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In a maneuver that had him thanking Merlin he still had some of his seeker reflexes, Harry spun on the balls of feet in a move that aborted his intended dash across the hall, sending him smack back against the wall inside a vacant office.
His heart was pounding, but his breathing remained calm. A wince reminded him of a sharp pain in his side, causing his free hand to clutch at his wounded side. Pulling away the hand to survey the damage, he scowled at the sight of blood on his hand. Pulling his cloak firmly over himself to cover the damage and donning the hood, he snuck a glance outside; having heard the sound of receding footsteps.
Just as he thought the coast was clear enough that he could sneak out for the day and come back when the idiots finally got some sense into their heads again, the building alarm went off. A high-pitched voiced spoke over the blaring horns, "Harry James Potter, please make yourself known to an Auror, or the main atrium, immediately. I repeat, Harry James Potter, pleas…" and on it went.
Harry's breath stuttered for a second. Main atrium, he thought, there went his previous plan. If they've dispatched all the Aurors then… Harry grit his teeth, explaining his frustration away with the excuse that he was simply in pain.
Yanking at the cord, Harry pulled off his cloak and tossed it, taking a deep breath before he backed into the room, body crouched and blending into the darkness.
Fuck, he thought, having to dash back from whence he came as he spotted another Auror. Not quick enough, it seemed, as a bright red light flew just past his face. Before he could react, another one swiftly followed, but this time hitting its mark at his right foreleg.
His inhuman mouth let out a short screech of pain in response to the cutting curse slicing close to a tendon, stumbling for a second before pushing through it to take another turn. He took a moment to think to himself sordidly, well, I certainly trained them well at least. His now two major wounds and several minor scrapes were making themselves increasingly known as he felt more cornered the longer he ran. I thought they might be taking the piss again like with any other rumour, but they're serious this time, if they've been given permission to cast at me.
Suddenly, a door opened just behind him and darkness enveloped his sight, body jerked sideways and tumbling round and round until he knew not which way was up and which was down. Snarling and kicking automatically in response, the light soon returned and he realized he had been covered by a cloak and pulled into the room.
Whipping around, his defensive stance immediately fell at the sight of a familiar sight – Luna. Shifting fluidly, he looked at her back in his normal form. "Luna, what—"
"You won't be able to escape this time like all the other times, Harry," she interrupted. Harry bristled at the insinuation that Luna, of all people, was betraying him. His right hand automatically twitched towards his wand, but instead watched as Luna brushed past him.
Turning, he finally realized which room he had been pulled into as he stared at the Veil. When Luna turned to face him once more, she was standing right by it. Harry opened his mouth to question her but was unnerved to see the immense focus in her eyes.
"You can't stay here any longer, Harry. No matter how much you might want to give them a chance, the Ministry will eventually find a way to pin you as the next Dark Lord." She began, her tone having none of the dreamy-quality that had both confused but soothed him in the past.
There was a split second where Luna's face melted into its usual dazed-like gaze before sharpening once more in an intense focus that looked wrong on her. "The price has already been settled. Do you trust me, Harry?"
"I… Luna?" he couldn't keep up with her thought process, as usual. When Luna repeated her question, with more urgency, both of them knowing that time was of the essence, he responded. "Of course I trust you Luna, but what—"
Her hands shot forwards, a vice-grip around his own despite her petite frame. She managed to drag him closer to her, by the Veil. "Luna?!"
"This is the only thing I can do for you now," she said, ignoring Harry's alarmed questioning. "Harry, I'm sorry." Then, jerking him so that their eyes met, Harry once again unnerved by her focused gaze. "You trust me, right? Then trust that I know what I'm doing. The Veil is a gateway between dimensions. Be it with the dead, or with another world altogether."
Seeing Harry want to argue, Luna shook him again, "listen to me. The price has been paid." Then, a smile that was painfully like her usual dream-like beam, but touched with sadness in her eyes. "You can be free, Harry. Truly."
Then, pushing him hard into the gateway, Harry yelled out, "no!" grabbing a firm hold of her hand. He didn't understand anything she was saying. Gateway? Being free? Was she saying he was better off dead? Not that he hadn't entertained such morbid thought before, but he would never just leave his friends behind out of selfishness.
A gentle hand on his own desperate hold had him glancing up. "Live for yourself, Harry. Live for us, too." As she pried his fingers off and he was pulled in by an unknown force, his last view was of Luna smiling at him, tears in her eyes.
"Luna!" He kicked and writhed, trying to somehow claw his way back to her. Darkness was fast enveloping him, but when he blinked, it looked like a tunnel of rainbow light surrounding him. The momentum, and force soon pulled at his consciousness and he faded.
"I have fulfilled my part. Now it is time for you to honour yours," Luna spoke to the image of a dark-haired woman that appeared before her.
"Indeed you have," the woman's velvety voice spoke. "Very well. I shall satisfy my end of the bargain. I must say I'm surprised you managed to learn about the existence of other worlds."
"You already know that Hermione was the one that helped me research this from the moment the rumours began, Witch."
The woman smiled acquiescingly. "Then, for the wish of sending Harry James Potter to a world of your choice, as well as a safe recovery. For payment—"
The doors slammed open as a team of Aurors poured in, spotting Luna and barking orders, not noticing any other presence. Ignoring the interruption, Luna kept her gaze firmly on the Witch before her.
"I shall take your gift of Sight, for Harry's protection. And for the passage to Earthland, both you and Hermione Jean Granger's memories of Harry James Potter."
As a white light shone brightly and encased the entire room, tears spilled down Luna's cheeks. Please let Harry find happiness in the next world.
Just FYI, this chapter is the only time there'll be elements of CLAMP/Tsubasa. I've always wanted to mention the Dimensional Witch in a crossover story, since it makes everything so easy hahaha so here she is.
Also, similar to my recent Gaijin Guardians series, this will also be short, simple chapters. I have the vague story outlined already but I don't plan for it to be very intricate or 'deep'. So yeah don't go questioning if there's hidden messages in my story or anything, because there isnt any. hahaha.
I often get a few reviewers saying I should do this or that etc in my story and be assured I read them and consider them, and yeah sometimes I might add some elements in, but usually if its some crazy plotline and for a story like this, don't get your hopes up to high hahaha. I'd advise you to just write your own story if you really want something to happen. If you need to use the same base story as mine for it to work, just let me know first and of course, credit (: