For the Love of Serenity

Chapter 5- Narcissa vs. Serena, Helios

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As the day went on Serena found it harder and harder to pay attention and focus as her thoughts kept drifting back to the unicorn that she'd seen earlier, along with the strange scenes that she'd seen and felt like she'd known already. After her last class of the day and before supper she hurried and scribbled down a note to her guardian Artemis, who always seemed to have all the answers, summarizing what had happened and how she felt about it all, and asking what he thought about it before attaching it to her hawk and sending it to Artemis. After doing that she hurried down to the Great Hall to get supper before it was over.

Upon reaching the Great Hall she walked quickly over to her table but sighed seeing Lucius, Snape, Narcissa Black and younger Black arguing with the Marauders( mostly James and Sirius). Sighing she walked over and took her seat between Sirius and Remus as she looked over towards Lily, who in exchange rolled her eyes heavenward causing Serena to giggle slightly.

This however turned out not to be a good idea as Narcissa Black growled and spoke up, "What are you laughing about you Gryffindor filth."

Serena turned around and glared daggers at Narcissa who merely raised her nose snobbishly. No one said anything as they watched the two young women knowing that there had already been a great deal of tension between them.

Slowly Serena rose from her seat and drew her wand, she had put up with Narcissa long enough and this was it.

"Rictusempra!" called Serena pointing her wand at Narcissa, who in turn started to laugh uncontrollably.

Between laughs however Narcissa was able to call out, "Pertrificus!"

Quickly Serena called up a shield which easily blocked it, however before she could call out another spell Narcissa called out, "Serpentortia!"

Immediately a snake appeared and began hissing angrily as it looked at all the people around it before lazily heading towards Serena. Immediately everyone looked towards Serena to see what she would do, however she simply was staring at the snake seemingly mesmerized. Luckily for Serena, Lily chose this moment to intervene and called out the banishment charm causing the snake to disappear, then called out "expelliarmus", which disarmed Narcissa. Serena immediately broke out of her daze but before anything could be said Professor Dumbledore came into view causing everyone to gulp.

"Ms. Black, Ms. Tsuki why am I not surprised." said Prof. Dumbledore simply with a sigh.

"Professor she started it, I merely fought back in self defense," stated Narcissa as she smirked wickedly at Serena who didn't say anything.

"Ms. Tsuki, what do you have to say about it?" asked Prof. Dumbledore as he looked at Serena calmly.

Serena looked up into his sparkling eyes and knew that she could never lie to this man, he was her Professor yes, but countless times he had been there for her and countless times he had helped her. Sighing she shook her head and looked at the ground, suddenly feeling rather ashamed for loosing her temper like that.

"Very well then, 20 points from Gryffindor and I would like to speak with you after Ms. Tsuki," stated Prof. Dumbledore softly, and upon hearing this Narcissa broke into a triumphant smirk, atleast until Prof. Dumbledore spoke again, "As for you Ms. Black… 30 points from Slytherin and a weeks worth of detentions, which well be served Argus next week."

"But Professor," whined Narcissa.

"There well be no more discussion," said Prof. Dumbledore, "Now all you Slytherin's go back to your table, and Ms. Tsuki if your done eating please follow me."

The Slytherin's walked back to their table but not before Lucius grabbed and squeezed her hand giving her a look that said he wanted to talk to her later. Serena nodded and then sent a smile of gratitude over to Lily before following Prof. Dumbledore out the door of the Great Hall and up to his office.

Upon entering his office however Serena felt a sense of calm fall over her and quietly took a seat as she relaxed as Prof. Dumbledore took a seat across from her and smiled slightly. As she gazed at him she allowed a smile to come back on her face knowing that she cold always trust him and that he dealt fairly with everyone.

"Professor Dumbledore, I'm sorry I know I acted rashly in there and deserve punishment for it however I want you to know that." said Serena softly.

Prof. Dumbldore's eyes twinkled slightly with amusement at the young woman sitting across from him. Since she was 11 years old he'd known her and seen her grow from a klutzy girl who always managed to get herself into trouble into a young woman who was gentle and loving and becoming more mature as the time went on. Sighing slightly he couldn't believe how fast she seemed to grow or how mature she'd truly become. She had been one of the pupils who he knew had the power and drive to make something of themselves, she just had something about her that made you think she was special. Smiling at her gently he knew what he was going to do, and if he was right, who held the power to surpass that of the greatest wizards.

"Ms. Tsuki, I want to speak with you but what I'm about to say must not be repeated outside this room. I believe that you hold a great deal more power then the average student who comes here, and I believe that you could excel even farther then most of us could ever dream possible. I want to help you to be the greatest witch this world has ever seen and perhaps well ever see. Well you allow me to teach you, are you willing to learn from me?"

Questioned Prof. Dumbledore.

Serena looked surprised to say the least as she looked at the floor thoughtfully before lifting her eyes up to meet Prof. Dumbledore's.

"When do we start?" asked Serena with a determined smile.

Prof. Dumbledore nodded his head and smiled at her brightly, "Right now."

Later that night found Serena sneaking into the Slytherin Common Room and up the stair to the Slytherin boy's dormitory and to the room she knew Lucius to be in. However after opening the door she witnessed a scene she never would have expected, in front of her lay Lucius laying down with Narcissa laying on her side beside him running her finger down his bare chest and smirking at her. Serena gasped slightly as she slammed the door and raced down the stairs and out of the common room as she raced blindly through the halls of Hogwarts as tears streamed down her face.

Back in the Slytherin House things were not as they appeared to be. Upon hearing the slamming of the door Lucius was woken up and growled upon seeing Narcissa beside him on his bed. Snape looked over at them as well, being woken up by the slamming door and looked surprised to find Narcissa on Lucius's bed.

"What Are You Doing On My Bed In My Room!" questioned Lucius furiously as he glared at Narcissa daring her to try something.

Narcissa gulped as she scurried off the bed and back away towards the door, however Snape was too fast and quickly got up and grabbed a hold of her roughly.

"On the same topic. Who was at the door?" questioned Snape harshly.

Narcissa eyes widened, she was cornered and she knew it, the question was what to do about it. Using all her strength to pull away from Snape she glared at the two men before smirking slightly before leaving out a cruel laugh.

"I was merely trying to get rid of some Gryffindor trash," said Narcissa shrugging indifferently.

Wrong thing to say for Lucius immediately had her up in the air by her throat, and due to his tight grip she began gasping for air.

"I well kill you personally if you ever do anything like you just did, Serena is mine and Serena is the only one I want, understand?" growled Lucius clutching her neck tighter as she clawed at his arm trying to get him to let go.

Without thought Lucius opened the door and dropped her roughly to the ground and she sat there panting on the ground as the door was slammed in her face.

Serena sighed as she found herself outside the pen where the unicorn was being kept and a slight smile came to her face as the unicorn pranced about and waved his head before chasing shadows as if in a game. Soon though the unicorn came over to join her and pushed her shoulder slightly with it's nose as if to ask what was wrong, Serena sighed but then thoughtfully retold the story as she'd seen it.

At the end of the story however Serena shook her head feeling rather stupid as she gently patted the unicorns neck, "How stupid can I get, you probably don't understand a word I've said."

With that Serena turned ready to leave however a voice seemingly in her mind stopped her, "I understood every word you said, my name is Elios."

Serena looked back in shock to see the unicorn staring straight at her, slowly she spoke wonderingly, "Y… You can talk?"

A chuckle seemed to come through to her mind as the voice from before replied, "Yes I can talk not a loud like humans, rather only in your mind."

Serena nodded slightly in amazement as she stepped forward, "I'm Serena, Serena Tsuki."

The unicorn nodded slightly as it's voice came into her mind once more, and simply replied, "I know."

Serena looked confused, "How do you know?"

The unicorn shook it's head, "When the time is right you'll know, Young Seer."

Serena nodded slightly understanding that she'd get not more out of the unicorn about that topic. Before she could say anything else however she felt a hand come to rest on her shoulder and looked to see none other then Lucius.

"Serena we need to talk," said Lucius calmly.

Serena looked at him hurt, "What's there to talk about?"

Lucius sighed slightly, "It's not like it appeared, Narcissa was up to her old tricks again."

Serena looked into his eyes and knew that he spoke the truth and letting out a sob she hugged him, which he returned willingly as he gently wiped away her tears.

"Come inside Serena," said Lucius as he broke the hug and turned her around putting his arm around the small of her back an leading her back to the castle.

Suddenly the unicorn's voice came into her mind again, "Good Night, Young Seer, when the time is right you well understand everything."

So how'd you all like it? I love all the reviews and comments so please keep them coming! Um… as for the pairing, Lucius/Serena in the beginning but I have a few idea's that might cause a change in the pairing. Oh and thanks for the idea's, especially from Midnight Lily, Serenity Voldemort-Riddle, and Sylvanisty I really appreciate you idea's and found them really helpful, though I loved all the reviews these just seemed to stand out. Thanks and I hope you keep reading.

Luv the world with open arms!

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