serena grabbing Harry's arm and pulling him out the doors.
Serena being oblivious to the effect of her holding Harry's hand began chattering excitedly away with Ron. Both of them remembering old times and the times that they had spent by the meadow.
Harry on the other hand, fought the urge to blush any harder as he felt Serena's hand in his, as he was blindly lead by the two avidly chattering teens. Silently watching Serena laugh lightly at something Ron had said, Harry couldn't help but blush lightly. Her warm hand sent little shivers down his spine, and he suddenly felt a strong déjà vu coming over him. Shaking his head lightly, Harry fixed his gaze back at Serena as she continued to lead him to wherever the meadow was located. He felt his stomach do a huge flip flop as Serena turned to him and smiled brightly before turning back to Ron. This girl made him funny, a certain feeling that he was very much sure that he had never come across of.
"We have arrived!" proclaimed Ron happily pointing infront of them.
Harry, being very much absorbed in his thoughts of Serena, feelings, déjà vu, and back to Serena, only stopped walking when he bumped into Serena causing both of them to blush. Stepping back from the blushing blond he mumbled an apology before turning to look at to where Ron was pointing, in the back of him mind he still felt Serena's hand entwined with his. Harry frowned, he expected a meadow not a.....stonewall covered in moss and vines.
"Ah, don't judge a book by its cover Harry dear," chided Serena lightly as if reading Harry's mind. She let go of his hand and walked up to the stone wall, and pushed back some vines that have clearly been already moved earlier, revealing a narrow passage way.
"Oh," mumbled Harry lightly, somewhat fascinated. He was quite disappointed after Serena let go of his hand. His hand was burning for her touch again, yet he wasn't quite sure why.
"Don't sound too exited about it," joked Ron, patting Harry lightly on the shoulder. "Everything is working out just perfectly,' thought Ron, with an inward smirk. 'Looks like they need just need a little push, they already seem to like each other,'
"What are you three waiting for outside! C'mon here!" they heard George's shout from the other side.
"I believe its ladies first," said Serena lightly before disappearing through the narrow passage. She frowned lightly as she remembered the little feeling earlier. Ignoring the drawings on the stonewall, Serena continued to walk through the narrow path, her mind lingering on what happened earlier. As she touched Harry's hand, she felt it again.....the strong feeling of recognition. It sent shivers down her spine, as she felt his warmth in her hand. Yet, she liked it.....she wished to get more. 'What am I thinking?!' she mentally slapped herself. A familiar giddy feeling swept over her......a feeling she knew too well.....a feeling she felt for Mamoru not so long ago. 'You cant be falling for a guy you just meet! You don't know him!' she berated herself. A sense of déjà vu swept over her as she sensed Ron and Harry's presence coming from behind her. 'Yet why do I think I already know him for so long?' she asked herself.
"There you are!" shouted Ginny from her sitting position on a huge stone. "Thought you'd never make it!"
Serena smiled lightly trying hard to forget the heavy thoughts that lingered on her mind. Stepping out of the hole, Serena's smiled widened while taking in the sight before her. The meadow was still very much the same as it was before she left. There was still the cave near the huge oak tree, almost hidden of view. The creek was still the same, with crystal clear waters and small fish in it. Across the creek was the forest, still full of mysteries and secrets that as a child Serena vowed to explore when she got older. There was still the swing that she and the twins made. Her eyes wandered to the twins, who were huddled together and whispering in conspiracy. She heard gasp and movement coming from behind her, signaling that Harry and Ron have arrived.
"This place I haven't seen," breathed Harry taking in everything that he's seeing. He sent a glare at Ron, for not taking him to this place before.
"We found it ages back," informed Ron. "Nothing has changed," he added with a satisfied smile.
"You could've all waited for me, you know!" came a cry from the passage whole. In a few seconds later Sammy arrived looking rather irritated. "And here I was wondering where you guys went," he muttered darkly.
"Sorry that I didn't wait for you, I had a lot of things on my back there," said Serena shrugging lightly at her cousin.
Sammy nodded, and walked up to Ginny, quickly taking the space next to her. Both of them quickly began talking avidly.
"What are you two plotting now?" asked Harry starring at the twins accusingly.
"Who us?" chorused the two putting on the 'we-are-so-innocent-like-a-baby- butt' face. "Noooooooothing," they added, grinning mischievously.
Serena giggled lightly upon seeing Harry roll his eyes and walk away with Ron to the cave, she knew that Fred and George were bound to do something. Sighing lightly, Serena decided to do one thing that she always wanted to do.
"Where are you going?" asked Sammy as he watched Serena carefully walk over the creek.
Serena shrugged, "Just going into the forest, I always wanted to go in there," She felt that she had to get into the forest. When she was still younger, she promised herself that she would go in there and now was the time. Expertly jumping from one slippery rock to another Serena quickly reached the other side with out getting wet. Something was calling her from inside the forest since she was a child, and now was the time to see what it was.
"You know we aren't allowed to go into the forest," said Ron, his eyes showing much concern.
"There might be killers in there!" cried George dramatically, finding the whole 'don't-go-into-the-forest' thing ridiculous.
"And monsters!" added Fred grinning as both of them received glares from Ginny.
"Slayers!"
"Beasts!"
"MUGGLES!"
"What's so horrible about muggles George?" asked Fred in bewilderment.
"They are weird!" answered George triumphantly, not realizing the stupidity of it all. "They stare!" he added, making his eyes huge in emphasis.
Serena laughed at the twins antics, "Don't worry, I'm able to defend myself," she assured. And with that she disappeared into the forest with out a backward glance.
"You think she'll be alright?" asked Harry, still staring at the place where Serena stood only seconds ago.
"She'll be fine, don't worry," assured Ron patting Harry on the back lightly. He smirked, looked like those two only needed just a little push after all.
Sammy stared at the opening of the forest for a minute, wondering why Serena just disappeared into it. 'Has it something to do with the nightmare?' he thought, frowning lightly. He was shook out of his thoughts upon hearing two loud cries coming from behind him and Ginny.
"ATTACK!" the twins cried loudly, letting out loud battle cries before running towards the two unsuspecting teens with full force.
"Ahh!" cried Ginny as she and Sammy were roughly pushed off the bolder and fell right into the creek.
"We came...." said George triumphantly standing on the bolder proudly.
"....we saw...." added Fred grinning down at the two soaked teens.
"....and we CONQUERED!" both of them finished both of them putting on the Napoleon look.
Ginny growled, "Why you...." she mumbled angrily before splashing the two with water. And so the Great War has begun.
~In the forest~
Serena walked blankly through the forest waiting for something to catch her eye. 'Why do I feel like I know Harry? I never meet him before, yet....could he?..no, it cant,' she mused shaking her head lightly.
"Princess....."
Serena almost tripped over a root as she heard a hushed whisper. Trying to compose herself a little, she looked around trying to find the origin of the whisper. 'Trees, trees, trees, nothing but trees,' she mused lightly turning around in circles.
"Princess....."
"Who's there?!" she whispered back, she felt compelled to whisper since it seemed the right thing to do. A mixture of fear and excitement rushed through her body, wondering who was calling her. She gasped as she felt a familiar presence lurking somewhere behind her. Instinctively she turned around, a grin spread across her lips as fear was quickly replaced with happiness.
"Helios!"
A pearly white unicorn stood in between two magnificent oak trees. Lowering its head, that held an eccentric gem and a peculiar golden horn, it bowed in acknowledgement. Ruffling its white winged feathers, it tapped its hooves cautiously against the ground before slowly approaching the overjoyed Moon princess.
"Serenity, you have come back," said Helios, or now Pegasus, now standing infront of Serena.
"Pegasus," whispered Serena, tears of happiness brimmed her eyes. She quickly hugged the white horse around the neck before dissolving into tears of happiness. She felt the familiar warmth and glow of him. "I thought I would never see you again," she sobbed into his mane.
"It's wonderful to see you again too," said Pegasus as Serena pulled herself away from him and gave him a teary smile.
Wiping away the last signs of tears, Serena cocked her head to the side a bit and gave the guardian of Elison a puzzled look, "How did you find me?" she asked.
"I have my ways, your majesty," responded Pegasus raising his head proudly. He began to glow lightly and very slowly reverting back to his normal self, Helios.
"Don't call me that! Someone might hear you!" hissed Serena, scolding the priest lightly in an aristocratic way.
Helios couldn't help but smile a little; it was still the same Serenity alright. She still seemed to be the same, after everything that had happened just months ago. Helios was amazed to see the princess moving on, instead of grieving off her loss. He too was hurt, Chibi-usa would never return to him after all but still he had learnt to move on. He couldn't help but frown silently, the princess may look like she is totally happy yet her insides are screaming with inner plight and turmoil. He knew very well that it is caused by her great loss but also by her brother.
"Is something wrong?" asked Serena upon seeing the young boy seem to look thoughtful. She silently wondered why he had come but she would ask him later for that, now she was quite happy to see somebody she knew from her senshi life.
Helios shock his head, in the process shaking his light blue hair. "Nothing, I am just thinking about something," he answered.
"How is Elison?" asked Serena.
Helios sighed lightly before looking up at the clear blue sky, "It is doing fine, but still after the loss of the prince, great damage has been done. But thankfully it is slowly regenerating itself. The land of dreams shall never be the same without the Prince though, the others are worried that problems may arise due to this." Answered the young priest, a hint of depression in his voice.
Serena sighed, a frown tugged her lips. 'All my fault,' she silently told herself. "I'm sorry, for causing such difficulties." She whispered, a tear sliding down her cheek.
Helios shook his head in disagreement, "You were not the one who caused the problems that Elison is facing right now. It was all meant to happen and besides you couldn't have done anything to stop the course of time. Fate has a funny way of dealing with everybody's lives," he assured, giving the princess a small smile.
"But...."
"It was meant to happen Serenity, we all saw it coming,"
Serena looked up and stared at Helios with a mixture of shock and surprise, 'If they knew, why didn't they stop everything before it was too late?' she thought in bewilderment. "You saw? Then why......."
Helios shook his head, a rueful smile appeared on his face. "Why didn't we stop your fight before it was too late? We couldn't, we were not allow to interfere. And we did not know about this happening anyway. The only thing we knew was there would be a change of the future we all saw but we never found out what caused the change."
"So..."
"There was nothing either one of us could do. It's not your fault your majesty, no one could have done anything anyway." Assured Helios, watching the saddened princess. He was surprised to feel her loss and pain that radiated from her aura for the first time.
"But the senshi.....Mamo-chan," whispered Serena as she sat down on a huge rock.
"That was meant to happen also. Their deaths are not in vain, they are still with you. They became a part of you as they merged their souls and spirits with the Ginzushou." said Helios kneeling down infront of Serena, his horn glowing lightly. "Your new future holds a new path, a new life, a new battle to be won." He added, his voice holding a hint of dread as he said the last few words.
"My brother......" whispered Serena, knowing exactly what he meant.
Helios nodded his head, "And your new future holds........your hidden past," he added, a mysterious smile tugged his lips as he stood up and took several steps back from a shocked princess. He turned his head to the path that Serena had come from earlier and smiled again in a mysterious way before turning back to the now pale princess.
'Past.....past?! What?!' thought Serena in surprise, standing up quickly and starring at the smiling priest with bewilderment. "What?! What do you mean by that?!" she asked, thought ran through her mind quickly. Was there something wrong with her past that she knew? Was there something missing? Were it all lies?! She wanted answers, how could this be happening to her? Was she living in lies? "I demand an answer!" she said for once using her aristocratic tone.
"SERENA! WHERE ARE YOU?! C'MON! WE ARE BLOODY HUNGRY! WE WANT TO EAT!" rang Ron's irritated voice through the forest.
Helios stared at the small path where the voice came from and smiled lightly. "They are looking for you, I believe it is time for me to leave," he said before glowing light silver again and transforming back into Pegasus.
"Oh no you don't! Tell me what that meant!" said Serena as she watched Pegasus began to move away from her. She wanted answers, and she wanted them now. How could he just go and leave her wondering about her past.
Pegasus turned his head back to Serena, "In due time," he said and with that a quickly disappeared back into the depths into the forest, leaving a very confused Moon princess behind.
~Back to the Meadow~
"Argh, I'm hungry!" grumbled Ron after hearing his stomach grumble loudly for the fifth time. It was already way past lunch, 3 in the afternoon and they still haven't eaten their packed lunch yet.
"Ok, I vote to eat now and forget about waiting for Serena and just leave her something!" announced George, hungrily eyeing the picnic basket. "All in favor say 'Ai!'" he grinned triumphantly at Ginny as four Ai's, including his, rang through the air.
"Oh no you don't!" growled Ginny angrily snatching the picnic basket away from Fred. "We wait for Serena and that is that!" she snapped, glaring at he brother angrily.
"But she is taking so long!" whined Fred. "I am going to faint from hunger!" he wailed dramatically faking a faint, his head collapsing on George's lap. He opened one eye and starred at his exasperated little sister, "See?"
"We wait," finalized Ginny sending glares at her two brothers.
"Do you think she got lost or maybe got hurt?" asked Harry, his voice holding a hint of concern as he stared at the edge of the forest with worried eyes.
Ron shook his head, "No, I don't think she got lost. She more likely lost track of time,". A small smile tugged his lips as he saw his friend be so worried about Serena.
Sammy however frowned, 'Could she have had a seizure in there and lost consciousness,' he began to worry. His eyes were glued to the edge of the forest, expecting any minute for Serena to walk out.
"That's it! I'm hungry, I'm going to eat!" exclaimed George finally, surprising Ginny and lunging forward and snatching the basket away from a surprised Ginny. He ignored the yelp of protest from Ginny but before he could open it, he heard a familiar voice.
"I knew that you couldn't wait for me,"
"Well I was hungry!" protested George frowning at the blond.
"Well at least now you're here, we can all eat," said Ginny.
"So what took you so long?" asked Fred after devouring a whole sandwich in less than am minute and reaching for a second.
Serena shrugged nonchalantly after taking the free spot in between Harry and Shingo. "Just met something interesting," she said while reaching for a sandwich.
"Interesting?" repeated Shingo.
Serena smiled mysteriously, "Yeah, interesting,"
The meadow was soon filled with their loud chatter. With the occasionally funny jokes of Fred and George, which made the whole group burst into loud laughter. Harry occasionally stole glances at Serena, who seemed to have thoughtful expression on her face. But still he couldn't help but blush when she looked up and caught him staring at her.
"You look like something's on your mind," said Harry while they all were packing things up.
Serena shook her head and shrugged, "I just had a lot on my mind," she said while helping Harry gather up their trash.
"Well to me you looked like you could burn a hole into the picnic cloth," he said and gave her a cheeky smile.
Serena was about to say something to Harry but was cut off short by the Weasley twins.
"ATTACK!"
The twins let out a loud battle cry before charging forward. Each of them holding an end of the large orange picnic blanket. They quickly ran towards Serena, who unfortunately had her back to them, and roughly pushed her into Harry. And then very quickly, they ran around the now blushing couple and tightly wrapping them up in the blanket.
Serena began to blush crimson as she heard the howl of laughter coming from behind her. (She was facing the other way, so technically only Harry was facing the others,) she tried to wriggle herself free but found it hard to do, since Harry's arms were wrapped around her waist making it impossible for her too even move. She was practically cheek-to-cheek with him. 'This is so embarrassing,' she thought.
"Let us go!" cried a blushing Harry. He turned to an even deeper shade of red as he felt Serena try to wriggle out of the tight binds, only making things more complicated. So he actually enjoyed her closeness but still this was too close for him right now. 'I wanted to be a little closer to her but this is just too much!' he thought.
Ron doubled over laughing as he watched Harry blush even harder. His plan was actually working, in no time at all those two would be dating. Ron was quite sure of that. The position that the two were in was quite amusing. Due to the twins, Serena got bumped into Harry, who caught her easily and somehow had ended up wrapping his arms around her waist to keep her from falling. But instead of them loosing their balance, the two quickly found themselves literally wrapped up with each other. At that exact moment, the twins tightly wrapped the picnic cloth around the two quickly, making it impossible for the couple to move an inch.
"When I get my hands on you two, you'd wish you were never born!" growled a blushing Serena.
"Who us?" asked Fred innocently while giving Harry a cheeky grin.
"Are you telling us that, I and Fred did that to you?!" exclaimed George dramatically while suppressing his own laughter.
"You two look cute together!" said Ginny with a wide grin. She liked the idea on how well Harry and Serena suited each other. To her they looked like a perfect match.
Shingo grinned even wider as he saw his cousin squirm uncomfortably in Harry's arms. It has been a long time since she had been in anybody's arms, yet alone in a guy's arms. 'Well, do hit off very well,' he mused. He too could sense the attraction between the two.
"Well, its getting late," sighed Ron.
"OH you wouldn't dare,..." growled Serena.
"What's that? Did you hear that?" asked Fred looking at George. He had heard nothing, well except Serena's curses of bloody murder.
"Oh yes!" cried George after getting the hint from Fred (which was a rough jab in the ribs). "I heard mum calling!" There was a moment of silence, with only crickets chirping lightly.
"Well, then looks like we should be off," said Shingo, who then quickly disappeared through the hole and began howling with laughter.
"Bye," giggled Ginny who soon followed Shingo out of the meadow.
"Oh, c'mon you just can't leaves us here!" begged Harry.
"Oh we can, see you later Harry!" said Ron, he gave Harry a suggestive wink before disappearing through the hole and howl with laughter.
"Yes, yes, Harry my friend, consider this as your great opportunity to become a man!" said George while grinning broadly at Harry.
"Harry my man, feel free to touch anything! And I mean anything! This is your great chance!" said Fred and wriggled his eyebrows at Harry suggestively. A howling George then grabbed him and the two disappeared through the hole.
Harry turned to a deeper shade crimson upon hearing Fred's words. He heard Serena mumble something about bloody murder. "This is just wonderful...." he mumbled sarcastically.
"What do you mean wonderful?! Are you saying that you are happy to be bound up like this?!" said Serena who blushed harder at the thought that Harry enjoyed this thing.
"No, no, no!" cried Harry in protest. "That wasn't how I meant it," he explained, also turning into a deeper shade of red.
"Oh,"
"Maybe..maybe we could get free if we tried to move a bit," suggested Harry after a few seconds of awkward silence.
Serena nodded in agreement but said nothing. She tried to move her body away from Harry's but it was quite difficult to do since they were bound up from shoulder down. She was successful though in getting her face away from his cheek. She now was face to face with Harry and couldn't help but find herself staring into his emerald green eyes.
Harry's heart began to skip a beat as he stared into Serena's unusually dark blue eyes. He wasn't quite sure how long they have been staring into each other's eyes, but one thing was for sure right then and there, something strange has happened. A strange feeling coursed through his body as he saw much pain, despair, turmoil and something else of which he couldn't place his finger on.
'Funny how fate can meddle with your life.....' thought Serena as she felt an unfamiliar feeling in the pit of her stomach. The feeling she used to feel for mamoru. A feeling she vowed to never feel again. She was falling again, this time falling too fast for her own good. She couldn't help but enjoy Harry's warmth and nearness and she wondered how well they fit in each other's embrace. She knew that when this was over, her body would burn to feel his body next to hers.
Unfortunately a harsh gust of wind made the unsuspecting couple lose their balance and.......
"Ahh!" cried Serena as a harsh wind hit her from behind causing her to completely lose her balance.
Harry lost his balance as well and both of them fell to the ground. Luckily Harry twisted his body so that he would hit the ground first and Serena would be on top of him in order to avoid him squashing Serena. But again they were in a very tight predicament.
Serena blushed as she realized that her face was just inches from Harry's. She couldn't stop staring into his eyes as their faces were just inches apart. 'His eyes, they hold so much pain, yet happiness is there too!' she mused. She could feel his heartbeat quicken and she couldn't help but be satisfied to know that she could do that to him.
Harry blushed, as Serena's face was just a few inches from his own. He could smell her light perfume of flowers fill his senses. Again he felt himself be drawn into her eyes, and his heart skipped a beat as he felt himself get drowned in her eyes. Yet he couldn't help but shake away the feeling of déjà vu. 'This has happened.......' He mused as he felt the strong familiarity of her overwhelm him.
Serena's eyes widened with realization as she felt a sudden jolt of electricity run through her body. It was like the one when they first met only this time much more stronger. She was quite sure that Harry felt it as well as he was staring up at her incredulously. She gasped as a strong sense of familiarity washed over her. 'Who...who..are you?' she thought staring down at a confused Harry.
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Kaio: It's your socks!
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"Talking"
'Thinking'
~Setting/Place~
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Chapter 3
"An old friend"
Harry Potter woke up with a jolt. His scar burning lightly on his forehead. Sweat covered his face, as he tried to remember the dream he had. The dream felt so real. He took a deep breath, trying to calm his rapidly beating heart. Harry reached for his glasses next to his bed, being careful not to make any unnecessary noise. Pulling them on, he soon realized that it was still dark outside and Ron was still snoring in his Chuddley cannon bed.
Harry blinked a couple of times, adjusting his eyes into the darkness. 'The dream felt so real,' he mused while staring out the window. He remembered small bits of it....a girl....she looked so familiar. He remembered standing in the room, watching as the girl screamed and cried at someone in the shadows.....he heard a hiss....no a voice....a cold, familiar, sinister voice....Voldemort. He saw the girl scream in protest before she collapsed, Voldemort laughed manically....Harry soon woke up after that.
The girl seemed so familiar, like he had seen her already. Harry sighed loudly and rubbed his forehead, waiting for the pain to go away. He tried to remember something about the dream, try to make things clearer, but the more he thought the fuzzier things became. He soon gave up as sleep once again took over him. Sending him into a dreamless slumber.
~Morning~
Serena frowned lightly as she placed the dishes in the sink. Her brother wanted her, wanted her to come with him. She did evil, she killed an innocent, she killed Galaxia. Was she evil?
"Watch it!" she heard Shingo shout to her as she bumped into him causing him to drop his glass.
"Huh?" whispered Serena snapping out of her reverie. She heard glass shatter and looked down at the floor seeing the shards of glass. "Sorry," she said.
"You look tired, are you sick honey?" asked aunt Ilene, walking up to Serena and placing a hand on her forehead. To her surprise it felt cool, though she knew that something was seriously wrong with her niece.
Serena smiled light, "I'm fine, I just could sleep last night. That's all," she assured her aunt.
"You had a nightmare right?" said Shingo from the floor sweeping up the shard of glass.
"You want to talk about it," asked Ilene as Serena walked past her, walking towards the living room.
Serena shock her head slowly and smiled, "No, I think I can handle it on my own," she said before disappearing into the living room. She was happy to know that they were concerned about her but she couldn't pull them into her mess. It was her problem and not hers; she couldn't afford to let one of them get hurt like what happened to the senshi. Voldemort was after her; she had to deal with it. No problem, Harry Potter had dealt with it for his whole life, so can she.
Adjusting her blue shirt and jeans in the mirror, Serena thought about her dream again. 'It's not like I get these kind of dreams. It's just it felt so.....real. Like he really touched me, like he really was there.' mused Serena. 'I am evil,' concluded Serena, a deep frown appearing on her face while staring at her reflection. She had bags under her eyes, due to lack of sleep and she looked paler than usual. 'I could have spared Galaxia, destroyed chaos,' she thought angrily. Making sure that her pain killer pills were inside her pocket, she never knew when she could have a seizure; she walked out the door ready to head to the burrow.
"Maybe the dark within me reacted," she mused out aloud, while walking down the hill. 'Don't think that way.....you ARE good. You ARE Serenity, you ARE pure and NOT evil,' came a little voice in her head. Serena sighed, 'Forget it, I don't even know anymore if I'm good or bad,' she argued.
"I don't know," mumbled Serena, looking up at the clear blue morning sky. A small smile played on her lips as she remembered her younger years here. A slight breeze made freshened up her face, making her smile even more. In an instant she forgot about all her problems, instead she looked forward in seeing all her friends again.
"Morning," she said happily upon entering the Weasley kitchen through the back door.
Mrs. Weasley looked up from clearing up the table and smiled at the young blond, "Oh, morning dear, Ron and the others are in the living room," she said pointing towards the door adjacent to the living room.
"Thanks Mrs. Weasley," grinned Serena.
"Now, dear, how many time have I told you to call me," clucked Mrs. Weasley.
"Aunt molly," cut in Serena her eyes twinkling with mirth. She passed the chuckling woman and entered the living room.
"Finally! You came!" exclaimed George happily. "Took you long enough to wake up,"
"We were worried sick that you might have been eaten by a bed bug," said Fred grinning at Serena as she crossed the room to sit down next to Ginny.
Serena rolled her eyes, "And good morning to you too," she said.
"Morin' Sere," said Ron looking up from his chess game with Harry and grinning at Serena cheekily.
"Mornin'," answered Serena. "Morning Harry," she added upon seeing Harry.
"Mornin'," replied Harry looking up and blushing slightly.
"Now that you're here, we can go!" exclaimed Ginny happily. The Weasley twins gave loud cheers upon hearing this.
Serena made a puzzled face, "Go? Go where?"
"Picnic!" chorused Fred and George in unison. "Picnic, picnic, picnic!" they continued to chant happily while marching out the doors.
Serena blinked a couple of times before smiling lightly at the antics of the two. "That's nice," she mumbled lightly.
"I'll get the basket!" announced Ginny happily while racing into the kitchen to retrieve the picnic basket.
"Mum said that we should go to a picnic," said Ron after it was only him, Serena and Harry left in the room. He shrugged lightly and gave her a grin, "You know, like old times,"
Serena nodded, "Yeah, like old times," She brightened up upon remembering one thing, "We'll go to the meadow?" she asked excitedly.
Ron chuckled lightly upon seeing Serena's excited face, "Yeah, to the meadow," he assured.
Serena clapped her hands together happily, "Great! I wanna see what changed down there,"
"Meadow?" asked Harry totally confused. For the years that he came to the burrow never did he see the meadow. "Where? I never seen one," he told Ron.
Ron cocked his head and looked thoughtful, "I didn't bring you to the meadow yet?" he asked. Scrunching up his forehead for a moment, seeming to be thoughtful, before grinning at Harry, "Well now you'll go, it's really great down there! Cave and all! But it's kinda far away, so c'mon lets go!"
"Hai! C'mon! You'll absolutely love the meadow!" urged Serena grabbing Harry's arm and pulling him out the doors.
Serena being oblivious to the effect of her holding Harry's hand began chattering excitedly away with Ron. Both of them remembering old times and the times that they had spent by the meadow.
Harry on the other hand, fought the urge to blush any harder as he felt Serena's hand in his, as he was blindly lead by the two avidly chattering teens. Silently watching Serena laugh lightly at something Ron had said, Harry couldn't help but blush lightly. Her warm hand sent little shivers down his spine, and he suddenly felt a strong déjà vu coming over him. Shaking his head lightly, Harry fixed his gaze back at Serena as she continued to lead him to wherever the meadow was located. He felt his stomach do a huge flip flop as Serena turned to him and smiled brightly before turning back to Ron. This girl made him funny, a certain feeling that he was very much sure that he had never come across of.
"We have arrived!" proclaimed Ron happily pointing infront of them.
Harry, being very much absorbed in his thoughts of Serena, feelings, déjà vu, and back to Serena, only stopped walking when he bumped into Serena causing both of them to blush. Stepping back from the blushing blond he mumbled an apology before turning to look at to where Ron was pointing, in the back of him mind he still felt Serena's hand entwined with his. Harry frowned, he expected a meadow not a.....stonewall covered in moss and vines.
"Ah, don't judge a book by its cover Harry dear," chided Serena lightly as if reading Harry's mind. She let go of his hand and walked up to the stone wall, and pushed back some vines that have clearly been already moved earlier, revealing a narrow passage way.
"Oh," mumbled Harry lightly, somewhat fascinated. He was quite disappointed after Serena let go of his hand. His hand was burning for her touch again, yet he wasn't quite sure why.
"Don't sound too exited about it," joked Ron, patting Harry lightly on the shoulder. "Everything is working out just perfectly,' thought Ron, with an inward smirk. 'Looks like they need just need a little push, they already seem to like each other,'
"What are you three waiting for outside! C'mon here!" they heard George's shout from the other side.
"I believe its ladies first," said Serena lightly before disappearing through the narrow passage. She frowned lightly as she remembered the little feeling earlier. Ignoring the drawings on the stonewall, Serena continued to walk through the narrow path, her mind lingering on what happened earlier. As she touched Harry's hand, she felt it again.....the strong feeling of recognition. It sent shivers down her spine, as she felt his warmth in her hand. Yet, she liked it.....she wished to get more. 'What am I thinking?!' she mentally slapped herself. A familiar giddy feeling swept over her......a feeling she knew too well.....a feeling she felt for Mamoru not so long ago. 'You cant be falling for a guy you just meet! You don't know him!' she berated herself. A sense of déjà vu swept over her as she sensed Ron and Harry's presence coming from behind her. 'Yet why do I think I already know him for so long?' she asked herself.
"There you are!" shouted Ginny from her sitting position on a huge stone. "Thought you'd never make it!"
Serena smiled lightly trying hard to forget the heavy thoughts that lingered on her mind. Stepping out of the hole, Serena's smiled widened while taking in the sight before her. The meadow was still very much the same as it was before she left. There was still the cave near the huge oak tree, almost hidden of view. The creek was still the same, with crystal clear waters and small fish in it. Across the creek was the forest, still full of mysteries and secrets that as a child Serena vowed to explore when she got older. There was still the swing that she and the twins made. Her eyes wandered to the twins, who were huddled together and whispering in conspiracy. She heard gasp and movement coming from behind her, signaling that Harry and Ron have arrived.
"This place I haven't seen," breathed Harry taking in everything that he's seeing. He sent a glare at Ron, for not taking him to this place before.
"We found it ages back," informed Ron. "Nothing has changed," he added with a satisfied smile.
"You could've all waited for me, you know!" came a cry from the passage whole. In a few seconds later Sammy arrived looking rather irritated. "And here I was wondering where you guys went," he muttered darkly.
"Sorry that I didn't wait for you, I had a lot of things on my back there," said Serena shrugging lightly at her cousin.
Sammy nodded, and walked up to Ginny, quickly taking the space next to her. Both of them quickly began talking avidly.
"What are you two plotting now?" asked Harry starring at the twins accusingly.
"Who us?" chorused the two putting on the 'we-are-so-innocent-like-a-baby- butt' face. "Noooooooothing," they added, grinning mischievously.
Serena giggled lightly upon seeing Harry roll his eyes and walk away with Ron to the cave, she knew that Fred and George were bound to do something. Sighing lightly, Serena decided to do one thing that she always wanted to do.
"Where are you going?" asked Sammy as he watched Serena carefully walk over the creek.
Serena shrugged, "Just going into the forest, I always wanted to go in there," She felt that she had to get into the forest. When she was still younger, she promised herself that she would go in there and now was the time. Expertly jumping from one slippery rock to another Serena quickly reached the other side with out getting wet. Something was calling her from inside the forest since she was a child, and now was the time to see what it was.
"You know we aren't allowed to go into the forest," said Ron, his eyes showing much concern.
"There might be killers in there!" cried George dramatically, finding the whole 'don't-go-into-the-forest' thing ridiculous.
"And monsters!" added Fred grinning as both of them received glares from Ginny.
"Slayers!"
"Beasts!"
"MUGGLES!"
"What's so horrible about muggles George?" asked Fred in bewilderment.
"They are weird!" answered George triumphantly, not realizing the stupidity of it all. "They stare!" he added, making his eyes huge in emphasis.
Serena laughed at the twins antics, "Don't worry, I'm able to defend myself," she assured. And with that she disappeared into the forest with out a backward glance.
"You think she'll be alright?" asked Harry, still staring at the place where Serena stood only seconds ago.
"She'll be fine, don't worry," assured Ron patting Harry on the back lightly. He smirked, looked like those two only needed just a little push after all.
Sammy stared at the opening of the forest for a minute, wondering why Serena just disappeared into it. 'Has it something to do with the nightmare?' he thought, frowning lightly. He was shook out of his thoughts upon hearing two loud cries coming from behind him and Ginny.
"ATTACK!" the twins cried loudly, letting out loud battle cries before running towards the two unsuspecting teens with full force.
"Ahh!" cried Ginny as she and Sammy were roughly pushed off the bolder and fell right into the creek.
"We came...." said George triumphantly standing on the bolder proudly.
"....we saw...." added Fred grinning down at the two soaked teens.
"....and we CONQUERED!" both of them finished both of them putting on the Napoleon look.
Ginny growled, "Why you...." she mumbled angrily before splashing the two with water. And so the Great War has begun.
~In the forest~
Serena walked blankly through the forest waiting for something to catch her eye. 'Why do I feel like I know Harry? I never meet him before, yet....could he?..no, it cant,' she mused shaking her head lightly.
"Princess....."
Serena almost tripped over a root as she heard a hushed whisper. Trying to compose herself a little, she looked around trying to find the origin of the whisper. 'Trees, trees, trees, nothing but trees,' she mused lightly turning around in circles.
"Princess....."
"Who's there?!" she whispered back, she felt compelled to whisper since it seemed the right thing to do. A mixture of fear and excitement rushed through her body, wondering who was calling her. She gasped as she felt a familiar presence lurking somewhere behind her. Instinctively she turned around, a grin spread across her lips as fear was quickly replaced with happiness.
"Helios!"
A pearly white unicorn stood in between two magnificent oak trees. Lowering its head, that held an eccentric gem and a peculiar golden horn, it bowed in acknowledgement. Ruffling its white winged feathers, it tapped its hooves cautiously against the ground before slowly approaching the overjoyed Moon princess.
"Serenity, you have come back," said Helios, or now Pegasus, now standing infront of Serena.
"Pegasus," whispered Serena, tears of happiness brimmed her eyes. She quickly hugged the white horse around the neck before dissolving into tears of happiness. She felt the familiar warmth and glow of him. "I thought I would never see you again," she sobbed into his mane.
"It's wonderful to see you again too," said Pegasus as Serena pulled herself away from him and gave him a teary smile.
Wiping away the last signs of tears, Serena cocked her head to the side a bit and gave the guardian of Elison a puzzled look, "How did you find me?" she asked.
"I have my ways, your majesty," responded Pegasus raising his head proudly. He began to glow lightly and very slowly reverting back to his normal self, Helios.
"Don't call me that! Someone might hear you!" hissed Serena, scolding the priest lightly in an aristocratic way.
Helios couldn't help but smile a little; it was still the same Serenity alright. She still seemed to be the same, after everything that had happened just months ago. Helios was amazed to see the princess moving on, instead of grieving off her loss. He too was hurt, Chibi-usa would never return to him after all but still he had learnt to move on. He couldn't help but frown silently, the princess may look like she is totally happy yet her insides are screaming with inner plight and turmoil. He knew very well that it is caused by her great loss but also by her brother.
"Is something wrong?" asked Serena upon seeing the young boy seem to look thoughtful. She silently wondered why he had come but she would ask him later for that, now she was quite happy to see somebody she knew from her senshi life.
Helios shock his head, in the process shaking his light blue hair. "Nothing, I am just thinking about something," he answered.
"How is Elison?" asked Serena.
Helios sighed lightly before looking up at the clear blue sky, "It is doing fine, but still after the loss of the prince, great damage has been done. But thankfully it is slowly regenerating itself. The land of dreams shall never be the same without the Prince though, the others are worried that problems may arise due to this." Answered the young priest, a hint of depression in his voice.
Serena sighed, a frown tugged her lips. 'All my fault,' she silently told herself. "I'm sorry, for causing such difficulties." She whispered, a tear sliding down her cheek.
Helios shook his head in disagreement, "You were not the one who caused the problems that Elison is facing right now. It was all meant to happen and besides you couldn't have done anything to stop the course of time. Fate has a funny way of dealing with everybody's lives," he assured, giving the princess a small smile.
"But...."
"It was meant to happen Serenity, we all saw it coming,"
Serena looked up and stared at Helios with a mixture of shock and surprise, 'If they knew, why didn't they stop everything before it was too late?' she thought in bewilderment. "You saw? Then why......."
Helios shook his head, a rueful smile appeared on his face. "Why didn't we stop your fight before it was too late? We couldn't, we were not allow to interfere. And we did not know about this happening anyway. The only thing we knew was there would be a change of the future we all saw but we never found out what caused the change."
"So..."
"There was nothing either one of us could do. It's not your fault your majesty, no one could have done anything anyway." Assured Helios, watching the saddened princess. He was surprised to feel her loss and pain that radiated from her aura for the first time.
"But the senshi.....Mamo-chan," whispered Serena as she sat down on a huge rock.
"That was meant to happen also. Their deaths are not in vain, they are still with you. They became a part of you as they merged their souls and spirits with the Ginzushou." said Helios kneeling down infront of Serena, his horn glowing lightly. "Your new future holds a new path, a new life, a new battle to be won." He added, his voice holding a hint of dread as he said the last few words.
"My brother......" whispered Serena, knowing exactly what he meant.
Helios nodded his head, "And your new future holds........your hidden past," he added, a mysterious smile tugged his lips as he stood up and took several steps back from a shocked princess. He turned his head to the path that Serena had come from earlier and smiled again in a mysterious way before turning back to the now pale princess.
'Past.....past?! What?!' thought Serena in surprise, standing up quickly and starring at the smiling priest with bewilderment. "What?! What do you mean by that?!" she asked, thought ran through her mind quickly. Was there something wrong with her past that she knew? Was there something missing? Were it all lies?! She wanted answers, how could this be happening to her? Was she living in lies? "I demand an answer!" she said for once using her aristocratic tone.
"SERENA! WHERE ARE YOU?! C'MON! WE ARE BLOODY HUNGRY! WE WANT TO EAT!" rang Ron's irritated voice through the forest.
Helios stared at the small path where the voice came from and smiled lightly. "They are looking for you, I believe it is time for me to leave," he said before glowing light silver again and transforming back into Pegasus.
"Oh no you don't! Tell me what that meant!" said Serena as she watched Pegasus began to move away from her. She wanted answers, and she wanted them now. How could he just go and leave her wondering about her past.
Pegasus turned his head back to Serena, "In due time," he said and with that a quickly disappeared back into the depths into the forest, leaving a very confused Moon princess behind.
~Back to the Meadow~
"Argh, I'm hungry!" grumbled Ron after hearing his stomach grumble loudly for the fifth time. It was already way past lunch, 3 in the afternoon and they still haven't eaten their packed lunch yet.
"Ok, I vote to eat now and forget about waiting for Serena and just leave her something!" announced George, hungrily eyeing the picnic basket. "All in favor say 'Ai!'" he grinned triumphantly at Ginny as four Ai's, including his, rang through the air.
"Oh no you don't!" growled Ginny angrily snatching the picnic basket away from Fred. "We wait for Serena and that is that!" she snapped, glaring at he brother angrily.
"But she is taking so long!" whined Fred. "I am going to faint from hunger!" he wailed dramatically faking a faint, his head collapsing on George's lap. He opened one eye and starred at his exasperated little sister, "See?"
"We wait," finalized Ginny sending glares at her two brothers.
"Do you think she got lost or maybe got hurt?" asked Harry, his voice holding a hint of concern as he stared at the edge of the forest with worried eyes.
Ron shook his head, "No, I don't think she got lost. She more likely lost track of time,". A small smile tugged his lips as he saw his friend be so worried about Serena.
Sammy however frowned, 'Could she have had a seizure in there and lost consciousness,' he began to worry. His eyes were glued to the edge of the forest, expecting any minute for Serena to walk out.
"That's it! I'm hungry, I'm going to eat!" exclaimed George finally, surprising Ginny and lunging forward and snatching the basket away from a surprised Ginny. He ignored the yelp of protest from Ginny but before he could open it, he heard a familiar voice.
"I knew that you couldn't wait for me,"
"Well I was hungry!" protested George frowning at the blond.
"Well at least now you're here, we can all eat," said Ginny.
"So what took you so long?" asked Fred after devouring a whole sandwich in less than am minute and reaching for a second.
Serena shrugged nonchalantly after taking the free spot in between Harry and Shingo. "Just met something interesting," she said while reaching for a sandwich.
"Interesting?" repeated Shingo.
Serena smiled mysteriously, "Yeah, interesting,"
The meadow was soon filled with their loud chatter. With the occasionally funny jokes of Fred and George, which made the whole group burst into loud laughter. Harry occasionally stole glances at Serena, who seemed to have thoughtful expression on her face. But still he couldn't help but blush when she looked up and caught him staring at her.
"You look like something's on your mind," said Harry while they all were packing things up.
Serena shook her head and shrugged, "I just had a lot on my mind," she said while helping Harry gather up their trash.
"Well to me you looked like you could burn a hole into the picnic cloth," he said and gave her a cheeky smile.
Serena was about to say something to Harry but was cut off short by the Weasley twins.
"ATTACK!"
The twins let out a loud battle cry before charging forward. Each of them holding an end of the large orange picnic blanket. They quickly ran towards Serena, who unfortunately had her back to them, and roughly pushed her into Harry. And then very quickly, they ran around the now blushing couple and tightly wrapping them up in the blanket.
Serena began to blush crimson as she heard the howl of laughter coming from behind her. (She was facing the other way, so technically only Harry was facing the others,) she tried to wriggle herself free but found it hard to do, since Harry's arms were wrapped around her waist making it impossible for her too even move. She was practically cheek-to-cheek with him. 'This is so embarrassing,' she thought.
"Let us go!" cried a blushing Harry. He turned to an even deeper shade of red as he felt Serena try to wriggle out of the tight binds, only making things more complicated. So he actually enjoyed her closeness but still this was too close for him right now. 'I wanted to be a little closer to her but this is just too much!' he thought.
Ron doubled over laughing as he watched Harry blush even harder. His plan was actually working, in no time at all those two would be dating. Ron was quite sure of that. The position that the two were in was quite amusing. Due to the twins, Serena got bumped into Harry, who caught her easily and somehow had ended up wrapping his arms around her waist to keep her from falling. But instead of them loosing their balance, the two quickly found themselves literally wrapped up with each other. At that exact moment, the twins tightly wrapped the picnic cloth around the two quickly, making it impossible for the couple to move an inch.
"When I get my hands on you two, you'd wish you were never born!" growled a blushing Serena.
"Who us?" asked Fred innocently while giving Harry a cheeky grin.
"Are you telling us that, I and Fred did that to you?!" exclaimed George dramatically while suppressing his own laughter.
"You two look cute together!" said Ginny with a wide grin. She liked the idea on how well Harry and Serena suited each other. To her they looked like a perfect match.
Shingo grinned even wider as he saw his cousin squirm uncomfortably in Harry's arms. It has been a long time since she had been in anybody's arms, yet alone in a guy's arms. 'Well, do hit off very well,' he mused. He too could sense the attraction between the two.
"Well, its getting late," sighed Ron.
"OH you wouldn't dare,..." growled Serena.
"What's that? Did you hear that?" asked Fred looking at George. He had heard nothing, well except Serena's curses of bloody murder.
"Oh yes!" cried George after getting the hint from Fred (which was a rough jab in the ribs). "I heard mum calling!" There was a moment of silence, with only crickets chirping lightly.
"Well, then looks like we should be off," said Shingo, who then quickly disappeared through the hole and began howling with laughter.
"Bye," giggled Ginny who soon followed Shingo out of the meadow.
"Oh, c'mon you just can't leaves us here!" begged Harry.
"Oh we can, see you later Harry!" said Ron, he gave Harry a suggestive wink before disappearing through the hole and howl with laughter.
"Yes, yes, Harry my friend, consider this as your great opportunity to become a man!" said George while grinning broadly at Harry.
"Harry my man, feel free to touch anything! And I mean anything! This is your great chance!" said Fred and wriggled his eyebrows at Harry suggestively. A howling George then grabbed him and the two disappeared through the hole.
Harry turned to a deeper shade crimson upon hearing Fred's words. He heard Serena mumble something about bloody murder. "This is just wonderful...." he mumbled sarcastically.
"What do you mean wonderful?! Are you saying that you are happy to be bound up like this?!" said Serena who blushed harder at the thought that Harry enjoyed this thing.
"No, no, no!" cried Harry in protest. "That wasn't how I meant it," he explained, also turning into a deeper shade of red.
"Oh,"
"Maybe..maybe we could get free if we tried to move a bit," suggested Harry after a few seconds of awkward silence.
Serena nodded in agreement but said nothing. She tried to move her body away from Harry's but it was quite difficult to do since they were bound up from shoulder down. She was successful though in getting her face away from his cheek. She now was face to face with Harry and couldn't help but find herself staring into his emerald green eyes.
Harry's heart began to skip a beat as he stared into Serena's unusually dark blue eyes. He wasn't quite sure how long they have been staring into each other's eyes, but one thing was for sure right then and there, something strange has happened. A strange feeling coursed through his body as he saw much pain, despair, turmoil and something else of which he couldn't place his finger on.
'Funny how fate can meddle with your life.....' thought Serena as she felt an unfamiliar feeling in the pit of her stomach. The feeling she used to feel for mamoru. A feeling she vowed to never feel again. She was falling again, this time falling too fast for her own good. She couldn't help but enjoy Harry's warmth and nearness and she wondered how well they fit in each other's embrace. She knew that when this was over, her body would burn to feel his body next to hers.
Unfortunately a harsh gust of wind made the unsuspecting couple lose their balance and.......
"Ahh!" cried Serena as a harsh wind hit her from behind causing her to completely lose her balance.
Harry lost his balance as well and both of them fell to the ground. Luckily Harry twisted his body so that he would hit the ground first and Serena would be on top of him in order to avoid him squashing Serena. But again they were in a very tight predicament.
Serena blushed as she realized that her face was just inches from Harry's. She couldn't stop staring into his eyes as their faces were just inches apart. 'His eyes, they hold so much pain, yet happiness is there too!' she mused. She could feel his heartbeat quicken and she couldn't help but be satisfied to know that she could do that to him.
Harry blushed, as Serena's face was just a few inches from his own. He could smell her light perfume of flowers fill his senses. Again he felt himself be drawn into her eyes, and his heart skipped a beat as he felt himself get drowned in her eyes. Yet he couldn't help but shake away the feeling of déjà vu. 'This has happened.......' He mused as he felt the strong familiarity of her overwhelm him.
Serena's eyes widened with realization as she felt a sudden jolt of electricity run through her body. It was like the one when they first met only this time much more stronger. She was quite sure that Harry felt it as well as he was staring up at her incredulously. She gasped as a strong sense of familiarity washed over her. 'Who...who..are you?' she thought staring down at a confused Harry.
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