A/N: Hi everyone
Disclaimer: Neither Merlin nor Harry Potter are mine. Otherwise I'd be rich and drinking champagne, rather than the cheap coffee I have right now.
Summary: The Golden Trio and the Silver Trio were serving a detention in the forests when they come across a glowing light. The light sends them back to the past, to the time of Prince Arthur and his manservant, Merlin.
Ignores HBP and DH
"Oi Pothead! You're looking up the wrong thing!"
"Pothead's getting old Malfoy. Are you running out of insults?"
"I have more in store than your common sense. Just look at your glasses! They're so ugly when I look into them!"
"That's because you see your own reflection ferret."
The Gryffindors whopped and clapped whilst the Slytherins scowled and grabbed their wands. Harry and Draco were arguing in the library over a group project, they both had smirks on their face, but on the inside they were grinning like mad. The duo have set aside their differences after Draco took Dumbledore's protection and Harry learnt of Snape's purpose.
After casting Muffliato Draco smiled and said, "I admit, you got me there."
"Of course I did."
"I hate the fact that we have to keep up this stupid act."
"We are the face of Gryffindor/Slytherin rivalry, as much as I hate it."
"I hate it too. Shouldn't we be promoting 'house unity'?"
"They'll get suspicious and blame Dumbledore for hexing us." Harry sighed.
"True true. Let's get back to work, the others are here."
"Right." Harry removed the spell as Hermione, Ron, Blaise and Pansy came over.
"Ah look at that. Both of them are still alive," Blaise greeted loudly, "You owe me 5 galleons Weasley."
"We didn't shake," the redhead responded, with equal volume.
"Still..."
"Over my dead body."
Hermione and Pansy rolled their eyes. "Don't you think the act is a bit obvious like that?" Pansy muttered.
"Yeh, maybe we should just put it out into the open." Hermione agreed.
"You make it sound like we're going to admit that we're gay or something." Harry said.
"You and Draco came out of the closet already, so it doesn't count. I don't think it made any difference, because now the girls want to see you with another guy in front of them instead." Blaise said.
"Ugh, don't remind me. Back to History of Magic?" Draco asked.
The group agreed and looked up books about the Crown Prince Arthur Pendragon and Merlin Emrys. Before becoming the most powerful sorcerer the world has ever seen, Emrys was Pendragon's manservant. All because of some law King Uther made.
"That's gotta suck being Merlin." Ron said, effectively breaking the silence, and also, their concentration, "I mean, being the most powerful magical wizard ever and having to spend their teen years as a slave. He couldn't even use magic!"
"The word's manservant Ron and it just goes to say that you can't judge someone's power by their background." Pansy said, "Just look at Harry over here. He's probably just as powerful as Merlin, and he lived with the Dursely's."
"That's true," Draco said, "Wait? Are you saying that the harder your childhood is, the more powerful you'll be?"
"Um, no. Otherwise you'll be pretty strong as well." Blaise joked
Harry, Ron and Hermione had all agreed to fill in Draco, Pansy and Blaise about Harry's childhood. They were all friends by then, and in return got details about Draco's, which was bad, but didn't include a closet under the stairs, that was substituted for dungeons.
"Draco and I can both do wandless magic though. And we're natural Animagus." Harry reasoned
"I think you two were powerful regardless of your childhood." Hermione said, "We should get back to the essay."
"Not really Hermione," Pansy hastily added, "We have that detention from Snape."
"Damn git. What?" Hermione asked to everyone's faces, "The reason for the detention was ridiculous!"
"I have to agree with you 'Mione." Ron said, "Alright let's go."
They all packed up, but stopped when Blaise picked a completely random book, which seemed to be the thickest on the shelf.
"Um Blaise," Harry asked, "What in the name of Merlin are you doing?"
"I wanna find something to hit Snape with..." came the reply. Hermione and Pansy both snatched the book out of his hands and dragged the sulking Italian out of the library.
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"You will go out into the Forests and collect the Jewelled Lilycus." Snape announced, showing them a picture of it, "It will bloom at the full moon, which is tonight, and is heavily protected. You have one chance each at retrieving it I suppose. Depending on the conditions. Do not return to the castle unless you have obtained it. Now go!"
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"Stupid Snape, stupid detention, stupid flower." Ron grumbled hours later. They were getting closer to the flower, but the forests didn't seem to want them there. The trees changed places, eerie noises kept coming out from nowhere and a strange song kept being sung.
...It would be easy to say
That you don't belong in my home
But let's play a little game
Since in my forests you choose to roam...
"We didn't choose to, we were forced to!" Blaise complained.
"Guys stop! We need to keep our heads together if we're going to find Snape's damn plant." Harry said, "Why is he so desperate for this flower anyway?"
"It is pretty. Maybe he's trying to impress a girl with it?" Pansy asked. She was a sucker for a romance story.
So was Hermione, but even she had her limits. "Ew! Snape liking someone, Snape being with someone! Oh dear Merlin!"
"Yeh, I suppose you have a point there...but maybe-"
"Pansy," Draco cut in, "how about you just agree with Hermione and we can stop having disturbing images of Snape being with a woman."
The six laughed and agreed to stay away from the topic of Snape's personal life.
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...It seems that you will never learn
To stay away from what is not yours
Your head is sore, your stomach churns
Turn back now, unless you want more...
"Shut up, shut up, shut up!" Hermione yelled
"My head and my stomach hurts." Ron complained
"Same with the rest of us remember?" Pansy pointed out
"It's that damn song! It's causing all of this!" Blaise declared
"Whatever it is, it still sings better than the Fat Lady." Ron said
"However interesting that may be Ron-" Draco said
"We found something-" Harry continued
"Else that will be-"
"Of most interest to you because-"
"It's the reason that-"
"We're in this damn forest-"
"In the first place since-"
"Argh!" Blaise said, "Stop that! It hurts!"
"You sound like Fred and George, and that's not a good thing." Ron complained.
"Sorry," Harry said, "The flower's right there." And sure enough, a glowing red and green flowed stood alone in the light of the full moon. He casted a spell for traps, but there seemed to be none. Draco grabbed the flower hastily.
...Are you sure you wish to do that
Destroy the forest from its being
Someday you'll-wait!
You only wanted the flower?...
"Yes," Draco said slowly, "and now we're leaving."
...Oh. If you only wanted that
Then go right ahead
The pain from their bodies stopped, the trees stopped moving, and the forest looked familiar once again.
"What was that all about?" Ron asked
"I don't know," Harry said, "But let's get out of here before the forests changes its mind."
"Wait!" Pansy called out, "What's that?"
She pointed to a large crystal with a blue glowing light. The 6 students walked towards it carefully.
"Should we ask if it's safe?" Hermione wondered.
"Yea, probably," Blaise said sarcastically, "Um Hello? Can you tell us if the crystal is safe for us to touch?" He turned to face Hermione, "I don't think the forest is going to reply."
...The crystal is not mine. But is has an unfamiliar magic. Be careful...
"Oh, so it does reply." Blaise said.
"You're an idiot." Harry supplied, reaching forward towards the crystal.
"Harry no!" Draco yelled and pulled Harry close to him. The brunette blushed and turned away. "We don't know what it even does!"
"And how will we know if we don't try? It's not going to kill us...I think."
"Draco's right," Ron said, "Curiosity killed the cat remember?"
"And that's why we're humans, not cats." Blaise said, and took the crystal in his hand, "Merlin, this is heavy."
But Blaise began to glow, and so did the forests around him. Without thinking, Hermione latched herself onto Blaise and so did the other four students and in a burst of blue light the six students disappeared. Bodies, wands, hell- even the flower was gone.
Back at Hogwarts, a bright blue light shone from the forest. Albus Dumbledore raised an eyebrow and stared out the window, towards the forests. He was going to have a long talk with the Potions Master.
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"Where in the name of Merlin are we?" Draco grumbled. The six students landed in a forest, not like the one where they were before. It was the middle of the day and this forest seemed friendly, almost.
"I've got no idea. Let's look around. But we should keep our wands in our pocket. Harry, you've got the cloak right?" Blaise asked.
"Yeh I've got it," Harry replied, "But it can't hide the six of us. Woah, look!"
They turned and saw a large castle, not as nearly big as Hogwarts, but with red flags on it. Remembering what she had read, Pansy's eye widened and she gasp. "Oh crap, I think I know where we are."
"And where would that be Pansy?" Draco asked, his eyes narrowing.
"Hide your wands. I think-"
But she was interrupted
"Honestly Merlin, you have got to be the worst manservant I've ever had!"
A/N: Well that's chapter one everybody!
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