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The creature that Hari knew as Chopper entered Hari's bedroom. The door shut behind him, and Hari heard a click. The click of the door locking.

Joy.

And so Hari trembled, not easily noticeable. Given, however, that it was his own body that was trembling, Hari noticed it very easily. He was afraid.

But really, what reasons could he have to be afraid? Sure, Chopper was a creature of unknown origin, one who could likely kill him in one punch in his larger form, but why would Chopper do that? *If Chopper is dangerous to me, then Doctor Kureha wouldn't have sent him in here, nor had him bring me water…* Hari gazed at Chopper, who seemed to be more afraid of Hari than Hari would have thought.

*Seriously, he can transform into a form far larger than I am, why would he be afraid of me?* Hari made his decision. "Are you okay?" Hari made a simple inquiry. Chopper gripped himself, shaking back and forth, silent. *Was this really the best way to get us together?*, Hari wondered. Perhaps not, but in Doctor Kureha's mind, it certainly was.

*Sounds like they're at an impasse.* Doctor Kureha sighed as she listened to the events through the door. Now what? Nothing seemed to be changing. Her next idea might have made a bit more sense to an observer than the first. To get two foes to work together, one must supply a common enemy or obstacle. Kureha decided to apply said principle. By walking away. For better or for worse, she would be their common enemy. Now if only they could realize that.

Back in Hari's bedroom, Hari was feeling similarly annoyed at the impasse. Doctor Kureha would likely not let him and Chopper out until they befriended each other, he reasoned. And based on the fact that they were currently making no progress(Hari was still lying in bed, Chopper was trembling less, but was still completely silent and huddled in the other corner), Hari figured that if this continued going on at the current rate, there would be no dinner for either of them today.

Hari staggered out of his bed, and made use of the crutches which previously lay next to it to "walk" over to the room's door. He then raised one of his crutches and started bashing the door with it. "Come on, let us out! Nothing's happening here!" There was, ominously, no reply. "OUT!" Hari continued bashing the door. Two things he didn't know were important here: one, courtesy of some architectural paranoia, when Drum Castle was constructed, every one of its doors were made as strong as the main gate. So, there was no chance that a frostbitten eleven-year-old child was going to break through. And two: Doctor Kureha was currently in the dining hall, a far distance away from Hari's bedroom, eating ice cream.

"open… up…" Hari continued bashing the door, but brought forth no change in the door's state. He bashed it one more time, then collapsed, exhausted. He barely managed to make it back to his bed before he fell asleep, feeling hungry before bed for the first time in a long time. A few hours later, he was awoken by a large impact. Or rather, the sound of one(thankfully). He jerked up, watching Chopper in his larger form punch the door. "Eh?" Why it was that humans often lost their ability to speak normally when watching incredible things, Hari didn't know. He did, however, know that perhaps he should be getting up.

He got up. Chopper didn't notice, being more focused on punching down the door. "Heavy Gong!" The last punch landed, and the door seemed to implode to Harry's eyes. The door flew off its hinges, and splintered from the inside out at the same time. *How could anybody capable of that be afraid of me?* Chopper turned back when he heard Hari's first crutch impact the floor. But rather than looking afraid, he simply smiled. "Wanna come with me?", he implored.

"I… what?"

"Doctor Kureha locked us both in there… and I wanna get her back!" Chopper's wide grin was immediately met by Hari's own. "Let's go!" For the moment, the duo put aside their fear for each other, which was exactly what Doctor Kureha wanted.

She simply didn't expect it to happen so soon, which is why she was unprepared for Chopper and Hari bursting into the dining hall while she was doing her stretches. "Get her!" But just because she was unprepared, didn't mean she couldn't do anything. No, the reason she couldn't do anything was because of the bolo Hari tossed at her(demonstrating his hand's healing progress), ensnaring her legs and causing her to bash her head upon the floor. Which, thankfully for Chopper and Hari, resulted in unconsciousness.

When she came to, she was in an unoccupied bedroom, with one of her former patients occupying a second bed that had been moved into the room. A moment later, she was at the door, jiggling the doorknob. Locked. "DAMMIT!" Then she noticed something on her hands—a pair of handcuffs. Sea prism stone—she didn't even know that there were any sea prism stone handcuffs in the castle! So she couldn't use her full strength to punch. Then she noticed the key. And then she noticed a peculiar happening of the handcuff's construction—she wouldn't be able to insert the key herself. And then she realized that the patient was one of the worst she ever had, not because of the patient's injuries, but because of how just plain difficult the patient was.

She realized what Chopper and Hari had set up immediately. And to make matters worse, they had done it better than she had.

"DAMMIT!"

Meanwhile, back at the dining hall, Hari and Chopper were finally conversing in earnest.

"So you ate a magical fruit when you were younger, and it made you able to shapeshift into a human?"

"Yup!"

"Huh." This only further cemented Hari's belief that he was no longer within his own world, given that he knew there were no magical fruits in his own world. This was incorrect, as there were quite a few magical gardeners within his own world, but then again, Hari knew nothing of his own world's magic, so perhaps that could be excused. "I think that's awesome!"

"Really? You don't think it makes me a monster?"

"Well, that's a given—" Hari noticed Chopper droop, and a tear fall from his eye… "—but honestly? There's nothing wrong with that."

"Really?!"

"Really. For you, at least. You're talking to me right now, right? You're not trying to kill me, right? So what's wrong with that?"

"I… but I was hunted down for it…"

Hari was silent for a moment. "I can't see why anybody would do that if they knew you…" Then he gripped Chopper with both his arms and squeezed. Said action might be better known as a "hug".

"I… thanks."

"Not a problem." Hari was silent for another moment. "So before you came here, whoever you met was afraid of you for who you are? I guess…" Hari hesitated, but pushed through. This was a world where his freakishness could be tolerated. "we're the same then, huh?"

"What? How?"

"You're a monster… I'm a freak. When I was younger… weird things happened around me, things that I wanted to happen… sometimes. A glass wall into a zoo enclosure vanished for a moment, just long enough for my stepbrother to fall through, then reappeared… my teacher's wig turned blue… my hair instantly grew back after it was cut… and other things. And to top it all off… when I was unhappy after the worst day of my life… I was suddenly here."

Chopper immediately returned the hug. "But that's okay, right? If it's okay for me to be a monster, then it's okay for you to be a freak, right?"

"I suppose so, but my stepparents didn't think so…"

"Kahk kahk kahk!" Hari and Chopper whirled in place, turning to face the one person they had hoped to not see for a while longer. The hag, the doctor, Doctor Kureha.

"My, you two are getting along well, as I thought you would! Kahk kahk kaki!"

Hari stared at her. "That is not a laugh. That will never be a laugh."

"Deal with it, boy! KAHK KAHK!" Doctor Kureha quieted. "As I thought, you two are one and the same! And based on how you're so lively, Hari, I think you're ready for combat therapy!"

"Doctorine-"

"Nope! No buts! I say he's ready and that is how it is! Heeheehee!"

Hari noticed a drop of sweat fall from his face.

A few minutes later…

"NO! Stop hitting the dummy and start HITTING IT!"

Hari huffed. Clearly this was vengeance for locking Doctor Kureha within the spare bedroom. He raised his aching fist once again, and punched. "NO! HIT IT!" He punched again.

Chopper wasn't faring much better, and although Hari knew Chopper was far stronger than he was, Chopper was weighed down by a set of weights that seemed to be making his workout just as hard for him as it was for Hari.

"AGAIN!" Hari hit the dummy. His hand bled. "Can I…" "NO! AGAIN!" Hari hit the dummy. "AGAIN!" Hari hit the dummy. "AGAIN!" Hari hit… the dummy. "AGAIN!" Hari… hit… the… dummy. "AGAIN!" Hari dropped to the floor.

"Bah!" Hari downright screeched as he was pulled to his feet. "Use your anger, boy! You've been mistreated all the years of your life! Surely you must be angry! USE IT!" Hari hurt. But Kureha was right. He was angry. "GRAAAAGH!" And he had no idea where that came from. He PUNCHED the dummy.

Has it been mentioned before that strong emotion, combined with strong desire, are the catalysts for accidental magic? A flash of golden light flew through Hari's hand as it impacted the dummy.

There was no more dummy, only debris, sent flying against the wall.

Author's Notes:

That's chapter 4 done. The next chapter will be The King.

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