Harry Potter and the Gathering of Worlds

By James the Fox

"This is the end. Shadow has to make a choice... I'm enjoying this."

Shadow: (barely restraining himself) "I WILL kill you if you dare..."

Sora: "I wonder who would win this fight..."

Riku: "On to the Fic!"

"That's my line!"

"Hers."

That one word was enough. Shadow knew Sheru would be in danger, but not to this extreme.

"That's low… that's very low, Black Doom."

"Well, I am evil. Now make your choice. And don't try tricking me into freeing her, then going after me. It will not work."

Shadow collapsed. Any hopes he had of redeeming himself, of leaving his past behind him, were wiped out. No matter what choice he made, someone would die. And it would be his fault. Just like Maria…

Sora hit the ground with a thud. There was no way he could win. These aliens were spawning endlessly from the clouds. He and Riku had no power left. No hope for them…"

Ayrll fired her last arrow from her quiver. No effect, just like the others…

Zelda and Kairi were running out of energy far too fast. Neither princess had a plan. Ritz and Marche were taking too many hits. It was over for them…

Harry had barricaded the doors to Hogwarts. Those barricades were gone. In their place were a thousand of the black and red monsters. They were in Hogwarts…

Charmey was panicking. Rico had disappeared from the battle. Charmey could only hope that the hedgehog hadn't been killed. Nothing they were doing worked…

Suddenly, hope was restored in a flash of energy that Shadow instantly recognized. He would be forever grateful to that light, now more than ever. The red hedgehog with green-black streaks appeared in full power. He was juggling the SIX Chaos Emeralds in his hands.

"Hey, Shadow. I thought that nothing stopped the Ultimate Lifeform," Berserk Rico said.

"Just shut up and give those Emeralds to me."

"Fine, it's time to kick butt anyway. Double team time!" Berserk Rico tossed the SIX Emeralds to Shadow, who powered up with them. Berserk Rico, who had kept the negative energy within him, turned around to face Doom. In a flash of Ultimate Chaos Control, Shadow had Sheru on the ground, relatively safe. He grinned in a very Sonic-like manner, which set Rico the perfect opportunity to give a warning. "You know, Shadow, Sonic will probably sue you if you become any more like him."

"Hmph."

"There's the Shadow I know."

Super Shadow and Berserk Rico launched at Devil Doom, unleashing their best attacks without fear of running out of energy. Rico called out his Chaos Blade and combined both Fire and Wind into a powerful firestorm attack that hit Devil Doom's underside, leaving burnt cuts in the alien's stomach area, then dodged the lasers Doom sent at him. Shadow attacked using Chaos Aura, Chaos Spear, and Chaos Blast to score blow after blow to that weakened area that Rico had created, using Chaos Control to avoid being harmed. Then combining their power, Rico and Shadow made one final rush. Like a bullet, they pierced right through Doom's underside to the area above him.

"No, no, NOOOOOO!" Doom knew it was over for him. They were too fast. With one final cry, Doom melted into darkness, leaving a curious black sphere.

'This isn't over…' Shadow thought as he landed. All around him, the Black Arms withered away into black dust that instantly got absorbed into the sphere, which then simply dissolved into nothing. He and Rico returned to normal, the Chaos Emeralds warping back to Shadow's world. Rico lost consciousness as he lost his powers. Shadow picked the red hedgehog up and headed back to Hogwarts, Sheru in tow. No, it wasn't over, but Shadow knew he could win in any battle he had in the future.

After all, he IS the Ultimate Lifeform.

"You seriously thought I was going to do it, eh? Oh, smx, if there's anything wrong about Berserk Rico, please tell me."

Shadow: "… If you had dared kill her…"

"But I didn't."

Harry: "Finally. It's over and we can go back to semi-canon…"

"I know. See y'all next chapter. Oh, and what little swearing I had in these last few chapters is over. And minor chapter changes are being done, with minor spoilers for the games."