I'm sorry I'm not updating a lot this week, but I'm grounded this week and the next for giving my stupid retard of a brother a stupid bloody nose because he provoked me and my mommy (dearest... sike!) favors him so much more than me and I went and beat him up again for being such a snitch, so don't expect a lot the next week unless my dad, who favors me, can talk my mom out of grounding me. Also, during the second week of August, I'm going to Florida, so I won't update that week, either. On with the story!!!
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Usagi grinned when she saw the Daily Prophet. The past week was filled with articles on her and her fight, naming her 'the best warrior ever seen'. Usagi skimmed through the article, smiling even more. Not all articles in the Daily Prophet were good, though. Quite a few maimed the Ministry of Magic, saying that it was their fault the entire incident happened. Usagi sighed and pushed back her chair. As she walked into Flourish and Blotts to start her workday, she knew the rest of the summer would be uneventful and boring.
Usagi frowned as she stood at the train station. She couldn't find Platform 9 ¾ anywhere. She wasn't hauling her trunk because she had stuffed it into her subspace pocket. She wore muggle clothes at the moment, so that she wouldn't stand out. Usagi had on a plaid pleated miniskirt and a white skin- tight blouse. Her layered hair, which she had gotten done at a muggle barbershop, fell in soft curls around her face. On her head lay a plaid motorcycle cap and black rider boots adorned her feet, ending mid-calf. In one hand she held a plaid minipurse and in the other she held her ticket. Usagi had tanned over the summer and was now a rich bronze color. She sighed as she looked again. There had to be some magical way of getting in. Usagi looked around her, trying to find someone she knew. She bit her lip, walking down in-between platforms 9 and 10, and spotted familiar redheads.
"Fred! George! Ron! Hermione! Harry! Ginny! Charlie! Bill!" Usagi shrieked as she ran over. She gave each of them big bear hugs. "Hi!"
"Usagi – can't – breathe – ugh!" Usagi let go of Hermione, looking sheepish.
"Sorry, Hermione!" Usagi stood back, grinning.
"This is my mom, Serena," Ron motioned towards a portly woman with a kind smiled on her face.
"Hi Mrs. Weasley. I'm Serena Tsukino. It's a pleasure to meet you," Usagi said politely, as she stuck out a hand to shake. Mrs. Weasley smiled as she shook Usagi's hand.
"The pleasure is all mine, Serena," Mrs. Weasley said.
"Ok, now tell me, how are we supposed to get on the platform? I've been standing here for like an hour and can't figure it out."
"Run straight into the wall," George said. Usagi frowned.
"Won't I get hurt?"
"No," Fred laughed. "Just run straight at it. Where's your trunk, anyways?"
"In my subspace pocket," Usagi said simply.
"In your sub-what?"
"Subspace pocket. I can put anything inside it. Comes with my powers," Usagi rolled her eyes as she explained. "Ok, Fred, you go first." Usagi watched as Fred jogged towards the brick wall and disappeared. George went next, then Harry, Hermione, and Ron. Ginny went last, and Usagi followed, taking a deep breath and closing her eyes. She went right through the barrier, and opened her eyes once she noticed she didn't crash through. Usagi sighed with relief.
"Whoa, I though I was gonna crash back there," Usagi said, fixing her plaid cap and straightening her plaid skirt. Usagi grinned.
"You didn't, did you?" Fred raised an eyebrow.
"Let's get on the train," Usagi said. "Before I'm stuck sitting with Malfoy and his cronies again."
"Yeah, let's," Hermione, Harry, Ron, and Usagi climbed onto the train and found an empty compartment to sit at. They stowed away their trunks and things, then hopped back down.
"I might be seeing you all sooner than you think," said Charlie, grinning, as he hugged Ginny goodbye.
"Why?" said Fred keenly.
"You'll see," said Charlie. "Just don't tell Percy I mentioned it... it's 'classified information, until such time as the Ministry sees fit to release it', after all. "
"What is it?" Usagi gave Charlie a look that said 'tell me or else'. Charlie laughed. Usagi closed her eyes as she probed Charlie's mind. Curiosity overtook her common sense. She came across the words 'Triwizard Tournament', 'Hogwarts', 'Beauxbatons', and 'Durmstrang'. "What?!? What is the Tri-"
"Hush!" Charlie covered Usagi's mouth. "How did you do that, anyways?"
Usagi bit Charlie's hand, and Charlie let go. "I can read minds, Einstein. Comes with the power. But what is that? And what are Beauxbatons and Durmstrang?"
"The first question I can't answer. As for the second one, they're schools in Europe, two of the best."
"Yeah, I sort of wish I were back at Hogwarts this year," said Bill, hands in his pockets, looking almost wistfully at the train.
"Fine, don't tell me! Bye to you two!" Usagi pouted, giving them good-bye hugs. She gave one to Mrs. Weasley as well. "Bye Mrs. Weasley!" Usagi stomped onto the train, huffing. She sat in her compartment, crossing her legs and arms, and sulked.
"You're in our compartment, Tsukino!" Pansy's annoying voice wafted over to Usagi. Usagi huffed.
"I don't see your damn name anywhere," Usagi narrowed her eyes. Draco, Crabbe, Goyle, and a few others stood behind Pansy.
"Get out!" Pansy shrieked. "Get out right now!"
"Ask me nicely and I'll think about it," Usagi rolled her eyes before standing. She straightened her short miniskirt, giving a view of her tanned legs. "Are you forgetting our fight already?" Usagi stood with one hand on her hip, her legs apart. "Just because I'm wearing four inch heels doesn't mean that I won't be able to defend myself."
"Just get out of here, and save yourself the trouble," Pansy spat.
"Bite me," Usagi said. Pansy gasped.
"You little blonde bitch!"
"You little brunette bitch!" Usagi mimicked Pansy.
"Ugh!"
"Get a life, Pansy."
"Atleast I have a trusty boyfriend," Pansy said, grabbing Draco's arms. Draco frowned.
"Draco Malfoy? Not much of a boyfriend if you ask me. And anyways, my parents had enough common sense not to name me after some fuckin flower."
"That's it!" Pansy shrieked. "If you want to fight, name the time and the place!"
"Now Pansy, dearest," Draco tried to persuade Pansy out of fighting. Usagi tapped a foot. Draco led Pansy to the next compartment and reappeared.
"Why do you try and get into fights with people you know is going to lose," Draco crossed his arms and leaned against the wall. His eyes narrowed. Usagi sat down, facing him. He had grown taller and had gotten a healthy tan. His hair was even paler, as it had gotten sun-bleached. He obviously had been working out. His well-toned body was visible through his fitting shirt.
"What do you mean?" Usagi frowned. Draco raised an eyebrow.
"You know what I mean."
"Oh really. So what you're trying to say is that I use my powers as an advantage against weak and helpless earthlings? Is it my fault that Pansy provokes me? I don't think so. Is it my fault she's a bitch? Uh-uh. So don't blame me on something your girlfriend does. Ok?" Usagi crossed her arms, furious. "You should learn to stop pointing fingers at others, Malfoy. It'll get you into some serious trouble."
"Don't tell me what to do, Tsukino," Draco spat. "I know you're the troublemaker here, so don't blame Pansy. You're just jealous of her looks, Tsukino."
"Malfoy, that does it," Usagi was fuming. She stood up and clenched her fists. "Pansy's looks can't compare to mine. So get you're ass back to your bitch, and stay out of my way." Usagi flicked her finger and the compartment door slid open. She picked Malfoy up by his robes and threw him into the next compartment, leaving him looking disheveled. She slammed the compartment door so hard that the glass shattered and the door lay squashed to one side. She huffing and stomped back to her seat. 'I'll show Malfoy. Pansy, prettier than me? Ugh, as if.'
"Looks like someone here threw a temper tantrum," Hermione stated as she looked at the smashed door and glass particles.
"Don't you guys get on my case now," Usagi warned, her eyes flashing dangerously. Ron and Harry backed away, hands up. Hermione rolled her eyes. "I'm serious; don't mess with me right now. I've had enough with Pansy. I'm getting some stuff off of Fred and George. Pansy, prepare for the cursing of your life."
"Usagi, just don't do anything that will get you expelled," Hermione sighed. "Reparo!" the compartment door slid back to it's original shape as the pane put itself back together before connecting with the door. Hermione shook her head. "One day your temper is gonna land you in trouble."
"Do you know what Malfoy just said?" Usagi shook with irritation. "He just accused me of picking fights with weaker losers so that I could win... for the fun of it!"
"No!" Hermione knew how touchy Usagi was about justice and truth, and how she hated to fight and blah, blah, blah.
"And that's not all... he said that I'm only fighting with Pansy because I'm jealous of her looks!" Usagi was positively fuming. 'Hermione, I swear!' Usagi telepathically talked to Hermione.
"What? Who said that?" Hermione looked around her, scared. Usagi rolled her eyes.
"I'm talking to you telepathically, dumbass. So listen up."
'Hermione, help me,' Usagi thought out.
'What do you want me to do?' Hermione raised an eyebrow.
'He thinks that Pansy bitch is prettier than me!' Usagi whined.
'She is...'
'HERMIONE!!!'
'I'm kidding, I'm kidding,' Hermione put her hands up. 'Well, you just have to spice up and make him jealous.'
'With who?' Usagi sighed as she pointed her finger at the door and open it halfway.
"How did you do that?" Ron looked at Usagi in awe.
"I don't need a wand to do magic," Usagi replied. "My magic comes from the moon itself, pure and unfooled with. Its energy and power is raw. Your magic, however, is a descendant of planetary magic. It's not as strong as mine. Therefore, you require a wand."
"Whoa, that's so scientific!" Harry said. Usagi rolled her eyes, and Hermione laughed. Suddenly, Snowdrop popped out of nowhere, and Usagi shrieked.
"My god, Snowdrop!" Usagi clutched at her heart. "Give me a heart attack, won't you? Oh. You have a note. Here, lemme see." Usagi took the note from Snowdrop's beak and opened it. It was from her mother.
Dear Serenity,
I wanted to tell you that there are other powers that come with the Solar Key. You are able to control the elements with it, the main ones being water, fire, wind, and earth. You can only control the elements; not make them. The other powers, you will soon come to know.
Love, Mother
"Oh. That's interesting," Usagi said, ripping the note up.
"What?" Ron said eagerly.
"None ya business." Usagi sighed as she sat back down; the train had started moving. A sudden hooting noise broke the silence, and Usagi looked around, finally spotting what looked like a small fluff ball zooming around in a cage. "What's that?" Usagi looked closer and found that it was a hyper owl.
"My owl, Pigwidgeon," Ron said grumpily as he took out a maroon colored robe. He flung it over the cage to block the hooting.
"Oh," Usagi smiled as she sat back.
"Bagman wanted to tell us what's happening at Hogwarts," Ron said grumpily, sitting down next to Harry. "At the World Cup, remember? But my own mother won't say. Wonder what –"
"Shh!" Hermione whispered suddenly, pressing her finger to her lips and pointing toward the compartment Malfoy was in. Harry and Ron listened, and heard a familiar drawling voice drifting in through the open door.
"... Father actually considered sending me to Durmstrang rather than Hogwarts, you know. He knows the headmaster, you see. Well, you know his opinion of Dumbledore – the man's such a Mudblood-lover – and Durmstrang doesn't admit that sort of riffraff. But Mother doesn't like the idea of me going to school so far away. Father says Durmstrang takes a far more sensible line than Hogwarts about the Dark Arts. Durmstrang students actually learn them, not just the defense rubbish we do..."
Usagi got up angrily and walked over to the door. She let herself in, and Hermione quietly shut the door behind her. The bushy brunette went back to Harry and Ron to talk.
"If you think Durmstrang's such a great school, why don't you just go there and save me the trouble of seeing your face everyday?" Usagi said, crossing her arms. A few more people had joined Malfoy, and the boys were looking at Usagi's outfit and body with interest. Usagi ignored them.
"Who invited you here?" Pansy demanded, standing up to block Usagi's path to Draco. The rain outside got even heavier and pelted the windows with a steady rhythm. The compartment got quiet to watch the two girls.
"Who asked you to talk?" Usagi narrowed her eyes. Pansy clenched her jaw.
"I don't need your permission," Pansy snapped.
"Anyways, what's so great about Durmstrang?" Usagi stepped around Pansy to face Draco.
"Don't you dare ignore me!" Pansy almost shouted. Usagi sighed angrily. She pointed a finger at Pansy and raised it. Pansy floated into the air. Usagi closed her eyes, making a wish on the Silver Crystal. Pansy's hair turned blue, brighter than Ami's. Everyone laughed at the bewildered floating Pansy. Usagi grinned as she suddenly flicked her finger down. Pansy slammed into the floor and had the wind knocked out of her.
"Oof!" Pansy grunted as she tried to regain her breath. Usagi whipped around and walked out of the compartment, nose in the air.
"That's what you get," Usagi paused at the compartment door before walking out. A satisfying scream resounded from Draco's compartment. Pansy had just found out her hair had turned blue. Usagi grinned as she sat down.
"Why are you so happy?" Ron said grumpily.
A round-faced boy entered their compartment. Usagi recognized him as Neville Longbottom, a forgetful boy that didn't score a lot of points from the teachers.
"Hey Neville," Usagi smiled kindly at the boy. He waved back.
"Hey Usagi," Neville said as two other boys made their way in. Usagi recognized them as well.
"Hey Seamus, Dean."
"Hi Serena," the boys chorused as they turned to Harry and Ron. The four launched into a detailed explanation of the World Cup while Neville listened jealously. Usagi rolled her eyes. She sat back with her arms under her head. Hermione sighed as she pulled out a book and began to read. With the lulling of the rain beating down on the train and the monotonous drone of talking, Usagi fell into a quiet, deep slumber.
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"...But then, Father's always associated with the top people in the ministry...Maybe your father's too junior to know about it, Weasley... yes... they probably don't talk about important stuff in front of him..." a drawling voice woke Usagi, who groaned as she got up and stretched.
"Malfoy, that better not be you," Usagi said groggily as she rubbed her eyes. Yawning, she saw Malfoy standing there with his two bodyguards, Crabbe and Goyle. Usagi was suddenly wide awake. "You better get out of here right now, Malfoy, before I turn your hair bright pink!" Usagi was angry as she watched the three slip out.
Ron got to his feet and slammed the sliding compartment door so hard that the glass shattered. Usagi rolled her eyes and pointed her finger at the glass lying on the floor. The shards rose up and put themselves together into a pane before going back into the door.
"Hhhmmm..." Usagi said, stifling a yawn. "I'm going back to sleep!" Usagi settled back into her seat and fell asleep.
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"Usagi," someone shook her roughly. "Come on, get up!"
"Five more minutes, mom," Usagi said as she snuggled into her seat. The shaking returned. "Mom! I can run to school! Rei, Ami, Minako and Makoto will give me a ride."
"Usagi, get up!"
"Come on, mom! Mamoru said he loved me. Tell him I love him too," Usagi mumbled, turned to her side, and went back to sleep. Suddenly, she fell on the floor. "OW! MOM!" Usagi suddenly noticed she was on the Hogwarts Express and that the rain was beating harder than ever. Hermione stood above her with a smug look on her face and Harry and Ron were laughing hard.
"HERMIONE!" Usagi shrieked as ice cold water hit her head.
"I thought that would wake you up," Hermione laughed. Usagi glared at her. "Yeah? What do you want? Woke me up in the middle of a good dream!"
"What dream?" Hermione raised an eyebrow.
Usagi sighed dreamily. "Mamoru and I were walking down a beach, hand in hand... and the sun was setting... and then, he went down on one knee and proposed to me... and I said yes," Usagi sighed again, stars in her eyes. "Today's our four year anniversary..."
"You do realize he left you," Hermione crossed her arms, rolling her eyes. It suddenly dawned on Usagi that he didn't love her anymore.
"Oh yea," Usagi grew angry. "He left me for that stupid Beryl. Ugh, I hate him. If I could kill him with a thousand tortured deaths, I'd do so. Actually, I can..." Usagi looked up at Hermione, her hair sopping wet. She suddenly realized that she was wearing a white shirt, and that it was soaking. Usagi gasped as she looked down and sighed with relief when she noticed her black tank top underneath.
"You better change into school robes," Hermione said. Usagi found that Hermione had already changed. Usagi nodded as she pulled out her white robes and put on over her skirt and shirt. She then took off her boots and put on a pair of white Air Forces and pulled her still wet hair back with a white scrunchie. Hermione frowned.
"You're supposed to wear black," Hermione said.
"So? A little variation won't hurt. And anyways, I don't know about that, do I? Besides, I have to represent my kingdom," Usagi grinned at Hermione's disapproving face. The train came to halt and students started boarding off. Usagi took a deep breath as she plunged into the pouring rain. With-in ten minutes, she was soaked to the bone. A giant figure loomed over her and peered in close.
"Serena, is that you?" Usagi recognized the voice.
"Hagrid!" Usagi smiled.
"Well, you can't go in the carriages. You'll have to cross the river in the boats," (I know, Hagrid doesn't have his accent, but I'm bad at doing accents on paper. So just pretend he does, ok?) Hagrid shook his head as Usagi was about to make her way to her friends.
"What? Why?" Usagi pouted.
"Because it's your first time here," Hagrid smiled as he led Usagi to a boat. Usagi sat down in the water filled vessel with a sigh. She was completely soaking. Others made their way to the boats as well, and soon, all the crafts were filled with people. Hagrid was in the lead, and the boats were rowing on their own, rocking dangerously in the stormy lake.
Usagi shrieked as she fell in, and found that she couldn't get back up because of the strong undercurrent. Usagi thrashed, and then remembered that her Solar Key gave her power over the elements. Usagi took a deep breath as she went under again. The lake was icy cold, and Usagi knew she would drown if she didn't do something. Usagi closed her eyes and willed the water to bring her back up. A wave of liquid brought her to the surface, and Usagi was seated as the water formed a throne. It brought Usagi forward at breakneck speed, and Usagi screamed as she passed all the boats and landed safely one the other side. Usagi tumbled into the dirt in an unlady-like manner. The rest of the boats made it to the shore, and Hagrid rushed over.
"Serena, are you ok?" Hagrid asked as he pulled Usagi to her feet. Usagi nodded, shivering. "Let's go inside." Usagi gave a weak smile as she followed a line of eleven year olds into Hogwarts.
Hey guys! I wanted an opinion... shuld I keep or get rid of the entire 'Endymion had a younger brother' stuff? If you want me to keep it, what should be Endymion's younger brother's name? And, I wanted to know... should Mia and Jenny go to the other two school, Beauxbatons (sp?) and Durmstrang?
