The Hope Spell.
Authoress: Princess Lalaith"Harry Potter" and "Card Captor Sakura" Crossover.
Disclaiming: I don't own Card Captor Sakura, nor Harry Potter, snif; If I owned any of them now I would be on a vacation around the world, and not sitting here in my house writing this(luckier for you).
Epilogue. Not everything is over.
Dumbledore was standing in his office. A letter in his hands.
Dumbledore:
Everything's arranged. Aurors will be arriving at Hogwarts today after noon. They shall pick up the Death Eaters that were captured two days ago. I'm deeply sorry it took so long but we had to find new guards after the dementors parted. Expecting your forgiveness because of the delay and your help to those Aurors in doing their duty I have nothing more to say than Thank you, to you and all those brave students and Professors you have in Hogwarts.
Sincerely.
Cornelius Fudge.
Minister of Magic
"Finally we get new guards." Dumbledore murmured.
He had never liked the dementors, although no one knew truly why.
Suddenly Fawkes, the phoenix, entered the office and began singing.
"Fawkes, you do understand me, don't you?" Dumbledore asked petting the bird.
Fawkes just stood there, enjoying his master's caresses.
In the desk was a moving picture, of a beautiful young woman of long dark brown hair and light eyes, wearing a flowing white dress with different flowers printed everywhere; she looked very happy in that picture.
"Alyssa…" Dumbledore sighed sadly.
Flashback
"Look dada, a butterfly." A girl of about five years, with the hair and eyes of the woman in the picture, said as she bounced happily, following a small multicolored butterfly. "It's pretty."
"Not as much as you my princess." Dumbledore(younger but it is him) said to her.
Time Jump.
"Yeah! I was accepted to Hogwarts!" the same girl, but now eleven years old said as she ran around the house holding an envelope with the wax-seal broken.
"I knew you would my little one. You'll be a wonderful witch, just like your mother." Dumbledore told her smiling.
Another time jump.
The girl, now of eighteen ran to hug Dumbledore.
"I did it. I'm done!" she yelled.
"And top student, I'm very proud of you my little one." Dumbledore said.
"I'm not little any more dad." She said smiling.
"I know." Dumbledore replied. "But for me you'll always be my little one."
The girl smiled and hugged him tightly again.
Again, time jump.
Dumbledore was sitting in a magic café, he stood up to greet the just-arrived young woman(about 20).
"Hello dada." She said happily.
"Hello Aly, how was your trip?" Dumbledore asked.
"Perfect." She said excitedly. "And guess what? I've got you a surprise."
"What is it?" he asked smiling at her happiness.
"I'm getting married!" she cried out showing off her ring.
"I see he finally proposed." Dumbledore said satisfied.
"Yes. We're getting married in two months."
"I wish you happiness."
"I know dad. And I know I'll be the happiest woman alive next to him."
End of Flashback.
"All those happy times." Dumbledore murmured hugging the photograph. "Who would have thought it would end this way…"
Flashback.
A woman of about 25 years old was running for dear life.
"Leave me alone!" she yelled.
And it was that behind her where about a dozen of cloaked figures, dementors.
"Why do you want me!" she cried out getting hysteric. "I've done nothing wrong, get away!"
She went on running until she could run no more, she tripped and fell down hard.
"Ahh!" she yelled.
The dementors began absorbing her happy thoughts.
"No!" she yelled. "Get off me! Let me go!" She took out her wand. "Expecto Patronum!"
The image of a silver unicorn burst from the wand, but vanished shortly after. The woman was too panicked to do a strong-enough patronum.
"Someone, please, help me." She began crying.
Slowly she collapsed to the floor.
The dementors approached her, they were too close.
Suddenly there was a pop and a man appeared.
"Leave her alone!" It was Dumbledore. "Expecto Patronum!"
A Patronus of a young woman appeared and fought the dementors.
"Fa…ther…" The woman barely whispered.
"No!" he yelled. "Get off her!"
He continued battling the dementors. When he had to the last one he witnessed something terrible. The dementor, touching the woman's face, with its own.
"Ahh!" a cry of pain echoed in the night.
And it was the last sound that woman made.
"No…" Dumbledore murmured. "No.."
He knelt by the woman's side, as the dementors went away.
"No, this can't be true." Dumbledore said as he tried to wake up the woman but he knew it was useless. "No! Aly no!"
End of Flashback
"Alyssa, my little Alyssa…" Dumbledore grieved.
Meanwhile, in a dark corridor, no one was walking. The shelves that were arranged at both sides seemed to have been abandoned since a long time ago, full of dust and spider webs. At the end of the corridor stood what looked like a portal, with no door, but an old gray curtain. Swift murmurs seemed to come from behind that curtains, from a place no one dared to enter, because they knew no one had ever come out.
Dark whispers that chilled even the bravest ones.
But between the indecipherable moans one was clear:
"Naty…Natasha…"
That night was the End of Year banquet.
"Students of Hogwarts." Dumbledore began his traditional speech. "Another year has gone by. But this time we have many things to thank and to celebrate for. A darkness has finally subsided, and a new sun is now shinning. Lord Voldemort has been defeated, his terrible Death Eaters are now secluded in Azkaban, and for that I want to call to the heroes that made this possible."
With that there was a lot of movement as more than 30 students stood from their places and just before the Teacher's Table.
"To this brave students we owe that we can now assure peace has finally returned." Dumbledore said.
"We are the D.A." a boy yelled happily.
"And what does D.A. stands for?" one first-year Hufflepuff asked.
The students turned to look at each other and nodded:
"Dumbledore's Army!" They all cried out in unison.
Dumbledore just smiled at them.
"I still don't understand how you could do something like defeating the Dark Lord and his minions." Fudge, who was there to preside a ceremony, said.
"That's easy." Seamus said. "When the lady you sent to the teach us DADA last year refused to let us practice the spells, we knew we should train in some other way."
"And we needed someone else to teach us." Lavender added. "Someone who knew how to fight Voldemort and his Death Eaters."
At this Fudge flinched, and again he noticed the 'D.A. members' stayed impassive.
"Someone who had fought them before." Erick, another boy, added.
"And that would be?" Fudge asked.
"Harry Potter." They all said at once.
"You taught this students to fight?" Fudge asked, amazed.
"Well," Harry murmured. "It wasn't just me. Hermione and Ron helped me. And I accepted only because they were asking for it. We knew Voldemort was back and gaining power."
"And you didn't believe us." Luna added seriously.
"I know and I've accepted that mistake." Fudge said. "Fortunately we've still got brave young people like you to fight and protect us all."
The students just cheered.
"Please…" Fudge began.
"Everyone, quiet." Hermione instructed.
And everyone shut up immediately.
This time the teachers where the ones surprised. Most of the times it took them a long time to get the students to be quiet and calm, and Hermione just needed to say two words and everything got in order.
"Okay." Fudge said. "Going on with what I came here to do."
In that moment Percy stood from his place carrying a box with a lot of things.
"For your wonderful services to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and all the Magic Community by saving us from the Dark Lord and his followers. I, Cornelius Fudge Minister of Magic, grant you the: Order of Merlin, First Class." He said seriously.
The students were shocked.
As other Ministry workers got golden bands from the box and gave one to each of them.
"You must know you are the youngest wizards ever to receive such an honor." Percy commented as he too helped with the bands.
"This bands are your symbol, wear them always. You're an honor to us all." Fudge finished as he bowed.
Dumbledore raised from his chair and then bowed to the students.
Immediately the rest of the Professors and students did the same.
The D.A. members plus Sakura, Shaoran, Tomoyo and Eriol were flushed by the attention and honors they were being given.
"And now the ceremony is over." Dumbledore said as everyone returned to their seats. "Let the feast begin!"
A feast, more magnificent than any other the students of Hogwarts had ever seen before appeared before them. And the celebration went on far after midnight.
Sakura was laughing, she was happy everything had gone alright when she suddenly turned around.
'Dumbledore…' she thought looking at him. 'He was celebrating, but he looks so sad…'
By being one of the most powerful Sorceresses Sakura could feel something was wrong with the Headmaster, but she didn't dare to ask him.
"So you're going back to Japan." Snape murmured, disappointed.
"Yes, I need to." Sonomi said. "I can't leave the Toy Company for too long. But I'll be back, visit regularly. And you can visit me too."
"Then I'll be there every time I can." Snape said smiling.
(N.A.: Good his students were too distracted with the banquet so they didn't get a heart attack when seeing him actually smiling).
"Then I'll be waiting for you." Sonomi replied too smiling.
They didn't dare kiss in that moment. That would surely call everyone's attention, and they didn't want that.
The feast was over, and Shaoran had convinced Sakura to go for a walk.
"It's late Shaoran-kun." Sakura complained. "Why do you want to be out this late?"
"I just wanted to be alone with you." Shaoran replied. "And this starry night seemed to me like the perfect time."
Sakura smiled to him.
They both kissed tenderly.
"There's something I need to tell you." Shaoran said suddenly, seriously."
"What is it?" Sakura asked still smiling.
"I've already lost you twice. And each time I felt as if a part of me died, so much pain I don't think I would be able to endure it one more time." Shaoran said seriously.
"Don't worry." Sakura said smiling sweetly. "I already told you, I'm not going anywhere. I won't leave you alone."
"I know." Shaoran said. "But still, there's something I need to ask you."
"And what is it?" Sakura asked.
Her sweetness gave him the courage he needed to finish what he had planned to do that night.
He dropped to one knee as he took from his pocket a little black box.
"Ying Fa, would you marry me?" Shaoran asked.
Sakura stood there a couple of seconds, shocked.
Shaoran lowered his head, thinking he had done something wrong.
Sakura noticed this and she too knelt down in front of him. Slowly she cupped his head with her hands, raising his head to hers.
"Hai." She finally said.
"Nani?" Shaoran asked, a little shocked.
"I said hai, yes." Sakura said. "I will marry you Xiao Lang."
Shaoran slipped a golden band with a pink diamond shaped like a petal on the ring-finger of her left hand.
Sakura smiled as happy tears ran down her cheeks.
"Aishiteru Ying Fa." Shaoran whispered in her ear.
"Aishiteru Xiao Lang." Sakura replied.
Shaoran embraced her tightly, and then kissed her more passionately than ever before. There, under the stars, sealing with a kiss their oath of eternal love.
"Kawaii…" Tomoyo murmured quietly.
She was kneeling behind some bushes. Looking at everything.
"Come on Tomoyo-hime, lets leave them alone for a while." Eriol said.
"I should remember you it was your idea to spy my cousin and your 'cute little descendant'." Tomoyo reminded him with a pout.
"I know." Eriol said as he helped her stand up and walked away. "But I was positive he would propose tonight, and you would have hated to lose it."
"Hai." Tomoyo nodded. "It was so sweet. They make a perfect couple."
"Not as perfect as us koi(love)" Eriol replied sweetly.
'Perfect couples…Soulmates…' They were both thinking.
He kissed her nose.
She smiled and leaned to him, but before reaching his mouth, she kissed his ear.
"Hey, what do you pretend hime(princess)?" Eriol asked smiling.
"I don't know." Tomoyo replied playfully. "You might found out if you catch me."
With that she sprinted off.
"Not fair, you got a head start." Eriol complained.
But one second later he teleported just before her.
"That's not fair." She complained.
"It is when I want to kiss my beautiful koiishi(beloved)" Eriol said smiling.
They both kissed shortly.
When they broke Tomoyo noticed something in the ground. Two flowers, together.
"How curious…" she commented. "Two roses, one red and one white, together."
And just then, in the other side of the world.
Naoko was sitting on her bed with the urn in her hands.
"Something's strange with this." She murmured to herself. "I can feel it."
Suddenly there was a sound and the angel on the cover of the urn broke.
"Nani!" Naoko exclaimed.
Scared, she dropped the urn.
A couple of seconds later she took it again and gasped.
The cover, it had changed. Now instead of the angel there was another figure engraved, an image of: two roses.
The End
It's over… BUAAAAAAAAA! ;; I'm gonna cry. I can't believe it's over. After more than a year and a half this story if finally finished. But it doesn't mean it's all over. We'll still have the sequel! (squeals in delight) But…that means more work to me too (sighs). I'm gonna work really hard to get the sequel going as fast as possible, and not boring you, it'll have a lot more things, new dramas, and a new enemy (someone I'm sure you would never, not even in your wildest dreams, imagine).
I also want to take this space to thank everyone who reviewed my story, especially those who have been with me since the beginning, that never let me give up, this story could be finished thanks to you all. Also I might add that some scenes and situations that weren't considered when I first began the story where added because of some commentaries of what you wanted to see, so you can keep asking and I'll do my best to comply.
I also ask you to leave a review in this epilogue not just to tell me what you think of it, but please tell me what you think of the whole fic, what you liked, what you disliked, what kind of scenes would you like to see more in the sequel, etc. All kind of commentaries will be accepted (even flames) I just ask you not to use offensive words please.
Finally I just hope you liked the whole story, from beginning to end, and stay tuned for the beginning of the sequel, I shall be posting it in no longer than a month. I think that all along this fic I've given more than enough clues of what the sequel will be about, if not in this epilogue I mentioned again some of them, so you'll have a basic idea of what you'll see soon.
Arigato gozaimazu minna (Thank you, everyone). Ja ne! (See you later (hopefully not too late). I'll leave you with an advance of my sequel:
A darkness that refuses to subside. A new prophecy shall come to the light. 5 Supreme Sorcerers will take destiny in their own hands. Many mistakes done in one life, this is the last time for them to be cleared out. And in the middle of all: Two Sisters…Two Enchantress…
Two Roses.