Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or Harry Potter and am not making any
profit off this story. I'm just messing around with a few characters ^_^
Summary: Usagi has left Japan and the Sailor Senshi to a world of magic at Hogwarts. Can Harry and his friends show Usagi what true friendship is? Does Hogwarts spell the end of her troubled life?
Rating: PG
Setting: The beginning is in Japan, and then London, but most of the story will be at Hogwarts. Usagi is sixteen. Harry and his crew will be in their sixth year.
AN: Thank you so much for your support and all of the feedback that I received. I really enjoy reading all of your reviews! Keep giving me such awesome feedback, and I'll keep writing. Hopefully, I'll never have as long of a break as I did between chapters 2 and 3. I have not decided who I want Usa to be with, but you have a new option to put her with if you want! Read and you'll find out who the new person to put her with is. I chose this person because of a suggestion from a reviewer ( I really do listen to you guys, even if I don't always do what you want me to do!! As I said, the vote is still on and will have a big impact on who Usagi ends up with, so don't forget to review and vote. I hope you enjoy this chapter!
A Ripple In Time
By: BrittbeeLynn
Chapter 4: New Friends vs. Old Friends
They began a conversation about the latest happenings with quidditch and Usagi began to feel left out. She didn't know anything about quidditch and couldn't participate in the conversation. Not to mention the fact that they could joke around with each other and she didn't understand the jokes. When another common friend was mentioned, Usagi had no idea who he or she was and was lost in that respect as well. Ron, feeling some responsibility for her, would ask her opinions or try to explain some things to her, but eventually he gave up trying to explain and allowed himself to get caught up in the conversation.
About an hour had passed when a quiet girl entered the compartment and told Ron and Hermione that they needed to help patrol the halls in the train with the rest of the prefects. Hermione groaned and stood up, stretching her legs, which were stiff from sitting for so long on a jostling train.
"Well, we managed to hide for an hour and..." Ron glanced at his watch, "Twenty-three minutes." Hermione headed out the door and Ron followed.
Usagi noticed that the boy named Harry seemed kind of put out by their leaving. Ginny and Neville continued talking while Harry stared at the door. Trying to make conversation, she said, "So, Harry...um...you play quidditch, don't you?"
"Yep, I'm the seeker for the Gryffindor house," he replied, startled out of his reverie. Usagi smiled, her mind racing, trying to come up with something else to say to keep the conversation alive.
"I'm new in the wizarding world, so could you explain to me what a seeker is exactly?" she asked. She had some idea of what a seeker was from listening in to his conversation earlier, but she figured it couldn't hurt to ask. Luckily, this seemed to be a good topic for conversation because Harry began to explain all about his position and the other positions in the game. Usagi tried to understand and figured that the game was sort of like basketball or soccer, trying to get their ball through an area with others blocking you and making it difficult.
"I guess I'd have to actually see a game to really understand what it is," she said when he'd finished his explanation.
"Yeah. It's an awesome game though. You'll see us play once we get going in school and the tournament begins."
"What kind of broom do you have?" she asked.
"Oh! It's absolutely awesome, top of the line. It's the best you can buy. I got it from my godfa-" Harry dropped off looking as if he'd eaten a few chili peppers and his eyes were watering. He paused for a minute, looking at the ground.
"What's wrong, Harry?" Usagi asked.
"Nothing," Harry looked up with a blank expression on his face. "Anyways, I've got a firebolt. I'm terribly proud of it. It's what the professionals use in national and worldwide quidditch matches."
"Really?" she asked. "That's awesome! I just bought a broom a few weeks ago. I'm pretty sure it's a firebolt too! Here, let me show it to you." Usagi opened her trunk and pulled out her new broom. It was still wrapped in the brown paper that it had come in because she hadn't had time to really take it out and look at it. And of course, she couldn't ride it yet, so it wouldn't have done any good to open it up. Gently removing the packaging, Usagi lifted the broom up for Harry to see. Sure enough, the handle was marked 'Firebolt'. Harry gaped at the broom, a carbon copy of the broom that resided in his own trunk. He was no longer the only student in Hogwarts to have a Firebolt. He knew that he shouldn't feel angry at her, but he couldn't help feeling a little resentment towards her. There were very few things that he was considered important for that were totally his own, but he was the star seeker, the one that had never failed at catching the snitch. He didn't want any competition. Of course, his mind reasoned, she didn't even know the first thing about quidditch. Just having the broom wouldn't make her any better than him. She could be absolutely terrible and having a firebolt wouldn't help in the least.
"Yep, that's the same kind of broom I have. It flies like a dream!" Harry said with enthusiasm. He soon began some more small talk about how it was to fly. Usagi was a pretty good conservationist and was constantly asking him questions to keep their conversation going. He was glad he had her to talk to. It helped keep his mind off the fact that he wasn't a prefect again this year and Ron and Hermione were. It also helped to pass the time and he realized that he had made a new friend.
Usagi smiled. Once the preliminary ice had broken, Harry was actually a pretty nice person. He was friendly and obviously very good at quidditch. He had even agreed to help her learn to fly her new broom since she would be starting in her 6th year and they only taught flying lessons your first and second years. Time passed quickly as the two friends got to know one another and all too soon, the train lurched to a stop.
Usagi noted that it was dark outside and her stomach reminded her that she had only had candy for lunch. Stepping off the train, Usagi and Harry spotted Hermione and Ron due to Ron's hair, which stood out against the darkness. Hagrid was busy calling all of the first years over to the boats where he was resuming his job of taking them across the lake to Hogwarts. Harry greeted Ron and Hermione and Usagi smiled her hello as they began their walk to the castle. Ron stood next to Usagi and began talking to her about the different teachers at Hogwarts and explaining which were the good ones and which ones to be careful of. Feeling a little left out, Harry began his own conversation with Hermione.
"Aww.... Look at the happy couples. Potter and his mudblood girlfriend and Weasly with his loony little friend." The four heard a familiar drawl say to them. Confused as to why anyone would call her freaky since she hadn't even met anyone other than Ron and his friends, Usagi turned around.
Draco gaped at the girl as she turned around and met his eyes. She was not Loony Luna as he had assumed by her silvery blonde hair color. She was a beautiful girl he had never seen before. Her eyes looked slightly hurt and she stared at him as if shocked by what he had called her. Recovering quickly and feeling slightly guilty at having called her loony, he replied, "Oh, it's not the freak. It's someone new."
"Oh, look. It's Malfoy and his thick boyfriends," Harry retorted, his face having gone red with anger.
"Ohhh, good one. I'll save you the trouble of trying to think of something else to say and get going. I have important Prefect business to attend to," Draco said, bringing out the sore subject of Harry's not being chosen as a prefect. Looking towards the new girl and smiling charismatically, he said, "I'll see you around." Ron's eyes narrowed as he realized that Malfoy was obviously interested in Usagi. There was no way that someone so sweet and kind as Usagi could ever like someone as nasty and cruel as Malfoy, though, so he pushed that thought to the back of his mind and began walking again.
"Who was that?" Usagi asked.
"Draco Malfoy. The school jerk and his two thugs," replied Hermione. "You'll want to avoid them."
"Yep, you're hanging with us and that automatically puts you on Malfoy's 'People I Hate' list," Ron explained.
"Oh well. No big loss. I can do without insulting people. I've had enough of those to last a lifetime," Usagi replied bitterly, thinking of another place and other people.
Ron laughed nervously, "Yeah. Lets go on in. They have a feast prepared for us and all the first years will be sorted into their house." He casually draped his arm around Usagi's shoulders and began walking in the direction of the Great Hall. Harry noticed Ron's arm and gave him a look that clearly said, "You'll be explaining later!" Neither Ron nor Harry noticed the hurt gaze of Hermione as she noticed Ron and Usagi.
They entered the Great Hall and quickly took their seats. Usagi didn't have a house yet and didn't know when or how she would be assigned to one, so she sat with the Gryffindors and hoped that maybe they would let her stay. Soon the first years began to pile in. It had been a beautiful night for a boat ride across the lake and she they were all chatting excitedly. Soon, an older, very stern-looking woman entered the room and called everyone to attention. This year, it gives me great pleasure to announce that we have permitted the attendance of a new student from Japan. She will be entering into her 6th year here at Hogwarts and we are very excited to have her. I trust you will all make her feel welcome. Usagi Tsukino, please come forth and stand with the first years for a minute. We will need to have you sorted into a house as well.
Completely embarrassed, Usagi stood and began walking forward. Everyone stared at her as she walked and she now wished that she had sat closer to the front of the room so that she wouldn't have to make this long walk. About 20 steps into her walk, Usagi felt a pulling. Her legs began to feel as heavy as lead and she dropped to her knees. People began whispering and looking at her weirdly. Professor McGonagall, as Ron had dubbed her, made her way towards Usagi, but stopped cold before she could get within ten feet of the girl.
"A force field--there's a force field around the girl," she called out to the other professors. They didn't have enough time to respond, however, as there was a blinding flash of light and everyone stared in amazement, as the new student was no longer in the room.
"But you can't disapperate in Hogwarts!" Hermione declared.
~*~*~
Usagi found her standing in a familiar dark and cloudy place. An even more familiar shadow made it's way towards her with a long staff held in her hands. "You should not have gone there," the shadow said.
"Well, I did go there and I believe that was my decision, not yours," Usagi replied in the same tone. She was not going to be walked over by any more senshi, even if it was Pluto.
"You will ruin your future. You will no longer be NeoQueen Serenity with her husband Endymion and daughter Chibi-Usa. You will enter into an as of yet unforeseen future with unpredictable consequences. Do you understand what I'm saying--"
Usagi cut her off, "What? You don't think I understood all of your 'big words'? I know what you are talking about. The moment I left Japan, I knew that my future would change, but I made that decision. I chose to change my destiny and there's nothing you, or anyone can do about it. I'm not a puppet that you can use and I'm not going to fit some role you have planned out for me unless I want to, and guess what--I don't want to."
"How can you say such things? Your daughter will not exist! Do you not care about her at all?"
"No one is supposed to meet their daughter before they are actually pregnant and give birth to the child. You had no right to send her to me. I know that sending her was supposed to make me like her and fight even harder for the destiny that you had chosen for me. It didn't work though. I'm not as stupid as you all think. First of all, I didn't really like her all that much. Given the right circumstances, I'm sure that she would be a sweet little girl, but you must not have taken into account how she would see me. She absolutely hated me and saw me as a replacement for her mother, which she did not want. I'm sure she loved her actual mother, my future self, but she sure didn't love me, and that made living with her a nightmare. Who knows? Maybe in my new future I'll have several kids. Now that you can't see my future, you think that I won't have any children, but that's not the way it works."
"I don't think you are the person to be telling me how it works, Usagi," Pluto said, her anger evident. She had stepped even closer to the princess as she kept talking and was now in the light so that Usagi could see how flushed with anger her face was.
"You point that staff at me or even think of trying to force me back into the "Princess Serenity" mold and I will take away your title as a Sailor Senshi," Usagi said seriously, without emotion, as her surrogate mother pointed her staff in the princess's direction.
"What?" Pluto asked in disbelief, "Take away my title? How dare you even make such a threat? I have always acted in your best interest! I, who have always tried to help you and give you good advice and direction in your life. You do not even have the authority to do such a thing! Only your mother--"
"My mother's dead, Pluto. It's time for you to see and understand that. You should be loyal to me, not her. I will be your queen. However, you still see me as a child and one that you can control as well. You will not control me. You will not tell me what to do. I am old enough to decide for myself and I think you are wrong about who has the authority to remove your status as a senshi. There is no one of a higher royal lineage of the moon left alive, which makes me the only one who could take away your title, unless you expect a ghost to have power over me."
"Your mother is no ghost! How dare you use such a disrespectful term when speaking of her?"
"I loved my mother and I still do. I miss her guidance and help. I miss her love and support, but she is dead and her ghost is never going to be her. She will never come back to life again and there's nothing you or I can do about it. I am the future queen and I have the authority of the queen."
"You are not the young woman I thought you were. You are completely selfish and have no respect for your elders. You will ruin your future," Pluto concluded sadly.
"My future is mine to ruin. In my opinion, you were ruining it by forcing me into relationships and friendships that were detrimental to my self- esteem and happiness. I wish to return to Hogwarts now."
"Princess, I beg of you. Do not go back to that place! There is only evil there!"
"I have seen no evil. In Japan, there was evil. I was being attacked nightly! At Hogwarts, I am safe and have found people who appreciate me for me, not for my title."
"Do you not wonder where Beryl came from? She was trained and educated at Hogwarts, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!"
"Well, if you think about it, that would make sense," Usagi mused, "She was very witchy and she said she was from Earth."
"Yes! She was from that cursed school--"
Usagi interrupted her again, "You know, Beryl had way more skill with magic than I've ever had. If I had been weaker and she had of had equal strength in magic, she would have beaten me in skill. She knew how to shift her form, create minions, and channel her magic to do many things. She could even teleport to several locations very quickly. Wouldn't it be wonderful if I were trained in that manner and had the skill and training to back my magic up?"
"Princess!" Pluto said, shocked.
"I'm going back to Hogwarts now. You can send me, or I will teleport. Have it your way, but I would prefer that you do send me as I am tired and do not care to expend that much energy when you can do it much easier," she replied resolutely.
"I cannot believe that this is happening. When did everything go so wrong?"
"Well, it started when you sent Luna to change me into Sailor Moon and ended when I left Japan. Now I'm on my own again, without your 'help' and I feel that things are going right for once. Now send me back! That is an order," Usagi finished softly.
Usagi found herself standing on the floor where she had just disappeared a little while ago. There was a young boy sitting on a stool with a large hat on his head. Everyone, even the hat, was staring at her.
"Um...sorry about that everyone. I'm....um....I'm back now and I'd like to be sorted, please," she stated, looking at Professor McGonagall.
"Well, yes, of course. When we finish sorting the first years, you will be sorted. Please stand in line now," the startled professor replied.
AN: Please leave a review and if you do, I promise to get the next chapter out soon! I managed to keep my end of the bargain with this chapter, so keep yours!! Suggestions and good advice are always welcome. Thanks for reading (
Summary: Usagi has left Japan and the Sailor Senshi to a world of magic at Hogwarts. Can Harry and his friends show Usagi what true friendship is? Does Hogwarts spell the end of her troubled life?
Rating: PG
Setting: The beginning is in Japan, and then London, but most of the story will be at Hogwarts. Usagi is sixteen. Harry and his crew will be in their sixth year.
AN: Thank you so much for your support and all of the feedback that I received. I really enjoy reading all of your reviews! Keep giving me such awesome feedback, and I'll keep writing. Hopefully, I'll never have as long of a break as I did between chapters 2 and 3. I have not decided who I want Usa to be with, but you have a new option to put her with if you want! Read and you'll find out who the new person to put her with is. I chose this person because of a suggestion from a reviewer ( I really do listen to you guys, even if I don't always do what you want me to do!! As I said, the vote is still on and will have a big impact on who Usagi ends up with, so don't forget to review and vote. I hope you enjoy this chapter!
A Ripple In Time
By: BrittbeeLynn
Chapter 4: New Friends vs. Old Friends
They began a conversation about the latest happenings with quidditch and Usagi began to feel left out. She didn't know anything about quidditch and couldn't participate in the conversation. Not to mention the fact that they could joke around with each other and she didn't understand the jokes. When another common friend was mentioned, Usagi had no idea who he or she was and was lost in that respect as well. Ron, feeling some responsibility for her, would ask her opinions or try to explain some things to her, but eventually he gave up trying to explain and allowed himself to get caught up in the conversation.
About an hour had passed when a quiet girl entered the compartment and told Ron and Hermione that they needed to help patrol the halls in the train with the rest of the prefects. Hermione groaned and stood up, stretching her legs, which were stiff from sitting for so long on a jostling train.
"Well, we managed to hide for an hour and..." Ron glanced at his watch, "Twenty-three minutes." Hermione headed out the door and Ron followed.
Usagi noticed that the boy named Harry seemed kind of put out by their leaving. Ginny and Neville continued talking while Harry stared at the door. Trying to make conversation, she said, "So, Harry...um...you play quidditch, don't you?"
"Yep, I'm the seeker for the Gryffindor house," he replied, startled out of his reverie. Usagi smiled, her mind racing, trying to come up with something else to say to keep the conversation alive.
"I'm new in the wizarding world, so could you explain to me what a seeker is exactly?" she asked. She had some idea of what a seeker was from listening in to his conversation earlier, but she figured it couldn't hurt to ask. Luckily, this seemed to be a good topic for conversation because Harry began to explain all about his position and the other positions in the game. Usagi tried to understand and figured that the game was sort of like basketball or soccer, trying to get their ball through an area with others blocking you and making it difficult.
"I guess I'd have to actually see a game to really understand what it is," she said when he'd finished his explanation.
"Yeah. It's an awesome game though. You'll see us play once we get going in school and the tournament begins."
"What kind of broom do you have?" she asked.
"Oh! It's absolutely awesome, top of the line. It's the best you can buy. I got it from my godfa-" Harry dropped off looking as if he'd eaten a few chili peppers and his eyes were watering. He paused for a minute, looking at the ground.
"What's wrong, Harry?" Usagi asked.
"Nothing," Harry looked up with a blank expression on his face. "Anyways, I've got a firebolt. I'm terribly proud of it. It's what the professionals use in national and worldwide quidditch matches."
"Really?" she asked. "That's awesome! I just bought a broom a few weeks ago. I'm pretty sure it's a firebolt too! Here, let me show it to you." Usagi opened her trunk and pulled out her new broom. It was still wrapped in the brown paper that it had come in because she hadn't had time to really take it out and look at it. And of course, she couldn't ride it yet, so it wouldn't have done any good to open it up. Gently removing the packaging, Usagi lifted the broom up for Harry to see. Sure enough, the handle was marked 'Firebolt'. Harry gaped at the broom, a carbon copy of the broom that resided in his own trunk. He was no longer the only student in Hogwarts to have a Firebolt. He knew that he shouldn't feel angry at her, but he couldn't help feeling a little resentment towards her. There were very few things that he was considered important for that were totally his own, but he was the star seeker, the one that had never failed at catching the snitch. He didn't want any competition. Of course, his mind reasoned, she didn't even know the first thing about quidditch. Just having the broom wouldn't make her any better than him. She could be absolutely terrible and having a firebolt wouldn't help in the least.
"Yep, that's the same kind of broom I have. It flies like a dream!" Harry said with enthusiasm. He soon began some more small talk about how it was to fly. Usagi was a pretty good conservationist and was constantly asking him questions to keep their conversation going. He was glad he had her to talk to. It helped keep his mind off the fact that he wasn't a prefect again this year and Ron and Hermione were. It also helped to pass the time and he realized that he had made a new friend.
Usagi smiled. Once the preliminary ice had broken, Harry was actually a pretty nice person. He was friendly and obviously very good at quidditch. He had even agreed to help her learn to fly her new broom since she would be starting in her 6th year and they only taught flying lessons your first and second years. Time passed quickly as the two friends got to know one another and all too soon, the train lurched to a stop.
Usagi noted that it was dark outside and her stomach reminded her that she had only had candy for lunch. Stepping off the train, Usagi and Harry spotted Hermione and Ron due to Ron's hair, which stood out against the darkness. Hagrid was busy calling all of the first years over to the boats where he was resuming his job of taking them across the lake to Hogwarts. Harry greeted Ron and Hermione and Usagi smiled her hello as they began their walk to the castle. Ron stood next to Usagi and began talking to her about the different teachers at Hogwarts and explaining which were the good ones and which ones to be careful of. Feeling a little left out, Harry began his own conversation with Hermione.
"Aww.... Look at the happy couples. Potter and his mudblood girlfriend and Weasly with his loony little friend." The four heard a familiar drawl say to them. Confused as to why anyone would call her freaky since she hadn't even met anyone other than Ron and his friends, Usagi turned around.
Draco gaped at the girl as she turned around and met his eyes. She was not Loony Luna as he had assumed by her silvery blonde hair color. She was a beautiful girl he had never seen before. Her eyes looked slightly hurt and she stared at him as if shocked by what he had called her. Recovering quickly and feeling slightly guilty at having called her loony, he replied, "Oh, it's not the freak. It's someone new."
"Oh, look. It's Malfoy and his thick boyfriends," Harry retorted, his face having gone red with anger.
"Ohhh, good one. I'll save you the trouble of trying to think of something else to say and get going. I have important Prefect business to attend to," Draco said, bringing out the sore subject of Harry's not being chosen as a prefect. Looking towards the new girl and smiling charismatically, he said, "I'll see you around." Ron's eyes narrowed as he realized that Malfoy was obviously interested in Usagi. There was no way that someone so sweet and kind as Usagi could ever like someone as nasty and cruel as Malfoy, though, so he pushed that thought to the back of his mind and began walking again.
"Who was that?" Usagi asked.
"Draco Malfoy. The school jerk and his two thugs," replied Hermione. "You'll want to avoid them."
"Yep, you're hanging with us and that automatically puts you on Malfoy's 'People I Hate' list," Ron explained.
"Oh well. No big loss. I can do without insulting people. I've had enough of those to last a lifetime," Usagi replied bitterly, thinking of another place and other people.
Ron laughed nervously, "Yeah. Lets go on in. They have a feast prepared for us and all the first years will be sorted into their house." He casually draped his arm around Usagi's shoulders and began walking in the direction of the Great Hall. Harry noticed Ron's arm and gave him a look that clearly said, "You'll be explaining later!" Neither Ron nor Harry noticed the hurt gaze of Hermione as she noticed Ron and Usagi.
They entered the Great Hall and quickly took their seats. Usagi didn't have a house yet and didn't know when or how she would be assigned to one, so she sat with the Gryffindors and hoped that maybe they would let her stay. Soon the first years began to pile in. It had been a beautiful night for a boat ride across the lake and she they were all chatting excitedly. Soon, an older, very stern-looking woman entered the room and called everyone to attention. This year, it gives me great pleasure to announce that we have permitted the attendance of a new student from Japan. She will be entering into her 6th year here at Hogwarts and we are very excited to have her. I trust you will all make her feel welcome. Usagi Tsukino, please come forth and stand with the first years for a minute. We will need to have you sorted into a house as well.
Completely embarrassed, Usagi stood and began walking forward. Everyone stared at her as she walked and she now wished that she had sat closer to the front of the room so that she wouldn't have to make this long walk. About 20 steps into her walk, Usagi felt a pulling. Her legs began to feel as heavy as lead and she dropped to her knees. People began whispering and looking at her weirdly. Professor McGonagall, as Ron had dubbed her, made her way towards Usagi, but stopped cold before she could get within ten feet of the girl.
"A force field--there's a force field around the girl," she called out to the other professors. They didn't have enough time to respond, however, as there was a blinding flash of light and everyone stared in amazement, as the new student was no longer in the room.
"But you can't disapperate in Hogwarts!" Hermione declared.
~*~*~
Usagi found her standing in a familiar dark and cloudy place. An even more familiar shadow made it's way towards her with a long staff held in her hands. "You should not have gone there," the shadow said.
"Well, I did go there and I believe that was my decision, not yours," Usagi replied in the same tone. She was not going to be walked over by any more senshi, even if it was Pluto.
"You will ruin your future. You will no longer be NeoQueen Serenity with her husband Endymion and daughter Chibi-Usa. You will enter into an as of yet unforeseen future with unpredictable consequences. Do you understand what I'm saying--"
Usagi cut her off, "What? You don't think I understood all of your 'big words'? I know what you are talking about. The moment I left Japan, I knew that my future would change, but I made that decision. I chose to change my destiny and there's nothing you, or anyone can do about it. I'm not a puppet that you can use and I'm not going to fit some role you have planned out for me unless I want to, and guess what--I don't want to."
"How can you say such things? Your daughter will not exist! Do you not care about her at all?"
"No one is supposed to meet their daughter before they are actually pregnant and give birth to the child. You had no right to send her to me. I know that sending her was supposed to make me like her and fight even harder for the destiny that you had chosen for me. It didn't work though. I'm not as stupid as you all think. First of all, I didn't really like her all that much. Given the right circumstances, I'm sure that she would be a sweet little girl, but you must not have taken into account how she would see me. She absolutely hated me and saw me as a replacement for her mother, which she did not want. I'm sure she loved her actual mother, my future self, but she sure didn't love me, and that made living with her a nightmare. Who knows? Maybe in my new future I'll have several kids. Now that you can't see my future, you think that I won't have any children, but that's not the way it works."
"I don't think you are the person to be telling me how it works, Usagi," Pluto said, her anger evident. She had stepped even closer to the princess as she kept talking and was now in the light so that Usagi could see how flushed with anger her face was.
"You point that staff at me or even think of trying to force me back into the "Princess Serenity" mold and I will take away your title as a Sailor Senshi," Usagi said seriously, without emotion, as her surrogate mother pointed her staff in the princess's direction.
"What?" Pluto asked in disbelief, "Take away my title? How dare you even make such a threat? I have always acted in your best interest! I, who have always tried to help you and give you good advice and direction in your life. You do not even have the authority to do such a thing! Only your mother--"
"My mother's dead, Pluto. It's time for you to see and understand that. You should be loyal to me, not her. I will be your queen. However, you still see me as a child and one that you can control as well. You will not control me. You will not tell me what to do. I am old enough to decide for myself and I think you are wrong about who has the authority to remove your status as a senshi. There is no one of a higher royal lineage of the moon left alive, which makes me the only one who could take away your title, unless you expect a ghost to have power over me."
"Your mother is no ghost! How dare you use such a disrespectful term when speaking of her?"
"I loved my mother and I still do. I miss her guidance and help. I miss her love and support, but she is dead and her ghost is never going to be her. She will never come back to life again and there's nothing you or I can do about it. I am the future queen and I have the authority of the queen."
"You are not the young woman I thought you were. You are completely selfish and have no respect for your elders. You will ruin your future," Pluto concluded sadly.
"My future is mine to ruin. In my opinion, you were ruining it by forcing me into relationships and friendships that were detrimental to my self- esteem and happiness. I wish to return to Hogwarts now."
"Princess, I beg of you. Do not go back to that place! There is only evil there!"
"I have seen no evil. In Japan, there was evil. I was being attacked nightly! At Hogwarts, I am safe and have found people who appreciate me for me, not for my title."
"Do you not wonder where Beryl came from? She was trained and educated at Hogwarts, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!"
"Well, if you think about it, that would make sense," Usagi mused, "She was very witchy and she said she was from Earth."
"Yes! She was from that cursed school--"
Usagi interrupted her again, "You know, Beryl had way more skill with magic than I've ever had. If I had been weaker and she had of had equal strength in magic, she would have beaten me in skill. She knew how to shift her form, create minions, and channel her magic to do many things. She could even teleport to several locations very quickly. Wouldn't it be wonderful if I were trained in that manner and had the skill and training to back my magic up?"
"Princess!" Pluto said, shocked.
"I'm going back to Hogwarts now. You can send me, or I will teleport. Have it your way, but I would prefer that you do send me as I am tired and do not care to expend that much energy when you can do it much easier," she replied resolutely.
"I cannot believe that this is happening. When did everything go so wrong?"
"Well, it started when you sent Luna to change me into Sailor Moon and ended when I left Japan. Now I'm on my own again, without your 'help' and I feel that things are going right for once. Now send me back! That is an order," Usagi finished softly.
Usagi found herself standing on the floor where she had just disappeared a little while ago. There was a young boy sitting on a stool with a large hat on his head. Everyone, even the hat, was staring at her.
"Um...sorry about that everyone. I'm....um....I'm back now and I'd like to be sorted, please," she stated, looking at Professor McGonagall.
"Well, yes, of course. When we finish sorting the first years, you will be sorted. Please stand in line now," the startled professor replied.
AN: Please leave a review and if you do, I promise to get the next chapter out soon! I managed to keep my end of the bargain with this chapter, so keep yours!! Suggestions and good advice are always welcome. Thanks for reading (
