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Harry Potter and the Portal Spell
Prologue
'The last two years have been very strange' Harry Potter mused to himself as he watched his friends discussing a spell one of them had found in the Restricted Section of the library earlier that day. The last thing Harry would have imagined two years ago was that he and his friends would be on friendly terms with Draco Malfoy, but that is just what had happened. When Harry and his friends went to the Department of Mysteries to rescue Harry's godfather, Sirius Black, they found themselves fighting for their lives against several of Voldemort's Death Eaters. After some time, the Order of the Phoenix came to their aid and with them came the very person they were there to rescue. Yes, it had turned out to be a trick to lure Harry to the ministry and Sirius was not in any danger until he began to duel with his psychotic cousin Bellatrix Lestrange. For one horrifying moment, Harry feared that Sirius was lost to him. But to his great relief, as Sirius was just about to fall into the Veil of Death behind him, Remus used a summoning charm to pull Sirius away from it. Enraged at how close he came to losing Sirius, Harry chased after Bellatrix and caught up to her in the Atrium of the Ministry. There, he also came face to face with Voldemort. After learning that the prophesy had been destroyed without anyone hearing it, Voldemort flew into a rage and immediately attacked Harry. At one point, Harry was sure that he was going to lose, but then Dumbledore appeared and saved him just in the nick of time. When Voldemort then attempted to possess Harry, Harry fought back with all of his willpower and succeeded in destroying Voldemort once and for all. After it was all over, Dumbledore saved Lucius Malfoy by revealing the man as a spy. Once the need for secrecy was over, Draco quickly approached Harry and his friends to apologize for the years of animosity between them.
"…you think, Harry? Harry!" Harry looked up at Hermione, startled out of his thoughts on the past.
"Huh? What? Sorry, I wasn't listening. What are we talking about now?" said Harry. Hermione sighed in fond exasperation.
"Honestly, Harry. You would lose your head if it wasn't attached to you neck! I was wondering what you thought about this spell that Draco found in the Restricted Section. He says we should try it out but I'm not so sure. What if something goes wrong?" At this, Draco broke in.
"Don't worry so much, Hermione! It will be fine. All this spell does is open a portal to the location of the caster's choice. It should be perfectly safe. The portal spell was once very much in use back in the time of the Founder's. The only reason people stopped using it is because they invented apparation, which takes a good bit less magical power to use than the portal spell."
"I think we should give it a try at least once to see if it really works. Imagine the possibilities if it does, we could take a portal to wherever we want without worrying about splinching ourselves from apparating and don't even get me started on portkeys, you know how much I hate the bloody things. Especially since the end of fourth year." Harry stated. The others nodded in agreement and Hermione shook her head in defeat.
"Alright, but if this ends up going dreadfully wrong, I'm hexing the both of you good and proper."
"Fair enough, now let's get started!" Draco said, excited. He opened the book with the portal spell to the correct page and began to read aloud, (Insert portal spell here) waving his wand in a complicated pattern as he did so. As soon as he finished the chant, a bluish-white glowing doorway appeared in front of them. Draco closed the book and placed it back in his bag.
"So far, so good. It looks just as the book described it. Come on, let's go. If I have done it right, it should lead us to Malfoy Manor." Said Draco.
Just as they were approaching the portal, it suddenly flashed red and before anyone could say a word, they were one and all pulled in and the portal vanished behind them.
TBC…
Author's Note: Where should I take our heroes first? I plan on having them visit several different 'verses before they finally make it home. The choices include but are not limited to Buffy/Angel, Roswell, Supernatural, The Dragon Jousters, and Fruits Basket.