Harry Potter Gathering of Worlds 2
By James The Fox
"I update at last!"
Riku: "Whoopie."
"You don't sound happy..."
Rico: "Yeah, it means that you'll be seeing me more often. Muahahahaha!"
"Also, an announcement. My Plot Rabbit Ultra-Sorter, PRUS, found a new fanfiction that is now officially in the works. Expect it sometime in the future. But for now you can find details in my profile…"
Rico: (Reads profile) "…eh… hmm… um…. OK… NOOOO!"
PRUS: " OPINION : I AM IFALLIBLE. THIS STORY WILL BE GOOD. END OF LINE."
"Yeah… on to the story!
The rest of the summer was pretty normal, and once the time came for Harry to return to Hogwarts, he was a bit sad to leave his godfather behind. However, Sirius had one last surprise for Harry.
"I'm coming with!"
"Not that I'm not happy, but why?
"You see, Harry, as an Auror, I was sent by the Ministry to guard Hogwarts. If Voldemort attacks, Rufus Scrimgeour wants all possible targets to be ready. Plus, the Headmaster couldn't find any new Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers, so Dumbledore thought that I would do as well as anyone." The Marauder laughed, and climbed onto the just-summoned Knight Bus.
Already on the bus was Shadow, who was in his human disguise. This world wasn't completely used to having humanoid animals walking around, so Shadow used this form whenever outside of Hogwarts. There were one or two downsides, though.
Fangirls were the worst of the problems. Extreme Gear Races had become well known in Harry's world soon after Harry's birthday, and Shadow was, as he had once said before, "Hot as fire and cool as ice" among both Mobian and Wizarding girls.
Harry stared as Shadow was in his latest mess. Currently, all that could be seen under the pile of humanity that was a fangirl dogpile was one of Shadow's legs struggling and twitching. Out side the pile was Rico and Amy, both also in a human form. Amy looked like she was going to barf from the stupidity of it.
"Rico, please don't tell me that was what I was like when I had a crush on Sonic…"
"Fine, I won't tell you." Rico leaned in to speak into Harry's ear. "This was what Amy was like when she had a crush on Sonic," He whispered.
"Amy was like THAT once?"
"Yep… Course, Sonic finally had enough and got himself a girlfriend. Some lady named Samy Acom… Broke Amy's heart…"
"That's Sally Acorn, for your information. And it didn't break my heart. I was perfectly fine! Yeah… Perfect! Not a care in the world! Hmph…" As Amy continued grumbling about how she was too good for him anyway, Rico leaned towards Harry's ear again, and Sirius bent in to listen on the conversation. "Since then, I think she's had one eye on Shadow, if you catch my drift. Of course, he's way too old for her. Over 50 years, you know?" Suddenly the Knight Bus was off, and everyone, even Shadow's fangirl-pile, went flying into the back of the bus.
"How did Shadow get caught in this mess, anyway? 'Ultimate Lifeform,' remember?" Shadow's head poked out of the pile, looking indignant.
"Hey, I resent that!" Rico grinned at Harry.
"Heh, Shadow dodged them pretty well before the bus suddenly went into motion-"
"-Oh, no, they're trying to drag me back down! Guys, a little help wou-"
"- Then the whole swarm went flying towards the poor guy-"
"-Back, back you fiends! Don't you dare come any clo-"
"-And they used their momentum to dogpile him-"
"-A little help would be nice! Please don't make me beg fo- Oh crap…
"-Then you showed up-"
"-THE AGONY! LET ME GO! PLEASE! I'M BEGGING HERE! OH F-"
"And you know the rest of the story. How you doing in the good life, Shadow?"
"Good? GOOD? YOU BETTER GET ME OUT OF THIS, NOW! CHAOS-"
"Oh, this is awesome, touch the girl pile…" Harry and Sirius obliged, and Shadow finished his technique.
"CONTROL!" instantly, time slowed to a near-halt. However, Shadow still wasn't able to get out.
"You see, Harry, anything touching Shadow when he uses that technique is effected in the same way he is. Hence, Shadow is just wasting his time and energy," Rico said as time went back to normal.
"Got a- Ow, I need that! - Better plan? Cause they're starting to take my clothes to sell to various magazines and crazy fans..." Suddenly the bus stopped, and everyone except Shadow and one or two hanger-ons went flying to the front of the bus. Shadow indeed had his jacket and goggles off, but was still wearing his shirt and pants, though they looked like someone had tried to take them off. "Don't know why I take public transportation when I can just use Chaos Control…"
"Maybe it's just because it denies you the chance to say hi to us!" Link suggested as he, Ayrll, Zelda, Ron, Hermione, and the rest of the Weasley family climbed aboard. Harry noticed something… different about Ginny. She somehow looked… nicer… Harry just couldn't put his finger on it. He had seen it before for a split second during the birthday party...
"Good to see you all," Shadow said as he tried to shake off the last girl.
"I LOVE YOU SHADOW! LET'S GET MARRIED!" She wailed.
"… Go away."
"NOOO! YOU CAN'T DENY TRUE LOVE!"
"Right, but this isn't 'true love.' 'True love' doesn't even come close to what this is. This is fandom, a symptom of popularity that I just-" Shadow shook his leg, which the brunette clung to for dear life. "-can't-" He shook again. "-shake off." He shook again, finally prying the fan off.
"Hehehe. Looks like Shadow's got some issues to deal with."
"NOOO!" The girl grabbed onto Shadow's leg again. Shadow struggled to get out, but finally started to ignore it. He started pacing, dragging the girl with him. Suddenly, the bus started moving again.
"I hate being popular," Shadow grumbled as all the fangirls flew toward him again.
Harry and Link climbed to the top floor of the bus, seeing Sora, Riku, and Kairi all sitting together. Harry walked up to the trio.
"Good to see you guys."
"… Likewise." Sora replied.
"So, Link, find anything new since we last saw you?" Kairi queried.
"No, but Tingle translated a part of the book. The title is called 'The Chronicles of Mudora.'"
"Mudora?" Riku asked.
"Yes. Apparently Mudora was a name given to a powerful mage who took the form of a fox, according to various insanely vague sources..."
"You mean like a Animagus?" Harry asked.
"Maybe… but he was always a fox and he could talk. We're not sure whether Mudora is actually a creature called Keaton, or a totally separate deity." Link opened the book. "And get this. The book is written in several languages, one for each Chronicle. So far I have Chronicle 7, and it's very strange…" Link pulled out a piece of parchment and the others gathered around him as he read it…
"So they have found my book, eh? Hmmm… I guess it was only a matter of time..."
The Dark Creatures stood, speaking among themselves.
"It is time… Link, can you still protect your home… against my power?" The humanoid looking creature growled.
"Sora, your time is nearing… soon, the Door to Oblivion will be opened, and nothing will stop us…" The constantly shifting creature with the Heartless Mark on its chest grinned.
"… Whoa." Kairi breathed. Sora and Riku stayed silent.
"What does this have to do with anything?" Harry asked, which earned him a whacking from Link.
"You dope! This book could change history as we know it! Don't be so stupid!" Link whacked Harry again.
"Ow!"
"Listen… Ganondorf Dragmire, Majora Lunasta, and Link Temprenf are all beings mentioned in other ancient books. Hell, I've MET Ganondorf and Majora. I was even named after Link." Sora nodded, understanding the importance of the situation.
"I have to admit… It is very interesting," he muttered.
"Yeah. I managed to get Hermione to help me with this. She has a copy of the book, and Tingle does too. If we can figure out what each of the languages are, we'll have no trouble translating. Tingle happens to very good at translating any language if he knows what it is."
"How does he do that?"
"It has something to do with his little chant… thing… Look, I don't know! Just leave me ALONE!" Link ducked into a corner and rested for the rest of the trip.
"Ohh… I smell a new story. Chronicles of the Mage Fox has begun!"
Riku: "What the hell was in that book?"
"You have to read to find out. As you can guess, it will work like the Ansem's Reports from KH."