Second to last post, there's still the epilogue! Enjoy!
BTW, here's a name guide again because I use some of these names in this chapter.
Serena - Serenity - princess of the moon
Ami - Amilia - pronouced Amelia - princess of mercury
Rei - Reichel - pronouced Rachel - princess of mars
Lita - Elitabeth - pronounced E-li-ta-beth - princess of jupiter
Mina - Minakara - pronounced Mina-cara - princess of venus
Amara - Alexandra - princess of uranus
Michelle - Michellandra - pronounced Michelle-andra - princess of neptune
Hotaru - Hotarianna - pronounced Hotar-e-anna - princess of saturn
Trista - Tristanna - pronounced Trist-anna - princess of pluto
Harold - prince of the stars
Ronald - prince of the sun
Dracon - prince of the moon
Hermione - Hermonious - pronounced Her-moan-i-us - princess of earth
Ginny - Aurora - princess of the sun
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Hermione opened her eyes slowly, face pale as she gazed at the golden warrior before them. When her memories of the Silver Millennium had come, that had not been included in it at all. She found herself wondering why she had never questioned what happened to Ginny/Aurora in the first place, before all this. She had only begun to wonder in the past two or three days. But then, of course, right now it doesn't really matter, does it? she asked herself mockingly.
Ron stared almost unbelievingly at Crystal Sailor Sun. "Did that really happen?" he demanded. "How come we didn't know before? And who was that other girl?"
Sailor Sun smiled softly through the tears that danced down her cheeks. "Of course it happened, Ronald. Why did you not know before? You never asked about the limit of power we could obtain, or about how far we," she gestured to the Senshi, "would go to protect Serenity. That other girl is Crystal Sailor Star; Princess of the Star Kingdom; my best friend; and her name is Celeste. She was.... is Harold's twin sister."
There was a shocked silence for a moment, then Minako moved to Sailor Sun's side and gently entertwined their hands, holding them up. "Celeste said, in that memory, she said that you and her weren't strong enough without Hotaru and I..... what did she mean?"
"Well.... because you and I are cousins, and Celeste and Hotaru are cousins, we're considered 'partners' in a sense where we can combine our powers to make each other stronger effortlessly. That's also why we can talk mind-to-mind, and if we really had I could use your attacks and you could use mine. And....." she hesitated. "Techinically..... although it's never been proven.... if you died, within two weeks to a month I would die, and vice versa."
Minako disgested this for a moment, looking thoughtful. "So.... could you use my powers now?"
Crystal Sailor Sun looked shocked, but before she could say anything the bushes behind them exploded to reveal Emerald. In his hands he held the same sword that had been used to take Princess Aurora's life over a thousand years ago.
"Minna!" Rei shouted suddenly. "Henshin yo! Mars Eternal Power...."
"Mercury Eternal Power..."
"Jupiter Eternal Power...."
"Venus Eternal Power...."
"Saturn Eternal Power...."
"Uranus Eternal Power...."
"Neptune Eternal Power...."
"Pluto Eternal Power...."
"Chibi Crescent Eternal Power..."
"Earth Eternal Power...."
"Star Knight Power...."
"Silver Moon Knight Power...."
"Sun Knight Power...."
"Fighter Star Power...."
"Maker Star Power..."
"Healer Star Power...."
"Chibi Hope Eternal Power....."
"Galaxia Crystal Power..."
"MAKE-UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Magic and nearly every element you could think of flashed in the clearing. Emerald could vaguely be heard cursing as the magical warriors appeared before him, ready to fight for their planet at any cost. Eternal Sailor Mars stepped forward, looking determined.
"Mars Flame Comet!"
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He couldn't see anything, couldn't remember anything. It was as if his eyes were still closed, which he knew they were not. He was conscious of the he had opened his eyes. He tried to move, but it was like moving through molasses - each limb felt as if it weighed a thousand pounds. He was suddenly tempted to give in to the darkness, to allow himself to fall into oblivion and sleep forever. His eyes fluttered closed and he began to fall...
A light brushed his senses. He opened his eyes and with great effort, turned his head to see a goddess. She was floating beside him, a white aura surrounding her and banishing the darkness. She was naked, but everything about skin; her features was absolutely perfect. She had a delicate, heart-shaped face; pale ice-cherry lips that were curved in a graceful smile, and beautiful pure white hair pulled into the royal odango hairstyle.
On her back were two white angel wings the color of her hair; on her forehead rested a white Crescent Moon with pale rose trim. On her chest, centered just above her breasts, was a heart-shaped silver crystal that was glowing. She opened her eyes and looked at him. He was struck by the luminiscent silvery white of her eyes, moreso by the incredible emotions that raged within them. He saw..... love, love for him.
"Harold...." Her voice floated away on the light that she emitted, and it was as if he had been struck. Everything came rushing back, all that happened and he stumbled, surprised at the intensity of what came back.
"Serenity....," he murmured, suddenly realizing that he was naked as well. For some reason, this did not bother him as would have barely a few hours ago. He wondered how he remained in the light without falling and glanced over his shoulder. To his shock, there were two large, dark blue wings supporting him. Pale silvery blue dots littered the feathers, looking like stars on a midnight sky.
Suddenly, Serenity's light grew so bright he was forced to shield his brilliant emerald eyes. He was shocked to realize he no longer wore glasses, yet could see perfectly. The light vanished suddenly, and he opened his eyes and looked down. Standing upon the ground far below them was Voldemort and Dominos, both with expressions of horror on their faces. Harold realized suddenly that he and Serenity were supposed to remain trapped in the darkness for eternity. Instead, Serenity had freed them. It was payback time.
He began to move forward, but a delicate hand was laid upon his arm. "Wait," Serenity whispered, looking at him with those wonderful eyes. "We must wait until the magic is given to attack." This confused him, but he contented to wait until she said so to attack. Besides, it was amusing to watch Dominos and Voldemort be confused as to why they weren't being destroyed.
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"I have had it with you!" Crystal Sailor Sun's fury grew to the uncontainable point when one of Emerald's careless attempts to hit her hit Professor McGonagall instead. "You destroyed my kingdom, killed my friends and thousands of innocent people, and you think I'm going to let you do the same to Earth?!" She stopped dodging and stood still, arms crossed over her chest, eyes closed. A bright glow came from the place where her arms were crossed and she pulled her arms down in front of her.
The Sun Crystal glowed with all the intensity of the real Sun. Crystal Sailor Sun's clothes flicked and faded away to be replaced with her princess dress, but her wings remained. Princess Aurora of the Sun Kingdom, formerly known as little Virginia Anne Weasley, took her Crystal so it was in between her hands and concentrated all her power on it.
"Wait!" Eternal Sailor Venus' eyes widened with realization. "Aurora! Stop! That much power will kill you!" Aurora did not care. She wanted to be rid of Emerald, and aside from that, she could hear Serenity calling her, calling for all the magic she had. Aurora was anxious to give her princess what she so desired.
"Well, hold on a minute!" Venus darted to her feet and as close to Aurora as she could. "At least let us help you! Venus... Eternal.... Power!" She firmly stood her ground behind her partner and felt her senshi clothes waver, then fall away as her princess form came into view. Princess Minakara, now feeling Serenity's call as well, focused all her power into Aurora, knowing the child of the Sun would be easily able to send it on to their princess.
The other senshi, knights, Starlights, Galaxia and Sailor Chibi Chibi Moon followed her movement. As they did, each of their former clothes faded away to reveal more regal ones. Princess Amilia's dress appeared to be made from ice, as was her crown. A large, pale blue zircon was situated in the middle of it. Princess Reichel's dress was made of fire, and the jewel in her crown was a ruby. Princess Elitabeth's gown was fashioned from minature bolts of lightening, and the jewel fixated in her crown was an emerald.
Princess Hotarianna's dress was dark violet, almost black. In one hand she held her glaive, and the jewel centered on her crown was an amythest. Princess Michellandra wore a light turquoise garb that seemed to move like a wave; the jewel in her crown was a sapphire. Princess Alexandra, who was wearing a dark blue dress that constantly moved about her form and was not happy about it, had an amber on her crown. Princess Tristanna wore a dress of deep burgundy that set of her features nicely. The crown on her head was of a somber gray, although the garnet that rested on it flashed brightly.
Star Fighter's senshi fuku was transformed into a soft red, off the shoulder dress. Healer's fuku became a very pale green, spaghetti-strapped dress that matched her eyes. Maker's senshi fuku was transformed into a violet, U-neck dress that looked very becoming on her. Galaxia's fuku became a white-gold, strapless dress. Chibi Chibi Moon's kawaii fuku melded into a very tiny version of Serenity's original Moon Princess dress. Chibi Moon was transformed into a pale pink version of the same dress.
Sailor Earth's fuku became a pale blue dress with a grass green ribbon around her waist; the jewel in the flower-crown on her brown curls was a jade. Moon Knight and Sun Knight recieved armor very close to what Endymion's once looked like, Moon Knight's in silver and white and Sun Knight's in gold and red.
All the senshi grasped hands and held onto each other tightly, concentrating all the magic they had within themselves into the princess in front of them. Aurora trembled and caught her breath as magic poured into her. She could feel it building and building until finally, she knew she could contain it no longer and let ring forth a cry.
"Cosmic..... Sun..... POWER!!!" She screamed as loudly as she could. The fire in her raged and she forced her mouth open once more.
"UNITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Aurora's scream was overpowering, but her last word was not spoken alone. All those behind her, be it knight, senshi or Starlight, had screamed the word right along with her, and it was for this reason that even Harold and Serenity heard it eons away.
Magical power pulsed in the Sun Crystal, growing brighter and brighter until it exploded. A wave of pure magical fire shot out and ran over Emerald, who didn't even have a chance in fighting it. The fire continued to burn away all traces of evil around Hogwarts and continued even then until it reached Serenity and Harold.
***
Harold heard the cry of his friends as he dodged another curse of Voldemort's. The scream of 'unite' shook the entire area they were in. Less then a second later, the entire place seemed to explode with white fire. Harold expected it to burn, and even closed his eyes to accept his grim fate, but instead of burning him alive, the fire flowed into him and filled every inch of skin, causing him to become stronger then one could imagine.
A hand touched his arm and he turned once more to see Serenity, her eyes sparkling in a way that told him she had recieved the same power. Now, he knew why she had wanted him to wait. Before, he and his lover could have destroyed Voldemort and Dominos, but it would have been a fight. Now, with all the magic of their friends running through them, they could win easily. After so long, it was a wonderful thought.
"Come on," Serenity whispered and, turning away from him, she spread her wings and began to fly towards Dominos and Voldemort. Harold followed her, and to his sudden amazement, he saw Serenity turn into a streak of white with just the barest hint of pink to it. He didn't have much time to marvel because he turned into a streak of white with a tinge of green to it. Perhaps this new form should have worried him, but it felt better then anything before.
The two streaks flew faster and faster until finally, they crashed into their targets. The pink one into Dominos, the green one into Voldemort. The two evils both screamed once - and then their evil was silenced forever.
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CloverWeave - The fifth book was great - except for when she killed Sirius!
pilot06-cosmos - I update all my stories every week, except for when I've no ideas in which case two weeks may go by with no update. But thank you anyway.
Guardian Dimension - I know, it's been doing it to me forever. I hate when it deletes my fics but there's not much I can do.
koosei - Yup, Celeste is Harry's sister. I'm amazed at how few people picked that up, but then again maybe you just know me too well.
angel-of-the-white-moon - I'm furious she killed him, he had better come back to life!
Tenshi-Hotaru - You almost started crying? I *did* start crying! Honest to Selene, I was in tears during Sirius' death. And I haven't mentioned her before and you probably already know, but Celeste is Harry's sister.
Star Girl - It was great, but she killed Sirius!
Thanks also go out to:
Eturnal Sailor Earth
MoonFaith
Katt
erika
Thanks!
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And so it draws nearer to an end..... but if I get five reviews, I'll post an epilogue! Speaking of which, would anyone like me to end this with Harry and Serenity's wedding?
BTW, here's a name guide again because I use some of these names in this chapter.
Serena - Serenity - princess of the moon
Ami - Amilia - pronouced Amelia - princess of mercury
Rei - Reichel - pronouced Rachel - princess of mars
Lita - Elitabeth - pronounced E-li-ta-beth - princess of jupiter
Mina - Minakara - pronounced Mina-cara - princess of venus
Amara - Alexandra - princess of uranus
Michelle - Michellandra - pronounced Michelle-andra - princess of neptune
Hotaru - Hotarianna - pronounced Hotar-e-anna - princess of saturn
Trista - Tristanna - pronounced Trist-anna - princess of pluto
Harold - prince of the stars
Ronald - prince of the sun
Dracon - prince of the moon
Hermione - Hermonious - pronounced Her-moan-i-us - princess of earth
Ginny - Aurora - princess of the sun
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Hermione opened her eyes slowly, face pale as she gazed at the golden warrior before them. When her memories of the Silver Millennium had come, that had not been included in it at all. She found herself wondering why she had never questioned what happened to Ginny/Aurora in the first place, before all this. She had only begun to wonder in the past two or three days. But then, of course, right now it doesn't really matter, does it? she asked herself mockingly.
Ron stared almost unbelievingly at Crystal Sailor Sun. "Did that really happen?" he demanded. "How come we didn't know before? And who was that other girl?"
Sailor Sun smiled softly through the tears that danced down her cheeks. "Of course it happened, Ronald. Why did you not know before? You never asked about the limit of power we could obtain, or about how far we," she gestured to the Senshi, "would go to protect Serenity. That other girl is Crystal Sailor Star; Princess of the Star Kingdom; my best friend; and her name is Celeste. She was.... is Harold's twin sister."
There was a shocked silence for a moment, then Minako moved to Sailor Sun's side and gently entertwined their hands, holding them up. "Celeste said, in that memory, she said that you and her weren't strong enough without Hotaru and I..... what did she mean?"
"Well.... because you and I are cousins, and Celeste and Hotaru are cousins, we're considered 'partners' in a sense where we can combine our powers to make each other stronger effortlessly. That's also why we can talk mind-to-mind, and if we really had I could use your attacks and you could use mine. And....." she hesitated. "Techinically..... although it's never been proven.... if you died, within two weeks to a month I would die, and vice versa."
Minako disgested this for a moment, looking thoughtful. "So.... could you use my powers now?"
Crystal Sailor Sun looked shocked, but before she could say anything the bushes behind them exploded to reveal Emerald. In his hands he held the same sword that had been used to take Princess Aurora's life over a thousand years ago.
"Minna!" Rei shouted suddenly. "Henshin yo! Mars Eternal Power...."
"Mercury Eternal Power..."
"Jupiter Eternal Power...."
"Venus Eternal Power...."
"Saturn Eternal Power...."
"Uranus Eternal Power...."
"Neptune Eternal Power...."
"Pluto Eternal Power...."
"Chibi Crescent Eternal Power..."
"Earth Eternal Power...."
"Star Knight Power...."
"Silver Moon Knight Power...."
"Sun Knight Power...."
"Fighter Star Power...."
"Maker Star Power..."
"Healer Star Power...."
"Chibi Hope Eternal Power....."
"Galaxia Crystal Power..."
"MAKE-UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Magic and nearly every element you could think of flashed in the clearing. Emerald could vaguely be heard cursing as the magical warriors appeared before him, ready to fight for their planet at any cost. Eternal Sailor Mars stepped forward, looking determined.
"Mars Flame Comet!"
He couldn't see anything, couldn't remember anything. It was as if his eyes were still closed, which he knew they were not. He was conscious of the he had opened his eyes. He tried to move, but it was like moving through molasses - each limb felt as if it weighed a thousand pounds. He was suddenly tempted to give in to the darkness, to allow himself to fall into oblivion and sleep forever. His eyes fluttered closed and he began to fall...
A light brushed his senses. He opened his eyes and with great effort, turned his head to see a goddess. She was floating beside him, a white aura surrounding her and banishing the darkness. She was naked, but everything about skin; her features was absolutely perfect. She had a delicate, heart-shaped face; pale ice-cherry lips that were curved in a graceful smile, and beautiful pure white hair pulled into the royal odango hairstyle.
On her back were two white angel wings the color of her hair; on her forehead rested a white Crescent Moon with pale rose trim. On her chest, centered just above her breasts, was a heart-shaped silver crystal that was glowing. She opened her eyes and looked at him. He was struck by the luminiscent silvery white of her eyes, moreso by the incredible emotions that raged within them. He saw..... love, love for him.
"Harold...." Her voice floated away on the light that she emitted, and it was as if he had been struck. Everything came rushing back, all that happened and he stumbled, surprised at the intensity of what came back.
"Serenity....," he murmured, suddenly realizing that he was naked as well. For some reason, this did not bother him as would have barely a few hours ago. He wondered how he remained in the light without falling and glanced over his shoulder. To his shock, there were two large, dark blue wings supporting him. Pale silvery blue dots littered the feathers, looking like stars on a midnight sky.
Suddenly, Serenity's light grew so bright he was forced to shield his brilliant emerald eyes. He was shocked to realize he no longer wore glasses, yet could see perfectly. The light vanished suddenly, and he opened his eyes and looked down. Standing upon the ground far below them was Voldemort and Dominos, both with expressions of horror on their faces. Harold realized suddenly that he and Serenity were supposed to remain trapped in the darkness for eternity. Instead, Serenity had freed them. It was payback time.
He began to move forward, but a delicate hand was laid upon his arm. "Wait," Serenity whispered, looking at him with those wonderful eyes. "We must wait until the magic is given to attack." This confused him, but he contented to wait until she said so to attack. Besides, it was amusing to watch Dominos and Voldemort be confused as to why they weren't being destroyed.
"I have had it with you!" Crystal Sailor Sun's fury grew to the uncontainable point when one of Emerald's careless attempts to hit her hit Professor McGonagall instead. "You destroyed my kingdom, killed my friends and thousands of innocent people, and you think I'm going to let you do the same to Earth?!" She stopped dodging and stood still, arms crossed over her chest, eyes closed. A bright glow came from the place where her arms were crossed and she pulled her arms down in front of her.
The Sun Crystal glowed with all the intensity of the real Sun. Crystal Sailor Sun's clothes flicked and faded away to be replaced with her princess dress, but her wings remained. Princess Aurora of the Sun Kingdom, formerly known as little Virginia Anne Weasley, took her Crystal so it was in between her hands and concentrated all her power on it.
"Wait!" Eternal Sailor Venus' eyes widened with realization. "Aurora! Stop! That much power will kill you!" Aurora did not care. She wanted to be rid of Emerald, and aside from that, she could hear Serenity calling her, calling for all the magic she had. Aurora was anxious to give her princess what she so desired.
"Well, hold on a minute!" Venus darted to her feet and as close to Aurora as she could. "At least let us help you! Venus... Eternal.... Power!" She firmly stood her ground behind her partner and felt her senshi clothes waver, then fall away as her princess form came into view. Princess Minakara, now feeling Serenity's call as well, focused all her power into Aurora, knowing the child of the Sun would be easily able to send it on to their princess.
The other senshi, knights, Starlights, Galaxia and Sailor Chibi Chibi Moon followed her movement. As they did, each of their former clothes faded away to reveal more regal ones. Princess Amilia's dress appeared to be made from ice, as was her crown. A large, pale blue zircon was situated in the middle of it. Princess Reichel's dress was made of fire, and the jewel in her crown was a ruby. Princess Elitabeth's gown was fashioned from minature bolts of lightening, and the jewel fixated in her crown was an emerald.
Princess Hotarianna's dress was dark violet, almost black. In one hand she held her glaive, and the jewel centered on her crown was an amythest. Princess Michellandra wore a light turquoise garb that seemed to move like a wave; the jewel in her crown was a sapphire. Princess Alexandra, who was wearing a dark blue dress that constantly moved about her form and was not happy about it, had an amber on her crown. Princess Tristanna wore a dress of deep burgundy that set of her features nicely. The crown on her head was of a somber gray, although the garnet that rested on it flashed brightly.
Star Fighter's senshi fuku was transformed into a soft red, off the shoulder dress. Healer's fuku became a very pale green, spaghetti-strapped dress that matched her eyes. Maker's senshi fuku was transformed into a violet, U-neck dress that looked very becoming on her. Galaxia's fuku became a white-gold, strapless dress. Chibi Chibi Moon's kawaii fuku melded into a very tiny version of Serenity's original Moon Princess dress. Chibi Moon was transformed into a pale pink version of the same dress.
Sailor Earth's fuku became a pale blue dress with a grass green ribbon around her waist; the jewel in the flower-crown on her brown curls was a jade. Moon Knight and Sun Knight recieved armor very close to what Endymion's once looked like, Moon Knight's in silver and white and Sun Knight's in gold and red.
All the senshi grasped hands and held onto each other tightly, concentrating all the magic they had within themselves into the princess in front of them. Aurora trembled and caught her breath as magic poured into her. She could feel it building and building until finally, she knew she could contain it no longer and let ring forth a cry.
"Cosmic..... Sun..... POWER!!!" She screamed as loudly as she could. The fire in her raged and she forced her mouth open once more.
"UNITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Aurora's scream was overpowering, but her last word was not spoken alone. All those behind her, be it knight, senshi or Starlight, had screamed the word right along with her, and it was for this reason that even Harold and Serenity heard it eons away.
Magical power pulsed in the Sun Crystal, growing brighter and brighter until it exploded. A wave of pure magical fire shot out and ran over Emerald, who didn't even have a chance in fighting it. The fire continued to burn away all traces of evil around Hogwarts and continued even then until it reached Serenity and Harold.
Harold heard the cry of his friends as he dodged another curse of Voldemort's. The scream of 'unite' shook the entire area they were in. Less then a second later, the entire place seemed to explode with white fire. Harold expected it to burn, and even closed his eyes to accept his grim fate, but instead of burning him alive, the fire flowed into him and filled every inch of skin, causing him to become stronger then one could imagine.
A hand touched his arm and he turned once more to see Serenity, her eyes sparkling in a way that told him she had recieved the same power. Now, he knew why she had wanted him to wait. Before, he and his lover could have destroyed Voldemort and Dominos, but it would have been a fight. Now, with all the magic of their friends running through them, they could win easily. After so long, it was a wonderful thought.
"Come on," Serenity whispered and, turning away from him, she spread her wings and began to fly towards Dominos and Voldemort. Harold followed her, and to his sudden amazement, he saw Serenity turn into a streak of white with just the barest hint of pink to it. He didn't have much time to marvel because he turned into a streak of white with a tinge of green to it. Perhaps this new form should have worried him, but it felt better then anything before.
The two streaks flew faster and faster until finally, they crashed into their targets. The pink one into Dominos, the green one into Voldemort. The two evils both screamed once - and then their evil was silenced forever.
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CloverWeave - The fifth book was great - except for when she killed Sirius!
pilot06-cosmos - I update all my stories every week, except for when I've no ideas in which case two weeks may go by with no update. But thank you anyway.
Guardian Dimension - I know, it's been doing it to me forever. I hate when it deletes my fics but there's not much I can do.
koosei - Yup, Celeste is Harry's sister. I'm amazed at how few people picked that up, but then again maybe you just know me too well.
angel-of-the-white-moon - I'm furious she killed him, he had better come back to life!
Tenshi-Hotaru - You almost started crying? I *did* start crying! Honest to Selene, I was in tears during Sirius' death. And I haven't mentioned her before and you probably already know, but Celeste is Harry's sister.
Star Girl - It was great, but she killed Sirius!
Thanks also go out to:
Eturnal Sailor Earth
MoonFaith
Katt
erika
Thanks!
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And so it draws nearer to an end..... but if I get five reviews, I'll post an epilogue! Speaking of which, would anyone like me to end this with Harry and Serenity's wedding?
