Hey guys!  I just finished reading some of your reviews and some of them are so funny!  Such eager questions!  (I often giggle when I read them ^_^) But they spur me on!  So don't ever stop giving me ideas and (nice) critics!  Heck!, you just have to tell me what you think and I'll be happy!!!  (P.S. You guys are certainly impatient for my updates, aren't you?)

  I know that it has taken me a little longer time (well, not so much…) to update lately.  I'm currently replacing a girl who went on vacation this week at my job so I'm a lot busy right now, or too tired to lift a finger on the computer.  But don't worry!  It'll never take me a month to update, and not even a week either so sleep on assured, I'm not letting you down! ^_~   (And don't worry… Harry will certainly kick butt in some chapter.  I don't know when, though…-_-;)

I'll try to write another bit of chapter, now………….

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Fate has brought us together

Chapter 10:  Breakfast in the Great Hall

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  Severus Snape was tired, that was an understatement.  He had been called again to a late night reunion of Death Eaters.  He didn't think The Dark Lord had ever been so enraged in his whole life.  It's not the fact of loosing Pettigrew that had gotten him mad, but the fact that he was now at the mercy of those incompetent fools at the ministry.  He knew that Pettigrew was one of his most loyal servants and wouldn't betray him, but Veritaserum could do miracles.

  So lets just say that anyone who came in the vicinity of the Dark Lord that night suffered a great deal of Crucios, including him and even Malfoy senior.  He was now in his bed, too tired to think and completely out of it, took the trusty pain reliever potion he always kept near him and fell asleep before his head even touched the pillow…

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  For Serenity, however, things couldn't get any better.  She had finally decided she was able to get out of the infirmary.  The wound was still present, granted, but she could finally get up without shacking too much.  Harry had been ecstatic and with much persuasion, she had accepted to have breakfast with him in the Great Hall. 

  So she used some of her powers to create herself clothes.  Since she was in Hogwarts, she opted for black robes with the symbol of Cosmos, the 8 pointed star, finely embroiled on the back of it in shining silver.

Now, they were on their way to the Hall, Harry supporting her a little.  "I hope nobody will mind that you sit with me even if you're no Gryffindor.  But it should go fine.  The guys are going to be happy to see you!"  "Harry.  I'm sure they'll be happy to see you to.  You've been in the infirmary since you brought me there, too."  Harry only smiled at her and kissed her for all he was worth, startling her because of the sudden move of affection.  When he finally let go of her, she was panting for air and she had a rosy tint on her cheeks.

  "What was that for?"  She asked after regaining her breath, lust filled voice.  "Well, I would stay with you as long as it takes for you to be alright.  I'll never leave you, you know!  I love you so much!…You don't know how worried I was when I saw you fall from the impact of the attack of Chaos!  Promise me you'll be more careful next time!"

  "Oh Harry!  I love you so much, too!  I was too preoccupied to sense Chaos but don't worry, it won't happen again, and anyway, I've been hurt worse…"  They embraced and kissed one last time.  The door of the Great Hall was now looking down upon them.  "Well!"  Harry said enthusiastically, "how about breakfast?"  And he opened the door.

  Every head in the room turned to them.  Hermione made a happy kind of sound and ran to them, hugging the surprised rabbit.  "You're finally up!  I can't believe it!  Come on!  Everybody's been worried about you!  You'll sit with us, right!"  She didn't even let Usagi respond before starting to urge her towards the Lion's table, where happy welcomes were all but pouring to her.  Harry smiled at them.  'That was easy!'

  "It looks like somebody has finally decided to join us!  Let's make a warm welcome to the one who saved us from our enemies!"  Dumbledore exclaimed, arms stretched before him, standing up.  The students burst out clapping and yelling (except Slytherins, duh…).

  Madam Pomfrey did not look happy to see her out of bed but made no comment about it.  After all, she didn't know of Serenity's physiology.  The rabbit smiled a little and made a 'you are welcome' motion with her head to the headmaster, who beamed in return.  She then turned and started to eat slowly, minding her gash on the abdomen.  Questions like; "How did you do that?  "Was that wandless magic?  Can you teach us?"  "Could you do that again?"  "What was that black cloud in the sky?" were pouring out to her from the Gryffindor table and Harry had to make them calm a little, Colin looked ready to explode. 

  "My, my, such eager questions!"  Dumbledore and the other teachers had decided to leave their breakfast for the option of talking to her.  The students from the other tables were giving them very curious stares but didn't dare to get up.  "But I would really want to know what WAS that cloud you fought earlier."  

  Serenity sighted.  There was bound to be questions from the headmaster, after all, it was his duty to protect the school.  "It's  not a cloud.  His name is Chaos and we've been enemies since I can remember" she started.  Even with her silent voice, everyone heard.  "How can you even have an enemy at your age?"  Xiomara Hooch asked, startled by the revelation.  Serenity merely stared at her, then at Harry.  Hooch's yellow hawks eyes followed the movement and understood, both cheek a deep red, in embarrassment.  Harry had an enemy, too.

  Dumbledore urged more answers from her.  "How did it become your enemy?"  The rabbit winced a little, getting the attention of many people, including Harry, who embraced her even tighter, well, without touching her wound.  Sirius was worried.  "Is she ok?"  Serenity smiled a regretful smile and looked up to him.  "I'm all right, don't worry.  The question brought up painful memories of the past I thought I had hidden deep within me.  You are Harry's godfather, Am I right?"  She extended her hand and shook his.  "It's really great to finally meet you.  Harry has talked about you all summer."

  "Well, I should say the same thing to you!  You freed Remus of his curse, got me out of hiding and literally saved Harry from death!  Is there something you can't do?"  'Yes.  Die.' Serenity almost voiced that out.  So to change her mind, she decided to change the subject.

  "Headmaster, have you ever seen the symbol on the back of my robes before?"  She turned her back to him to let him see the mark in question.  Within seconds, his eyes got bigger.  "Yes.  I have seen this somewhere in an ancient book in my personal library.  Yes, miss Granger.  Books you have never read before."  He chuckled at the look Hermione was giving him and Ron rolled his eyes.

  "Anyway, I believe this was a mark of ancient magic, a myth, really.  Cosmos, was it?"  Serenity nodded and looked directly into his eyes.  His got bigger still.  If what he had read in the book was true…He would really have to read it thoroughly again, though.  Just to make sure.  Since none of the students dared to talk, Remus popped the question out.

  "Miss Moon, what is 'Cosmos'?"  Her eyes closed.  When she opened them, they were greeted not by blue, but by shinning silver with only specks of blue, proof that they had been this color before.  The 8 pointed star; the same one on her back, appeared on her forehead, shining of an unknown light.  A deep silver aura had enveloped her, making the others back away a little in fright.  Harry had stayed beside her, though, so they were reassured that it was ok to be near.

  "I am Cosmos.  I am pure light, and Chaos is pure evil, my nemesis.  We've been fighting for a long, long time now…"She cast her gaze on the ground, her aura vanishing with all trace of power she had used to show her original birthmark.  She was panting a little and a fever had appeared.  But she didn't seem to mind that much.  Her wound was burning, trying to heal itself.

  People were now silent and staring.  The only sound heard were the girl's harsh breathing and Harry sweet words of reassurance.  After a moment of hesitation, she decided to tell a little more, without explaining the whole situation.

  "You see, the reason why I am not listed in any of your papers is because I am not from this…place.  I came here after one of the major battle with Chaos, the one where he killed my…friends"  She was pausing, trying to find words that would work without having to explain too much.  "I had to get rid of him fast or he would've destroyed…everything.  So I sealed him up with my powers.  But I was so devastated that I didn't seal it enough and he got away.  I had to destroy most of my…place in order to heal everything up again."  At these mentioned words, gasps of terror could be heard.  She only ignored them.  "I erased the memories of everyone of that dreaded time and went away.  I ended up here, meeting Harry.  He helped me a lot to get through my past." She finished, taking said boy's hand in hers, gazing at him lovingly.  He returned the gaze full blast and approached her, lips descending upon hers in a light feathery kiss.  Hermione sighted dreamily.  Ron only looked at her weirdly.  (Hey!  Where are his teenager hormones???  ^_^)

  A loud "WHOOP!" from Sirius made them come back to reality.  He approached the blushing couple and smiled coyly.  "Soooo…Harry!  When are we going to see the next generation of Potters?"  He all but choked and gaped at Sirius and Remus, who was now playing the game too.  An irritated moan came from Snape.  "Are you telling me you have the intention to reproduce?!  Won't Weasley be enough already!?"  It was now Ron's turn to choke and turn the color of his hair, if not a shade darker, followed by Hermione who found the enchanted ceiling more interesting than yesterday.  Everyone burst out laughing at their reactions, except Serenity and Harry, who looked uncertainly at each other.

  "I'm sorry to burst your bubble, godfather mine, but we won't ever have any children."  Sirius looked aghast.  "What? Why not?!"  Serenity answered, since she was more concerned in that matter.  "The reason is simple.  I can't have any children.  Oh!  There was a time I could have…"  She stopped, thinking about Chibiusa*.  "But now, my physiology won't allow it.  I have become something that cannot be replaced, pardon my expression."  Harry cut in, seeing the look on his Godfather's face.

  "Don't worry.  I've known that for a while now and it doesn't bother me that much.  I mean, the kid would have probably cracked under the pressure on his first day of school!"  He made a quick look at Snape, who glared back at him.  "And I didn't ask her to marry me to have an heir, I asked her because I love HER.  It's with her I want to spend the rest of my life with, not anyone else."

  Serenity had troubles to hold back her tears.  She bent her head and let Harry hold her.  Sirius sighted and accepted the answer.  Then he grinned mischievously.  "Does this mean you'll be able to do it anytime without getting pregnant?  You lucky little…"  Remus gaped at him, as well as everyone else in the Hall.  Harry knew he was joking because Sirius was now laughing his head off after seen the face he had made, as well as every other student in the room.  Even the headmaster and Mc Gonagall were chuckling!  Serenity's head had shot up fast at his little joke.  Harry didn't think she had ever been this embarrassed in her whole life.

  He didn't think Sirius knew what was going to happen to him either.  His laughs were cut short when she took a water goblet from the table, grinning at him like a mischievous Cheshire cat.  He got that look all too well and started to run away but a loud "AQUA RAPSODY!" rang out in the Great Hall.  She poured the water into her open palm and an ice harp formed into it.  Water got Sirius before he had even reached the doors, and it turned to ice as soon as it touched him.  His legs were now frozen solid.  Sirius made a yelp of surprise while Snape watched with glee.  "Hentai…"  Serenity muttered playfully. 

  Sirius looked at her.  "What does THAT mean?"  Harry rolled his eyes and grinned.  "Do you really want to know?"

The dog animagus only shrugged.  "Umm… Could you get the ice off of me?  I'm starting to freeze!"  Everybody laughed again at the antics of Sirius.  "Usagi turned to Harry.  "I like him… He's funny!"  He only chuckled at her.  "He has the right to be.  He hasn't lived a happy life these past few years, so let him enjoy himself."  "I understand."  The foreign girl called the fire of the torches that were illuminating the Great Hall to her and transformed it into a bow and an arrow of fire.  She calmly directed it at the ice and called "Flame Sniper!"  The arrow shot out and melted the ice, disappearing before even touching the legs of the ex-convict, who looked relieved.

  "It will certainly take us some time before getting used to this strange power of yours, Miss Moon.  But I believe we could find you something to do while you are here!  After all, Mr Black will be an assistant to Mr Lupin in DADA.  "Dumbledore stated, while Sirius made a face at Snape, who looked disgusted with the news.

  Serenity thought a little and responded.  "Well, when I arrived here, I could not hold myself by observing many things around.  Darkness is present a lot in and out of this castle.  Maybe I could act as a protector of Hogwarts.  I remarked that several things needed thorough healing, starting by this forest of yours.  That's why it's luring so many dark creatures in…"

"Why, what an excellent idea!  We could give it a try!  You could also help Hagrid outside if you want to; he teaches care of magical creatures.  What do you think, Hagrid?"  Albus turned to the half giant in question.  "It would be a pleasure to have ye with me!  You' welcome anytime!!!"  Serenity smiled warmly at him. 

Sirius cut in again; "Well now that it's settled, why don't we go back and eat a little!!!"  A loud grumbling came from his stomach and he smiled sheepishly.  The lions laughed with him.

Later that night, in their warm bed, Harry turned to Serenity, taking her by surprise by a sudden question.  "Promise me we'll always be together!"  She chuckled and took his hand in hers, making him smile lovingly at her.  'He's always making sure, my love!' she thought.

"Harry.  Fate has brought us together, so I don't think that we'll ever be separated!  Don't worry, love, because I think life will only be getting easier after the final fight."

That night, they proved Sirius's theory correct… Luckily, their bedroom was far from the others…and Harry knew a couple of good silencing charms… (^_^;)

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Ummm…I'm all red, now… I didn't want to turn this into an R rated fiction sooo…I hope you all have a wild imagination…

(I'm currently drooling myself… Haaarrryyy…)  -_-; 

OK!  That was weird!  Probably too late for me!  It's 2 in the morning so I'm bound to be elsewhere.

Anyway!  Don't worry! It's not the last chapter!  And it's not a cliffhanger either.

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