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The Curse of the DADA teacher
Chapter 15: WAR (part2)
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*Last Time*
Screams of shock echoed throughout the area and Harry just stood there mortified as Voldemort suddenly moved to a sitting position, and then stood at his full height cockily.
"NO! NO! NOOOOO!!! YOU CAN'T BE STILL ALIVE! I KILLED YOU!!!" Harry screamed as red eyes focused not on him, but on who was protecting him.
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Harry began to shake his had back and forth like a madman all the while muttering to himself this couldn't be real, when his head snapped on the side roughly. He put a hand on his throbbing cheek and gazed at his calm teacher with wide eyes.
The sound of the sudden smack made all wizards shut up and stare at the DADA teacher momentarily, just momentarily, forgetting about the fact that their enemy had come back to life somehow. "You slapped me." It wasn't a question, just a stunned statement.
Serena turned her gaze from 'Voldemort' and answered him with a voice poised between softness and seriousness. "You were starting to become delirious and I had to snap you out of it. I apologize. But now, I must ask you to listen to me and get back, this is no longer your fight."
Harry stuttered. "But! But I killed him! Didn't I?" He began to question himself and panic again when she put a hand on his shoulder.
"Yes Harry, you killed him. But this…isn't Voldemort. Tom Riddle is dead indeed. What you're now seeing is his lifeless body being manipulated by an evil entity named Chaos. And Chaos…is *my* enemy." She turned around, not wanting to see Harry's face.
The green eyed boy was about to open his mouth when 'Voldemort' started to speak. "I should admire you for the patience you show these pathetic humans, Tsuki hime."
Serena growled, ignoring her friends' questions in the background;
"That word hime again?"
"Why does he strain the word human? We're all humans here…"
"You leave them out of this, Chaos! They have nothing to do with us!" The seething rabbit ground out.
Chaos cackled evilly and brought his arm up, gazing at it with a sudden awareness. "How interesting, this mark on the human's forearm. It looks as if it is connected to other humans. Let's see how much pain it can give them! HA! HA! HA! HA!"
Suddenly, cries and screams of pain erupted from the Death Eaters' mouths as they crumpled on the ground, writhing in agony. "SEVERUS!!!" Serena cried out urgently as she saw her love fall, his face etched in an intense look of pain.
Dumbledore caught him just in time and the others started to panic for the potions master's well-being. Serena ran to them and kneeled before Severus. "Shit! He's going to kill them!"
Ignoring Minerva's gasp of horror, she put a hand on the Death Eater turned spy and closed her eyes in concentration. It hurt like hell. She would have been able to get the mark off more easily when Tom Riddle was still in control of his body. Now the mark was infused with Chaos's energy signature and it was fighting her healing power.
She faintly heard Severus start to pant by trying to stifle his scream and grasped his arm tighter. "Come on Severus! Don't give up now! It's a battle of will here! I can't do this without you!" This seem to calm the potions master a little and he tried to let her do what she had to, whatever it was. With a sudden furrow of brow, she knew she had found the source and mumbled a silent 'Moon healing activation!'
To the others' surprise, Serena's hand began to glow a faint silver color and the dark mark slowly started to fade. Severus found his heart bathed into a warm light, a feeling he had never experienced before. He didn't quite know what to make of it either, since it was his girlfriend who had rid him of the mark he thought would be etched permanently on his arm, reminder of his foolishness when he was young.
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Chaos smiled sadistically when he saw the weak followers drop on the ground and he let himself bask in the cries of pain. That is, until he felt one mark leaving his control. He opened his glowing red eyes and sneered. That moon brat had interfered again and he roared his displeasure. "SO YOU WANT TO INTERFERE IN MY PLANS AGAIN!? I'LL END WHAT I'VE STARTED YEARS AGO! TSUNAMI DESTRUCTION!!!"
"SERENETY-HIME! WATCH OUT BEHIND YOU!!!" Alexia cried out in alarm when she saw Chaos make his move and luckily Serena turned just in time to erect a protective wall.
"CRYSTAL SHIELD!" She put both her hands in front of her since she had no time to make her staff appear, and grunted when the blast pushed on her shield with great force. It was starting to make her back up without her even moving, the blast pushing her as if she was nothing. The earth started to move away as her feet stayed planted on the ground as she was being drawn back.
Alexia knew it had started and urged the frozen wizards to step back. Sirius and Severus started to protest wildly.
"LET US GO! WE HAVE TO HELP HER!"
"WHAT SAY DO YOU HAVE IN THIS!? YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP AGAINST EITHER!!!"
The woman's eyes darkened and they stepped back as she placed herself in front of the whole group, her back straight and tense. She gazed at the struggling Moon Princess with solemn eyes and started calmly; "I exactly know what I'm up against."
It made both Severus and Sirius shut up. They were beginning to hate her attitude, but they had to admit that she had stirred up their interest now.
"Years ago, I was possessed by this same evil entity. Serenity-hime was the one who freed me from this nightmare and now I'm here to protect you by her demand. She knew something like this might happen and that she couldn't take care of everyone at once."
Alexia grunted when some sparks of Chaos's warning attack pierced Serena's shield and reached her. She put both her hands in the same manner of Serena and erected a golden shield of her own. The shield only became visible when the sparks of energy collapsed on it but she knew things were about to get pretty nasty.
"So Serena knew what would happen? Why didn't she bother to tell us?! Are we that much of a nuisance?!" Said Lily in an accusing tone of voice.
"DON'T BE FOOLISH!"
They jumped at Alexia's loud outburst. "You could've done nothing to prevent what happened! Chaos's presence here isn't even normal! What would you have done anyway if you knew Voldemort was possessed by something even more powerful than him?! It would've been mass panic!"
Remus muttered a small "More powerful than Voldemort?!" while Dumbledore lowered his head in defeat. He hated to admit it, but Alexia was right. "Is this why Serena had to go to this other world when she was a child? Is this why Setsuna took her away all those years ago?"
Alexia frowned a little at the headmaster. "Setsuna? You must mean Sailor Pluto. I don't know all that has happened in the past, but I do know Sailor Moon was needed to fight off the evil in that world. She was, and still is, everyone's hope for a better future. The senshi all believe in Serenity-hime and I am no exception."
Sirius was about to ask what the hell was a senshi when a loud explosion made Alexia yelp and reinforce her shield in a hurry.
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"Already tired, Tsuki Hime?" Chaos cackled and taunted her. She merely looked back at him with determination and the glint in her eyes made him even madder. How he hated those eyes! "I will kill you, and then I will kill your friends! UNDYING ERADICATION!!!" An enormous wave of darkness rushed towards her with deadly speed and before she could jump out of the way, the evil mass of energy surrounded her and began to spread to the screaming crowd of wizards.
Alexia ignored the terrified shrieks of fear and concern for the moon warrior and mainly focused on her own problem. "Shit! I can't continue like this in that form…" she muttered darkly, her eyes beginning to focus again.
Severus desperately wanted to get through the shield to get to his girlfriend. "Let me go through, madam Alexia! Serena's in trouble!"
Harry and Lily agreed, along with the rest of the marauders. "YEAH! WE WON'T STAND LIKE THIS DOING NOTHING WHEN SHE'S FIGHTING ALONE OUT THERE!!!"
Alexia tried to reason with them, but they merely shrugged her off and continued their own way. 'Stupid simple-minded humans! Why don't they see that Serenity-hime needs no help!' she thoughts darkly. The moment those 6 went to pass by her, Alexia's choice was already made.
One of her hands shot up in the air while she doubled her efforts into keeping her shield up with the other. She wouldn't have to strain too much after what she was going to do! "GALACTIC CRYSTAL POWER! MAKE-UP!!!"
Everyone gasped and stood back as the blinding golden light surrounded Serena's friend. The shield intensified in power and when the light finally receded, Sailor Galaxia stood proudly in front of them. "What is that?!" Minerva cried, eyeing the rather short outfit of the warrior.
"I am Sailor Galaxia, the senshi who protects the borders of this Galaxy. Now stand back or you will face death by Chaos's hand." Everyone recoiled at the seriousness of her voice.
Albus looked completely defeated but managed a small glare towards her. "What do you mean by the one who protects the galaxy? Space is nearly inaccessible for humans in the first place!"
Galaxia chuckled, making Albus narrow his eyes at her. She turned her head halfway and glanced at him with a smirk. "Who ever said I was human?...And who ever said Serenity-Hime was too?"
Albus's eyes widened considerably along with everyone else's but no word came from their mouths. "Ahhh…Looks like she finally decided she had enough. T'was about time she decided to retaliate!" Galaxia spoke to herself and it took them a few seconds to register about whom she was talking about.
The black ball of energy surrounding Hogwarts DADA teacher expanded until jets of silver lights pierced the dome. The explosion was enormous and when Chaos could finally open his eyes, he felt a strong throb on his arm. He growled. She was standing straight and looking at him with hatred, a silver disk in her hand, ready to attack at any moment. "MOON ETERNAL! MAKE-UP!"
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"Well, well! The angel has decided to take flight again!" Chaos cackled evilly and urged his own devilish wings to sprout from his back. His glittering red eyes darkened until midnight black orbs looked at her with a sudden tenseness and eagerness to fight.
Eternal Sailor Moon scoffed and poised herself into a battle position, staff appearing in her hands and held at the ready. "Chaos, I'm everything but an angel at the moment. Right now I live as the messenger of death, YOUR DEATH! STARLIGHT HONEYMOON! THERAPY KISS!!!"
Chaos countered the attack with one of his own and they clashed in between them with such a force that they were both thrown backwards. Chaos crashed in a tree while Sailor Moon collided with Galaxia's shield. "Sailor Moon! Are you alright?" Galaxia asked, worried for the moon warrior's safety.
Sailor Moon merely nodded and muttered lowly; "I'm ok. But I'll be completely reassured only when Chaos will be sent back to the hell where he belongs!" She got up with a grunt and fisted her hand where an orb of light started to come into view. With a mighty battle cry, she charged at Chaos who was standing again.
Her speed heightened until she just zipped out of existence but Chaos narrowed his eyes and sensed her coming his way. He looked warily from left to right until a shadow loomed over him. With startled awareness, he looked up to see the senshi who had jumped up to catch him by surprise. 'Please Uranus…' "WORLD SHAKING!!!"
She let go of the dark golden orb and let it crash towards her startled enemy. Chaos tried to sidestep the attack but grunted in pain as he was partially hit. He growled and disappeared from everyone's view and the wizards could only stare with open mouths as their teacher's eyes narrowed into slits and as she did the same.
When the sky began to darken, Galaxia closed her eyes in concentration. She knew they were somewhere near, but where? Her eyes opened with a snap as she felt a hand on her shoulder. Albus looked back at her with evident worry. "Is this what she's been battling all these years?"
Galaxia shook her head. "Chaos wasn't her only enemy back then. I wasn't around when Serenity-hime first transformed and regained her true memories. She fought numerous evil and often put herself at risk to protect her friends."
Sirius looked as if he was on the verge of giving up, but he had to ask the question one last time. "What does 'Hime' mean?"
Galaxia blinked at him, not knowing that Setsuna had deliberately and a little playfully ignored this question. "It means princess, of course. After all, she is not only Sailor Moon the warrior who defends this planet, but also the reincarnation of her past self; princess Serenity, the heir of the Silver Millennium, the Moon kingdom. But that was well before the Sailor War."
Oh yes, things looked so easy coming from her mouth and said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. They gaped at her.
"She's a princess?!?!"
"How can she be from the moon! There's no air there!"
"If she's a princess as you said, why is it not you who's there fighting that monster!"
Their questions were cut short as lighting formed in the sky and strike somewhere into the Forbidden forest. The few animals who lived there had been lucky that Bane had decided to listen to Firenze for once and clear the area, because a large fire erupted from the lightening bolt.
A couple of seconds later, 2 beings emerged from the dark forest, still going at it. Traces of an intense battle where everywhere on them, but Galaxia narrowed her eyes in incredulity at Chaos. "Something's not right."
Harry looked up at her. "What do you mean? Is there something wrong with Miss Moon?" He looked really worried about the safety of his professor.
"No, nothing's wrong with Sailor Moon. In fact, it looks like she's winning."
"Then what's the goddamn problem?" Sirius suddenly asked. "She's wining, so it's good, yes?"
Galaxia nodded, her eyes still fixed on Chaos's fighting form. It looks as if the fighting duo had opted for hand to hand combat for the moment. "Serenity hime is winning, that's good. But she shouldn't have been able to do so, so easily. Chaos's movement are erratic and unfocused, it looks as if he is loosing power. I don't get it. When he forced himself into me, he killed every senshi alive in this Galaxy, including Serenity hime's guardians, and he nearly destroyed the entire planet! Something must be wrong with him! She told me that this Chaos was merely a remaining piece of the real one she had destroyed, but a simple piece of Chaos can still prove to be destructive."
Severus thought about what she had said for a few seconds and came to this conclusion. "Well, you said you weren't human, but Tom Riddle certainly is…was."
Galaxia's eyes widened when she saw where his explanation was going. "Of course! Chaos fed on my power! But now, in the body of a simple human, he can't manage to defend himself or attack as well as he could before! SAILOR MOON!" she called out loudly.
The still fighting warrior spared a glance at Galaxia but rapidly directed her attention back to Chaos who had nearly ripped her head off. "HA!HA!HA! You can't beat me! The destinies have already been altered so much! You were supposed to be Cosmos now! Only Sailor Cosmos has enough power to beat me! You may use the some powers of your senshi, but that doesn't mean that they have merged with you!"
"Flame Sniper!" The proximity of her opponent made things easier as the arrow of fire hit Chaos in his stomach and pierced through him.
Chaos stumbled back and coughed some blood. He brought a hand to his mouth and brushed the red substance off, wonder in his eyes. 'Blood? How is it I actually feel the pain?'
Salior Moon readied another arrow and shot away, but he stepped away this time, only to cough one more time.
"I may not be Cosmos yet Chaos, but you seem to forget that if I was to be Cosmos, you were meant to be the evil Chaos in your true form, your real body. Yet, you're still just like a parasite, infesting other's bodies to survive. You're pathetic!"
Serena couldn't help but wonder why Chaos was actually showing signs of weakness. Normally, half the planet should've been wiped out by now, if not more.
"SAILOR MOON!"
She heard the golden senshi call her again and Serena motioned for her friend to talk. "What is it, Galaxia?"
"I know why Chaos is so weak! Last time he merged he was in my body, the body of a senshi! Now he can't keep up with Voldemort's human body!"
Realization dawned on her and she thanked her friend from the bottom of her heart for the precious information. Chaos looked like his secret was out and stumbled backwards again.
"Oh no you don't." Sailor Moon muttered to herself, before she touched the brooch on her uniform. Her wings enveloped her and her crescent insignia flared up.
Galaxia bowed her head. "Princess Serenity…You are still not a queen, but your shine will never change."
Sirius gaped as the wings retracted. She was wearing the exact same dress from when she had come back to Hogwarts. The same sparkling silver and gold dress, but the gigantic wings on her back were new and making her almost surreal.
Severus merely stared at his love. Looks like he had missed a lot of details from her past and the idea of having a princess as his first love was making him dizzy with so many passing thoughts! 'This can't be real!' was the first thing to erupt from his mind, followed by 'I just can't live a normal life!' with a touch of; 'Oh well, I love her, so I'll get over the little *major* detail for her sake'.
Ron, who emerged from behind his overprotective parents, gaped at Galaxia. "She was supposed to be a queen?!"
Galaxia nodded at the red head's question but mainly focused on the curious potions master. "She gave everything up, all this supposedly already written future of hers to be with you, Severus Snape. She left her friends, her world behind just for you. You should be proud of her, because never she has fought over something with all her heart. She always put her friend's happiness before her own and she finally found the courage to stand up and do what she wanted to do for a change."
Severus nodded. "I am proud of her and always been. She doesn't have to prove herself to me to make me love her" he said silently.
A tear made its way down Serenity's cheek as she listened to Severus's speech. "I love you too, Severus." She whispered, before lifting the Silver Crystal over her head and sneering at Chaos. "Now, you will be sealed away! If my time as Cosmos has not arisen, your time as Chaos has not either! Please Ginzuishou! Help me!"
Chaos screamed as he felt the first effects of being sealed away. It was as if his bones and skin were tearing up from the inside and no matter how much he wanted to fight back, this body simply did not permitted such an act.
The flower shaped crystal emitted a bright halo of light and before he knew what had happened, Chaos's spirit vaporized from Voldemort's lifeless body, which fell on the ground with a dull thud. The princess let her crystal go back to her heart and sat down on the ground with a sigh of tiredness.
Half the Forbidden Forest had been destroyed due to the fire and Hogwarts grounds weren't ready to win a beauty prize either. She could almost hear her senshi cheering her on but she chose to simply close her eyes in fatigue.
She felt a couple of raindrops hit her and the faint whispering of her name before she succumbed to sleep. Severus wound his arms around her and smiled at her peaceful face.
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Phew! I never thought I'd finish this chapter! I've been hit with a major writer's block this week with this story so I continued to write 'Through your Heart' instead of making myself go insane in front of the keyboard. Just so you all know: I did not have a death wish by making you all wait. ^_^;
This story's almost finished *thank god -_-* I didn't have the intention on writing 30 chapters for this one!
I hope you didn't think she was going to fight Chaos in space or something *like in 'Fate has brought us together-chapter 23*. I already wrote something like that and I don't want to repeat myself. And anyway, you read the reasons why Chaos was this 'weak' and it's perfectly normal that she's able to beat him this easily. Let's just say that when he comes back to fight Cosmos, he'll be pissed…^_^;;;
SORRY AGAIN FOR THE LONG UPDATE!
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Eternal Cosmos ^_~