Dreamscapes

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter and company. The Tenshi are based on real people. Please ask if you want to use them.

A. N. : Ok, this is supposed to be when Harry and friends are 15 and in their 5th year at Hogwarts. This is an A.U. story, so this is a way different ending than J. K. Rowling had. So just thought you should know. This is not a re-write of The Order of the Phoenix, but a story of my own imagination. So enjoy. Oh yeah, I like reviews. They're nice.

Dedications: To my Remus, you're the one I go running with every month. Those times won't end, even if we're thousands of miles apart. Riley: you're the Angel of Stars. Congrats on your good fortune and I can't wait until we're together again.

When Harry and Ron arrived at the clearing, they found that the snow had not stopped falling there, but it was a light, sprinkling of snow. They couldn't see any bodies at all, only mounds of snow. With a grim look in their eyes, they started digging, trying to find their friends.

They had been digging for an hour when they found Snape. They took him over to the trees, where they had made a small fire. So far they had found four people, all of them dead. Snape, was the fifth person they had found and he was only barely alive. They sat down by the fire to try and warm their hands up, when they realized that the snow had stopped and dawn was approaching.

With the coming of dawn came help. Sirius arrived, with a pale looking Remus. They stopped the boys from digging and took over. Sirius transformed into Padfoot and whenever he found somebody, Remus would move him over to the fire. This was how they came to find, Voldemort, and the Tenshi.

All four had bluish faces and Nicole's lips were frozen shut. Voldemort, was dead. They felt for a pulse and found none and so, they began to believe that maybe, finally, he was dead. They left Voldemort to lie in the snow drifts and moved the Tenshi over by the fire. Ron and Harry removed their cloaks and placed them over Nicole and Riley, and Remus placed his over Robin. Then they sat and waited for help to arrive.

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There was darkness, only darkness. I was surrounded by fog and darkness, nothing could be seen at all. Suddenly I saw a light appear and in the middle of the light was a person. I walked closer to the person and saw Tom Riddle, Voldemort.

"I told you before, Robin, that you couldn't stop me. Remember? Do you remember that night we shared together when we told each other our destinies? I told you that I was going to find a way to become immortal, to cheat death, and look at me. You couldn't stop me. You failed."

"No, Tom. You failed. I told you that I would stop you and I will."

"You can't stop me, Robin. I'm going back right now. As we speak, my soul, my mind, my body grows stronger. You won't be able to kill me. You'll die first."

"I can't die, Tom. You know that. I told you I couldn't. But I can stop you." I closed my eyes, and saw the words in front of me. I reached out to them, spoke them, thought them, and prepared myself to use them. I took the glove off my right hand and raised it towards Tom. He took a step back, frightened of what might happen. I opened my eyes and spoke the ancient spell.

My power wrapped around his body, slowly tying him up, seeping into his soul. He struggled, his eyes wide as he looked at me. "NO!!" He cried. "How could you?"

"It's destiny Tom. That's as simple as it gets. I've completed my destiny."

As the spell took life from him, he stopped struggling. "I loved you." He whispered, before he died. His spirit fading from my sights.

I put the glove back on my hand, and lowered my head, as the darkness took me again. "I love you Tom." I said quietly, ignoring the tears rolling down my cheeks. The darkness came and swallowed me.

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"When do you think they'll wake up?" Sirius asked the Healer at St. Mungo's.

The Healer sighed. "Honestly, I don't know. If they wake up it'll be a miracle. Right now, they're on the verge of death. I don't know who these girls are, or what happened, but it's nothing I've ever seen. They have to decide if they live or die. I can't do anything for them. I'm sorry."

"What about the man, Professor Snape?" Harry asked.

The Healer looked at Snape's chart. "He'll be fine and should wake up soon. If not today, then tomorrow. You're lucky you found him when you did. Same with those girls." And then he walked out of the room, leaving, Sirius, Remus, The Weasley's, and Harry with their own thoughts.

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At first, I was surrounded by light, gorgeous, bright, shining light. It was blinding me and I wondered what I was doing here. I walked towards a dark spot and soon reached a garden. I stepped in and saw Roses, Violets, Lilies, and every flower I'd ever heard of. I continued walking, and soon found a bench. I sat down amid the flowers and fountains, enjoying the fine, light rain falling down on my skin. Peace was everywhere in this garden.

"Where am I?" I mused aloud and to my surprise I received an answer.

"You're in your garden. You've been given a choice. You have to choose whether you live or die. If you choose to live, you go back, if you choose to die, you stay here, forever in peace." I looked towards the voice and saw someone out of my dreams, a guy with long white hair, and sparkling ice blue eyes, my demon.

"What are you doing here then, Fubuki?" I asked.

"I'm your demon, remember? I'm allowed to be where you are, because I'm apart of you. I get to help you make your decision and no matter what you decide, I get to stay with you."

"Why?"

"Because I love you."

"Oh." I turned and looked into one of the fountains. "I can see them. Ron, Remus, Sirius, Harry. How come I can see them?"

"This is who you are. As an angel you can see what's going on. If you want to see people from the past, you can. All the fountains here are at your command."

"Where are Riley and Robin? Why aren't they here?"

Fubuki sighed, stood up and walked towards me. He sat down next to me and held my hands. "Nicole, what I'm about to tell you is very important, for it explains many things about your life as a Tenshi. You've broken every cosmic rule about loving your protected. You were never supposed to fall in love with any of them. Now you're falling in love with Ron and the fates aren't going to allow it. That's why you're here. I'm supposed to explain everything to you and hope you understand.

"You're the Angel of Snowfall and as such in this life, you've been given power over the earth. Riley, is the Angel of Stars, she has power over the stars. And..."

"Fubuki," I broke in. "I know all that."

He laughed. "You're right. Of course you do. Fine. The reason why Riley and Robin aren't here is because they have their own places to rule. Basically you three are Queens. You're Queen of the Earth, Riley is Queen of the Stars, and Robin is Queen of the Netherworld-the in-between. When your mission as Tenshi's are ended, you each will go to your separate, but connected Realms. Riley will enthroned among the stars, while Robin, will be able to voyage between humanity and the fog of dreams. You, you shall be here, in this garden to forever watch over humanity, but never be able to touch them. Riley will not be able to touch them either. Only Robin, who's very essence is chaos-therefore of humans, will be able to be among humanity."

"That's not a release, that's a punishment."

"I know, little one. But it's not for you, the other Tenshi, or me to decide these things. You have earned your place among the Fates and Destiny herself, is crowning you with these honors. She feels that the rest you will receive is a gift and a reward for your unwilling service."

"So now she plans to keep us here, against our wills? Gee, she has a nice view of willingness, doesn't she?"

"I can not answer that, Nicole. But have you decided?"

I sighed. "Yes. I have. I'll go back. But I want you to answer a question for me first."

"What's that?"

"Why the hell am I wearing a dress?" I asked. For I had just noticed that I was wearing a dark green, spaghetti strapped, full length, form fitting dress. My hair was half up, half down in soft curls. A tiara of rubies was in my hair and flowers had been placed in the curls.

"You're wearing that because it is fitting that Beauty incarnate be beautiful." He smiled. "Men love you because of your beauty and you are easy to love. You give your love freely, but those who are special enough to earn your love, well, those few truly deserve you. Each of the Tenshi are either Beauty, Love, or Fairness. You, in all of the different lives, have been Beauty. Riley is love, and Robin is fairness."

"She'd hate that if she knew."

"Actually, it is more important to be fair in judgment, than it is to be fair in looks." He answered.

"Gee, thanks for the vote of support." I quipped.

"It's time for you to leave now, Nicole." He said standing up. He lowered a hand and helped me to stand.

"When will I see you again, Fubuki?"

He sighed and shook his head. "I don't know. But I'll be there when you do." He kissed me. "Until then, Nicole."

I smiled. "Until then, Fubuki." I waved my hand in goodbye and walked out of the garden and fell into the light.

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Everything was dark, well not everything. There were little pinpricks of light everywhere, that grew brighter as I approached them. I took a few steps and walked into this blaze of luminosity. Stars were burning their hydrogen and glowed brighter as I walked past, as if saluting me. I kept walking through this garden of radiance until I saw a man sitting on a bench near an Aurora. I approached him slowly and he stood up to greet me.

"Harry?" I asked. "What are you doing here? How'd you get here? Where am I anyways?" I asked.

He smiled and that was when I noticed that beneath the untidy black hair that gathered on his forehead, there was no scar.

"Oh I'm sorry, James. I forgot that you and Harry look so much alike."

He smiled again. "That's alright, Riley. As to why you are here, you're on the verge of death and this is where you'll be when you do die. This is your realm, Hoshino Tenshi."

"Ok, but what are you doing here?" I asked, sitting down and he sat down beside me.

"I'm here to ask you a favor. Watch over Harry, please. Lily and I owe you everything."

I looked into his eyes and saw that they had this slight pleading look in them. "You know me. I can't turn a friend down."

He smiled again. "Good. Thank you, Riley." He helped me stand up and then he pointed at something. "There lies your way back. And thank you Riley."

"You're welcome James." He leaned in and kissed me on my cheek before I turned and walked in the direction he pointed. I turned and waved goodbye, then took a step and let the darkness take me.

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Nighttime fell at St. Mungo's. Ron slept in a chair next to Nicole, gently holding her hand while they both slept. Harry slept near Riley's bed and Sirius and Remus slept in the hallway, supposedly on guard duty.

Since no one was awake, no one could see Nicole's robes turn into a long, thin-strapped dark green dress. Her hair, which had been gathered in a ponytail, was now half up half down, with the bottom half in curls, and a ruby tiara had been placed among the flower petals in her hair.

No one could also watch as Riley's robes changed into a long, form fitting, dress that was red and gradually changed colors down to yellow. Her blond hair was now piled in curls upon her head, behind a diamond tiara, and had pieces of glitter scattered among the strands.

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Snape was walking through fog, dense, unforgiving fog. Sins of the past haunted his every step, as he walked, to the figure he thought he saw up ahead. He tried not to look any other direction but straight ahead. He didn't want to see, he tried not to see. He doggedly walked on, determined to make his destination. The figure stood there, so silent, strong, and commanding, that he knew it wasn't the swirling clouds of mist playing tricks on his eyes. He began to run. He had to reach it and he was almost there.

He ran and ran, he was almost there. So close. He was almost at the person, for now he could see that the strange, silent figure was a person. He was about 10 feet away when he tripped on something. He looked down, it was a step. Suddenly the step changed. An arm, a tattoo on that arm, a tattoo that looked like... he gasped. It was the Dark Mark he was looking at and the picture widened to show his arm, his face, the struggle to not cry out in pain as his flesh was burned with the hatred and evil that was Voldemort. Then the picture changed. He saw a figure in the chaotic liquid that was now the step. Harry Potter's face appeared before his eyes. He saw the hurt and hatred in his eyes as he tried to correct something. Snape leaned in closer to see who it was that Potter hated so much, then he saw his face. He jerked back in surprise and then a voice spoke.

"He thinks of you as his enemy, no matter how many times you save his life, you'll always be his enemy."

Snape looked up and saw a black floor length dress. Looking higher he saw a pale face, with long, flowing black hair.

"Robin?" He whispered.

"Yes, Severus. It's Robin."

"But you look, you look so different. Where am I?" He asked, confused. He stood up as she spoke, a strange feeling surging through him as he looked at Robin, somehow she seemed taller and he felt as though she dominated over him and everything.

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I had watched him approach. I heard as his past cried out, seeking to tear him apart with guilt, shame, and horror. I waited while the step showed him what he had become, who he was becoming, and how others saw him. But it only showed him two views, not the three it was supposed to. That's why I spoke. It scared me that his future wasn't shown. Was it possible that he didn't have a future, or that it was too clouded for even my realm to show him? Did his future change suddenly? I had no way of knowing. So I spoke.

I stood over him, completely in my element. I was Kageno Tenshi, Angel of Shadows, Queen of the Netherworld. Dreams were under my control, everything in the mind was open to me.

"You're in the Shadowland, Severus. And I'm the ruler here. This is the place people come when they die. From here they either go to Nicole's Garden for Peace, Riley's Galaxy of Destruction, or they stay here, in Chaos, with their history eating at them until they themselves become part of the fog."

"I died and I'm here to be judged then?"

I smiled. "No, you're not dead and you're not here to be judged. Well not judged be me at least. You have the chance to go back, to live the rest of your life in peace, if you choose to. Or you can follow the path that your past leads you down."

He sighed, looked down at the now solid step, and then looked back up at me. "Will you be there?"

The question took me by surprise. "Of course I will, why?"

"Because, I don't think I'd be able to create my future without you."

"Oh." I mouthed and looked down. With those few words, this man had knocked down all my defenses and shattered my cool exterior. I wasn't sure how to respond. I had to say something to break the now awkward silence. "The path back home is that way." I said, pointing towards a door.

He began to walk towards it then turned around and looked at me. "I'll be there when you wake up, Robin."

I smiled and walked towards him. "I'll be waiting." I leaned in and kissed his lips. I quickly pulled away and opened the door and watched him walk away from his past forever.

A.N. Ok, next part is the epilogue. I'm sorry you had to wait so long for this part, it's just that the disk this story had been saved on got ruined, so I had to write this chapter all over again. I really hope you like it. Sorry if it's just a tad bit strange, that's just the way I am and the way I write. I have to write it like it is, and the Tenshi are strange. So if you like, review. If you don't like, you can still review. If you flame me though, I'll send the Angel of Fire to ya and show you some real flames!

K.T.