Chapter 7

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Aguamenta: Basically this chapter will be some summery and some villain relationship development.

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HP

The trio's attempts to destroy the locket had all failed dismally. They had been unable to return to Grimmauld Place and were forced to keep on the move, never staying in one place for a night or two. The odd black creatures continued to make appearances and Hermione continued to have difficulty conjuring her silver otter. After hearing about the punishment of their friends and Ron's sister Ron left, leaving Hermione and Harry alone to face the trials of isolation and the black creatures that stole hearts. Hermione and Harry went to Godric's Hollow and were attacked by Nagini and nearly caught by Voldemort. They arrived in the Forest of Dean where they encountered a silver doe. Harry had gone and followed the doe only to find that it had led him to a frozen pool, where under the cold ice laid the sword of Gryffindor at the bottom. Harry dived in after the sword only to be nearly throttled by the Horcrux locket. A moment later he had been pulled out of the pool by Ron, who had somehow found his way back to them. Using the sword, Ron succeeded in destroying the Horcrux. They returned to camp and the trio had agreed to go speak to Xenophilius Lovegood, who told them the story of the three brothers and how it related to the Deathly Hallows. They then returned to a lonely, isolated place and set up camp.

KH

The quest for finding Maleficent had not gone very well. For many months Sora, Riku, Kairi, Donald and Goofy had travelled to many worlds where their allies lived, hoping for any clues at all. So far no one had been able to tell them of Maleficent's true origins, or where she was currently residing. On most of the worlds they had gone to, the heatless have been acting up, along with another mysterious new enemy. These creatures were tall, cloaked, had dark, scabby hands and sent a chill down their spines whenever they came near. These creatures had gone sucking happiness out of every being they had met and it seemed that only the keyblade stood a chance against them. The five friends were beginning to despair, though a chance meeting with the king had lifted their spirits. Their last hope was the Horcrux-seeking medallion, it was slim hope, one that may not even exist, but they had faith in Merlin.

V/M

Maleficent had little hope in her brother's death eaters. How hard could it have been to track down one simple seventeen-year-old boy? The witch had been doing what she could to teach them the ways of darkness, but they continued to fail both her and her brother. How did he put up with them? Voldemort, on the other hand had become quite impressed with what his sister had brought to this world, and Maleficent had given him and his death eaters full control over the heartless, and were encouraged to practice the cuciactus curse on Pete whenever he failed. That happened quite often. Honestly, who was Maleficent to talk? Her idiotic follower couldn't catch water if it was raining, let alone a seventeen year old. Besides he had Harry Potter to worry about.

"I honestly do not see why you put up with that idiot," Voldemort said to his sister. The two of them were sitting in a dark living room completely devoid of any of their servants, allowing them complete privacy. Both were sitting in dark silver throne-like chairs and sipping tea from black china cups, while a roaring fire burned behind them. Nagini rested in front of the fire, near Voldemort's feet and Diablo, Maleficent's raven sat on her shoulder. "You used to have such good judgement in followers, Angela," he added.

"He's no less useful then the fools you command," she sneered, "tell me, have they managed to capture any children yet?"

Voldemort scowled, "Remember, one is a child of prophecy with a girl that even Severus says is the brightest witch of her age, and the other is a world hopping, keyblade master. My followers are not useless, far from it. At any rate we need them to rule the worlds. We could do it alone of course, with our power over dementors and the heartless, but it would take longer, not that time holds any sway over us."

Maleficent chuckled darkly and took a sip of her tea, "Oh, Tom, how very right you are. We do need to decide how to spread our forces. One world at a time or spread ourselves thin and dominate two or three in one go."

Voldemort frowned, thinking hard, "Perhaps it would be best to at the very least rule this world completely, thus establishing a base from which to attack others. We can move forward from there and continue our sporadic attacks utilizing dementors and heartless as we go. Of course my followers and your idiot will continue to seek out yours and my nemeses."

"Very well, then." Maleficent replied calmly, "I had some of your followers set up camp at Radiant Garden; I have a feeling that Sora and his friends might stop by there."

Voldemort, though upset, didn't object to her ordering around his followers, "And why would that be?" he asked.

"They have many allies on that world and that same world had been my domain for ten years,"

"Very well, you organize that ambush. I must take a journey to a prison to continue my search for the weapon that will make me unbeatable."

"I don't see why I don't get the wand," snarled Maleficent.

"Your wand, though snapped, will still beat your enemy. My wand on the other hand shares a connection with Potter's. I need something more powerful if I'm to beat him."

HP

"Can you believe what Lovegood was about to do?" Ron snapped at Harry and Hermione, who had just escaped from the clutches of the death eaters at the Lovegood house.

"He was just desperate," replied Harry, "anyway about what he said. It must be true. I have one Hallow, and Volde-"

"Harry NO!" exclaimed Ron and Hermione at once.

"-mort is after the wand."

"Hermione, you need to set up the wards again. I told you the name's jinxed." Ron exclaimed as the sneakoscope began twirling and making noise.

"Too late," moaned Ron, as Hermione, thinking quickly, cast a stinging spell at Harry and removed his glasses. Suddenly the black creatures from before appeared out of the ground, the three of them quickly drew their wands and cast expecto patronum. However, the three were too busy focused on the creatures that they didn't notice a handful of men enter the tent and drag them outside. Outside of the tent were Fenrir Greyback and a large being slightly resembling a cat in colourful clothing, both of whom were standing by a captive goblin and Dean Thomas.

"Well, what do we got here?" the large one said in a gruff voice.

"What's your name?" asked Greyback, sneering at Hermione, who replied in a shaky but clear voice, "Penelope Clearwater, half blood."

"Stan Shunpike," said Ron.

"We know Shunpike," scowled a death eater who punched Ron in the nose, "He's put a bit of work our way."

"I'b Bardney, Bardney Weasley," corrected Ron, as blood flowed down his face.

"And you?" questioned Greyback, leering at Harry, who was unrecognizable.

"Dudley," relied Harry quickly.

"And your first name?"

"I-Vernon, Vernon Dudley."

"Look at what I found," called a death eater, emerging from the tent with a ruby encrusted sword, the one Hermione had been shining.

"There not on the list," called another.

"what do ya think we should do with 'em?" asked Ron's captor.

"Well," Greyback was about to say, before the cat-like man interrupted him.

"I say what we do!" he said in a tone that reminded Harry of Dudley in a tantrum, "If it weren't for my heartless, these kids would have got away!"

"Heartless?" Hermione asked, "What are heartless?"

"Shut it girl," shouted her captor who had dragged her to be tied up with the others, but the large being smirked.

"Heartless are the dark creatures that provided the distraction. The steal hearts you know...making you into one of them." Hermione gasped softly as the one holding Harry looked at him with confusion.

"Doesn't he look a bit like Harry Potter to ya guys?" he asked.

"You idiot, does he has a scar. No? Didn't think so, now I say we-" the large one said.

"Well this could be it, a little stretched out, but possible." Interrupted the Death Eater.

"We're not taking this lot to the Ministry," grinned Greyback, "we're going to Malfoy Manor, and the boy's going straight to the Dark Lord."

KH

"Remind me again what we're doing back here," grumbled Donald. The party of five had driven the gummi ship back to Radiant Garden, after a long time of searching, but finding nothing.

"Because we are getting nowhere with all the searching we've been doing, and we need an update from Merlin," Riku replied a lot harsher than he intended, while the duck crossed his arms.

"Whatever you say, mister know-it-all," the duck grumbled.

The five exited the gummi ship, taking in the sight of water defying gravity. They didn't have long to enjoy the sight before they were surrounded by the happiness draining creatures. Sora, Riku, and Kairi's keyblades appeared in their hands. Donald and Goofy sought to distract the creatures, so not one noticed the figures in black robes and silver masks until it was too late. Kairi slammed her keyblade against one of the creatures, but then a black-robed figure grabbed the girl and pulled her off to the side, causing her to let out a surprised and terrified shriek.

"Kairi!" Sora turned his back on the battle in front of him, to see her being held captive. But as soon as he had, he too was pulled away from the battle by another figure similarly dressed to the one who held Kairi. Seconds later, five more figures jumped down from the top of the falls, surrounding them. Three of them had restrained Riku, Goofy and Donald, while the two who were left looked at their captives in amusement.

"See? I told you!" one said in a familiar feminine voice.

"Duly noted," replied the one with blonde hair that was visible under his hood, "she will be most pleased with us," he smirked as he strode over to Sora and the others.

"I've heard much about you, Keyblade Master," He said calmly as he brushed one of Sora's spikes between his gloved fingers.

"Let's get on with it Lucius," cried the feminine voice, "though I do wish we could torture them just a bit. No one would know."

"No, Bella, we have our orders. Now let's get them back to my manor."

"Our family's manor," replied the one named Bella.

"Um, I'd hate to interrupt what seems like a happy family conversation," Riku began, "But how did you know we were here?" Bella let out a crazy laugh, which reminded Riku of Larxene, and began to walk over to the silver-haired boy.

"Well, aren't you the demanding one," Bella laughed, "I'm afraid you don't have a right to know," as soon as the last sentence was uttered; she took her hand and slapped Riku across the face. The rest of the group let out gasps of shock and began to struggle harder. Then, Bella pulled Riku's head back by his hair, pulled out a knife and pointed it at the young man's neck.

"No need to struggle, children," she mocked as she glanced at Lucius, who raised his hand and opened a corridor of darkness. The five were dragged through it.

A/N Aguamenta: Our first cliffhanger and possibly our longest chapter.

PrismRain13: Dun dun dun! I don't know why, but i find these scenes very entertaining to write.

Aguamenta: Especially the tea... anyway if you're a little confused about the first part about Harry, Ron and Hermione, read the part in Deathly Hallows between the Ministry and the Lovegood's. Or watch part 1 of Deathly Hallows and you'll know what's going on. Just add in heartless.

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