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GOMEN NASAI! *bows head* I am in deep sorry that it took me forever to update. So, please do forgive me! Gomen! Gomen! Gomen! GOMEN! If you are wondering what had caused me to give late updates, it's because I was in very bad situations. My body is totally being stupid to me, and I feel like crap. Something really is wrong with me *Sweatdrop* Gomen again. I hope I didn't lose any of my readers. Also, I was actually hoping that I could post this chapter on my birthday last week . . . however. *Sweatdrop* I got a little drunk, and well, I still hadn't finished writing this chapter. *Sweatdrop* Gomen again, for the lateness of this.
But hey! This chapter got a little juicy! ^__________^ Just read and see! Lol, Harry and Serenity are really confused with their feelings!
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Disclaimer: I own nothing! (Except for Mia, Nina and all those other partnership students!)
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"Talking"
'Thinking'
~Setting/place~
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Chapter 4 "Falling"
*Silver Millennium*
*Royal Training Room*
"That's it princess! One more try, a little bit higher!" yelled a sandy haired woman, wearing what seemed to be like a Sailor suit with a darkish blue, near black skirt and collar and a white bodice with yellow ribbons. She dodged the small fist that came flying her way easily.
"Stop moving Uranus!" whined the other girl, supposedly named princess. She wore what seemed to be like a long white gown and had her hair up in a peculiar style, up in buns at either side of her head with her golden hair coming down in streamers nearly reaching the floor. She quickly moved and tried to do a high kick.
"You should have practiced while I was gone," grinned Uranus, dodging the princess's foot and allowing herself to throw a punch at the smaller girl.
"Ai! Uranus!" cried the princess, blocking the fist with her two arms. Though being small in form, she easily blocked the attack, however, unfortunately she was thrown to the floor at the ferocity of the attack. She hit her rear end hard on the matted floor, letting out a little 'epp' of surprise and pain.
"You really should have practiced," laughed Uranus, wiping the sweat from her forehead and grinning down at the disgruntled princess.
"Ne, Uranus that hurt!" whined the princess; she wiped away the sweat from her forehead. Her crescent Moon glowing brightly afterwards. She struggled to stand up and pouted at the Uranian scout, "It hurt!"
Uranus laughed, "Aw, C'mon Princess. It's your own fault that you didn't practice." She smiled at the pouting Moonchild. "Why didn't you practice?"
The princess stopped pouting and got a dreamy look on her face; "He came!" she smiled brightly, remembering the thought of her lover. "Harold came,"
Uranus sighed loudly and stared at the love struck princess, "That's nice Serenity," she said. "You are such a hopeless love struck girl,"
Serenity smiled brightly, "I'm so excited for the ball," she said. "It will be wonderful. Everyone will be there, all the kingdoms together as one. Finally, our engagement shall be official, and then we'll get married and then-"
"Whoa there princess, One step at a time, your weeding wont be for a long time," laughed Uranus, waving her hands wildly. She laughed harder as Serenity began to blush furiously, "If you continue that way, I'm sure you'll fly away,"
Serenity pouted, "You made my wonderful dream disappear!"
Uranus raised an eyebrow, "So?"
"Let's continue where we left off," grinned Serenity, getting into a fighting stance and facing the laughing Uranus.
~End of Flashback~
17-year-old Serenity Moon opened her eyes with a little gasp. Feeling her shoulder throb in pain, she winced slightly and tried to sit up. 'That was weird,' she mused, struggling to sit up.
"Great, your awake," grinned Mia, helping her best friend sit up next to her. "You gave all of us quite a fright,"
"Where am I?" mumbled Serenity, noticing that her head also hurt. "What happened?"
Mia giggled, "We're in the P.E. class, remember? You and the Professor had a face off. The Professor hit your shoulder with the wooden stick, and then you lost your footing and hit your head on the floor. You passed out afterwards," she said, pointing at the ice pack that was magically secured on Serenity's shoulder.
Serenity rubbed her head, trying to let everything get into focus. "I see," she mumbled. Everything was still so hazy; first she was in a P.E. class, then in some training room with two women and then back in her P.E. class. She tried to figure out what was real and which was not. 'But, it felt so real,' she mused.
"You've been out for 30 minutes already," commented Mia, "I thought Malfoy would have thrown a party as you passed out,"
Serenity frowned, "Yeah right he would," she said. She now finally noticed that they were seated at the side leaning on the wall. She saw the other students in the middle of the room practice punches, repeating them over and over, with Professor Tenoh up front going along with them. Everything began to swirl in her vision, in turn making her dizzy, "Ai, my head hurts," she mumbled, leaning her head backwards against the wall.
Mia laughed, "You did hit your head pretty hard, even though the floor was padded," she said. Starring curiously at the groaning Serenity she frowned, "What caused you to lose your focus?"
Serenity closed her eyes and tried to remember, "I don't know, I - my head hurt that time. Don't know why......" 'Those two women, they were so familiar,' she mused. 'Was it a dream?'
Mia laughed slightly, "At least your awake now," she said. Grinning slightly at the in pained blonde she added in a whisper, "Harry was totally worried about you,"
Serenity snapped her head at the giggling Mia and stared at her, "What?"
"He quickly jumped to your aid," grinned Mia, wiggling her eyebrows suggestively. "Like a knight in shining armor!"
Serenity blushed slightly and rolled her eyes, "Yeah ri--ght," she hit Mia playfully on her shoulder. "Stop laughing" she ordered blushing slightly.
"You're blushing," grinned Mia.
Serenity frowned, "No, I'm not," she insisted, forgetting about her headache and in pained shoulder momentarily.
Mia grinned playfully, "Yes you are,"
Serenity sighed loudly, "If you weren't my friend, you'd be dead by now,"
"I take that as a compliment, Thank you very much Oh-great-Serenity," said Mia, smiling at the fuming blonde.
"Forget it Mia," mumbled Serenity, placing her hand over the ice pack to apply some pressure. "My whole body hurts,"
"Ah, I see you're awake Miss Moon," commented Professor Tenoh, noticing the frowning blonde, she motioned for the class to stop practicing. "You lost your focus,"
Serenity looked up and frowned, "Ah well yes, I noticed that too,"
Amara smiled lightly, "Are you alright?" she asked, eyeing the disgruntled princess. 'Something's different,'
"Fine, just fine," mumbled Serenity, standing up wobbly on her feet. Suddenly feeling a bit woozy, she closed her eyes momentarily, trying to calm her spinning head.
When she opened her eyes she was in a completely different room. The walls were immaculately white; the floor was a beautiful white marble. The room had huge majestic windows, with beautiful colored crystal glass. Across the floor lay a huge black rubber mat. Fighting tools littered the floor and hung across the walls. She remembered this room! It was the same one as the one in her dream, the fighting hall. Hearing little giggles and yells, she looked up and saw them once again. The woman in the Sailor suit and the other girl, the princess. Fighting in the middle of the mat, practicing their skills in marital arts. 'Those girls,' she mused.
"Serenity!" cried Mia in concern, as the blonde placed a hand on her head and stumbled backwards. She quickly grabbed her around her shoulder and steadied her.
"Miss Moon," exclaimed Amara, rushing forward.
Serenity shook her head trying everything to come into focus. 'Now, that really was weird,' she mused. She found herself back in the P.E. class. 'What happened?'
"Miss Moon, are you alright?" asked Professor Tenoh, gently leading the disoriented girl to sit down on the bench.
Serenity nodded her head, "I'm fine, really. I just got up too fast," she mumbled.
"Is she alright?" asked Harry, with a frown of concern as Mia walked up to them.
Mia shrugged, "She'll be fine, don't worry," she patted the tired boy on the shoulder.
"She really took a hard blow," mumbled Hermione after catching her breath. "Really hard,"
"Serves her right," muttered Malfoy with a silent smirk.
"Shut up Malfoy, nobody asked you anyway," growled Harry, going into defense for Serenity.
"Are you feeling better miss Moon?" asked Amara, taking the glass of water away from Serenity and making it disappear with a wave of her wand.
Serenity sighed loudly and smiled, "I said I was fine," she answered. Looking up she stared at the sandy haired Professor. 'So familiar,' she mused.
"Something wrong?" asked Amara, noticing that the princess looked at her oddly.
Serenity shook her head, trying to wipe out the picture off the Sailor-girl in her dream out of her head. She tried to remember the name of the girl but found it hard, everything was turning hazy. "It's just, have we met before?" she asked, staring curiously at the Professor.
Amara let out a little gasp of surprise and stared the confused girl. 'Is she remembering?' she mused. She began to contemplate on what to answer, if whether or not she was going to answer they did. Remembering Trista's advice, to let the princess remember slowly she simply answered. "No, I believe not,"
Serenity let out a disappointed sigh, "Oh, I thought I saw you before Professor," she mumbled.
Amara nodded her head in understanding, she really wished she could tell the confused the girl. "Okay, then" she said, standing up and facing the other students. "Class is over, get back to your chambers. Make sure you take a nice hot bath or shower to relax all your strained muscles. Make sure you wash those uniforms, you are expected to wear them always when you enter this classroom."
Hermione tentatively raised her hand, "Um, Professor. What about tests? Aren't we gonna have some sort of tests?"
"Of course, however these tests will be performance tests. I want to see what you are able to do or not. That way I can see your abilities," answered the Professor, smiling slightly upon seeing Hermione shocked face. "Alright everybody, class over,"
Serenity stood up and began to make her way to the doors; she briefly stared at the smiling Professor before heading out the room. 'So familiar,'
Amara grinned to herself as everyone left, 'the princess is remembering! Everything will be fine soon!' she thought. 'Wait 'til Trista hears about this,'
~Serenity and Harry's chambers~
"So, are you alright?" asked Harry tentatively, eyeing the unusually silent Serenity as they entered their bedroom.
Serenity looked up and gave Harry a light shrug, "Fine," she sighed, throwing herself onto her bed in exhaustion.
Harry shrugged and eyed the silent blonde for a second, part of him wanted to ask more while the other part just wanted him to take a hot shower. 'What's wrong with her?' he wondered, growing a little worried.
"You can take the bathroom first," said Serenity, staring at Harry.
"What's wrong?" asked Harry suddenly.
Serenity sat up on her bed and stared at him confused. "What do you mean 'what's wrong?'" she asked, cocking her head a little.
"I don't know, you tell me. The whole day you acted normally and now you're all silent, so what's wrong with you?" asked Harry frowning slightly.
Serenity blushed slightly at the sudden concern of Harry. 'Why on earth am I blushing?!' she asked herself, trying to hide her blush. "Can't I be silent for a while?" she asked, smirking lightly and raising a delicate eyebrow.
Harry shrugged, he was at lost of words, "Ah, dunno. I better take a shower, my whole body hurts," he mumbled, moving towards the door leading to the bath. "I really didn't know that Professor Tenoh could be so strict,"
"I know," sighed Serenity in agreement. Blinking in confusion she sat up straight and wondered where that answer came from. 'How could I know that the Professor was strict? I passed out and never did actually perform in class while her teaching? How come I know?'
Harry frowned as he saw Serenity's confused look, he began to wonder as well. 'How can she know? She was out cold during the whole class,' he thought with confusion. "Is there something wrong?" he asked, making the blonde snap back to reality.
"Nothing, just a bit confused," answered Serenity giving Harry a small smile.
Harry nodded and felt his insides churn at the smile she gave him. 'Why am I acting this way?! Remember, I don't like her!' he said to himself. He quickly opened the bathroom door and slipped inside.
'Who were those girls? Why are they so familiar?' thought Serenity, falling backwards on her bed. 'Why am I seeing them?'
~Great Hall~
"Where's Serenity?" asked Nina, as Harry approached their table. She looked past him and found her best friend nowhere in sight.
Mia looked up sharply and sent Harry a funny look, "You didn't kill her did you?"
Harry laughed at Mia's question and sat down next to the equally concerned Hermione, "No, I didn't kill her, yet," he answered.
"So, Where IS Serenity?" asked Clair in confusion, as their theories of the blonde being killed were squashed.
"She said she didn't feel so good," answered Harry shrugging his shoulders slightly. "She wanted to sleep,"
"Poor Serenity," mumbled Hermione in worry.
"Serves her right," scowled Malfoy, grinning cockily at the other partnership students.
"Shut up Ferret!" snapped Harry. Again he came into defense for Serenity. 'Why do I keep on doing this?' he mused.
"Stop defending your girlfriend Pothead!" said Malfoy, grinning upon seeing the other boy blush slightly. 'Ah, a soft spot. This has potential,' he thought, slowly coming up with a good way to pay back the blonde who caused his embarrassment.
"Look, Ferret-wearing-blue-boxers-with-pink-dots," growled Mia, standing up and glaring at the smirking Slytherin. She grinned suddenly as the people from the Hufflepuff table heard her outburst, it looked like the whole school knew about Malfoy's incident with Serenity. "I don't think everybody saw your little show earlier, how about we repeat it?"
Malfoy grew red in the face, but however remained silent. He just glared at the fuming blonde and silently ignored the series of snickers around him. 'They'll pay,'
"So, do you think Serenity is be fine?" asked Nina, staring at the frowning Harry.
"How should I know?" asked Harry, trying to act normal. Where as in truth, his thoughts were actually remembering last nights events, which he still couldn't get out of his mind. 'Could we really have kissed?' he asked himself.
Hermione frowned at Harry, "You should know! She's your partner!" she snapped angrily.
Harry sighed and stared at the fuming Hermione, "I Told you she's fine, she told me herself," he answered. 'I hope so,'
~With Serenity~
'What were their names?' Serenity vainly tried to remember what those girls' names were. The more she thought about her dream, the more everything became obscure. "Argh!" she yelled in frustration staring angrily up at the ceiling of her bed. She just had her bath, and she still felt like a truck had struck her. 'Why can't I remember?!'
All she could remember was the fighting hall, the white walls, the marble floor and black rubber mat. Two hazy figures, two very familiar girls. 'Why is everything so familiar? But I cant remember everything?' she asked herself.
Feeling Luna jump up on her bed, she looked down and saw the cat stare at her in confusion. "Everything is so confusing Luna," she said, pulling the feline into her arms.
"Miau?" said Luna staring at her charge in confusion. 'What could be ailing the girl now?'
Serenity giggled lightly, seeing the cat look confused. "I passed out in P.E. class today and you know what Luna?" she asked the black feline. "I saw something, like I really saw something! I just can't remember anything!" she continued. "It's so frustrating!" she whined.
"Miau!" Cried Luna, licking Serenity's hand in joy. 'She's remembering!' her red eyes, sparkled with mystery.
Serenity laughed lightly and scratched Luna behind her ear, enjoying the soothing purrs the cat made. 'Those two girls, will I ever see them again?' she asked herself. Picking the cat up in her arms, she sat up and leaned against the headboard, staring around in the darkened room. Immediately her eyes fell onto the bed next to hers. 'Harry,'
"Luna? What do you think of Harry?" asked the blonde suddenly. She picked the feline up in her arms and held her up in the air up infront of her face. "What do you think?"
Luna's eyes sparkled in mystery, 'She really is remembering! Pluto was right!' she thought. Cocking her head a little she gave a little 'Miau' for approval.
"You know, even if we constantly are at each others necks and do threat to kill the other, he is kind of cute," babble Serenity, giving her cat a thoughtful look. She blushed suddenly at her outburst and shook her head, "What am I thinking? Forget I said that Luna,"
"Miau," purred Luna, 'Soon,' she thought, rubbing her head against her charge's hand.
"You know what, I get the oddest feeling around him," sighed Serenity, slumping down on her bed and laying still on her back. "It's so confusing," she sighed loudly, placing her hands behind her head and staring blanking at the ceiling of her bed. 'It's like what that girl felt for her fiancée,'
"I don't understand it anymore," whined Serenity, pulling the covers up her shoulder and rolling to her side. She tucked Luna in her arms and stared blankly out the nearby window. She let the cat's soft purrs lull her to a dreamless sleep but before that could happen, out the window she saw the Moon. One thing crossed her mind before sleep took over her, 'Home.'
~Morning~
"So, are you alright now?" asked Harry, as her and Serenity slipped out of the entrance hole of their chambers.
Serenity looked up and stared surprised at the emerald eyed boy, 'Does he really care?' she mused. She shrugged slightly and followed him down the corridors, "I'm fine,"
Both stayed silent for the rest of their trip towards the Great Hall, each caught up in their own thoughts. Both contemplating on what do say or do next. Yet both were unaware at the similar feelings that both shared for the other. Both were still too naïve to understand.........or maybe, both are unwilling to accept these feelings.
"Sere! Are you alright?" asked Nina, as she saw the silent couple approach their table.
Serenity flashed her best friend a smile and quickly sat down next to her and Mia. "Peachy,"
Mia eyed her best friend curiously, 'Something's different,' she mused. She watched as Serenity silently placed some food onto her plate, seeming to be deep in thought. 'I wonder,' she thought, her eyes falling at Harry, sitting across of them next to a chattering Hermione. He too seemed to be totally absorbed into staring at his food.
"Something wrong?" asked Serenity, snapping Mia out of her thoughts.
Mia shook her head and gave the frowning blonde a smile, "Nothing, just thinking"
Serenity faked a gasp and stared in disbelief at her mischief partner, "You are thinking?" she asked, placing a hand on Mia's forehead. "Who are you and what have you done to our friend Mia?"
Nina giggled and looked over Serenity's shoulder, staring at the scowling Mia in glee. "Are you sure you didn't hit your head on something this morning?"
Mia's scowled playfully at her friends and pulled Serenity's hand away from her forehead. "Cut it out you two," she said, rolling her eyes at them. "Can't a girl think?"
"Well, that depends," grinned Serenity, turning back to her food.
"That depends if your head is actually working," commented Malfoy, staring at the trio with a smirk.
Nina raised an eyebrow and stared at the smirking Slytherin, "And your point is?"
"Why strain your brain to think, when you got no brain at all. You three shouldn't be here anyway," answered Malfoy, from the head of the table.
"Shut up Malfoy, you aren't wanted here either. Maybe it's you who shouldn't be here," said Hermione, glaring at the Slytherin.
"Can it, Mudblood,"
Serenity frowned as Hermione began to turn red and silently turn back to her food. "Call her that again and you'll pay," she growled angrily, accompanied by death glares from Mia and Nina.
Malfoy raised his eyebrow at the challenge, turning his attention back to the upset Hermione, "Granger, you're a filthy, good-for-nothing, mudblood," he said, grinning as Hermione let out a little gasp and let tears roll down her cheeks.
"Shut up Malfoy!" snapped Harry, while trying to calm the crying Hermione.
Serenity glared and stood up from her seat. "You wish you never said that,"
"And why should I?" asked Malfoy, smirking at his handiwork of making Hermione cry.
"This," growled Serenity, picking up her knife and throwing it at Malfoy. With precise precision it embedded itself on the table, right infront of a very pale Malfoy. She shrugged nonchalantly as she received gasps from the other students.
"I missed," said Serenity, sitting back down.
Malfoy growled and pulled the knife out of the table, glaring angrily at the smirking blonde. "You will pay for everything,"
Serenity shrugged her shoulders and said nothing. Turning back to her breakfast, her thoughts were quickly clouded over with one question. 'How on earth did I just do that?' she thought, her eyes quickly moving towards her knife. 'Something's wrong here,'
~Later that day, afternoon~
Harry grimaced at the sight of the Music Classroom. Ten chairs done in two horizontal rows with music sheet stands each faced the front of the room. Up front was an elevated podium with a music sheet stand and a desk and chair. The room was filled with various instruments. Music was definitely not his best subject.
"This looks exactly like our old Music Class in muggle school," commented Hermione as they all pilled into the room.
"So, Serenity, what instrument do you play?" asked Nina, grinning at her best friend.
Serenity rolled her eyes at Nina, "I don't,"
"Then it's time to learn then," commented a new voice entering the classroom.
They all let out a little gasp of surprise as their teacher mysteriously appeared out of nowhere. It was quite obvious that the teacher was new, since none of them had ever seen the young teacher before. Wearing aquamarine robes with green trimmings, the new teacher obviously was not much older than themselves.
"I am Professor Michelle Kaioh, your Music teacher. I am very much pleased to meet all of you," greeted Michelle smiling brightly at the silent group of partnership students.
'So familiar,' mused Serenity, eyeing the smiling Professor.
"Let's begin class shall we?" smiled Michelle, clapping her hands together.
~Chambers of Professor Meioh, That evening~
"I'm telling you, this is the year," grinned Amara, arms folded across her chest. She leaned heavily against one of the posts of Trista's bed. "Finally,"
"Just because she thinks she knows you, doesn't mean she'll remember everything at ones," said Luna, staring up at the Uranian scout as she sat on the bed. "It'll take time,"
"But, nevertheless this will be the year, right?" asked Michelle, sitting on the edge of the bed next to Luna. She stared at the silent Trista with expectation, "Well?"
Trista sat on her working desk and shrugged, "Perhaps,"
Amara rolled her eyes at the scout of time, "For once give us a straight answer,"
"I do hope so that this might be the year when the kingdoms will rise again, but we can't keep our hopes up," said Trista, her eyes falling on the dark leather-bound book.
"But, this is the year when . . . when the planets align!" protested Luna. "When this happens, it shows the unity of all the planets! We will receive all our powers back! Serenity and the prince will be back! And the future will be clearer than ever,"
"But . . . but, it wont happen without the rest of the senshi. The inners and are still struggling to return to earth. The superiors of Elison are still processing the paper works," said Michelle with a slight frown.
Amara frowned, "Why can't they just allow the inners and the Endymon to crossover?! Their process of paper work always takes so long! All those signing, agreements and wavers! It took them tree years to finish everything! Dead people really don't know how to handle this,"
Trista smiled slightly at the sight of the ranting Uranian scout, "You know Uranus that Queen Serenity cannot interfere with the wishes of the Superiors and the Elders of Elison. But I am sure everything will turn out just fine, you just watch and see,"
"Pluto's is right, I am sure everything will turn out as expected," smiled Michelle, trying to look on the bright side.
"But we don't have any powers!" whined Amara. "How can we protect the princess if we can't even transform!"
"Uranus! You know that once your respective planet will be aligned then you get 'partially' your powers. And once Serenity will become Princess Serenity, then all our powers will be fully restored," said Luna. "And as of now, only Pluto has her powers. Which may I say, will only be used to help restore the princess' and prince's memories,"
Michelle frowned, "I thought the princess will be the one to remember everything by herself,"
Trista smiled, "Of course she will, I am just doing the little 'push'. You will know in due time of what I mean,"
Amara scowled at the smiling Pluto, "You'd think after spending time in Elison for over a thousand years she'd give straight answers,"
Luna laughed slightly, "I don't think she'd change,"
"If I would change, then were would be the fun of finding out on your own?" grinned Trista.
"So, how do you think the inners are doing?" asked Michelle smiling slightly.
"I'd say they are driving the Elders and Superiors up the wall," grinned Amara.
~Elison, Land of Dreams~
*In the heart of Elison, Castle of Dreams*
*Second Floor of the castle, Planetary Office*
"HOW LONG DID YOU SAY?!" yelled Mars, slamming her gloved fist on the table. Staring venomously at the small demon behind the desk.
"Ray, cool down, he's just an intern," whispered Venus, upon seeing the Demon quiver in fear.
"M-m-miss M-mars, the e-e-elders and s-s-superiors are looking in-into t- the documents a-as w-we speak. We just cannot send all of you at once back to earth . . . " sputtered the Demon, moving his rolling chair as far away from the fuming Fire Scout. 'I should have listened to Mum, and become a Dream Catcher and not a secretary,' he thought glumly.
"WHY CAN'T YOU SEND US ALL TOGETHER BACK TO EARTH?!" growled Mars, leaning forward over the desk and sternly looking at the Small Demon. "Don't you know what is going to happen if we don't get back up there in time?!"
"O-of course! D-due t-to the circumstances, the Elders and the Superiors are considering letting you crossover sooner. Y-yet, it will be in due time," stammered the Demon, now up against the wall of the reception area. 'I should reconsider with this job,'
"Can't the Elders try and make it a little bit faster?" asked Endymon while yanking the fuming Mars away from the small Demon.
"Yeah, don't they reconsider?! We do have the other brother of the Earth Prince here. Doesn't that give us some faster chance of getting back up there?" asked Jupiter with a slight frown.
The Demon sighed uneasily these senshi were getting very much annoying. This thing of crossing over had never happened before . . . well aside from the time when the god Dionysus had too much to drink (He was the god of wine) and accidentally died due to his wild behavior. (He too was the god of wild behavior). In the end, the gods have decided to let Dionysus return to Olympus and crossover. However that too took much paper work. And that happened . . .over more than billion years ago.
And now, the Sailor Scouts, accompanied by the Older Prince of Earth and one of the Moon Cats are here to crossover and save the whole universe. Three years ago, one of the Moon Cats was permitted to return to her charge, Princess Serenity. Supposedly to keep her away from any harm and try to help her restore her memories. Months ago, the senshi of Pluto was permitted to go, since her paper works were done by the time and well, the gates of time needed a little cleaning up to do. And only weeks ago, he had two of the Outer Senshi on his throat to crossover. And now the rest of the Sailor senshi were at his case. 'My life is so screwed.' Thought the young Dream Demon. 'Why didn't I listen to Mum?'
"Please, I know you are all very much concerned over her Majesty Princess Serenity and the young Prince Harold. The elders and superiors are doing their best to finish everything in due time before the planets will align. Even Queen Serenity and Helios are doing their best to try to open the gates of Elison. However, the gates can only be opened as much as to let one or two of you pass at a time," said the young Dream Demon.
"Luna will not be happy about this," mumbled Artemis from the perch of Venus's shoulder.
The demon sighed, "The gods aren't very much pleased themselves,"
Mercury smiled slightly, trying hard to find a bright side of everything. "I am quite sure that the Elders and Serenity-sama are doing their very best,"
"Yes, they are," mumbled the Demon. 'I seriously should reconsider and become a Dream Catcher,'
Saturn smiled sadly and turned to her friends, "We can only wait then," she said. "Maybe we should go back to our quarters,"
They all nodded in agreement, except for Mars who looked irritably at the Dreamer Demon, "You're just lucky that we are restricted to use our powers in the castle," she hissed while being dragged out the office bye Venus and Endymon.
"Maybe after a Millennium or so of this work I could become a doctor....." sighed the Demon after the huge white-gold doors slammed shut loudly.
~Hogwarts, Serenity and Harry's Chambers~
"So, do you understand now?" asked Serenity looking up at Harry expectantly.
Both were in their small common room with Serenity trying to teach Harry a little bit more about Astronomy. Since now being near 9 pm both were already dressed for bed, though they decided to sleep later and study for a bit.
"Well?" pressed Serenity, looking up from the astrological chart at the confused Harry. Receiving no answer she sighed loudly and shock her head. "You don't get it do you?"
Harry looked up from staring at Serenity's astrological chart and gave her a sheepish look. "No,"
Serenity sighed again and tucked a stray strand of her behind her ear, "Potter, you are hopeless,"
Harry shrugged, "I just don't understand it," he stretched lazily. After hearing no response from the blonde he turned to stare at her for a moment. She seemed to be deep in thought, staring blankly at the chart. And again, he found himself gaping at her. The light glow of the fireplace gave her features a warm, inviting radiance. She looked quite lovely in her pajama pants and spaghetti strap shirt. She looked quite different than the notorious Serenity that he constantly fought with. She looked, well, beautiful. (AN: Ah, yes, the hormones of a 17-year-old boy -_-;)
"What?" asked Serenity, looking a little annoyed upon seeing Harry stare at her funnily. "Something wrong?" she asked, watching him snap out of his reverie and blush.
"Nothing," sighed Harry, trying hard to stop the uneasy feeling he suddenly got. Flushing slightly he unconsciously moved closer to the blonde as she turned back to eyeing the chart. 'You like her . . . ' chided a small voice in his head.
"So, you see when the New Year begins. The planets will then align in exact coordination with the Moon," said Serenity, still staring down at the chart. She waved her wand over the chart and watched as the planets aligned in a perfect straight line.
"Okay," mumbled Harry, also watching the planets now. "So, this happens like every thousand years?" he asked looking up and staring at Serenity again.
Serenity nodded and looked up as well. She smiled slightly upon sensing that he finally understood something. "Ye-" she quickly stopped as she found herself caught in Harry's intensive green eyes. Her breath caught in her throat as she for once found herself only inches apart from the boy. 'Why can't I move? Why can't I breath properly?!' she thought in confusion as she felt her heartbeat quicken several times. Without knowing, she found herself moving closer to the boy.
'Why can't I stop?' thought Harry, feeling lost in Serenity's blue eyes. He felt his heart skip a beat once in a while. 'Am I really attracted to this girl?!' he mused. 'Do I like her?' he thought, moving even closer to the girl. He could feel Serenity's soft breathing against his face, and smell her light sent of strawberry. 'Maybe . . . '
It only took seconds before their lips touched.
Serenity gasped lightly, feeling his lips against her soft ones. 'What am I doing?!' she mentally yelled. 'The right thing . . .' another voice answered as she moved closer to the emerald-eyed boy. 'No-no! This are just hormones . . .I can't be falling for him . . . not . . . no. . . ah . . . so soft . . .wonderful . . .' she mused, against quickly responding to the kiss. She once again felt a funny feeling in the pit of her stomach. She wasn't quite sure what it was, but she sure liked it.
Harry really didn't know what really brought them to kiss, but either way it felt wonderful. 'Okay, so maybe these are the hormones . . . this is wonderful . . . I am not falling for her . . . right? . . . wrong . . . ah . . . wonderful . . .' he mused. He felt her move closer to him, thus urging him to do the same. A funny feeling came over him once again, this time much stronger than ever.
Before neither knew what happened next, passions grew much more desperate. Both wanting more from the other, desires grew much wilder. It was then when Serenity's arms snaked themselves around Harry's neck and when his hands began to slowly roam her body, that Serenity found herself pinned beneath Harry on the sofa.
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Aren't I just the greatest? Lol, I know, weird cliffy. But give me break will yah?! These are 17 year old teenagers, they are bound to do some touch and kiss . . .and even more. ^_^; Well, let's not go that far. . .well, maybe it'll go that far . . . *shrugs* who knows.
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GOMEN NASAI! *bows head* I am in deep sorry that it took me forever to update. So, please do forgive me! Gomen! Gomen! Gomen! GOMEN! If you are wondering what had caused me to give late updates, it's because I was in very bad situations. My body is totally being stupid to me, and I feel like crap. Something really is wrong with me *Sweatdrop* Gomen again. I hope I didn't lose any of my readers. Also, I was actually hoping that I could post this chapter on my birthday last week . . . however. *Sweatdrop* I got a little drunk, and well, I still hadn't finished writing this chapter. *Sweatdrop* Gomen again, for the lateness of this.
But hey! This chapter got a little juicy! ^__________^ Just read and see! Lol, Harry and Serenity are really confused with their feelings!
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"Talking"
'Thinking'
~Setting/place~
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Chapter 4 "Falling"
*Silver Millennium*
*Royal Training Room*
"That's it princess! One more try, a little bit higher!" yelled a sandy haired woman, wearing what seemed to be like a Sailor suit with a darkish blue, near black skirt and collar and a white bodice with yellow ribbons. She dodged the small fist that came flying her way easily.
"Stop moving Uranus!" whined the other girl, supposedly named princess. She wore what seemed to be like a long white gown and had her hair up in a peculiar style, up in buns at either side of her head with her golden hair coming down in streamers nearly reaching the floor. She quickly moved and tried to do a high kick.
"You should have practiced while I was gone," grinned Uranus, dodging the princess's foot and allowing herself to throw a punch at the smaller girl.
"Ai! Uranus!" cried the princess, blocking the fist with her two arms. Though being small in form, she easily blocked the attack, however, unfortunately she was thrown to the floor at the ferocity of the attack. She hit her rear end hard on the matted floor, letting out a little 'epp' of surprise and pain.
"You really should have practiced," laughed Uranus, wiping the sweat from her forehead and grinning down at the disgruntled princess.
"Ne, Uranus that hurt!" whined the princess; she wiped away the sweat from her forehead. Her crescent Moon glowing brightly afterwards. She struggled to stand up and pouted at the Uranian scout, "It hurt!"
Uranus laughed, "Aw, C'mon Princess. It's your own fault that you didn't practice." She smiled at the pouting Moonchild. "Why didn't you practice?"
The princess stopped pouting and got a dreamy look on her face; "He came!" she smiled brightly, remembering the thought of her lover. "Harold came,"
Uranus sighed loudly and stared at the love struck princess, "That's nice Serenity," she said. "You are such a hopeless love struck girl,"
Serenity smiled brightly, "I'm so excited for the ball," she said. "It will be wonderful. Everyone will be there, all the kingdoms together as one. Finally, our engagement shall be official, and then we'll get married and then-"
"Whoa there princess, One step at a time, your weeding wont be for a long time," laughed Uranus, waving her hands wildly. She laughed harder as Serenity began to blush furiously, "If you continue that way, I'm sure you'll fly away,"
Serenity pouted, "You made my wonderful dream disappear!"
Uranus raised an eyebrow, "So?"
"Let's continue where we left off," grinned Serenity, getting into a fighting stance and facing the laughing Uranus.
~End of Flashback~
17-year-old Serenity Moon opened her eyes with a little gasp. Feeling her shoulder throb in pain, she winced slightly and tried to sit up. 'That was weird,' she mused, struggling to sit up.
"Great, your awake," grinned Mia, helping her best friend sit up next to her. "You gave all of us quite a fright,"
"Where am I?" mumbled Serenity, noticing that her head also hurt. "What happened?"
Mia giggled, "We're in the P.E. class, remember? You and the Professor had a face off. The Professor hit your shoulder with the wooden stick, and then you lost your footing and hit your head on the floor. You passed out afterwards," she said, pointing at the ice pack that was magically secured on Serenity's shoulder.
Serenity rubbed her head, trying to let everything get into focus. "I see," she mumbled. Everything was still so hazy; first she was in a P.E. class, then in some training room with two women and then back in her P.E. class. She tried to figure out what was real and which was not. 'But, it felt so real,' she mused.
"You've been out for 30 minutes already," commented Mia, "I thought Malfoy would have thrown a party as you passed out,"
Serenity frowned, "Yeah right he would," she said. She now finally noticed that they were seated at the side leaning on the wall. She saw the other students in the middle of the room practice punches, repeating them over and over, with Professor Tenoh up front going along with them. Everything began to swirl in her vision, in turn making her dizzy, "Ai, my head hurts," she mumbled, leaning her head backwards against the wall.
Mia laughed, "You did hit your head pretty hard, even though the floor was padded," she said. Starring curiously at the groaning Serenity she frowned, "What caused you to lose your focus?"
Serenity closed her eyes and tried to remember, "I don't know, I - my head hurt that time. Don't know why......" 'Those two women, they were so familiar,' she mused. 'Was it a dream?'
Mia laughed slightly, "At least your awake now," she said. Grinning slightly at the in pained blonde she added in a whisper, "Harry was totally worried about you,"
Serenity snapped her head at the giggling Mia and stared at her, "What?"
"He quickly jumped to your aid," grinned Mia, wiggling her eyebrows suggestively. "Like a knight in shining armor!"
Serenity blushed slightly and rolled her eyes, "Yeah ri--ght," she hit Mia playfully on her shoulder. "Stop laughing" she ordered blushing slightly.
"You're blushing," grinned Mia.
Serenity frowned, "No, I'm not," she insisted, forgetting about her headache and in pained shoulder momentarily.
Mia grinned playfully, "Yes you are,"
Serenity sighed loudly, "If you weren't my friend, you'd be dead by now,"
"I take that as a compliment, Thank you very much Oh-great-Serenity," said Mia, smiling at the fuming blonde.
"Forget it Mia," mumbled Serenity, placing her hand over the ice pack to apply some pressure. "My whole body hurts,"
"Ah, I see you're awake Miss Moon," commented Professor Tenoh, noticing the frowning blonde, she motioned for the class to stop practicing. "You lost your focus,"
Serenity looked up and frowned, "Ah well yes, I noticed that too,"
Amara smiled lightly, "Are you alright?" she asked, eyeing the disgruntled princess. 'Something's different,'
"Fine, just fine," mumbled Serenity, standing up wobbly on her feet. Suddenly feeling a bit woozy, she closed her eyes momentarily, trying to calm her spinning head.
When she opened her eyes she was in a completely different room. The walls were immaculately white; the floor was a beautiful white marble. The room had huge majestic windows, with beautiful colored crystal glass. Across the floor lay a huge black rubber mat. Fighting tools littered the floor and hung across the walls. She remembered this room! It was the same one as the one in her dream, the fighting hall. Hearing little giggles and yells, she looked up and saw them once again. The woman in the Sailor suit and the other girl, the princess. Fighting in the middle of the mat, practicing their skills in marital arts. 'Those girls,' she mused.
"Serenity!" cried Mia in concern, as the blonde placed a hand on her head and stumbled backwards. She quickly grabbed her around her shoulder and steadied her.
"Miss Moon," exclaimed Amara, rushing forward.
Serenity shook her head trying everything to come into focus. 'Now, that really was weird,' she mused. She found herself back in the P.E. class. 'What happened?'
"Miss Moon, are you alright?" asked Professor Tenoh, gently leading the disoriented girl to sit down on the bench.
Serenity nodded her head, "I'm fine, really. I just got up too fast," she mumbled.
"Is she alright?" asked Harry, with a frown of concern as Mia walked up to them.
Mia shrugged, "She'll be fine, don't worry," she patted the tired boy on the shoulder.
"She really took a hard blow," mumbled Hermione after catching her breath. "Really hard,"
"Serves her right," muttered Malfoy with a silent smirk.
"Shut up Malfoy, nobody asked you anyway," growled Harry, going into defense for Serenity.
"Are you feeling better miss Moon?" asked Amara, taking the glass of water away from Serenity and making it disappear with a wave of her wand.
Serenity sighed loudly and smiled, "I said I was fine," she answered. Looking up she stared at the sandy haired Professor. 'So familiar,' she mused.
"Something wrong?" asked Amara, noticing that the princess looked at her oddly.
Serenity shook her head, trying to wipe out the picture off the Sailor-girl in her dream out of her head. She tried to remember the name of the girl but found it hard, everything was turning hazy. "It's just, have we met before?" she asked, staring curiously at the Professor.
Amara let out a little gasp of surprise and stared the confused girl. 'Is she remembering?' she mused. She began to contemplate on what to answer, if whether or not she was going to answer they did. Remembering Trista's advice, to let the princess remember slowly she simply answered. "No, I believe not,"
Serenity let out a disappointed sigh, "Oh, I thought I saw you before Professor," she mumbled.
Amara nodded her head in understanding, she really wished she could tell the confused the girl. "Okay, then" she said, standing up and facing the other students. "Class is over, get back to your chambers. Make sure you take a nice hot bath or shower to relax all your strained muscles. Make sure you wash those uniforms, you are expected to wear them always when you enter this classroom."
Hermione tentatively raised her hand, "Um, Professor. What about tests? Aren't we gonna have some sort of tests?"
"Of course, however these tests will be performance tests. I want to see what you are able to do or not. That way I can see your abilities," answered the Professor, smiling slightly upon seeing Hermione shocked face. "Alright everybody, class over,"
Serenity stood up and began to make her way to the doors; she briefly stared at the smiling Professor before heading out the room. 'So familiar,'
Amara grinned to herself as everyone left, 'the princess is remembering! Everything will be fine soon!' she thought. 'Wait 'til Trista hears about this,'
~Serenity and Harry's chambers~
"So, are you alright?" asked Harry tentatively, eyeing the unusually silent Serenity as they entered their bedroom.
Serenity looked up and gave Harry a light shrug, "Fine," she sighed, throwing herself onto her bed in exhaustion.
Harry shrugged and eyed the silent blonde for a second, part of him wanted to ask more while the other part just wanted him to take a hot shower. 'What's wrong with her?' he wondered, growing a little worried.
"You can take the bathroom first," said Serenity, staring at Harry.
"What's wrong?" asked Harry suddenly.
Serenity sat up on her bed and stared at him confused. "What do you mean 'what's wrong?'" she asked, cocking her head a little.
"I don't know, you tell me. The whole day you acted normally and now you're all silent, so what's wrong with you?" asked Harry frowning slightly.
Serenity blushed slightly at the sudden concern of Harry. 'Why on earth am I blushing?!' she asked herself, trying to hide her blush. "Can't I be silent for a while?" she asked, smirking lightly and raising a delicate eyebrow.
Harry shrugged, he was at lost of words, "Ah, dunno. I better take a shower, my whole body hurts," he mumbled, moving towards the door leading to the bath. "I really didn't know that Professor Tenoh could be so strict,"
"I know," sighed Serenity in agreement. Blinking in confusion she sat up straight and wondered where that answer came from. 'How could I know that the Professor was strict? I passed out and never did actually perform in class while her teaching? How come I know?'
Harry frowned as he saw Serenity's confused look, he began to wonder as well. 'How can she know? She was out cold during the whole class,' he thought with confusion. "Is there something wrong?" he asked, making the blonde snap back to reality.
"Nothing, just a bit confused," answered Serenity giving Harry a small smile.
Harry nodded and felt his insides churn at the smile she gave him. 'Why am I acting this way?! Remember, I don't like her!' he said to himself. He quickly opened the bathroom door and slipped inside.
'Who were those girls? Why are they so familiar?' thought Serenity, falling backwards on her bed. 'Why am I seeing them?'
~Great Hall~
"Where's Serenity?" asked Nina, as Harry approached their table. She looked past him and found her best friend nowhere in sight.
Mia looked up sharply and sent Harry a funny look, "You didn't kill her did you?"
Harry laughed at Mia's question and sat down next to the equally concerned Hermione, "No, I didn't kill her, yet," he answered.
"So, Where IS Serenity?" asked Clair in confusion, as their theories of the blonde being killed were squashed.
"She said she didn't feel so good," answered Harry shrugging his shoulders slightly. "She wanted to sleep,"
"Poor Serenity," mumbled Hermione in worry.
"Serves her right," scowled Malfoy, grinning cockily at the other partnership students.
"Shut up Ferret!" snapped Harry. Again he came into defense for Serenity. 'Why do I keep on doing this?' he mused.
"Stop defending your girlfriend Pothead!" said Malfoy, grinning upon seeing the other boy blush slightly. 'Ah, a soft spot. This has potential,' he thought, slowly coming up with a good way to pay back the blonde who caused his embarrassment.
"Look, Ferret-wearing-blue-boxers-with-pink-dots," growled Mia, standing up and glaring at the smirking Slytherin. She grinned suddenly as the people from the Hufflepuff table heard her outburst, it looked like the whole school knew about Malfoy's incident with Serenity. "I don't think everybody saw your little show earlier, how about we repeat it?"
Malfoy grew red in the face, but however remained silent. He just glared at the fuming blonde and silently ignored the series of snickers around him. 'They'll pay,'
"So, do you think Serenity is be fine?" asked Nina, staring at the frowning Harry.
"How should I know?" asked Harry, trying to act normal. Where as in truth, his thoughts were actually remembering last nights events, which he still couldn't get out of his mind. 'Could we really have kissed?' he asked himself.
Hermione frowned at Harry, "You should know! She's your partner!" she snapped angrily.
Harry sighed and stared at the fuming Hermione, "I Told you she's fine, she told me herself," he answered. 'I hope so,'
~With Serenity~
'What were their names?' Serenity vainly tried to remember what those girls' names were. The more she thought about her dream, the more everything became obscure. "Argh!" she yelled in frustration staring angrily up at the ceiling of her bed. She just had her bath, and she still felt like a truck had struck her. 'Why can't I remember?!'
All she could remember was the fighting hall, the white walls, the marble floor and black rubber mat. Two hazy figures, two very familiar girls. 'Why is everything so familiar? But I cant remember everything?' she asked herself.
Feeling Luna jump up on her bed, she looked down and saw the cat stare at her in confusion. "Everything is so confusing Luna," she said, pulling the feline into her arms.
"Miau?" said Luna staring at her charge in confusion. 'What could be ailing the girl now?'
Serenity giggled lightly, seeing the cat look confused. "I passed out in P.E. class today and you know what Luna?" she asked the black feline. "I saw something, like I really saw something! I just can't remember anything!" she continued. "It's so frustrating!" she whined.
"Miau!" Cried Luna, licking Serenity's hand in joy. 'She's remembering!' her red eyes, sparkled with mystery.
Serenity laughed lightly and scratched Luna behind her ear, enjoying the soothing purrs the cat made. 'Those two girls, will I ever see them again?' she asked herself. Picking the cat up in her arms, she sat up and leaned against the headboard, staring around in the darkened room. Immediately her eyes fell onto the bed next to hers. 'Harry,'
"Luna? What do you think of Harry?" asked the blonde suddenly. She picked the feline up in her arms and held her up in the air up infront of her face. "What do you think?"
Luna's eyes sparkled in mystery, 'She really is remembering! Pluto was right!' she thought. Cocking her head a little she gave a little 'Miau' for approval.
"You know, even if we constantly are at each others necks and do threat to kill the other, he is kind of cute," babble Serenity, giving her cat a thoughtful look. She blushed suddenly at her outburst and shook her head, "What am I thinking? Forget I said that Luna,"
"Miau," purred Luna, 'Soon,' she thought, rubbing her head against her charge's hand.
"You know what, I get the oddest feeling around him," sighed Serenity, slumping down on her bed and laying still on her back. "It's so confusing," she sighed loudly, placing her hands behind her head and staring blanking at the ceiling of her bed. 'It's like what that girl felt for her fiancée,'
"I don't understand it anymore," whined Serenity, pulling the covers up her shoulder and rolling to her side. She tucked Luna in her arms and stared blankly out the nearby window. She let the cat's soft purrs lull her to a dreamless sleep but before that could happen, out the window she saw the Moon. One thing crossed her mind before sleep took over her, 'Home.'
~Morning~
"So, are you alright now?" asked Harry, as her and Serenity slipped out of the entrance hole of their chambers.
Serenity looked up and stared surprised at the emerald eyed boy, 'Does he really care?' she mused. She shrugged slightly and followed him down the corridors, "I'm fine,"
Both stayed silent for the rest of their trip towards the Great Hall, each caught up in their own thoughts. Both contemplating on what do say or do next. Yet both were unaware at the similar feelings that both shared for the other. Both were still too naïve to understand.........or maybe, both are unwilling to accept these feelings.
"Sere! Are you alright?" asked Nina, as she saw the silent couple approach their table.
Serenity flashed her best friend a smile and quickly sat down next to her and Mia. "Peachy,"
Mia eyed her best friend curiously, 'Something's different,' she mused. She watched as Serenity silently placed some food onto her plate, seeming to be deep in thought. 'I wonder,' she thought, her eyes falling at Harry, sitting across of them next to a chattering Hermione. He too seemed to be totally absorbed into staring at his food.
"Something wrong?" asked Serenity, snapping Mia out of her thoughts.
Mia shook her head and gave the frowning blonde a smile, "Nothing, just thinking"
Serenity faked a gasp and stared in disbelief at her mischief partner, "You are thinking?" she asked, placing a hand on Mia's forehead. "Who are you and what have you done to our friend Mia?"
Nina giggled and looked over Serenity's shoulder, staring at the scowling Mia in glee. "Are you sure you didn't hit your head on something this morning?"
Mia's scowled playfully at her friends and pulled Serenity's hand away from her forehead. "Cut it out you two," she said, rolling her eyes at them. "Can't a girl think?"
"Well, that depends," grinned Serenity, turning back to her food.
"That depends if your head is actually working," commented Malfoy, staring at the trio with a smirk.
Nina raised an eyebrow and stared at the smirking Slytherin, "And your point is?"
"Why strain your brain to think, when you got no brain at all. You three shouldn't be here anyway," answered Malfoy, from the head of the table.
"Shut up Malfoy, you aren't wanted here either. Maybe it's you who shouldn't be here," said Hermione, glaring at the Slytherin.
"Can it, Mudblood,"
Serenity frowned as Hermione began to turn red and silently turn back to her food. "Call her that again and you'll pay," she growled angrily, accompanied by death glares from Mia and Nina.
Malfoy raised his eyebrow at the challenge, turning his attention back to the upset Hermione, "Granger, you're a filthy, good-for-nothing, mudblood," he said, grinning as Hermione let out a little gasp and let tears roll down her cheeks.
"Shut up Malfoy!" snapped Harry, while trying to calm the crying Hermione.
Serenity glared and stood up from her seat. "You wish you never said that,"
"And why should I?" asked Malfoy, smirking at his handiwork of making Hermione cry.
"This," growled Serenity, picking up her knife and throwing it at Malfoy. With precise precision it embedded itself on the table, right infront of a very pale Malfoy. She shrugged nonchalantly as she received gasps from the other students.
"I missed," said Serenity, sitting back down.
Malfoy growled and pulled the knife out of the table, glaring angrily at the smirking blonde. "You will pay for everything,"
Serenity shrugged her shoulders and said nothing. Turning back to her breakfast, her thoughts were quickly clouded over with one question. 'How on earth did I just do that?' she thought, her eyes quickly moving towards her knife. 'Something's wrong here,'
~Later that day, afternoon~
Harry grimaced at the sight of the Music Classroom. Ten chairs done in two horizontal rows with music sheet stands each faced the front of the room. Up front was an elevated podium with a music sheet stand and a desk and chair. The room was filled with various instruments. Music was definitely not his best subject.
"This looks exactly like our old Music Class in muggle school," commented Hermione as they all pilled into the room.
"So, Serenity, what instrument do you play?" asked Nina, grinning at her best friend.
Serenity rolled her eyes at Nina, "I don't,"
"Then it's time to learn then," commented a new voice entering the classroom.
They all let out a little gasp of surprise as their teacher mysteriously appeared out of nowhere. It was quite obvious that the teacher was new, since none of them had ever seen the young teacher before. Wearing aquamarine robes with green trimmings, the new teacher obviously was not much older than themselves.
"I am Professor Michelle Kaioh, your Music teacher. I am very much pleased to meet all of you," greeted Michelle smiling brightly at the silent group of partnership students.
'So familiar,' mused Serenity, eyeing the smiling Professor.
"Let's begin class shall we?" smiled Michelle, clapping her hands together.
~Chambers of Professor Meioh, That evening~
"I'm telling you, this is the year," grinned Amara, arms folded across her chest. She leaned heavily against one of the posts of Trista's bed. "Finally,"
"Just because she thinks she knows you, doesn't mean she'll remember everything at ones," said Luna, staring up at the Uranian scout as she sat on the bed. "It'll take time,"
"But, nevertheless this will be the year, right?" asked Michelle, sitting on the edge of the bed next to Luna. She stared at the silent Trista with expectation, "Well?"
Trista sat on her working desk and shrugged, "Perhaps,"
Amara rolled her eyes at the scout of time, "For once give us a straight answer,"
"I do hope so that this might be the year when the kingdoms will rise again, but we can't keep our hopes up," said Trista, her eyes falling on the dark leather-bound book.
"But, this is the year when . . . when the planets align!" protested Luna. "When this happens, it shows the unity of all the planets! We will receive all our powers back! Serenity and the prince will be back! And the future will be clearer than ever,"
"But . . . but, it wont happen without the rest of the senshi. The inners and are still struggling to return to earth. The superiors of Elison are still processing the paper works," said Michelle with a slight frown.
Amara frowned, "Why can't they just allow the inners and the Endymon to crossover?! Their process of paper work always takes so long! All those signing, agreements and wavers! It took them tree years to finish everything! Dead people really don't know how to handle this,"
Trista smiled slightly at the sight of the ranting Uranian scout, "You know Uranus that Queen Serenity cannot interfere with the wishes of the Superiors and the Elders of Elison. But I am sure everything will turn out just fine, you just watch and see,"
"Pluto's is right, I am sure everything will turn out as expected," smiled Michelle, trying to look on the bright side.
"But we don't have any powers!" whined Amara. "How can we protect the princess if we can't even transform!"
"Uranus! You know that once your respective planet will be aligned then you get 'partially' your powers. And once Serenity will become Princess Serenity, then all our powers will be fully restored," said Luna. "And as of now, only Pluto has her powers. Which may I say, will only be used to help restore the princess' and prince's memories,"
Michelle frowned, "I thought the princess will be the one to remember everything by herself,"
Trista smiled, "Of course she will, I am just doing the little 'push'. You will know in due time of what I mean,"
Amara scowled at the smiling Pluto, "You'd think after spending time in Elison for over a thousand years she'd give straight answers,"
Luna laughed slightly, "I don't think she'd change,"
"If I would change, then were would be the fun of finding out on your own?" grinned Trista.
"So, how do you think the inners are doing?" asked Michelle smiling slightly.
"I'd say they are driving the Elders and Superiors up the wall," grinned Amara.
~Elison, Land of Dreams~
*In the heart of Elison, Castle of Dreams*
*Second Floor of the castle, Planetary Office*
"HOW LONG DID YOU SAY?!" yelled Mars, slamming her gloved fist on the table. Staring venomously at the small demon behind the desk.
"Ray, cool down, he's just an intern," whispered Venus, upon seeing the Demon quiver in fear.
"M-m-miss M-mars, the e-e-elders and s-s-superiors are looking in-into t- the documents a-as w-we speak. We just cannot send all of you at once back to earth . . . " sputtered the Demon, moving his rolling chair as far away from the fuming Fire Scout. 'I should have listened to Mum, and become a Dream Catcher and not a secretary,' he thought glumly.
"WHY CAN'T YOU SEND US ALL TOGETHER BACK TO EARTH?!" growled Mars, leaning forward over the desk and sternly looking at the Small Demon. "Don't you know what is going to happen if we don't get back up there in time?!"
"O-of course! D-due t-to the circumstances, the Elders and the Superiors are considering letting you crossover sooner. Y-yet, it will be in due time," stammered the Demon, now up against the wall of the reception area. 'I should reconsider with this job,'
"Can't the Elders try and make it a little bit faster?" asked Endymon while yanking the fuming Mars away from the small Demon.
"Yeah, don't they reconsider?! We do have the other brother of the Earth Prince here. Doesn't that give us some faster chance of getting back up there?" asked Jupiter with a slight frown.
The Demon sighed uneasily these senshi were getting very much annoying. This thing of crossing over had never happened before . . . well aside from the time when the god Dionysus had too much to drink (He was the god of wine) and accidentally died due to his wild behavior. (He too was the god of wild behavior). In the end, the gods have decided to let Dionysus return to Olympus and crossover. However that too took much paper work. And that happened . . .over more than billion years ago.
And now, the Sailor Scouts, accompanied by the Older Prince of Earth and one of the Moon Cats are here to crossover and save the whole universe. Three years ago, one of the Moon Cats was permitted to return to her charge, Princess Serenity. Supposedly to keep her away from any harm and try to help her restore her memories. Months ago, the senshi of Pluto was permitted to go, since her paper works were done by the time and well, the gates of time needed a little cleaning up to do. And only weeks ago, he had two of the Outer Senshi on his throat to crossover. And now the rest of the Sailor senshi were at his case. 'My life is so screwed.' Thought the young Dream Demon. 'Why didn't I listen to Mum?'
"Please, I know you are all very much concerned over her Majesty Princess Serenity and the young Prince Harold. The elders and superiors are doing their best to finish everything in due time before the planets will align. Even Queen Serenity and Helios are doing their best to try to open the gates of Elison. However, the gates can only be opened as much as to let one or two of you pass at a time," said the young Dream Demon.
"Luna will not be happy about this," mumbled Artemis from the perch of Venus's shoulder.
The demon sighed, "The gods aren't very much pleased themselves,"
Mercury smiled slightly, trying hard to find a bright side of everything. "I am quite sure that the Elders and Serenity-sama are doing their very best,"
"Yes, they are," mumbled the Demon. 'I seriously should reconsider and become a Dream Catcher,'
Saturn smiled sadly and turned to her friends, "We can only wait then," she said. "Maybe we should go back to our quarters,"
They all nodded in agreement, except for Mars who looked irritably at the Dreamer Demon, "You're just lucky that we are restricted to use our powers in the castle," she hissed while being dragged out the office bye Venus and Endymon.
"Maybe after a Millennium or so of this work I could become a doctor....." sighed the Demon after the huge white-gold doors slammed shut loudly.
~Hogwarts, Serenity and Harry's Chambers~
"So, do you understand now?" asked Serenity looking up at Harry expectantly.
Both were in their small common room with Serenity trying to teach Harry a little bit more about Astronomy. Since now being near 9 pm both were already dressed for bed, though they decided to sleep later and study for a bit.
"Well?" pressed Serenity, looking up from the astrological chart at the confused Harry. Receiving no answer she sighed loudly and shock her head. "You don't get it do you?"
Harry looked up from staring at Serenity's astrological chart and gave her a sheepish look. "No,"
Serenity sighed again and tucked a stray strand of her behind her ear, "Potter, you are hopeless,"
Harry shrugged, "I just don't understand it," he stretched lazily. After hearing no response from the blonde he turned to stare at her for a moment. She seemed to be deep in thought, staring blankly at the chart. And again, he found himself gaping at her. The light glow of the fireplace gave her features a warm, inviting radiance. She looked quite lovely in her pajama pants and spaghetti strap shirt. She looked quite different than the notorious Serenity that he constantly fought with. She looked, well, beautiful. (AN: Ah, yes, the hormones of a 17-year-old boy -_-;)
"What?" asked Serenity, looking a little annoyed upon seeing Harry stare at her funnily. "Something wrong?" she asked, watching him snap out of his reverie and blush.
"Nothing," sighed Harry, trying hard to stop the uneasy feeling he suddenly got. Flushing slightly he unconsciously moved closer to the blonde as she turned back to eyeing the chart. 'You like her . . . ' chided a small voice in his head.
"So, you see when the New Year begins. The planets will then align in exact coordination with the Moon," said Serenity, still staring down at the chart. She waved her wand over the chart and watched as the planets aligned in a perfect straight line.
"Okay," mumbled Harry, also watching the planets now. "So, this happens like every thousand years?" he asked looking up and staring at Serenity again.
Serenity nodded and looked up as well. She smiled slightly upon sensing that he finally understood something. "Ye-" she quickly stopped as she found herself caught in Harry's intensive green eyes. Her breath caught in her throat as she for once found herself only inches apart from the boy. 'Why can't I move? Why can't I breath properly?!' she thought in confusion as she felt her heartbeat quicken several times. Without knowing, she found herself moving closer to the boy.
'Why can't I stop?' thought Harry, feeling lost in Serenity's blue eyes. He felt his heart skip a beat once in a while. 'Am I really attracted to this girl?!' he mused. 'Do I like her?' he thought, moving even closer to the girl. He could feel Serenity's soft breathing against his face, and smell her light sent of strawberry. 'Maybe . . . '
It only took seconds before their lips touched.
Serenity gasped lightly, feeling his lips against her soft ones. 'What am I doing?!' she mentally yelled. 'The right thing . . .' another voice answered as she moved closer to the emerald-eyed boy. 'No-no! This are just hormones . . .I can't be falling for him . . . not . . . no. . . ah . . . so soft . . .wonderful . . .' she mused, against quickly responding to the kiss. She once again felt a funny feeling in the pit of her stomach. She wasn't quite sure what it was, but she sure liked it.
Harry really didn't know what really brought them to kiss, but either way it felt wonderful. 'Okay, so maybe these are the hormones . . . this is wonderful . . . I am not falling for her . . . right? . . . wrong . . . ah . . . wonderful . . .' he mused. He felt her move closer to him, thus urging him to do the same. A funny feeling came over him once again, this time much stronger than ever.
Before neither knew what happened next, passions grew much more desperate. Both wanting more from the other, desires grew much wilder. It was then when Serenity's arms snaked themselves around Harry's neck and when his hands began to slowly roam her body, that Serenity found herself pinned beneath Harry on the sofa.
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Aren't I just the greatest? Lol, I know, weird cliffy. But give me break will yah?! These are 17 year old teenagers, they are bound to do some touch and kiss . . .and even more. ^_^; Well, let's not go that far. . .well, maybe it'll go that far . . . *shrugs* who knows.
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