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Fate has brought us together

Chapter 13: Unwanted guest

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  When Harry woke up the next morning, Usagi still wasn't in bed.  He got up and started to the Great Hall.

  To his great surprise, she was present at the Gryffindor table.  Unfortunately, his friends still weren't able to get through her.  She was gazing at nothing, eyes empty, as usual.  When Ron and Hermione spotted their friend, they looked worriedly at him but he merely shrugged helplessly, kissed Serenity's cheeks and sat down beside her.

  Minutes later, hands halfway to her toast, she froze, frowned and walked out of the Great Hall, heading outside. 

  "It looks like you still haven't been able to find what's been going on with her, lately."  Harry jumped at the sudden intrusion.  He turned on his seat and set a small annoyed glare towards the headmaster.  "I can't control her every moves, you know!  She'll be the one to decide when to tell me what's going on.  I'm giving her some slack anyway.  It's been a long time since she's been in the presence of so many people, so we should leave her alone a little."  Dumbledore only nodded and added, after reflection; "Are you going to invite her to the Christmas party?"

  "Yes, I wanted to ask her but I still didn't have the chance to.  It may help her get her mind off of everything that's been bothering her.  Albus nodded and went back to his table, retelling the situation to the other teachers.

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  After a busy day with Ron and Hermione, Harry went back to the rabbit's bedchambers.  He was surprised to see her there.

  She did look the same as the previous days but at least she was going to sleep tonight.  She smiled to him absently when she saw him enter but stayed in bed, gazing at the now raised moon, through the window.

  "Serenity…"  She didn't turn. He sighted.  He put his boxers on (Drool…) and got in bed.  "Love." He took her cheek in his hand and turned her attention to him.  "I know you probably have a lot on your mind lately, but I would love if you could come to the party in 2 days.  You're making everyone worried sick about you!  They would love to see you there, I know.  Sirius and Remus told me to let things evolve on their own but I know they weren't completely sincere!  And I can't help it but to be worried about you myself!  I love you, you know…So please!"

  She nodded, smiled and kissed him on the forehead before turning her gaze back to the stars outside. 'Well, at least she accepted, even if she didn't talk back again.' Harry thought, defeated.  With one last look of longing to the preoccupied bunny, he wound his hands towards her, enlacing his love's stomach by behind, and fell asleep.

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  "So, how do I look?"  Harry rolled his eyes again.  Ron had been bugging him the last hour about his looks for the dance.  He had invited Hermione, to no one's surprise.  "You look great, Ron.  Hermione will love it!"  which made Ron blush and look at the now interesting floor.  He snickered.

  Harry himself was dressed in dark blue robes; 'Just like Serenity's eyes', Ron had commented.

  The red head turned to him.  "I'm going to go get Hermione, now.  You better get Usagi before the party starts."  Harry nodded and got down the stairs, passing Hermione and complimenting her on her lovely green dress, on his way.

  He gave the password to the Unicorn portrait guarding Sere's rooms.  The moment he entered, his breath caught in his throat.  She was sitting in front of the mirror, back to him, still applying her red lipstick.  Her hair was completely down but she had curled them so they wouldn't touch so much of the ground when standing.  A couple of white roses were sitting then and there, in the silver curls.

  The dress, however, was the one who made a total contrast to her pale complexion.  It was of a blood red, tight and sleeveless, clinging to all the right places and the dress itself almost touched the ground, like her hair.  It was made of a silk like material.

  When he finally realised breath was an issue, she was looking at him lovingly.  Harry all but ran to her, crushing her in a hug.  "God, do you know how good it is to see you smile again?"  He breathed in her scent of lovely roses.  She returned the embrace but didn't respond.  Her eyes were a little less glazed and she looked clearly tired but she had made an effort to come, nonetheless.

  "Come on!"  He took her by the arm, like a gentleman.  "We better head down before Sirius alerts the whole school that I'm missing!"

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  Many people were already there, waiting for their other friends to show up.  Malfoy himself had arrived, wearing black robes.  He looked smug.  Pansy Parkinson was already at his feet and almost drooling (blegh…-_-;).  Ron and Hermione were sitting together, with many more couples from Gryffindor.  They had reserved a place for the now late couple.  "What's taking them so long!?" Seamus looked impatient.  "I wonder if Harry had trouble convincing her to come…"  "I don't think so, Seamus…"  He looked at Ron weirdly, but Ron was looking at something back to him, pointing and…was that drool?  Hermione looked on cloud nine, too.  "She's sooo beautiful!"  "Wha…?"  Seamus turned and gapped.

  Harry and his fiancée were approaching their table.  She really looked like a lady, calm and serene.  "Hey everyone!"  Harry had attached his hair in a small low ponytail to keep it away from his face.  He looked a little like Sirius, with that.  He too had attached his hair.  He came to them, almost bouncing.  He didn't even let them the time to sit down when he offered his hand to Serenity.  "Harry!  Mind if I take her away from you for the first dance?"  He chuckled.  Same ol' Sirius!

  "I don't mind.  You should ask her, though."  The ex-convict turned to her.  She smiled back at him and gave him her hand.  He led her to the dance floor.  Harry sat down beside Neville.  "She looks gorgeous!  Even Malfoy froze when he saw her!  You are one lucky bastard, you!"  Seamus punched the boy who lived on the shoulder, playfully.  "But Harry," Hermione continued, "a student dancing with a teacher?  What will people think?"

  He gave her a knowing look.  "Don't worry.  They're just having fun!  And she's no student of Hogwarts, anyway!  Oh!  Here comes Remus!"  They turned to the dance floor.  Surely, Sirius was dancing with Usagi, making jokes and talking lightly.  He didn't seem to mind that she didn't talk back, only seem to enjoy her presence.  They had to laugh when Remus advanced on the dance floor and asked permission to dance with the lady.  Sirius pouted like a five year old before slowly giving in and give her hand to Remus. 

  Sirius came back to the table and sat down beside his godson, almost pushing poor indignant Neville out of the way in the process.  "He could've let me dance a little longer with her!  I'll get him for that!"  Harry chuckled.  "Hey!  At least you were the first to dance with MY fiancée!"  Sirius' cheeks painted a light pink hue.  "Sorry about that!  But I just couldn't resist when I saw her!  Hey! I'm not trying to steal her from you! Don't worry!"  He gestured to Seamus' sceptical gaze.

  "You really dance well, m'lady!  But I'll have to give you back to Harry soon, or he'll be asking himself questions!"  "I sure am!"  Harry startled Remus by behind.  He looked playfully between Lupin and the rabbit.  "May I have this dance?"  Remus blushed and murmured a quick apology, before heading back to the table.  Harry giggled, Sirius was already there, mocking him and making the others laugh.  Ron and Hermione had joined them the dance floor and were enjoying themselves.

  "You look really stunning, tonight.  Not that you aren't everyday!"  They were dancing a slow, enlaced and really close.  He had one hand on her hips and the other in her hair, stroking it lazily.  She put her head on his shoulder and gripped his front robes.  She nuzzled his neck and Harry had to bit back a moan.

  "They danced like that quite some time, and Harry could feel her relaxing more and more in his arms.  But the intimate moment they were sharing was about to be disturbed.

  A sudden streak of energy knocked them off balance, with the other dancers.  Serenity got her balance back and got up.  The glazed look had totally disappeared.  "Chikuso!  I never should've let myself get distracted!!!"  Harry got up and had the decency to look clueless.  "Huh?"

  Her rage filled eyes softened when she turned to him.  "Harry, dementors are coming.  I'll be too busy to help you fight.  Can I trust you not to get hurt and fight?"  He didn't get half the things she was telling him but nodded seriously.  He knew how to recognise a dangerous situation.  Panic had arisen and the students were trying to get near the walls as much as possible.  The doors of the Great Hall burst open and dementors glided in. 

  The youma who had burst through first got Serenity's attention back again.  It sneered and let loose another attack.  She didn't block that one.  "I've had enough!  COSMOS ETERNAL!  MAKE-UP!"  An intense light made them shield their eyes.  When it subsided, they had to gape.  Was that Serenity?!  Dressed in a tight white bodysuit, her hair back in their previous style and a skirt short enough to show a nice amount of shapely legs, stood Sailor Cosmos in all her glory.

  "She really is Cosmos, the legendary warrior!"  Snape gazed at the headmaster.  "She's emitting a high amount of magic!  What the hell is she?!"  But before Albus could answer, a battle cry emitted from the warrior and she charged the youma.  With a cry of; "WORLD SHAKING!"  She hit the youma head on and the force of the blast made the people back up.  When the smoke cleared, a very large crater had appeared in the stone floor.  The both of them smirked and disappeared into thin air.

  In the mean time, Harry had a problem of his own.  He created his Patronus and ordered it to protect his friends, oblivious to their pleading of coming back to safety.  Dumbledore was raging but before he could even start to cast a spell, the boy who lived had charged the first dementor, effectively knocking him from his feet with a low kick.  He used his wand to project it towards the other 2 who were advancing to him, with a powerful Rictusempra spell.  Dumbledore eyes lost their sparkles.  Was it him or did Harry's wand glowed red?  The dementors crushed on the walls near the entrance doors and fell in a heap on the floor.  Harry advanced to them carefully and created a shield spell to prevent them from escaping.

  Silence greeted him after his task.  It had happened so fast!  "Bloody hell, Harry!  Where did you learned to do that?!"  Albus shut Ron up with a look.  The teachers approached him.  Sirius started to yell at him; "What the bloody hell was that, indeed!  You could have been killed! What were you thinking, taking on dementors like that on you own!?"  Harry merely shrugged while the werewolf animagus tried to calm Sirius out of his near heart attack.

  "I don't think mister Potter was in need of your help, Black."  It was Severus who had cut Sirius out of his reverie.  He glared at him.  Snape was crouched in front of the 3 dementors and cast the dog animagus a dark look, before transferring that same look at Harry, who didn't seem fazed at all.  "That was a powerful spell you used to shield them up.  Even a normal Rictusempra isn't that strong.  Where did you learn to fight like this?"  Snape looked positively mad.

  "Serenity is the one who thought me how to defend myself.  I used the magic trail of my patronus to resist the dementors' attacks, so I didn't faint even if it wasn't near me.  She's the one who thought me that, too."  Remus looked shocked.  "Did you use magic outside of school, Harry!?"  "Umm…I can't lie to you.  Yes, I used magic.  Sere used her powers to create a shield to prevent the ministry from sensing my magic.  But I've been careful not to use it so much."  "She…she deceived the entire ministry!?"  Xiomara Hooch stuttered, surprised.

  "It very much looks like it, Xiomara."  Albus advanced towards Harry, a grave expression on his face.  "Mister Potter, I'm going to forget that if you answer my question.  Did you do something with your wand?  Because I'm sure I saw it glow of a reddish color before you cast each of your spells."  "I never saw that! Are you sure, headmaster?" A sceptical Sirius asked, all traces of anger gone.  He turned to Remus; "Hey Moony!  Did you see something?"  He merely shrugged negatively.

  "Well, the headmaster is right, anyway."  They turned to Harry, surprised.  "It started to glow in the middle of summer, when I was training with Sere.  I was trying to cast a more powerful spell when it started to shine.  I was so surprised I dropped my wand before I even finished the incantation.  But Serenity smiled and said that my wand was trying to evolve.  I didn't get that at first but she explained that when a wizard's capacity is being brought to its limits, the wand reacts and tries to become more powerful for the wizard to continue his learning."  He lowered his gaze to his wand, still in his hand.  "It's still trying to develop, mind you.  So each time I'm trying to cast a more powerful spell, it glows more strongly. 

  "A wand that evolves…I never heard of that!"  Professor Flitwick added, in awe.  Suddenly, a bright light filled the area and a portal appeared, making the others back away.  Harry smiled.  "She's back!"  Surely, Sailor Cosmos emerged from the portal, looking a little dishevelled but satisfied.  She was gripping the Time staff.  She directed her gaze to the large indentation she had formed and frowned.  "CHRONOS! Reverse the time of this floor to what it was before the intrusion!"  The red garnet orb shone and slowly, the crater diminished and vanished, letting the floor like it was moments ago.

  "There!  That's better!"  The staff also vanished and she de-transformed.  She was covered in bruises but the moment Pomfrey reached her, they had begun healing.  The nurse huffed.  Harry ran to her.  "Are you ok?  Is it over?"  He took both her hands and begun his inspection.  She laughed.  "Of course I'm ok!  I've been trying to find that little s.o.b. for days, now.  He kept moving so I had to search for his Ki all the time.  He's been making my life a hellish nightmare since the first time I felt him.  He was a servant of Chaos, that one.  But not too bright, luckily!" She muttered.

  Harry gaped.  "So that's why you've been out of reach for the past few days?!  You were following a youma's energy?!  You could've told me, you know!  You've been making us all worried sick about you, me the first!!!"  Serenity cast an apologizing look at him.  "I'm sorry! I didn't realise I was doing it!"  She hugged Harry with all she was worth.  He returned the embrace full force.  "I won't do it again!  I wanted to protect you so much I forgot how to live!"  Harry sighted.

  "Don't worry, now.  What's done is done, and I guess we over reacted a little ourselves.  We should try to enjoy the rest of the dance anyway!"  Albus clapped his hands.  "Mister Potter is right!  We still can party, now that the danger has passed!"  Music re-started and people slowly begun to move out of their shock.  After a few explanations to his friends and family, Harry took Usagi's hand and led her outside, in Hogwarts' gardens.

  They sat on a bench silently.  It was the rabbit who broke the silence.  "I really am sorry, you know…I feel so stupid, now!"  She wasn't looking at him and looked clearly upset.  He got up and kneeled in front of her to look at her eyes.  "Don't worry! See! Everything's alright!"  He hugged her by the waist.  "He let go of her suddenly and smiled coyly.  "Though, there is something you could do to make it all better…"  She looked at him expectantly.  "What is it? I'll do anything!"

  He smiled sexily and kissed her with all the passion he had, surprising her.  She got the message all too clearly.  "Well, you see, that dress of yours is causing me quite a problem…"  Her eyes glazed with lust and she pounced on him, making them fall backwards on the grass.  "I'm sure I can relieve you of your tension!"  He moaned at the meaning of that phrase, and grunted when his source of heat disappeared.

  He looked up.  She was gazing at him with lust filled eyes.  "As much as I enjoy this little moment, I don't wish for the whole school to see us.  Why don't you come and get me when you finish your encounter with the grass!"  She looked at him sexily one last time before heading to the castle, her bedroom, to be more exact. 

  Harry groaned.  'Damnit! She'll be the death of me!  But can those hips get any sexier!"  That thought seem to awake him even more, along with other parts of his anatomy…So he did exactly what she said. 

  He thought Filch was going to get him for running in the corridors that night!!!  But he didn't think he would've stopped before arriving at his destination.

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