Authors note: Welcome to part 3 of A Star protects. For those new to the seires the titles of the first two parts were:
Part 1: Beginning of a journeys end
Part 2: Fighting the true enemy
Enjoy.
Star and The Witch
Part 1: Not wanting to help
Flashback to a few months before Star entered the world were he met Guts group:
In the world of worlds two people were located. The first one is Star who is sititng on the ground. There was no bright blue path beneath him. The light didn't cover his body since the bottom of his face was showing and his hands were out of his sleeves. The other person couldn't be seen. The perosn was wearing a cloak similar to the one Star was wearing but had no blue lines on it.
"So you're saying, since I wasn't strong enough at the time, she's not with me now" said Star trying to sound calm.
"I'm sorry Star but it's true" said the other perosn in a voice that meant he felt sorry he had to tell someone this news.
Stars shoulders began to shake as he felt the reality of what the news meant for him. He lifted up his right leg while he sat and held his knee close, "I want to be alone right now, please" he said with sadness in his voice. He then sniffed sounding like he had a cold.
"Very well then" said the person vanishing leaving Star alone as he dealt with the news that because of him, the woman he loves wasn't with him because he wasn't strong enough.
Tears started to show on Stars face as they went down, "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry" he said as he continued to cry over his loss. He held his knee closer as he continued to cry more.
Flashback end
"Why am I thinking of that now, then again there's nothing to do at the moment until we reach the next world" thought Star as he thought back to that memory. He was currently falling down in the world of worlds as lines of bright blue light passed by him.
"Star" came Guts voice from above him. Star was brought out of his thoughts as he looked up to see Guts and Casca looking at him.
"Yeah whats up" said Star calmly.
"The short guy as been calling for you for the last few minutes" said Guts pointing up revealing Levi was looking down at Star. Levi was falling next to Hanji.
"Thanks I'll deal with it" said Star as he started moving upwards passing the first members of his group that were now known as the protectors. He reached the new members of his group that joined them in the last world. There was Eren, Mikasa, Armin, Annie, Sasha, Connie, Levi and Hanji.
He flew up to Levi and Hanji and turned upside down, "Is everything alright" he asked sounding calm as he floated upside down but continued to fall like the others.
"How are you doing that, did you float up here" asked Hanji?
"No I just flew up here, I don't recommend you try it" said Star explaining it.
"Hate to interrupt your chat but how much longer are we going to fall for, feels like we've been falling for hours" said Levi looking annoyed.
"I hate to be honest with you but I have no idea when we're going to stop falling" said Star making the scouts look at him surprised.
"Do you mean we jumped into the portal without any idea for when we would stop falling" said Connie who was falling facing down.
Star flew down to him, "Exactly, but don't worry like I said will have a safe landing, plus the portal should land us somewhere safe and at a time we're needed" he said.
"You mean you didn't decide to when you would show up in our world" asked Eren?
"Yeah, it wasn't actually my plan of send Drag to Hanji in the first place, the portal just showed up out of nowhere" said Star.
"Was it the same size as the one that I saw him fly through" said Hanji.
"Yeah, it was also thanks to that portal that I knew what world we were going to" said Star flying back up to Levi and Hanji.
"So that's why you wrote that information in the letter" said Armin who was looking down and focused on where he was falling.
"Yeah" said Star flying down to where he and Annie were falling.
"Uh Star" said Serpico getting everyone's attention. They all looked down surprised as they saw a bright white portal surrounded by a bright blue line.
"I better take care of this" said Star quickly flying down in front of everyone as they fell through the portal.
The others could see green land below them. Star stood up in the air as they got closer to the ground.
"I really hope this landing is safe" said Connie as he put his hands in front of his face. Before they reached the ground everyone floated above it. Then a second later they all fell onto it accept for Puck, Ivalera and Star who landed on his feet.
"See I told you we would be fine" said Star as the light stopped covering his face revealing he is smiling.
"Where are we anyway" said Annie standing up. The area surrounding them was covered in land and there were small mountains surrounding them.
"I don't know, I'll go check" said Star as he walked up a hill that was behind him.
"That was fun" said Isma smiling as she helped Isidoro up.
"Maybe we should do that all the time we go through those things" he said.
"I agree with you on that" said Connie,
"We got there safely didn't we" said Guts sounding like it was fine.
"Yeah but did we have fall onto the ground near the end" said Eren rubbing the top of his head.
"Are you injured" asked Mikasa?
"No I should be fine, how about you Armin" he asked as Annie helped Armin up.
"I should be fine, it actually didn't hert at all, but how did we float above the ground before we landed" asked Armin?
"Probably because of Star since he was able to lift the whole scout regiment off the wall before the mission to take back wall Maria" said Hanji.
"Yeah your right, hey Star where are we anyway" asked Casca as she looked up the hill to only see Star standing completely still as he looked forward.
"Hey what's going on" asked Eren?
"We should see what he's looking at" said Serpico. The other Protecters nodded as they walked up the hill. They all looked amazed at the sight ahead of them. There was a giant castle with multiple towers. Ahead of them was large stone bride over a large cavern that lead to one of the castles courtyards.
"It's amazing" said Mikasa.
"It's not just that" said Shiricke getting the everyone's attention accept for Star who was still staring at the structure, "I can sense a large amount of magic inside the building, Farnese can you feel it aswell" she asked?
"Yes I can, but some of it doesn't seem right, it makes me feel cold" said Farnese wrapping her arms around herself.
"That's worrying, whenever magic would feel cold it means some people are using their magic in evil ways" said Shiricke looking worried.
"Someone remind me what magic is again" said Eren.
"If I remember correctly you used that staff of yours to heal someone's burned hand" said Hanji.
"Yes that was healing magic, there are other forms of it, in fact some of Stars ability are similar to magic" said Shiricke looting at Star.
"Maybe were in this world to help deal with the people using dark magic" said Armin looking at the castle.
"Not the best weather for it though" said Levi looking up into the sky to see dark clouds covering the sky.
"Well we should" said Hanji when they were all interrupted by the sound of a blade shaking. They all looked at Star who was holding the heavens light sword in his right hand. The sword was still in its holder, which was in Stars right hand that was currently shaking.
"To hell with this" he said angrily as he turned away from the castle and started walking back down the hill surprising the others. He grabbed the swords handle and as he took out the sword the bright blue light covered his skin that was showing.
"Wait what are you doing" said Hanji.
"You haven't told us what's wrong this world" asked Ivalera? Star wasn't paying any attention them as he then swung the sword, the others stood there surprised as they looked at their leader. A portal had not been created.
"What the" said Star looking at the blade sounding shocked.
"The blade didn't work" said Farnese.
"Wait does that mean we're stuck here" said Connie looking worried.
"I'm sure everything's going to be fine" said Sasha placing a hand on his shoulder trying to calm him down.
"Has this ever happened to him before" asked Hanji looking at the first members of the Protecters. They all shook their heads no.
"First time I've seen it" said Puck.
"He created the last two portals with no trouble, this is a first" said Guts.
"Could it have something to do with the pain he felt earlier" asked Shiricke remember when before they left the last world Star had clutched his chest after screaming in pain.
Before they could discuss it more they were interrupted by, "CMON WORK" the voice said angrily. They all looked to see Star swinging the blade over and over again as he yelled, "THEY CAN HANDLE THIS WITHOUT ME, WORK DAMNIT" he said swinging the sword one last time before stopping as his shoulders began to shake.
"Hey is everything" Guts began to ask before he was interrupted by.
"I CANT BELIEVE THIS CRAP" yelled Star as he swung the sword down to his left. The slash was so strong it cut into the ground reaching the mountain to their left. The slash had spilt the mountain open.
The others looked away from the mountain to see the light was no longer covering Stars body as his shoulder continued to shake from anger. Levi walked up to him, "I think you need to calm dow" he began to say as he placed on Stars shoulder. But he stopped speaking when Star had suddenly turned around revealing his face. He looked angry and everyone was staring at him surprised to see tears coming out of his eyes.
He then looked surprised as everyone was now looking at him cornered, he rubbed his eyes getting read of the tears, "I'm sorry everyone I shouldn't have acted like that" he said looking at the gorund disappointed in himself.
"Are you feeling okay" asked Isma?
Star didn't respond to her as he continued to look at the ground, "Get a hold of yourself, your our leader so we need you to stay calm" said Levi looking sirious.
"Don't you think that's a little harsh, we don't even know why he acted the way he did" said Casca looking annoyed.
"He's right Casca" said Star getting everyone's attention, "I should have stayed calm but I let my emotions get the best of me" he said still feeling disappointed in himself.
"Star" said Hanji getting his attention making him look at her.
"We all joined you to help out other worlds, from what Shiricke said there's something going on here, we need to help the people here" she said looking serious.
"We're with you" said Eren looking determined.
"You don't have to tell us what's going on until your ready" said Farnese. The others nodded agreeing with her.
Star looked at the determined looks on their faces, he then smiled before nodding at them with a determined look on his own face, "I don't know why were stuck here, but for the time being I'll keep heavens light by my side" he said placing the blade back in its holder and put it next to his left side under his cloak. The bright blue light covered his body, a light shined in his right hand and his mask appeared.
"Well at least some of your powers are still working" said Serpico as Star placed the mask on.
"I just hope it's the portal power that's not working" said Star as he pulled his hood up, "Levi, Hanji, Eren, Mikasa, Armin, Annie, Connie and Sasha, I'm sorry you had to see me like that, this is the first world you've been too and I've already ruined the start of the trip" he said.
"It's alright, we all have our moments" said Eren.
"Yeah take it from the guy who's had those kind of moments" said Connie smiling.
"Hey" said Eren looking annoyed while the others laughed. Mikasa was looking the other direction so Eren wouldn't see her laugh.
"Thanks and Hanji your right there is something we can do for this world" said Star as he walked to the top of the hill looking at the castle, "We can stop people from dying" he said sounding determined as they all started walking to the stone bridge. Unknown to the others Star was holding his right hand over his chest where he felt a pain similar to the one he felt earlier.
"There it is again, luckily it's not as bad as the last one, just what is going on with this world" he thought as he continued to walk forward.
Unknown to Star inside the castle which is known as hogwarts. A school that teaches magic to young withes and wizards. Hermione Granger felt a similar pain in her chest aswell as she walked with the members of the order of the Phoenix who showed up after Harry had left with Ginny to sneak into the crowd of students that had been called to the great hall by Severus Snape. The others she were walking with was Ron, Neville and Luna. The members of the order that had shown up were Bill, Fleur, Arthur and Molly Weasley, Lupin, Kingsley, Fred and George
The pain caused her to place her hand over heart, This didn't go unnoticed by Molly Weasley, "Hermione are you alright, are you sure you don't want to go back" she asked making Neville, Luna and Ron look at her.
"Is it that pain from earlier" asked Ron?
"Yeah it is, but luckily it's not as bad as the last time" said Hermione as she remembered when Neville was leading them into Hogwarts through the secret passage from the Hogs Head bar when she suddenly fell over her screaming in pain as she clutched a hand over her heart, "But like last time its suddenly just gone" she said putting her hand down.
"What was this pain you felt" asked Fleur?
"It seemed to be coming from my heart, but that's not what's important now" she said looking determined.
"Well if you say so, but what I don't understand is why Ginny went with him" said ms Weasley looking annoyed that her daughter had went with Harry into a dangerous situation.
"I'm pretty sure it's because Ginny didn't want anything to happen to him, right George" said Fred smiling as he looked at his twin brother who smiled.
"I think your right there Fred" said George and the two of them laughed.
"Boys" said Arthur looking serious at his two son who then looked the other direction.
"Isn't it clear that it's because she fancys Harry" said Luna sounding calm.
"Everyone knows Luna their just making a joke" said Hermione looking serious.
"Cmon, at times like this it's good to have a laugh" said Fred.
"Cmon now everyone we need to be serious, be ready" said Lupin as they all continued walking down the moving staircases towards the Great Hall.
"Right we just need to be calm" thought Hermione as she held the necklace that was around her neck with her right hand. The necklace was a gold sting with a small blue diamond attached to it. She was currently holding the diamond in her hand. She had owned this necklace since the year before her first year at hogwarts. When she saw it she asked her parents for it since it was her birthday at the time she saw it. Every time she felt nervous, alone or scared she would hold the small blue diamond.
During her fourth year when the Yule ball was happening she went with no one even though she was asked. She didnt accept because a part of her felt that it wasnt right. That night one of her dormates walked into her room to find her crying as she held her necklace close. When she was asked what was wrong she explained that she was missing someone. When she tried to think of that person she couldn't think of them, their face or their name.
After she had tuned eighteen she had started to feel lonely even though she had her friends Harry, Ginny and Ron. It made her feel like she was missing something important to her. Holding the diamond whenever she felt like this would only help her a little. She put her hand down, with a determined look on her face like the others as they continued down to the great hall. Unaware what was about to happen at hogwarts for the people in it and the Protecters that had gotten closer to the bridge.