Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, or any of the characters within the books written my JK Rowling. And I can't even say I have claim to Sailor Moon because she and the Senshi belong to Naoko Takeuchi. I can however, take claim to this plot, and that is all I will take claim to.
Summary: Usagi has been assigned two missions. One to figure out who is leaking information to the Daily Prophet from her secure Base in England, and the other she cannot start until Fudge believes she has caught the person responsible. An Old friend returns to Usagi after 15 years of separation, but Usagi has spent the majority of her time trying to forget her past at Hogwarts. Now she will have to face facts, face her past, and attend to her new mission.
The EliteWritten By: Lenna Silverstar
That was the final draw, the one thing that had brought the Major of the Auror Training Facility upon them. They had unfortunately caused one of the largest upheavals that in the end caused the Ministry of Magic more Aurors to be placed in dangerous situations. How the information had possibly leaked from the Facility out into the Wizarding world was beyond their imaginations, but they were furious. More and more Wizards and Muggles alike were being placed under strict surveillance, as well as rigorous questionings.
Usagi Tsukino was among one of those who was forced to place her squadron under a furious training session. She had only recently been promoted to Major, and had been furious when she heard news of the leak of information. Although the Minister of Magic had nearly refused her help, she forced him to see that she was the one who had set up this training facility when she realized how different she was from the other Aurors. In the end Minister Fudge gave in, and allowed Usagi to clean up the mess in the facility.
Standing in front of her squadron, she paced back in forth, as if waiting for one of them to crack under the tension. She had made it clear that no one would leave until she had the answers that she desired. No one had ever thought to mess with Major Tsukino, knowing they would have their asses handed to them in a neat little basket, while she walked away with having merely broken a sweat. She was one of the best Aurors the Ministry had, and was the exact reason she was commanding the squadron of Elite Aurors, known widely for their capture of many Death Eaters.
The sweat was pour from their faces. England was suffering greatly from a range of dry spells, to heat waves. Here Usagi could use the heat to her advantage. Someone would eventually crack under the extreme heat, else pass out. Her theory, the first to faint was the first shipped off her camp. You could not become one of the Elite with only the brains. You needed to possess the skill under pressure. Not only from your superiors, your enemies, but also from the elements, for everything, in the end, could be against you. There was no telling when your best friend could turn out to be your worst enemy, as she so found out many years ago.
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"Usagi!" a voice called out from behind the willow tree, as the blond haired girl was thrown backwards from the spell. "Damn it!"
Looking up from the ground, Usagi could see just enough of the sky to know it would in moments unleash a storm so furious it would cause enough damage to the surrounding areas to be classified a tropical storm. But England usually suffered more from heavy thunderstorms, or horrific dry spells. This was something unnatural, something created by an Elemental who wanted to even the playing field, or give the enemy the upper hand.
"Won't work," she whispered as she pulled herself up, her wand clasped tightly in her hand. "I won't let it work!" she looked over and found Lily and James Potter standing close to her. They had been her friends all throughout school, and even afterwards they had remained her dearest friends.
"We need to get out of here. Dumbledore wants us back at the school." James uttered, as Usagi watched a small figure walk across the field they were standing in. "We can worry about the Deatheaters later."
"No!" she hissed, as she walked towards the Deatheater, "Any Deatheater permitted to walk away from a battlefield in the end could bring about our destruction. They must be brought in. You two shouldn't be out here, you know Voldemort is after you." The wind shuttered under the mention of his name, which made Usagi laugh. 'So you are listening to me. Good!' she thought to herself as she walked closer to the figure.
"Stupify!" James cried as he stunned Usagi, pulling her away from the field and back towards Hogwarts as much as he could. In the end he knew she would be furious and probably stop talking to him for sometime. But the matter was that she was alive, and not nursing any more wounds than she had already managed in the last few days.
"When a friend becomes an enemy to save your life, how would you be expected to react?" Usagi questioned as she was released from the spell only a matter of moments later. Her soft blue eyes reflecting the anger, but forgiveness she felt, while a single tear slid down her cheek to mesh in with the soft rain that had begun to fall.
"Only the way a friend would react to the one who just saved their life." Lily replied softly, as they continued on their way. "We were sent out after you. Dumbledore became increasingly worried when you didn't return from your last mission. You had said you were on your way back, and then no further word came from you. What were we supposed to do? Give up searching for you?"
"What do you mean? I sent plenty of…Damn it!" Usagi cursed as she flung her fist into the nearest tree. "I can't believe I was so stupid! That's how the bugger found me!"
"What in the name of Merlin are you talking about?" questioned James who seemed rather taken aback by Usagi's sudden outburst of anger. He had on a few occasions seen her mad, but they had never been like this. He had never seen her through a punch like that. "Never mind that, were you taking lessons from Padfoot?"
"James Potter, I could care less who taught me how to throw a proper punch at the moment. The matter at hand is my letter being intercepted by that damned fool. I swear when I find the deatheater who has stolen my letters I will kill them." Growled Usagi.
"Now, I am sure I never want to see Usagi Tsukino angry again." James chuckled as Usagi threw a rock at him, narrowly missing his head, but clipping his shoulder. "HEY!"
"That's for the comment!" Usagi giggled as they entered Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to be greeted by Professor Dumbledore, who in the end had given Usagi a stern lecture about the Owl System.
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A woman with dark granite hair, and vibrant azure eyes fainted under the extreme sun and was quickly rushed off by two Officers who Usagi trusted. Another was slowly cracking under the pressure of not being able to do anything but stand in the heat. The ground was parched and looked closely to the Sahara Desert, as a gust of wind wiped up a few sand particles and threw them towards the Aurors.
Usagi smile triumphantly as a man, with light blond hair, and cold blue eyes ran to the front of the squadron, and lay down his badge in front of her. "Your wand." She ordered, as the wand, 12 inches, Dragon Heartstring, made of Oak was placed firmly in her hand. "Take him away!" she commanded as three Aurors walked up on him while the others remained in their spot.
"Handing information to the Daily Prophet, or any other will in the end do you no good. Take this as a small trial that in the end will determine whether or not you will become a final member of the Elite Forces of Aurors. Should you fail in your training your memory will be wiped and you will join the rest of the Aurors for basic training. Do I make myself clear?"
"Yes Ma'am" The squadron shouted in reply.
"Good. Now return to your bunkers, get a few hours rest. And be back here at 0800 hours or suffer the consequences!" She watched as her squad ran off to their bunkers, while she turned on her heels and marched off to her office where she would unfortunately be stuck questioning the Corporal on why he released classified information to the Daily Prophet.
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"Usagi, are you coming?" Rei Hino called as she looked back into Usagi's office, to find the Major asleep at her desk. "Bugger all, she managed to fall asleep again. I would have imagined she wouldn't have given up another opportunity to see Remus, but perhaps I was wrong." She thought out loud as she fixed her raven hair, and turned to leave. Her olive green pants and matching tank top reflecting off the mirror on the wall behind Usagi's desk. "At least she picked clothing that made us look good."
"Good thing you have a big mouth Rei." Usagi mumbled as she pulled herself out of her chair, and over to the doorway. "But your right, I did pick good clothing. Now did I hear you say that Remus was visiting?"
"He's on a mission for Albus. Says he needs to speak with the Major of the Facility. Of course, he can't come on base without your consent. He's been waiting at the Officers Gate for more than an hour. I'm sure he'll be furious to know that you are the Major he is to speak with, and that it was you who kept him waiting." Rei stated a smile on her soft face.
"I've kept him waiting for more than 15 years Rei, I can keep him waiting for a little while longer. Besides, I've been busy. I spent the last three hours questioning Corporal Norman about his release of classified information, erasing his memory of the train camp, and then reassigning him to the Ministry of Magic. If I haven't been busy, then I don't know what I've been doing wasting my time with these lousy recruits. And you're here trying to tell me, I've kept a member of the Order waiting!" Usagi snarled, as she turned to look at herself in the Mirror. "I look like hell!"
"That's nothing new," Rei giggled as she pulled out her wand, and whispered a spell. "There, now your ondagos don't look so bad, your eyes are no longer blotchy and red, and no more rings under them. You really should start sleeping more."
"When I find time between Order work and Ministry work, I will sleep. Until then, my duty is to train up these new recruits, and make them ready for the streets of the Wizarding World. I just wish there was away to teach them what a threat was like." Usagi sighed as she walked out of her office. "It's one thing to get them to understand what a Deatheater can do, but a completely different thing to have them stand face to face with one."
"You did a great job training the last group. Not a single one of them managed to falter under your command. And not a single one of them have ended up dead at the hands of a Deatheater." Rei uttered as they walked through the empty command post, which normally was teaming with new recruits, staff members, and officers all bustling around looking for a new task, or completely the last.
Usagi paused for a moment and suddenly remember the last group she had trained. They had been an interesting group, most of them had come in wanting to find fame in catching a deatheater, or wanting to use the power they gained to stand beside Harry Potter when the time came. She had been frustrated beyond belief with the group, always wanting to stand back and watch them go and get themselves blown up. But when the time came for the group to prove themselves, they had managed to astonish her to the point of speechlessness. They had managed to pull off the needed grade to advance to the next level of training, and then they were ready in no time for the next step, to stand as one of the Elite, and fight against the forces of Voldemort.
Her eyes filled with tears at the memory, and then of the future, nothing ever seemed to last long. Voldemort had returned and was now out to dominate the world again with his Deatheaters growing in numbers while the good was suffering with a lack of help and support. Not only did the Ministry refuse to give recognition to the return of the Dark Lord, Minister Fudge had tried to close down the camp believing it was no longer needed, as the Dark Lord was defeated 15 years ago by Harry Potter. It had taken Usagi many days to force the Minister to keep the Camp open, and even longer to prove to him that she was in fact teaching the new Aurors skills that could not be taught in any other form or fashion. Of course that had ended off the wrong way.
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"Major Tsukino, I am not in anyway trying to condemn you for the work you have managed for the Ministry of Magic. I am however saying that your work is no longer needed at this time." Ministry Fudge informed Usagi two months ago, shortly after Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter came out about Voldemort's return. Now the Ministry was refusing to admit anything had changed.
"Ministry Fudge, I am in no way closing down my base. I will continue to teach and train the new generation of Aurors. Or have you forgotten that in the last 15 years my Elite Aurors have managed to survive longer than yours, or that mine have caught 40% more Deatheaters every year compared to yours who sit back and believe the world has returned to peace!" Usagi argued, anger in her eyes, as she sat up straight, her hair falling down around her shoulders.
"The Base will be closed, and the Training Obstacles will be handed over to the Ministry for further use with the Aurors."
"This has absolutely nothing to do with Voldemort!" Usagi growled as the Minister cringed. "This is because I have managed to keep my recruits alive while you have failed! The base stays open, or I will fund it with my own money, and turn my recruits against the Ministry of Magic. I am sure you do not want more than one army marching against your miniscule forces!"
"That is a direct threat against our Government Major Tsukino, and enough to have you discharged from your position." Fudge watched as a slick smile slide across Usagi's face, while fear resided in his eyes. "The Base closes!"
"So be it." Usagi stood up, and walked to the doorway, "The base remains open Fudge, or find yourself a new Training Coordinator who will teach your Aurors better than I. By the way I heard another attack on Potter's life resulted in his near expulsion. Tell me Fudge what are you going to do when Mr. Potter shows the Wizarding World just how much of a crackpot you really are?"
Fudge sat there his mouth hung open while his eyes held pure shock. He was not angry with Usagi, he believed she had every right to believe what she wanted, but to directly threaten the Ministry of Magic with chaos, and then to call him a crackpot, it was enough to make a sane man go crazy. Slowly he closed his mouth, and eyes in hopes to relieve some tension, but every time he closed his eyes, he could picture Usagi standing before him, an army behind her and another standing not too far away.
She strode away from him, as he heard her call after her. "The Base stays open then!" she smiled as she continued on her way. It had only taken an idle threat to get the Minister to see the truth; she only hoped that Albus could manage to get Fudge to see the light in time. She sighed heavily and returned to her base having thought little about what she would do should Albus call her for help with the Order again.
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Usagi looked over at Rei, "Remus isn't waiting with a message from Albus is he?" she questioned quietly making sure no one was around. It would be one thing if Voldemort found out she were working for the Order, but a whole other story if the Minster found out.
"I have no idea. Makoto and Ami were with him when I was sent to get you. Remus refused to give us any other information about why he was here, other than he needed to speak with the Major. I don't know if Albus or Remus know you are the Major of this facility." Rei replied as they both stopped just outside the Officers Gate. "Makoto, Ami and I, will go make sure that Minako doesn't need any help with Corporal Norman."
"He's no longer a Corporal." Usagi reminded Rei, as the two other girls walked out of the building. "I want you three to check the grounds once before you head to find Minako. Find someone else to deal with Norman, and then I want you four to return here and make sure no one hears any of the conversation between Lupin and I."
"Of course." Ami replied as the girls walked away leaving Usagi clenching the doorknob in her hands.
'Fear gets you no where Tsukino' she thought to herself as she pushed open the door. Looking at the back of Remus' robes, it was easy to tell he hadn't been eating properly. His tattered robes hung off him; his hair was messy and un-groomed, and she was sure by the pale colour on his neck that he was a sickly white shade. He turned around to face her as she released a gasp of shock.