A/N: I want to point out that I wrote this a long time ago and only stopped in Chapter 3, so I will be continue it now that I've posted the first few chapters. Please enjoy and Comment, this is a SoRiku, Akuroku, Drarry, and maybe more.
Harry Potter and the Keyblade Wielder
Chapter 1: Rough Landing
"Hey Sora! That world over there looks really dark!"
Sora frowned, looking out the window beside a worried looking Goofy. It was true; the world was shrouded in shadows and scary looking.
"That's not right. I thought we got rid of the heartless and nobodies back in The World That Never Was?"
"We can't get rid of heartless, Sora."
The young keyblade master turned at the sound of his best friend's voice. The silver haired teen looked tired despite having slept since departing from the island not but a few hours ago.
After reading the letter from the king, Riku, Kairi and Sora met up with Donald and Goofy again to check out a new world that had opened and looked as if it was in trouble. The world down there must have been the one The King had mentioned in the letter. Kairi was bellow the deck sleeping, were Riku should be now.
"What are you doing up, Ri'? I thought you were going to sleep till we landed?" Riku had mentioned before that he had been rather tired of the late nights he'd been pulling to train and said that he'd be going to sleep until the Gummi Ship was safely on the ground.
Riku shook his head, clearing it as well as messing up his already messy silver locks. "I felt darkness nearing. I can't sleep when I'm restless."
The brown haired teen nodded silently, taking in Riku's chose of outfit. Casual jeans hung low on pale hips, open because Riku had discarded his belt to sleep, and the black zip up, sleeveless shirt was opened slightly at the bottom revealing more pale flesh that shun in the soft blue light of the moon. Sora had always known Riku was good looking. It just hit him a few weeks ago just how good looking his friend was. It was about the time they came home that he'd begun to notice.
"I see. So what do you think it is? Surrounding that world, I mean?" asked Sora, staring out the ship window. He was fully aware of Riku coming up behind him to look over his shoulder.
"A mix." Riku stated frowning in thought and trying to concentrate on the energy radiating off the strange world bellow them. "It is neither heartless, nor nobodies. But it is also a force of the world itself. Like…a problem the world created on its own."
Sora turned to his friend with a raised eye brow. "Created on its own? Like a villain or bad guy or something like that?"
A smirk made Sora blush feeling slightly stupid. "Yes Sor'. Something like that."
"Hey, look, I think we can land there!" Donald yelled from the pilot's chair. Both teens looked to Donald, before looking at the area he was pointing towards. It was a clearing in a dark looking forest where the trees possessed no leaves. Sora grimaced.
"I don't think that's a good idea Donald. Maybe we should wait till morning before landing."
"Humph. I say we just land. Maybe we can find a place to sleep that's not in this crowded ship." The talking duck replied hotly, anger that his suggestion had been shot down. "It's a ship for three, not five."
The predictable attitude of his friend made Sora smile only slightly, his mind still resting on the idea of the world creating its own problems. It that was the case, shouldn't they leave it for the people in that world to take care of the problem?
"We should at least take a look around Sor'." Riku smiled, picking up on his childhood friends thought prospect easily. "If the darkness there was created by the people of that world, the least we could do is lend a hand. And if it's heartless, we'll just have to take care of that too."
Sora smiled at Riku, giving the silvernette a one armed hug and turning to Donald. "Alright, lets land. Goofy, Riku and I will go check things out. Kairi's still asleep, so you stay here and keep an eye on her alright?" Donald looked disappointed to be left behind, but nodded anyways; knowing if they left Goofy with Kairi the two would most likely end up coming after the leaving party and then getting captured by something.
Sora grinned at the duck mentally thanking him for knowing why he was the one staying behind.
Carefully, Donald landed the gummi ship safely on the mentioned clearing. The forest looked even scarier now that it was looming over them and not under them.
"As much as I hate to say it, I think we should head there first. It looks like a suspicious enough place to start." Sora said pointing to the castle looking building just ahead of them. It had looked as if the darkness had been surrounding that castle when they had been in the gummi ship. Now however, it looked merely like a normal, scary castle hiding in the darkness of the night. Creepy as it still seemed, it was the only place Sora could think of to start.
Both Goofy and Riku gave a single nod as they gathered behind the keyblade master. Swiftly summoning his keyblade, Fenrir, to his hand Sora looked at the others, sending them a look that said: 'keep weapons on hand. This place already looks worse than Halloween Town and we don't know if it's just as dangerous.' It still sent shivers up his spine to think about all of the new stuff Jack has been setting up in Halloween Town.
They began slowly stalking forward, the three of them back to back as to have a clear visual of every surrounding area.
Suddenly a sound echoed through them, making them slow their pace in slight fright. Not that anyone showed it but Goofy. The sound was of something running, almost sounding like four feet. Paws maybe?
As the sound grew louder, the three of them took a battle ready possession, looking around in an attempt to find out where the sounds were coming from, and what was making them. Sora backed up a bit till he felt Riku's back touching his own. He leaned into it slightly, feeling relieved when an equal pressure answered him.
Out of thin air something big and black charged from Riku's right side. The side of him where Sora stood.
A CLING noise rounded at them making both Goofy and Riku panic, as they knew that sound was of the keyblade hitting the ground.
Quickly the two members of the party rounded around to see Sora lying on the ground, a huge black panther holding him down by the arms and body. The panther growled at Sora's face then turned its head up to grown at Riku and Goofy.
"Sora!" The two yelled in panic, freezing as to not agitate the creator. The panther stopped baring its fangs, looking almost confused as it looked down at Sora once again.
Soar, to his credit, looked positively fearless. His eyes were calculating and only slightly wiry and his brows were scrunched in thought.
"You're not bad…are you?" Sora suddenly asked the panther on top of him. The panther looked just as lost as Riku felt.
"Ugh, Sora, you're talking to a deadly jungle cat that practically has your neck in his jaws, did you seriously just ask that." Riku questioned disbelievingly. He was actually mildly surprised the panther hadn't already killed Sora. Truth be told he was finding it even more surprising that the panther seemed to be following their slightly panicked conversation.
The teen in question turned his head up glaring at Riku from his spot on the ground under said 'deadly jungle cat'. This move bared his throat to the panther.
"Sora!" Goofy cried as he saw the panther eyeing his friend's neck, but to his surprise, the panther did not bite, it merely just released Sora from its hold, backing up and letting Riku help Sora to his feet.
The party stared at the panther. Riku glaring, Goofy frowning, and Sora smiling.
"Hello, I'm Sora, This is Riku-" Sora pointed to the silvernette in question. "And this is Goofy" Then turned is finger to the king's knight. "We just landed in this world and are looking for a place to stay the night. In a clearing just by the trees over there is own ship. A girl named Kairi and a magician named Donald are there."
At the world 'magician' the panther's ear twitched and its tail swished. Just as suddenly as the panther had appeared, it was now replaced with a boy about Riku's age, if not older. The only thing is, he was naked.
The party of three instinctively turned their heads to allow the stranger creator privacy, there for not witnessing the clothes that just appeared from nowhere.
"I'm Harry. Harry Potter." The boy said, making them turn their heads back to him, shocked to see him now fully clothed in robe looking wear that Merlin seemed to have a lot of. Harry extended his hand, waiting for one of them to shake it.
The one who stepped up was Riku, eyeing Harry as if the boy was a puzzle piece waiting to be solved. Sora was next, smiling pleasantly at Harry as the shaggy raven haired boy grinned back. Goofy smiled as he shook Harry's hand as well.
"It's nice ta meet ya!" The knight exclaimed.
"You three as well. Now if I may ask, why are you here, in the forbidden forest?" Harry questioned lightly, still somewhat tense in the company of strangers. He also possessed a heavy English accent that made Sora grin. It was better to listen to than Waka's accent that was for sure. In fact, it was smooth and flowed, he decided that he liked the way the boy, Harry, spoke.
" 'Forbidden' Forest?" Riku spoke up.
Harry's emerald green eyes turned to Riku, who noticed somewhat sadly that the maturity and wisdom in those eyes almost reflected that of his own and Sora. This boy must have seen a lot of war and hurt to have that look in his eyes.
"Yes, the Forbidden Forest. It is off limits to students attending Hogwarts." Stated the raven haired-panther used to be- stranger.
"Hogwarts?" an echo of both Goofy and Sora's followed.
"Yes." Harry snapped. "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry"
Goofy looked at Sora, who looked at Riku, who stared at Harry. "A school for…Wizards?" Riku repeated to make sure he had heard right. Harry looked mildly irritated.
"Precisely. Wizards and Witches. You mentioned having a Magician with you, one would think you'd hear of one of the greatest Magic Schools in the world."
"Your world maybe." Riku retorted behind his breath, but Harry still caught it.
"My world?" He questioned angrily.
Sora was practically seeing the warning signs on top of both Harry and Riku. Looks like they wouldn't be getting any help if things continued this way. So wisely, he cut in. "What Riku means-" he paused to send a warning look to his best friend who just snorted and crossed his arms over his chest. "Is that we don't come from this world. We travel from world to world looking and ridding them of heartless. We are basically here to help with anything that needs it." Explained Sora, with a grin.
"What are 'Heartless'?" asked Harry.
Goofy decided to take this one. "Heartless are shadow creators that come from the darkness in a person's heart. Sora here is the chosen 'Keyblade Master' who's ganna get rid of all the heartless."
Harry merely looked confused.
Sora chucked at the face Harry made, but explained it farther. "You see, yours is not the only world that exists. There are many worlds out there and they are in danger of falling to the darkness. It's sort of my job to make sure the worlds can find the realm of light. It's in my job description to help worlds like yours destroy the darkness."
This just confused Harry farther. Since the two party members have each given a try at explaining, Harry turned to Riku, waiting for the silvernette's explanation.
Riku sighed, an annoyed look on his face. He was just going to put it bluntly and simply. "We're heroes who go around saving worlds."
This Harry seemed to understand and nodded a thoughtful expression taking place of the confused one. "I guess I know what that feels like." He muttered.
Riku raised an eyebrow, giving Harry a questioning stare that seemed to be read loud and clear as Harry attempted his own explanations of his world.
"If there are different worlds as you say, and I would not be surprised if there are, then in this one I guess you can say that I'm somewhat of the…hero here." Harry's voice cracked on the world 'hero' as if he'd wished he hadn't said it.
"Wha'd ya mean?" Goofy asked.
The raven head gave a sigh and paused in thought before talking again. "It was prophesized that I was to either kill the – I guess you could say bad guy – of my world, or die at his hands."
"That's terrible, and you just go along with that!" Sora exclaimed. He knew what if felt like to follow a path already set for you but in the end he had met a lot of friends and he'd found his old ones. But to have the fact that you either have to kill or be killed hanging over your head is something Sora was not familiar with thankfully.
"Of course I go along with it. I have no other choice, the bastard killed off my parents because of this prophesy. If I can't choose whether or not I do this, I at least want to do this for the ones I love." Harry was now almost crying. He had never told anyone of his thoughts on the matter of the prophesy, so why was he doing so now? Was because this boy had to act a hero too?
Goofy looked on sadly, putting a hand on Harry's shoulder in a supportive gesture. Goofy was always a softy, so it's no shock to either Sora nor Riku that he'd be the first to comfort a broken individual. Said teens were still pounding over the fact that someone had killed Harry's parents though. They had been right, the darkness from before had been created by the world itself.
"We'll help." Sora's tone left no room for argument and Riku was just nodding along. "Whoever you're fighting against; we'll help you.
Harry raised his eyes to Sora, frowning. "No it's not your problem, besides it's dangerous, Voldemort is one of the most powerful Dark Lords of the century."
"We can take care of ourselves." Riku retorted annoyed at being told something is too dangerous. "We can probably fight better than any of the people in your world. We've already saved the worlds." He paused, looking as if in though, then added. "Twice."
Harry glared at Riku. "WE fight with MAGIC you prant! You will be dead before you even know what hit you."
Riku glared back but turned the glare to Sora when he started laughing.
"We know how to use magic. Merlin trained me and Donald. And Riku here has got the little darkness left in his heart to work with. We can defiantly take care of ourselves." Sora smiled at Harry, noting inside that the boy's green eyes seemed to widen when he mentioned Merlin.
"Alright." Harry sighed. "If Merlin trained you then you must be good. But still you must keep training. Voldemort gets stronger ever passing day and if you wish to assist, then you must get stronger too."
"That won't be a problem. We train every day, sparing and all." Riku smirked smugly as Harry glared once again. This Riku guys was starting to remind Harry of a prant he knew with silver blond hair and sharp gray eyes that looked as if they could kill.
"I meant magic you wanker. You'll have to be enrolled at Hogwarts. The final battle is going to be in the grounds anyways." He again sounded bitter and far away. It just proved what Riku already knew, this teen was not a teen anymore. Like Sora and Riku, Harry seemed to have lost his innocence young. Maybe even younger than the two keyblade wielders.
"And how do you know that?" Sora raised an eyebrow.
"Just a feeling. That guy has taken everything from me, so why not my home?"
"You live there? In that castle?"
"No…I lived with my only living relatives the Dursleys. But…that was never much of a home. They treated me like a slave. I was just their house elf. I was told my parents died in a car crash because they were drunks. I didn't even know I was a wizard until I turned eleven." Harry looked down sadly, anywhere but at the pitting faces of other people.
A hand on his shoulder made him looked up. Electric green met Teal oceans. It was likely the first time since meeting that Harry and Riku looked the other in the eye.
"My parents hate me and I almost destroyed the worlds. I was consumed by the darkness in my heart and spit back out because of that light over there-" Riku pointed at Sora. "That wouldn't give up ion finding me." He paused, waiting for all he said to sink in. "I have fucked up and I have been used, but I got a light in the darkness. We won't let you lose yours."
Harry stared at Riku, drowning in the words the other had spoken. These people have been through a lot, that he could see easily, but he was just now grasping just how much they had been through. One thought crossed his mind though: 'Why can't Draco have a kind side like Riku.'
It was clear that Riku wasn't as mean and sarcastic as Harry had originally come to believe from the other boy's attitude. Sora seemed nice, so he was hoping there was a reason for Sora to stick around Riku, and he'd seen it. These people who just met him, were genuinely going to put their lives on the line for a chance to help out. It made him feel slightly above human in the company of these…well basically 'Heroes'. They must have done this a lot in their journey to just offer help now.
Something about these guys made Harry feel like everything was going to work out in the end. Everyone was going to smile if it was the last thing they did. That was the feeling Sora, Goofy, and Riku gave off. And Harry was sort of willing to believe it.
He is afraid of putting Hermione and Weasleys in danger because he didn't think they were strong enough to stand by his side, though they were his best friends, but this people seemed strong enough if not stronger, to fight and win. And Harry was willing to believe that. Now all he had to do was get Dumbledore to believe in it too. Even after countless years under the man, Albus Dumbledore was never easy to deal with. He still thought of Harry as much of a child as any other student, and sadly, that was far from the truth.
Harry nodded silently, straightening up as Riku's hand slipped from his shoulder. The silvernette seemed to gravitate back to the smiling brunette's side, something Harry found interesting.
"Don't worry about it too much. We'll train and we'll help, we can take a beating, right guys?" Sora grinned kindly, looking to both his comrades who both smiled and voiced their agreements. Again, Harry nodded.
"Then we shall go and speak to the Headmaster right away. If I recall, he hasn't been sleeping much so he should be in his office, I'll take you to him."
The party smiled at one another, moving to follow the raven-head before something accrued to Sora.
"Wait!" He yelled making the sound echo slightly in the silence of the forest. The shocked faces of his friends and Harry made Sora feel a little timid. Sheepishly he stumbled through his words. "We…kind of, ugh…forgot Kairi and Donald."