Chapter 9
Disclaimer: the fact that this says "Disclaimer" should make it obvious that I own pretty much nothing.
~~ Very long Rant about a flame, if you want to read it, it was a review and is still on the page. ~~
I would like to take this space to discuss how I cannot take criticism. Small comments here and there that would help me are perfectly fine; I actually appreciate them. But stupid bull-crap about how my story sucks and what a horrid plagiarizing writer I am just because YOU don't like the plot nor agree with it is completely ignorant on your part. Especially if you were only as far as the first chapter and I'm not any where near the end, You have no idea what has happened or will happen. The senshi are only as far as SMR even though they are older. They haven't died for Usagi yet, Except for Minako (who could quite possibly have done it because she thought Usagi was suppose to go on and win ((all though I seriously doubt that)) ), and DO NOT have most of their memories intact. Serenity Lunhim looks almost exactly like Usagi with minor differences that don't matter. And for the love of my sanity Serenity Lunhim is soo much more "like" the princess it 'was' plausible (graceful/powerful/blahblahblah).
Unfortunately I doubt this person will ever realize this because she assumed too quickly and never made it to the explanations. Oh well. That is not my fault. This is a small warning to my readers, I don't like flames and if I have ever asked for them it was a temporary lapse in judgement. Of course if they are warranted I probably wouldn't mind. (*Ponders*) Either way, don't fill it up with words like, "Your Story Sucks" or "Its Stupid" and do try not to cuss: I just don't like it and I think it is juvenile no matter how old I am. If you want me to take your comment seriously (unless it's good) No Profanities. It's a waste of space and a review.
Sorry if me doing this upset anyone, but she upset me. I hope my faithful Reviewers will forgive me and have a great day everyone! ^_ ~ ~~ End Rant ~~ ~~ Beginning of story ~~
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In a Deep, Dark, Scary, Uninhabited Place.
"Masters! There is a problem with your plan." ( AN well there is a few people here)
"A.. Problem with OUR plan? Are you sure?"
"No, Not a problem with your plan, Sirs. A problem with my, your lowly servant's plan. I am sorry Masters. My mistake." The meeker voice stated.
"Well, what is this problem." One 'Master' said in a bored tone.
"It seems that we will have to KILL the girl if we want to be able to use her crystal in the near future, and she will have to be at her best."
"WHAT?! Are you completely sure of this?"
"Yes." The minion said without faltering.
"You wouldn't lie to us, would you my love." One questioned coldly.
"N No never MiLord."
"Why would she have to Die for us to get the ginzushou?"
The servant went into a lengthy explanation of the conversation she had had with the 'girl'.
"Very well." One said in a bored voice once again. "We will summon you when we come up with a NEW plan, oh, here's a parting gift for your insolence, CRUCIO!"
and the minion was tortured while they laughed.
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Two days after the fight Usagi was preparing to leave. She was going to live with Severus Snape for the week or so before school. Dumbledore and Arthur decided that he would be safest since his house has had already had these particular wards up forever and they have already been renewed for the year. "Hey Usagi, we've got something for you." The twins said while handing her a bag full of who knows what. "It's our latest inventions." George whispered in her ear. "Thanks guys, I promise to put them to good use." Usagi said while hugging them both around the neck.
"Bye Usagi! Don't make Snape mad. He has a really bad temper. Be careful around him, okay?" Ron warned.
"I'll miss you Ron. Don't worry, I think I can handle this Snape guy." Usagi said while giving Ron a bear hug. She might have only been there for a few weeks, but she loved Ron like a brother, all of the Weasleys felt like family of some sort.
"Um, I guess I'll see you at Hogwarts, Usagi. I can't wait." Harry said while returning the hug bestowed upon him.
"Neither can I." Usagi said before walking over to Hermione who also received a hug.
"Owl us when you decide to go to Diagon Alley. Maybe we can get our books together." Hermione said looking rather embarrassed about the hug, but not really minding having the life slowly squeezed out of her.
"I will." Usagi said before moving over to Ginny.
"I'll miss you, Usagi." Ginny said while jumping into her hug.
"I'll miss you too, but its not like your never going to see me again, its only for about a week." She said while patting Ginny's head.
"I'll miss you." Bill said from behind her.
Usagi looked at Bill with soft eyes before launching into another hug. "I'll mail you every day." Usagi murmured. Bill laughed and messed up her hair. "Don't go to 'that' much trouble. I'll be fine with once a month." He replied while letting her go.
"Hey sweetie, feel free to visit when ever you want to, okay?" Mrs. Weasley said while sweeping Usagi up in her arms. "You'll always be welcome." Mr. Weasley said while enveloping Usagi and his wife in a hug.
"I've gotta go now, but I will owl, I promise. I love you all." Usagi said before taking a handful of Floo Powder. She threw it on the fire, stepped into the fireplace with all of her bags, and said quite clearly "Snape Manor!"
And she was gone. The only presence of her left was the love in the hearts of the people in the house.
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I fell to my knees as the spinning stopped. Under my knees was a gorgeous ornate carpet. The room I was in was decorated in blues and had a love seat to one side, a sofa, and two comfortable chairs, one of which was occupied by a man with dark hair that looked freshly washed. He had obsidian eyes and a lean figure.
The man in the chair eyed me with an amused glance and I suddenly became aware of the fact that I was still on the ground. I stood quickly and almost fell over a rumple in the beautiful carpet. I glared at the ground and grabbed my bags from the fireplace where a fire immediately started. The man stood and took one of my bags.
"Miss Usagi Tsukino, I presume?" He said as we began to walk. His voice was a cool baritone and I realized quickly that I liked the sound.
I nodded my head and replied, " Nice to meet you.ah.." I purposely left the end off just so he would introduce himself.
"Severus, Severus Snape. You can address me as Professor, Professor Snape, Mr. Snape, or just plain Snape, but you cannot use my first name." He commanded in a voice not even Rei would argue with. I frowned at the thought of my former best friend, but I smiled when I said, "and you can call me Usagi, or Usa, no formalities please." He growled at my perkiness and I was tempted to laugh at him.
He stopped abruptly at a purple door. He took a key out and unlocked it. Inside there was a canopy bed, with a side table with an alarm clock that read 5:30 to its left, a dresser, a full-length mirror, and another comfy looking chair. There was a small closet to my right. The room was done in light lavender and white. I turned to Professor Snape and said quietly, "It's beautiful."
He looked uncomfortable (AN uncomfy!! Sorry, go back to reading) as he cleared his throat and said, "Be ready for dinner at 7:30. I'll send a house elf to get you when it is ready. Don't break anything1" Those where his parting words as he left in a billowing robe while slamming the door in his wake.
I couldn't help but smirk at the now shut door. I knew that this was going to be interesting, but this guy was going to be fun. I took my shoes and coat off at the door and went to lie on my bed. To say I was surprised when I sank into it would be an understatement. Of course the bigger surprise was when I looked at the clock and read the big, red, numbers of 7:26.
I jumped out of the bed and quickly ran to my bags. I found a nicely folded skirt and blouse that would be fine. I redressed out of my wrinkly clothes into the nicely pressed ones in 15 seconds flat. I glanced at the clock and it red 7:27, I had three minutes to redo my hair and brush my teeth and put my shoes on. I ran to the adjacent bathroom and growled when nothing was there. I ran back into my bedroom and grabbed, after a few precious seconds of searching, my hairbrush, toothbrush, toothpaste, and a few hair ties. I looked at my watch and it read 7:28.
I stumbled back into the bathroom tripping over my jacket I had tossed on the floor before I fell asleep. I took my hair down while I put toothpaste on my toothbrush. I scrubbed my teeth while brushing out my long mane. I gurgled while parting my hair evenly.
I quickly pulled my hair into my Odangos while running for my shoes. I finished my hair and slipped my heel into my shoe right before a knock hit my door. I breathed a small sigh of relief as I glanced at the mirror seeing nothing amiss. I opened the door to an odd creature.
I have never seen a house elf before because my mom enjoyed the cooking and cleaning. They are odd animals. They have big eyes and ears and wear pillowcases as clothes. It didn't seem to bother this house elf though. She smiled while saying, "Miss Tsukino, Master Snape requests your audience for dinner. I am to lead you to tonight's dining area. Come along, Miss." With that she took my hand and began walking me down the hallway.
I have no clue how many turns there were, but it was an exhausting walk. It was 7:45 before we made it to the dining area. We had passed many large tables with silk table clothes already and I began to fret about where I was supposed to sit.
I remember when I was much younger sitting in the middle of one of those tables being ignored by my 'family.'
I grew weary as I followed my elf around another corner. What I saw surprised me. There was Severus Snape, sitting at a small round table with two chairs. He had a plate in front of him full of food and was already eating. There was another place set directly opposite of him and I assumed that it was for me.
I carefully sat down in the other seat and couldn't hide my surprise as food filled my plate. 'I don't think I will ever get used to that.' I thought as I lifted my fork and began eating. I ate much slower than normal, but I quickly realized it was no were near as slow as Professor Snape ate. I think his staring at me clued me in. I couldn't hide my blush, but that didn't stop me from trying.
I coughed into my napkin quietly and he looked away, fast. I took a sip from my grape juice and he cleared his throat and began. "Miss Tsukino, uh, Do you think, er, Did you have a good nap." He managed with a sly grin. It almost made me afraid to answer. Of course, I am a blonde and times like these I forget caution. "Usagi; It was good until I woke up late, but I managed to get ready on time." I corrected before taking a bite from the ham. It was really good.
"If you were ready on time, why didn't you make it to dinner until fifteen after?" He questioned, but I had already come up with a good reason. "Because the house elf didn't get to my room until 7:30 on the dot and it was a fifteen minute walk." I said promptly feeling an evil smirk come to my face knowing that it wouldn't have mattered when the house elf got to my room because she wouldn't have been able to wake me. "Oh." He said and all conversation ended.
The food was so scrumptious I could resist having six helpings. I'm glad Professor Snape didn't notice most of them. I fear he would have thought badly of me for my appetite. As I left the table at 8:40 to go upstairs I could feel the game of quidditch I had played at the burrow. I felt it good. But as I left I heard professor Snape murmur something, I didn't catch it but I think I heard a night in it. I threw a "G'night" over my shoulder as I left and walked up the millions of stairs following my house elf. It turns out her name is Lolly.
I almost fell asleep on the way to my room, when I got there; there was pj's set out for me already. I slipped into them and smiled as I noticed the bunnies with crowns. They were cute. I slipped under the covers and wondered what time I would be awoken tomorrow before I fell into a heavy sleep.
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Now wasn't that amusing? I hope you enjoyed it. A special thanks goes out to: dragon23, ElberethUndomiel, Silver Angel, DaughterofDeath, Lady Shang, Heather Paulson, and Dragon-Mage (You'll have to wait to find out her love interest.) for reviewing.
Much love yall,
Tenshi-Chikyuu
Disclaimer: the fact that this says "Disclaimer" should make it obvious that I own pretty much nothing.
~~ Very long Rant about a flame, if you want to read it, it was a review and is still on the page. ~~
I would like to take this space to discuss how I cannot take criticism. Small comments here and there that would help me are perfectly fine; I actually appreciate them. But stupid bull-crap about how my story sucks and what a horrid plagiarizing writer I am just because YOU don't like the plot nor agree with it is completely ignorant on your part. Especially if you were only as far as the first chapter and I'm not any where near the end, You have no idea what has happened or will happen. The senshi are only as far as SMR even though they are older. They haven't died for Usagi yet, Except for Minako (who could quite possibly have done it because she thought Usagi was suppose to go on and win ((all though I seriously doubt that)) ), and DO NOT have most of their memories intact. Serenity Lunhim looks almost exactly like Usagi with minor differences that don't matter. And for the love of my sanity Serenity Lunhim is soo much more "like" the princess it 'was' plausible (graceful/powerful/blahblahblah).
Unfortunately I doubt this person will ever realize this because she assumed too quickly and never made it to the explanations. Oh well. That is not my fault. This is a small warning to my readers, I don't like flames and if I have ever asked for them it was a temporary lapse in judgement. Of course if they are warranted I probably wouldn't mind. (*Ponders*) Either way, don't fill it up with words like, "Your Story Sucks" or "Its Stupid" and do try not to cuss: I just don't like it and I think it is juvenile no matter how old I am. If you want me to take your comment seriously (unless it's good) No Profanities. It's a waste of space and a review.
Sorry if me doing this upset anyone, but she upset me. I hope my faithful Reviewers will forgive me and have a great day everyone! ^_ ~ ~~ End Rant ~~ ~~ Beginning of story ~~
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In a Deep, Dark, Scary, Uninhabited Place.
"Masters! There is a problem with your plan." ( AN well there is a few people here)
"A.. Problem with OUR plan? Are you sure?"
"No, Not a problem with your plan, Sirs. A problem with my, your lowly servant's plan. I am sorry Masters. My mistake." The meeker voice stated.
"Well, what is this problem." One 'Master' said in a bored tone.
"It seems that we will have to KILL the girl if we want to be able to use her crystal in the near future, and she will have to be at her best."
"WHAT?! Are you completely sure of this?"
"Yes." The minion said without faltering.
"You wouldn't lie to us, would you my love." One questioned coldly.
"N No never MiLord."
"Why would she have to Die for us to get the ginzushou?"
The servant went into a lengthy explanation of the conversation she had had with the 'girl'.
"Very well." One said in a bored voice once again. "We will summon you when we come up with a NEW plan, oh, here's a parting gift for your insolence, CRUCIO!"
and the minion was tortured while they laughed.
~~!~~
Two days after the fight Usagi was preparing to leave. She was going to live with Severus Snape for the week or so before school. Dumbledore and Arthur decided that he would be safest since his house has had already had these particular wards up forever and they have already been renewed for the year. "Hey Usagi, we've got something for you." The twins said while handing her a bag full of who knows what. "It's our latest inventions." George whispered in her ear. "Thanks guys, I promise to put them to good use." Usagi said while hugging them both around the neck.
"Bye Usagi! Don't make Snape mad. He has a really bad temper. Be careful around him, okay?" Ron warned.
"I'll miss you Ron. Don't worry, I think I can handle this Snape guy." Usagi said while giving Ron a bear hug. She might have only been there for a few weeks, but she loved Ron like a brother, all of the Weasleys felt like family of some sort.
"Um, I guess I'll see you at Hogwarts, Usagi. I can't wait." Harry said while returning the hug bestowed upon him.
"Neither can I." Usagi said before walking over to Hermione who also received a hug.
"Owl us when you decide to go to Diagon Alley. Maybe we can get our books together." Hermione said looking rather embarrassed about the hug, but not really minding having the life slowly squeezed out of her.
"I will." Usagi said before moving over to Ginny.
"I'll miss you, Usagi." Ginny said while jumping into her hug.
"I'll miss you too, but its not like your never going to see me again, its only for about a week." She said while patting Ginny's head.
"I'll miss you." Bill said from behind her.
Usagi looked at Bill with soft eyes before launching into another hug. "I'll mail you every day." Usagi murmured. Bill laughed and messed up her hair. "Don't go to 'that' much trouble. I'll be fine with once a month." He replied while letting her go.
"Hey sweetie, feel free to visit when ever you want to, okay?" Mrs. Weasley said while sweeping Usagi up in her arms. "You'll always be welcome." Mr. Weasley said while enveloping Usagi and his wife in a hug.
"I've gotta go now, but I will owl, I promise. I love you all." Usagi said before taking a handful of Floo Powder. She threw it on the fire, stepped into the fireplace with all of her bags, and said quite clearly "Snape Manor!"
And she was gone. The only presence of her left was the love in the hearts of the people in the house.
~!~
I fell to my knees as the spinning stopped. Under my knees was a gorgeous ornate carpet. The room I was in was decorated in blues and had a love seat to one side, a sofa, and two comfortable chairs, one of which was occupied by a man with dark hair that looked freshly washed. He had obsidian eyes and a lean figure.
The man in the chair eyed me with an amused glance and I suddenly became aware of the fact that I was still on the ground. I stood quickly and almost fell over a rumple in the beautiful carpet. I glared at the ground and grabbed my bags from the fireplace where a fire immediately started. The man stood and took one of my bags.
"Miss Usagi Tsukino, I presume?" He said as we began to walk. His voice was a cool baritone and I realized quickly that I liked the sound.
I nodded my head and replied, " Nice to meet you.ah.." I purposely left the end off just so he would introduce himself.
"Severus, Severus Snape. You can address me as Professor, Professor Snape, Mr. Snape, or just plain Snape, but you cannot use my first name." He commanded in a voice not even Rei would argue with. I frowned at the thought of my former best friend, but I smiled when I said, "and you can call me Usagi, or Usa, no formalities please." He growled at my perkiness and I was tempted to laugh at him.
He stopped abruptly at a purple door. He took a key out and unlocked it. Inside there was a canopy bed, with a side table with an alarm clock that read 5:30 to its left, a dresser, a full-length mirror, and another comfy looking chair. There was a small closet to my right. The room was done in light lavender and white. I turned to Professor Snape and said quietly, "It's beautiful."
He looked uncomfortable (AN uncomfy!! Sorry, go back to reading) as he cleared his throat and said, "Be ready for dinner at 7:30. I'll send a house elf to get you when it is ready. Don't break anything1" Those where his parting words as he left in a billowing robe while slamming the door in his wake.
I couldn't help but smirk at the now shut door. I knew that this was going to be interesting, but this guy was going to be fun. I took my shoes and coat off at the door and went to lie on my bed. To say I was surprised when I sank into it would be an understatement. Of course the bigger surprise was when I looked at the clock and read the big, red, numbers of 7:26.
I jumped out of the bed and quickly ran to my bags. I found a nicely folded skirt and blouse that would be fine. I redressed out of my wrinkly clothes into the nicely pressed ones in 15 seconds flat. I glanced at the clock and it red 7:27, I had three minutes to redo my hair and brush my teeth and put my shoes on. I ran to the adjacent bathroom and growled when nothing was there. I ran back into my bedroom and grabbed, after a few precious seconds of searching, my hairbrush, toothbrush, toothpaste, and a few hair ties. I looked at my watch and it read 7:28.
I stumbled back into the bathroom tripping over my jacket I had tossed on the floor before I fell asleep. I took my hair down while I put toothpaste on my toothbrush. I scrubbed my teeth while brushing out my long mane. I gurgled while parting my hair evenly.
I quickly pulled my hair into my Odangos while running for my shoes. I finished my hair and slipped my heel into my shoe right before a knock hit my door. I breathed a small sigh of relief as I glanced at the mirror seeing nothing amiss. I opened the door to an odd creature.
I have never seen a house elf before because my mom enjoyed the cooking and cleaning. They are odd animals. They have big eyes and ears and wear pillowcases as clothes. It didn't seem to bother this house elf though. She smiled while saying, "Miss Tsukino, Master Snape requests your audience for dinner. I am to lead you to tonight's dining area. Come along, Miss." With that she took my hand and began walking me down the hallway.
I have no clue how many turns there were, but it was an exhausting walk. It was 7:45 before we made it to the dining area. We had passed many large tables with silk table clothes already and I began to fret about where I was supposed to sit.
I remember when I was much younger sitting in the middle of one of those tables being ignored by my 'family.'
I grew weary as I followed my elf around another corner. What I saw surprised me. There was Severus Snape, sitting at a small round table with two chairs. He had a plate in front of him full of food and was already eating. There was another place set directly opposite of him and I assumed that it was for me.
I carefully sat down in the other seat and couldn't hide my surprise as food filled my plate. 'I don't think I will ever get used to that.' I thought as I lifted my fork and began eating. I ate much slower than normal, but I quickly realized it was no were near as slow as Professor Snape ate. I think his staring at me clued me in. I couldn't hide my blush, but that didn't stop me from trying.
I coughed into my napkin quietly and he looked away, fast. I took a sip from my grape juice and he cleared his throat and began. "Miss Tsukino, uh, Do you think, er, Did you have a good nap." He managed with a sly grin. It almost made me afraid to answer. Of course, I am a blonde and times like these I forget caution. "Usagi; It was good until I woke up late, but I managed to get ready on time." I corrected before taking a bite from the ham. It was really good.
"If you were ready on time, why didn't you make it to dinner until fifteen after?" He questioned, but I had already come up with a good reason. "Because the house elf didn't get to my room until 7:30 on the dot and it was a fifteen minute walk." I said promptly feeling an evil smirk come to my face knowing that it wouldn't have mattered when the house elf got to my room because she wouldn't have been able to wake me. "Oh." He said and all conversation ended.
The food was so scrumptious I could resist having six helpings. I'm glad Professor Snape didn't notice most of them. I fear he would have thought badly of me for my appetite. As I left the table at 8:40 to go upstairs I could feel the game of quidditch I had played at the burrow. I felt it good. But as I left I heard professor Snape murmur something, I didn't catch it but I think I heard a night in it. I threw a "G'night" over my shoulder as I left and walked up the millions of stairs following my house elf. It turns out her name is Lolly.
I almost fell asleep on the way to my room, when I got there; there was pj's set out for me already. I slipped into them and smiled as I noticed the bunnies with crowns. They were cute. I slipped under the covers and wondered what time I would be awoken tomorrow before I fell into a heavy sleep.
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Now wasn't that amusing? I hope you enjoyed it. A special thanks goes out to: dragon23, ElberethUndomiel, Silver Angel, DaughterofDeath, Lady Shang, Heather Paulson, and Dragon-Mage (You'll have to wait to find out her love interest.) for reviewing.
Much love yall,
Tenshi-Chikyuu
