Harry Potter's Meteor Crisis
Disclaimer & Author's Note: I do not own Harry Potter, any mentioned Harry Potter characters, and I do not own the characters of Final Fantasy VII or the series themselves. I do own whatever minor OCs that pop up as fillers, and this strange half-altered novelization plotline.
CHAPTER SEVEN
President Shinra smiled to himself as already he was getting reviews and reports on the sudden up in rate production. He looked away from his main screen, and looked at another monitor, where he typed away on the keyboard, before clicking send with the ball mouse.
"And when dawn comes, I'll have AVALANCHE executed."
And this was his last thought on this night.
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Harry yawned, as his eyes open up. He blushed when he realized that he and Aerith were cuddling up on the cot. Carefully he removed himself from her grasp, and stretched his arms to the side… only to notice a disturbing scenario. Blood trails, and the single guard posted by their cells: murdered.
"What the hell…?"
He walked over to the door that was left wide open and stuck in place, grimacing at all the coagulated blood smearing the walls, floor, and part of the ceiling.
"Guys! Guys, wake up!" Harry shouted, rushing past Cloud and Tifa to check on Red and Barret.
"Wha? What the hell's all the noise?"
"What the hell happened?" Cloud questioned, taking sight of the blood.
Tifa went over and examined the dead guard.
"Completely dead..."
"Damn... how could a body twist like that... that's inhuman." The guard's head was completely twisted backwards, the eyes were missing, and blood caked at the mouth where the tongue was missing.
"Hm... the blood leads a trail. I'll go on ahead."
"I'm going with Red," Harry said, following the fire lion.
"You guys follow those two, I'll catch up," Barret said. The three nodded and left.
Harry and Red XIII had taken out the last pink worm-like monsters with six eyes, four tentacle-like arms, and purple flesh-like horns; down below Cloud and the girls fought similar enemies in the blood littered hallways.
They arrived into the lab, where the dome to Jenova was broken and ripped apart. There a lot of blood was spilled.
"Jenova... did it escape...?"
"The blood leads to above," Red said as he and Harry ran off. Cloud was staring at the broken capsule, before he and the girls followed.
The group went up the back elevator, and followed the trail of blood and dead bodies. The woman from before was now brutally massacred. The door leading to the 69th floor was mysteriously unlocked, as security was littering the carpets with blood, and body parts.
"This is fucking disgusting..." Harry mumbled as they ran up the stairs, the sounds of Barret's boots thumping behind.
They were greeted by a sight. President Shinra, head on the table, with a sword in his back.
Barret lowered his gun-arm. "What...? He's dead... the leader of Shinra, Inc... Is dead," Barret mumbled.
"The sword..." Tifa ran over, around the desk, and went close to the body, Harry beside her as he looked at the seven foot long blade, "This must be...?"
"Sephiroth's," Cloud confirmed.
"Sephiroth is alive?" Tifa asked, unsure if she wanted to know the truth or not. It was frightening her.
"Sephiroth...?"
Suddenly, Harry noticed movement, and then Palmer was making a run for it. Cloud saw this and caught the fat man, who was babbling about Sephiroth coming, killing everyone before stabbing the president in the back, literally.
The sound of a helicopter soon arrived, and Palmer took the chance to escape out onto the balcony of the top floor.
"Rufus! FUCK! I forgot all about him!" Barret swore.
"The Vice President Rufus Shinra. The President's son?"
Barret nodded. Cloud said nothing, except run out to the balcony door. The others quickly followed the man.
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The six had ran to the balcony, where they confronted a man wearing white dress slacks, undershirt with black tie, and a white dress shirt with coattails, and black polished shoes.
"So, Sephiroth was actually here... By the way..." Palmer escaped to the helicopter which had landed. He turned his attention to the arrivals, "Who are you?"
Cloud stepped up. "I'm Cloud, former SOLDIER First Class."
"I'm from AVALANCHE!" Barret shouted.
"Same here," Tifa replied.
"... A flower girl from the slums," Aerith spoke up.
"A research specimen..." Red XIII.
The light of the moon reflected off his glasses briefly as he looked at the young blonde, who eerily reminded him of his childhood bully, Draco. "Harry Potter..."
"Hm, interesting group of people assembled here tonight." The starts glittered in the indeed-night sky, as the full moon casted a glow upon them, "say child, have you been injected with Mako? Your emerald eyes seem to have a glow upon them."
"Many people say that... but I am sure I never had Mako inside of me... I'm not really from around Midgar."
Rufus simply nodded, accepting the answer. "Of course, they are like the brightest emeralds. But, back to topic, I am Rufus, the President of Shinra Inc."
"That's onl' cuz your dad died!" Barret yelled.
He turned to face the city, over Sector 4 and 3. "I'll probably let you hear my new appointment speech..."
He walked up to Tifa, who flinched. "The old man tried to control the world with money... and of course," he then went up to Aerith brushing a strand of hair from his eyes, "the population thought Shinra would protect them..."
He smiled briefly as he walked over, stopped, and then glanced at Barret who glared right back. "Work for Shinra, you get paid. And if the threat of terrorists emerge, Shinra will defend."
He cleared his throat, as he turned to glance at Harry, who on reflex reached for his sword. Rufus however just smiled sweetly – perhaps too sweetly. He returned to his former position on the balcony, and did the hair sweep motion.
"Looks perfect, but I do things differently... I control with fear, the plan my father had followed took too much... foolish old man. You see folks; a little fear will control the minds of the common people. There's no reason to waste money on them."
"He sure loves his speeches, just like his father," Tifa remarked.
"We should get out of here quick," Harry spoke up.
"I agree with Harry," said Cloud, as he stood guard, keeping his eyes on Rufus Shinra, "Harry, get the others out of the building. I'll catch up."
"Do be careful, Cloud," Harry told the man.
"Don't fret, kid. I'll be fine." He smiled briefly, before returning his glare at Rufus, who just smiled, also not wavering in his glare.
Harry and Barret led the girls and their lupine friend away from the balcony. Rufus made a step, but stopped when Cloud slowly deploys the Buster Sword.
"So… Cloud…" Rufus smiled, making Cloud's glare grow colder.
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The second team in question went to the elevators, as Tifa remained on the floor below the top floor, to wait for Harry and Cloud.
"Get to the first floor. Once Cloud and Harry take care of Rufus, we'll get down there as well."
"Alright Tifa."
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When they began descending the elevator, it went much slower than usual, as the second elevator nearby lowered to them with a techno-soldier tank armed with gun-arm machines. It took aim and shattered the glass that protected them from falling, before it fired at them. They ducked to evade the gunshots.
"Damn, we can't jump. It's too far to leap," Barret cursed, before he just open fired with his gun.
The bullets graze the armor, as it retaliated, managing to harm the man. Red howled as it casted a Fire spell, and Harry casted Thunder. The machine shuddered from the electrical pulse. Red XIII howled when his Limit Break snapped, and he defied gravity logic and struck the machine with a Sled Fang attack before seemingly retreating back next to Barret and Aerith.
"Take this ya hunk of metal scrap!" Barret casted Fire spells, which melted the guns on its shoulders. Aerith casted another Bolt spell, before the outer armor blew up and a flying machine popped out. She attacked with another Bolt spell, while Red and Barret attacked using their Fire Materia. She gave off a glow, before she spun her staff. Her hands glowed brightly before a whirlwind of light swirled around the trio, healing their injuries.
"Time to blow it up," Harry said, throwing two cooking grenades towards the machine's platform. Explosions ensued. The elevator broke off and plummeted, however the giant robot exploded, sending forth a flying machine that took aim with its guns. Barret unleashed another round of gun fire, jamming one of the propellers; however it got off a shot, sending him nearly going over the edge. It was hanging loosely, before Aerith finished it off with a Blizzard spell, and then a Thunder spell, the melted water off the previous attack adding more damage. It blew up. The elevator they were on shuddered before it returned to normal speed.
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"Mm? Did you know that Sephiroth is an Ancient?" Rufus asked, walking towards the helicopter. He ordered Palmer to take controls of the helicopter and hover around, but not to interfere. A growl echoed as Rufus' pet dog/cat hybrid left the heli and strolled up to its master. Its tentacle tail whipped the ground as it hissed at the two watching Rufus' every move.
"... A lot has happened. Anyway, I cannot let either you or Sephiroth have the Promised Land!"
"Hm, I see we won't be friends then..."
Cloud readied his sword, against the demon looking cat dog creature, and Rufus Shinra, who was armed with an automatic shotgun weapon. His beloved Dark Nation casted a spell called Barrier on his master before attacking Cloud with a forceful bite on his forearm. He grunted as he managed to kick the beast away. Rufus fired his shotgun at Cloud, who had now managed his Limit Break Blade Beam, sending a wave of energy at the young man, which then split and struck his pet who snarled, it's tail lost. Cloud ran forward almost quickly, slashing downward after. Rufus nearly deflected the attack wiht his gun, and fired. Cloud stumbled back, caught in the stomach. Rufus brought the shotgun up like a blade, swinging it and clocking the man in the head. Rufus then took this time to attack. Cloud however rushed forward and kicked Rufus away before he could fired off another round. Dark Natio snarled and rushed the man, clawing and biting. He fired off an Ice Spell. Rufus kicked Cloud back when Cloud managed a surprise kick to his pet's lower hind legs, rolled out of Cloud's following attack, countering with another shotgun blast. A roll to the left, and a quick spring, sends the blade slicing the Dark Nation's head right off.
Rufus backed away at that, as Cloud prepped himself. "Hm, all the time we have tonight." He looked up as the helicopter flew by, and grabbed hold of the feet railing. It flew off into the distance.
The man watched on, before he collected his winnings, Protect Vest and Guard Source. He left and reunited with Tifa the floor below.
"What happened?"
"Rufus got away... let's get going."
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Tifa saw Harry finish off the last Shinra robot guard before he noticed her. Together, they both ran down the stairs. The explosion echoing had sounded like it had been set off within the building itself. They took the stairs three steps at a time before they finally made it to the battlefield. She was just in time to see Aerith smash a member of SOLDIER from his feet, while Barret's gun tore through the armor of three men who had tried to shield themselves. Red was casting several Fire spells from his Materia. She swiftly summoned the others with a booming shout. The startled group ran behind her and was shocked as she opened the door of a Shinra car. Harry ran to them after casting several Fire and Thunder spells, and then released his last grenade which destroyed the doors, caused a minor collapse, and prevent anybody else from getting in. The truck that Tifa found was designed almost like a bike infused with a pick-up. The colors were a shoddy blue accent with yellow trims.
"What the hell are we getting in this for? And where is Cloud?" Barret shouted at Tifa.
"We are getting out of the city. Cloud said to get some form of transport and that he would join us. Get in we have no time!" Tifa shouted from the front of the van. Aerith swiftly jumped in and rode shotgun, while Red and Harry joined Barret on the exposed rear compartment.
Cloud roared down the stairs. He was astride a very powerful motorcycle that was black and heavily armored. "Follow me! Ask no questions; just do it!" He then turned on the tap and made the bike swerve onto a large stair set. Tifa gunned the engine and drove the van off the display, ready to escape.
At first Cloud thought the truck would not be able to follow his lead, but his doubts were smashed moments later when it had found traction on the stair carpet. The group found themselves in front of a huge window some eighteen feet by sixteen feet wide. Cloud twisted the throttle a couple of times to signal to the others that he was about to do what they guessed. Cloud twisted the throttle to the maximum and the bike surged forward. Popping the bike into high wheelie, the glass smashed as if it had been cracked all over. Below them startled guards rushed towards motorcycles as they watched in disbelief at the sight of the escape. Cloud checked the position of his bike and landed smoothly, instantly he roared down the asphalt highway. A quick glance in his rear view mirrors allowed him to see that the others had made it down to the motorway safely and that no-one had been hurt. They had done it, or so he believed until he saw the headlights flash in his rear view mirror, angrily he dropped back behind the truck.
"Cloud, what's wrong?" Barret called out from the rear compartment of the truck.
"The Shinra have sent a mobile pursuit after us. Tell Tifa to floor it; I'll cover you from here."
Barret nodded his head and leant towards the open window; Cloud meanwhile drew his sword and readied himself for what was to come. Cloud swung his blade at the tires to swerve them into the ground. One biker suddenly zoomed up, and Harry held a fierce look in his eyes. He jumped off and landed on the bike whilst the driver got removed and sprawled unconscious on the pavement. Harry cursed, almost losing control of his bike before correcting himself. Realizing he's gotten an extra sword for use Cloud swung, disabling another biker. Harry zoomed up ahead when four yellow bikers flew past and were attacking the truck. He moved and struck them down with the Gryffindor Sword several times before they fell to the stone pavement.
Cloud stayed following behind taking out any that would try and stop them. Those that got past the blonde would meet Harry and the Sword of Gryffindor. Harry glanced back, seeing several cyclists were speeding up at them. Some got past him, but two hung back and swung night sticks. Harry slowed down only to speed up as he sliced the back tire of one biker. He slammed into the ground face first. Cloud took out any that attempted to stop them from escaping. Suddenly gunfire rained down on them, and Harry cried out as one bullet got him in the leg. He was steadying his bike and not wipeout.
"Fuck. Chopper pursuit!" Harry shouted to Cloud, who nailed down another annoying biker.
"Holy hell!" Barret cursed as a helicopter decided to give chase, and open fired with its machine guns situated under the wings. Tifa swerved to dodge the gunfire, as Cloud and Harry too evaded. Barret lifted his gun arm and open fired, best he could trying to get them to stop pursuit. With the mobile pursuit, and the chopper, they weren't sure they could escape safely. But Barret growled, as he fired an explosive Big Shot. The helicopter was struck, and the pilot and the gunner both bailed before it was consumed in a fireball.
"That took out the chopper," Harry muttered, wincing as the pain in his leg ached. He got hit in the side by a man riding up beside him, and Harry running on adrenaline swung and struck his hand, leaving a cut. Distracted, the man steers out of path and slams into a guard rail, and flew over the edge. They crossed over two bridges and through a long tunnel, up a hill way and down the steepness. Harry did a wheelie and crashed down upon a Shinra biker, swerving perfectly to avoid a wipeout as the armored man ate pavement. Fifty feet passed and the Shinra Troopers ceased chasing AVALANCHE; but a few continued however.
Suddenly up ahead a warning barrier appeared informing them that less than 300 feet of road remained, which they had since then crashed through. Harry looked back, as he felt an ominous chill run through his body. Tifa immediately applied the brakes and pulled the van to a stop by the roadside, Cloud and Harry meanwhile ducked around the van and skidded to a halt. The few bikers that chased went past them and they screamed as they plummet over the edge. The highway was incomplete, and it was to lead to some more roads that pave some areas of the outside land of Midgar. Before them was a vision they had not expected to see again anytime soon. All before them was a scene of lush greenery and a sparkling night sky.
"Wow, so this is what it looks like outside Midgar?" Harry asked, and then grunted as he pricked the bullet out of his leg using the sword. Aerith ran to his aid, and casted a Cure spell on his wound.
"Yup…"
"Such a beautiful sky," Barret said, as off in the distance, the first hint of sunlight was emerging.
Suddenly a rolling mechanical sound reached their ears, as the group turned to see a Shinra techno soldier roll up as a giant spiked ball. They ducked away as it crashed down over their vehicles they used to escape the headquarters of Shinra Inc. before rolling back, and transforming into a large shoulder-guarded machine robot attached to six spiked wheels. It was armed with a sword, shield, and its head was a visor and spiked face-plate. It slashed down at Harry as he was closest, but the teenager ducked away, as the blade got stuck in the road cement.
Harry took this chance to dash right up its stuck arm, and then stabbed the sword into an exposed joint. Launching his glove-clad fist down, he channeled a Thunder spell. It shook him and his weapon off, as Cloud flung a Thunder spell. Flamethrowers pop out, and jets of fire are launched at them, but Harry and Red had dodged the attack. The wolf howled as he released a Blizzard spell.
"Crap, this machine can take a beatin'," Barret cursed, dodging gunfire and retaliating with his own rounds.
"Yeah, I know," Harry muttered, rolling to the side as it lashed out with its melee weapon.
Aerith waved her weapon like a magical staff and swirling winds collected around the machine before it froze completely. Red had charged the machine in a spiraling aura and splintered its armor. Barret formed the fire red ball of energy and unleashed it, as the splintered armor shattered, sending shrapnel everywhere. Tifa unloaded on it with her Beat Rush and Somersault. Cloud released a Blade Beam, and Harry finished it off by releasing a Serene Blade Limit Break.
Everyone ducked as shrapnel flew everywhere as the machine exploded. Not many could go after them, because, in order to keep up appearances, Shinra were busy sending their help to the victims of the Sector 7 Collapse. The gang was admiring the scenery at the edge of the dead-end, their vehicles left abandoned.
"I never thought I'd see the sky again,' Harry said, taking a deep breath. The air was cold as it entered his lungs.
"Certainly a lot better than in the Slums, that's for sure," Barret said, before looking to Cloud, "Now what do we do?"
"Sephiroth is alive… and I have a score to settle with him."
"And that'll save the planet?"
"I guess so."
Harry looked to the others. "I'm going… I have something to do… I have to look for my sister."
"Your sister? You have a sister, Harry?"
"Yeah… but my guilty conscious is telling me to look for her…" He smiled sadly, "don't' get me wrong. I'm not leaving the group… just…. Wherever we're going… I…"
Tifa hushed him. "I understand what you're saying."
"Thanks," he whispered, turning around to wipe the tears away from his eyes.
"I'll go, too," Aerith said immediately. She glanced at Cloud and smiled sadly, "There's so much I wanna find out..."
Cloud stared at her in understanding. "About the Ancients?"
She nods. "Many things."
"Then its goodbye Midgar," Harry says.
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Everyone was using a large crane to lower the cable hook down far enough outside city limits. One by one, they had climbed down, Barret having a bit of trouble since Red had no opposable thumbs.
"Hopefully Elmyra left her house with Marlene," Harry told Barret.
"She did say that she was planning on leaving," Aerith spoke up, "I know she will keep Marlene safe."
"That's a relief," Barret sighed.
"So… guys… we left the hell known as Midgar… and we're outside city limits. But if we stick around for too long, we're sure to be followed. They wouldn't quit. I just know it."
"Harry's right," Tifa agreed, "we should split into two groups set for Kalm."
"Kalm? That's off in the northwest?"
"Yup. So… who's with who?"
Harry shrugged.
"You know… I'll stick with Harry," said Tifa, as she walked to the boy's side. Aerith looked to the other guys, then her other female companion, and stood on Harry's other side. Harry chuckled.
"Well… huh." Barret had nothing else to say, and Cloud had a rather jealous look in his eyes. Haryr just blushed a bit as the girls each place an arm around him.
"So, we'll see you in Kalm," said Tifa, as they headed off one direction.
"So, shall we get going ourselves?" questioned Red XIII.
"Lucky," Barret muttered.
The three guys head off in another direction. Both groups were set for Kalm, and to get ahead of the Shinra that are sure to try and follow them.
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"I'm sorry, Albus," Minerva said, as she laid in the Hogwarts Infirmary, with a missing hand.
Dumbledore was saddened by the lost of so many students at Hogsmeade. Voldemort was ruthless now that the one who can defeat the Dark Lord offed himself. Now, it did not matter what or who you were. If you didn't pledge allegiance to the Dark Lord, you die. There were 47 deaths from Gryffindor, 37 from Hufflepuff, 23 from Ravenclaw, and only 16 from Slytherin. Professor Flitwick died trying to save a first year Slytherin from a group of Death Eaters that attempted to rape her. But what was more disgusting, and sad, was Ronald Weasley, when he shoved Luna in front of him to shield himself from a Killing Curse. But his attempt to survive got him a dark unknown curse to strike him in the back. Pending charges brought upon by Miss Lovegood's father, Ronald Weasley was a permanent ward of St. Mungos.
"Why?"
Fawkes particularly did not like how her master had become.
"You were supposed to kill him," he moaned, cursing Harry's name down into the dirt, "and then I was to take the glory after you killed one another."
Clearly, the old man was now delusional in the two years since Harry Potter's death.
"… I just can't. The prophecy said that only Harry can kill Voldemort," he muttered, before walking off into his back storage of all sorts of ancient magical tomes. Fawkes glared, but the old man was now looking for something.
"Aha…" He pulled out a little black book. On the cover was old Latin.
Necromancy is what it would read in English.
A bit short now… but… meh. I got something interesting planned. I'm also using a bit of Dirge of Cerberus when it comes to expanded towns and whatnot. Like Kalm… now, the next chapter will have our infamous flashback story with Cloud, and something else.
EDIT: Huh... that was a minor technicality/error on my end. Parts of thsi story was from an older '03-'04 version I had stored on my computer. Corrections were made. Sorry for the inconvience.
