Definitely Different-Chapter 4
Disclaimer: I Don't own Harry Potter, Cardcaptors, or Legend of Zelda. I also DO NOT own the surprise characters I place in this chapter. All I own is the keyboard and my ideas.
As the carriage pulled up to the castle everyone in it, save the Professors, looked up at it in wonder, thinking about what could be kept inside this mystical palace. Dumbledore, McGonagall, and Snape all got out, and walked up the front steps to the door, waiting for the others to catch up to them. Once everyone was there, Dumbledore turned to them. "Professor Snape and Professor McGonagall will go first. Please wait patiently for me to lead you to the Great Hall." He said, stepping out of the way of Snape and McGonagall, who were walking at a quick pace into the school, through large bronze doors.
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All the students of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry were sitting at their respectable tables, just as the Sorting Hat Ceremony finished. Professor Trelawney picked up the stool and the old, torn, and grubby-looking hat, bringing it out a side door. She was the one to call the names and bring the hat in and out, seeing as how Professor McGonagall was out at the time. Hermione, Ron, and Harry all sat in a row at the Gryffindor table, looking very down. Their whole table was looking gloomy, for a rather unpleasant turn of events. At the start of the Sorting Hart Ceremony, everyone had been cheerful, and happy to meet the new fellow Gryffindors. Their happiness had gradually and slowly leaked away, as each new 1st year was called up. Only 2 were sorted into Gryffindor this year, and it left the Slytherin table boasting about having so many more new students, outnumbering 'the losers from Gryffindor' greatly. Harry looked up at the teacher's table, and spotted for the 5th time the 3 empty seats. Harry's thoughts of his 3 Professors still standing at the train, was cut off by loud voice he couldn't ignore. It was Draco Malfoy, his worst enemy, boasting loudly to his fellow Slytherins. "He was fired, and McGonagall and Professor Snape had to drag him off the grounds!" He said loudly, knowing other students from the different tables were listening to him. "Because of all the weird happenings that have been going on, the Ministry knew it was him, and kicked him out! My Father would be glad to take his spot as Headmaster of Hog-." Malfoy was immediately interrupted by the Great Hall doors being opened wide. The chatter along the hall stopped, and all eyes fell on Professor Snape and Professor McGonagall entering the hall. They walked over to their seats at the head table, and looked back to the door. Someone who was sitting near the door gasped, and made all the other students look back to the door.
Mysteriously enough, Dumbledore was standing in the doorway, a bright smile on his face. It made Harry, Hermione, and Ron look up from their empty plates. They smiled when they saw him, knowing that they were to eat soon. Dumbledore walked forward into the hall, carefully glancing over his shoulder as he did so. Once he came to the center of the Great Hall, all eyes upon him, he turned right around and looked to the doorway. "Please, come right inside." He said loudly, his words bouncing off the enchanted 'sky' ceiling and the thousands of candles that hung above all the tables. There was a slow movement from the doorway, and a group of people came inside, which made the whole room gasp in surprise.
The 1st to come into the room was an auburn haired girl next to a chestnut haired boy. The girl was very close to the boy, and was shaking in fear. Unknown to the people in the Great Hall, she had just had an encounter with the Hogwarts ghosts, but after talking with the Gryffindor ghost, her fears very mildly subsided. The boy was whispering something into her ear, and she presumably stopped shaking, but was still deathly pale. She had beautiful green eyes, and was wearing, like every other student in the Great Hall, black robes that fit her perfectly. The boy had fierce amber eyes, and seemed to be glaring at everyone in the room who looked at them, which was everyone in the room. He was also wearing black robes, but had a distinct pendent around his neck. The 2 had every guy's and girl's attention as they walked in, save the teachers. That attention on them was split up massively with the 4 creatures that followed them closely. One was a creature that could have been mistaken for a man, if you were totally blind and missed the gigantic white feathered wings that were coming out of his back. He was wearing white, had long, white hair, and also had silver-gray eyes. There were also 2 lions following the 2 humans, one of which was a female, the other a mane-less male lion, with golden helmet encrusted with jewels, along with a golden chest-plate with one large ruby in the center, and huge white wings like the 'man'. The last creature was a large black wolf with amber eyes like the boy's, who was snarling at everyone, walking at the boy's heals.
There were more people, or things, to walk into the Great Hall. One was a blue haired, dark blue eyed boy with glasses, accompanied by a raven hair girl with purple eyes. They were wearing robes, the girl wearing the regular black, but the boy wore something very different. His robes were a very dark blue color, with small yellow shapes along the trim, and a tall pointed hat of the same color and design. He had a blue falcon on his shoulder, which was a lighter blue with white spots on the wings. Right behind the boy was a tall woman, who was wearing an outfit of red and black, with black butterfly wings protruding from behind her. She had long dark brown hair and brown eyes, and walk walking in next to 2 black panthers, one with a large green jewel on its forehead and large butterfly wings.
Only 3 more people walked into the room, trailing behind them 2 animals. One girl had black hair in 2 ponytails, with light brown eyes, wearing tan robes that looked to be of Chinese culture. The girl next to her had long, bright blonde hair, light blue; almost purple eyes, and was wearing black robes like many of the others. There was a teenager behind him with the same color hair, deep blue eyes, and an unreadable face. He was wearing a red tunic, white tights, brown leather belt; gloves; boots, and a long red hat the same shade of his tunic. He had strapped to his back a large metal shield with a triple triangle thing, and bird symbol, which covered most of a sheath that held a long sword, only the hilt and the tip of the sheath showing. Behind them was another black wolf, this one with blue eyes, and a blood red catlike creature with long pointed ears and a tail that split into 3 sleeping atop the wolf. Once everyone was inside the room, the Great Hall doors closed shut silently, and the large group waited in the center of the hall. Professor Dumbledore brought out his wand, and summoned up 8 chairs to the teacher's table, enlarging the table at the same time. The group took the hint, and went to sit down, only Sakura, Syaoran, Zelda, Eriol, and Meiling sitting. All the animals sat down at their master's feet, the tall 'human' guardians standing behind their masters/mistresses, Link standing behind Zelda. Dumbledore made the extra chairs move to the side, if anyone wanted to sit down later, and walked over to his own chair, sitting down.
"Another year at Hogwarts is here already." Dumbledore said proudly. "I know you are all wondering who these, um...people are and what they are doing here, and I will explain as much as needs to be known. Please, introduce yourselves, starting here." Dumbledore said, pointing to Eriol. He stood up, and looked out to all the students. "Greetings, everyone. My name is Eriol Hiiragizawa, and I come here from Japan, after growing up in England." Many people in the room gasped, thinking about how far they came to get here. "My name will be Professor Hiiragizawa to you all, for I am to be your Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher for this year, and I believe this year only. These are my moon and sun guardians, who I don't expect you will see much of after today." Eriol said, gesturing to Ruby-Moon and Suppi. "You may, although, see their false forms. The falcon is Trance, my pet." Hermione, Ron, and Harry exchanged glances, and looked back to Eriol. The room broke out into chatter, many talking about 'how young their new professor is.' Eriol smiled, and started speaking again, the talk in the Great Hall dieing away almost instantly. "I may look as young as your fellow 5th years, but I am very wise, and will teach you with the best of my ability." Eriol then sat down, looking at Tomoyo, who was next to him. Tomoyo glanced around, and then stood up slowly. "Hello, my name is Tomoyo Daidouji from Japan, and I will be joining the 5th years to study here. The other black panther is mine, and her name is Villain." She sat down quickly, and nudged Syaoran when he didn't move. Syaoran very reluctantly stood up, with a scowl on his face. "My name is Syaoran Li, and I come originally from China. Call me Li. Do not try to talk to me, I will not answer you." Syaoran ended his statement very quickly, narrowing his eyes mid- sentence, but after a pleading look from Sakura, added, "Please," and sat down. Sakura stood up very nervously, all eyes on her, and looked around the Great Hall. "Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Sakura Kinomoto, and I come from Tomoeda, Japan. This is my moon guardian Yue, and sun guardian Kero. You will not see much of them, either. You will almost definitely see Yue's false form, Yukito. This is Nymph, and she is my pet." Sakura said, stroking Nymph's head who was sitting by her side, Kero by the other. Sakura sat down, and looked to Meiling as she stood up. "I am Meiling Li, and the amber eyed boy is my cousin. I also come from China." After this, Meiling sat down, and Zelda stood up. "Hi. I'm Zelda Harkinian, and I'm not human." Everyone burst out talking quietly again, with such conversations like 'What? Is that Possible? She looks so much like us. Just her ears are different.' The room got quiet again, and Zelda continued talking. "I come from a very distant place called Hyrule. I am Hylian, as well as my companion. My companion does not speak much, although you will probably see him wherever I go." Zelda finished, glanced for a second at Link, and then looked over at Professor Dumbledore.
Dumbledore stood up; waiting for the Great Hall to quiet down again after all the introductions were done. "As I said earlier, another year of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is upon up. Let's try to fill our heads with things we do not already know this year." He said while smiling, his light blue eyes twinkling. "Sakura, Tomoyo, and Li will be joining the 5th year because of their advanced magic. Please be nice to them while they are here. Now, let's eat!" Dumbledore said, and instantly all the plates on all the tables became covered in every type of food imaginable, the usual plate of peppermint hamburgers sitting untouched. The Hogwarts students didn't start eating right away. Just about every guy at all the House Tables was having an internal battle. You could see their eyes going back and forth across the new people. Each was trying to decide which new girl they liked more, Zelda, Sakura, Tomoyo, or Meiling. Even Harry had to admit that Sakura was very pretty. 'But not as beautiful as Hermione.' Harry thought, as he stole a very quick glance at her. 'No! What are you thinking? She's your best friend! Stop thinking like that!' Harry scolded himself, but unknown to him, he yelled it in his head, and Link and Zelda heard the whole thing. They also saw him glance at the girl next to him, so they assumed it was Hermione. Link and Zelda looked at each other, their eyes glinting mischievously, even though Link's face showed no emotion. 'We could get everyone to play matchmaker here, I think they would like to help us out.' Zelda said to Link through their minds. 'I agree, but then we will somehow have to befriend these people, get them to trust us." Link thought back. 'It's not like we're robbers and have to get them to trust us! You make everything so serious sometimes.' Zelda joked. 'Fine. Then let's just make friends. Happy now?' Link thought to Zelda. "Oh yes, very happy.' Zelda 'said' back, smiling at Link. Link blushed, and started eating, always staring at his plate.
The rest of the Hogwarts students started eating eventually, the chatter getting louder from the light whisper. Most conversation was still directed at the newcomers, but the kids up at the teacher's table didn't mind, thinking it common for people to be curious. Small talk started out at the teacher's table, Eriol talking with Professor Dumbledore about this year's plans, Sakura talking with Tomoyo, Syaoran glaring at Professor Snape-getting backup from Link, and Zelda watching, laughing quietly.
Harry, Hermione and Ron were talking quietly at their table, looking every so often at the head table. "I'm getting the feeling that they know something that we don't." Hermione said, glancing back up at Zelda and Link, whose eyes looked like they were smiling directly at them. "Ron choked and almost spit out his pumpkin juice, his face getting red from an unheard laughter. "Oh no!" Ron yelled to Harry. "The world's going to end! Hermione doesn't know something that the newcomers do!" Harry started laughing, but stopped when Hermione swatted the back of his head. Harry's face was red too. "Very sorry, Mione, but it's just that is was funny!" Harry said, but got hit in the head again. "Hey! Now, that's just not right!" Again, Harry got hit, and decided to remain quiet. "And you, Ron, you shouldn't be talking. With what your brothers got on the O.W.L.s last year, you would think you would be trying to study to be better than them!" Hermione said to Ron. "You don't know half the things I do, and you should. You've got to start paying attention to what the teachers say. And even though I don't particularly like Professor Trelawney," Hermione was cut off by Harry saying, "Don't like? What does that mean? I know you hate her and you think she's a fake!" "Sticking up for her?" Hermione asked, her expression turning to one that looked that she found out who Harry liked. "OH course not! I hate her as much as you do! But you should at least admit it. I do, and so does Ron." Harry said proudly. Hermione just rolled her eyes. "As I was saying," she gave Harry a glare. "You still shouldn't make up the homework for her class. It's just a bad thing to do, and even more so because she believes what you write down." She said. "Whatever." Ron and Harry said together, wanting to change the conversation desperately.
Once everyone was done eating, all stuffed and filled with the delicious foods, Dumbledore once again stood up. Not that you are filled with food, it's time for you to go one to your rooms. Have a good night's rest, and be ready for a full day of lessons tomorrow!" At this, a loud groan filled the room, all the students wanting to forget the homework that was too soon to come. The students started getting up from their seats, talking loudly, before Dumbledore made one last statement. "Hermione Granger, Harry Potter, and Ron Weasly, please wait outside the Great Hall doors until we summon you back in. Thank you." Dumbledore finished his sentence, and sat back down. The 3 students called looked wearily and nervously to each other, before walking out the large Great Hall doors, standing off to the side. The new Gryffindor Prefect walked up to them. The new password is Gumdrop Lolly. Hope you're not in trouble already." He said, before calling all the Gryffindors into a line, leading them to their common room.
Back in the Great Hall, the door shut, and the teachers looked at the group at the table. "Now to business." Dumbledore said, looking over to Professor McGonagall. She nodded her head, and went into a back room, coming back out with an old, tatted, pointed hat. "This is the Sorting Hat." Dumbledore said, pointing to the hat. "It will sort you into the house you will be staying at this year. I will sort you, too, for you will need to know who you will be staying with and in which house." Dumbledore said, looking at Link, Tomoyo, Meiling, Yue, and Ruby-Moon. "Just put on the hat. The houses you can be sorted into are Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Gryffindor, or Slytherin." Dumbledore gave the hat to Eriol, and he put it on his head. 'Oh, Hello there, Mr. Hiiragizawa.' Said a small voice in his head. 'I see that you have been here before, as Clow Reed, is it? Very good, very good. Would you like to be put back into the house you were in before? You still have the same characteristics.' 'Whatever you like.' Eriol thought. 'Well, I see you have a small soft spot, for someone here, actually.' Eriol blushed at the statement, and looked straight forward. 'Tomoyo, is it? Well, I guess she is a very nice girl. Well, Gryffindor will do. GRYFFINDOR.' The hat yelled out, and Eriol took it off. He gave the hat to Tomoyo, blushing even deeper when their hands brushed together for a second. Tomoyo smiled in gratitude, and put on the hat. 'Well Hello, Ms. Daidouji. It's nice that you can be here. Let me see, you are very intelligent, cunning, witty, and very clever. You Are also very brave, and care deeply for all or our friends. You will be hard to choose for, seeing as how you would do perfectly in wither Ravenclaw or Gryffindor. Well, I see that you would like to be placed with the blue haired magician, so I'll place you in GRYFFINDOR!' the Hat yelled out once more, and Tomoyo handed the hat over to Sakura, Syaoran refusing to put it on. "You will have to put on the hat eventually, you know." Tomoyo said while grinning. Sakura placed on the old hat, and literally jumped out of her seat when she heard a voice in her head.
'Do not be afraid of me, young one.' Said the voice, and she calmed down slightly. 'A look inside your head said that you are very brave, although you don't look it. You are smart, have a good sense of humor, but you like to stomp on your brother's foot a lot.' Sakura chuckled slightly, still listening to the hat. 'You are proud, I can see that, clever most of the time, but you can be dense at times. I can also see that you have an immense power, one that might even surpass the Dark Lord himself. Now, where to put you? I know, I think you will probably do very well in GRYFFINDOR!' the hat said loudly. "Sakura took off the hat, and plopped it on Syaoran's head. Before he could react, the hat started talking, making Syaoran stop moving. 'Syaoran Li, future leader of the Li clan in China. Nice to meet you.' 'How does the hat know this?' Syaoran asked himself, but the hat answered for him. 'Because I can see everything that goes on inside your head.' The hat said. 'You can't know everything that goes on inside my head, there has to be something.' Syaoran thought to the hat. 'Well, I can see you have deep feelings for the Sakura girl.' The Sorting Hat said in his head in a matter-of-fact tone. Syaoran blushed deeply, trying not to look at Sakura, finding the floor to the Great Hall much more interesting. 'I see you have powers that are like the Sakura girl's, but she is a little more powerful than you, I'm afraid.' 'I don't care.' Syaoran thought, taking a very quick glance at Sakura with only his eyes, blushing once more to see that she was looking at him. 'Well, might as well help you get closer to her.' 'Said' the hat. 'GRYFFINDOR!' the hat said loudly, before being ripped off by Syaoran and shoved at Zelda, who took him gently.
The Sorting Hat was on Zelda's head for a little less than 10 seconds when it yelled out Gryffindor. She gingerly took the hat off, and gave it carefully to Link, who didn't move to take it. "Oh just take the hat! I'm not sitting here all day. Zelda said, looking sternly to Zelda. She read his thoughts, and sighed. She gave the hat to Yue who was closest to her, and he placed the hat on his head. 'I would like to be placed with my Mistress, if you would kindly place me in Gryffindor.' Yue thought, his face still showing no emotion. 'I will certainly do that. I'm very glad that Clow Reed created you with manners. That Syaoran boy was so rude.' The hat said to Yue, before yelled out Gryffindor. Yue took the hat off and handed it to Ruby- Moon, who was bouncing up and down on the spot, anticipating what the Sorting Hat was going to say. 'Why hello there. Very energetic, I see.' The Sorting Hat said in Ruby-Moon's head. She stopped bouncing, and listened to what the hat had to say. 'I can see that you obey your Master very well, and love to be with him.' The hat said to Ruby-Moon. I might as well place you with the rest, seeing as how you all have mostly the same good qualities. GRYFFINDOR!' the Sorting Hat yelled, before Ruby-Moon grabbed the hat off, and walked over to Meiling. Ruby- Moon placed the hat in front of her on the table, and walked back to stand behind Eriol. Meiling put on the hat, and almost like Zelda, the hat stayed on her head for 30 seconds before yelling out GRYFFINDOR! Meiling smiled, and took off the hat. She tossed it lightly through the air, and it landed gently upright at the feet of Link.
Everyone was now looking at Link as he sighed and took the hat in his hands. He placed it lightly on his head, and sat down in an extra chair. 'This is going to take some time.' Link thought to himself. 'I believe it will.' The Sorting Hat answered him, murmuring to itself. 'Now I wonder. You keep most of your emotions locked away, due to all the time in battle. Well, I see that you, out of everyone here, are the bravest of them all. Oh my. I see that you went through the same 18 years of your life 5 times, before heading out of Hyrule.' All the while the hat was talking with Link, the rest stood waiting, watching to see how much longer it would be. They thought it would only be a couple of seconds, like Zelda, before he would be sorted. But not it was going on for 5 minutes, and still nothing. Little did they know the Sorting Hat was going through much of Link's life, uncovering his memories, bringing back the painful as well as the good ones. 'You always had a thing with time, haven't you?' The Sorting Hat asked Link. Link didn't answer because the hat finished for him. 'Yes, you have. The same 18 years over and over, then, once you get a break from the same, you re-live the same 3 days over and over, countless times. It's good that you finally were able to get back here, but I don't believe your quest is finally over. I cannot go into details at the moment, but you must be aware of your surroundings.'
The 3 Hogwarts students were still waiting outside the Great Hall doors. Ron's ears were pressed to the door, trying to hear anything that might tell him they were to be called in soon. "You might as well give up, Ron." Hermione said, still sitting on the floor. "The Great Hall doors are soundproof." She said in a matter-of-fact tone. "Now where did you get that? Some book you read over the summer?" Ron asked, mocking Hermione. "Actually, it's common knowledge." Hermione stated. "You really should get out more."
Still sitting in the lone chair, Link had the sorting hat on now for 10 minutes, without being Sorted in the Least. Dumbledore's face was starting to get worried. This had never happened before. Maybe this Hylian was not to be sorted. He could only wait and watch. 'Well, you have the qualities of ever House. I can see it right here in your head. Now, you have powers great, magical and physical, but have a short span of magical abilities, if you get what I mean.' The hat said to Link inside his head. 'I am afraid that I do not.' Link thought calmly, waiting for the hat to go on. 'Well, what I mean is that you have very powerful magic in you, but you only know a couple of spells.' The hat explained. 'I see.' Link thought to the Sorting Hat. 'You will need time to learn new things, and the time will be coming soon. Again, I cannot go seep into it, but I have a feeling you will learn something new in this school. After all, this is a school for witchcraft and wizardry.' The hat said. 'Well, you don't mind where I put you, do you?' the hat asked Link. 'Of course not. This is your job, and if I was to make the decision for you, it would be my job.' The hat laughed quietly. 'Good sense of humor, too.' The hat added. 'Well, because you won't mind where I put you, I guess I'll place you here. Yes, it will be a fine place for you to stay.' The hat said through Link's mind. "SLYTHERIN!" The hat yelled out, before Link took the hat and handed it back to Dumbledore. Zelda looked a little sad, not being able to be with him, but Link gave her a reassuring smile when he heard her thoughts. 'Don't worry, I'm only sleeping there.' He said though their connection, and his words cheered Zelda up a bit.
"Now that the whole Sorting Hat ordeal is over," Dumbledore started, watching Professor McGonagall carry the Sorting Hat out of the room, "I would like to move to the more serious matters. There is something brewing that will take all of your efforts to defeat, and the help of others as well. Let us bring in the 3 who have been waiting outside this whole time, I think they are tired and want to go to their dorms.
The 3 students were still sitting outside the doors a little off to the side, Ron having given-up trying to listen through the door. The Great Hall huge doors silently swung open, and the 3 student scrambled to their feet, straightening their clothes and brushing the dirt off. The walked in a row into the majestic Hall, and moved to the front of the teacher's table. They heard the doors shut once again, and the glanced at each other nervously, before looking back at the teachers. "Have a seat." Professor Dumbledore said, summoning up some chairs with his wand. The 3 sat down, wondering why they were here. They all got a closer look at the new kids, people, animals, and creatures that were sitting and standing at the table. Dumbledore smiled at the students and others, before getting a very serious look on his face.
"I have grave news, which concerns all of you here. I actually probably concerns everyone around this area, Hyrule, and a place called Middle Earth, but you are the best around, so I called you here." Dumbledore said, keeping the students and even some of the teachers in suspense. 'I knew it. Something is happening, something very bad.' Link thought to Zelda, who only nodded grimly in return. "Let me show you. If you would, Professor Hiiragizawa." Dumbledore said, and Eriol nodded. He called upon his staff, amazing everyone but the CCS group and the Headmaster. He conjured a small silver ball, which turned into a huge silver screen that levitated in the air in front of everyone present. The screen started playing, and showed a sight that shocked everyone.
'~There were 12 masked, hooded, and black cloaked figures standing all around 2. One in the middle was a very small man, fully cloaked except for his hands, where one of them was transparent, and seemed to be glowing a dark red. It acted just as the other hand did, but anyone who knew about magic could tell that it was a very strong, powerful hand that was made from dark magic. He was kneeling on the ground, inside a small circle of candles lit with black flames. He was hunched over a large dark brown, leather bound book. He was chanting something, probably a curse or incantation from the book. The other figure in the circle of cloaked people was a tall man, with features that could not be identified besides a set of red gleaming eyes that seemed to pierce through the soul of the one on the ground. A blood red portal opened up in front of the kneeling person, and grew larger and larger. It was upright, as so someone or something could step out of it. A large dark black figure's image appeared inside the portal, and started moving as to break through the portal and get over to the cloaked people.~'
Suddenly the scene changed, and the newcomers at Hogwarts and the 3 Hogwarts students groaned in annoyance, but they quieted down when they say what came next one the screen.
'~There were distinguishable creatures, all in lines looking to a row of figures far in the distance. It was an army. The figures that filled the army were what appeared to be orcs, trolls, huge spiders, goblins, wolves, and even a huge black and red dragon. They were all watching the figures in the distance, not one of them moving. As the view got closer to the figures, you could see that there were 10 of them. 9 of the creatures were large figures clad all in long, ragged, and matted black cloaks. They were sitting atop 9 black stallions, which had silver-black armor on and semi helmets. Each of the things on the horses had black swords at their sides, every part of the swords concealed in the cloaks except for a small part of the hilt. The last figure out there was a lone, tall man. He was dressed in all white robes, which fell down to his feet, where a pair of white sandals were. The man had shaggy white hair and a long white beard, falling to just about his waist. He had cold black eyes, and was standing in front of a red orb that had appeared in front of him. When it got stopped growing in size, the tall white haired man grabbed a rolled up piece of parchment, and handed it to one of the figures on a horse. They took it with a hand covered in black leather gloves with metal on them, and placed it inside his robes. The tall man stepped out of the way, and 5 of the 9 horses with their rides rode off full speed into the portal. Once they were done, the front line of orcs stepped inside, after waiting about 2 minutes.~'
The scene changed once more, going back to the one it had previously been on, and no one said a word. They were stunned that that many creatures could be arranged in one place. They watched the next scene, no one wanting it to have happened or be happening.
'~The figure on the ground was still chanting, the taller one standing behind him. The people in the circle around them took large steps back, creating an opening around the 2 figures in the center. The huge black figure showed back up in the red portal, and a large horse with a cloaked rider rode through, followed by 4 more of the same thing. The 1st one to enter took out the large rolled up parchment, and handed it to the figure with red eyes. He read the parchment and laughed quietly, emitting a low hissing sound along with the laugh. His eyes went back to the portal as he saw about 100 orcs step out. It was the 1st line in the army, and it visibly pleased the standing figure.10 of the orcs stepped forward, kneeling on one knee, bowing their heads while they did. The kneeling didn't last long. One of the figures on a horse jumped down, unsheathed his sword, and killed all 10 orcs, all the while the figure on the ground reading a different spell. A large black portal formed underneath the dead bodies of the orcs, the orcs sinking through it, disappearing. A figure started coming back out of it, making it seam that it was a sacrificial offering. The portal got a little smaller, but not by much, as a huge black shadow emerged from the black portal, the portal evaporating into nothing when the figure was completely out. The shadow started to take form and color, from the bottom to the top. The color and form showed large cast iron black boots that were cut off quickly and replaced with black armor, which traveled up the person's legs. On each of their knees was a short but very sharp looking yellow spike. The armor went still higher, covering everything that could be seen. When you could see the waist, you could also see a long dagger in a black and brown sheath. The further the shadow took form, the more black armor you saw. On the arms was more armor, covered by a light, dark gray cloth with a blue and red pattern on it that stretched from the writs to the elbow. The hands were a pale sickening green color, and the tops of his hands were covered with a large black piece of metal that stopped before the knuckles and thumb. The rest of their body was covered in the black metal, more small yellow spikes on their shoulders and neck covering. On the chest plate was another piece of the gray cloth held on by small blue rings attached to the plate. The neck of the now distinguishable man was the same color of his hands, the pale green, and he had a tall neck covering that went to just below his ears. You could now see part of his face, which showed a long pointed green nose and an evil smirk. His eyes were the color of blood, deep red that seemed to be able to pierce through cold steel. His hair was the same red color, and on his forehead was a blue and yellow pendent.~'
Zelda and Link gasped loudly and stood up so fast their chairs flew to the ground. They looked over at each other, then quickly back to the screen. "Ganondorf!" They both yelled at the exact same time.
(A.N. Well, that's the end of my 4th chapter. Sorry for not updating sooner, but this was better than the 2 weeks I said last time. If you have any ideas, I'd love to hear them. Thanks so much for reviewing, and keep doing that please! I don't know when the next chapter will be coming out, but just to warn you, it might be a while. Packed schedules are not good for writing long stories. Thanks again, and I hope you like my story! Oh, and, I've always wanted it to end in a cliffhanger! Bye!)
Disclaimer: I Don't own Harry Potter, Cardcaptors, or Legend of Zelda. I also DO NOT own the surprise characters I place in this chapter. All I own is the keyboard and my ideas.
As the carriage pulled up to the castle everyone in it, save the Professors, looked up at it in wonder, thinking about what could be kept inside this mystical palace. Dumbledore, McGonagall, and Snape all got out, and walked up the front steps to the door, waiting for the others to catch up to them. Once everyone was there, Dumbledore turned to them. "Professor Snape and Professor McGonagall will go first. Please wait patiently for me to lead you to the Great Hall." He said, stepping out of the way of Snape and McGonagall, who were walking at a quick pace into the school, through large bronze doors.
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All the students of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry were sitting at their respectable tables, just as the Sorting Hat Ceremony finished. Professor Trelawney picked up the stool and the old, torn, and grubby-looking hat, bringing it out a side door. She was the one to call the names and bring the hat in and out, seeing as how Professor McGonagall was out at the time. Hermione, Ron, and Harry all sat in a row at the Gryffindor table, looking very down. Their whole table was looking gloomy, for a rather unpleasant turn of events. At the start of the Sorting Hart Ceremony, everyone had been cheerful, and happy to meet the new fellow Gryffindors. Their happiness had gradually and slowly leaked away, as each new 1st year was called up. Only 2 were sorted into Gryffindor this year, and it left the Slytherin table boasting about having so many more new students, outnumbering 'the losers from Gryffindor' greatly. Harry looked up at the teacher's table, and spotted for the 5th time the 3 empty seats. Harry's thoughts of his 3 Professors still standing at the train, was cut off by loud voice he couldn't ignore. It was Draco Malfoy, his worst enemy, boasting loudly to his fellow Slytherins. "He was fired, and McGonagall and Professor Snape had to drag him off the grounds!" He said loudly, knowing other students from the different tables were listening to him. "Because of all the weird happenings that have been going on, the Ministry knew it was him, and kicked him out! My Father would be glad to take his spot as Headmaster of Hog-." Malfoy was immediately interrupted by the Great Hall doors being opened wide. The chatter along the hall stopped, and all eyes fell on Professor Snape and Professor McGonagall entering the hall. They walked over to their seats at the head table, and looked back to the door. Someone who was sitting near the door gasped, and made all the other students look back to the door.
Mysteriously enough, Dumbledore was standing in the doorway, a bright smile on his face. It made Harry, Hermione, and Ron look up from their empty plates. They smiled when they saw him, knowing that they were to eat soon. Dumbledore walked forward into the hall, carefully glancing over his shoulder as he did so. Once he came to the center of the Great Hall, all eyes upon him, he turned right around and looked to the doorway. "Please, come right inside." He said loudly, his words bouncing off the enchanted 'sky' ceiling and the thousands of candles that hung above all the tables. There was a slow movement from the doorway, and a group of people came inside, which made the whole room gasp in surprise.
The 1st to come into the room was an auburn haired girl next to a chestnut haired boy. The girl was very close to the boy, and was shaking in fear. Unknown to the people in the Great Hall, she had just had an encounter with the Hogwarts ghosts, but after talking with the Gryffindor ghost, her fears very mildly subsided. The boy was whispering something into her ear, and she presumably stopped shaking, but was still deathly pale. She had beautiful green eyes, and was wearing, like every other student in the Great Hall, black robes that fit her perfectly. The boy had fierce amber eyes, and seemed to be glaring at everyone in the room who looked at them, which was everyone in the room. He was also wearing black robes, but had a distinct pendent around his neck. The 2 had every guy's and girl's attention as they walked in, save the teachers. That attention on them was split up massively with the 4 creatures that followed them closely. One was a creature that could have been mistaken for a man, if you were totally blind and missed the gigantic white feathered wings that were coming out of his back. He was wearing white, had long, white hair, and also had silver-gray eyes. There were also 2 lions following the 2 humans, one of which was a female, the other a mane-less male lion, with golden helmet encrusted with jewels, along with a golden chest-plate with one large ruby in the center, and huge white wings like the 'man'. The last creature was a large black wolf with amber eyes like the boy's, who was snarling at everyone, walking at the boy's heals.
There were more people, or things, to walk into the Great Hall. One was a blue haired, dark blue eyed boy with glasses, accompanied by a raven hair girl with purple eyes. They were wearing robes, the girl wearing the regular black, but the boy wore something very different. His robes were a very dark blue color, with small yellow shapes along the trim, and a tall pointed hat of the same color and design. He had a blue falcon on his shoulder, which was a lighter blue with white spots on the wings. Right behind the boy was a tall woman, who was wearing an outfit of red and black, with black butterfly wings protruding from behind her. She had long dark brown hair and brown eyes, and walk walking in next to 2 black panthers, one with a large green jewel on its forehead and large butterfly wings.
Only 3 more people walked into the room, trailing behind them 2 animals. One girl had black hair in 2 ponytails, with light brown eyes, wearing tan robes that looked to be of Chinese culture. The girl next to her had long, bright blonde hair, light blue; almost purple eyes, and was wearing black robes like many of the others. There was a teenager behind him with the same color hair, deep blue eyes, and an unreadable face. He was wearing a red tunic, white tights, brown leather belt; gloves; boots, and a long red hat the same shade of his tunic. He had strapped to his back a large metal shield with a triple triangle thing, and bird symbol, which covered most of a sheath that held a long sword, only the hilt and the tip of the sheath showing. Behind them was another black wolf, this one with blue eyes, and a blood red catlike creature with long pointed ears and a tail that split into 3 sleeping atop the wolf. Once everyone was inside the room, the Great Hall doors closed shut silently, and the large group waited in the center of the hall. Professor Dumbledore brought out his wand, and summoned up 8 chairs to the teacher's table, enlarging the table at the same time. The group took the hint, and went to sit down, only Sakura, Syaoran, Zelda, Eriol, and Meiling sitting. All the animals sat down at their master's feet, the tall 'human' guardians standing behind their masters/mistresses, Link standing behind Zelda. Dumbledore made the extra chairs move to the side, if anyone wanted to sit down later, and walked over to his own chair, sitting down.
"Another year at Hogwarts is here already." Dumbledore said proudly. "I know you are all wondering who these, um...people are and what they are doing here, and I will explain as much as needs to be known. Please, introduce yourselves, starting here." Dumbledore said, pointing to Eriol. He stood up, and looked out to all the students. "Greetings, everyone. My name is Eriol Hiiragizawa, and I come here from Japan, after growing up in England." Many people in the room gasped, thinking about how far they came to get here. "My name will be Professor Hiiragizawa to you all, for I am to be your Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher for this year, and I believe this year only. These are my moon and sun guardians, who I don't expect you will see much of after today." Eriol said, gesturing to Ruby-Moon and Suppi. "You may, although, see their false forms. The falcon is Trance, my pet." Hermione, Ron, and Harry exchanged glances, and looked back to Eriol. The room broke out into chatter, many talking about 'how young their new professor is.' Eriol smiled, and started speaking again, the talk in the Great Hall dieing away almost instantly. "I may look as young as your fellow 5th years, but I am very wise, and will teach you with the best of my ability." Eriol then sat down, looking at Tomoyo, who was next to him. Tomoyo glanced around, and then stood up slowly. "Hello, my name is Tomoyo Daidouji from Japan, and I will be joining the 5th years to study here. The other black panther is mine, and her name is Villain." She sat down quickly, and nudged Syaoran when he didn't move. Syaoran very reluctantly stood up, with a scowl on his face. "My name is Syaoran Li, and I come originally from China. Call me Li. Do not try to talk to me, I will not answer you." Syaoran ended his statement very quickly, narrowing his eyes mid- sentence, but after a pleading look from Sakura, added, "Please," and sat down. Sakura stood up very nervously, all eyes on her, and looked around the Great Hall. "Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Sakura Kinomoto, and I come from Tomoeda, Japan. This is my moon guardian Yue, and sun guardian Kero. You will not see much of them, either. You will almost definitely see Yue's false form, Yukito. This is Nymph, and she is my pet." Sakura said, stroking Nymph's head who was sitting by her side, Kero by the other. Sakura sat down, and looked to Meiling as she stood up. "I am Meiling Li, and the amber eyed boy is my cousin. I also come from China." After this, Meiling sat down, and Zelda stood up. "Hi. I'm Zelda Harkinian, and I'm not human." Everyone burst out talking quietly again, with such conversations like 'What? Is that Possible? She looks so much like us. Just her ears are different.' The room got quiet again, and Zelda continued talking. "I come from a very distant place called Hyrule. I am Hylian, as well as my companion. My companion does not speak much, although you will probably see him wherever I go." Zelda finished, glanced for a second at Link, and then looked over at Professor Dumbledore.
Dumbledore stood up; waiting for the Great Hall to quiet down again after all the introductions were done. "As I said earlier, another year of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is upon up. Let's try to fill our heads with things we do not already know this year." He said while smiling, his light blue eyes twinkling. "Sakura, Tomoyo, and Li will be joining the 5th year because of their advanced magic. Please be nice to them while they are here. Now, let's eat!" Dumbledore said, and instantly all the plates on all the tables became covered in every type of food imaginable, the usual plate of peppermint hamburgers sitting untouched. The Hogwarts students didn't start eating right away. Just about every guy at all the House Tables was having an internal battle. You could see their eyes going back and forth across the new people. Each was trying to decide which new girl they liked more, Zelda, Sakura, Tomoyo, or Meiling. Even Harry had to admit that Sakura was very pretty. 'But not as beautiful as Hermione.' Harry thought, as he stole a very quick glance at her. 'No! What are you thinking? She's your best friend! Stop thinking like that!' Harry scolded himself, but unknown to him, he yelled it in his head, and Link and Zelda heard the whole thing. They also saw him glance at the girl next to him, so they assumed it was Hermione. Link and Zelda looked at each other, their eyes glinting mischievously, even though Link's face showed no emotion. 'We could get everyone to play matchmaker here, I think they would like to help us out.' Zelda said to Link through their minds. 'I agree, but then we will somehow have to befriend these people, get them to trust us." Link thought back. 'It's not like we're robbers and have to get them to trust us! You make everything so serious sometimes.' Zelda joked. 'Fine. Then let's just make friends. Happy now?' Link thought to Zelda. "Oh yes, very happy.' Zelda 'said' back, smiling at Link. Link blushed, and started eating, always staring at his plate.
The rest of the Hogwarts students started eating eventually, the chatter getting louder from the light whisper. Most conversation was still directed at the newcomers, but the kids up at the teacher's table didn't mind, thinking it common for people to be curious. Small talk started out at the teacher's table, Eriol talking with Professor Dumbledore about this year's plans, Sakura talking with Tomoyo, Syaoran glaring at Professor Snape-getting backup from Link, and Zelda watching, laughing quietly.
Harry, Hermione and Ron were talking quietly at their table, looking every so often at the head table. "I'm getting the feeling that they know something that we don't." Hermione said, glancing back up at Zelda and Link, whose eyes looked like they were smiling directly at them. "Ron choked and almost spit out his pumpkin juice, his face getting red from an unheard laughter. "Oh no!" Ron yelled to Harry. "The world's going to end! Hermione doesn't know something that the newcomers do!" Harry started laughing, but stopped when Hermione swatted the back of his head. Harry's face was red too. "Very sorry, Mione, but it's just that is was funny!" Harry said, but got hit in the head again. "Hey! Now, that's just not right!" Again, Harry got hit, and decided to remain quiet. "And you, Ron, you shouldn't be talking. With what your brothers got on the O.W.L.s last year, you would think you would be trying to study to be better than them!" Hermione said to Ron. "You don't know half the things I do, and you should. You've got to start paying attention to what the teachers say. And even though I don't particularly like Professor Trelawney," Hermione was cut off by Harry saying, "Don't like? What does that mean? I know you hate her and you think she's a fake!" "Sticking up for her?" Hermione asked, her expression turning to one that looked that she found out who Harry liked. "OH course not! I hate her as much as you do! But you should at least admit it. I do, and so does Ron." Harry said proudly. Hermione just rolled her eyes. "As I was saying," she gave Harry a glare. "You still shouldn't make up the homework for her class. It's just a bad thing to do, and even more so because she believes what you write down." She said. "Whatever." Ron and Harry said together, wanting to change the conversation desperately.
Once everyone was done eating, all stuffed and filled with the delicious foods, Dumbledore once again stood up. Not that you are filled with food, it's time for you to go one to your rooms. Have a good night's rest, and be ready for a full day of lessons tomorrow!" At this, a loud groan filled the room, all the students wanting to forget the homework that was too soon to come. The students started getting up from their seats, talking loudly, before Dumbledore made one last statement. "Hermione Granger, Harry Potter, and Ron Weasly, please wait outside the Great Hall doors until we summon you back in. Thank you." Dumbledore finished his sentence, and sat back down. The 3 students called looked wearily and nervously to each other, before walking out the large Great Hall doors, standing off to the side. The new Gryffindor Prefect walked up to them. The new password is Gumdrop Lolly. Hope you're not in trouble already." He said, before calling all the Gryffindors into a line, leading them to their common room.
Back in the Great Hall, the door shut, and the teachers looked at the group at the table. "Now to business." Dumbledore said, looking over to Professor McGonagall. She nodded her head, and went into a back room, coming back out with an old, tatted, pointed hat. "This is the Sorting Hat." Dumbledore said, pointing to the hat. "It will sort you into the house you will be staying at this year. I will sort you, too, for you will need to know who you will be staying with and in which house." Dumbledore said, looking at Link, Tomoyo, Meiling, Yue, and Ruby-Moon. "Just put on the hat. The houses you can be sorted into are Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Gryffindor, or Slytherin." Dumbledore gave the hat to Eriol, and he put it on his head. 'Oh, Hello there, Mr. Hiiragizawa.' Said a small voice in his head. 'I see that you have been here before, as Clow Reed, is it? Very good, very good. Would you like to be put back into the house you were in before? You still have the same characteristics.' 'Whatever you like.' Eriol thought. 'Well, I see you have a small soft spot, for someone here, actually.' Eriol blushed at the statement, and looked straight forward. 'Tomoyo, is it? Well, I guess she is a very nice girl. Well, Gryffindor will do. GRYFFINDOR.' The hat yelled out, and Eriol took it off. He gave the hat to Tomoyo, blushing even deeper when their hands brushed together for a second. Tomoyo smiled in gratitude, and put on the hat. 'Well Hello, Ms. Daidouji. It's nice that you can be here. Let me see, you are very intelligent, cunning, witty, and very clever. You Are also very brave, and care deeply for all or our friends. You will be hard to choose for, seeing as how you would do perfectly in wither Ravenclaw or Gryffindor. Well, I see that you would like to be placed with the blue haired magician, so I'll place you in GRYFFINDOR!' the Hat yelled out once more, and Tomoyo handed the hat over to Sakura, Syaoran refusing to put it on. "You will have to put on the hat eventually, you know." Tomoyo said while grinning. Sakura placed on the old hat, and literally jumped out of her seat when she heard a voice in her head.
'Do not be afraid of me, young one.' Said the voice, and she calmed down slightly. 'A look inside your head said that you are very brave, although you don't look it. You are smart, have a good sense of humor, but you like to stomp on your brother's foot a lot.' Sakura chuckled slightly, still listening to the hat. 'You are proud, I can see that, clever most of the time, but you can be dense at times. I can also see that you have an immense power, one that might even surpass the Dark Lord himself. Now, where to put you? I know, I think you will probably do very well in GRYFFINDOR!' the hat said loudly. "Sakura took off the hat, and plopped it on Syaoran's head. Before he could react, the hat started talking, making Syaoran stop moving. 'Syaoran Li, future leader of the Li clan in China. Nice to meet you.' 'How does the hat know this?' Syaoran asked himself, but the hat answered for him. 'Because I can see everything that goes on inside your head.' The hat said. 'You can't know everything that goes on inside my head, there has to be something.' Syaoran thought to the hat. 'Well, I can see you have deep feelings for the Sakura girl.' The Sorting Hat said in his head in a matter-of-fact tone. Syaoran blushed deeply, trying not to look at Sakura, finding the floor to the Great Hall much more interesting. 'I see you have powers that are like the Sakura girl's, but she is a little more powerful than you, I'm afraid.' 'I don't care.' Syaoran thought, taking a very quick glance at Sakura with only his eyes, blushing once more to see that she was looking at him. 'Well, might as well help you get closer to her.' 'Said' the hat. 'GRYFFINDOR!' the hat said loudly, before being ripped off by Syaoran and shoved at Zelda, who took him gently.
The Sorting Hat was on Zelda's head for a little less than 10 seconds when it yelled out Gryffindor. She gingerly took the hat off, and gave it carefully to Link, who didn't move to take it. "Oh just take the hat! I'm not sitting here all day. Zelda said, looking sternly to Zelda. She read his thoughts, and sighed. She gave the hat to Yue who was closest to her, and he placed the hat on his head. 'I would like to be placed with my Mistress, if you would kindly place me in Gryffindor.' Yue thought, his face still showing no emotion. 'I will certainly do that. I'm very glad that Clow Reed created you with manners. That Syaoran boy was so rude.' The hat said to Yue, before yelled out Gryffindor. Yue took the hat off and handed it to Ruby- Moon, who was bouncing up and down on the spot, anticipating what the Sorting Hat was going to say. 'Why hello there. Very energetic, I see.' The Sorting Hat said in Ruby-Moon's head. She stopped bouncing, and listened to what the hat had to say. 'I can see that you obey your Master very well, and love to be with him.' The hat said to Ruby-Moon. I might as well place you with the rest, seeing as how you all have mostly the same good qualities. GRYFFINDOR!' the Sorting Hat yelled, before Ruby-Moon grabbed the hat off, and walked over to Meiling. Ruby- Moon placed the hat in front of her on the table, and walked back to stand behind Eriol. Meiling put on the hat, and almost like Zelda, the hat stayed on her head for 30 seconds before yelling out GRYFFINDOR! Meiling smiled, and took off the hat. She tossed it lightly through the air, and it landed gently upright at the feet of Link.
Everyone was now looking at Link as he sighed and took the hat in his hands. He placed it lightly on his head, and sat down in an extra chair. 'This is going to take some time.' Link thought to himself. 'I believe it will.' The Sorting Hat answered him, murmuring to itself. 'Now I wonder. You keep most of your emotions locked away, due to all the time in battle. Well, I see that you, out of everyone here, are the bravest of them all. Oh my. I see that you went through the same 18 years of your life 5 times, before heading out of Hyrule.' All the while the hat was talking with Link, the rest stood waiting, watching to see how much longer it would be. They thought it would only be a couple of seconds, like Zelda, before he would be sorted. But not it was going on for 5 minutes, and still nothing. Little did they know the Sorting Hat was going through much of Link's life, uncovering his memories, bringing back the painful as well as the good ones. 'You always had a thing with time, haven't you?' The Sorting Hat asked Link. Link didn't answer because the hat finished for him. 'Yes, you have. The same 18 years over and over, then, once you get a break from the same, you re-live the same 3 days over and over, countless times. It's good that you finally were able to get back here, but I don't believe your quest is finally over. I cannot go into details at the moment, but you must be aware of your surroundings.'
The 3 Hogwarts students were still waiting outside the Great Hall doors. Ron's ears were pressed to the door, trying to hear anything that might tell him they were to be called in soon. "You might as well give up, Ron." Hermione said, still sitting on the floor. "The Great Hall doors are soundproof." She said in a matter-of-fact tone. "Now where did you get that? Some book you read over the summer?" Ron asked, mocking Hermione. "Actually, it's common knowledge." Hermione stated. "You really should get out more."
Still sitting in the lone chair, Link had the sorting hat on now for 10 minutes, without being Sorted in the Least. Dumbledore's face was starting to get worried. This had never happened before. Maybe this Hylian was not to be sorted. He could only wait and watch. 'Well, you have the qualities of ever House. I can see it right here in your head. Now, you have powers great, magical and physical, but have a short span of magical abilities, if you get what I mean.' The hat said to Link inside his head. 'I am afraid that I do not.' Link thought calmly, waiting for the hat to go on. 'Well, what I mean is that you have very powerful magic in you, but you only know a couple of spells.' The hat explained. 'I see.' Link thought to the Sorting Hat. 'You will need time to learn new things, and the time will be coming soon. Again, I cannot go seep into it, but I have a feeling you will learn something new in this school. After all, this is a school for witchcraft and wizardry.' The hat said. 'Well, you don't mind where I put you, do you?' the hat asked Link. 'Of course not. This is your job, and if I was to make the decision for you, it would be my job.' The hat laughed quietly. 'Good sense of humor, too.' The hat added. 'Well, because you won't mind where I put you, I guess I'll place you here. Yes, it will be a fine place for you to stay.' The hat said through Link's mind. "SLYTHERIN!" The hat yelled out, before Link took the hat and handed it back to Dumbledore. Zelda looked a little sad, not being able to be with him, but Link gave her a reassuring smile when he heard her thoughts. 'Don't worry, I'm only sleeping there.' He said though their connection, and his words cheered Zelda up a bit.
"Now that the whole Sorting Hat ordeal is over," Dumbledore started, watching Professor McGonagall carry the Sorting Hat out of the room, "I would like to move to the more serious matters. There is something brewing that will take all of your efforts to defeat, and the help of others as well. Let us bring in the 3 who have been waiting outside this whole time, I think they are tired and want to go to their dorms.
The 3 students were still sitting outside the doors a little off to the side, Ron having given-up trying to listen through the door. The Great Hall huge doors silently swung open, and the 3 student scrambled to their feet, straightening their clothes and brushing the dirt off. The walked in a row into the majestic Hall, and moved to the front of the teacher's table. They heard the doors shut once again, and the glanced at each other nervously, before looking back at the teachers. "Have a seat." Professor Dumbledore said, summoning up some chairs with his wand. The 3 sat down, wondering why they were here. They all got a closer look at the new kids, people, animals, and creatures that were sitting and standing at the table. Dumbledore smiled at the students and others, before getting a very serious look on his face.
"I have grave news, which concerns all of you here. I actually probably concerns everyone around this area, Hyrule, and a place called Middle Earth, but you are the best around, so I called you here." Dumbledore said, keeping the students and even some of the teachers in suspense. 'I knew it. Something is happening, something very bad.' Link thought to Zelda, who only nodded grimly in return. "Let me show you. If you would, Professor Hiiragizawa." Dumbledore said, and Eriol nodded. He called upon his staff, amazing everyone but the CCS group and the Headmaster. He conjured a small silver ball, which turned into a huge silver screen that levitated in the air in front of everyone present. The screen started playing, and showed a sight that shocked everyone.
'~There were 12 masked, hooded, and black cloaked figures standing all around 2. One in the middle was a very small man, fully cloaked except for his hands, where one of them was transparent, and seemed to be glowing a dark red. It acted just as the other hand did, but anyone who knew about magic could tell that it was a very strong, powerful hand that was made from dark magic. He was kneeling on the ground, inside a small circle of candles lit with black flames. He was hunched over a large dark brown, leather bound book. He was chanting something, probably a curse or incantation from the book. The other figure in the circle of cloaked people was a tall man, with features that could not be identified besides a set of red gleaming eyes that seemed to pierce through the soul of the one on the ground. A blood red portal opened up in front of the kneeling person, and grew larger and larger. It was upright, as so someone or something could step out of it. A large dark black figure's image appeared inside the portal, and started moving as to break through the portal and get over to the cloaked people.~'
Suddenly the scene changed, and the newcomers at Hogwarts and the 3 Hogwarts students groaned in annoyance, but they quieted down when they say what came next one the screen.
'~There were distinguishable creatures, all in lines looking to a row of figures far in the distance. It was an army. The figures that filled the army were what appeared to be orcs, trolls, huge spiders, goblins, wolves, and even a huge black and red dragon. They were all watching the figures in the distance, not one of them moving. As the view got closer to the figures, you could see that there were 10 of them. 9 of the creatures were large figures clad all in long, ragged, and matted black cloaks. They were sitting atop 9 black stallions, which had silver-black armor on and semi helmets. Each of the things on the horses had black swords at their sides, every part of the swords concealed in the cloaks except for a small part of the hilt. The last figure out there was a lone, tall man. He was dressed in all white robes, which fell down to his feet, where a pair of white sandals were. The man had shaggy white hair and a long white beard, falling to just about his waist. He had cold black eyes, and was standing in front of a red orb that had appeared in front of him. When it got stopped growing in size, the tall white haired man grabbed a rolled up piece of parchment, and handed it to one of the figures on a horse. They took it with a hand covered in black leather gloves with metal on them, and placed it inside his robes. The tall man stepped out of the way, and 5 of the 9 horses with their rides rode off full speed into the portal. Once they were done, the front line of orcs stepped inside, after waiting about 2 minutes.~'
The scene changed once more, going back to the one it had previously been on, and no one said a word. They were stunned that that many creatures could be arranged in one place. They watched the next scene, no one wanting it to have happened or be happening.
'~The figure on the ground was still chanting, the taller one standing behind him. The people in the circle around them took large steps back, creating an opening around the 2 figures in the center. The huge black figure showed back up in the red portal, and a large horse with a cloaked rider rode through, followed by 4 more of the same thing. The 1st one to enter took out the large rolled up parchment, and handed it to the figure with red eyes. He read the parchment and laughed quietly, emitting a low hissing sound along with the laugh. His eyes went back to the portal as he saw about 100 orcs step out. It was the 1st line in the army, and it visibly pleased the standing figure.10 of the orcs stepped forward, kneeling on one knee, bowing their heads while they did. The kneeling didn't last long. One of the figures on a horse jumped down, unsheathed his sword, and killed all 10 orcs, all the while the figure on the ground reading a different spell. A large black portal formed underneath the dead bodies of the orcs, the orcs sinking through it, disappearing. A figure started coming back out of it, making it seam that it was a sacrificial offering. The portal got a little smaller, but not by much, as a huge black shadow emerged from the black portal, the portal evaporating into nothing when the figure was completely out. The shadow started to take form and color, from the bottom to the top. The color and form showed large cast iron black boots that were cut off quickly and replaced with black armor, which traveled up the person's legs. On each of their knees was a short but very sharp looking yellow spike. The armor went still higher, covering everything that could be seen. When you could see the waist, you could also see a long dagger in a black and brown sheath. The further the shadow took form, the more black armor you saw. On the arms was more armor, covered by a light, dark gray cloth with a blue and red pattern on it that stretched from the writs to the elbow. The hands were a pale sickening green color, and the tops of his hands were covered with a large black piece of metal that stopped before the knuckles and thumb. The rest of their body was covered in the black metal, more small yellow spikes on their shoulders and neck covering. On the chest plate was another piece of the gray cloth held on by small blue rings attached to the plate. The neck of the now distinguishable man was the same color of his hands, the pale green, and he had a tall neck covering that went to just below his ears. You could now see part of his face, which showed a long pointed green nose and an evil smirk. His eyes were the color of blood, deep red that seemed to be able to pierce through cold steel. His hair was the same red color, and on his forehead was a blue and yellow pendent.~'
Zelda and Link gasped loudly and stood up so fast their chairs flew to the ground. They looked over at each other, then quickly back to the screen. "Ganondorf!" They both yelled at the exact same time.
(A.N. Well, that's the end of my 4th chapter. Sorry for not updating sooner, but this was better than the 2 weeks I said last time. If you have any ideas, I'd love to hear them. Thanks so much for reviewing, and keep doing that please! I don't know when the next chapter will be coming out, but just to warn you, it might be a while. Packed schedules are not good for writing long stories. Thanks again, and I hope you like my story! Oh, and, I've always wanted it to end in a cliffhanger! Bye!)