Of Lightning Bolts, Half Ghosts & Time Pieces
By Twin Kats
Beta'd By 1337kitsune
Prologue
Bonds
Hogwarts had been buzzing with the news of the Tri-Wizard Tournament ever since the start of the school year on September 1st. The rumors and various schemes of entering that students had begun to cook up had only grew more elaborate and wilder when the delegations from Beaubatons and Durmstrang arrived to settle in on the 14th.
Harry and his friends were quite content however to stay as far away from the rumors parading around all the Houses as they could. Today, like often this past week and previous school years when the gossip of the school grew too large to handle, Harry and his entourage were settled out by the small, lonely tree near the lake. The only tree that wasn't near the Forbidden Forest shoreline, which many had aptly named the Potter tree due to the strange attraction each generation of Potter seemingly held for it.
Harry himself was leaning against the trunk of the tree, going over his Defense notes with Hermione who sat right beside him in the shade. Ron was dozing off on Harry's right while Neville was tutoring Pavarti and Lavander in Herbology closer to the lake's edge. On the other side of the tree sat Ginny with Luna and the Creevey brothers. Dennis was getting help on his Potions work while the three second years were going over lecture notes from one of Harry's history lectures. Off to the side sat the Weasley Twins plotting something or other and nearby Ron sat Seamus and Dean playing Exploding Snap, which was starting to disturb a certain Weasley's nap.
The rather large group of friends hadn't, of course, started out as friends from the very start, what children do? For that reason there was a certain group dynamic that all of Hogwarts could even tell was followed. Harry was quite obviously the leader and glue that kept everyone close-nit and together. It was through him that all of them had became friends in the first place! Directly below in what most of the students dubbed the 'chain of command' was Ron, Hermione, and Neville, who had been the first of Harry's age to even befriend the boy.
Harry remembered those moments fondly, back when he was a tiny eleven year old brimming with curiosity about a world he'd never even heard of! Granted a strange eleven year old, but while Harry's unique-Harry-ness, as Fred and George once put it, was a bit off-center the group wasn't really bothered by it anymore.
Ron had been the first to meet the young Potter, entering and sharing a compartment with him. When Neville and Hermione had dropped by searching for a certain vanishing toad, Harry hadn't even glanced at them before uttering the toad's location and then sending them a sort of half-smirk mixed with a grin and inviting them to sit down.
Hermione of course had launched into full-blown resource mode the minute she learned Harry's name (Neville and Ron settled for gaping spectacularly for a minute) but Harry quickly put a stop to that. The foursome quickly settled down into a strange question and answer session afterward.
Lavender, Pavarti, Seamus and Dean were next to join the group, being in the current foursome's age group. By mid-year the Gryffindor year-mates were all joining Harry out by the lake, listening to him retell tales he'd read in books from History. Many of the teachers, and even students, were surprised at the young Potter's knack for History and storytelling. These sessions quickly began to be rotated with Hermione tutoring Transfiguration, Neville Herbology, and Lavender and Pavarti Charms.
The Weasley Twins didn't join the group until towards the end of the school year. When asked why they didn't join the famous Potter group sooner, the reason they gave was because they were distracted by all the mischief they had planned for that year.
Colin Creevey was next to join the now not-so-little group, telling tales about his brother Dennis and the excitement of being a wizard. The entire group felt for Colin when he'd been Petrified and had worked hard to discover the monster and help their slowly dwindling number. When it came out that Harry was a Parslemouth there was dissension for about a day before the group seemed to re-right itself with Harry now as a deputy and Neville as the lead showboat. They didn't try to squash the rumors of Harry going dark but instead counteract them with Lavender, Pavarti, and occasionally Padme's help.
Through the middle of Harry's second year Luna Lovegood joined the group. Harry had taken the strange young girl under his wing, shielding and protecting her from the cruelty of her own House. The small Ravenclaw had been brought to his attention by the ever elusive Padme Patil.
That year came to a close with a young Ginny Weasley joining into the fray, besotted by the Potter and all her new friends.
To Hogwarts, the whole group seemed to settle after that. No new students appeared to join in, except this year when young Dennis Creevey showed up for his first year of Hogwarts. He was quickly pulled into the Potter fold by his older brother and as such was welcome with open arms.
Now it was the Tri-Wizard Tournament taking place at Hogwarts. Beaubatons and Durmstrang were settling in and settling down for the long haul as preparations for the Goblet of Fire to be lit at the end of the month were being made; rules and guidelines for the Tournament were being finalized as well.
All in all it was a very hectic start for a school year, and with all the gossip and chatter going on around, Harry's group had taken to spending time in the warm Autumn weather out by the lake more than usual.
The day itself, a Friday, was very peaceful. Beaubaton and Durmstrang students were milling about the grounds with others from Hogwarts, relaxing during their breaks. The sun was partially shining from behind the white and fluffy clouds while the air was at the perfect temperature. Not too hot nor too cold, but just right to relax in.
An occasional breeze shifted through, almost lazily. However, there was a thin layer of anticipation hanging in the air, as if waiting for something. It could have been the fact that it was Hermione's birthday, and that she was now fifteen. Or it could have been something else entirely.
Which was why, as it was nearing time for the Gryffindor fourth years to be packing for Charms, it was so surprising when the peaceful air was broken rather abruptly by a crack of thunder followed by a hoarse scream.
Harry had just started to pack away his papers when the first shudder hit him. It was almost as if he had been lightly zapped by a pleasant, tingling feeling. That light jolt, however, quickly turned into a raging torrent. The fourteen year old boy gripped his stomach, grit his teeth, and curled in on himself. By this point his entire group of friends had realized something was wrong.
Neville had barked out quick orders for the younger years to get a teacher. Colin, Dennis, and Ginny immediately raced off. Luna stood frozen, staring at the young Potter with wide and almost unseeing eyes. Ron was jolted fully awake by Seamus and Dean who were then told to get Madam Pomfrey; the Weasley Twins were setting up small wards around the area by now while Ron, Hermione and Neville tried to get close to their friend but something (a crackling, glowing, green energy) appeared to be holding them back.
Lavender and Pavarti quickly began helping the Weasley Twins in setting up a perimeter, waiting with bated breath for a teacher, anyone, to arrive.
That was when the first scream tore through the air, quickly followed by another and another until it was just one continuous yell. The sky above seemed to almost mimic Harry's pain as the clouds began to darken and thunder roared above.
The teacher's, thankfully, finally arrived just as Harry's eyes rolled up and the crackling green energy around him which was obscuring him, began to die down. Only, as the last vestiges keeping the group away from Harry vanished, it didn't seem to be Harry who collapsed, unconscious, and smoking on the ground.
In Amity Park a young Danny Fenton was just stumbling out of the Fenton Ghost Portal, smoking and twitching, but looking none the worse for wear. That was, except for the white hair, glowing green eyes, and inverted jumpsuit...
ONWARDS TO THE AUTHORS NOTE!
Yup, you guys read that first bit right. So for those of you who are wondering if this is the start of the sequel to Boredom & Clockwork. You can probably guess just what is going on. For others who were wanting a fully written out Merlin and Danny Phantom crossover, sorry. I will however contain references to things that happened in this! And who knows, I may write one eventually.
And there will be other minor crossovers too, if you really must know.
Also for the changes to the Harry Potter fandom don't worry. I'll probably be posting up a drabble/snippet series about this versions Harry's life and times at Hogwarts up until this point. Also Amity Park and the Danny Phantom characters won't be showing up for a while yet. It'll be a bit of a slow start.
For those also who want to know timeline facts here they are:
I've shifted the Harry Potter universe to be more in tune with the Danny Phantom one.
The timeline for Danny Phantom that I've settled on choosing is as follows:
Mystery Meat takes place October 19th 2005; the accident has been placed on September 19th 2005. I've decied on the year 2005 for the sstart of Danny Phantom because of one scene in the show that takes place in later episodes that I guestimated would be in the year 2006. If you want an exact reference drop a review and I'll give it to you.
The episode Master of All Time is when I consider the start of Danny's summer vacation to take place. This is in the year 2006.
That is, quite literally, all you need to know Danny Phantom wise as any point after Master of All Time can be considered AU. The Harry Potter universe is entirely AU. Ages and dates have been shifted to accomadate with the change in year. I am however actually keeping the calendar style of the year 1994 for Harry Potter just because it's easier than re-fitting everything to 2006 calender which I would have to hunt one down while meanwhile I have a ready-made fan 1994 HP calender. You choose the lesser of two evils there...on that note birthdays and such are changed as follows:
Hermione September 19th 1990
Harry July 31st 1991
Ron March 1st 1991
Neville July 30th 1991
GinnyAugust 11th 1992
Fred & George April 1st 1989
These are the ones you should note. Every other Harry Potter character will follow their example. Basically up the date by 11 years. Danny, Tucker and Sam are 14. Jazz is 16. Those ages remain the same.
Enjoy!
Beta's Notes :Sorry all. This would have been up sooner, but you can blame TK for that. See, this was sent to me the 4th, but I hadn't checked my mail because I was too busy watching Merlin. Which TK got me addicted too! I'M SORRY! IT WAS JUST SUCH A GOOD SHOW AND I FORGOT TO CHECK MY INBOX! Don't kill me... I'll be quicker next time! I promise!
Liar.
SHUT UP KIT!
Michee out!
TK: Please understand this beta'd chapter would have been up earlier if FFN wasn't going through a bitchfest of errors right now on the upload page. Thanks to Shitsumeishi I learned a trick to get around this. Change the word "property" in your address bar to "content" Supposedly this error is affecting stories that are in categories over 40,000 stories in length. Explains why only nine of my fics were able to be edited...