Author: Bunny-chan
Email: Bunny_chan85@hotmail.com
Mare Serenitatis
Chapter 2
9/14/03
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Usagi's eyes had to have widened at least an inch. Here was the man who took her to the Tsukino's, the man who separated her and her brother, and the man who wished she would come back and go to Hogwarts.
Usagi bowed. "Hajimemashite, Dumbledore-san. Watashi wa Tsukino Usagi desu." She said politely.
Dumbledore smiled and bowed as well, even though it was not his custom. "I think we'll need a translation spell for you. Do you know any English?" He asked her, always smiling.
Usagi shook her head. "No, I was never very good in learning it. I always did badly in class." She blushed as she spoke, embarrassed for not knowing her native language.
But Dumbledore merely nodded his head, not aware of her embarrassment. "Don't worry, we'll do a translation spell for you, and later on the language will come back to you." He turned to walk out of the room but Usagi ran up to him.
"Matte! Dumbledore-san, I have some questions I wanted to ask you!" Her heart was pounding. She wanted to know a lot of things about her family.
He nodded at her. "Follow me then, Usagi. We'll talk in the kitchen. I'm sure you're very hungry." He winked and began walking again.
Usagi followed him into the kitchen and there she saw an older red-haired woman cooking a meal, and some kids sitting at the table, all with fiery-red hair. Two appeared to be twins, while the other two were just merely brother and sister. They were all having a good time laughing, talking, and eating that when she and Dumbledore walked in, they didn't notice them right away. But when they did, they all fell silent and stared. Usagi was becoming nervous and wondered if she had something abnormal on her face.
The woman finally smiled and wiped her hands on a towel. "It's so good to see you here, dear! I'm so happy that you made it safely from Japan. How was your trip over?" She waited a few seconds, and after receiving no response from Usagi, she became worried. "Dumbledore, does she not speak?"
"Oh!" Dumbledore laughed at himself. "I'm sorry, Molly. It appears I forgot she cannot understand English yet. Just a moment, please." He took out his wand, muttered a few words Usagi couldn't understand and smiled. "There, I believe the problem is fixed."
Molly smiled. "Well, that's good. Can you understand me now, dear?" She asked. Usagi nodded. "My name is Molly Weasley. I was trying to say before that I'm glad you're here safe. How was your trip?"
Usagi bowed. "It's nice to meet you, Mrs. Weasley. I'm Usagi Tsukino. The trip over was very long, and I'm kind of hungry." She blushed as her stomach growled slightly after she said that.
Mrs. Weasley laughed and went back to the stove, "Here, have a plate of chicken, I do hope you eat chicken!" Usagi nodded, even though Mrs. Weasley's back was to her.
One of the boys got up from his seat and walked over to her, extending his hand. "Hullo there, I'm George Weasley, how do you do?"
Usagi nodded her head to him and shook his hand. "Fine, thank you."
George pointed to the others at the table. "That's my brother Fred; try not to get us mixed up!" He said while laughing as he gestured to Fred. "That's my little brother, Ron, and our sister Ginny." He said, pointing to the younger two.
Ron glared, "I'm not so little anymore, you dumb bloke! I'm 16, only a year younger than you!" Ginny nodded, agreeing with her brother.
Fred reached over and ruffled Ron's hair. "Don't make you any smarter now does it? Ickle Roni-kins!"
Ron slapped away his brother's hand and tried his best to ignore him. "So, you're Harry's sister?"
Usagi nodded slowly, not sure what to say or what Ron was trying to get at.
Ron nodded slightly. "He'll be so excited to meet you. I know when we found out you were coming, it's all me and my family talked about for days."
Usagi smiled slightly. "I see. Does he know I'm here.? Harry, I mean."
Dumbledore answered that question. "He'll be here in two days with another friend of ours. We haven't told him yet, I thought it would be best for him to find out when he got here."
"When who got here?" Someone asked from outside the room. The man stepped in and Usagi saw he also has red hair, but only his was a receding hairline. He nodded to the kids who responded with mixed hullo's and 'hey dad'.
Dumbledore turned to him, "Ah Arthur! This is Ms. Tsukino. Usagi, this is Arthur Weasley."
Usagi bowed again, "Nice to meet you, Mr. Weasley."
Mr. Weasley looked at her in confusion. "Are you alright? Why've you got your head down like that?" He ducked to look to see if she was sick or something.
"Not to worry, Arthur. That's the traditional way of greeting someone in Japan." Dumbledore interjected.
Mr. Weasley exclaimed, "Oh! Do forgive me, Usagi!" He then proceeded to bow back to her, overdoing it a bit.
Mrs. Weasley came back over to Usagi and handed her a plate of chicken and vegetables. In one swift motion, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley managed to clear everyone out of the kitchen so Dumbledore and Usagi could talk.
Dumbledore smiled as they sat down. "So, what would you like to ask me, Usagi?"
She picked at her chicken and looked up. "Well, first of all. The letter that was written to me when I was a baby didn't explain things enough for me. Would you mind explaining why, how and by whom my parents were killed?"
"Well, to start first, a little over 50 years ago, there was a student at Hogwarts named Tom Riddle. He was very much into practicing the Dark Arts. Unfortunately, I don't know much of what happened to him after he left the school, but he was so vengeful and angry, that he set out to kill all muggle- born wizards and those wizards that opposed him. Your mother and father opposed him greatly, and thus they were killed. Your mother and father died protecting you and your brother.
"Voldemort, as Tom now refers to himself as, preformed one of the Unforgivable curses on your parents. That is how they were killed. Another reason he went after your parents was because of a prophecy told many years ago. The one who would be able to defeat Voldemort would be a boy born in late July to parents that had defied Voldemort three times. Voldemort would mark him as an equal. Harry is the only one that can defeat him for good. That is why he came after your family."
Usagi nodded, trying to take in everything she could. "Why was it that I was sent so far away and Harry was sent to our Aunt's?"
"Because your mother died protecting Harry, her blood was spilled. Because that blood also runs in your Aunt's veins, it was the only way to protect Harry from Voldemort. He was not after you, thus you could be sent elsewhere without a 'blood-pact'."
"My mother. I mean, my mother in Japan. Does she know about any of this? Does she know about. magic?" Usagi asked.
"Your mother was born a squib. A squib is a child born to a wizard family that has no powers. She knew what Hogwarts was, she knew who the Potter's were, and she knew exactly who she was taking in when I left you on her step. I think that was also why she was hesitant to send you here when you turned 11. She knew the danger of Voldemort was out there, and she didn't want to give up her child."
Usagi shrugged. "I guess that's why she seemed so nonchalant about owls delivering school papers then."
Dumbledore smiled. "I hope you do not mind, but I have a few other matters I need attend to. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask. You can ask Lupin, he'll know how to get a hold of me."
"Oh wait; I had a question about Lupin! I was wondering, when I first met him, there was a silver glow around him. It was like the moon was shining on him but it was broad daylight." Usagi said, hoping Dumbledore would know what she was talking about.
He looked down at her through his half-moon spectacles. "Yes. He does have a silver glow that only you can see. Only you can see that glow because you're Lunarian." He stopped short at her surprised look. "Yes, I know who you once were. Your parents knew it too. That is one reason they named you Serenity. I know many things, Usagi." He sat down once again. "Do you recall the curse of Werewolves?"
Usagi nodded. "Is Lupin a werewolf?"
He nodded in response. "Do you remember how that curse originated?"
Usagi looked at her food. "It came from my people. When Earthlings would come to the Moon, some were cursed. Lunarian women were always very beautiful. so were Lunarian men. But, if an Earthling shamed or insulted a Lunarian woman, she would put a curse on him. The curse was that every time he saw the Moon from Earth, he would turn into a beast; a beast that reflected his behavior when he was on the Moon."
Dumbledore nodded. "Exactly. But, those first issued the curse would always turn into beasts at every phase of the Moon. They were forever tortured by the memory of their actions. The curse changed after those first infected bit someone else. They would only turn into beasts when the full Moon rose. Because they were not the ones who insulted the people of the moon, they could still be men. But the full Moon emits the strongest powers and thus they change for that phase.
"The glow you see is the Moon's power over him. It will become slightly stronger as the full Moon approaches." He rose from his seat again. "Please excuse me. I suggest you get some rest. Harry will be coming the day after tomorrow." Without waiting for an answer, he left Usagi to finish her barely touched food.
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Email: Bunny_chan85@hotmail.com
Mare Serenitatis
Chapter 2
9/14/03
------******************------
Usagi's eyes had to have widened at least an inch. Here was the man who took her to the Tsukino's, the man who separated her and her brother, and the man who wished she would come back and go to Hogwarts.
Usagi bowed. "Hajimemashite, Dumbledore-san. Watashi wa Tsukino Usagi desu." She said politely.
Dumbledore smiled and bowed as well, even though it was not his custom. "I think we'll need a translation spell for you. Do you know any English?" He asked her, always smiling.
Usagi shook her head. "No, I was never very good in learning it. I always did badly in class." She blushed as she spoke, embarrassed for not knowing her native language.
But Dumbledore merely nodded his head, not aware of her embarrassment. "Don't worry, we'll do a translation spell for you, and later on the language will come back to you." He turned to walk out of the room but Usagi ran up to him.
"Matte! Dumbledore-san, I have some questions I wanted to ask you!" Her heart was pounding. She wanted to know a lot of things about her family.
He nodded at her. "Follow me then, Usagi. We'll talk in the kitchen. I'm sure you're very hungry." He winked and began walking again.
Usagi followed him into the kitchen and there she saw an older red-haired woman cooking a meal, and some kids sitting at the table, all with fiery-red hair. Two appeared to be twins, while the other two were just merely brother and sister. They were all having a good time laughing, talking, and eating that when she and Dumbledore walked in, they didn't notice them right away. But when they did, they all fell silent and stared. Usagi was becoming nervous and wondered if she had something abnormal on her face.
The woman finally smiled and wiped her hands on a towel. "It's so good to see you here, dear! I'm so happy that you made it safely from Japan. How was your trip over?" She waited a few seconds, and after receiving no response from Usagi, she became worried. "Dumbledore, does she not speak?"
"Oh!" Dumbledore laughed at himself. "I'm sorry, Molly. It appears I forgot she cannot understand English yet. Just a moment, please." He took out his wand, muttered a few words Usagi couldn't understand and smiled. "There, I believe the problem is fixed."
Molly smiled. "Well, that's good. Can you understand me now, dear?" She asked. Usagi nodded. "My name is Molly Weasley. I was trying to say before that I'm glad you're here safe. How was your trip?"
Usagi bowed. "It's nice to meet you, Mrs. Weasley. I'm Usagi Tsukino. The trip over was very long, and I'm kind of hungry." She blushed as her stomach growled slightly after she said that.
Mrs. Weasley laughed and went back to the stove, "Here, have a plate of chicken, I do hope you eat chicken!" Usagi nodded, even though Mrs. Weasley's back was to her.
One of the boys got up from his seat and walked over to her, extending his hand. "Hullo there, I'm George Weasley, how do you do?"
Usagi nodded her head to him and shook his hand. "Fine, thank you."
George pointed to the others at the table. "That's my brother Fred; try not to get us mixed up!" He said while laughing as he gestured to Fred. "That's my little brother, Ron, and our sister Ginny." He said, pointing to the younger two.
Ron glared, "I'm not so little anymore, you dumb bloke! I'm 16, only a year younger than you!" Ginny nodded, agreeing with her brother.
Fred reached over and ruffled Ron's hair. "Don't make you any smarter now does it? Ickle Roni-kins!"
Ron slapped away his brother's hand and tried his best to ignore him. "So, you're Harry's sister?"
Usagi nodded slowly, not sure what to say or what Ron was trying to get at.
Ron nodded slightly. "He'll be so excited to meet you. I know when we found out you were coming, it's all me and my family talked about for days."
Usagi smiled slightly. "I see. Does he know I'm here.? Harry, I mean."
Dumbledore answered that question. "He'll be here in two days with another friend of ours. We haven't told him yet, I thought it would be best for him to find out when he got here."
"When who got here?" Someone asked from outside the room. The man stepped in and Usagi saw he also has red hair, but only his was a receding hairline. He nodded to the kids who responded with mixed hullo's and 'hey dad'.
Dumbledore turned to him, "Ah Arthur! This is Ms. Tsukino. Usagi, this is Arthur Weasley."
Usagi bowed again, "Nice to meet you, Mr. Weasley."
Mr. Weasley looked at her in confusion. "Are you alright? Why've you got your head down like that?" He ducked to look to see if she was sick or something.
"Not to worry, Arthur. That's the traditional way of greeting someone in Japan." Dumbledore interjected.
Mr. Weasley exclaimed, "Oh! Do forgive me, Usagi!" He then proceeded to bow back to her, overdoing it a bit.
Mrs. Weasley came back over to Usagi and handed her a plate of chicken and vegetables. In one swift motion, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley managed to clear everyone out of the kitchen so Dumbledore and Usagi could talk.
Dumbledore smiled as they sat down. "So, what would you like to ask me, Usagi?"
She picked at her chicken and looked up. "Well, first of all. The letter that was written to me when I was a baby didn't explain things enough for me. Would you mind explaining why, how and by whom my parents were killed?"
"Well, to start first, a little over 50 years ago, there was a student at Hogwarts named Tom Riddle. He was very much into practicing the Dark Arts. Unfortunately, I don't know much of what happened to him after he left the school, but he was so vengeful and angry, that he set out to kill all muggle- born wizards and those wizards that opposed him. Your mother and father opposed him greatly, and thus they were killed. Your mother and father died protecting you and your brother.
"Voldemort, as Tom now refers to himself as, preformed one of the Unforgivable curses on your parents. That is how they were killed. Another reason he went after your parents was because of a prophecy told many years ago. The one who would be able to defeat Voldemort would be a boy born in late July to parents that had defied Voldemort three times. Voldemort would mark him as an equal. Harry is the only one that can defeat him for good. That is why he came after your family."
Usagi nodded, trying to take in everything she could. "Why was it that I was sent so far away and Harry was sent to our Aunt's?"
"Because your mother died protecting Harry, her blood was spilled. Because that blood also runs in your Aunt's veins, it was the only way to protect Harry from Voldemort. He was not after you, thus you could be sent elsewhere without a 'blood-pact'."
"My mother. I mean, my mother in Japan. Does she know about any of this? Does she know about. magic?" Usagi asked.
"Your mother was born a squib. A squib is a child born to a wizard family that has no powers. She knew what Hogwarts was, she knew who the Potter's were, and she knew exactly who she was taking in when I left you on her step. I think that was also why she was hesitant to send you here when you turned 11. She knew the danger of Voldemort was out there, and she didn't want to give up her child."
Usagi shrugged. "I guess that's why she seemed so nonchalant about owls delivering school papers then."
Dumbledore smiled. "I hope you do not mind, but I have a few other matters I need attend to. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask. You can ask Lupin, he'll know how to get a hold of me."
"Oh wait; I had a question about Lupin! I was wondering, when I first met him, there was a silver glow around him. It was like the moon was shining on him but it was broad daylight." Usagi said, hoping Dumbledore would know what she was talking about.
He looked down at her through his half-moon spectacles. "Yes. He does have a silver glow that only you can see. Only you can see that glow because you're Lunarian." He stopped short at her surprised look. "Yes, I know who you once were. Your parents knew it too. That is one reason they named you Serenity. I know many things, Usagi." He sat down once again. "Do you recall the curse of Werewolves?"
Usagi nodded. "Is Lupin a werewolf?"
He nodded in response. "Do you remember how that curse originated?"
Usagi looked at her food. "It came from my people. When Earthlings would come to the Moon, some were cursed. Lunarian women were always very beautiful. so were Lunarian men. But, if an Earthling shamed or insulted a Lunarian woman, she would put a curse on him. The curse was that every time he saw the Moon from Earth, he would turn into a beast; a beast that reflected his behavior when he was on the Moon."
Dumbledore nodded. "Exactly. But, those first issued the curse would always turn into beasts at every phase of the Moon. They were forever tortured by the memory of their actions. The curse changed after those first infected bit someone else. They would only turn into beasts when the full Moon rose. Because they were not the ones who insulted the people of the moon, they could still be men. But the full Moon emits the strongest powers and thus they change for that phase.
"The glow you see is the Moon's power over him. It will become slightly stronger as the full Moon approaches." He rose from his seat again. "Please excuse me. I suggest you get some rest. Harry will be coming the day after tomorrow." Without waiting for an answer, he left Usagi to finish her barely touched food.
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