Chapter 3 – Who's New?

'Hmm...I wonder what's happening. Why's Madam Hooch holding a bouquet of flowers...?' Serenity wondered as she pondered over the fact.

"Attention everyone! Madam Hooch here is going to be retiring as of today! This will be her last day here. We will not have Quidditch games until we can find a replacement teacher, but Quidditch teams may practice." Dumbledore spoke as Madam Hooch turned red as many started to congratulate her.

"GO H-ee!!!! I'll miss you lots! I hope you have fun!!!!!!" Serenity said as she concentrated on a box of expensive delicious-looking chocolates and a white teddy bear. She handed them over to Madam Hooch. Then Serenity gave her a BIG hug. "Ren...can't breathe...too...tight...!" Madam Hooch turned blue from Serenity's hug. Serenity sweatdropped as she slowly let her go.

The week once again flew by quickly as Serenity had fun watching the DADA classes. As she retired into her room, the teachers were having a meeting of their own about the replacement of Madam Hooch with a former student

"Hi Professor Dumbledore! I came as quickly as I could, hearing about the replacement job of Madam Hooch." Oliver Wood said with a grin. He saw as Professor Snape started going red.

"Now that we are all teachers here, you may call us by our first names." Dumbledore began.

"But Albus, you surely cannot mean--" Snape was cut off by McGonagall.

"Leave it alone Severus. He is now of age and has the maturity." McGonagall spoke with calmness.

"So...are their any changes? Any new teachers...Oh! Who's the new DADA teacher?" Oliver asked excitedly, now that he was back.

"Well, Albus is the new DADA teacher, unless a certain someone changes their mind and considers being the new teacher." Sprout said with uncertainty. "Oh! Awesome! A new teacher! What's his name?" Oliver asked yet again with a large grin. The teachers just gave each other a look as Dumbledore gave a look at them all that seemed to say "Don't tell him the gender".

"His name is Ren. Ren Moon. He's currently asleep in his dorms. You shall see him tomorrow." Snape growled out, seeing that no one else would answer. The group of teachers each bade each other goodbye as they each went to their separate rooms.

Serenity quickly dressed into her Hogwarts uniform but noticed that many things seemed to small. Her bra didn't fit well, her blouse in the chest area seemed to be too tight, her skirt seemed to have shrunk, and her sweater was tighter as well in the chest area. 'Crap! I grew again? Darnit, I'll have to fix it.' Serenity concentrated on making her clothes fit properly as she banged her right hip against her dresser. "Ow! Darnit! You stupid...argh! I'm late! Crap...keep moving...keep moving..." Serenity kept muttering incoherent words as she ran into the Dining Hall with her hood over her head, so that you couldn't tell whether she was male or female, interrupting Dumbledore's speech. Serenity face vaulted as she noticed all eyes on her. 'Hehehe, go on...' Serenity thought as she quickly took a seat beside Dumbledore. 'I wonder why Dumbledore told me to put my hood on?'

"Ahem! Now, as I have started...Oliver Wood will be your new Quidditch teacher. He has graciously offered himself for the job and we will be extremely welcoming towards him!" Dumbledore finished and breakfast began. Oliver began to wonder to was under the black cloak. He surely couldn't be he? No, if Dumbledore trusted the man, then he would too.

"Hi, I'm Oliver Wood, the new Quidditch teacher." Oliver offered his right hand for the man to shake. The man seemed to giggle...? As he pulled his slender feminine hand from under his sleeve to shake.

'He seems so feminine! Ew...' Oliver thought as the small slender hand shook his.

'What a handsome weirdo! He must think I'm a guy or something...' Serenity thought as she slowly pulled down her hood. "Hi! I'm the new...wait...what am I...uhh...I guess I'm the new student slash DADA teacher in training! You can call me Sere, Ren, or Rena! Nice to meet you dude!" Serenity said with a giggle as she saw his face in shock.

"You're a girl?! You're so young! Oh my gosh...I thought you were a man all this time. I'm sorry!" Oliver rambled on about Serenity's youth. 'She's gorgeous! And she's younger than me! She's absolutely amazing...' Oliver stared at her.

"Well, I'm actually sixteen, going seventeen I guess. And I am most definitely NOT a man! I'm going to call you Oli or Liver-Man, kay?" Serenity said with confidence as she ate as only she could, a lot and fast. She quickly rushed off towards her room again to fetch her books as she remembered her first day at Hogwarts as a student.

'You will have to get a wand, seeing as how you don't have one.' 'Uh...I don't need a wand...' 'Yes you do, foolish girl! You need a wand to do magic.' 'Actually, no I don't. And don't call me foolish! You...you...snake!' 'Excuse me?!' 'Yeah, you snake!' And she transformed Snape into a snake with a wave of her hand.' 'Oh...Well then...I guess you don't need a wand.' 'Told you so!'

As she entered the DADA classroom yet again, the Slytherin and Gryffindor Sixth Years had surrounded themselves around something. Dumbledore yelled for them all to stay back, with his wand pointed towards it. 'Arghhh...what the heck are they surrounding?' Serenity thought with frustration as she jumped over desks to see what everyone was so excited about. '...Helios?!' "Helios?! Oh my gosh! Are you alright?! What happened to you?!" Serenity exclaimed as she pushed everyone away, pulling Helios's Pegasus head over hers.

"Your Majesty...they came...the force was too powerful...I could not stop them...I'm so sorry...Sere..." He spoke so only Serenity could hear. Helios trailed off as he slumped over Serenity's petite form. He changed back into his human form with rips and tears all over his body.

"How could this happen?!" Serenity screamed with anger. Everyone backed away from her anger with the exception of Dumbledore who approached her and the form on top of her with wariness.

"Ren, do you know who this is? We must get him to the Hospital Wing. He may be dying..." Dumbledore spoke with great sadness. Serenity just shook her head as she held on to Helios even tighter. 'I will heal him. I will heal my Helios...' Serenity concentrated on the powers of Saturn. She glowed with dark purple, almost black even as she held out her hands over Helios, healing him. She weakly lifted them as her energy left her. 'What happened to you...?' Her thoughts trailed off as she became unconscious.

Helios woke up in the Hospital Ward, all healed. He noticed that all his injuries were gone and he was not sore at all. 'Where am I? What...happened...?' He looked around him as he saw Serenity sleeping on the bed next to him. 'Serenity...you healed me, didn't you?' Serenity fluttered her long lashes as she opened her dark blue hues with silver star-like specs.

"Helios! I missed you! I thought you were dead!" Serenity bawled as she jumped on him, wrapping her slender arms around his form. Helios merely wrapped his around her, trying to comfort her.

"I cannot go back...I felt the Senshi dying...but I was not permitted to come out of the Gates of Elysian just then. But when I had, it was too late. I came to the Hiwaka Shrine, but black-cloaked figures attacked me and I teleported to where you were. I...is...are you alright?" Helios awkwardly asked as Serenity solemnly held her eyes to his.

(AN: It's spelled Elysian...I know, I thought it was Elysion too. But I checked it up, and then I looked up Elysium which means place of contentment or happiness...and well, yeah! -;; But then again, this is a Japanese manga, so it COULD be Elysion ...?)

"One thing, no one knows who I am. So, don't call me your majesty, your highness, or hime. Just call me Usa-chan, Sagi-chan, Sere, Ren, or Rena. I'm sorry...about Chibi-Usa...she could not be born when Mamoru-san and I separated." Serenity said sadly as she put her face into her hands. 'She thinks I still love Chibi-Usa? She should not be sorry!' Helios thought as he put his hands on her shoulders.

"Usa-chan, I...stopped loving Chibi-Usa a long time ago... 'When I had seen your beauty and kind nature'...It was not your fault that Endymion left you...he was a no-good bastard for hurting you." Helios leaned forward and hugged her. Serenity was shocked by his statement, but let herself be hugged by him.

"Lio...hmm...nah...what about Li? Yeah! Li, I want to ask you a question. How exactly old are you? You look a lot older now than when I saw you last time." Serenity asked with a grin. 'Lio? Li? My Usa-chan's giving me a nickname...? Wait...MY Usa-chan? Why am I thinking these thoughts...Oh! Usa-chan asked me a question!'

"Uhhh...well, I actually am eighteen human years, but I was attracted to Chibi-Usa's pure dream. I was always this much older than her but I faked my age so I could be in a relationship with her..." Helios trailed off as his Usa-chan just stared at him. 'He FAKED his age?! Just so he could be with Chibi-Usa...who's SIX years old...she's like...TWELVE years younger than him?! Wow...talk about love...' Usagi was lost in her thoughts as the doors to the Hospital Section opened. Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Oliver came running towards Helios's bed.

"Hi guys!" Serenity said with a grin as they came up to her and hugged her, with the exception of Oliver. "Awww...so no hug for me, Oli?" Serenity said with her infamous pouting lips and her puppy-dog eyes.

'Yes! An excuse for me to hug her too!' Oliver gently hugged Serenity too and everyone once again joined.

'Who are these people...and why did that man hug MY Usa-chan? Why am I feeling so protective of her...? I shouldn't be feeling this way...' Helios glared at Oliver who glared back. Serenity and the others just sweatdropped. Harry glanced at his competition.

"Lio, this is H-man, Ronny, MiMi, and Oli! Oh wait...let me change that ...Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Oliver. You guys, this is my Lio...I mean Helios...he's a friend of mine from before..." Serenity said with a grin, unaware of the reactions to 'my Lio' caused by three men. Harry and Oliver glared at Helios because he was taking attention away from them and put it all on him. Ron didn't really care because he had Hermione. Helios himself however was feeling joy because his Usa-chan called him hers...whether it be intentionally or not.

Helios asked Dumbledore if he could share a room with Serenity, which brought many eyebrows up, but Dumbledore consented, as long as there were two beds. Serenity said that was no problem for she could conjure one up. As Serenity and Helios headed towards their room, a certain Slytherin Prefect, the Quidditch heartthrob, and a Gryffindor seeker all had nasty thoughts about what they would do to him.

As Serenity walked with Helios up the magical stairs, the portraits on the corridor walls started talking. They neared their room and the picture of the Senshi glared at Helios. "What the hell do you think you're doing with my Neko-chan?!" "Horse-Boy, what are you doing with our Usa-chan?" "Ooh...he's such a hunk!" "Yeah...he's so much older now..." "It's nice to see you making Mama so happy!" "It's nice to see you again Helios."

Serenity and Helios sweatdropped as all these comments were thrown at them all at once. She made sure that Uranus and Mars weren't going to kill him and said the password. 'Hikari no Tenshi'. Serenity conjured up a bed with her Ginzuishou. They both changed, with the courtesy of Serenity providing all the clothes Helios would want and need. Helios was more comfortable in nothing at all, so he just wore a pair of boxers. Serenity with company, wore a pair of his boxers (which he blushed at) and a tight tank top decorated with bunnies. They both promptly fell asleep because of the constant attention the day had brought them.

Living with Helios in the same dorms had brought much embarrassment towards the both of them. Helios had walked in on Serenity taking a bubble bath while Serenity walked in on Helios changing.

Serenity was lounging on her bed with another of Helios's boxers and one of his shirts. She liked borrowing a little more than often and liked shopping in his closet. Helios was reading a book.

"This is sooooooooo boring....isn't there anything to do for fun here? Oooh! I know! I'll just do a bit of this...and a bit of that..." Serenity concentrated on what she wanted. Helios just stared at her, frightened, for the last time she was bored, she conjured up a storm of fluffy stuffed animal that covered their room head to toe, and every nook and cranny. However, Helios had no reason to be frightened for Serenity had only conjured up a 64-inch plasma TV set with four full speakers, a DVD player, the new 2005 VCR, an X-Box, PS2, and Dreamcast. It was a good thing that their room was soundproof.

(AN: I don't know much about the little electronics stuff...--.--;; this is just stuff I'm whinging...I'm sorry if it's wrong...--.--;;)

They played Bomberman, Halo, DDR Extreme, and all the games that Serenity brought out of the air. They screamed when they lost, when usually ended in tickle-fests.

"Ha! Beat that! I'm sooooooooo winning! I racked up more points than you! Oooh! I got AA! Oh...crap...you got it too...Well, I'll beat you next time!" Serenity shrieked out as Helios jumped on her, tickling her sides yet again as they tied in DDR.

"You know what? I don't know what I should pick...being a regular student or the new DADA teacher..." Serenity said with a puzzled face towards Helios.

"Well, I don't know. I got sorted into Gryffindor even though I'm too old...being a student's fun and all. But being a TEACHER would be cool too. I guess it's what you want to be...just think about it..." Helios left Serenity to her thoughts as she thought about what she wanted to choose.

Oliver sat on his Firebolt as he flew into the sky. 'If she wishes to stay a student...will I be allowed to have a relationship with her? And what about that Helios guy...he's eighteen...she's practically seventeen...and I'm almost twenty...Malfoy seems attracted towards her as well...and Harry too...but then again, would she have fun as a teacher?' Helios came over to Oliver on Serenity's one-of-a-kind CosmicRider. Apparently, the Senshi had put their powers together so they could create one for her. Only she would be allowed to ride it, but Serenity told the broom to let Helios on it just once. Helios didn't have complete control over it because it had to be asked by Serenity herself to be ridden by him.

"Wood, I know you're attracted to my Usa-chan. But know this, I love her as well." Helios said calmly. Oliver sat on his broom with surprise as Helios admitted this to him.

"Well, we're not the only ones with interest in Ren...it seems that Malfoy and Harry like her too. Whatever happens, may the best man win!" Oliver said with vigor as he flew off.

Harry who had been by himself in the broom shed heard their conversation. 'So, I'll have to compete for Sere's attention...but, Malfoy likes her as well? I'll just have to make sure that Sere ends up with me!' Harry ran off to the Gryffindor Tower to think.

Malfoy had been with his crew when he too heard the heart-to-heart talk between Wood and the weird Horse-man animagus Helios. So, PotHead likes my Serry, huh? Well, we'll just see about that...Wood and Horse-man stand no chance along with Potter...I'm a Malfoy! I will win her.' Malfoy just walked off into the Slytherin Headquarters with Crabbe and Goyle.

"Malfoy! Malfoy! Come quickly! All the Houses are gathered in the Dining Hall for Ren's decision! She'll be announcing it soon! Hurry!" Pansy had come in search for the three as her best friend Ren had made a choice. The four Slytherins had rushed into the Dining Hall as Dumbledore stood up. "Hello students. Miss Moon here, has had the difficult choice of either being a regular student or replacing me as the new DADA teacher. She has had the past week to make the difficult transition. Now, Ren will inform us all on what she had picked to be."

"Hi everyone!!! D-man here has given me the difficult choice of either staying as a regular student...if I was ever one...or filling in for him as the new DADA professor...it was a really tough choice, but I think that I want to be..."

Hiya!!!! This is the first-ever cliffhanger that I'm doing since this is my first fic...

Can anyone tell what OOC means...??? . I really have no clue

So, I'm opening up the polls for voting now...I voted for each pairing since I like them all soooooooooooo much!!!!! -;;;;

Sere/Helios: 1 (Rare coupling...VOTE HELIOS!!!!!)

Sere/Draco: 1 (Common, but HOTHOTHOT!!!!)

Sere/Harry: 1 (Yet again common, and still ADORABLE!!!!)

Sere/Oliver: 1 (Not often seen but there are some...HE'S SOOOOO SEXYYYY) These are the ONLY pairs I'm doing, unless you guys pick some pairing and tell me why...and even then, I'll only consider it!

- I bet you guys didn't think that Helios or Oliver would drop in, did you??

I just started writing this whole fic yesterday...I don't know why...but an idea plopped into my head and here I am writing!!!!

KEEP READING!!!!!!!!

I'll try to update soon !!!