Ch5
Disclaimer: No, I don't own Sailor Moon and nor do I own Harry Potter.
"Serenity, dearest, do you mind telling us exactly what happened to you?" she asked, "Why did you disappear like that?"
Usagi leaned back into her seat and sighed. "As you all know, when Voldermort came and killed my parents, I was just four years old. I was asleep in my room, when a portal opened up in my room and Setsuna came into my room and took me in my sleep. By the time I woke up, Setsuna had taken me to her home. She told me that I didn't belong in this dimension, but in the one she's going to place me in. Setsuna then told me that a destiny that I must follow requires certain rules, one, being I must hide my true self and another, I must never tell anyone where I come from. For the last sixteen years of my life, I was known as Usagi Tsukino and lived my life as a regular muggle. But as the years went by, Setsuna had taught me how to fight and use magic, training me for the future. I was also informed I was needed to do a certain job. When I turned fourteen, I met up with Luna and Artemis; after a few months, I met up with Michiru, Haruka, and Hotaru. Only they and Setsuna knew the truth about my acting in that world. And just yesterday, while I was showing up late for a meeting with several 'friends', Luna and Artemis revealed to me that I was no longer needed in that group. Figuring that now I wasn't needed, I went over to Setsuna's home and we came here."
Usagi stood up and pointed to each of her trusted friends who came with her. "This is Haruka Ten'oh, she is the world's fastest racer. Michiru Kaioh is one of the world's most famous musicians. Setsuna Meioh was the woman who brought me to the other world and probably also saved my life by doing so. All four of us adopted and raised Hotaru Tomeo, who is fifteen years old. Luna is the black cat and Artemis is the white cat and just because they're plain cats, doesn't mean that you should underestimate them; in fact, Luna and Artemis are what you could consider to be not any ordinary felines."
Albus could sense that Usagi was hiding something, but knew that what she is hiding is probably for certain ears only. He then stood up as she sat down. "Well, that proves to be a very interesting story," he said, "Serenity, may I ask what you're planning to do exactly?"
"I was planning on staying here to help in any way I can," Usagi replied.
Haruka spoke up, "And there's no way in hell that I'm allowing koneko-chan staying here by herself."
"If Usagi-mama is going to help, then I'm going to help too," Hotaru said, slightly shyly and slightly with confidence.
"My family wishes to stay, then I'll stay by their side," Michiru said, wrapping both hands around Haruka and Hotaru. Her blue eyes stared lovingly at Usagi, who smiled at them.
Setsuna stood up and said, "As much as I wish to stay here to help, my place is with the Time Gates."
"I understand," Usagi said, "It would be better if you could keep an eye on them, just in case they do something worse than betraying us."
"Like killing innocent people," Haruka muttered, causing Michiru, who hissed, "Don't jinx it," to smack her on the head.
Usagi used her hand to muffle her laugh. She nodded to Setsuna. "You can head off now, if you wish," she said, "I'm pretty sure that you're able to keep one eye on the inners and the other on us."
Setsuna turned to Usagi and bowed to her waist. "Very well," she said, "I'll take my leave now. I'll see you soon, Usagi-hime." Usagi frowned at the title and was about to scold the time guardian for hat when Setsuna vanished into thin air to the Time Gates.
Usagi shook her head. "She's never going to stop calling me that, is she?" she asked the other outer seishis, who just shook their heads in response.
Albus placed a hand on Usagi's shoulder to get her attention. "I take it that Ms. Tomeo will be attending Hogwarts," he said.
Hotaru nodded her head. "Yes please," she replied.
"Very well," Albus said, turning to the head of the Gryffindor house, "Minerva, the sorting hat, if you will." He handed the old, age-battered hat to the old woman and glanced at Hotaru. "Ms. Tomeo, would you please follow Professor McGonagall," he advised.
Hotaru followed Minerva around the table and watched in amazement as Minerva made a tall stool chair appear out of nowhere. She sat down as her heart pounded hard. She grew embarrassed when she felt nervous. Why should she, Hotaru Tomeo, Sailor Saturn, be nervous about this? Haven't she fought monsters and even died to protect her princess? Why should she be nervous about a single hat when she had faced creatures that would even make this feared Lord Voldermort die of fright?
She felt the hat be placed on her head. Instead of resting on top of her head, the hat slid down slightly, only covering her purple eyes. Hotaru's body tensed as she felt something go into her mind, reading her thoughts and shifting through her memories.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't the princess of Saturn."
"Who are you?" Hotaru asked silently.
"I'm the sorting hat. Hm…you seem to have quite a complicated mind. You're surrounded by darkness, that you are, but at the same time, you're also surrounded by light. Of course, the light around you shines brighter, due to a certain princess."
"Leave Usagi-mama out of this," Hotaru snarled silently, "If you even think about trying to hurt her, I swear you'll regret it. Nobody hurts Usagi-mama and gets away with it."
"No worries, I don't wish any ill will towards the princess of light. But it appears that the inner scouts and the prince had managed to do that job perfectly fine."
"Those six never deserved Usagi-mama's kindness and friendship. She deserves much more than them."
"As much as you are correct, we are digressing from what is even more important. You have so much potential in magic. You're very loyal to the princess of light. You're also very wise for your age, possibly due to what you've seen and been through. Very brave, that you are, willing to risk your safety for your princess."
"My safety and my life," Hotaru corrected, "Usagi-mama means the world to me. So do Michiru-mama, Setsuna-mama, and Haruka-papa. They were there for me when I was alone."
"I must say, you are truly a difficult person to sort out."
"They sure are taking forever," Ron complained, "How hard is it to sort out one girl?"
Harry shrugged his shoulders. "It must be hard to figure out where she must go. The sorting hat had a hard time for me to be sorted," he said.
"I suppose so," Hermoine whispered, "I wonder what house she'll go to."
"Since one of he guardians is Harry's sister, maybe she'll go to Gryffindor," Ron guessed.
"I have decided. You shall be in…Slytherin!"
"Or maybe not," Ron corrected himself.
Hotaru just sat there, not comprehending exactly what was expected of her. When the hat was removed, she glanced up at Minerva, waiting for the next instruction. Minerva directed Hotaru to the table to the far right. Hotaru gave a wavering glance to her 'parents' and saw Usagi nod to her. She walked over to the table and sat down somewhere in the middle next to Draco Malfoy and his friends.
Draco stared at Hotaru with a look of superiority in his eyes. "What are you doing over here, mudblood?" he sneered. His eyes looked up and down her body, ignoring the muggle clothes she was wearing. Beautiful mudblood, though. He shook his head, disgusted with the thought that passed in his mind.
Hotaru turned to him, completely disregarding his tone of voice . "What's a mudblood?" she asked calmly.
"Someone who's not a pureblood," he replied.
"A pureblood?" she asked.
"Someone who comes from wizarding family," he replied.
Hotaru's purple eyes narrowed at him. She knew from his tone of voice, he was actually insulting her, and grew annoyed with his large ego. "What's wrong with people who's not from wizarding family?" she asked.
"They have tainted blood and don't deserve to be in this school," Draco scoffed.
"All because their parents don't do magic?" Hotaru asked. Draco nodded his head with a smug look on his face. Hotaru sighed and shook her head. "I may not be a pureblood in your terms, but my blood is a whole lot purer than yours in our terms."
"You people just declare you're pure when you really aren't," he argued.
"Really?" Hotaru placed her pointer finger on her chin with a thoughtful look on her face. "Isn't that you guys are doing?" she asked, knowing full well that she was irritating him.
"Firefly, be nice," Usagi said from her seat on the teachers' table.
Hotaru looked at Usagi and smiled apologetically. "Hai, Usagi-mama."
"You're doing what a mudblood is telling you to do," Draco mocked.
"What did you call her?" Haruka snarled. She was about to stomp over to the Slytherin table and strangle the poor boy, but Usagi and Michiru grabbed her hands and dragged her back down to her seat.
"Mr. Malfoy, I would appreciate it if you keep those comments to yourself," Albus said, "After all, Serenity here is going to be the new DADA teacher."
Severus stared in shock and started sputtering, "Albus…you…you can't be serious. She's…a mere child!"
"I'm twenty-years-old, thank you very much," Usagi said, slightly peeved at his accusation.
"A mere child, nonetheless," Severus argued, "You never went to any wizarding schools so how are you going to teach magic to the students?"
"Setsuna had been teaching me for the past sixteen years," Usagi argued, "She taught me all there is to know."
"According to her standards," the potions professor muttered. Haruka turned her glare to Severus, almost as if daring him to open his mouth. He either ignored the glare or he didn't catch it. "You never even went to a wizarding school, any school to be exact."
"With one of the greatest wizards as her father, she doesn't need to attend any wizarding school," Hotaru said, standing up. She grew annoyed with Severus belittling the potential of magic in Usagi.
"My father?" Usagi repeated, "James Potter was a talented wizard, that part is true, but he wasn't what the world would know as one of the best."
Haruka shook her head. "Not that one," she replied, "The very first father you had before coming to this lifetime."
Usagi furrowed her eyebrows and narrowed her eyes in thought. "My father?" she repeated, trying to conjure up a face, "I don't remember him very much. Whenever the topic is about him, all I get a blurry image of a man standing next to okaa-san."
"His and your mother's blood runs through your body, two of the universe's most powerful magic conjurers," Michiru said. She looked at Usagi and quickly said, "Gomen, Usagi, but we will not tell you who he is until the time is right."
"Well, the good that would do," Severus scoffed. Haruka scowled at him and was about to argue when Michiru silenced her with a glare.
"Severus," Albus said, trying to break the argument up, "I'm sure that Serenity would be a fine teacher. Ms. Meioh seemed to have taught her well."
After hearing the headmaster's gentle but firm voice, Severus kept his mouth shut, but his eyes clearly showed his discomfort of having a young girl being a teacher in Hogwarts. Especially if she was Harry Potter's sister…his beautiful older…where did that thought come from?
Severus mentally shook his head. "I did not just think that Potter's sister is beautiful," he thought silently. His black eyes slyly slid over to Usagi, who was talking softly to Albus. "What the hell is wrong with me?" he asked himself, as he just turned his head to the other side, refusing to glance at Usagi.