I'm baaaaaaaack! Yes, I know... a NEW story, and I have so many others that need to be worked on. This is a compromise though. I haven't been able to write anything that is fully Harry Potter, FF7 or KHII... so, a compromise was called for. --stabs writers block--
One third Harry Potter, one third FF7 and one third KHII.
And guess what? It's ALL plotted out! I have it all set out, beginning/middle/end. So NO abandoning this story!
Disclaimer: None of these characters are mine... only the plot is... so don't sue meeee!
Oh, and for now, the name of this will be Killing Me Softly, but it might change once I get a better name...
Hazel eyes opened up to a sight that she didn't expect.
She thought she would awaken in the Hospital wing, back at school... or maybe even out on the school grounds where she'd been struck down, but not here.
The skies were an angry red, a large meteor-like object looked as though it was suspended in the atmosphere, and this certainly was NOT London. It didn't even look like it could be on Earth. She scrambled her way up from the ground, looking around her, trying to figure out what the hell had happened. In her haste, she forgot to be watchful, and she failed to notice the two figures coming up behind her.
"Rude? I think we got ourselves a bit of trouble..." The smaller, redheaded man said to his partner, a large, bald black man.
"I think you're right." The other man, Rude, replied while looking over the girl's figure, spotting the noticeable bump in the area of her stomach.
"Think we should go introduce ourselves?"
"It would only be polite of us, Reno." Rude said as he began walking towards the girl.
The slight crunch of footfalls on the rocks behind her alerted the girl to the presence of others. She turned around quickly, and leveled her wand at the two approaching men.
"Who are you?" She trembled slightly as she realized that the redhead looked surprisingly familiar, while the bald headed man reminded her of one of her guardians.
"We could ask the same of you." Rude said, quirking a brow at the nice little stick in the girl's hand that was trained on him and Reno. He saw the smirk on Reno's face, and he hoped the man wouldn't do something to screw this up and scare her away.
"Look, I have onea those too!" Reno grinned, and grabbed what had looked like a cylindrical can and with a quick flick of his wrist, it extended out a good two-two and a half feet to look like an oversized police baton. He watched in amusement as he hit the power button and the girl's eyes widened at hearing the surge of electricity power through it.
"What the bloody hell is that?!"
"EMR."
The girl gave him a look, which Rude noticed looked surprisingly like the look that Elena gave Reno when he was being a showoff.
"I repeat. What the bloody hell IS that?"
Rude stepped in front of Reno after seeing the girl's grip on her stick increase. He didn't know why, but he had a feeling that was no ordinary stick. "EMR stands for Electro-Mag Rod." Rude felt Reno prodding him in the back.
"What's with th'stick?" Reno asked, stepping out from behind Rude.
The girl seemed to take great offense at her stick being called, well, a stick. "THIS is no mere stick... Watch." She pointed it in the general direction of a nice pile of rocks. "I'd move back some if I were you." She made sure to wait for the men to move, although they moved slowly, not sure why exactly they would need to move.
"Uh...ok." Rude ushered Reno closer to the girl, and stood watching her.
"Reducto!" She yelled, her wand still pointed at the rocks, a jet of reddish light coming from the tip. After a split-second of nothing, the rocks blew apart, peppering the three of them in dust and small pebbles.
After a moment of complete silence, Reno was the one to break it.
"You have GOT ta show me how ta do that!" He looked over at Rude, who was still looking at the now decimated pile of rocks. He nudged him in the ribs, trying to get his attention. "Rude, yo? Man, don't make me kiss you in front of the girl..."
No response.
"'scuse me for a moment." Reno grinned, and licked Rude from the bottom of his cheek to the top.
"Aw fuck! Reno! You KNOW I hate that!" Rude spluttered, wiping at his face with his jacket sleeve.
"'s why I did it. Duh."
"Don't you 'duh' me Reno!" Rude gave a fake growl and went to jump him when they heard the girl snickering.
"And jus' what is so funny?"
She stopped her snickering and looked up at the two men. "And I thought Draco was an odd name. Reno and Rude? Really, did your mothers name you that, or are those code names?"
"Both." They answered at the same time.
"We'll tell you our names if you promise to tell us your name." Rude said, looking at the girl who was still tittering slightly.
"It's a deal." She held out her hand to both men, sealing the deal.
"Rudolph Michael Urar." Another small giggle.
"Ela Renosha Tarshil." That earned full blown laughter. "Oh c'mon... It ain't that damn funny. What's yours anyway?"
Once she got her laughter under control, she took a deep breath and told them.
"Hermione Jane Granger, and yes, you're name IS that funny..."
Silence followed. Reno couldn't even make a smartass remark to her saying his name was funny.
"What?"
Rude glanced over at Reno, and received a nod in return.
"You're going to have to come with us." Rude said, and started to reach for Hermione's arm when she jerked away from him.
"Why? Why do I need to come with you two?" Her eyes held a flicker of defiance, and the wind was starting to cool down, and whip around them.
"Just... Trust us. Have we done anything to be untrustworthy?"
"No...but... What was with the look?"
"Our boss will explain." Rude looked to Reno for a bit of help, but he was too busy staring up at the sky. With a sigh, Rude turned back around to Hermione.
"Where am I?"
"Look, you need to see our boss. He can tell you everything you need to know."
With one last defiant look, Hermione nodded. "Fine, I'll go."
TBC
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-Vix