[An. And this seems to be an endless cycle of me apologizing for late chapters and not working harder to get them out faster. "I'm SO SORRY!!!!!!" As a special treat this chapter is longer than all the ones that have come before it. It also unfortunately will be the most confusing. sigh Oh well. Now that that's done we can move onto the important stuff.
Reviewers:
SilverKnight7 ~ *rolls eyes to heavens* I am trying to do better but like I said it's an endless cycle
Sara Minks ~ glad to know someone saw Malfoy coming, how long ago did you know that he was going to be the Child of Shadows?
Eriolgurl ~ thanks for the complement, I try hard to keep my stories original even though I've read so many great story myself.
Kemenran ~ it's nice to know that someone doesn't mind the wait between the chapters, though I am trying to post more often it just isn't possible right now.]
Disclaimer: the characters of Leilani, Junko, Kiara Braeden, Anastasia Kou Cosmos and Rosaline Kou Cosmos are mine everything else belongs to J. K. Rowling. Also the Heaven's Gate potion is an idea of my own creation. If you wish to use it please ask and I'll be happy to let you make use of it.
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Chapter 15 ~ The Resurrection
"It's insanity Rose! If you perform this spell you'll be killed!" Ana shouted at her twin from the doorway to the room in which Rose was calmly working.
"It will work Ana, I've seen it," Rose informed her sister, never pausing in the preparations she was doing.
"And did you see yourself in this vision of yours Rose? How do you know you'll survive it?" Ana asked her sister, desperation to change her twin's mind on this course of action leaking into her voice.
"I'm not going to change my mind Ana," Rose told her sister as she paused in her preparations. "This is something that I have to do. Please just accept that and be my anchor," Rose entreated Ana, lifting her head to lock tired eyes on those of her twin. At seeing how tired Rose looked, Ana caved.
"What do I need to do?" Ana asked as she stepped into the room, closing and locking the door behind her. Rose gave her a weak smile before starting her explanations.
Destiny smiled as she and Leilani watched her father pace in front of the room in which Rose and Ana had locked themselves into. "She came up here to convince Rose not to do the spell and what happens, she gets herself dragged into helping," Sirius ranted as he began to pace faster. Destiny and Leilani shared another smile at his antics before Leilani began to speak.
"Uncle Si! Mother has to do this. Think of it as a test. If she can't perform this spell, she can't defeat Him," Leilani informed her uncle.
"She needs mom's help to stay alive dad," Destiny told her father as she gathered him into a hug. "And they need us to believe in them." The tension in Sirius' body drained as he listened to his daughter's words. Taking a step back out of the hug so he could look down at her face, he smiled.
"When did you get so smart kiddo? Hmm?" he asked, as he brushed some stray strands of hair out of her face.
"It's what happens when you live in Cosmos dad," Destiny told him as she broke into a smile.
"As much as I hate to break up the family reunion, mother says that they're almost ready to start, and that we should head to the infirmary. The Child of Shadows is going to be brought there," Lei told her cousin and uncle. Des' face contorted in confusion.
"Why would they be brought there?" she asked.
"Changeling," was all that Lei said before she began to jog towards the infirmary. Father and daughter paled before taking off after Leilani.
"Are you ready?" Rose asked Ana from were se stood in the middle of the room. Surrounding Rose were a series of patterns. The largest of these patterns was a circle that encased most of the room. Inscribed in the circle was a six-pointed star. In every other point of the star was a smaller circle, each of which held a different object. A lily rested in one, a caving of a stag in another and in the final circle rested a golden snitch. Two more circles completed the pattern. Rose stood inside one which was in the center of the star. The other rested outside of the main large circle. To the right of the door and in the corner formed by the two walls was another circle in which Ana stood watching her twin.
"I'm ready," Ana informed Rose, as she held tighter to there twin bond. Rose began to glow a slight golden colour. "Just don't take any unnecessary chances and come back alive," Ana told her twin. Rose smiled at Ana before closing her eyes and beginning to chant. With each repetition of the chant Rose began to glow brighter and brighter until a flash of light could be seen as the chanting stopped. When the light faded all Ana could see was her sister's crumpled body lying in the middle of the now glowing patterns on the stone floor.
"Good luck," Ana whispered to the now silent room as she began her vigil over it.
Leilani, Destiny and Sirius had just reached the infirmary when the flash of light reached them. Blinded and dazed for a few minutes afterwards they never noticed the arrival of the three men until Severus began to talk. "Leilani!" Sev shouted at his daughter as her led Draco over to one of the beds. Leilani shook herself from her daze at her father's voice, des and Sirius not far behind her.
"Yes?" Lei asked.
"Is there any Heaven's in the stores?" Sev questioned as he helped Draco into the bed.
"Yes," Leilani answered her father as she ran over to the potions stores in the infirmary. Grabbing a vile of the Heaven's and a small bottle of a purplish-black potion, before running over to her father and handing both potions to him. Sev nodded his approval of the second potion before uncorking the Heaven's. seeing her father had the situation in hand Leilani turned to face her uncle and cousin.
"Uncle Si if you could go inform Lucius that Draco's here. We'll have to begin the safety measures we put into effect." Sirius nodded before turning and heading to the communications room. "If you could go gather the others des and tell them what's going on. We'll need there help when mom is finished her spell." Destiny nodded and walked out of the infirmary to find their friends.
"It's not easy to take charge, is it little princess?" the man who had brought Sev and Draco to Cosmos asked as he placed a hand on Lei's shoulder. Leilani turned so that she was facing him.
"No, it's not. Thank you," Leilani said as she smiled at him.
"For what, little princess?" the man asked. Leilani glanced over to the bed where Draco was lying.
"Your quick actions probably saved his life. I'd rather not think of what would happen if the circle was not complete when it comes time for mother to face Him," Leilani told him. The man gathered her into a hug.
"I had promised your mother that I would watch for the formation of any portals. I'm just sorry that I didn't notice it sooner or all of this would never have happened. Besides little princess, I was just protecting what's mine to protect," the man informed Leilani. Leilani chuckled as Sev coughed to get their attention.
"As much as I appreciate the fact that u and my daughter are such good friends Balthazar, I'd like you to let go of her now," Sev calmly told the two. Leilani rolled her eyes at her father's antics before turning to face him.
"You're overreacting father," Leilani stated as she walked to stand at her father's side. "How is he?" Lei asked as she darted her eyes towards the sleeping Draco. Sev followed her eyes before answering her question.
"Draco will be fine. It was smart of you to give me the Phoenix as well." Sev sighted before continuing. "However his uncovering as the Child of Shadows means we will lose Lucius as a spy. With my own inability to attend the Death Eater meetings we needed him there to collect information for us."
"It will be alright father," Leilani told Sev as she placed her hands on her father's left forearm. Sev looked down at her hands before placing his right hand over hers. "Besides we can always ask the shadows to listen in on their meetings and report back to us. We're not going to be completely in the dark. The information the Lucius has given us already will allow us to prepare for Voldemort's most immediate plans. All we can do now is wait," Leilani informed her father as she lead him over to one of the beds and sat on it, pulling her father down beside her. Balthazar had by this time taken a seat in the chair beside Draco's bed. He watched as father and daughter began to talk before turning away to watch his charge.
'No one else will ever hurt you my child, not if I can prevent it.' Balthazar brushed some of the lose strands of Draco's hair out of his face before turning his attention to monitoring Rose's progress in the Realms of the Spirits. 'Don't get yourself killed my lady, this world still needs you.'
Rose watched passively as the spirits of the dead passed by her. Following the three strings of magic that she held in her hand she was delighted to see that her targets all seemed to be in the same area, it would make tracking them down much easier. As she approached the area where her three targets stood she smiled. "I've missed you," Rose said to the three spirits before her.
"We know," the woman said as the man who stood beside her nodded his agreement. Standing between them was a young man. He looked very unsure as to why he was there.
"Take my hands and hold on tight, it's going to be a bumpy ride," Rose told them. The man and woman each took one of Rose's hands in their on before clasping their empty hands together. The young man was placed in the middle of the triangle formed by the adults, his hands gripping Rose's forearms. Rose closed her eyes and began to chant. Slowly the three lines of magic which had lead Rose to her targets became wrapped around the bond that Rose could feel connecting her with her sister. With one final chorus of the chant, the four spirits disappeared in a flash of bright light. No trace of there presence was left behind in the clearing in which they had once stood.
Ana closed her eyes as Rose's body began to glow after 3 hours. 'She's found them.' Ana sighed in relief as the worries that Rose would be lost in the Realms of the Dead forever slowly faded. Ana felt the magic shifting as Rose began to weave the three lines of magic around the bond that connected the twins. Working quickly Ana helped ensue that the lines would not become loose on the journey back through the realms, she never wanted to watch Rose perform this spell ever again. Even with her eyes closed the flash of light that filled the room as Rose returned still caused spots to appear before Ana's eyes. Even before the spots began to fade, Ana was already sending energy to her sister through their bond. Rose than in turn used that energy to power the spells needed to create new bodies and bind the souls to their new bodies. A final flash of light, weaker than those that had come before, filled the room and both Rose and the newly reborn spirits collapsed to the ground. Only through pure determination did Ana remain on her feet. Ana found the ties of the shield spells that warded the room and with her last bit of strength disabled them, before collapsing into unconsciousness.
Destiny stood outside the room which contained her aunt and mother once more. Waiting with her were Junko, Lance, Ken, Hikari, Takeru, and her father. As she felt a shift in the magic she lifted her head to face the door and smiled. "She's found them," Des stated as she turned to face her friends and father. "They're on there way back and the shield will soon be down. Once they are, father you give the potion you hold to mom, while I give the one I have to Aunt Rose. The other three potions go to the others in the room. Only once the potions have stabilized them are we to move them to the infirmary," Des ordered as she closed her eyes against the flash of light that filled the hallway. Blinking away the spots from her eyes, Des watched the building and falling amounts of power as the spells were woven. Closing her eyes once more to the release of power she snapped them back open as she felt the wards fall.
"Let's go, remember the potions are the top priority at the moment, nothing else matters," Des told them as she opened the door to the room and entered. The room vibrated with the residual magic that still rested in the pattern on the floor. Des carefully stepped over each line, warning the others not to disturb the pattern until the potions had been administered. Des made it over to were her aunt lay collapsed on the floor and carefully turned her over. Moving Rose's head until it rested in her lap, Des then removed the vile of potion from her pocket and removed the stopper. She then poured the rainbow coloured potion down her aunt's throat, helping her to swallow. When Rose's body began to glow a dim silver colour Des sighed in relief before looking up to check on the others. She smiled at the sight of her mother's limp body being held tightly in her father's arms. Her smile grew as a slight golden glow surrounded her mother's body. A slight red glow followed by a slight blue glow drew her attention to the red haired female in Junko's arms and the black haired man in Takeru's. Turning her eyes to the final body in the room, Des was relieved to see a slight green glow surrounding the brown haired boy in Hikari's arms. Des started as Lance placed a hand on her shoulder as her knelt down beside her.
"Do you want me to hold her while you take care of the pattern?" he asked as he gestured to Rose's head in her lap. Des smiled at him before nodding. Together they carefully transferred Rose from Des' lap to Lance's. after making sure her aunt was comfortable Des stood up.
Starting with the inner in which her aunt rested, Des periodically began erasing point of the pattern using her hands. With each disruption of the pattern a little of the residual magic left in the pattern was released. Des gathered this energy as she continued systematically breaking the pattern as her aunt had shown both her and Lei. When the pattern was completely broken and the last of the residual magic had been absorbed by Des, she gave the orders to begin moving the bodies to the infirmary. As she helped Lance to carry her aunt to the infirmary she missed the shocked expression on her father's face as he saw just who Rose had brought back.
[An. And another one bites the dust. Once again thanks to all my readers for the patience that you have shown in waiting for my next chapter. I promise to try harder to get the next chapter out within a month but no promises.
Till next chapter,
Silver Tenshi]
{Date Completed: February 18, 2004}
