Help From Afar

A series of oneshots that boil down to various crossover girls showing up to yell at Dumbledore over his treatment of Harry and possibly burn his beard off.

And we're back with an idea for a crossover I'm surprised I haven't used before considering how much I loved the Anime. Hell, my Avatar is one of the characters in it! Anyway, enjoy!

Merry Nightmare

The first indication of the nightmare that was about to consume Dumbledore's existence was when the instruments that monitored the blocks he'd placed on Harrys...everything and the chunk of Soul in his scar let out a loud warble and melted into slag. Naturally, the manipulative old wether immediately jumped to his feet and ran through the Floo to his spy's home, the Squib Mrs Figg, and out into the street, ignoring her crys of protest. Outside, it took a moment to locate where Harry was with a spell, which pointed him in the direction of a nearby park.

Considering his age, it didn't take long for him to arrive and when he did, it was to find Harry sitting on a bench with a rather oddly dressed girl (Pot meet kettle) sharing what appeared to be a box of doughnuts. The girl looked like she was in her early teens, with short, purple hair, green eyes with small, purple triangles under them and was wearing a white hat with a pink eye symbol on the front and ribbons on the sides. She was dressed rather provocatively for such a young looking girl, with a camisole undershirt that has a design that looks like a "Z" covered in nothing but a long, white coat with the same closed eye symbol as on her hat on the shoulders and curled tails. She wore a white skirt, black and white stockings and black shoes.

There was also something...off about her. Dumbledore wasn't sure what it was, but his magical senses were screaming at him that the girl wasn't a normal Human, magical or otherwise. After a moment's contemplation of this strange being, Dumbledore decided to actively get to the bottom of this. He could always just Obliviate the two of each other and leave without them knowing he was there, but he was curious. The girl could be useful to his plans. Her bared stomach and arms were well toned, indicating that she was in excellent shape.

He approached the two, plastered his Grandfatherly smile on his face and cleared his throat. The two teens looked up and the old man nearly had a heart attack when he saw that Harry was wearing a bandage over his scar.

"Hello Professor," said Harry, suprise clear in his voice, "What are you doing here?"

"I just wanted to make sure you were alright Harry my boy," said Dumbledore, before he turned his gaze on the girl, who was looking up at him with guarded eyes, "And who is this?"

"Oh, this is…"

"Merry Nightmare," said the girl, not taking her eyes of Dumbledore.

The old man had to fight the urge to shift under her stare. It was every bit as intense as Lily Potters had been when she was suspicious or annoyed about something. He also couldn't help but notice that the girls pupils were rectangular like a goats and her ears were pointed. Yes, definitely not normal.

"I see," said the old man, "May I ask how you two met?"

Harry and Merry glanced at each other.

"Um, Merry helped me out with a...problem I was having," said Harry, "Shes also been helping me with the nightmares from...that night."

Merry put a hand on Harrys shoulder and the boy smiled at her. Dumbledore frowned slightly. This wasn't good. He needed Harry to be mentally vulnerable so he could better be guided on the correct path. That was why he had ordered Harrys friends not to write to him over the summer after all. It certainly didn't help that these two seemed far too close for his liking. They were apparently relatively recent acquaintances, but the closeness between them indicated that a strong friendship, or possibly more, could very well grow between the two of them. Dumbledore couldn't allow that, not when he knew nothing about Merry and thus, had no way to control her. However, before he did anything about her, he needed to know one more thing.

"Harry, why are you wearing that bandage?" he asked.

"Oh, um, after Merry helped me, my scar burst and started bleeding," said Harry, absently touching the bandage, "Its healing well now and hasnt bothered me since."

Dumbledores eyes widened in shock as that piece of information hit him like a fist to the gut. That was...impossible! No Human could destroy a Horcrux that easily! Now it was even more vital that he get the Nightmare girl away from Harry before she could do any more damage. He whipped out his wand and pointed it at the girl, shooting a bolt of white light at her before either teen could react. The Memory Charm hit the girl...and splashed against her skin without doing anything.

Before Dumbledore could probably react to the failure of his spell, the girl was moving. She flipped over the bench the two were sitting on and used the seat as a lever to slam a kick into Dumbledore's gut, sending him flying back with the wind knocked out of him. She was incredibly strong, far to strong to be Human.

"Hey, whats the big idea!" yelled Merry as she landed, her left foot coming down on Dumbledores dropped wand with a loud crack.

Dumbledore couldn't answer, both because he had no air to do so with and also because he was in shock over the destruction of the Elder Wand.

"I recognize that spell!" said Harry as he got to his feet too, glaring down at Dumbledore, "That was the Memory Charm!"

"Memory Charm?" asked Merry, glancing at Harry in askance.

"Yeah, it wipes the targets memory," said Harry, not letting up his glare.

Merry's eyes widened, before she fixed Dumbledore with an even more intense glare.

"So what your saying is that this old moron just tried to steal my memories?" she growled, cracking her knuckles.

"Pretty much," said Harry, "Guess he doesn't like the idea of me being friends with anyone outside of his sphere of influence."

Dumbledore looked up sharply as he tried to regain his breath.

"Oh, you didn't think I'd noticed that?" asked Harry, "I'm not an idiot Dumbledore. I know that Ronald was trying to keep people from making friends with me. Well, too bad for you, this was the last straw! I was willing to put up with it at school since I couldn't do anything about it, but now I can."

He reached into his pocket and threw a letter at the old man.

"There, my withdrawal letter," he said, "I won't be returning to Hogwarts. I'm leaving Britain too. You can deal with Voldemort yourself, I'm done being your puppet."

He turned away and picked up the rucksack that had been leaning against the bench.

"Come on Merry, lets go," he said.

"Can we get more donuts?" asked the girl as she and Harry walked away, leaving a defeated Dumbledore on the ground, trying to figure out what in the world had just happened.

That would be the last time the British Magical world saw of Harry, but his life was certainly an eventful one, fighting against invading Dream Demons alongside Merry and the friends he met on the journey. Many years later, after finally managing to defeat the one behind it all, Pharos Heracles, the Wizard and the Gatekeeper vanished from the Human world together.

And done. A tad different this time since it was more Harry chewing out Dumbles with the help of his girl this time. Plus, that ending is kinda weak, but its been ages since I watched Dream Eater Merry...eh, whatever.

Next time should be more on point, mainly because the ladies I have in mind are both powerful and extremely violent, especially if I add in their male companion. Then again, he'll probably spend the entire time laughing at Dumbledores feeble attempts then scare the everloving shit out of him. Should be fun, no? Until then, please leave a review!