Hi there!  Sorry I haven't updated in a while.  The thing is, the temperature has been knocking me out these past days…it's way too HOT!!!  40°Celcius!  Damn…-_-

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Fate has brought us together

Chapter 7: Duel and darkness: power showdown

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  Last time…

  The lion's team was now staring at Usagi, who merely looked at Harry, who gave her a 'You don't really have a choice' look.  She sighted and started to get up, much to Draco's pleasure.  'Revenge was going to be sweet' He thought.  But if he only knew what had transpired in the booth…

  Now…

  "Harry!"  Ron was nervous.  "Are you really going to let her fight with Malfoy?  Do you think it's wise?"  Hermione cut him just as baffled.  "Yeah Harry!  You know that git!  I bet he'll try anything to hurt her!  But what I don't get is that why he chose her over you.  You 2 have been the worst enemy ever!"  "Oh Hermione!  You have to stop thinking so hard.  It's easy to know why.  She slapped him, he wants revenge.  It's that easy.  But I wouldn't worry if I were you."  "Gee mate! You really do believe in her don't you?"  That was Seamus, adding in his two cents.  Harry looked at Serenity, who was getting to the arena.  "Yes, I trust her.  I trust her with my life…"  Harry's eyes were glazing, still looking at Usagi, so the gang turned to see what was going down below.

  She was now at her end of the arena, waiting for the signal to start.  The referee was ready.  "Draw your wand!"  Malfoy brandished his wand immediately but Usagi didn't.  She was still standing straight and looking at nothing in particular.  Malfoy noticed this and couldn't help but to throw a nasty comment.  "What's the matter?  You're not scared, aren't you?  Come on!!!  Draw your wand!"  She merely stood there, and then she took a crouched combat position.  The teachers advanced in their seats, eyes riveted on her, but she didn't budge after that.

  Malfoy smirked at her.  If she really wanted to be crushed, that was her problem.  It was going to make it even more enjoyable this way.  On her side, Serenity thought she could have a little fun with him first.  Suddenly, a dark feeling got her attention, diverting her eyes from Malfoy.  It went as fast as it came, so she didn't think anything of it…"DUEL!!!"

  "LOCOMOTER MORTIS!!!"  She only had the time to see a flash of light out of the corner of her eyes before barely dodging the attack to her right.  "You're not so brave on the field!  Are you going to just stand there and dodge all the time?"  Malfoy looked smug.  The slytherins were laughing and the Gryffindors were giving them a dirty look.  Malfoy continued his attacks without stopping.

  "IMPEDIMENTA!... PETRIFICUS TOTALUS!... RICTUSEMPRA!"  Once again, she dodged the attacks without problems, except the Rictusempra, she had barely the time to dodge because the feeling had come back, once again to disappear.  It was distracting her and getting her alert.  Harry hadn't miss this either.  He knew she was going to play with him but her movements had gotten jerkier by the minute.  She seemed distracted for some reason.  She was frowning, dodging less and less.  Malfoy was attacking and it didn't seem that he wanted to slow down.  The crowd was getting restless.  A load of:  "Come on!" "Move!"  "Use your wand!" "We came to see a duel! Not a dodging contest!" could be heard.

  The feeling had come and gone again, but stronger this time.  She had her eyes riveted on the Forbidden Forrest, suspicious of the power coming from there.  But they were many and she couldn't concentrate.  Malfoy was preparing to shout another attack but he stopped short when she, in the fastest movement he had ever seen, turned to him with cold icy blue eyes.  She made a whooshing movement with her arm and the next thing he new, he had been pushed by a strong wind, landing far behind.

  "That's it!  That's the kind of power I was talking to you about!!!"  The Japanese auror was almost jumping up and down in excitement, pointing at her.  "It looked almost as wind had come out with her movement."  Minerva was stunned.  She turned to Albus, seeking some kind of answer but he merely looked at her, saying; "I do not hold all the answers, Minerva.  Mr Potter could know them but I doubt he will ever tell us.  We will probably have to wait for her to tell."  The representatives were looking at him, silent.  "Miss Tsukino is a very mysterious person indeed.  Yes…Who knows the extent of her strength?"  Their attention was diverted to Kaito Fujita, who spoke to himself, but loudly enough for all to hear.  "I wouldn't get my hopes up if I were you!  All she did was dodge his attacks!  He merely fell, that's all!" Lucious Malfoy was mad, that was an understatement.  Lupin muttered under his breath.  "Yeah.  He fell 15 meters behind.  That's called clumsy…"  Minerva and Hagrid choked on their laughter.  They stopped short after a not so strict warning look from Dumbledore, looking like 2 grounded kids.  "Sorry…"  "Hey!  The boy is getting up!  He looks angry!  She better watch it!"  Their attention got to the duel again.

  "What the bloody hell did you do?!  What kind of attack was that anyway?  And where's your wand?!"  Malfoy was getting annoyed fast; he was glaring at her the same way he often glared at Potter.  On the stands, the Gryffindors team was cheering her on.  "Did you see that?!  Harry!  Harry! Hey!  Did you see that?!"  Colin Creevey was having a though time controlling himself and the other members weren't far behind.  Fred and George were practically chanting praises about her and the others were yelling their encouragements.  Harry, on the other side, was thoughtful.  Maybe it was time for her to finish him off.  "Harry! Hey mate, are you all right?  I tell you, she's something that girl!"  Harry merely hummed at Ron, still looking distracted.  So Ron didn't bother and faced the duel again, with a spare look to Hermione, who had seen them.

  The blond boy had enough.  She was still staring at him, no expression evident on her face.  "It's time to finish you off!!!...INCENDIO!!!"  A bright flame got out of his wand and he threw it towards her.  She wasn't showing any signs of budging from her place, and she had closed her eyes.  In the stands, Hermione had gotten restless.  "Watch out! Get out of the way!"  She cried.  But beside her, Harry got up from his bench and yelled; "SERENITY! STOP PLAYING WITH HIM! END IT NOW!"  Everybody in his vicinity had shut up, and the representatives, up in their booth, were looking at him, completely shocked.  "There is more?"  Asked Crouch, looking completely aghast.  "Look out! The fire!!!" someone in the stand yelled.

  Malfoy had heard Potter's outburst.  "Finish me off, uh?  Well see!  Her wand isn't out and she isn't moving.  The fire will get her!"  He told himself.  But suddenly, her eyes opened with a snap.  But her eyes had more silver in them. How???  She moved her hand in front of her.  Impossible!  The fire was going to burn her badly!  Hermione let out a cry and buried her face in her hands.  "What are you doing!?  Get out of the way!!!  You'll get burned!"  Ron was as red as his air, yelling at her to move.  The crowd of students and teachers were also worried.

  The fire was hurling towards her and Malfoy looked excited.  Almost there! And…!  It had stopped… Right in front of her hand…  The crowd had completely shut up.  Harry, still up, looked at her, begging her to move.  Serenity got that look, and acted.  She ran towards Malfoy at great speed and lifted her hand.  "FIRE SOUL!!!"  With that last cry, she sent the flame back to him, in a different form.  He tried to stop it with a shielding spell but it went through with much ease, circling him and throwing him out of the duel ring.  She hadn't made the fire hot enough to burn him, only to stun him a couple of seconds.  And it had worked.  She was advancing towards him but she stopped dead in her track once again.  "Serenity! What's wrong?"  The others looked at Harry.  What was going on?  She had beaten Malfoy, so why did he look worried?  "Something's up."  Kaito Fujita looked serious.  The others looked at him in a 'what do you mean' sort of way.  Lucious looked smug.  "Lady Tsukino never acted that way before.  Her attention keeps getting diverted to your forest, Dumbledore."  Said headmaster was now getting worried.

  Suddenly, an attack came out of the Forbidden Forest, surprising everyone.  Cries and yells were audible from the students and the aurors went to them for protection.  Harry was looking faint.  He managed to create his Patronum just in time.  His friends got the message a little too clearly.  Ron was almost white.  "Blimey!  Not Dementors! Here!"  Harry's Patronum was protecting them, but he wasn't going to last much longer.  It demanded too much energy to protect his friends and some of it had already gone with the dementors.  Serenity jumped out of the attack's way.  She heard snickers from the Forest.  "Hi! Hi! Ha! Ha! He! He!  She's fast, isn't she?  We'll have to get rid of her first!"  Several Dementors and 2 Death Eathers came out in daylight.  That was going to be interesting.

Serenity smirked.  'At least it's not Chaos.'  "Get rid of me?  Try it!"  Her smirk transformed into a sneer.  Let's begin.

Dumbledore was getting to Harry but it was too late, the fight below had begun.

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