A/N: Yo! Hey guys, sorry to say this, but next week I am starting *gags* school. And therefore will not have the time to spend nearly the entire day on my fic. I'll have Monday, sure, but I'm also starting to drive and those lessons will be clouding my schedule as well as my babysitting job. I'm just glad I already have a vehicle (which is a big old hunk of metal called a truck that has no A/C, oh, but the heater works!) because I don't have to get a real job to pay for one. Clear the streets, I'm 16 and just got my permit! Oh, and might want to get off the sidewalks as well.

Oh no, Kioko and I are starting to act like teenagers, we're talking about hair. THE HORROR!!!!!! (Kioko would like to put in that she has only just got a break from school and is feeling unusually hyper because she's found out that she has an extra day of break because it's labor day and her brain's been screwed a bit but it will pass shortly)

"Meiou, I was dead." Snape said for the umpteenth time.

Setsuna shook her head, "The stars cannot bring life back to the human body, once the soul has passed to death it cannot be brought back. However there is an interval, a limbo if you would, where your soul may resign in for a short or long amount of time depending on your condition. Hotaru has always had the power to heal, and ever since she came to Hogwarts it has been sharpening. There is a good chance that she merely brought you back from that limbo." Setsuna told him.

"Meiou, I was dead." He repeated plainly. "I saw…someone who is definitely dead. There is no explanation, I felt Tomo's power send me there and then take me back. Meiou, I know that she brought me back to life. You can't hide it any longer, I know she is an immortal, I've known for a while. This, Mistress 9 has given me too many clues to follow. Stop trying to hide it." He ordered.

Setsuna looked down, "It seems, that this situation is more severe than I had at first thought." She sighed, and then she looked at Hotaru. "Hotaru, do you realize, that you not only released pure silent energy, but you also brought someone, who was in fact dead, to life?" She asked.

Hotaru shook her head, "W-when a star seed dies…that's it…isn't it? I mean, he doesn't have a Sailor Crystal, I couldn't have completely kill—"

"Oh yes you could have, and you did." Galaxia stated, suddenly appearing in the room. "Something I think I should have told you a long time ago, while we were training near the Cauldron, is that your power of Silence is not something that can easily be explained. It's a force that can be bent towards good and evil at the same time, therefore it can kill and revive too. You are the barer of this power, you are like the silver crystal of Silence. That is one reason why you don't need a henshin stick to transform. But for a while you could have already killed and then revived someone such as Professor Snape, though I had no idea you were so strong to use it outside of your transformation." She sighed, "This could have something to do with Mistress 9's revival." She said.

"What are you talking about?" Snape demanded, leering at Galaxia.

"Setsuna, might I have a word with Hotaru alone? You can use this time to explain a few things to Snape, and I imagine that he will relay them to Dumbledore as he's been doing. It is high time we stopped hiding." She said taking off her red-tented glasses.

Setsuna nodded, and motioned Snape out the door, but he wasn't going. "I'm not leaving Tomo until I know she's safe." He stated. Hotaru felt her heart thump hard against her chest.

"Mr. Snape, even you should understand that Hotaru is as safe as she will ever be at this point. She is never safe as you should know, and she is always being threatened from the worst possible area. As Setsuna might tell you later, I have quite a bit of experience at being possessed myself. Now," Glandria said.

Snape reluctantly complied, but Hotaru guessed it was only because he wanted answers.

Galaxia sat down on Hotaru's bed and rubbed her face a bit with her left hand, red glasses in her right. She then put the glasses back on and sighed again. "I suppose I should start by saying I'm sorry."

"Huh? Why?" Hotaru asked.

"For being a lousy parent to you these past few months. I hardly ever see you anymore unless you're in Astronomy on Mondays, and then I have other students to teach. I haven't been straightforward with you, I haven't been spending much time with you, I haven't even been visiting you in the Hospital very much. And when I do it's because something vital has come up and I'm needed." She said looking up at the ceiling.

"Galaxia…" Hotaru reached over to take her hand, "It's okay." She said smiling. "I don't mind, really." She said.

Glandria shook her head, and looked down at her hands laying limply on her lap. "I should have told you before hand about your powers. Maybe if I had…I don't know. I'm thinking that Mistress 9 has been using your power of Silence to revive herself. I'll tell this to Setsuna of course, but I, I'm not sure I can accept that she could be…"

Hotaru had been wondering the same thing, how could Mistress 9 be more powerful than Choas? It was probably a hard pill to swallow for all of them.

"I thought I was powerful, I thought I was strong, I really did, but I couldn't fight of Chaos. And here you come along, harboring a spirit made stronger than…him, that is not only being fueled by your own power, but you're also keeping her from controlling you." She sighed, "When I see you, your body still young, it's hard to remember that you as aged as I am, maybe even more. I watched you grow back up from a distance, I had to, and I've always admired you're strength. I don't think I would have been able to handle the fact that I killed so many, destroyed so much, without Usagi there right beside me and you off in the distance, shining like a beckon. It was my own rebirth and growth that have taught me there are more forms of power and strength, so much more than I could have ever dreamed. And I now realize that I am week, my power as a destructive senshi may be stronger than any of the others, but I'm not nearly as strong in spirit as they are. I wanted to find a meaning in life, and ended up trying to destroy it." She then looked at Hotaru, "Hotaru, what I'm trying to say, I suppose, is that you can't give up, because if you can't trust myself anymore than I won't have by beckon there. You are stronger than anyone I have yet to meet and ever will meet." She said.

"Glandira-mama, I saw something…something…Snape was teaching me Occlumancy, and using Legilimency to do it. But this time he wanted me to let him tap into my memories and try finding something to help. He reached a memory, something I had wished and wished so hard wasn't there for a long time that I think I actually forgot about it." Hotaru pulled her arms around herself and shuddered. "I think…I think that's why I released Silence on him, I didn't want to remember that, and I surely didn't want him to see it." Hotaru let her hands go limp in her lap and stared at them. "Th-they told you about—about how it was Pharaoh 90 who, who put the demon in my father's eye so he would work for him? It's not true," She started sobbing, "I did it, I put that demon in my Papa's eye," She whispered, "Pharaoh 90 didn't want him, all he wanted was me and Mistress 9. My father wouldn't have been involved…he wouldn't-he wouldn't have died!!!" Hotaru busted down into a fit of crying, unable to hold it in anymore. "I just-I just didn't want to be alone…" She sobbed.

"Oh Hotaru." Glandria pulled her arms around Hotaru and let her cry on her shoulder. "You did a lot of things back then that you would never have done, remember? It was Mistress 9's influence, it isn't your fault." She said.

"Yes it was!" Hotaru insisted, "It was the time of the lab accident, I knew she was there, I knew she was coming awake because of Pharaoh 90. I was so selfish, I didn't want to be alone, so I…I did it! I put the demon in his eye! It's my fault he died." She exclaimed.

"Hotaru, Hotaru, calm down. Listen, you did not know then what you know now. You didn't know that it would kill him, you didn't know that you'd be able to overcome Mistress 9. As far as you knew you were doomed and so was the rest of the world." Glandria told her.

"It's still my fault he died," Hotaru sniffed, trying her best to calm herself down. But it didn't seem to help, it was her fault. All of it, if she hadn't done that to her Father, there wouldn't have been any Death Busters, no Heart Snatchers, Mistress 9 probably wouldn't have been able to revive herself. She could have prevented the whole thing if it could have dragged out long enough to revive Saturn. But she did, and now her father was dead because of it.

*********

The week no longer promised to be pleasant, in fact it became downright horrid. Depression was again raging inside of Hotaru, but now that it had a good reason it was worse than ever. Some days it wasn't bothering her so much, other days it was clouding her concentration. However, by the end of the week it died down because Hotaru remembered her promise, and if she was going to be able to do anything to repay her father's death it was keeping her promise. She'd been through all this 'I don't think I can handle it' depression before, so it was easier for her to conquer it because of the experience. She wasn't going to give up, she wasn't going to let Mistress 9 win, and she wasn't going to let her father down!

Well, she had to do some homework in the weekend because Millichent wasn't letting her off the hook with Quidditch Practice. But after she finished it she spent the rest of her time asleep. Though that was a mistake. She woke up in the hospital wing again with the same nightmare and her forehead burning so badly. This time Snape came to visit her too, oddly enough.

"Meiou told me," He said pulling up a chair.

"What did she tell you?" Hotaru asked.

"Enough to get the notion that she's insane. But because Meiou is anything but insane I feel I am forced to believe that there's a third world we were ignorant of." He told her. "To my surprise it seems Dumbledore already knew most of this already. Though Mistress 9…it's apparent that we can't do anything about her but help you fight her. You do realize that once the Ministry finds out it won't be a pretty picture." He stated.

"Yes, I know." Hotaru sighed. "And I don't need Setsuna to tell me that Crystal Tokyo might not be the Crystal Tokyo we know…" Hotaru's head shot up, a look of fear on her face. "Setsuna!!!" She screamed getting out of bed. "Setsuna!!!"

"Tomo calm down!!!" Snape said forcefully. He grabbed Hotaru and kept her from running out the door. "You're still week! You can't just run off like this! What is it you're screaming about?" He demanded.

"It-it's Chibi-Usa! She-she's the pink haired girl you must've seen from my memories. She's from the future, our future, the future of Crystal Tokyo. If-if Crystal Tokyo changes, she might not, she might no longer exist! I have to talk to Setsuna!!!" She exclaimed, trying to get away from Snape.

"Hotaru what are you so worked up about!!!" Setsuna huffed walking into the room.

"Setsuna! What's going to happen to Chibi-usa!? Our future is changing, Crystal Tokyo might not be the same, what will happen to Chibi-usa?!" She demanded breathlessly.

"Oh Hotaru," Setsuna sighed shaking her head. She ushered Hotaru back to her bed, "Listen, that future and our future are still going to be the same, only slightly different. The Wizarding world, our world, and the Muggle world will all combine. But the stars rule all, Hotaru. Serenity-sama will still become queen of the earth, the Silver Alliance will be rebuilt, and so will the other planets. Chibi-usa is in no danger, she is exactly as she was, though she's the only one who seems to see her world has slightly changed. She will still become reality for us." Setsuna assured. "If it changed we'd know, because if the future changed, then the past would change, and when the past changes the future will change once again until it becomes a never ending circle. The future we know will come to pass, that much I can tell you." Setsuna assured.

Hotaru nodded and sighed with relief.

"So it's already set in stone?" Snape asked, though he had a bit of irritation in his voice for some reason. "Do you really think our world will sit back and allow you to rule?"

"Professor, I am preparing myself for the turbulence the combining will cause, we all are. The Ministry of Magic will not be subject to the stars, they will become a part of the Silver Alliance just as the other planets had. Do you think it was easy to get all 8 planets to cooperate with each other under the rule of the Moon? It was very hard, toiling and tedious. I expect nothing less from the Ministry, and I'll expect even more from the Muggles." Setsuna said.

Snape looked a bit shocked, "There is no way we'll allow you to—"

"Professor, I doubt you will be alive by the time these things are set in motion and will therefore have little say in the matter. But the stars rule. We have the power, we have the knowledge, and we have the understanding. Prophecy clearly states that the three worlds will combine as they had during the Silver Alliance. Serenity will rule the earth and moon, Ami will rule Mercury, Minako will rule Venus, Rei will rule Mars, Makoto shall rule Jupiter, Hotaru will rule Saturn, Haruka will rule Uranus, Michiru will rule Neptune, I shall rule Pluto, and Glandria will become the Guardian of Sagittarius Zero Star. These things were set during the creation of time. I don't expect you will agree with me, but the fact of the matter is we have control over this solar system and over this Galaxy. I don't expect you to accept this, and I certainly don't expect the current Ministry of Magic will either. But in the future it will happen, how I know not, but it will be so." Setsuna told him straightly.

Snape's lips thinned and he gave Setsuna a dark look, "Do you really think you can just push us aside?" he asked dangerously.

"We could, but we won't. Snape, have you any idea what kind of power is at our fingertips? Hotaru and Glandria are our two most destructive Senshi, each one of them could easily destroy an entire world. I don't expect you to believe me, but I am just going to pray that you will never have a visual demonstration." She said.

"You do realize I will be reporting all of this to Dumbledore." Snape told her darkly as he stood up.

"I do, but don't be surprised if he already knows." Setsuna told him. He left the room slamming the door behind him.

"S-Setsuna-mama, you didn't have to, you didn't have to say all that." Hotaru said quietly.

"Hotaru, I fear that I did. For some people we will have to demonstrate our superiority. I feel that it will be necessary for me to say something along those same lines to the Ministry of Magic. And you know he saw what you were capable of, you attacked him without warning, instantly killed him, and then brought him back to life. If you can use that kind of power now, think what you might be able to accomplish in your senshi form. I no longer believe that you would be killed if you used your ultimate attack anymore. I'm not sure what's been causing this sudden raise in your power. Maybe it was because Galaxia trained you to better understand your power and potential, maybe because Mistress 9 is using this power it is surfacing more. I once heard that the power of Silence was a double edge sword that would destroy both the user and the target, but Silence is something you gain power in through understanding. I believe that, unconsciously, you're gaining more knowledge in how to handle it, and in doing so you are gaining more power than we could have thought possible." Setsuna sighed and shook her head, "Hotaru, I am so sorry."

"For, for what?" Hotaru asked.

"I know it isn't my fault, but all these things, all this happening to you. Mistress 9, school work, and now Silence. I will fully admit that you are the best one of us to handle it, you have been so strong the last few months. But…I just wish it were me instead of you." She sighed once again and then smiled to Hotaru, "When time has come to confront the Wizarding world and then the Muggle world times will be very hard for us. We will probably be ridiculed and persecuted; we will have a few followers, though not many. But as we know, there will be a time when dark energy forces the world into a slumber, then Serenity shall awake us and then construction shall begin of the Silver Alliance and Crystal Tokyo. It will all work out in the end, but just to warn you, getting there might be painful and tough." She told her.

"I understand, and I'm prepared." Hotaru told her.

*********

Hotaru never thought she could really hate a fellow human being. She understood that everything had a soul, a heart, breath, and dreams. No human could ever be completely evil, not without divine intervention and therefore she was a very accepting person. But a few weeks later after one of her Occlumancy lessons there was no more doubt in her mind that she could actually hate someone.

The day started out well enough, but Hotaru was beginning to dread her Occlumancy lessons with Harry. It was just the week before that she had collapsed onto the floor in tears because her head was being so pressured, so bombarded with hate and anger that Snape had to take her to the hospital wing. And it wasn't just her head, the rest of her body was starting to feel it too, and she could hardly handle it. "WHY CAN'T YOU TWO JUST GET ALONG FOR FIVE MINUTES?!" She had shrieked out in pain, then and only then did they notice her, and both of them were stunned at her outburst. Well, it had served them right when they were so caught up in their petty arguments that they didn't even notice she was in pain. Harry apologized several times, but she couldn't get him to even try to stop hating Snape so much. That was when Snape fully understood her sensitivity towards human emotions. Both of them did, and it served them right. But it didn't seem to carry towards this lesson.

"Get up, Potter." Snape ordered. Hotaru was pleased to find that she had been able to keep the images from clouding her vision so much and was still sitting on her chair. "That last memory, what was it?" He asked.

"I don't know, you mean the one where my cousin tried to make me stand in the toilet?" Harry asked.

"No, I mean the one concerning a man kneeling in the middle of a darkened room…" He answered.

Hotaru remembered that one, it was rather strange, it didn't seem like something that would be in Harry's memeory.

"It's…Nothing." Harry said.

Snape eyed Harry suspiciously, Harry's eyes wandered over to the jars on the shelves of Snape's dungeon. "How do that man and that room come to be inside your head, Potter?" Snape asked coolly.

"It—It was—just a dream I had." Harry answered.

"A dream," Snape said, testing the word in his own mouth as if to make them real. There was a long pause in which Harry was looking everywhere but Snape, and Snape was looking only at Harry. "You do know why we are here, don't you, Potter?" He asked, his voice low and dangerous, "You do know why I am giving you my time when I'd much rather spend it on a competent student?" He glanced at Hotaru.

"Yes." Harry said, also glancing at Hotaru, who sunk in her chair feeling guilty.

"Remind me why you are here Potter."

"So I can learn Occlumancy,"

"Correct, Potter. And dim though you may be," Hotaru swallowed a groan as Harry turned his eyes back to Snape, she wished she didn't have to be in the same room, they were starting up again. "I would have thought that after two months' worth of lessons you might have made some progress. How many other dreams about the Dark Lord have you had?" Snape asked.

"Just that one." Harry lied.

"Perhaps," And here was Snape's input of hate to make the skin on Hotaru's head feel a lot tighter than it should be. "Perhaps you actually enjoy having these visions and dreams, Potter. Maybe they make you feel special—important?" Hotaru bit her tongue, 'do not get involved, they do this all the time, do not get involved…' she told herself firmly.

"No, they don't." Harry said with a stiff jaw.

"That is just as well, Potter, because you are neither special nor important, and it is not up to you to find out what the Dark Lord is saying to his Death Eaters." Snape said coolly.

Anger, hate, these things were starting to build up. Hotaru trembled, wondering what to do. Should she leave? But Snape had told her she had to stay in the class. So she tried blocking off their emotions.

"No—That's your job, isn't it?" Harry said, his temper reaching up to a boiling point.

But Snape's look was of contemptuous satisfaction, "Yes, Potter, that is my job. Now if you are ready, we will start again…One—two—three—Legilimens!"

Hotaru saw a faded version of what Harry was seeing. A hundred dementors swooping down on him, drawing nearer. But then even that was starting to fade, the image of the room was becoming clearer and clearer, and then she was seeing nothing of his memories, and then… "Protego!" Harry yelled raising his wand.

A man with a hooked nose was souting at a cowering woman, while a small dark-haired boy cried in a corner, then a greasy-haired teenager sat alone in a dark bedroom, pointing his wand at the ceiling as he shot down flies…a girl was laughing as a scrawny boy tried to mount a bucking broomstick—

"ENOUGH!!!" Harry was thrown back into a desk and made several things crash to the floor.

Snape looked more pale than usual, he shook violently as he repaired the desk behind Harry. "Well, Potter…That was certainly an improvement…" He said panting a bit. "I don't remember telling you to use a shield charm…but there is no doubt that it was effective…"

Hotaru trembled, she wasn't at the reviving end of Snape's hate, but she was sure reviving it. It wasn't quite as bad as last week, but it was getting there.

"One—Two—" Snape didn't wait till three, "Legilimens!"

Hotaru found herself hurtling down a strange corridor, a place she'd never seen before. Past black stone walls, torches, she felt herself nearing a plain black door. She was moving too fast, she was going to crash into it. There was some faint blue light coming from the crack in the door, and it flew open. She found herself in a circular room filled with doors. Which one should she take?

"POTTER!" Snape yelled, ending the vision. Hotaru found herself as well as Harry on the floor. "Explain yourself!!!" Snape ordered furiously. Hotaru yelped because of the anger in that voice.

"I…dunno what happened, I've never seen that before. I mean, I told you, I've dreamed about the door…but it's never opened before…"

"You're not working hard enough!" Snape exclaimed.

Hotaru clutched her head, the pain was starting to make its way into her chest. The only thing she could think to do was to try and shut it off. She set up a mental wall between herself and their emotions.

"You are lazy and sloppy, Potter, it is small wonder that the Dark Lord—"

"Can you tell me something, sir?" Harry asked. Hotaru's headache was starting to let up a bit, seeing as this was working she tried solidifying the mental wall. "Why do you call Voldemort the Dark Lord, I've only ever heard Death Eaters call him that—" Snape was about to snarl at him, but there was a sudden scream from somewhere outside the room.

The three looked up, Hotaru was the first to rush out the room. The other two snapped out of their daze and ran after her.

Near the entrance hall a crowd was gathered because that's obviously where the sounds were coming from. Hotaru slipped through the people so she could see what was going on.

Her name was Sibyll Trelawney, she was the Divination teacher at Hogwarts. And there she was, sobbing at the bottom of the stairs looking like a mess that had been thrown down the stairs. It was apparent that the two suitcases beside her had been thrown, but Hotaru could hardly imagine anyone would have thrown a woman down the stairs. But she was staring, her fear was so great Hotaru could feel it through her mental wall, she was staring at the top of the stairs. Hotaru slipped through to get in front and see what was happening.

"No!" Trelawney shrieked, "NO! This cannot be happening…it cannot…I refuse to accept it!"

"You didn't realize this was coming?" Hotaru stared, almost unbelievingly, at the owner of the falsely girlish and sweet voice. "Incapable though you are of predicting even tomorrow's weather, you must surely have realized that your pitiful performance during my inspections, the lack of any improvement, would make it inevitable that you would be sacked?" Imbridge asked.

"You c-can't! You c-can't sack me! I've b-been here sixteen years! H-Hogwarts is m-my h-home!" Trelawney exclaimed.

"It was your home," she said. Hotaru felt so sick, Umbridge was actually enjoying Trelawney's misery. How, how dare she!!! "Untill an hour ago, when the Minister of Magic countersigned the order for your dismissal. Now kindly remove yourself from this hall, you are embarrassing us."

Hotaru never knew she could hate someone so much that she'd wish Mistress 9 would emerge and do to her what she'd done to the D.A. members. Well, maybe not to that extent, but it was very, very close. With a very dark look to Umbridge (which, by the way, she noticed), Hotaru moved into the center of the circle where Miss Trelawney stood rocking back and forth and moaning.

"Shhhh," She said softly, handing a soft cloth to the crying woman. She took it and Professor McGonagall walked on over. She patted Trelawney firmly on the back.

"There, there, Sibyll…Calm down…Blow your nose….it's not as bad as you think, now…You are not going to have to leave Hogwarts…" The Transfiguration Teacher said.

"O really, Professor McGonagall? And your authority for that statement is…?" Umbridge asked, though she didn't dare step forward for some reason.

The oak front doors swung open, "That would be mine." Said a deep, familiar voice. Hotaru looked up to see the students making way for Dumbledore to approach them.

"Yours, Professor Dumbledore? Heh, I'm afraid you do not understand the position. I have here an Order of Dismissal signed by myself and the Minister of Magic. Under the terms of Educational Decree Number Twenty-three, the High Inquisitor of Hogwarts has the power to inspect, place upon probation, and sack any teacher she—that is to say, I—Feel is not performing up to the standard required by the Ministry of Magic. I have decided that professor Trelawney is not up to scratch. I have dismissed her." Umbridge said.

But Dumbledore only smiled, he looked down at Trelawney, who was currently using Hotaru for support. "You are quite right, of course, Professor Umbridge. As High Inquisitor you have every right to dismiss my teachers. You do not, however, have the authority to send them away from the castle. I am afraid," Dumbledore courteously bowed, "that power to that still resides with the headmaster, and it is my wish that professor Trelawney continue to live at Hogwarts."

Trelanwey gave a little wild laugh and hiccupped in the middle of it. "No—no, I'll g-go, Dumbledore! I sh-shall l-leave Hogwarts and s-seek my fortune elsewhere—"

"No," Dumbledore said sharply. "It is my wish that you remain, Sibyll." He turned to Professor McGonagall. "Might I ask you to escort Sibyll back upstairs, Professor McGonagall?" He asked.

"Of course. Up you get, Sibyll…" Hotaru helped McGonagall usher Trelawney up. Professor Sprout scuffled up to them and used a charm to carry Sibyll's luggage up the stairs and past Umbridge. Professor Flitwick brought up the rear while Hotaru joined Kioko in the crowd.

"And what, are you going to do with her once I appoing a new Divination teacher who needs her lodgings?" Umbridge asked coolly.

"Oh that won't be a problem," Dumbledore said pleasantly. "You see, I have already found us a new Divination teacher, and he will prefer lodgings on the ground floor."

"You've found—You've found? Might I remind you, Dumbledore, that under Educational Decree Twanty-two—"

"—the Ministry has the right to appoint a suitable candidate if—and only if—the headmaster is unable to find one. And I am happy to say that on this occasion I have succeeded. May I introduce you?" He turned to face the open door, which opened wider as the sound of hoof beats could be heard. "This is Firenze," Dumbledore said happily, referring to the blond, blue eyed centaur. "I think you'll find him suitable." He said to a thunderstruck Umbridge.

Dumbledore's robes swished as he turned to…Hotaru! "Might I have a quick word with you in my office Miss Tomo?" He asked.

"H-hai!" Hotaru answered.

*********

Nervous was a bit of an understatement. Harry had to show Hotaru where Dumbledore's office was because Dumbledore was a bit busy at the time, to say the least. But he didn't know the password, and had to leave. So Hotaru had to stand there before the Gargoyle, waiting for Dumbledore to come. And yet hoping he'd just delay for another moment.

What could he want? What could he ask? Did he know everything about them? Or did Setsuna merely tell him a few fine points? What did he want to talk about with her? Her of all people! She'd hardly ever seen Dumbledore aside from lunches and occasional glances. This was the first time she'd speak with him face to face.

But…All of the other senshi looked up to Dumbledore, her parents had talked highly of him to her, he had to be on their side at least. But what did he want from her? And was it safe to give it to him?

"Don't know the password do you?" Hotaru jumped and gasped when the Gargoyle suddenly talked. "Oh come on, don't tell me I scared you!"

"W-well, I just wasn't expecting you to, to talk. That's all." Hotaru explained. "And no, sir, I don't know the password." She said.

"Fizzing Whizbee." Said Dumbledore's voice behind her. Hotaru jumped just about the time the Gargoyle did. "Right this way Miss Tomo." Dumbledore said smiling pleasantly.

The room was full of…things. Odds and ends all around her, intricate mechanisms and devices, some looked simple enough. There were glass cases all around her, full of the same interesting devices. But what drew her attention the most was the red Phoenix perched over an ash tray that had recently been cleaned out. She didn't dare touch anything though, not even the Pheonix.

Dumbledore walked over to his desk and sat down. "Please have a seat, and don't be so tense Miss Tomo. I don't believe I bite." He said. Hotaru did so and sat down on the chair in front of him. "I suppose you're wondering why I asked you here, aren't you?"

"Y-yes sir." Hotaru stuttered.

"I've heard from many a student that you're one who believes Voldemort is back. Though I didn't need them to tell me. You're guardians know it, and I trust that you got this information from them. Well, there is something I want to tell you, and something I want to ask you." Dumbledore stated.

"H-hai."

"I'm not sure if you know this or not, but my sources tell me that Voldemort has targeted you. Why, I know not. He could have targeted Tsukino because, as we know, she is the future Queen of the Earth." He started running his fingers through his beard, "It appears he doesn't have this information, but somehow he knows who you are. Most of us who know about your…sickness, think it is because of this that he wishes you on his side." He said.

"B-but if he-if he tried reviving her—" Hotaru gasped.

"My dear, I don't know what the intentions that… 'she' has, but I am pretty sure that I know what will happen, or a version of it in any case. But it doesn't seem that Voldemort knows the same. But this isn't all I want to tell you." He said, pausing for just a moment so that he could think of what he was going to say next. "I have asked Meiou this an she has agreed. But what I am going to do is send you to live with Harry Potter for the summer. Not only to protect him, but so Voldemort will not be able to attack you as well. My question is will you be willing and able to spend the entire summer with Harry, do you think that you can keep yourself under control for a few months?" Dumbledore asked.

Hotaru let the breath she had been holding release silently. No, she didn't think she could, she'd probably be more of a danger to Harry than anything. "No, Professor. I'm sorry, but I, I don't think that I will be able to keep myself under control enough. I might hurt him without meaning to, you know what I did to Snape don't you?" She asked.

"Yes, I am very aware of the Miracle you preformed." Dumbledore said. Hotaru opened her mouth to protest but he held up his hand, "It matters not that you very easily killed him without meaning to. I understand that you probably had little control at the time. But, think of this, if you accidentally hurt or killed Harry, what would you do? Would you just leave him there, or bring him back to life?" He asked.

"Professor, are you asking me to…to…?" Hotaru trailed off, unable to think of words to say what she meant.

"Normally I'd highly advise against it. But, as you know our worlds will combine sooner or later. If the Ministry every found out that you could work such miracles as doing the impossible, bringing the dead to life, the battle between your world and ours might not be as brutal as it promises. They may be more linient to accept and combine worlds, merely by knowing what power the senshi control. It doesn't matter if only you can do this kind of thing, the fact is that you can. However, I will advise you to keep yourself from doing so if you can heal anything that may cause Harry's death." He fumbled with his wand a bit, "Though, word has spread about your accomplishments in our school. I'm sure you have noticed the articles about you in the Daily Prophet. That will make it easy for me to allow you the use of magic, though you are under age. You are completing N.E.W.T slandered homework assignments after all." He smiled brightly.

Hotaru felt herself blush at his praise.

"If it will help you decide, I can send a few letters and have Miss Night go along with you. Because I personally believe that it would be a good idea for you to stay the summer with Harry." He said. "And besides, I have noticed a decrease in your trips to the Hospital Wing. Perhaps by the time this comes, you will not have that problem there."

"Maybe…" Hotaru sighed. But so long as Harry and Snape were clouding her concentration, she wasn't going to do very much learning in that area.