Disclimr: I do not own Sailor Moon or Harry Potter.
Shifts in Destiny
Chapter 2
OWL Results
A few days after her release, Serena was playing video games. She was just about to defeat the level boss when her brother blocked the TV.
"Sammy!" Serena roared. "What are you doing?"
"Hey your OWLs came in!" Sammy exclaimed. "Let's see if you have to retake everything."
"My OWLs?" Serena gasped, dropping the control. "Gimmie that!"
She snatched the envelope from Sammy and sat down on the sofa. Serena's hands were shaking too much to open the envelope.
"Mom, Dad!" exclaimed Sammy. "You should come see this. Serena got her OWL results."
Her parents came into the room.
"OWL results?" said Mr. Tsukino. "That's great…what are OWLs?"
"Ordinary Wizarding Levels," Sammy explained for him. "Serena took the exam before school ended. Depending on how well she does in each subject, she can continue taking those courses to get certain jobs."
"Well let's see how you did!" Mrs. Tsukino exclaimed.
"Oh man," Serena groaned. "I think I'm going to be sick. I should've stayed in the hospital!"
Sammy sighed. "Just open it."
"I can't," Serena said. "Here Mom, you do it!"
"All right," said Mrs. Tsukino, propping the broom against the wall and taking the envelope. She felt slightly awkward, for she did not fully understand the magical curriculum. Mrs. Tsukino opened the envelope and took out the parchment, clearing her throat. "Now let's see, Pass grades: Outstanding, Exceeds Expectations, Acceptable. Fail Grades: Poor, Dreadful, Troll. Serena Tsukino has received: Astronomy, P."
"How did you get a poor grade on Astronomy?" demanded Sammy with a snicker.
"Shh!" Serena hissed.
"Care of Magical Creatures, Acceptable. Charms, Acceptable. Defense Against the Dark Arts, Oustanding. Divination, Exceeds Expectations. Herbology, Exeeds Expectations. History of Magic, Dreadful. Potions, Poor. Transfiguration, Outstanding." Mrs. Tsukino handed the results to her husband. "Well, good job, Serena."
"Poor in Potions?" said Sammy.
"Hey, it's not easy!" exclaimed Serena. "Especially having Snape as teacher."
"Still, you should try harder," Mr. Tsukino pointed out. "I was always good in history. I would have thought you'd at least get an average grade."
"Our teacher was a ghost, Dad," said Serena, "and it was during our History of Magic OWL when Harry…had his vision that his godfather was in trouble. I'm sure everyone got a low grade in history."
"It's important to know your history," he said.
"Yes, I know," Serena sighed.
"But you've got an outstanding in Defense Against the Dark Arts and Transfiguration," said Mrs. Tsukino. "That's very good. Do you know what you want to do after school?"
"Yes," said Serena. "I want to be a teacher!"
Sammy began laughing hard. Mr. Tsukino looked confused. Mrs. Tsukino attempted to look supportive but also couldn't get her head around it.
"A teacher?" she said slowly. "But how can you, with these grades? And you never really liked school to begin with."
"Oh, I just want to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts," Serena said, "and I got an Outstanding in the class. Teaching it shouldn't be so hard."
"Maybe not, but getting through the term would be," said Sammy.
"What do you mean, Sammy?" Mrs. Tsukino inquired while Serena glared at him.
"The position is jinxed, more like cursed," said Sammy. "Hogwarts couldn't keep a teacher more than a full term for the last six years. Lets see, from what I've been told, Professor Quirrel died…"
Mrs. Tsukino gasped and Mr. Tsukino moaned, "died?"
"But he was a bad guy!" Serena exclaimed.
"Professor Lockhart lost his memory."
"He was trying to erase Harry and Ron's memories!" Serena said in her defense. "He deserved it!"
"Professor Lupin was a werewolf and he got fired."
"Actually, he just stepped down," Serena said. "And so what if he was a werewolf! You like Lupin!"
"Just stating the facts, Serena," Sammy said softly, naming off the teachers from his fingers. "Let's see, Professor Moody never got to actually teach at Hogwarts because a Death Eater attacked him and taught in his place. I can't believe it took almost the whole term before anyone noticed something was wrong."
"Polyjuice Potion—even Dumbledore was convinced it was him!"
"And don't even get me started on Professor Umbridge!" Sammy cried. "She's just plain evil!"
With this news, Serena's parents looked at her in concern. "Yes, maybe teaching isn't the right thing for you, Serena," her father said.
"Maybe you'll find a nice wealthy young man," Mrs. Tsukino said hopefully. "Actually, isn't Harry pretty well off?"
Serena groaned. "Oh come on you guys, just because those kinds of things happened to the other teachers doesn't mean that'll happen to me!"
"Then why do you suppose something keeps happening to the teachers?" Sammy questioned.
"I—I don't know," said Serena.
"Well I don't want you teaching there until we know for sure it's safe," Mrs. Tsukino ordered. "A teacher dies, another loses his memory?"
"Oh all right," Serena groaned, taking back her OWLs. "I'll talk to Professor McGonagall about my options when we get to Hogwarts."
Serena went to her room to call her friends to see if they got their OWL results. Instead of using the telephone (since some of the girls were living at Headquarters and they were unsure how to install a telephone) Serena used her communication device. She wanted to know if they were well on their ways to pursuing their dreams.
Lydia got basically the same results except she got an Outstanding in Care of Magical Creatures and an Outstanding in History of Magic. She was living with her parents in Ireland now, helping out the Order when necessary.
"Wow, how'd you luck out passing that one?" Serena asked. "Binns was always such a bore and we didn't finish the exam!"
Lydia laughed. "I don't think luck had anything to do about it. I actually enjoy History of Magic, well, these lessons were interesting anyway. I was able to finish the exam right before Harry...well...you know."
"You plan to be in the magical creature business, right?" asked Serena.
"Yeah," Lydia answered. "A lot of my family is already in the trade, so I think I'll do fine."
"I want to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts," said Serena. "But Sammy told my parents about how jinxed that spot is, so now they want me to go elsewhere."
Lydia laughed. "I can't blame them, but it can't be jinxed forever. Maybe we'll find out why it's jinxed so much, and we'll be able to turn it around."
After speaking to Lydia, Serena called Ami.
Ami, to no surprise, got all Outstandings. She wanted to talk to Serena about her future career paths, but she was on her way with her father to celebrate. Raye received two Oustandings in Runes and Divination, Exceeds Expectations in Astronomy, Charms, and Defense Against the Dark Arts. Acceptable in Herbology and Transfiguration, Poor in History of Magic and Potions. Serena was surprised she did this well. Raye didn't seem like the studious type, and there was the situation between her and Draco. Serena decided to change the subject to her love life.
"Has he written you or anything?" Serena asked.
"No," said Raye.
"Have you written him?" Serena inquired.
"No," Raye answered, slightly irritated.
"Why not?" Serena questioned. "I know you still love him. Don't you want to know how he's doing?"
"Even if I did write him, Serena, he wouldn't write me back!" Raye exclaimed. "He's mad at me. He thinks I dated him so I can 'convert' him. I mean, how stupid is that? Ugh! Men are so stupid!"
"Hey!" shouted a man's voice in the background, probably Sirius.
"Maybe it will get better when we return to school," Serena suggested.
"Yeah, I guess so," Raye moaned. "Hey, here's Lita. I er–gotta go help Grampa!"
Raye shoved her communication device in Lita's hand and took off. Lita looked down at Serena's face.
"Hi Lita...is Raye really going to help Grampa?"
"I'm not sure," said Lita, "he's not even here. You asked her about Draco, didn't you?"
"Guilty," said Serena.
Lita laughed. "What's up, Serena?"
"I got my OWLs, and I was just wondering how everyone else did," Serena said.
She explained her results to Lita and what she wanted to do. Lita was able to put her at ease by telling her if she was meant for the job, nothing could keep her from taking it. Lita wanted to work at an Inn, and she got good enough marks for it. She was able to get an Outstanding in potions, as well as an Outstanding in Herbology. She failed History of Magic, Transfiguration, Astronomy, and it that didn't bother her. Lita passed the classes that were important to her. Serena envied her slightly that Lita didn't have to prove herself to anyone. She had no parents to show her report card to and they didn't have to 'approve' her in anyway. If she wanted to work at Inn, she was free to do so. She could even work at the ministry if she wanted to. Serena decided not to tell her this, because she had a feeling it would upset her.
"I'm glad that you were able to get the OWLs you wanted," Serena answered.
"Thanks," said Lita. "You want to talk to Harry?"
"Yeah, sure!" Serena exclaimed.
Serena and Harry talked for a long time. He was quite pleased with his OWL results. Somehow, he managed to get all the grades he needed to focus on his Auror career. The only failing grade he got was in History of Magic and Divination, which didn't even matter. Ron also got the grades needed for an Auror, and Hermione got all Outstandings and one Exceeds Expectations.
"That's great Harry!" Serena exclaimed. "I knew you could do it."
"I'll have to thank Lydia," said Harry. "She gave Ron and me good luck charms for the OWLs. I was able to remember what I needed to do for my tests. How'd you do, Serena?"
"Pretty good," said Serena. "I only failed Astronomy, Divination and History of Magic. No big deal…not really…"
"What's wrong?" Harry asked.
"Well, I told my parents I want to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts," she said. "But Sammy's told them how cursed it is, and they thinks something bad is going to happen to me. Maybe if I've done better in the other classes, I might find a job they'd approve of…like a historian or something."
"Serena, you want to know what I think?" Harry inquired. "I think the reason why Hogwarts couldn't keep a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher is because of Voldemort."
"That's what I think!" Serena exclaimed.
"And when he's gone, you'll have no trouble staying at Hogwarts for a full year," Harry insisted.
"That's what I've told them," Serena groaned. "But they don't want me to even try unless they know for sure."
"I agree," said Harry. "Besides, I think you will need more training after Hogwarts. Just to be sure."
"I know," Serena groaned.
"So….what are you getting me for my birthday?" Harry asked devilishly..
"I can't tell you that!" Serena gasped. "You'll just have to wait."
"All right," said Harry.
"I'm going to call Mina," said Serena. "See how she's done."
"Okay, I'll talk to you soon?"
"Of course," Serena answered. "Love you, Harry."
"I love you too, Serena," he said.
"Oh, Harry—can you do me a favor?" Serena asked.
"Absolutely," Harry said immediately.
"Can you see if Raye can put away her pride and just write a letter to Draco?" Serena said. "Seriously, I think she's acting meaner than usual. Even though Draco's a bit of a…of a…"
"Prat, git, slimeball?" Harry suggested.
"Er, yeah," Serena said, "I liked her better when she was dating him. She seemed happier."
"Yeah, I notice ed that to," Harry agreed. "I'll see what I can do."
Harry closed the connection and he passed the message onto Raye. Raye wasn't too happy about it.
"Oh, great, not you too!" Raye exclaimed. "I thought you'd be thrilled I'm not dating your number one rival!"
"You have to admit, he did make you happy," Harry told her.
"I can make myself happy!" Raye cried, turning on her heel and storming off.
"Well, I think you need some practice," Harry muttered, silently telling him to think twice the next time Serena asks him for a favor.
Serena called Mina at her house. She was living with her mother in London. Mina's mother was a witch, working for the ministry in the Magical games and sports division. Mina did worse than Serena. No Oustangings, only Exceeds Expectations in Charms and Herbology and an Acceptable in Defense Against the Dark Arts and Divination. She failed all her other classes and she didn't really mind–no matter how much her mother did.
"I keep telling her I've already got a job lined up in Paris with Pierre!" Mina groaned. "I'm going to be a model for their clothes."
"Well, maybe you can be an herbologist, just as a back up," Serena suggested.
"Oh yeah, thanks," Mina groaned.
Mina's mother called for her and Mina groaned again. "Augh, coming, Mother!" Mina exclaimed over her shoulder and she looked back at Serena. "Sorry...my Mom needs me. I'm sort of um...grounded right now. Hopefully she'll let me go for Harry's birthday. I got him the coolest stuff!"
Harry was having his sixteenth birthday party at the newly improved Headquarters. All the dark items were gone, Kreacher was still in the form of a rubbish bin and the portraits of the Blacks had been replaced with members of the Order of Phoenix. Everyone decorated the dining room in balloons and streamers for the occasion. It was almost time for Harry to open presents, but he wanted to wait until Serena came. He knew that she was on her way.
"Relax, Harry," said Lydia, "she'll be here. We're used to Serena's tardiness."
"I'm not," Raye grumbled. "Is she ever going to grow out of it? You'd think she'll be here on time for Harry's birthday!"
"She's probably getting Harry's gift," Mina suggested. After a long argument, and a comproimise with her mother, she was allowed to come to Harry's party. Mina had to bring a note written from her mother to Professor Sprout to discuss her career options.
"Was she coming by floo powder?" Ami asked. "Maybe her fireplace isn't hooked up to the floo network."
As Serena's friends discussed reasons why Serena could be late, Harry stepped into the entry hall. He was only there for a few seconds when the door opened and Serena stepped in, her brother Sammy behind her holding the presents.
"Serena," Harry breathed.
"Hi, Harry," Serena said with a smile. "Happy sweet sixteen."
Sammy glanced from Serena and Harry with a big grin on his face. "I'm just going to go put these with the others."
Sammy disappeared into the kitchen. Serena could hear everyone sighing in relief.
"Please tell me Serena's with you!" Raye exclaimed.
Serena laughed, rubbing her newly short-haired head. It grew an inch or two since she sold her long locks. She was wearing a light pink top and blue jeans. "Yeah, I guess bad habits die hard, huh? Sorry."
"It's okay, I'm glad you're here," said Harry. "You look beautiful."
Serena blushed. "You don't miss my hair?"
He shrugged. "It'll grow back."
"I know," said Serena. "But I don't plan to grow it all the way back. You know it takes an hour to wash and dry my hair when it was that long?"
They laughed and Harry walked forward to embrace and kiss her. They were in the middle of their kiss when Sirius came walking out.
"Hey Harry it's time to-," he stopped short when he saw them kissing. He looked surprised for a moment and a wide grin came to his face. "Just like James…always opening the biggest present first." He chuckled to himself and went back into the kitchen.
When Serena and Harry finished kissing, they joined to the rest of the party. Harry opened his presents: Quidditch gear from Ron, Ginny and Lydia; new clothes from Mina (which were designed from her boyfriend Pierre from Paris); homemade treats from Lita, a day planner from Ami and Hermione, Raye gave him a box of chocolate frogs—all famous Quidditch players. Serena got Harry new eyeglasses, a tape player with several tapes and board games. Sirius got him a razor and shaving materials, along with other "becoming a man" type gifts.
After presents they had dinner, cake and ice cream. Serena noticed they were missing a few numbers.
"Where is everyone?" she asked.
"What do you mean?" inquired Lydia.
"Trista, Amara, Tonks…" said Serena. "Shouldn't they be here today?"
"Auror business," Raye answered for her. "Tonks is acting as a bodyguard for Ollivander. I've been doing fire readings nonstop and I had a vision that Ollivander would be attacked, so Tonks is keeping him safe."
"I wonder why Ollivander would be attacked," said Serena.
"It must because he sold brother wands to Voldemort and me," Harry pointed out. "Voldemort probably wants a different wand. Tonks managed to keep him safe so far, but Fortescue is gone. We don't know if he was taken or just left."
"Maybe he took off," Serena suggested. "I mean, what would Voldemort want with an ice cream maker? Unless he really has a sweet tooth." Serena chuckled and the others groaned.
"I remember before my third year he was helping me with an essay," said Harry. "He knows a lot a history."
"Amara and Michelle are helping Dumbledore find the horcruxes," added Ami. "And Trista is the new Undersecretary at the Ministry."
"Oh yeah!" Serena exclaimed. "I forgot; I told the minister he should replace Umbridge with her!"
"You've met Rufus Scrimgeour?" said Sirius.
Serena nodded. "Yes, he had the healers release me early. I like him." Serena glanced around, noticing that they were missing two more redheads. "Fred and George aren't here either?"
"They're busy with their new shop," Ron said. "We've wanted to go, but Mum won't let us." He shot a furious glance at his mother. "Thinks it is dangerous."
"We've got to get our Hogwarts letters soon," said Serena. "Then we'll have to go to Diagon Alley and we can visit them."
"Hey Harry," said Sammy, showing him one of the games he got him. "Let's all play a game, all right?"
"I think he got you those more for himself than for you," Serena whispered to Harry.
"It's fine," said Harry. "Now that we've cleaned all the dark stuff out of this place, there's hardly anything to do here!"
Hogwarts letters came the day after his birthday. Within his, Harry received a belated birthday gift in the form of a Quidditch captain pin. Even with Sirius, the sailor scouts and other ministry members, Mrs. Weasley did not want to make a visit to Diagon Alley until Mr. Weasley could come with them. Serena and Sammy waited in the Leaky Cauldron with Mina and her mother for the rest of the group. Once they've met up with everyone, they left the Leaky Cauldron to the entrance to Diagon Alley, leaving Tom the bartender disappointed.
Serena gasped when the wall opened up, revealing Diagon Alley. Many of the shops were boarded up, Florcleans being one of them. Black and white wanted posters were on every wall, along with purple lists of safety advice from the ministry.
"Oh my gosh," Serena moaned. "What happened here?"
"The Death Eaters happened," Lydia answered gruffly.
"Let's make this quick," Raye muttered, folding her arms and looking back at the wall that had closed up behind them. "I'm getting bad vibes from every corner."
"I agree, dear," said Mrs. Weasley. "Now let's see, let's go to Madam Malkin's first. Hermione wants new school robes, and Raye, you said you wanted to go there too? Ron's also showing much too ankle, Harry—you must need new ones too—come along, everyone."
"Uh, are you sure that's necessary?" Mina inquired, as Mr. Weasley suggested another solution of splitting up.
"How about those needing school robes go with me," said Sirius. "Arthur, you take a group to Flourish and Blotts for books." Mr. Weasley nodded in understanding. Sirius looked at Mr. Mizuno. "Yasashiku, you take a group that needs to visit the apothecary."
"I'd like to visit Fred and George's shop too," Lydia pointed out and others agreed on the idea.
"Yeah, how about we all meet up there?" said Ginny.
"Yes, all right," said Mrs. Weasley. "We'll meet there in an hour."
Serena, Lydia, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, and Mina (dragged there by her mother) went to Borgin and Burkes. Mina was more interested in joining Harry and the others to Madame Malkins.
"But Mo-om!" Mina groaned. "I should check out the competition! Pierre asked me to check out their fabrics!"
"That isn't important right now," said Mrs. Aino. "I want to find some new books for you, and possibly hire you a tutor. Perhaps you can still find another job here instead of Paris."
Mr. Mizuno took Ami, Ginny, Sammy and Lita to the Apothecary to get potion ingredients for everyone.
When Sirius arrived to Madame Malkin with his group, Harry recognized a voice near the back of the shop. It was Draco Malfoy. Raye stiffened when she heard his voice.
"…Not a child, in case you haven't noticed, Mother. I am perfectly capable of doing my shoping alone."
There was a chuckle and then Madame Malkin spoke. "Now dear, your mother is quite rightm none of us is supposed to go wandering around on our own anymore, it's nothing to do with being a child—"
"Watch where you're sticking that pin, will you!" He walked away from her and went to view himself in the mirror, and he noticed Harry and the others behind him.
"If you're wondering what the smell is, Mother, a Mubdblood just walked in," said Draco.
"I don't think there is any need for language like that!" said Madam Malkin, emerging from behind the rack with wand and tape measurer in hand. "And I don't want any wands drawn in my shop either!"
Harry and Ron had their wands pointing at Draco. Sirius pushed their wands down. "Save it for the Dueling Club. Mr. Hino plans to make use of it at school."
"Hino," Draco said, turning around. "Would that be a relative of yours, Raye?"
"My grandfather," Raye admitted. "He's going to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher."
Draco laughed. "But didn't you tell me your grandfather is a bit crazy?"
"He is not!" Raye exclaimed, trying to lunge at him and Sirius had to restrain her as well.
"Calm down, all of you!" he told them. "Let's just get your robes, fitted, all right?"
"That's quite enough!" Madame Malkin said sharply. She looked behind her shoulder for support. "Madame—please—"
Narcissa Malfoy came out from behind the clothes rack. "You should do as your godfather says, Potter, if you still want to see him."
Sirius howled with laughter. "Cissy…I'd expect that from Trixy but not you. You don't give threats as convincingly."
Narcissa glared at her cousin. "Leave Bellatrix out of this, sister-killer."
Sirius frowned. "I did not mean to kill her. Honest, I was trying to stun her. Bellatrix killed me, Sailor Moon sacrificed all her power to bring me back. That power remains in me, and when I tried to stun Bella, some of that power took over and…the Stunner was too strong for her."
"I don't believe you," said Narcissa.
"It's true," Sirius insisted. "You don't have to believe me but you should know this. Bellatrix had her choice, and she made it. It was the wrong one."
"What do you mean she made the wrong choice?" Narcissa demanded.
"Becoming a Death Eater for one," said Sirius, "and endangering my godson. You still have a choice too, Narcissa. It's not too late. You want to end up in prison like your husband, or dying like your sister? You going to leave your son to fend for himself?"
"Be quiet!" yelled Narcissa. "Don't you dare talk to me like that! You have no idea how I feel! I'm-all alone!" Narcissa looked furious, like she was going to finish what her sister tried to do and kill Sirius where he stood. "Because of you my sister is dead and my husband is in prison!"
"It wasn't my doing," Sirius insisted. "And you're wrong, Narcissa. I do know how you feel. I was also upset when Regulus became a Death Eater, and got himself killed. You know how guilty I felt, knowing that I could have been more for him, watched out for him, so he wouldn't have to end up like that?"
Sirius and Narcissa stood there in silence, looking at each other. Nobody said anything. Nobody dared. They knew it was a sensitive subject. Then Narcissa let out an angry sigh and she pulled the fancy green dress robes off her son.
"Augh—Mother! I still want those!" Draco exclaimed. He touched his ear, where a red scratch had appeared. "The pin poked me!"
"Don't complain, Draco," said his mother. "You can put something on it when we get home. We're leaving."
"But the robes-,"
"I'll order some from Paris," she snapped. "I'd go to Twillfit and Tattings, but it blew up." She grabbed his arm and started walking away. She paused at Raye.
"I know what you did to Draco," Narcissa said scathingly. "Don't go getting any ideas of resurrecting your relationship. My son wants nothing to do with you."
"Mother," Draco whispered. He looked apologetically at Raye and his mother pulled him out of the store.
"Now, really!" Madame Malkin groaned, bending down to the robes Narcissa tossed to the floor and using her wand to blow the dust off.
"I apologize for my cousin's behavior," said Sirius. "She must be overstressed with the situation with her sister and husband. Narcissa normally isn't like this."
"Yes, hard times for all of us," said Madame Malkin.
"Can I help you put these away?" Sirius asked.
Madame Malkin smiled. "Why thank you, Sirius. I must stay, I've always had a feeling you were innocent."
It was very likely she hadn't, but Sirius was thankful nonetheless. Sirius helped her get material for everyone's robes. Harry decided to take the dress robes Draco had been trying on. Once they finished, they met up in George and Fred's joke shop with the rest of the crew. Their shop was full of Hogwarts students looking at the Weasley twin's wares: Skiving Snackboxes (nosebleed nougat being the most popular because the vomiting pastiles were too much of a problem), an assortment of different quills, reusable hangman, Instant Darkness Power, edible dark marks, WonderWitch products, and something Serena found very cool, miniature sailor scouts.
"That's so cool!" Serena exclaimed, picking up the six inch replica of Sailor Moon. "It looks so much like me."
"Not anymore," said George. "I wish you could have at least kept the meatballs."
"It was time for a change, guys," said Serena. "So, does she speak?"
"Yeah, she does actually," said Fred, clearing his throat and looking at the small Sailor Moon. He talked in villainous voice. "Your end has come, Sailor Moon!"
The Sailor Moon figurine came to life. She moved her arms and began one of her speeches. "Not yet it hasn't. I am Sailor Moon. I will right wrongs and triumph over evil, and that means you!"
Serena raised her eyebrow. "I don't really sound like that, do I?"
George and Fred chuckled. "No, we made their voices a little higher than your real ones." George said. "It's kind of hard to add your voices when you're not here but we couldn't get you to come out so we can record. Besides, we wanted it to be a surprise."
"Sailor Moon is the most popular, next to Sailor Saturn," Fred admitted, picking up the remaining Sailor Saturn miniature. "I think our customers are going to try to get her to destroy things. But the most she does is this…"
He tapped her glaive with his wand three times and Sailor Saturn made an intricate turn, spinning her glaive around her and finally, bringing the glaive down in front of her, as if she was challenging an enemy. Fred smiled and shivered
"I never tire of seeing that," he admitted, looking at his brother. "What about you, George?"
"I need to check on the joke cauldrons," George mumbled and he walked away.
"Hotaru came up with the sailor soldier dolls," Fred sighed. "I wish she knew how fast they were selling."
Before the fiasco at the Ministry of Magic, Serena learned about the misunderstanding between George, Hotaru and Fred. Last New Years, George had followed Hotaru to London Bridge and witnessed her transform into Sailor Saturn. He had startled her when he apparated behind her, and almost ended up as Swiss cheese. Fred pretended to be George, and then Hotaru discovered the truth when she began working for them. She was so angry that she broke up with Fred, and quit the business.
"I'm sorry, Fred," Serena said. "I wish there could be something I could do."
"You might have been the Moon Princess," said Fred. "But you can't be everywhere at once. You were with Harry, and you saved Sirius. We'll save Hotaru soon, and I'm sure she can figure out a way to get away from You-Know-Who."
While George was 'checking' the joke cauldrons, Mina came over to him. "Hey, George, after Hogwarts, can Serena and I work here? It looks like our parents won't let us work our dream jobs."
"Yeah, I know what you mean," said George, watching his mother shake her head at his wares. "What do you two plan to do?"
"I plan to model Pierre's clothes in Paris," said Mina. "Serena wants to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts. My mom wants me to stay in England and Serena's parents thinks that Serena will end up like the other teachers. My mother's not very happy with my OWL results. I think she's going to hold it against me for years."
"Well, if we got openings by then," said George, "you can have them."
Sirius, who was standing by the purple and yellow "U-No-Poo" poster, suddenly stiffened. Harry noticed. "Sirius, what is it?"
Sirius did not answer him but bolted out of the door. Harry and Serena followed, along with Lita.
"What's going on?" Lita questioned.
"Sirius just left the store," said Harry, "something's wrong!"
Sirius went to Ollivander's wand shop to find Tonks trying to battle two Death Eaters at once. Mr. Ollivander was hiding behind his counter.
"Stupefy!" exclaimed Sirius, stunning both Death Eaters at once. His stunner looked the same as the one he had used on Bellatrix, only it did not turn them into dust. His wand became hot and he dropped it.
"That looked like one of my attacks," said Serena. "When I was Sailor Moon, anyway."
Sirius went to Tonks, who was backed up against the wall, looking distraught. "What happened?"
"They just…came," said Tonks. "Out of no where, I had no time to react. I-I can't do this. I just can't…"
Sirius patted her shoulder. "We'll find someone else to relieve you. Don't worry."
Mr. Ollivander emerged from his counter. "Remarkable spell, Mr. Black. I remember your wand. Dragon heart string, ten inches, Larch wood. I can see that it is working differently for you?"
"Yes," said Sirius, looking down where he dropped his wand. "I've noticed when I cast spells, it gets too hot and more energy comes out of the wand."
"May I?" Ollivander said, crouching at his wand.
"Of course," said Sirius.
Ollivander picked up the wand and examined it. "Interesting…your core has melted inside, Mr. Black."
"I didn't know cores can melt," said Lita.
"They can if the wand rejects its user," Mr. Ollivander said.
"But I've never had problems with my wand before," said Sirius. "It's worked for me perfectly…until…"
He looked at Serena and Serena gasped. "Oh, Sirius, I'm so sorry!"
Mr. Olivander looked at Serena. "You know why his core has melted?"
"Mr. Ollivander, you can keep a secret, can't you?" Serena asked.
Ollivander nodded.
"Well, I was Sailor Moon," Serena admitted. "In the Ministry of Magic, I had to give Sirius all my power in order to save him. He has my sailor scout power inside of him, and I think it's trying to mix with his wizard magic. So when he does a spell, his wand can't take it. I haven't used my wand since then, but I've noticed it feels different to me. It's heavy, and foreign…like it doesn't belong to me anymore. I think…I think I'm supposed to give it to Sirius."
Serena walked to Sirius and handed him her wand. "Here, take it."
"I can't take your wand," Sirius refused.
"Well, you can't exactly use your old one anymore, can you?" Serena joked. "Go on, just hold it and see what happens. Hurry…I feel like I'm going to drop it!"
Sirius hesitated and reached out for the ten willow wand with the unicorn hair core. Silver swirls went around his hand. It felt good, he had to admit.
"Wow," said Sirius. "This is incredible." He waved the wand and it shot a stream of silver from the tip.
"It worked!" Serena exclaimed.
"But what about you, Serena?" said Harry. "You'll need a wand too, and you can't take Sirius' old wand."
"There was a birch wand that you came very close to," said Mr. Ollivander. "Hmmm, I wonder."
"I'm glad you remembered," said Serena with a smile.
Mr. Ollivander came to her with the birch wand. "Here we go, birch, nine inches and containing a phoenix feather."
"Pheonix feather, why, tha'ts what you've got, Harry!" Serena gasped.
"Yeah, it came from Fawkes," said Harry. "But I'm sure yours didn't come from Fawkes though. Dumbledore told me that he only gave two phoenix feathers."
Serena closed her hand around the wand and waited. It did not feel heavy. It felt just right. She felt warm and she waved the wand, red and gold sparks emitting from the tip.
"Excellent!" said Mr. Ollivander. "Marvelous. I believe this wand was being saved for you, incase you lost all of your moon powers. Birch is also connected to the moon, but not as much as the willow. Yet this is a new beginning for you I'm sure, so you will need the phoenix feather to help you. It is a symbol of new beginnings and reincarnation."
"I knew I would need a new wand eventually…but Serena?" said Sirius.
"Yeah?" said Serena.
"I better not end up in a mini skirt," he whispered into her ear.
Serena laughed. "I don't think you have to worry, but to be sure, don't say 'Moon Crisis Power!'"
To Be Continued.