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Note: Second Youma is named…Peridot!

Chapter 8

Makoto slowly walked up the stairs to Gryffindor tower. As soon as she had gotten close to the school, emotions bombarded her, making her scream out and clutch at her head. Haruka pulled the pained princess back into the forest as Michiru searched for Setsuna and Dumbledore.

Snape, worried about his new apprentice went quickly to his office to get a potion that would help block Makoto from other's feelings until she learned some sort of control.

Now Makoto was just exhausted. Moments before she had wished Haruka and Michiru a safe journey back to Japan before she too decided she had had enough of the strategy meeting. Actually it was more like a starring contest between Setsuna and herself against the professors.

Walking to the Fat Ladies portrait, Makoto gave the password, and walked slowly into the common room. The fire was still lit and the only people sitting in front of it were Harry, Ron, and Hermione.

Harry looked at Makoto worried. Her eyes were dulled and dark rings surrounded them.

"Makoto are you alright?"

Harry watched her try to smile, but it faded quickly as she fell into a chair across from him. She looked like she was fighting to stay awake.

"I'm fine, thank you for asking." She said softly.

Harry turned to look at Ron who looked equally worried about their friend.

"Makoto, why didn't you tell us before?" Hermione asked quietly.

Makoto seemed to sigh. "You wouldn't have treated me the same. You see what people do when they realize exactly who Harry is. Imagine that."

Harry cringed. He did understand what unwanted attention was like.

"Knowing who I am, doesn't change anything about me. I am still the same person." Makoto said yawning.

Harry smiled. "You should go up to bed."

Makoto shook her head as her eyes continued to slide shut. "No…I'm…fine." Her eyes closed completely and her breathing deepened.

Harry looked to Hermione and Ron. "By now, Voldemort probably knows that the demon has failed. I wouldn't be surprised if he already knew about Makoto and Professor Setsuna."

Ron looked up at Harry. "You can't seriously think that he already knows."

Hermione nodded. "I've been thinking about that. If Voldemort has any spies on the grounds, or even near the grounds, they probably saw Makoto and the Professor transform, meaning they also saw Makoto get all her power back."

Ron looked at the sleeping Makoto. "Meaning she's as much a target now as Harry is."

A voice startled them. "Not only Makoto, but myself as well."

The three turned to find Setsuna standing behind them.

"Professor…" Hermione started.

Setsuna raised her hand. "It is just Setsuna. I am no teacher. I did not go to school to help children to learn. I just happen to be the Time Mistress."

Hermione nodded. "Setsuna, isn't it possible that the other princesses are to be targeted as well?"

Setsuna nodded. "Princess Serenity has always been a target for evil forces, because she has such great power. Though after defeating Chaos, she has been freed from that. The others have also been targeted, but again it was mainly the outer senshi specifically targeted because they have all of their power. It's like this. When a senshi has her memories, she becomes a small blip on evil's radar. As long as a senshi remains in the dark about her past, she will not show up. As the senshi with memories begin to remember more, and start using their powers more, they gain a higher energy aura, thus making the blip larger."

She pointed to a book on the table. "Imagine that the book is evil's radar."

She takes three Every Flavor Jelly Beans from the box in front of Ron. "These jelly beans represent the princesses of Pluto, Neptune, and Uranus."

She then grabs a chocolate frog card off the table and places it on the book. "This represents the princess of Saturn."

She then takes another jellybean, this time flattening it between her fingers before putting it on the book. "Hermione, if you would put a slow expanding spell on this for me."

Hermione nodded and pointed her wand at the flattened bean. It very slowly started to get larger.

Setsuna then took a pillow, ripped it at the seam and started to drop the cotton onto the book. "The cotton represents the princess of the Moon."

Harry tilted his head. "I'm going to guess that the growing jelly bean is Jupiter then."

Setsuna nodded. "Jupiter's power slowly gets larger, and unfortunately there is no end to it."

"You mean Makoto is more powerful then Serenity?" Hermione looked stunned.

Setsuna shook here head. "I didn't say that. This represents amount of power, not strength in it. While Serenity has a large covering of energy, it is also very thick, very solid. Hope and Light is very powerful and strong. Makoto on the other hand, although her powers grow, you see that it is not solid. The jellybean is broken into many smaller pieces. She is powerful because she is the only senshi that has been able to gain more powers. Though the combination of these powers makes her unstable because of the different competing energy signatures.

"The energy signatures right now look like tangled cooked spaghetti. There is no telling where one ends and one begins. Though, if she were to learn to straighten the energy signatures, so they resembles uncooked spaghetti…" She waved her hand over the expanding flattened jellybean, causing time to go back and make it whole again.

Ron's eyes when wide. "The jellybean is whole now."

Setsuna nodded. "Yes, and it is solid, yet is still grows."

Hermione looked at Setsuna. "You mean, Makoto could become this powerful."

Setsuna just looked at the bean. "Continue to watch."

The three students watched as the bean struggled to get larger. It started shaking violently before exploding.

Harry looked to the mess. "Somehow, I don't think that represents the senshi anymore."

The cotton, card, and other jellybeans had been absorbed into the growing bean.

Hermione brought her hand to her mouth.

Setsuna nodded. "You at first had started out asking about Voldemort. That is your answer. No one is supposed to have that much power. The body can not control it. I fear that Voldemort is looking to absorb Harry's power, and now Makoto's. If that happens…" She let her voice trail off.

Hermione looked up wildly. "Voldemort is at the breaking point of his power. If he gets anymore he's likely to burn out."

Setsuna nodded. "Because he was only muggle born, his power was very limited. A jellybean can only get so big before exploding."

Ron smiled. "That's great. He can destroy himself."

Setsuna looked sad. "It's not great. Whatever energy and power he's absorbed will also be gone...forever."

The weeks had gone by slowly for everyone. The potion Makoto was supposed to make for Setsuna's class would take until Halloween to complete because of its complexities. Everyone had been on alert, watching for any more demon attacks, yet all was quiet, even in Japan.

Harry was just starting to think that things had calmed down enough to where he wouldn't have to worry about attacks on him for a while. That is…until Halloween reared its head.

"Students, as we have discussed in class, the potion to tell what planet your ancestors worshipped under, is finally complete. As it is right before the Halloween Feast, I would like you all to come up one at a time, within your houses, take the eye dropper and put one drop of potion on your tongue. The symbol for the planet you were born to worship will appear on your forehead for about 30 seconds. I will record it and then tell you what it is. Please remember the planet as we will be using the information in class." Setsuna said as she sat on top of the desk.

"When you are done, you may go to dinner. First up will be Slytherin."

Malfoy walked up confidently followed by his two goons. "This better be the right potion Kino." Malfoy placed one drop on his tongue.

"Very good Mr. Malfoy, your ruling planet is Saturn." Setsuna said with a smile.

And so the Slytherins' went up one by one. The majority of the students were Pluto or Saturn, yet a few Uranus and Mars appeared as well.

Hufflepuff went next, showing a strong concentration or Jupiter and Uranus, though there were a few Venus and Mercury scattered as well.

Ravenclaw seemed to have only Mercury, Mars, and Neptune.

Gryffindor came away with Moon and Venus. Hermione was Mercury, and Ron was Mars though. The only one that had yet to go was Harry.

"Go on Harry, I want to know." Makoto said sitting next to Setsuna.

He smiled nervously and dropped potion onto his tongue. The green symbol of Jupiter appeared.

Setsuna nodded slowly. "I had a feeling that was the case."

Hermione looked at her strangely. "What do you mean Setsuna?"

Setsuna smiled. "Nothing to be concerned about. I believe it's time for the feast."

Makoto smiled at Harry. "Well, worship me."

Everyone started laughing hysterically.

Dinner went by quietly, well, if you can call the Weasley twins quiet. Fred and George had somehow charmed the silverware to have small bat wings. The pumpkin juice was green instead of orange because of a color-changing spell. The most creative work of art though had to be the cakes and pastries that screamed as you bit into them.

The night went quickly with much fun and partying late into the night.

Dumbledore stood from his chair and cleared his throat. "Another Halloween spent in Hogwarts. I hope you've all had a wonderful time, but it is getting late. You will all find a special surprise in you're dorms tonight, and with that I bid you sweet dreams."

The students cheered as they stood to leave the room.

Back in the tower, Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Makoto were sipping Butterbeers left by the house elves. They had already discovered the small plastic cauldron full of candies left on each student's pillow.

"This was a nice surprise." Ron said opening a chocolate frog.

"It was nice to have fun for a change." Makoto said sipping at her bottle.

"I agree. Though I could have been using the time to study for my OWLs." Hermione said.

Harry cringed. "I'm not looking forward to those."

Makoto laughed. "You'll do fine. The only one you really have to worry about is Potions, and I'll tutor you."

"I wish I was able to make potions like you can." Ron said. "Mum would be so proud of me."

Makoto smiled. "It's not that hard really. I mean it's an advantage being an ecomancer, but really its not all that hard. Take the potion I made for Setsuna. It was a very basic potion; you just had to have a lot of patience in order to complete it. It was only two ingredients; they just had to brew continuously for a month. Then be exposed to the Harvest moon."

Ron rolled his eyes. "You're sounding like Hermione again."

Makoto laughed. "Sorry."

The group split up to go to sleep around 2 in the morning. Lavender had gotten a present from her mother almost a week before: a large green stone set in silver that hung on a clunky chain. It was said to be in the family for centuries, but Lavender thought it was gaudy and refused to wear it, so it sat hanging on the inside of the dorm room door.

That night, while everyone slept, the huge stone started to glow a strange green light.

In the boys' dorm, Ron's orb started turning a bright white and growing very hot, yet all went unnoticed in the dead of the night.

Hope you enjoyed the chapter. Please review!

I hate to leave the chapter there, but I know the fight scene will take up a lot of time to write and I wanted to get this out for Halloween. I hope everyone has fun, but remember to check your candy before you eat it. If you're not going out Trick or Treating…don't give out bad candy to kids. That's just mean. So…have fun, stay safe…and save me some chocolate. ^_^

Next chapter: Battle with Peridot, Harry gets a visit from Snuffles, and Malfoy Revenge (if I have enough time)

PS: As I had them saved in my e-mail…and for some reason my e-mail provider decided to clean out my in box, I will need Chibizink and Obsessive07 to please e-mail me their youma descriptions again. I'm sorry for the inconvenience but as I said…my internet provider decided to clean out my e-mail's inbox without warning me.

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