Hey! Thank you again for your positive reviews!!! You don't know how much I appreciate them! Ummm… This next bit of message is for MoonFaith; I didn't really consider chapter 8 finishing as a cliffhanger. The battle is over--for now--, Harry went to the infirmary and Snape had to get one out…That's it, really. It wasn't a cliffhanger for me. So DON'T FLAME ME!!! No offence! I'm just making sure. ^_^
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So now that the trouble makers (or future trouble makers) have been advised, let me treat my faithful reviewers to a new chapter! ^_~
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Fate has brought us together
Chapter 9: Look whose back!
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2 days had passed since the incident. Luckily, nobody had been harmed, well, except the Death Eaters--who had been identified--and the several dementors who had been present. Everyone had gone back to their school, still a little in shock at what had happened.
It had been decided that Serenity would be staying at Hogwarts for the rest of the year, though the ministers had given quite a fight to have her on their side…
Flashback
"What are we going to do now?" Barty Crouch was anxious. He was looking at the other ministers, who hadn't departed yet to sort things out. Dumbledore and Harry were present as well. They had joined him outside the infirmary, where madam Pomfrey was trying to attend to Usagi's wounds. "Serenity is staying here, that's for sure." They turned to Harry, who looked positively tired, but determined.
"I won't have it!!! There is no way she will be staying here!" "We can't let a weapon such as her stay here! You could decide to use her against us!!" Angry words started to erupt from all directions. They were fighting over each other and Harry decided to put a stop to it. "ENOUGH!!!" They shut up fast enough, looking shell shocked at him. He was fuming; his eyes had darkened to a deep green. "You don't have any right to decide where she should stay. She is not listed on any wizarding papers, Heck! She's not even listed in the muggle ones! So you don't have any possible control over her! And don't you dare calling her a weapon! She lives to protect, not destroy! She's staying here with me, and that's final." That said, he went back in the infirmary, all but banging the door close, leaving a bunch of defeated wizards in his wake.
End flashback
'I guess I was pissed at the time' thought Harry ironically, sitting on a chair beside his love's bed, contemplating on the past 2 days events. He had stayed there since he had brought her in, taking care of her and making sure she was fine. She had yet to wake up, unfortunately. Madam Pomfrey had been shocked to see a patient in such a state, and even more so by her blood.
It had prevented her to help further, since she didn't know how she would react to wizard medication. To her surprise, the smaller wounds had all disappeared a few hours later, stopping the flow of blood, but the slash at Sere's chest had remained with some sort of blackish tint to it. Harry only hoped it would finally go away. He gazed at Serenity with much love and concern. He bent a little and deposed a kiss on her rosy lips, before settling his arms on the bed and falling asleep beside her.
That's how Remus found him the next day. He went to him with a warm smile and shook him gently. "Harry! Wake up Harry!" "Uhhhhh… professor Lupin? What's going on?" The teacher only smiled more. Well, more like grinning a wolfish kind of grin. Harry, now wide awake, was looking at him expectantly.
"Harry! Do you know who's coming to Hogwarts right now? No? Awww. Come on! Try to guess!!!" The green eyed boy opened his mouth but before he could even answer, a loud cry of; "YOU DAMN MUTT!!! COME BACK HERE!!!" had erupted outside the infirmary walls. Sirius Black sprung from the door, laughing his eyes out and shut the door right in front of Snape's nose. "HARRY!!! God it's good to see you again!!!" He was still laughing, but out of joy this time, and trapped him in the biggest bear hug he had ever been in his life. He started to panic.
"SIRIUS!!! What are you doing here?! You're not even transformed! The ministry could catch you!!!" He forced himself out of the hug, taken with panic, but Sirius only grinned and tucked a piece of paper in his face while saying "Not anymore!"
Taking the paper, Harry found it to be The Daily Prophet. He read the head title out loud;
PETER PETTIGREW ARRESTED, SIRIUS BLACK ACQUITTED OF ALL CHARGES!!!
The rest talked about the fight and how Wormtail had been caught and that the ministry had personally apologized to Black for the injustice. He had all of his rights restored and had gotten his house back. Harry looked at him, unbelieving that this was finally happening. Sirius shrugged, the smile still planted on his face.
"I got this edition early this morning. Nobody received it yet so I think I might have scared a couple of students when I got in…" He shrugged nonchalantly. Remus and Harry shared a 'what's new' look and rolled their eyes at him when he added with glee; "I do believe Snape was the happiest to see me!!! After all, HE'S STILL BANGING AT THE DOOR! HE SURE CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF ME!" He had said the last part loud enough for the dreaded teacher to hear. The banging had immediately stopped and they heard angry footsteps going away, and a couple of loud mutterings that were probably not suited for younger children. Sirius grinned again. "I think I pissed him off…" The innocent tone he had taken had made Remus roll his eyes again. "Sirius, anything you do pisses him off!" The trio shared a quick laugh but Sirius sobered quickly.
"But I can't forget who freed me of this nightmare, can't I?" He advanced to the bed where Usagi laid, examining her all the while. She looked pale and fragile, not the kind to be able to fight. "She must be pretty special. And I'm not talking about that strange power of hers…She must be special if she caught your attention, Harry. You look and act a little differently but I sense a great deal of confidence radiating from you. Before, I don't think you thought you would survive the big fight. Am I right?" Sirius turned to Harry, a light smile on his face.
"I admit I've always been scared of what would happen. But now, she's proven to me that I'm not the only one who has lived a hard life and that I don't have to fight alone." His tone of voice had hope in it. He walked to Sirius, sat on the chair beside the bed and took Serenity's hand. It was warm and comforting, even though she was still asleep. Sirius and Remus shared a glance and silently started to exit the room. Harry stayed there yet again, Dobby faithfully bringing him his dinner.
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Serenity awoke the next day, sore all over, and found Harry half on the bed, half on the chair, still sleeping. 'He must have been here all along' she thought with a smile, and started to shake him up a little.
"Harry!" He stirred a little and opened his eyes. As soon as he saw her awake, he chuckled and said the first thing that came to his mind; "Took you long enough to wake! A lot has happened since then." She smiled a painful but true smile and their lips met. They took their time, savouring each other. Caresses were shared, as well as whispered tender words. It seemed so long since they had the time to enjoy a quiet time together. And they just had to be bothered by the 2 older pranksters of Hogwarts, when they entered the infirmary, laughing hard and retelling themselves old stories, and Ron and Hermione trailing behind, also giggling. Well, Hermione was trying not to…
"Harry!" That was Sirius. "You should have come to breakfast this morning!!! It was hilarious! When I came in the Great Hall half the students started screaming their heads off! Ha! Ha! Ha! Then Dumbledore announced that I was acquitted and that I was to stay here! You should have seen Snape's face when I sat right beside him!"
"Yeah!" Remus continued. "I don't think he finished his breakfast, by the way! He went away not so long after Sirius arrived, grumbling and muttering, poor Severus, really! We don't make his life any easier!"
"Bah! Who cares! It was bloody priceless mate! The slytherins were not looking good!!!" The red headed boy finished the story between 2 laughs.
"Huuuuhhh…Guys! As much as I enjoy seeing you so happy, I kinda was having a moment here…" The quartet shut up and looked past Harry. Serenity was awake! She was sitting on the bed, well, half sitting, and half lying. Her injury prevented her to move freely. And she was looking straight at them, with her still dull blue emotionless eyes.
"So you're awake! It's good to see you're ok! Should I go call Pomfrey?" "It won't be necessary, Mr Lupin. She couldn't do much for me anyway." Serenity answered quietly. "Please! You can call me Remus! You're not a student here! And what do you mean by; she couldn't do anything for you now?" Remus asked in a curious voice, cocking his head on the side.
"I mean that the gash I have on my abdomen will have to heal on its own." She wasn't looking at them anymore, merely staring at the bed sheets. The quartet were now completely lost and it's Hermione who asked the question. "Why can't madam Pomfrey use salve on your wound? It would heal faster."
Usagi merely shook her head, still gazing down. Harry took her cheek in his hand and turned her head to him. "Does it have something to do with the blackish tint that's in your wound? You normally have a fast healing power, don't you? I mean your scratches and bruises completely healed not so long after the fight. So why doesn't this one go away?"
Serenity sighted and leaned on the bed post. 'My Harry was always the one to find the problem' she though, closing her eyes. "Harry." Such a simple word got their undivided attention. Harry leaned more towards her. "The 'blackish tint' you are referring to is pure dark energy Chaos through at me. You know I told you I couldn't stand such energy so that's why it takes time to heal. My body has to purify it but I've been so tired and it hurts. A lot. Luckily I'll be able to control it and it should heal fast enough. I should be able to use more of my energy once the regeneration process is over." She took a breath and looked at the boy who had changed her life.
"But I didn't think Chaos would be back so soon. It changes everything. Even after what he did to my world, I didn't have the courage to seal him completely, a mistake I am now paying for. I can't destroy it completely, for he is necessary in the universe, but what I CAN do is seal him up in so many worlds and dimension that he won't ever be able to find all his morsels." Her tone had gotten steely and her fists were closed so hard her knuckles turned white. She was shaking with anger and her wound started to bleed again.
"Love! You shouldn't blame yourself for what happened! And please stop worrying! You're feeding your wound with more dark energy!" Harry sat on the bed and took her gently in his arms. "Well find a way to win! You'll see! You told me yourself not so long after we first met; anything is possible when you believe!" "Yes. Believe…" Serenity's eyes closed and she fell asleep in his arms. He kissed her on the forehead but didn't let go of her.
"Ok… I'm totally lost now…" Ron said stupidly, staring at the couple in confusion. Hermione didn't say anything but they could see she was dying to ask questions. When did she not?
Sirius hadn't said anything during the conversation, merely listened and tried to learn more about her. "I didn't really get a lot of what you've been talking about but it looks pretty important. When she wakes up, I wanna tell her that I'll do anything to help!" he finally said with conviction. "After all, she's the one who lifted the curse off Remus, who caught Wormtail –Voldie must be pissed, by the way!- and she's the one who saved you from an Avada Kedavra! So I'll tell her I'm a 100% with her in all this!" The other 3 shook their head positively and it's now that Harry realised how great friends they were.
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WHOAAA!!!! THAT WAS LOOOONNNG!!! I think it's my biggest chapter yet! Hi! Hi! Sirius is back!!! And I didn't finish it as a cliffhanger, so there!
It took me a little more time to write because I've been working all weekend… (Which sucks, by the way…-_-;)
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