HERE IT IS! THE NEXT CHAPTER OF UNITED WE STAND! WOOT! I finally got it finished the other day and all I had to do was wait for my beta, Xolani, to edit it for me! AND HERE IT IS! YAH!
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Her feet pounded, her heart raced. Out of the common room and through the portrait, she ran. Not seeing all the doors she was passing, nor the halls she raced through. All she knew was that Sirius hated her and she had to get out. She didn't know where to go, just away from there, away from them.
Away from him.
Finally she had to stop; she leaned back and her arms caught a hard wall before she collapsed over herself. She was in a high tower from the looks of it. Strangely enough there was no light coming from the outside. She looked out the window; darkness. Like what she felt in her heart. Closed off and unloved. Her brother had abandoned her. A star caught her eye. The brightest star in the sky, the Dog Star Sirius. Something wet touched her cheek. Reaching up confused she felt it and pulled her hand down to look at it. Something wet, but not water, there was a roof over her head, what could it be… tears? Realizing that she had tears running down her face in jagged lines she let all of her emotion out. Harsh sobs racked her body and her cries were soul wrecking. Something put pressure on her shoulder and she jumped, startled. Looking up she saw who it was a started to once again cry in anguish.
Setsuna looked sadly upon the young girl in front of her. She had been following her and had known that it would happen, but she hoped with all her heart that it wouldn't affect her charge like it had. Each cry tore into her heart, each sob shook her soul. The girl was in so much pain it flew off her in waves, crashing like water against a ruff sand beach. She laid her hand on the silver haired girls shoulder and pulled her into a strong embrace, hoping to put up a blocker to some of the pain the girl felt. Speaking softly as to not startle the girl again she whispered, "Hime? Are you alright?" She knew the answer but wanted to hear the girl say it. In order for the future to work out the way it planned she needed to do this. She needed an answer. A lot rested on this moment; if only they knew how much.
Serenity's head snapped up. "Do I look okay Setsuna? Do I? I'm asking you a question Setsuna. Dammit Setsuna answer me! DO I LOOK OKAY? DO YOU THINK THAT I AM FINE? WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY? I JUST LOST THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN MY LIFE! DO YOU WANT ME TO BE OKAY? IT ALL HAPPENED TO SOON! THEY ARE ALL GONE! Gone, gone… Minako… Makoto… Ami… Haruka… Michiru… Mamoru… Hotaru… Rei… now Sirius… Sirius. SIRIUS!" The cry tore through her body, shaking her very soul. Too much had been lost in such a short time for the girl. Everything had disappeared, right before her very eyes. She had it all, it had been perfect then she had been taken. Her life, ruined and pushed out of the way by the 'needs' of others. She had always remembered what it had been like, it was always right there. The memories, good, bad, even some that weren't hers; they were Sirius', her beloved brother… the very same brother who hated her. Sirius…
"SIRIUS!"
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'I need to find her! What have I done? I am such an idiot! She came back, to me, and I let her go… again! Dammit! Where is she?' Sirius ran through the halls of Hogwarts desperately searching for the girl. He looked out the window. It was taking him too much time to find her. It was already dark. All of Gryffindor had missed their classes, not that any of them cared but they hoped that the teachers wouldn't be too mad. 'Screw them. I don't give a damn if they give me detentions or anything. I just need to find her!'
Picking up his pace he tore through the halls, up stairs, past the portraits, searching for his sister, his twin, his family, his life.
"SIRIUS!" He stopped, caught completely unawares by the scream. He felt the emotion laced throughout it and felt a pull towards the cry; towards her. Turning on his heel he went in the opposite direction and towards the cry.
"SIRIUS!"
Faster he flew. He had to reach her. He just had too.
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Setsuna looked at the sobbing girl. "Do you want to go back?"
Serenity looked at her, slowly lifting her head, blood-shot eyes questioning. "w-what?"
"Do you want to go back? To the gates that is. Leave here?"
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"Do you want to go back? To the gates that is. Leave here?"
Sirius had run after she had yelled for him. All he could think of was her, his baby sister Serenity. He was just reaching the top steps when he heard those words. His breath caught and his heart stopped. What were 'the gates'? Would she say yes and then leave forever? He couldn't handle that again.
The first time she had disappeared was bad enough. When they were younger she was what held his life together, whenever their mother was angry or if he and James' had fought, she was there to comfort him; she was his constant rock that held him through everything life threw at him. When she had disappeared he had looked for her for weeks, hoping that she would return. Even when she never came back he had held her close in his heart. When she did come back he had been filled with so many emotions that he hadn't known what to think so he went with his first instinct; anger.
'You might have driven her away. She'll leave again and it's all your fault. She'll be gone and you'll be an empty shell again. She is your twin and you just made her think you hate her. Good job dumbass.' The nasty voice in the back of his head had said everything he had been thinking. He had driven her away. Serenity would leave again and it was all his fault. He wouldn't let that happen. He just couldn't. He missed her far too much to just let her walk away again. No, she wouldn't leave; he would make sure of it.
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