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"................." - Flashbacks

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Serenity smiled sadly up at Remus, for they were walking up a hill. She was eternally glad she'd been able to give him these few moments of peace and hope for a new life before the war began. At the moment, she was planning on kidnapping Seiya from Setsuna so they could catch up on how things were going with Kinmokusei. She could have talked to Yaten, but she doubted she'd be able to pry Yaten from Minako. And whenever she spoke to Taiki, she ended up with a headache.

Quite suddenly, the feelings of trepiditation that had lingered in her mind all day grew greatly. Intense fear swept over her like a tidal wave. She started to turn, but it was too late. A black beam came from the sky. It struck the ground in the middle of the group. Two similar ones struck the ground; one in the Forbidden Forest, the other in the lake.

Serenity barely had the time to draw in a brief breath of air before she was thrown violently into the air. She slammed into the ground and even as all the air rushed from her lungs, instinctively drew into a ball, arms around her head in an effort to protect herself from the rocks, tree fragments water, and another liquid that showered down. When they stopped, she carefully stumbled to her feet, feeling the pain that came from the places she'd landed on, and brushed herself off, keeping her eyes closed.

Once she was finished, she gingerly opened her eyes and felt her stomach roll. A good part of the Forbidden Forest was gone, most of it was now laying around her friends and teachers. There was blood, which made Serenity feel as thought she was going to be sick, from the poor creatures who had been caught by the blast. The lake had diminished a good three feet, much of its water now soaking rapidly into the ground.

Serenity herself was soaked from head to foot from the water, and dots of blood covered her as well, not to mention scratches and bruises from the rocks and once-trees, but otherwise she was all right. Sickened and rapdily getting angry, but okay.

"Serenity," a voice croaked her name and she turned to see Harry limping towards her. Unexplainable tears filled Serenity's eyes at the sight of him.

"Harry," she whispered, relieved he was well, then her expression turned to horror when another beam, this one blood red, hit him dead on before coming towards her. "Harold!!! NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Serenity screamed when he disappeared. A second later, the beam rolled over her and she too, vanished from sight.

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Aurora pried her eyes open when Serenity screamed. She looked up, fearing what she would find, and was met with a kick in the face. She cried out in pain, tasting the copper of blood as she did. Her hands flew to her face and she opened her eyes to see a man with dark green hair. His eyes glinted like emeralds, but with a poisonous tint to them. They were filled with anger and hate. He wore black pants and an open, shiny green vest. There was a mocking smirk on his face. Her heart sank.

"Hello, Aurora," he sneered. "How are you this day? I must admit, I am surprised to see you alive. As I recall, you so nobley sacrificed yourself to stop me from harming your precious princess."

Aurora struggled to her feet and glared at him. "Emerald... yes, I did. And I will do it again if I have to! You will not do to Earth what you have done to my home and everywhere else! Even if it means my life as well, I will protect this planet from the likes of you!" His eyes narrowed in anger; she ignored it and placed her hand in the air, locket in grasp.

"Sun Crystalline Power....," she screamed, calling upon the ultimate henshin any of them had. Her locket changed in her hand from it's previous circle-shape with the Sun symbol; a gold circle with wavy pale blue lines around it; on it to a Heart-shape with her own symbol on it, a white circle with the barest tinge of gold to it that has pale pink flowers petals surrounding it. The petals were outlined in gold. "MAKE-UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Gold magic flashed and surrounded Princess Aurora. When it died away, she looked very different. The white of the bodysuit was now a very pale gold. The ribbon on her chest was pure white, the knee-length ribbon in back was gold. The sailor collar was gold. Her gloves were the same pale gold as her bodysuit, and the ruffles at the end were a dark pink. Her white shoes had three-inch heels and went half way up her shin with gold trim at the top. Her skirt was layered; the first layer was a yellow/orange; the second silver; the third dark pink; the fourth bright gold. Her tiara was gone, replaced with her own symbol. Her hair was loose and fell to just past her butt. Her eyes were pure gold. Upon her back were pale gold colored wings with white detailing each feather.

Emerald hissed at the sight of Crystal Sailor Sun. Even he wasn't stupid enough to imagine he could stop a Crystal Sailor Senshi. "This is not over, Sailor Sun!" he shouted before teleporting away in a flash of pale green light. Crystal Sailor Sun turned immediately to the others.

"Quickly, you must rise! We must flee before he returns with reinforcements; which he will. If we are here when he returns, it will not be very pleasant...."

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They'd hidden in the Forbidden Forest. Once it had been a place of terror, the ultimtate punishment, where students who needed to be taught lessons were forced to go. A place where creatures of nurmerous origins dwelled in near perfect habitats. A place that once so frightening was now their only place of refuge. Hermione found this incredbily ironic in a way that made her want to burst into tears and never stop crying.

Sirius pulled an overhanging tree across their little den, several teachers cast a spell that would make people miss the den completely. To others, the den wasn't even there. In reality, it was little to no protection, but it made those who were currently hiding feel a hell of a lot better.

The second they were all in, Ron rounded furiously on his sister. "Ginny, what's going on?!" he demanded. "Who was that guy, and why did he say you've died to stop him?"

Crystal Sailor Sun looked at him sadly. "I apologize, Ronald," she said softly, tears glimmering in her gold eyes. "But we have not been completely truthful with you all. We tried to protect you, but I realize we cannot do that anymore. There are aspects of the past we have not shared with you."

Hermione bit her lip and blurted out, "I was wondering why, in the memories, we never saw you, well, die." Everyone looked at her, and she reddened.

"You are correct in thinking that, Hermonious. You did not see me die, and this because we kept it from you. Not," she added, amused when she saw the looks on Ron's and Draco's faces, "because we thought you could not handle it. Because Serenity felt with all these new powers and new revelations going on, it would be best to tell you when you had settled in. We were going to tell you tomorrow, but I believe I had best tell you now."

The woman closed her eyes. The symbol on her forehead began to glow, and a golden beam shot to each of the teacher's, the senshi's and the Marauder's foreheads. A light pink rose, with a lovely green stem; the petals of the rose having barely noticeable hints of violet here and there, with silver sparkles on top, appeared on Hermione's forehead when the golden beam met with her skin.

A six-pointed blueish white star, outlined in violet; at the end of each of the star points was a very tiny silver heart, appeared on Harry's forehead when her magic hit him.

A silver Crescent Moon with a white line in the center, outlined in grey and had a tiny gold star resting on the Crescent Moon's right tip appeared on Draco's forehead. It was similar to the Moon symbol but different.

A bright gold circle with a minature grass green- colored square inside; triangles ranging from dark blue to dark green surrounding the circle, pointing outwards, faded into view on Ron's forehead and he felt suddenly dizzy. Everyone who Crystal Sailor Sun's magic was touching closed his or her eyes and began to remember.

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They were running. Serenity, Crystal Sailor Sun, and another girl who had blueish white hair and wide, emerald green eyes who had a six-pointed, pale pink star on her forehead that was outlined in violet. She also clutched a razor-sharp scythe in her right hand. They fairly flew over the ground, Sailor Sun and the unknown girl dragging a loudly protesting Serenity along physically.

"Sailor Sun, Sailor Star, stop!" Serenity sobbed, collasping to her knees. "I will not go on without my friends! We cannot just leave them there, and without Tristanna, no less! I insist we go back and help them this instant!" Sailor Sun and Sailor Star exchanged helpless looks, and it was then one realized both girls were crying. Sailor Star knelt before Serenity, placed a hand on Serenity's chin and brought the tear-brimmed silver eyes up to meet her own tender emerald ones.

"Serenity, listen to me. Your brother; your friends; your lover; all love you more then anything. What's more, they know if we can get you to the Silver Palace we might be able to stop this madness, but only you, if anyone, can forever. Aurora and I, we're not strong enough without Minakara and Hotarianna. Everyone who has died thus far has done so with wishes for you to live, and maybe, somehow, save what is left. You must not give up."

Serenity blinked and tears began to trickle down her features. "Oh, Celeste," she cried, flinging her arms around Crystal Sailor Star's stomach. "I love you so. I do not want you to leave! Can we all not flee and find a new planet to live on?" Sailor Star winced when she heard the sound of a portal opening. She knew what she now had to do.

"Serenity, my dear friend, I love you too. Always remember the Stars are here to be your guides when you need them." She disentangled Serenity's arms from her waist and stood up, holding her scythe tighter. Her eyes caught a dismayed Sailor Sun's, and the girls had time only enough to grasp hands before Sailor Star faced the opponet she would literally fight to the death as Sailor Sun, tears streaming down her face, hauled Serenity to her feet and ran, pulling the younger girl behind her...


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Sailor Sun and Serenity raced towards the direction of the Silver Palace as fast as they could. It was just barely visible when Serenity stopped and bent over, panting. "Wait, Sailor Sun, I cannot run anymore!" she gasped out between tears and pants. Sailor Sun bit her lip, looking around cautiously for enemies. Her eyes strayed to the girl beside her and she sighed.

"Serenity, do not fear," she said, patting the girl-child's back. "I will protect you." It was the only thing she had to give, now. Her life, and she knew in her heart it would not be enough to save the innocent girl beside her.

"Oh, Aurora, you are so brave! I am terribly frightened, how can you not be?" Serenity looked up at her last remaining guardian. Impulsively, Sailor Sun knelt and pulled Serenity into her arms, hugging her tightly. Serenity clung to her, shaking.

"Serenity, I am not strong. At the moment, I am terrified and have never been moreso in my entire life. The only thing that is keeping me going is that I believe in you. And so did Celeste. We believe that you can stop Beryl, and even if you cannot we know it is imperative that you try."

"How sweet," sneered a voice. Sailor Sun's head whipped around and she saw Emerald. "Good evening, Sailor Sun." He bowed to her mockingly. "Or do you perfer Princess Aurora or the Sun Kingdom? It a very pleasant evening, don't you think?"

Anger coursed through Sailor Sun and she stood to face him, thrusting Serenity behind her. "No, I do not! And neither would any decent person! You, on the other hand, being such a monster, I can understand you would see the screams of innocent people as they died as peaceful!" He laughed mockingly and drew his sword. Sailor Sun raised her hands and a beautiful golden glow pulsed between them suddenly, then died to reveal a beautiful and deadly-looking sword.

"Aurora, no!" Serenity gasped, throwing her arms around Sailor Sun's legs. "You cannot! Please, do not leave me...."

Although her heart twisted violently, Sailor Sun remained firm. "Serenity, go to the Silver Palace. Find your mother. Please, end this." With that, Sailor Sun moved forward. Her own and Emerald's sword clashed loudly in a lock before she twisted her own down and moved forward again. Serenity fell back and watched this battle with horror. It was only when Sailor Sun had entered another lock did she notice Serenity had not gone.

"Serenity, please! If you have ever loved Celeste or I, GO!!!!!" Serenity gave her guardian one last look before she turned and ran. Unfortunately, because Sailor Sun turned her head to watch Serenity leave, she was not watching Emerald as she should have. The general pulled his right hand back and slammed it into Sailor Sun's stomach. She bent over, gasping, and he pulled his sword handle down onto the top of her head. She collapsed to the ground.

Emerald laughed harshly and stepped over her body, looking in the direction Serenity had gone. "Once I kill the princess, my mistress will be so happy...." he laughed. He didn't notice Sailor Sun's eyes were partially open. He didn't notice when she mouthed the words 'Cosmic, Sun'. He didn't notice when the broach on her chest glowed and the lid vanished so one could see the Sun Crystal that was glowing brightly. But he did notice when her hands flew out and grabbed his ankle. Emerald looked down and saw the look in his enemy's eyes. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Serenity..... I'm sorry....." Sailor Sun's whisper was almost unhear as she gathered what little strength still remained in her dying body. She took as deep a breath as she could. "POWER!!!!!!!!"


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MoonFaith - ^_^; I got the idea, thanks.

piukka - I will never forgive J.K for killing him! Not even if he comes back. He was one of my favorites, and she just.... killed him for no reason!

koosei - Well, I almost forgot about the curse, but when I was going back over it, I was like 'Oh yeah, she still has to free Remus' so I did that. And thank you.

pilot06-cosmos - The prequel's not a bad idea. It would be a little while in coming, because I have another story going on, and a Harry/Usagi story already lined up after this one, but I'll have to look into the prequel....

Also thanks to:
Fairy Goddess Princess Geneva
Night Angel
CloverWeave
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