AHHHHH!!!  Sorry for the cliffhanger!!!  I hate them to death too, I admit it, but when I'm unable to continue writing, I just have to find a good moment to stop it.  I hope you don't hate me for this!  At least I update regularly!!! (I even force myself to write, sometimes…^_^; )  I try to make my chapters longer, I really do, but I write bigger paragraphs so it's almost the same.

Well, that said, I'll try to write an action packed chapter!!!  (try is the word…. ^.^;)

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Fate has brought us together

Chapter 8: Unknown strength

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  The duel ring was in shambles.  People were screaming and trying to get away but the dementors had the place completely surrounded.  The aurors were trying to get them but they were easily outnumbered.  "CRUCIO!"  Their attention got diverted to the ground below, where a Death Eater had cast an unforgivable to the silver haired girl.

  Serenity had enough.  She countered it with a cry of "DEAP SUBMERGE!"  The water from the water stand had now lept into the air and rushed to the crucio attack, effectively blocking it.  The enemy was now very interested.

  "Serenity!!!"  She turned.  "HARRY!"  He was struggling.  His friends were behind him but the pressure the dementors were causing was draining his energy.  The stag patronus was getting more and more see through by the minute.  Remus and Abus were trying to get to him, she could see, but they weren't going to arrive in time.  The Death Eaters had remarked this also and ordered the dementors to get him: "The boy is weak!!!  Make him suffer!!!"

  She sprung into action, not caring anymore about who would see her power.  Avoiding an Impedimenta, she jumped in the air and landed beside Harry.  "Usagi!  Is Harry going to be all right?  What are we going to do?"  She turned to the Lions, determination in her eyes.  "Don't worry.  I won't let them hurt him."  The light smile she had was now completely gone.  Remus and the headmaster were now beside them, calming the group of Slytherins who had gone into a yelling rampage.

  She advanced to Harry and hugged him from behind, whispering in his ear; "All will be fine.  Hold on, my love, for this will get dangerous.  Please!  Protect your friends!"  And then, she kissed him on the cheek, reassuring him further more, and detangled herself from him.  Unfortunately, A Death Eater had seen the little display and barged in.  "The girl is with the boy!  Hurry!!!  Get her!"  The Dementors got too close.  The green eyed boy couldn't hold much longer.  His Patronus was almost non existent now and Remus hurried to his side.  "Come on Harry!  You just have to hold on!!!  You just have to…"

  "PRONGS!!!"  Lupin, as well as the others, had heard Serenity's cry.  She was now beside the transparent stag, circling her arms around him.  "Prongs!  Harry needs your help!  Take this energy!  Help him! Help your son protect his friends!"

Lupin stood there, mouth opened in shock.  Why was she…Why was she calling Prongs?  He was dead!  But suddenly, the stag took form again, stronger, looking almost real!  She could touch it!  How?  The proud stag went to his master, who had as suddenly regained total consciousness.  The dementors were baffled and couldn't get nearer; it was too strong for them to approach.  So they decided to change their target.

  "Watch out!!!"  The Imperius curse hit her full blast.  She closed her eyes as a reflex.  The crowd was now completely silent.  Dumbledore started to get to her but her eyes snapped open and the curse flew out of her and dispersed into the air.  Harry used the momentum of shock to get to her, stopping a little past the headmaster.  "Serenity!"  "STAY WHERE YOU ARE!"  She shocked him with her yell.  "Please! Stay where you are.  We're not alone anymore.  Evil is near."  Harry got the message all too well.  The others were lost.  "But how?! How did they find you? Is it… God!  You don't think it's…"

  "I don't know.  I'm not sure.  But I'll have to finish them off, before all hell breaks loose."  "WHAT'S GOING ON?"  The Death Eaters had enough.  "Fuck this!  I'm tired of this child's play!  AVADA KEDAVRA!!!"  The green light erupted from the wand and went directly to Harry.  Yells and cries could be heard; all in all it was total chaos.  Hogwarts teachers were terrified and powerless.  Albus tried to get to him but it was too late.  A gust of smoke and green light exploded in front of Harry, barring the view to everyone.  Hermione and Ron were now on the ground, mortified.  Tears were gathering.  How could this have happened?!  Harry, their friend for 7 years, how could he have just died?  Just like that?  Remus fell on the patch of grass.  "No!!! HARRY!!!  It can't be!  Not again!  Not like James!!!"  The only sound heard were the Death Eaters' laughs and the dementors' rasping of breath.

  "You are such pathetic weaklings, all of you!  Trying to kill the only one that cannot be.  My only enemy.  You should stop hiding yourself!  After all, you don't want me to kill them all now, don't you?"  A sinister voice boomed in the air.  A black cloud was forming over their heads, bringing their fear to a whole new level.  "What is that?! What's going on?!"  But before anyone had the time to answer Seamus' question, a very familiar voice filled the air again.

  "Touch them and I will finish the job I started with you."  The smoke had all cleared where Harry had been hit.  But where was Harry?  In his place, stood a shining cocoon of some sort.  "AHHH!"  A student cried.  "It moved!"  The 'cocoon' had proven to be wings!  Huge, gigantic wings, revealing Serenity and… Harry!!!  Harry, very much alive and well, looking more determined then ever. 

  "HARRY!  You're alive!!!"  Hermione was so grateful she jumped on Ron with glee, chanting 'he's alive! He' alive!'  He went to them, calmly, watching the events unfurl.  He got a huge bear hug from Remus but he didn't have the heart to hug back.  He merely stared at Serenity.  Ron ran to them.  "Harry!  How can she have wings?  Is this a charm or something?"  "I don't think it was Mr Weasley."  Dumbledore and Fujita were now beside them, looking gravely at her.  "Why not?"  "Because, Mr Weasley, a charm like that cannot deflect, and anything for that matter, a killing curse such as the Avada Kedavra."  It was with that last phrase that everyone realised the situation.

Fujita took it all in.  "She's been with us for all these months, and we never realised that she was the one protecting us all this time.  Such power we've been mixed with and we never realised it!  The ease she's shown in battle, who is she?  Clearly, this is out of our league.  We will have to rely on her for now…"  Everyone was silent.

"How can you not be dead???"  The Death Eater had butt in the staring contest between the dark cloud and the mysterious lady.  "Damn!  How much more annoying can humans be?"  The cloud had talked again!  It was getting boring.

"AVADA KED…!"  Before they could even finish the dreaded words, a glowing sword appeared in Usagi's hand and with a shout of "SPACE SWORD! BLASTER!!!" she disappeared!!! only to reappear behind the nuisances, in a battle position, sword straight in her hand.  The movement had been so fast that they did not even understand what she had just done, only to realise with horror a few seconds later, when they spotted drops of blood on the sword.  The dementors and Death Eaters crumpled and fell to the ground; dead before they had even comprehend what had happened.

"HA! HA! HA!"  Crooked laughter came from the dark entity.  "I LOVE IT!  You are truly irresistible when you are mad, my Nemesis!"  "SHUT! UP!"  Serenity's voice was now an inferno of rage and disgust.  Her eyes had almost completely turned an icy silver.  With a quick move, she spread her wings and soared through the air to Chaos.  With utmost concentration, she called upon the time staff; "DEAD SCREAM!!!"  With that mighty cry of rage, she sent the attack towards him, blasting him far behind in the air.  It looked injured but not enough.  It straightened up, eyes of a pure evil black and sneered.  "Your energy has depleted but you still find the way to attack me!" Then it cackled, turned around and prepared to leave.  Cosmos relaxed a little from her stance.  But just as it was going to disappear, it turned and said; "Here's a good bye gift!!!  HA! HA! HA!"  Then he threw a blast of black energy to her and he was gone.  The blast had stricken her full force on the abdomen and she hurled to the ground, forming a small crater.

"SERENITY!!!"  'God let her be all right!' Harry thought.  To his pleasure, she got up.  She was shacking a little but still…  Then a rustling of leaves coming from the Forbidden Forest got their attention.  With a fast move, she created an harp and with a shout of 'AQUA RAPSODY!!', ice shot out and froze everything in the vicinity of the forest.  A morsel of ice fell out on the ground, containing none other than………..

"WORMTAIL!!!"  With a cry of rage, Lupin was running towards him.  Heavy coughs caught his and Harry's attention.  Usagi was clutching her stomach and was breathing heavily.  Harry immediately ran to her side.  "What's wrong, love?  Are you all right?"  He was trying to get her to move her hand out of the way.  She looked pale and sick, and her eyes had become a dull blue.  When she finally moved her hand, silver blood was staining it and her clothes, pouring on the grass.

With a weak muttering of 'shit!', she fell unconscious in Harry' arms.  Hagrid, who had approached, watched in awe.  "That is unicorn blood, that is!  What is she?!"  "Harry lifted his fiancée in his arms, all the while muttering 'This is not the time, Hagrid…'  He went back to the castle, ignoring the questions and calls that were pouring out to him.  He had directly went to the Infirmary.  

Everyone was silent…..

Until an irritated cry, courtesy of Severus Snape, filled the air.

"BLOODY HELL!  DOES THIS MEANS THAT THE DAMN MUTT IS COMING BACK HERE?!"

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That was great!!!  I prize myself on the last phrase of Snape… ^_^     I do hope everyone knows who The Mutt is!!!  If not, well… Read the books!!!  BWAHAHAHA!!!!

This chapter took me a lot of time to write (well, sorta…^_^;)  I can only hope I'll be able to post it fast for you guys!!!  Fanfiction.net takes a couple of hours before uploading the chapters, soooo…. ANYWAY!!!!

You better read and REVIEW!!!!

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 P.S.:No flames!