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And now without further ado, I present chapter 10…
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Chapter 10
Usagi's Memories Relived
The term was slowly coming to an end and the Christmas season was upon the students and faculty at Hogwarts. When the last week of the term approached, there were beautifully decorated Christmas trees all around the castle and it seemed that almost every painting was singing their favorite carol. The students were all eager to finish up the week and get to the long break before them but none as much as Harry.
Harry had begun to slack off with his homework and often spaced out during classes, although no one could blame him since the recent attacks, and he had decided that he needed this break more than anything and that he really needed some time to himself. Ever since Hagrid had attacked him, Harry seemed to always be surrounded by teachers on the lookout for the next youma possessed person. Most of the students, even some of his fellow Gryffindors, tried to avoid Harry as best they could hoping that they would not be the next demon to attack, which is why most of the Hogwarts students were planning on going home for the holidays. The teachers seemed to be on the edge, especially around Harry, since Hagrid had been possessed, which proved that not even the Professors were immune to the strange, dark spell.
Harry was probably the only one in the school who was not constantly on the look out for his next attacker, and often thought it very strange that he wasn't frightened by these monsters when they clearly left the rest of the school terrified. He even frequently disobeyed the professors' orders and wandered the halls alone almost beckoning another youma to attack. Harry didn't care about the youma or that he was putting his life in danger, all he wanted was to see 'Her' again.
Harry had become quiet and withdrawn, mostly keeping to himself, and his friends had noticed that he was often ignoring them. His mind seemed to always be clouded with thoughts of the mysterious girl, and he couldn't figure out why. He tried to somehow link the girl to his reoccurring dream, but it only left him feeling more confused. Harry thought about confiding in his friends about his dilemma, but decided that it was probably not the best idea since Hermione would most likely run off to tell Dumbledore or McGonagall, and Ron would probably just laugh at him for dreaming about a girl, especially that one. Sailor Moon's last words still echoed in Harry's ears, "Your friends are with you Harry. Trust them."
'Trust them?' Harry questioned himself, 'They've deceived me before, and none of them know what I've been through. How can I trust them with something like this?'
"Harry!!" He heard a voice angrily call out.
"What?" Harry answered as his eyes suddenly came back into focus. He looked around from his position on his broom and spotted Alicia Spinnit glaring crossly at him; she had obviously just noticed that he hadn't been paying attention during Quidditch practice.
"Harry" she repeated, "I've seen the snitch fly right in front of you three times and your broom hasn't so much as budged. What's the matter with you? Both of you? You two need to shape up before our next match." Alicia's eyes darted from Harry to the player beside her and it was then that Harry realized that she must have been yelling at Serena when she caught him daydreaming.
Serena too was spacing out and, in Harry's opinion, looked thoroughly exhausted and miserable. Her eyes were extremely bloodshot and surrounded by dark circles, and it looked as though she might fall off her broom at any moment. This was the first time that Harry had even taken notice of her in weeks.
"Listen everyone" Alicia continued, addressing the entire team, "This is our last practice before the break and then we have our match with Ravenclaw after, so I don't want us to get rusty. Now we got lucky last time since Harry was PAYING ATTENTION" she stated a little spitefully with a quick look at Harry, "but we may not be so lucky against Ravenclaw, so we can't afford any screw ups like last time." Harry noticed that she failed to mention the specific screw ups since most had been hers.
"Just hold onto the Quaffle and try not to attack our Seeker this time, and we'll be fine" Serena mumbled. Harry tried to suppress his laughter, but it eventually got the better of him. Alicia spun around quickly on her broom hearing Serena's comment, and from the look she was giving them she was clearly not amused. 'Me and my big mouth' Serena thought as Alicia slowly flew back towards them.
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Serena and Harry lay side by side on the Quidditch field struggling to do pushups in the muddy snow. "Way to go and get us in trouble Serena" Harry growled at her in the middle of a pushup.
"You didn't have to laugh" Serena shot back at him.
Harry was caught off guard by the sharp tone of voice he had never heard Serena use before. 'What's her problem?' He asked himself as he continued his pushups, 'What's she got to be so angry about?' He looked over at Serena who was having a hard time pushing her body off the ground; she looked completely worn out. Harry noticed the dark circles under her bloodshot eyes, and her blonde, now slightly matted, hair fell in muddy strands around her face making her look completely miserable. 'Apparently I'm not the only one who's been having restless nights' Harry thought feeling a bit sympathetic. This was the first time Harry had taken notice of Serena in weeks and the first time he had spoken to her since that night in the common room. It seemed to Harry that once he had stopped talking to her, she had once again become invisible to the rest of the school. 'I guess I'd act that way too if someone did that to me' Harry thought feeling a twinge of guilt as he looked at what had become of his once good friend.
"I guess it was a little harsh" Serena admitted breaking the awkward silence between them. "I mean, it's not like it was her fault that that happened to her. I'll go apologize when were done with this" she promised while she flashed an apologetic smile Harry's way. Harry quickly turned away and resumed his punishment while Serena's smile faded away and she continued with hers. 'You shouldn't have even bothered to try' Serena told herself.
"She deserved it" Harry suddenly replied, "I know it wasn't her fault, but she's acting as though it was ours, and personally I think we played a pretty good game considering what happened. Let her sweat it out for a while but maybe say something after practice so she doesn't hold too much of a grudge against you next time."
Serena looked over and was startled to see that he was actually smiling a little. Serena giggled slightly at his comment, "I'll do that." pushup "Sorry I got you into trouble too" she added.
"It was worth it to get away from that practice for awhile; I couldn't stand her yelling at me anymore."
"I know" Serena responded, "I was getting pretty sick of it too, and…"
Their conversation was interrupted by Alicia's shrill shouting above them. "NO! NO! NO! Ginny I told you not to catch the quaffle like that. When you do you leave it easily open for the other team. Now were going to do it until you get it right."
Serena and Harry exchanged glances then both collapsed on the ground in silent laughter. They quickly regained their composure and returned to their punishment, hoping their captain had not seen them.
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Down on the muddy Quidditch field, Harry's hands had now become numb from the snow, but he hardly noticed. In fact, at the moment he barely noticed anything at all. His wet clothes and tired arms disappeared, and for that brief moment even his thoughts of the silver haired girl, who had been plaguing his mind for the last few weeks, vanished while he and Serena conversed and even laughed with one another. It seemed that all his troubles slipped away when she smiled at him again.
Harry had to admit that he did miss spending time with Serena. He couldn't even remember why he'd been so angry with her, but at that thought his memory suddenly returned to him and brought him back to reality. 'Don't get too soft now Harry' he thought, 'Remember what she did to you? Remember what she knows' he reminded himself. Harry then childishly ignored the rest of Serena's conversation and finished his pushups in silence. Harry finished long before Serena and without so much as a glance back at her; he stood up, mounted his broom, and rejoined the practice above leaving a baffled Serena below in the mud.
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The next morning at breakfast the students all ate with anticipation, eager to get through the day as quickly as possible since it was the last day of classes before the break. The morning post arrived on schedule bringing mail to the awaiting students. A large barn owl dropped off Harry's Daily Prophet while Hedwig dropped in just for fun and to eat off Harry's plate while he paid the barn owl for his services. Harry opened up his paper and began to skim through while others around him read their letters, but they were all soon interrupted by a short gasp and a loud crash that echoed through the hall.
Everyone turned towards the end of the Gryffindor table to see Serena sprawled out on the floor clutching a short letter in her hand; she had apparently fallen off her chair. Most of the students began to laugh while Seamus Finniaganquickly jumped out of his chair to help her up. "Bloody Hell Serena, are you ok?" He asked as he helped her off the ground.
Serena stood up looking a little confused as she quickly crumpled up the letter in her hand and slid it into her pocket. "I'm fine. Fine. Just fine" she repeated somewhat shaken, "I just realized that I forgot something that I need to go get" she mumbled as she grabbed her wand and headed out of the Great Hall.
"But Serena, what about your breakfast?"Seamus called after her.
"I lost my appetite" she replied as she exited the Hall.
Harry looked up from his breakfast with a quirked eyebrow, 'Serena losing her appetite? Now that's a first.'
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Serena traveled through the halls for a while until she came upon a deserted corridor where she reached into her robe pocket and pulled out the small piece of parchment. "Incendio" she chanted touching the tip of her wand to the letter which immediately burst into flames. The letter turned to ashes, but it didn't matter since the words written upon it were now burned into Serena's mind.
Brace yourself Majesty
I'm coming for you
The note simply read, yet it was enough to terrify Serena. 'Who is sending me these letters?' she thought nervously, 'And how do they know who I am?' Although this letter was a clear threat, the only thing that frightened Serena about it was one word, 'Majesty.' She thought back to the first letter, which obviously proved that the sender knew the identity of Sailor Moon, but it seemed that this new letter confirmed that the sender also knew the secret of her royal past or future.
Serena heard approaching footsteps and quickly dusted the ashes from her hands and placed her wand back in her robes. The footsteps stopped directly behind Serena, so she spun around and was somewhat surprised to be staring into the cold eyes of Draco Malfoy.
"That was a nasty fall you took there in the Great Hall" he remarked with smirk gliding across his lips.
"Well I had a rather nasty shock. Now if you don't mind I have a class to get to" Serena replied curtly trying to pass by the Slytherin boy.
Malfoy's malicious smile only widened as he quickly placed his left hand on the corridor wall, once again blocking Serena's way. "You're not surrounded by your usual posse. What's the matter, found out The Weasel's cheating on you with that know-it-all mudblood?" He sneered.
Serena rolled her eyes at his childishness, "Where's your fan club? You better be careful, they may lose all respect for you if they see you talking with a mudblood like me.
Malfoy just laughed, "Those fat asses wouldn't leave breakfast even if they were placed under the Imperious curse."
Serena again tried to push past the blonde Slytherin, but he firmly stood his ground in her way. "What do you want Malfoy?" She asked hostilely.
The malevolent smirk reappeared on Malfoy's face as he leaned in closer to Serena. "Just you" he replied with a low voice. Serena's eyes widened and she instinctively reached for her wand, but by the time she had a hold of it Malfoy had grabbed both of her wrists and slammed them against the nearest wall, pinning her hands above her head, and making her wand fly out of her hand.
Serena struggled to break free from Malfoy's hold, but the boy was a lot stronger than he appeared to be. His unnerving gray eyes stared directly into Serena's deep blue sending chills down her spine. Malfoy inched his face closer to Serena's. "Now Serena, I finally have within my grasp" he whispered to her.
Serena tried to turn away, but Malfoy cupped her cheek with his free hand and turned her to face him again. 'No' Serena thought, 'I wont let him,' but it looked as though Serena had no choice in the matter as Malfoy came undesirably close to her.
As Malfoy leaned in closer, his eyes suddenly shot opened and he stopped cold. Serena stared at his unfocused eyes for a moment and slowly slipped her hands out of his loosened grip. When Malfoy still didn't move, Serena gave him a slight push and he toppled down to the floor like a stone statue. Serena stepped over the frozen Slytherin in confusion and looked up to see Harry at the other end of the corridor lowering his wand. "Harry!" Serena called out clearly showing that she had never been more shocked or excited to see him.
At hearing his name Harry slowly shook his head as if coming out of a trance and looked as though he wasn't quite sure why he had just helped her or why he suddenly felt the urge to transfigure Malfoy into an ant and grind him into the carpet with the heel of his shoe.
"Thanks for your help" Serena told him sheepishly when Harry remained silent, "I'm not sure what Malfoy was doing, but it was really starting to creep me out. Who knows what I would have done had you not come along."
"Don't flatter yourself" Harry said in a somewhat mocking tone, "I didn't do it to help you. I just never pass up an opportunity to curse Malfoy." He didn't even sound convincing to himself.
"Oh" Serena responded looking down, "But I thought at the Quidditch field…"
"Well you thought wrong" Harry interrupted fiercely.
"Harry you can't possibly still think I'm against you, can you?"
Harry quickly turned and started walking away not being able to think of an answer. "I don't know Serena. I really don't know who I can trust anymore." Serena was tempted to go after him but thought better of it and began to search for her lost wand. Harry stopped a little ways down the hall noticing something on the ground. He picked up the object and held it in his hand for a moment. "Serena" he called back to her, "Here."
Serena looked up just in time to see her wand sailing towards her from the other end of the corridor; she caught it with ease. "Thanks, again" she said awkwardly. She then turned her gaze back in the other direction, "What shall we do about him?" She questioned as she cocked her head in the direction of the frozen Malfoy.
Harry smirked slightly and continued his way down the hall, "Leave him. I'm sure someone will find him sooner or later. If not? Then no big loss."
Serena stifled a giggle and smiled back at the retreating form of Harry Potter. She then turned down the other direction and headed off to her first class.
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Serena walked into the common room late that evening and headed to her usual corner of the room away from the rest of the Gryffindors. She subtly brushed by the table that currently held Ron, Hermione, and Harry who were all trying to study.
Ron looked up from his work when a folded piece of parchment fell onto his book. He saw Serena walking away so he quickly grabbed the parchment and unfolded it under the table. He looked over to Harry and Hermione who were both engrossed with their Astronomy homework, which was due in a few hours. Ron decided it was safe to read but was surprised to see nothing written on the paper. He gave a curious glance towards Serena, which she replied by simply holding up her wand and tapping a piece of parchment in her hand. Ron's eyes lit up with understanding as he pulled out his wand and gave the note a tap. "Aparecium" he muttered and the invisible ink upon the page instantly appeared.
We need to talk
Meet me by the Whomping Willow
after Harry and Hermione leave for Astronomy
Ron gave Serena a slight nod then crumpled up the note and slid it into his pocket.
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The chilled air around Hogwarts was very still that night, and the only sound that could be heard was the light crunch of snow underneath two student's feet as they walked along the shore of the frozen lake. "Sorry I had to bring you out here, but it was the only way I could be sure we wouldn't be overheard" Serena whispered to Ron as she pulled her cloak tight around her to try and stay warm, "I think someone knows who I am."
"What!? Who!?" Was all Ron could mutter.
"I don't know" Serena admitted. She then explained to him about the letters, purposely leaving out a few specific details.
"Maybe someone's just trying to play a joke on you" Ron responded after Serena finished.
"How could it be? The letters were sent directly to me with my own owl. This is no joke, and if the same person who is sending those youma after Harry knows of my identity, then we're in serious trouble."
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Harry stood in the Astronomy tower working on his star chart and scooping out the Winter Hexagon with his telescope. He had just finished charting Gemini when something moving on the grounds caught his eye. Harry moved his telescope toward the lake and his blood began to boil at what he saw. There out in the snow, after hours, was his best friend with Serena.
Harry couldn't tell if what he felt was rage, betrayal, or just plain jealousy at what he saw, but whatever it was it kept his eyes clues glued on that spot. Harry decided that he would copy Hermione's chart after class, but little did he know that Hermione's telescope was pointed in the same direction as his.
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Serna walked through the portrait hole later that night alone, she and Ron thought it best to not walk in together and he went in a few minutes before her, and she was slightly shocked to find people waiting for her on the other end. Harry and Hermione stood there with scowls on their faces with Ron who looked a little confused and nervous.
"What exactly were you two doing out after hours?" Hermione scolded in her Prefect tone.
"What're you guys talking about?" Ron began to stutter.
"Don't try and lie about it" Harry interrupted, "We both saw you through our telescopes."
"Ah, so you were spying on us" Ron remarked.
Harry looked at Ron angrily, "You're supposed to be my best friend, but then I see you sneaking off with her" he said motioning to Serena. "What were you two doing out there?" He added with a hostile yet curious tone.
A smile came to Ron's lips as an idea formed in his head; he had to test something. "Harry, we were out on the grounds alone together after dark, what do you think we were doing?"
Harry stared at him for a moment, "What!?" Was all he could muster. Serena suddenly began to flush as she realized what Ron was implying and Hermione looked as though she had just caught the eyes of another Basilisk. "You two?" Harry finally managed to blurt out as he looked back and forth between the two with astonishment, "I don't believe it."
Ron's eyes began to twinkle at his remarks; Harry had failed the test miserably. "Is that jealousy I see in your eyes Harry?" He said as he shot Harry a sly looked. Harry looked a little embarrassed for a moment, but then it was quickly replaced with rage.
"Ron stop it!" Serena shouted, "Harry he's just joking, it's not like that. We were only talking."
Harry turned back to his red headed friend who was smiling at him with a look that said Gotcha, which Harry did not find funny at all. "She expects me to trust them when I have to put up with this" Harry muttered.
"Oh here we go" Serena said with a roll of her eyes, "Another pity party."
"Pity?"Harry's voice boomed slightly as he made his way closer to Serena, "The last thing I need is your pity; lord knows I get enough of that around here without asking for it." He then looked directly into Serena's eyes, "Have you ever seen Voldemort?" He asked her with his voice becoming deadly serious. Serena remained silent so he continued, "I have and he's pure evil; enough to haunt your dreams every night. Now imagine that same face slaughtering every person you've ever thought of as family right in front of your eyes and then try to kill you. Do you know what that's like? Do you know what its like to see your family killed by the most evil man on Earth?"
"No" Serena said as she looked down to hide the tears forming in her eyes while Harry backed away, "Mine were all murdered by the most evil being in the Universe" she softly muttered.
"What?" Harry questioned as he turned back to face her.
Serena was now looking strait back at him with tears streaming down her face. "Listen Harry, I know you've been through a lot, but don't think for a second that you are the only one who's had it rough" she stated a little harsher then she meant. More tears fell down her cheeks as the terrible memories flooded back to her, and without another word she turned around and headed back out of the portrait hole.
Ron and Hermione glared at Harry when he turned back to them in slight shock. "Go after her Harry" Ron instructed him.
"I will not" Harry shot back, "I'm not going to get both of us in trouble because she decided to run off." Ron kept his glare. "Ron you don't understand, she knows things about me that I haven't even told you guys about."
"Who doesn't? You are Harry Potter" Ron replied, although he didn't doubt that that was true. Serena knew a lot of strange stuff, but then again she had some pretty strange secrets and Ron had already promised that he wouldn't give the ones he knew about away. "You really should give Serena a break. She's been through a lot more then you know."
"That was pretty harsh Harry" Hermione added after staying silent for so long.
"So you're both against me?" Harry said with a more guilty than accusing tone.
"We're not against you Harry, but we just think…"
"I know, I know. I'll go" and with that Harry turned and followed Serena out of the common room. Ron and Hermione smiled awkwardly at each other then went their separate ways to the dorms.
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Harry walked up and down the corridors searching for Serena even though he had no idea what he was going to say when found her. He thought about what Ron had told him and wondered what she could have gone through that could have possibly been so terrible. He then remembered back to the first day of the term when he first met Serena and how she too could see the Thestrals, which meant that she had seen death first hand. A pang of guilt suddenly hit his stomach and he stopped in the hall and sat down against a wall. He cursed himself for not bringing the Marauders Map with him, and there was no sign of Serena anywhere, but what could he possibly say to her? 'What should I do now?' He asked himself, 'I've terribly offended Serena, and Ron and Hermione are angry with me.' Harry then realized that he was in the corridors after dark, alone, and that was especially dangerous at times like these. 'Perfect.'
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Serena wiped her red eyes as she came down the steps of the owlery and headed back towards Gryffindor tower. She had almost sent a letter to her parents saying that she would be coming home tomorrow for the break, but changed her mind at the last second. She knew she wouldn't be able to live with herself if something happened to Harry while she was gone. 'Harry didn't mean it' she kept telling herself, 'He doesn't know.'
Loud shouts could be heard coming from the hall below her, so she carefully tiptoed down the rest of the steps and peered around the corner to see what was going on. She was shocked to see Harry moving swiftly down the hall with his voice echoing off the stone walls.
"I'm here!" He called to no one, "I'm all alone and defenseless. C'mon I'm waiting."
'What the hell is he doing?' Serena thought as she watched him, 'Does he want Filch to find him, or worse a youma?' It then dawned on her what he was trying to do. She knew who he was looking for, but she was still angry with him. 'But I can't have him putting himself in danger like this' she thought and then slowly pulled out her wand.
"C'mon" Harry shouted again, 'Where's a demon when you actually need one?'
"What are you doing Potter?"
Harry looked around for the voice, but saw no one. "Serena?" He softly called out. There was a soft cough above him so he looked up, and to his surprise there was Sailor Moon perched on one of the statues.
"Serena?" She questioned as she jumped down beside him.
"Sorry I thought you were someone else" Harry replied not taking his eyes off her.
"Hmm, pretty blonde girl about yay high that ran by here a minute ago crying?"
"That's the one" Harry replied looking down at the floor as the guilt hit him again.
Sailor Moon's silver eyes softened a bit when she saw Harry's expression. 'He really feels bad.' "You didn't answer my question Mr. Potter, what are you doing?"
Harry suddenly began to blush, "Well after I got into an argument with Hermione, Ron, and Serena, I didn't know what to do so I came looking for you, but I thought you only came when youma were around."
"I come when you are in danger Potter, and you were certainly asking for it. Come" she instructed as she headed to a door on the other side of the hall. "Why were you fighting with your friends?" She asked when they entered the room. "Lumos" she whispered lighting her staff so they could see.
"Stupid stuff" he muttered as he sat down, "I was looking for Serena to apologize, but I don't know what to say, and I don't think it'll do any good. I said some awful things to her."
Sailor Moon was touched by his words. "I don't know. Girls like that can usually be pretty forgiving" she said with a mischievous smile.
"Maybe it's better this way" Harry continued, "Probably not a good idea to drag her into to all this. Ron and Hermione too. I know I'll miss their friendship, but it's not worth taking the risk of getting them hurt."
"What do you mean?" Sailor Moon asked curiously.
Harry took a deep breath, "You see, last year I found out that I'm the one that has to kill Voldemort."
"The Prophecy" she said with understanding. Harry stared up at the silver haired woman stunned. "I know many things Mr. Potter" she answered his silent question.
"It's Harry. Anyway, they've been with me through most of my brushes with Voldemort and I've put them in a lot of danger, especially last year, and I don't want to do that to them again. I don't want them to be in this last fight with me."
Sailor Moon was amazed by his words. She no longer felt anger towards him, only sympathy. She took a seat next him a placed a gloved hand on his shoulder, "That's not your decision to make Mr. Potter."
"Harry" he corrected her.
"Harry" she repeated "I think it'd be worse for them to live without your friendship then to get hurt helping you" she commented as her eyes glistened over.
"Are you ok?" He asked.
"Fine" she responded with a small laugh, "You just remind me of someone I knew a long time ago; a man I was very close to. He started getting visions that our being together would bring me harm so he cut me off. It was a while before he realized that that caused me more pain then death ever could."
Harry felt a slight twinge of jealousy within him, "What happened to him?"
"Ironically, he died trying to protect me."
"Oh, I'm sorry" Harry said awkwardly.
"It's ok. That was a long time ago." She stared at Harry for a moment, "You know, we're not so different you and I." Harry looked back at her confused. "I too have seen my friends hurt trying to help me, and I too have had the loved ones in my life taken from me. I know what it's like to have everyone depend on you even if you don't know what you're doing; to have that weight on your shoulders." She then placed a soft kiss on his cheek, "Just don't take it out on your friends because you will regret it; I know I do." She thought back to how many times she had snapped at her Senshi, especially Rei, mostly right after she found out she was the Moon Princess.
Harry stared at the silver haired goddess before him while he gently touched the cheek she had just pressed her silver lips to. He had never met someone who understood him so well. He moved closer to her and his heart started to race while his palms became sweaty. His scar began burn as he came closer, but he ignored it with his eyes still fixed upon her. Sailor Moon turned back towards Harry and looked as though she was about to say something, but Harry didn't give her the chance as he unexpectedly leaned in and pressed his lips to hers.
As soon as their lips touched, Harry's scar burned with white hot pain, which made everything blur around him. Sailor Moon, at first too stunned to move, now tried to pull away from the kiss as she too felt something burning on her forehead, but it seemed that her and Harry were stuck like that; fused together in excruciating pain. 'What's going on?' Harry thought as their knees hit the floor. He tried to open his eyes but was blinded by a golden light emanating from Sailor Moon's forehead, and then everything went black.
Sailor Moon started to panic as she felt her energy depleting, and her eyesight going dark. Soon the room and Harry faded into nothingness, and all sounds disappeared except for the sound of harsh cruel laughter that was now growing louder. She could make out the blurry image of a person in a dark cloak kneeling before her.
"We have a deal then my lord?" The cloaked person asked with a familiar voice.
Serena felt herself nodding even though she had no idea what was going on. "Yes" a harsh voice responded, "Your information is valuable and the others have disappointed me and need to be dealt with. If they should fail, which they most undoubtedly will, the job is yours and I will supply you with what you need. You dispose of the boy and you may take what is yours." After that more cruel laughter was heard while Sailor Moon drifted out of consciousness.
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And you guys thought I was cruel before Geez no wonder this thing took me so long to get out. It took a long time to write, but it was worth it to please or piss you all off, which ever you choose. Oh well I wont bore you with anymore of my ramblings, but for some reason I have feeling that I will be getting many angry reviews for this chapter:) Doesn't matter, the more the merrier so…
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