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Chapter 8: The Story
Serena stood outside of Dumbledore's office with Raye and Trista right behind her. She knew that once she entered, she would be telling everyone about why she had vanished for so many years, and there would be emotions running. The young blonde took a deep breath, before speaking the password to continue on. The princess walked through the door that revealed the Headmaster's office, making her way towards his desk, where she saw everyone standing around waiting patiently for her arrival.
"Ah, Serena, glad to see you are doing better." Dumbledore greeted her happily with his usual smile on his face.
"Yes, I am. The castle is cleared as well. I had the senshi check the rest of the castle to make sure that no youmas or Darien was lurking around still after tonight's events." She stated seriously going straight to business.
"I don't understand how it is even possible for this Darien to enter the castle. There are spells to protect the students from these things happening. This should have never happened." Professor McGonagall stated sternly with concerns etched all over her features.
"She is right. It also does not explain why Mr. Potter is wanted either." Snape continued on as well. Serena stood before everyone who was looking to her for the answers to these questions and many more.
"You are right, Severus, Minerva. There is a lot I have to explain to you all. After everything you have heard and seen tonight, you deserve an answer." She started before looking to Harry to continue. "Especially, you Harry," she said as she waved her hand when suddenly chairs appeared for all the senshi, Harry, Ginny, Ron, Hermione, Snape, McGonagall, and Lupin. "There are a lot of questions, I know you have, but my explanation is not going to be short, it will be long, and for that please let me explain it all to you, before you ask any questions, you have for me. I may answer them as I explain my story to you, once done, you may ask me any questions I have not answer. Is that alright?" She finished her small speech looking intently at Harry.
"Yes." was all he could say at this time. Serena could feel the gray eyes of a particular person besides Harry's watching her every move, but the blonde could not bring herself to look at him at the moment.
"Thank you. Please, everyone take a seat, for this will take some time." She started before she waved her hand once more to produce a glass of water with a small pitcher to stand on a table next to her as everyone took a seat in a chair. Once everyone was settled including Dumbeldore who was sitting at his desk, quietly observing everyone in his office, curious to see how everyone would react to what they were about to hear from the princess before him.
"Before we begin, how about some tea and crackers for everyone to have while you explain things, Serena." Dumbledore stated politely with a smile and wave of his wand. Serena nodded her head in agreement as the beverages and snacks appear for people to share.
"Good idea." She started standing in front of everyone with Dumbledore to her back. She took a deep breath to calm her nerves and ready herself for whatever may come her way. She had practiced this speech for years, refining it in her head, knowing one day she would have to tell it.
"Before I begin my story, let me first introduce to you all, my senshi that are in the room." Each senshi was standing in circle outside of the small group still in their uniform, except for Serena. She pointed to her left to each person as she gave them their introductions. "This is Raye who is Sailor Mars, Trista who is Sailor Pluto, Amy who is Sailor Mercury, Michelle who is Sailor Neptune, Sailor Uranus who is Amara, Lita who is Sailor Jupiter, Mina who is Sailor Venus, Hotaru who is Sailor Saturn and I am Sailor Moon." She finished the introductions proudly, before turning to Hermione.
"Now Hermione, I could not tell you this earlier, but you were correct in your theory of each senshi is from each of their respected planets." She said looking at the young brunette before her who was beaming proudly from Serena's statement. "You see a thousand years ago, each of us were not only from our respected planets, but were the princesses and protectors of the galaxy. We lived happily and peacefully for many years until my 18th birthday. The night of my birthday there was a ball held in my honor, which everyone was attending and I was to reveal to all that I was engaged to the prince of Earth named Endymion, however, we were attacked, by an evil woman named Beryl. Beryl used her magical powers for evil. My kingdom and I were destroyed that night along with my senshi who tried to defend against Beryl. The only person to survive was my mother Queen Selenity. My mother used the Silver Crystal's power to banish Beryl away. While she banished Beryl away she also had my senshi, Endymion, I and everyone else be reborn into the future with no memory of who we were or what happened, but in the process of giving all of us a second chance, it had killed Queen Selenity."
"Why didn't the Queen just kill Beryl?" Snape asked her.
"Because if she had done that instead she would not have been able to give us all a second chance. She had enough power to do one or the other." Serena explained to him. Snape nodded his head in understanding.
"That's so sad." Hermione interjected with a tear coming down her cheek. Serena nodded her head in agreement with a sad look on her features as she remembered the fateful night so well.
"I agree with you. However, we were all alive, which is what my mother had wanted. I had been reborn into the Black family and the youngest child out of the three of us, and knew all about the magical community. I would start Hogwarts just like my two older brothers did when I was 11. Things were as normal as they could be for living at Hogwarts, and learning about magic and yes Harry I knew your parents too." She said looking at him with a smile on her lips, which he gave back at hearing about his parents.
"When I joined Hogwarts, Sirius not only was the protective big brother, but he also introduced me to Lily, James, Peter and Remus. We all became the best of friends and they were my family. Things were great for the first few years at Hogwarts, that is until the beginning of the summer of my 14th birthday, when my family took a trip to Japan. While we were there, my parents were not exactly the greatest parents towards Sirius and I since we did not believe in their ideals. So they had a tendency to take it out on me since I did not fight back, whenever Sirius was not around, which happened one day outside a building in Japan. A nice couple by the name Ken and Ilena Tuskino saw the altercation and proceeded to fight my father upon seeing my miss treatment." She said before taking a deep breath as she relived the memory of that day. "My father was so angry that day, he told me, I was never allowed back home and that I was now on my own" a small smile spread on Serena's lips as she remembered her new family. "But I was not alone that day, for you see Ken and Ilena took me in, along with their son Sammy, and gave me a new home right away with open arms. From that day on, that was where I lived, and most people in Japan knew me as Serena Tuskino. I wrote to Sirius about what happened, which he came to see me right away, worried for my safety and angry with our father as always. The Tuskino also met Sirius and took him in as a son too. That summer while we lived there happily, is when I met my guardian Luna, who was from the Moon, and I learned that I was Sailor Moon. That first year was hell for me I must say. I was learning all these new powers I had, learning to fight youmas, and trying to be a normal magical person all at the same time. To say the least it was not easy, but I learned my way as a senshi with the help of my fellow senshi. Yes, Sirius did learn about my secret identity that summer and wanted to blurt to the world that he was related to Sailor Moon, but I explained to him, he couldn't tell anyone because I had to protect those I love in Japan and in England too."
"So for the next few years I fought youmas whether I was living at Hogwarts or in Japan, and Sirius helped me with covering up on why I was so tired, klutzy and the bruises that magically appeared on me. There were only a handful of people who knew I was Sailor Moon. That was Sirius, Profess Dumbledore, and eventually your mother, Harry, Lily. Your mother found out one night, when I came back from a fight in Japan, into Hogwarts. As I was coming in I was injured badly, and I could not move very fast in the common room. Your mother was studying late when she came across me, on the ground bleeding pretty bad. She wanted to take me to the Infirmary and I told her no, to get Sirius instead. She did, and between her and Sirius they were able to patch me up. After Lily learned who I was, she was also helping anyway she could, which was normally patching me up from my battles against the youmas or covering for my lack of appearance." Serena stopped speaking for a moment to take a sip of water to keep her throat from going dry from all the talking she was doing, before she continued on with her story.
"Things went well, during my years at Hogwarts, and living in Japan. As Sailor Moon I had fought many enemies and gained new friends as the years went on. When you were born, Harry, Sirius and I were asked to be your godparents, which we both said, yes, of course. We were so thrilled at being your god parents." Serena explained with a smile on her lips at the happy memory. "After I turned 18 that summer, I was staying in Japan after graduating from Hogwarts. You parents were in hiding with you at this point, Harry and only a few people knew where you were hiding. Originally, it was said that Sirius, knew where your parents were, but as you learned, that was not the case, and instead Peter knew, but Peter was not the only one that knew, for I did as well. I was at Raye's temple back in Japan, planning a party, when I got this horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach. I just knew something was wrong, and I had to go see your parents to make sure the three of you were safe. " The smile that had been gracing Serena's lips turned to a deep frown, knowing where the events were leading too, next.
~ That fateful ~
An eighteen year old Sailor Moon stood inside of living room with no one there. The young blonde look around her surroundings for any sign of something was amidst or out of place, but as she stood there, she could not seem to find anything wrong.
"James, Lily, are you here?" Sailor Moon called out nervously for her friends. Upon hearing their names being called, both young parents came through a door with smiles on their faces.
"Serena, what are you doing here?" Lily asked happily as she greeted her best friend with a hug. The look of relief did not go unnoticed by Lily.
"Is everything alright? Is Harry safe?" Serena quickly asked as she hugged Lily back, looking at the two friends.
"Of course. Harry is in his crib sleeping. Why do you ask?" James asked her with a frown on his face, concerned for his family.
"To be honest I don't know. I just had this feeling that I needed to come check on you three." Serena told them honestly feeling embarrassed to explain to her friends' she had no good answer to give them as she transformed back into her civilian clothes.
"I bet you were feeling James' need to get out of here. He has been very antsy being cooped up in this place for some time now and not being able to see anyone." Lily joked happily with a smile on her face to make her friend feel better. Serena smiled happy to see her friends regardless of her feelings at the moment.
"But since you're here Serena, we were making a cup of tea why don't you join us?" James invited eagerly with a smile on his face. "You can fill us in on what is going on in the outside world as well." He requested eagerly, hopeful she say stay for a bit.
"Sure, since I am here, why not, but first I want to see my god son even if he is asleep." She said causing Lily and James to laugh. Lily grabbed Serena's hand to lead her friend to their son's room while James went back to the kitchen to finish making their tea.
"Come this way Serena and I can show you what we did with his room." Lily replied happily as they started to make their way up the stairs, when all of a sudden a blast shook the whole house, causing the front door to slam against the opposite wall and causing Serena and Lily to grab onto the banister to keep from falling down the stairs. The two women turned to the origin of the noise to see Peter come in the room looking sheepishly at them. Serena realizing quickly the dire situation they were now in, her instincts kicked in as she grabbed Lily's hand to gain her attention quickly, who turned to her with a horrified look in her green eyes realizing that they had been found out.
"Lily get Harry, and get as far away from here as possible, now." Serena ordered taking the leadership role right away.
"But what about you and James? I can't just leave you both behind?"
"Yes, you can, Lily. Harry is your number one concern now, not me or James. I will get James and me out of here and come find you two as soon as I can. NOW GO!" She yelled the last part pushing Lily the rest of the way up the stairs before she turned around running down the stairs to hold off Voldermort for as long as possible to give her friends the chance they needed to get away. As the young blonde made her way down the stairs, she had her wand out ready to fight, as Voldermort came strolling in the living room with a smug smile on his lips. As he came in, James came out from the kitchen as well, with his wand ready to defend his family from the evil monster that stood before them.
"Ah, you must be James, but I must say I don't know who you are. You are certainly not Lily." Voldermort stated looking at Serena with a sneer smile on his lips while trying to recall who she could be. "But that does not matter. Give me the child and no one will be harmed." He finished sinisterly.
"You will never get my child as long as I live." James declared angrily his wand standing between him and Voldermort ready for whatever comes his way. Serena nodded her head in agreement, her blue eyes filled with purpose to save her friends and god son from the evil that stood before them.
"He's right. We are not giving Harry up to you. You're going to have to get through me first." Serena stated coldly.
"I must admit, I admire your willingness to protect one another, but it is futile. The child must die." Voldermort stated coldly to the two before him. Voldermot then raised his wand up to proceed to attack Serena and James with spells to get them out of his way. James and Serena stood on the offensive just doing their best to keep from getting hit by the attacks that were coming their way.
"James get out of here!" Serena yelled between attacks. "I can handle this myself. Get Lily and Harry to safety!"
"I'm not leaving you!" James yelled back before attempting to get out of the way of another spell and send one of his owns towards Voldermort. The two fought against Voldermort for a few more minutes when James notices something out of the corner of his eye.
"Peter how could you do this to us?" James exclaimed furiously upon seeing his closest friend cowering into the corning like the little rat that he was. James' anger at seeing Peter give them up distracted him long enough to get hit by a spell, sending him flying back against a wall.
"James!" Serena screamed out his name, petrified that her friend could be dead at the moment. The young blonde did her best to try and beat Voldermort as she sent a different spell at him.
"Give the boy up, and no one has to die tonight!" Voldermort countered to her.
"Never." Serena gritted through her teeth as a spell grazed her shoulder as she dodged out of the way from it. As the young blonde kept fighting Voldermort, she kept looking over whenever she could to see if James was breathing, but she could not get a good enough look with how often she was defending off the spells coming her way. As Serena was dodging another attack, she started to send one her way, but was not quick enough when a different spell came her way unexpectedly. The young princess had no time to get out of its way, hitting its intended target, sending Serena flying back against a book case, before she fell to the ground, knocking her completely unconscious.
The young princess woke up to the sound of crying in a different room while the rest of the house was silent, except for creaking noises of someone walking. As she blinked her eyes to try to stay awake, she tried to get up, but realized something was weighing her down, keeping her from being able to get up. Serena look around to the spot she had last seen James only to realize he was not there anymore. She blinked her eyes again as her vision started to go black again. She scanned the room with her eyes completely until she found him to her right, lying on the ground with his eyes open, his wand in his hand still, no longer breathing.
"James, no." Serena breathed out in shock, her blue eyes tearing up at seeing one of her closest friends dead before her. She looked over to see Voldermort was at the top of the steps heading down the hallway towards Harry's room, where she could hear him crying. Serena tried to push herself up, but the object on top of her just would not budge. Her vision was starting to go even faster now, the harder she tried to get up. The young blonde scanned the area for her wand to see it laying on ground just out of her reach on the floor. She tried reaching out for it, but she couldn't grasp it.
"Please no…" Serena breathed as she stretched her hand as far out to try to take hold of it. However, Serena could tell she was losing conscious again as her vision swirled into blackness once more. She heard a scream from Lily, then thumps onto the floor indicating that Lily was now dead on the floor. Serena had tears coming down her blue eyes, realizing she had failed in saving her friends and was now about to fail in saving her god son, if she did not act fast. She kept reaching for her wand, but she just could not get to it. As she kept reaching for her wand and struggling to stay awake a verse came to mind. She did not know where, out of the blue, it came from, nor if the spell would protect little Harry, but she was willing to do anything to save him at this point.
"Thy love one has, is the greatest protection, from all others, as long as thy love is true." She whispered the last of the spell before everything went completely dark.
~Present~
Serena stood with her head down before everyone in Dumbledore's office with tears coming down her face as she relived the night two of her friends died before her. The entire room was silent except for those who were sniffling or blowing their noses. Harry sat astounded with what Serena had done to protect not only his parents, but protect him, from Voldermort even if his parents were not with him today. He could see clearly in her eyes that it hurt Serena that she was not able to save his parents and she was in pain over what happened all those years ago. It didn't matter any further to him why Serena was not around all these years, he forgave her, right then, realizing she do anything for him. The young boy got up from his seat, causing Serena to look up to see what Harry was doing. He then engulfed the princess in a hug, holding her as tight as he could. The simple gesture just caused Serena to break down, crying even more, while everyone else in the room just smiled at seeing Harry give Serena an embrace. After a few minutes of just holding Harry, Serena finally was able to calm down, pulling enough away to look at Harry with a small watery smile on her lips.
"I am sorry I was not able to save James and Lily, but I am thankful I was able to stop Voldermort from getting to you." She told him quietly. Harry smiled back up at her nodding his head in agreement.
"Not to rush on this little reunion, but Serena it still doesn't explain why you have been gone for 15 years." Snape replied out loud. He knew he had to get things moving since it was getting late, and there was more that had yet to be explained. Some of the senshi gave Snape dirty looks for interrupting Harry and Serena's moment together, while others just shook their heads or kept quiet. Serena pulled away from Harry completely to look at her friend.
"Yes, you are right, Severus, I must continue." She replied before turning to Harry with a small smile. "I still have more to tell." She said with a big heavy sigh. Harry made his way back over to his seat to hear what else there was to tell. Serena took a sip of her water to clear her throat before continuing her story.
"I woke up a few days later after my encounter with Voldermort back at Raye's Shrine, in Japan, healing from my injuries. At that point much more had happened, that I was unaware of. While I was in England trying to stop Voldermort there was an attack on my adoptive family back in Japan the very same night." Serena took a deep breath as she was about to tell the next part of her painful past, when Raye stood up, putting her hand on Serena's shoulder, causing Serena to look at her close friend with an questioning look on her features.
"Let me tell them what happened since you were not there. You need a break from this." Raye offered her friend with a small smile on her lips.
"Ok." Serena stood back letting her friend take the spot light from her for a little bit.
"As Serena said, the night, Harry's parents were killed by Voldermort, the Tuskinos were attacked as well. I got a call on our communicator from Mina, telling me there was someone attacking the Tusknos and we were needed there right away. So I left, knowing Serena was in England dealing with things there, not telling her what was going on. When I arrived at the Tuskinos' I met up with the rest of my fellow senshi. We cautiously looked around for a youma thinking that it was still there. When we went inside we found Ken and llena on the ground dead, but no Sammy. So we made our way to the back yard to find Sammy on the ground lifeless, along with our two guardians Luna and Artimese next to Sammy too. " Raye stopped for a moment as she chocked up on the memory of their closes guardians, remembering how they died that night, trying to protect Sammy. "What we found shocked us all to our very core. There on a tree limb stood Darien, with his sword in hand, with blood on it, and his armor. We asked him what happened, thinking, he had defeated the monster, that created this horrible nightmare, but we were wrong. Darien informed us that he came to the Tuskinos' house looking for Serena to kill her. When they wouldn't tell him where she was at, he killed them, hoping the fear would make one of them spill the information, which never happened." Raye stated angrily, a red glow starting to form around her at the memory. Serena laid her hand on Raye's shoulder to support her, causing the black hair friend to look at her leader, stopping the glow from continuing. Raye just nodded her head in thanks before continuing with the story. "He asked us where Serena was at, but we also refused to tell him, unaware of the battle going on in England at the moment. We fought Darien, trying to defeat him, but we were not strong enough or ready to deal with these new events of learning our ally betrayed us all." Raye finished saying as she closed her eyes, calming herself from wanting to cry at the sad memories that her senshi and Serena had not brought up in a very long time. Seeing how upset Raye was getting, at reliving the memories, Trisita took her part next to continue with the story, relieving Raye at the moment.
"You have to understand, we were helping on many different battle fronts, that not many people were aware of that was going on at the same time." Trista started standing next to Raye with grim look on her face. " At the time, we were helping the fight against Voldermort, and an evil in Japan known as Galaxia. Both very powerful enemies, and then add Darien, into the mix at that time, we were overwhelmed with everything. After we were able to get Darien to leave, unwilling to tell him anything, Raye filled us in on where Serena was at. I quickly left, to find Serena and Albus to inform them what was happening. When I arrived, in England, I found Albus, here in his office. I told him what had happened, and that we needed to find Serena straight away. So I took him to the Gates of Time with me, searching for Serena, only to find her in the Potter's home, badly wounded, and not awake, at the moment. We could hear Harry, crying in his crib, so Albus went upstairs straight away, while I took care of getting Serena. We arrived back in Japan, at Raye's temple, where Amy could take care of Serena's wounds, and Harry was taken care of by the rest of the girls. I then left, to the gates once more, to see if I could learn anything more. There at the gates, is where I learned that Sirius, had shown up, seeing the destruction of the house, and seeing James and Serena on the ground, he knew what had happened, and then he went after Peter. By the time we had learned everything it was too late, the damage was done, people thought Sirius had betrayed James and Lily, and we could do nothing about it."
"But you could have told the truth! You could have used your powers to show what really happened that night." Harry abruptly declared out to Trista upset that they knew the truth and did not help Sirius. Serena seeing where Harry was going with his reasoning quickly intervened before emotions ran even higher than they already were at the moment.
"Harry, you have to understand there was a lot at stake at that time." Serena said taking a deep breath, causing everyone to look at the blonde yet again. "When I woke up, I learned everything in one single moment, my adopted family was dead, our guardians were dead, Darien had betrayed us, Sirius was in jail, as well as James and Lily was dead. It was a nightmare that just seemed to get worse." Serena stopped starring at everyone as these words sank in for them to realize what was going on before she continues. "It was so devastating, and I had to make sure that those that were still alive, including you and everyone in England that I loved, and for those who were dear to me in Japan, stayed safe, no matter what the cost was." She said in a serious tone to them looking at everyone with a frown gracing her face as she explained her answer.
"Darien is Endymion." Hermione declared out loud with a astonish look at the realizing the truth. Everyone turned to the brunette, wondering how she put the pieces together, so easily. Serena nodded her head in agreement to her outburst.
"And he has the same powers as you, Serena." Severus said realizing where Hermione was going with the statement about Darien as well as realizing where the rest of the story was going to lead. Serena turned to her long time friend with a single nod of yes, with a frown on her lips.
"I don't get where this is going?"Minerva said looking on confused, trying to figure out what a few of the others had put together.
"I went to Sirius who was in jail to inform him of what happened to our family, and of all the other events that had taken place. He was thrilled to hear that Harry and I survived, Voldermort was defeated for the time being, but things were still dangerous with Darien and Galaxia in the picture. I didn't want to go with the plan, but Sirius was adamant on making sure, you and everyone we loved stayed safe no matter what the cost was. In doing that, it meant that, Sirius and I had to give up our rights to take you, to keep you safe. Sirius would stay in jail, you would go to your Aunt and Uncle, I would go back to Japan, and make it look like I was killed in a youma attack in Japan, to keep Darien from ever going after anyone I cared for in England." Serena just stopped standing before them with a sad look to her face. "It was hard cutting all ties to England off, but there was no choice in the matter, because if Darien had found out, he would have certainly come after you."
"But he did, look at tonight. It didn't stop anything, Serena, and all you did was hurt those the closest to you." Remus finally blurted out angrily to the young blonde, the hurt evident in his gray eyes. Serena just locked eyes with Remus, unsure how or what to say to fix things. Raye could see her friend could not come up with anything to say to defend her actions, and she be damned if she was going to let Remus make Serena feel worse than she already did at the moment.
"Actually, Remus, the only reason Darien found how about Harry, is because he teamed up with Voldermort, to stop Serena, because he is not strong enough to take her and us out alone." Raye said hotly back glaring at him.
"If we told the truth about Sirius not being responsible for Harry's parents dying, Serena would have to tell everyone who she was, which then, Darien would have learned about Serena's ties in England and would have gone after those to kill them, to get to her. Sirius realized this as much as Serena did, this is why they went with the plan that they did. None of us thought this fight would go on for 15 years with Darien. We were able to defeat Galaxia within that year so long ago, and all we had left was Darien. This just shows you how strong of an enemy Darien is and how ruthless he is willing to go, to not only kill Serena, but any one she loves. She did what she had too, to keep people safe, and it lasted this long, but with Voldermort back in the game, and it changes everything. I am privy at the seeing certain things at the Gates, but not even I could say, had Voldermort been truly destroyed the night James and Lily had died, would we be in this situation. There are too many ifs in this whole situation and we could be here all night pointing the finger at people, but it does not solve the problems we are dealing with now, which is Darien and Voldermort have teamed up. The two of them are not only after Harry, but Serena, which is a problem." Trista stated in a matter of fact being as diplomatic as possible. The room stood silent after Trista's speech to everyone, as they processed all the information they had learned, in the time they spend briefly together.
"Thank you Trista for that, but she is right. Now, is not time fighting over what could or should have happened. At the time, with what information these women knew, regardless of how you feel about it, did what they thought was the most excellent choice of actions to take to keep the people they loved and care for safe. That was the goal, that is what they have achieved for 15 years. Now, we have a new problem, which requires all of us to come together to defeat not only Voldermort for good, but Darien as well. I stayed in contact with Serena to help her know what was going on her England in case Darien learned about Harry as well as when Voldmort would rise again." Everyone nodded their in understanding.
"How do we keep the students safe if this Darien can walk in and out of the castle whenever he wants too?" Minerva asked seriously.
"That is why we are here." Lita spoke up for the first time.
"Albus?" Minerva asked him confused as to what the Headmaster was thinking.
"Serena and the other girls have the same powers as Darien and can come and go too. So they will be staying here in the castle to protect the students." Dumbledore explained simply.
"You can't be serious about letting the students continue their schooling with such a threat to them! We must send them home."
"If we do that, we cannot watch them all, and will be in just as much danger at home as well as here with all the attacks going on in England. They are safest here where all of us are here to watch them." Amy reasoned with her. "I have thought of every best solution that will keep these students safe and this is the best one." Amy finished saying.
"I have to agree with her. The best place is here." Snape said simply. "After all, I trust Serena." Serena nodded her head in thanks, but said nothing.
"Well, that settles that." Albus start cheerfully before continuing on, "The rest of the senshi will stay here. Remus will also help out where he can too. That is why I asked you here too." Remus only nodded his head. Serena just glared at Albus but said nothing. "Now, that is explained, I think it is best if we all head to bed, it has been a long day for everyone.
~Next morning~
Serena woke up from a fitful night's rest to the smell of tea in her room. She stretched her arms out, when she heard a familiar female voice speak.
"I had a feeling you were going to sleep horrible." Serena sat up in bed to see Raye sitting in a chair with two cups of tea beside her on a table. Raye got up from her spot on the chair, brining the tea with her. She handed the blonde a cup before settling on the bed next to her.
"Thanks Raye." Serena replied, always appreciating Raye knowing when she needed a friend.
"No problem." She stated simply before taking a sip of the warm tea. Serena took a sip of her tea as well, while glancing at her clock to see the time. The blonde's eyes grew wide at seeing that it was 11 am already.
"Raye! Why didn't you wake me up? I have classes to teach!" Serena exclaimed angrily as she quickly jumped out of bed to get dress for the day. Raye just started giggling causing Serena to stop what she was doing while glaring at friend.
"This isn't funny." Raye just kept laughing while shaking her head yes, while doing her best to not spill her tea in her lap.
"Actually it is." She finally started once she got her fit of laughter under control. "I haven't seen you be this way since we were teenagers, plus it is Saturday, you have no classes today." Raye finished with a huge grin on her face. Serena just rolled her eyes, with a frown on her face as she walked back to her bed.
"I am so happy I could be your amusement for the day." She replied back sarcastically.
"On a serious note though, how are you holding up?" She asked concern written on her face. The blonde sighed heavily, as she remembered last night events.
"Which part?" Raye gave her the 'you know what I mean' look to friend. "Remus." Was all the blonde said.
"Serena, I cannot imagine what you are going through, now that he knows you are alive."
"And not to mention, he is getting married."
"Exactly. Serena you could not even speak to him last night when he finally said something to you. You were a deer in headlights." Serena looked down in shame as Raye reminded her of the past night.
"I know." She mumbled. Raye crawled on the bed to put her arms on around her princess in comfort.
"Serena you did nothing wrong. I am just worried about you. Talk to me." She tried to coax her princess to open up.
"Raye I don't know what to say."
"That's ok. Take your time."
"No, you don't get it." She stared looking at friend seriously, " I don't know what to say. How do you go up to him and act like nothing has changed between us, when it really has? He thought I was dead, does he even love me anymore? He probably doesn't after all he is getting married." She said in a gloomy voice. Raye frowned in sympathy as she listened to her princess. "I just don't know, Raye." Serena stated looking defeated. Raye hated seeing Serena this way because this was not the normal blonde's attitude, but she was also unsure on how to advise of the situation.
"Just give it some time, I bet something will come to you." Raye said trying to stay positive for Serena's sake. The blonde shook her head before before looking at Raye.
"No, I think it is just best to leave the past in the past. He has moved on and is with someone that he is happy with, and I can't change that." Raye just looked at Serena shocked at hearing her give up on her love life.
"Serena you can't be serious? You love Remus. You should at least see how he feels about you. There is still hope." Before Serena could get the chance to respond there was a knock on the door causing the two women from speaking any further on the matter.
"Who is it?" Serena called out.
"It's Trista" came the familiar voice on the other side. Serena told her friend to come in, which she did holding a newspaper in her hand, dressed for the day.
"Morning Serena, I hope your ready for the day." Trista said with frown on her face. Serena could tell by her tone that the Gatekeeper before was not happy.
"Why? What is going on now?" Serena asked her calmly, readying herself for anything.
"The wizarding community now know who Sailor Moon really is." Trista stated before dropping the newspaper before Serena and Raye to see. The heading the front page said Sailor Moon's identity has been revealed! Underneath the heading is a picture of Sailor Moon fighting and next that picture is another of a younger Serena Black after graduating from Hogwarts.
"How did this get out so fast?" Raye yelled looking at the newspaper in shock.
"Don't know." Was the only thing Trista said as she study her princess before her as Serena looked upon the article quietly. Raye noticed Trista watching Serena intently so she turned her head to the blonde next to her to see how she was reacting to the news.
"Serena, you and Sirius thought this would happen." Raye stated more calmly to her. Serena sighed, heavily before looking at the two women before her. Their concern for her obvious on the faces.
"Yes, we did. This is what we feared. If my true identity was figured out in England, then Darien would go after Harry and Remus. If that life was kept a secret they were safe."
"But now he knows along with so many others." Raye pointed out.
"Actually, at the moment he only knows about Harry. Darien knows nothing about Serena's relationship with Remus."
"You mean our previous relationship." Serena corrected her.
"Yes."
"But it is only a matter of time before he learns about it. Peter knew about it and is with Darien. It is only a matter of time before Darien learns about that bit of my past I never talked about."
"Why didn't you." Raye asked her curiously.
"Darien was never really interested in what was going on in my life unless it was about our enemies." Serena replied simply. Raye just rolled her eyes at hearing how selfish he was long ago.
"We should have realized then what he was." Raye grumbled to herself. Serena just smirked at her friend's antics.
"We can't change the past. Just look to the future." Trista replied in matter of fact tone.