Legacy
Chapter 3: First Taste
by Lessa of Ruatha
AN: sorry about the really long wait. as the an said- i was sick. and the people at the lab were stupid and it took them three extra days to do the bloodwork. guess what? MONO SUCKS! i am sleeping up to nine hours a night and random times during the day. hence the reason it took me 2-3 weeks to write this. i'm sleeping somuch that i don't have time to do ANYTHING. this is my ranting because all my friends are sick of hearing about my messed up life.
Disclaimer: i don't own harry potter or sailor moon. damn.
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"Last time I talked to you,
You were lonely and out of place,
You were looking down on me,
Lost out in space,
Laid underneath the stars,
Strung out and feeling brave,
Watch the riddles glow,
Watch them float away."
-- Our Lady Peace "Somewhere Out There"
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Seren shook off the protected feeling the book gave her and glanced up at the sky. Though all of the senshi stayed in the dorms, they all had individual rooms there. Her and Hotaru's room were nearly the same as the rest of the Slytherin dungeons. They were simple rooms, 14x18 feet, which they were allowed to do anything with. Hotaru had prints of Michiru's work on some of her walls, and her room had the air of someone who only spent time in it to sleep, for she had expressed an interest in Seren's room and the library.
Seren's walls were black with a pattern of green, interlocking snakes. One of her walls was covered in shelves of books, all of which were Wizard-related; most the kind students weren't supposed to have at the school. In the corner she had a large cauldron set up- her father thought it better for her to make her own potions than have someone do the work for her. She was sprawled out on top of the bed- a huge thing with black silk sheets and pillows. The silk canopy over the bed whispered through the air with the smallest of breaths, and was the same color. Hotaru was tucked back into the other comfortable piece of furniture in the room- a huge green monstrosity that was as comfortable as it was ugly [1]. Her wardrobe was on one wall, and a vanity stood on the final one. Each had their own bathroom attacked to the bedrooms.
"Hota-chan" she called the other girl up out of her trance. The younger senshi had been running around the school all day and had barely eaten anything at mealtimes. Trancing was more rejuvenating than sleep usually. "We need to go. It's time to meet the others." Seren carefully marked the page she was on, then closed the book, running a finger down the front, a soft smile on her face. The book was made of worn leather, black, with a pattern of emeralds and silver down the front. It was her mother's diary, the book she had found the day she turned 11. She had read it millions of times, and it always helped with the fact that she never knew her mother.
Hotaru pushed herself out of the chair and stretched, wincing at the mass of sore muscles that had once been her back. "Midnight already?" she couldn't believe it. It felt like she had been in trance for a few minutes, not the four hours it had been in real life. Seeing Seren's nod, she shrugged, wincing as that move let her know the muscles in her neck were sore as well.
"I have a pain-relief potion if you want it" Seren offered.
"Nah" Hotaru shook her head. "I just need to stop trancing in comfortable chairs that make people relax." She threw a mock-glare at the chair and grinned when Seren chuckled. "Besides, it'll go away shortly enough." She gave Seren a confused look as the other girl grabbed various potions and threw them into her subspace pocket.
Seren saw her look. "You honestly think the Inner Senshi are gonna let this go easily?" she snorted.
"Nah, guess not" realized Hotaru, not surprised to find that she could care less what the Inners did. She giggled when Seren gave her a sneer. "Your Tousan is better at that" she pointed out.
"He is rather intimidating, isn't he?" remarked Seren proudly. "He's been like that since I met him. But he's an incredible person. Slytherin just made him colder." Seren stopped tossing the potions in, and made her way over to her full-length mirror, Hotaru following behind. "It's a transporter, like the ones the Four Sisters used" she explained to the curious girl. "I thought it was a good idea, and Puu helped me fashion it into reality. Just concentrate very hard on where you want to be, and step through. You know where we're going?" Seren sweatdropped. She'd forgotten during the course of her hectic day. Not only from classes, but avoiding the Inners, ignoring the boys of Hogwarts, and the annoyances that most of the other students had been given who her father was.
"Setsu-mama said we'd be in the teacher's lounge in the lower left side of the school" Hotaru said slowly, trying to remember the exact words Setsuna had said.
"That one?" Seren blinked, then shrugged. It was near where she figured Setsuna would have been given rooms. Though she doubted the Time Senshi would spend any time in them. "That's the Blue Room" she told Hotaru. Because Hotaru didn't know the room just to transfer using its surroundings, she'd have to go by its title alone. Seren concentrated on the room and stepped into the mirror. Hotaru blinked, but followed suit.
They were the last to arrive, Seren noted as she looked around cooly, lips pressed into a firm line. All of the senshi were seated or standing in the room. She took a seat on one of the chairs along the wall, giving Hotaru a nod when the other threw a sharp glance in her direction.
"Now" Seren's voice was ice. "I call this meeting' to order." Her lips twisted into a sardonic smile, which, coupled by her mocking tone, annoyed several of them. (AN: oh yea, i refer to mamoru as an inner just CUZ.)
"Odango Atama, what the hell is going on?!" Rei screamed.
Seren raised a single eyebrow. "What ever do you mean, Rei-chan?" stressing the chan.'
Rei glared darkly at her. "What the hell is going on?" she repeated.
"Oh" Seren nodded as if she was only just understanding, an action done to piss Rei off even more. "Well. Selenity brought us here. My real Tousan works here as a professor. Uh ... we're all witches-" she purposely included Mamoru in that definition "-Except for Ruka-chan who's a wizard. What else is there?"
"Maybe if you could explain about the idea of your father being that ... man, not Tsukino-san back in Tokyo" said Ami, tastefully not remarking on her dislike of Snape.
Seren nodded. "He is a bastard, but he's my Tousan" she told her, ignoring the gasps. "He's a wonderful person, but he hides his emotions and such makes him appear as a demon."
Ami smiled slightly.
"You guys know the Silver Millennium was our last life, right?" nods greeted Seren's answer, including a snort from Rei, a yeah right' mumbled under Minako's breath, and a roll of the eyes from Mamoru. "Well, I had lives during that course of about 2000 years between them. I also had a life before the Millennium." Ami's eyes widened at what that implied, and Seren nodded. "I had another destiny I was supposed to fulfill.-"
"IT'S CALLED CRYSTAL TOKYO, YOU STUPID WHORE!" exploded Mamoru. "YOU'RE GOING TO MARRY ME AND I'M GOING TO RULE THE WORLD! IT'S OUR DESTINY AND YOU CAN'T STOP THAT!"
Seren didn't react to his outburst. "Ordinarily, no, I couldn't" she replied with a smirk. "But because I've already broken that destiny to take up my original one, I can. So go fuck yourself Mamo-fag. Cause there's no way in the Twelve Hells of Hades that I'm marrying you or having that little brat." Against her will, her thoughts turned to the brown-haired, blue-eyed man from earlier that she wouldn't mind having a kid with-
Abruptly cutting off that thought, she rose to her feet. "My turn for a question" she informed them. "How long have you been working for Voldemort?"
Mamoru looked shocked before he glared at her. With an insane cackle, he pulled up his arm to reveal the Dark Mark. But it was surrounded by a triangle.
Seren went cold. She hadn't anticipated that. Shit.
"Did you know your precious daddy is one of us, Usako?" he cooed, smiling insanely at her.
Seren looked shocked. On the outside. "My-my father is not ... scum like you" she snarled out, as though unable to believe it. They didn't need to know of the truth behind her father's being a Death Eater. "Others?" her heart went cold when she saw Rei and Minako each roll up their sleeves (AN: i decided to keep mako and ami in the story, at least for now) to reveal the same marks.
SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! ran through Seren's mind. She hadn't been anticipating that either.
The three gave her that eerie, not-entirely-sane smile before they all pressed firmly on top of their Dark Marks. They were all encompassed in Dark Magic, and when it cleared, they weren't the same anymore.
Mamoru was changed the least. His hair fell past his shoulders in black locks, and his eyes were now the same black. His skin was incredibly pale, and the dark robes only enhanced that. "Onyx" he introduced himself.
Rei's hair was dark red, and fell to her feet. Her eyes were the same red, and her robes were black with red clasps. "Ruby" she licked her lips.
Minako's transformation was the most normal. Her hair turned a very light, platinum shade of blond and fell a few inches past her feet. Her eyes turned that same strange shade of yellow, as well. Her robes matched Rei's though they had yellow clips. "Diamond" she purred.
"The Trio of Darkness" Seren remarked with a sneer. "You think you can kill me? Try!" She pulled a sword from behind her, having no time to transform as the three leaped at her.
Haruka and Michiru worked in concert, quickly drawing Minako off onto the side. Both had quickly transformed, so it was Diamond against Eternal Sailor Uranus and Eternal Sailor Neptune. Wind and water, dagger and mirror, went to work, aiming for a kill.
Hotaru, Ami, and Makoto followed the other senshis example. They quickly transformed and drew Ruby off to the other side, albeit a bit slower. Eternal Sailor Saturn's glaive was the most helpful, because Ruby was dodging their senshi attacks easily.
Seren wasn't faring that much better. She had forgotten that Endymion had been an excellent swordsman, and that trait carried over into this life. She was scoring on him more than he on her, but she was bleeding still. The fact that his blade was much heavier than hers wasn't helping.
She slid to the side, focus narrowing only to the fight. She forced herself to forget what would happen if they lost this duel, forgot that the other senshi could die at any point. Her eyes were on that blade as it flashed through the air, as she narrowly avoided it.
Too narrow! It sliced her upper arm, and she hissed in pain, quickly transferring the sword from her left to right hand. She bounced lightly on the balls of her feet, so far into the fight she was in a near-trance. Seeing Onyx leaving an opening, she lunged forward almost desperately. The attack forced him to leap back, else wise be gutted. She bared her teeth, but kept on, not giving him a chance to counter.
Finally, she swung her sword around two-handed, about to bring the killing blow when suddenly Onyx disappeared. She didn't so much as lower her sword or move her eyes, using her senses to see if Ruby and Diamond were gone.
They were.
Muscle by muscle, she forced herself to relax. The sword dropped from numb hands, and she stared at it blankly. It wasn't even her sword, probably the reason Onyx had been able to score on her so quickly.
"They're gone" Sailor Jupiter remarked in the silence.
"Voldemort recalled them" said Seren bitterly. "Detransform, the lot of you. We need to see what injuries won't heal. Then, I believe you'll need a better idea of what's going on."
Following the order, they all detransformed. Ami was shocked to see that their injuries remained, despite being inflicted when in senshi form. Hotaru quickly healed herself, Ami, and Makoto. Michiru and Haruka were not severely injured, so they waved her off. Seren also waved her off, healing the cuts and slices herself. She quickly summoned washcloths and handed them out, so everyone could wash of the blood. She murmured something under her breath and a silver fire appeared on the floor. She threw her washcloth in and gestured for the others to burn theirs too. "We can't allow him to track us" she explained.
"What did you mean, you broke your destiny'?" this was something that Haruka didn't know of. Something he didn't like the sound of.
Seren smiled sadly. "I am no longer Princess Serenity" she explained. "She's dead. I no longer hold any place in the Millennium hierarchy. The Silver Crystal is no longer mine directly. You all have no duty to protect me."
"But you are Serenity-hime" protested Makoto.
"No, I'm not!" Seren was getting angry. Why didn't they understand? They no longer had to risk their lives for her! They had no duty to stand by her anymore. They could enjoy their lives as normal humans now, or even as witches and wizards if they chose.
But Setsuna had other ideas. "Who are you, then?" she asked.
"Seren Snape, reincarnation of Clow Yue of the Clow Dynasty" answered Seren, a bit curious as to the quick question.
"Then I pledge my life to protect the life of Clow Yue throughout all her lives" Setsuna dropped to her knees, her staff held above her head. "As Setsuna of Time, Heir to Planet Pluto and future Gate Guardian, I make my vow."
Haruka was the next to fall to his knees, Space Dagger above his head (AN: i know it's really a sword, but i'm calling it a dagger). "I, too, pledge my life to protect the life of Clow Yue throughout all hers. As Haruka of the Winds, Heir to Planet Uranus and future Wind Sage, I make my vow."
Michiru and Hotaru were the next to pledge. Ami followed after a moment's hesitation, Makoto directly after her.
Seren was gaping. Angry tears were gathering at the back of her eyes, but she refused to let them fall. What were the bakas doing? She had just freed them from the duty they had immediately taken back. "NO! Don't you understand, dammit?! I don't want you to protect me!" Unable to continue, she stormed from the room.
Michiru and Setsuna quickly stopped Haruka and Hotaru from running after her. "A lot of Serena is still in her" said Setsuna mysteriously. "She still doesn't want us hurt. Part of the fact that she let go of Serenity was to get us out of the fight."
"Setsuna-san?" asked Ami quietly. "You seem to know more about Hogwarts than either Makoto or I. Could you go over that, and this new Seren?"
"Of course, Ami-san" replied Setsuna, a strange light in her eyes.
"Please, call me Ami-chan" protested Ami, flushing at the older woman's formality.
"Very well, Ami-chan" and slowly, the bonds between Inner and Outer were dissolved. All that was left was senshi.
Seren stomped around the school until she ended up in one of the gardens just outside Hogwarts. It was camouflaged neatly, and unable to be seen unless you were walking directly on top of it. The trees were mostly weeping willows, the branches nearly hitting the ground. The darkness had transformed the pink flowers a dark purple, with slivers of moonlight coming through in a patchwork pattern. She walked around, turning, trying to see the whole thing. She passed through a row of trees grown thickly together and gasped at what she saw.
This inner place was even more beautiful than the garden. Roses of every shade imaginable, from black to bloodred to white, were there. Branches seemed to have grown naturally into shapes resembling chairs or areas for people to sit. She blinked at the man propped up by one of the trees. "Sirius?" (AN: no shit sherlock.)
The figure tensed and pushed himself up. She heard muffled curses and managed a tiny smile despite her depression at the moment. She stepped into a pool of moonlight, letting him see who she was.
"Seren?" Sirius was honestly surprised. What was the girl doing wandering around after midnight? And with Voldemort back? He thought only his godson and his friends were foolish enough to do so. He seemed to forget that when he had been a Marauder, he James, Remus, and Peter had done the same thing countless times. Of course, Voldemort hadn't been around back then. He took a closer look at the daughter of his longtime enemy.
Her robes were torn and hanging off her slender frame, revealing that she wore only Muggle clothes underneath it- a green tank top and a pair of black shorts. Her shimmering silver hair was more than half falling out of the braid she had put it in. Her eyes, that incredible shade of amethyst, were full of pain and anger and ... fear? She looked like hell. "Seren?" he was only a few feet away from her, having jumped up when she entered what he called the Grove.' He placed a hand on her shoulder.
And her thin hold on calm vanished. With an incoherent noise, she threw her arms around his neck and started sobbing. She surrendered everything -her appearance, her dignity, everything- as she broke down. She clung to him tightly, letting the last bit of her pride evaporate, letting all the tears she had been holding back come into the light. She was crying so hard she couldn't think of anything. Tears of pain, of confusion, of frustration and anger all blended together as she cried herself into exhaustion on that comfortable shoulder.
Sirius, to his credit, despite being surprised at suddenly having an armful of Seren, did the first thing he could think off. He sat back down in the niche he had been in when she had shown up. Her body was curled around his, so he ended up sitting with his legs out, Seren half on top of him, half in front of him. She was crying hard, and all he could think of to comfort her was to hold her tightly, stroke her back, brush through her hair.
Soon enough, her sobbing ceased, but she still clung to him, shivering. It was no surprise why, and Sirius cursed himself. It was just before the brunt of winter, and she was dressed in something suited to 80รป at a pool. He pulled his cloak out from the tangle of branches that was a tree and wrapped it around her. Her shivering soon ceased, and a contented sigh escaped her lips.
Seren was ... content. For the first time in her life, she was relaxed enough that all but the last of her wards was down. She had never been ... just held like this. Oh, the Tsukinos or one of her friends would hug her sometimes, but she was never this relaxed. Never this ... protected. Sirius held her tightly, but with a gentleness that took her breath away. She sighed softly, letting her head rest on his shoulder. She peeked up at him under her lashes, up into those incredible dark blue eyes that had captured her attention from the moment she had seen him, some 15 hours earlier. Of its own free will, her hand came up to touch his cheek, to brush against one particularly unruly curl. Her eyes locked with his.
Sirius was shocked out his reverie when he felt Seren's cool fingers touch his cheek. He lifted one hand to cover her fingers, and they laced together, but he didn't move them. His eyes locked with hers, and he found he couldn't look away from that bright amethyst gaze (AN: i have no idea why i'm making such a big deal that her eyes are amethyst' not purple' or violet.' moments of insanity, i guess). Despite his brain telling him this was wrong every fiber in his being told him this was right. He looked hard into her eyes, then lowered his lips to touch hers. It was a light kiss, a brush of his lips against hers, but it sent his blood boiling. Unable to help himself, he brought her closer, crushing his lips against hers.
Seren's eyes widened when she felt Sirius' warm breath on her face. Her eyes slowly closed as his lips brushed ever-so-lightly over her own. She gasped at the warmth of his kiss, and as he deepened it.
Sirius was unable to control himself, from the moment he had tasted her lips he knew he wouldn't be able to stop. His lips were hard against her, almost bruising force. His hands, at one point around her back, were now creeping under the hem of her shirt.
Seren let out a surprised moan as his warm hands came in contact with the flesh of her stomach. Her head fell back and she shivered delightedly as his warm lips and tongue did wondrous things to her neck.
Sirius gave a primal growl as she let out a soft moan. Her lips out of his reach, even minutely, he turned his attention to the ivory skin of her neck. His hands, still under her shirt, moved to her back as he gently pulled it off her. He felt her shiver as the cold air hit her, and ended that by wrapping a strong arm around her back and bringing her closer to him, if possible. He nipped gently at the base of her neck, then a little harder, drawing blood. He licked the blood off then blew of the spot, chuckling lavishly at the shudder that coursed through her body. Pressed so intimately together as they were, he could feel it.
Seren let out a gasp as his lips closed over hers again, merciless in the kiss. Another flood of desire overcame her. Her hands let go of his shoulders as the kiss continued, and she brought them to the base of his shirt. She quickly brought it over his head, breaking the kiss for a single second. He was thin, but she could feel the muscles nearly etched into his skin as her hands splayed out on his warm flesh. She pulled away from his lips to press searing lips and tongue to his flesh.
Sirius groaned as she did so, his hands weaving into the hair he had pulled out of her braid at some point. His eyes snapped open and it finally occurred to him what he had been about to do. He pulled back, almost horrified at what he had done. She was 15 years old for Merlin's sake!
Seren's eyes opened when she felt Sirius fairly jump away from her. She licked her lips, winced because they were bruised, and stared up at him, grabbing his wrist to keep him from running off. "Sirius?" her voice was husky.
It took every bit of self-restraint Sirius had not to jump the girl at that moment. Her hair was falling partly over her shoulder, head tilted up, lips parted, eyes dark, in only a black bra, she was an incredibly sexy picture. But he called on those reservoirs of strength he had built up through his years at Azkaban, and forced himself to turn away from that incredibly tempting sight. He quickly pulled on his shirt, mumbled an apology to Seren, and turned into Snuffles, loping off into the forest.
Seren sat, stunned, unable to move for a minute. She was indignant, then that faded when she realized why exactly the man had fair run away. Looking at his retreating form, she whispered, "I always get what I want. And right now, Sirius, I want you." A smirk curved her still-bruised lips and she touched them gently with a fingertip. She hesitated a moment, but with the devil's own grin, she left her shirt on the ground and spun his cloak around her shoulders. The warm, thick material was soft and she inhaled his own scent- a scent composed of musk, sweat, something resembling a dog, and a woodlands smell. It was comforting, and she felt protected. With a giggle, she transported back to her bedroom, ready to call it a night.
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1 - see if you can guess what book this comes from (in the book it's really BLUE not GREEN but blue isn't slytherin so ...)
review! please! i'll try to work some remy/sets and harry/hota romance into the next chapter but i make no promises. this was an incredibly long chapter. i can't promise that the rest are this long, either. the next should be out in a week or two. review guys!
as always, the full lyrics to the song featured above-
Our Lady Peace "Somewhere Out There":
Last time I talked to you,
you were lonely and out of place.
You were looking down on me,
lost out in space.
Laid underneath the stars,
strung out and feeling brave.
Watch the riddles glow,
watch them float away.
Down here in the atmosphere,
garbage and city lights,
you gotta save your tired soul,
you gotta save our lives.
Turn on the radio,
to find you on satellite,
I'm waiting for the sky to fall,
I'm waiting for a sign.
All we are is all so far.
You're falling back to me,
the star that I can't see.
I know you're out there,
somewhere out there.
You're falling out of reach,
defying gravity,
I know you're out there,
somewhere out there.
Hope you remember me,
when you're homesick and need a change.
I miss your purple hair,
I miss the way you taste.
I know you'll come back someday,
on a bed of nails awake.
I'm praying that you don't burn out,
or fade away.
All we are is all so far
You're falling back to me,
the star that I can't see.
I know you're out there,
somewhere out there.
You're falling out of reach,
defying gravity,
I know you're out there,
somewhere out there.
You're falling back to me,
the star that I can't see.
I know you're out there, oh.
You're falling out of reach,
defying gravity....
I know you're out there,
somewhere out there.
You're falling back to me,
the star that I can't see.
I know you're out there,
somewhere out there.
You're falling out of reach,
defying gravity,
I know you're out there,
somewhere out there.
You're falling back to me.
Well I know,
I know.
You're falling out of reach.
I know...