Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. I also do not own Final Fantasy.
"I'm really confused in all of this," Ginny said as she, and Harry took a walk in the school grounds.
"Me too," Harry admitted. He held Ginny's hand as they walked. He was afraid for the first time in years. Not afraid of death but afraid of losing a part of his life, a part of his future.
The fear will always be there. You just have to make the best of it.
This was what Professor Hart told him. He said it from experience and heart.
** ** Two Hours ago
"Harry, how do you really feel about Ginny?" Leon asked as he and Harry were the only one's in Moaning Myrtle's lavatory. It was the only place that they would not be disturbed.
Harry shrugged. "Probably the same thing you feel for Shiva."
"Confusion?" he asked. Harry nodded and took out his watch.
"I love her but..."
"There are no 'buts' in love, Harry. You love her or you don't."
"I do," Harry sighed. "But I don't know how to show it."
"How much do you love her?" Leon asked as he took a box out of his pocket.
"To a point that I may go insane without her," Harry simply said. Leon nodded and gave him the box.
"Do not think for too long," he said and left. Harry looked at the box and opened it. His eyes grew when he saw its contents.
*** *** Meanwhile
"Ginny, are you prepared to go the distance with Harry?" Shiva suddenly asked as she stroked Carbuncle's fur. They were alone in Ginny's dormitory. Ginny needed to lie down trying to absorb the information she just received.
"As in white gown and bells?" Ginny asked as she looked at the ceiling. "If he asks, yeah."
"Without hesitation?" Shiva smiled.
"No hesitation," Ginny said confidently.
"Did he say it yet?"
"No, not yet," Ginny sighed. "But I feel it in my heart that he does."
"Doesn't hurt to hear it from him, does it?" Ginny nodded and looked at the blue-haired girl.
"Are you talking from your own experience?" she asked. Shiva blushed as she turned away from her to hide it.
*** *** ***
"Ginny," Harry called her. His courage had set and his mind made up.
"What is it Harry?" she asked. Suddenly, Harry pulled her close to him and kissed her full in the lips. Ginny was drowned into the kiss. Her emotions flared as the kiss deepened. Her mind was in a flux. As they parted, Ginny breathed deeply and blushed.
Harry had run out of air so he ended the kiss, with great reluctance. He knew she was the one he wanted to spend the rest of the life with. And he knew he must let her know. With a deep breath to calm his heart, Harry said it.
"I love you Ginny."
Ginny blinked in surprise. What she had waited for six years had finally been realized. She just stood there, speechless, deciding if it was a dream or not. But since when did her dreams have THAT kind of kiss? Harry looked at her expectantly, looking a little hurt.
Ginny smiled and kissed him. The surprise in Harry's face was evident. He kissed her back with all the passion he had. All the passion that had bottled up inside. When they separated, Ginny uttered the only words that meant so much to him.
"I love you too."
*** *** ***
"I love my job," Leon said as he saw the two kiss from his office window. Sensing another presence, he focused to the edge of the forbidden forest and found a creature running like there's no tomorrow.
"This is not good."
*** *** ***
A growl interrupted their moment of bliss. Ginny turned to see what caused it and Harry froze in sight.
A large three-headed canine loomed over them. Harry knew pretty well what it was but was it friendly?
Smiling, Ginny held out her hand, letting the middle head sniff it. Then, the rest of the heads panted.
"It's a Cerberus," Harry exclaimed. The beast seemed to be tired. Ginny smiled and patted its head. "It looks meaner than Fluffy."
"He's tired," Ginny said and lead it to the lake. There, all three heads drank like camels in the desert. After a while it wagged its tail and lied down beside them. "He's kind of cute."
The Cerberus beamed as it heard her call it cute.
"You're starting to have Hagrid's taste in animals," Harry said but was impressed at the beast. The beast suddenly barked happily as it sensed another approach.
"Cerb," Leon called as he ran towards it. He stopped as he hugged the massive beast, stroking its red-black fur. "How are you?" the beast whimpered and growled but Leon seemed to understand them. Smiling, he stroked the beast's fur again.
"Rest," he said. "Gather your strength. I'll have to report this," the beast nodded and stood to find shade.
"What was that all about?" Ginny asked. Leon frowned and walked briskly towards the castle. Harry and Ginny followed him, matching his pace.
"Professor?" Harry called him, unsure on what he would do.
"The time of darkness is near," he said and looked at them. "I need to see the headmaster." Inwardly, Harry shivered. He hasn't seen the professor this serious before.
They simply followed him to the headmaster's office. When they reached there, Shiva, Hermione and Ron were already waiting. Leon gave Shiva a look of confusion.
"Carbuncle heard your conversation with Cerberus," Shiva said as she smiled. "I called Ron and Hermione. And told them you'd explain everything."
Leon smirked and with a wave of his hand, the spiral staircase moved upward, making their passage to the headmaster's office accessible. The four Griffindors were surprised that he didn't even saw the password. Nevertheless, they followed him after Shiva who was a step behind the Professor.
Without knocking, Leon entered the office. As Harry and the rest entered the found total chaos. The different teachers were arguing within themselves. Despite the chaos Professor Dumbledore was calm. It was so noisy that Harry couldn't hear what the other was saying.
But Leon said two words that silenced the whole room.
"They're coming." Everyone looked at his as if they saw him for the first time. Now the silence was deafening. Leon smirked and looked at the headmaster. "Albus?"
"I am sorry to say that we had suspected such an event," the wise wizard said. "The house of Slytherin had apparently evacuated."
"Evacuated?" Harry exclaimed his surprise.
"Be quiet Potter," Snape snapped. "It's your fault that he-who's-not-be- named is after this school." As Harry was about to respond, Snape suddenly chocked and grabbed his throat. He had a difficult time breathing and was now on his knees.
Hermione saw this before. He did the same to Malfoy all those months ago. Shiva frowned and looked at Leon. But all she saw was death.
"Leon, let him go," Professor Dumbledore said but he didn't listen. Snape was struggling to catch his breath. "Professor Hart." He asked again calmly. But this made the pain worse.
Shiva touched his shoulder and whispered in Leon's ear. Only then did Snape was able to breath again. Coughing, Snape stood up and backed away from Leon.
"Why the hate?" Ginny asked Professor Dumbledore. The wise wizard sighed and sat down.
"Centuries ago, Salazar Slytherin left this school and plotted the remove all muggle born wizards from this land. To stop him, the king assigned a lone warrior from the ashes of Alexandria. He did stop him but was too late."
"Too late?" Hermione asked as she looked at Leon but he looked away.
"Alexandria was the first to fall. Salazar killed everyone and spared none." Even the teachers gasped at this new information. They looked at Snape warily and then looked at Leon. "The warrior stopped Slytherin before he had done much damage. And the event was forgotten with time."
"I remember," Shiva said quietly. "I was about the summon a sacred but I was struck by a spell. The next thing I know, Ginny found me."
"Indeed, Lady Shilana," Professor Dumbledore smiled. "That warrior was your Guardian; Angelian."
"Enough of this," Leon said gruffly. His voice demanded that the subject be changed. "We need to evacuate the school. But I supposed that the railway was damaged, correct?" Professor Dumbledore nodded once and sighed.
"We cannot evacuate even by using Floo powder."
"They messed up the network?" Ron asked incredulously.
"Appiration is useless and owls may be killed in sight," Harry said. Leon looked at him with a smile.
"You're thinking like a Guardian," he said.
"We have no choice but to fight," Ginny said. Her fear could be heard in her voice but she tried to cover it. "Can we win?"
"We WILL win," Shiva said in full confidence. "We have friends that we can count on."
"But how many are there?" Professor McGonagall asked, obviously concerned.
"Ten thousand orcs and goblin foot soldiers, five hundred wyverns, a thousand dragons, five hundred salamanders, about eight hundred mountain trolls, three thousand dementors and five hundred deatheaters," Leon said. Everyone stopped and was quiet. How could they defeat that many?
"Where are they headed?" Hermione asked. Everyone turned white from his answer.
"Here," Leon said.
"We can't defeat them," Snape said, suddenly afraid.
"YOU can't," Shiva smiled and nodded at Leon.
"We can," Ginny said. From all the years, she hasn't been sure of it until now.
"I have to face him in any case," Harry said as he smiled to Ginny.
"Here we go again," Ron said as he sighed.
"Honestly, you can't do anything without me," Hernione smiled with her hands on her hips. Leon looked at Dumbledore and smiled.
"Excitate vos e somne, liberi fatali," Leon said.
"Incendite tenebras mundi," Shiva smiled and looked at the four Griffindors.
Smiling, Leon looked at the sky out the window.
"Urite mala mundi," Leon said and held Shiva's hand.
"Valete, liberi fatali," Shiva squeezed his hand and nodded. Leon let go of her hand and started for the door.
"Diebus, fatalibus," Leon said and looked at the teachers. "Prepare measures to keep the students safe. They are the top priority for now." Leon opened the door and left the office. Shiva followed him and Harry shrugged as he and the rest followed.
"The fate of the world is in their hands now," Professor Dumbledore said.
"I hope we win," Professor McGonagall sighed.
Six children to fight the darkness.
Children of fate.
Children of the light.
End of 19
A/n: Before you ask, these are the meanings or rough translations of the phrases:
Excitate vos e somno, liberi fatali - Arise from your sleep, children of fate.
Incendite tenebras mundi - Set ablaze the heavens of darkness
Urite mala mundi - Burn the heavens of evil
Valete, liberi fatali - Prevail, children of fate
Diebus, fatalibus - Fated day
As I said, rough translations. I did not translate this. Can anyone guess where I got the phrases?
"I'm really confused in all of this," Ginny said as she, and Harry took a walk in the school grounds.
"Me too," Harry admitted. He held Ginny's hand as they walked. He was afraid for the first time in years. Not afraid of death but afraid of losing a part of his life, a part of his future.
The fear will always be there. You just have to make the best of it.
This was what Professor Hart told him. He said it from experience and heart.
** ** Two Hours ago
"Harry, how do you really feel about Ginny?" Leon asked as he and Harry were the only one's in Moaning Myrtle's lavatory. It was the only place that they would not be disturbed.
Harry shrugged. "Probably the same thing you feel for Shiva."
"Confusion?" he asked. Harry nodded and took out his watch.
"I love her but..."
"There are no 'buts' in love, Harry. You love her or you don't."
"I do," Harry sighed. "But I don't know how to show it."
"How much do you love her?" Leon asked as he took a box out of his pocket.
"To a point that I may go insane without her," Harry simply said. Leon nodded and gave him the box.
"Do not think for too long," he said and left. Harry looked at the box and opened it. His eyes grew when he saw its contents.
*** *** Meanwhile
"Ginny, are you prepared to go the distance with Harry?" Shiva suddenly asked as she stroked Carbuncle's fur. They were alone in Ginny's dormitory. Ginny needed to lie down trying to absorb the information she just received.
"As in white gown and bells?" Ginny asked as she looked at the ceiling. "If he asks, yeah."
"Without hesitation?" Shiva smiled.
"No hesitation," Ginny said confidently.
"Did he say it yet?"
"No, not yet," Ginny sighed. "But I feel it in my heart that he does."
"Doesn't hurt to hear it from him, does it?" Ginny nodded and looked at the blue-haired girl.
"Are you talking from your own experience?" she asked. Shiva blushed as she turned away from her to hide it.
*** *** ***
"Ginny," Harry called her. His courage had set and his mind made up.
"What is it Harry?" she asked. Suddenly, Harry pulled her close to him and kissed her full in the lips. Ginny was drowned into the kiss. Her emotions flared as the kiss deepened. Her mind was in a flux. As they parted, Ginny breathed deeply and blushed.
Harry had run out of air so he ended the kiss, with great reluctance. He knew she was the one he wanted to spend the rest of the life with. And he knew he must let her know. With a deep breath to calm his heart, Harry said it.
"I love you Ginny."
Ginny blinked in surprise. What she had waited for six years had finally been realized. She just stood there, speechless, deciding if it was a dream or not. But since when did her dreams have THAT kind of kiss? Harry looked at her expectantly, looking a little hurt.
Ginny smiled and kissed him. The surprise in Harry's face was evident. He kissed her back with all the passion he had. All the passion that had bottled up inside. When they separated, Ginny uttered the only words that meant so much to him.
"I love you too."
*** *** ***
"I love my job," Leon said as he saw the two kiss from his office window. Sensing another presence, he focused to the edge of the forbidden forest and found a creature running like there's no tomorrow.
"This is not good."
*** *** ***
A growl interrupted their moment of bliss. Ginny turned to see what caused it and Harry froze in sight.
A large three-headed canine loomed over them. Harry knew pretty well what it was but was it friendly?
Smiling, Ginny held out her hand, letting the middle head sniff it. Then, the rest of the heads panted.
"It's a Cerberus," Harry exclaimed. The beast seemed to be tired. Ginny smiled and patted its head. "It looks meaner than Fluffy."
"He's tired," Ginny said and lead it to the lake. There, all three heads drank like camels in the desert. After a while it wagged its tail and lied down beside them. "He's kind of cute."
The Cerberus beamed as it heard her call it cute.
"You're starting to have Hagrid's taste in animals," Harry said but was impressed at the beast. The beast suddenly barked happily as it sensed another approach.
"Cerb," Leon called as he ran towards it. He stopped as he hugged the massive beast, stroking its red-black fur. "How are you?" the beast whimpered and growled but Leon seemed to understand them. Smiling, he stroked the beast's fur again.
"Rest," he said. "Gather your strength. I'll have to report this," the beast nodded and stood to find shade.
"What was that all about?" Ginny asked. Leon frowned and walked briskly towards the castle. Harry and Ginny followed him, matching his pace.
"Professor?" Harry called him, unsure on what he would do.
"The time of darkness is near," he said and looked at them. "I need to see the headmaster." Inwardly, Harry shivered. He hasn't seen the professor this serious before.
They simply followed him to the headmaster's office. When they reached there, Shiva, Hermione and Ron were already waiting. Leon gave Shiva a look of confusion.
"Carbuncle heard your conversation with Cerberus," Shiva said as she smiled. "I called Ron and Hermione. And told them you'd explain everything."
Leon smirked and with a wave of his hand, the spiral staircase moved upward, making their passage to the headmaster's office accessible. The four Griffindors were surprised that he didn't even saw the password. Nevertheless, they followed him after Shiva who was a step behind the Professor.
Without knocking, Leon entered the office. As Harry and the rest entered the found total chaos. The different teachers were arguing within themselves. Despite the chaos Professor Dumbledore was calm. It was so noisy that Harry couldn't hear what the other was saying.
But Leon said two words that silenced the whole room.
"They're coming." Everyone looked at his as if they saw him for the first time. Now the silence was deafening. Leon smirked and looked at the headmaster. "Albus?"
"I am sorry to say that we had suspected such an event," the wise wizard said. "The house of Slytherin had apparently evacuated."
"Evacuated?" Harry exclaimed his surprise.
"Be quiet Potter," Snape snapped. "It's your fault that he-who's-not-be- named is after this school." As Harry was about to respond, Snape suddenly chocked and grabbed his throat. He had a difficult time breathing and was now on his knees.
Hermione saw this before. He did the same to Malfoy all those months ago. Shiva frowned and looked at Leon. But all she saw was death.
"Leon, let him go," Professor Dumbledore said but he didn't listen. Snape was struggling to catch his breath. "Professor Hart." He asked again calmly. But this made the pain worse.
Shiva touched his shoulder and whispered in Leon's ear. Only then did Snape was able to breath again. Coughing, Snape stood up and backed away from Leon.
"Why the hate?" Ginny asked Professor Dumbledore. The wise wizard sighed and sat down.
"Centuries ago, Salazar Slytherin left this school and plotted the remove all muggle born wizards from this land. To stop him, the king assigned a lone warrior from the ashes of Alexandria. He did stop him but was too late."
"Too late?" Hermione asked as she looked at Leon but he looked away.
"Alexandria was the first to fall. Salazar killed everyone and spared none." Even the teachers gasped at this new information. They looked at Snape warily and then looked at Leon. "The warrior stopped Slytherin before he had done much damage. And the event was forgotten with time."
"I remember," Shiva said quietly. "I was about the summon a sacred but I was struck by a spell. The next thing I know, Ginny found me."
"Indeed, Lady Shilana," Professor Dumbledore smiled. "That warrior was your Guardian; Angelian."
"Enough of this," Leon said gruffly. His voice demanded that the subject be changed. "We need to evacuate the school. But I supposed that the railway was damaged, correct?" Professor Dumbledore nodded once and sighed.
"We cannot evacuate even by using Floo powder."
"They messed up the network?" Ron asked incredulously.
"Appiration is useless and owls may be killed in sight," Harry said. Leon looked at him with a smile.
"You're thinking like a Guardian," he said.
"We have no choice but to fight," Ginny said. Her fear could be heard in her voice but she tried to cover it. "Can we win?"
"We WILL win," Shiva said in full confidence. "We have friends that we can count on."
"But how many are there?" Professor McGonagall asked, obviously concerned.
"Ten thousand orcs and goblin foot soldiers, five hundred wyverns, a thousand dragons, five hundred salamanders, about eight hundred mountain trolls, three thousand dementors and five hundred deatheaters," Leon said. Everyone stopped and was quiet. How could they defeat that many?
"Where are they headed?" Hermione asked. Everyone turned white from his answer.
"Here," Leon said.
"We can't defeat them," Snape said, suddenly afraid.
"YOU can't," Shiva smiled and nodded at Leon.
"We can," Ginny said. From all the years, she hasn't been sure of it until now.
"I have to face him in any case," Harry said as he smiled to Ginny.
"Here we go again," Ron said as he sighed.
"Honestly, you can't do anything without me," Hernione smiled with her hands on her hips. Leon looked at Dumbledore and smiled.
"Excitate vos e somne, liberi fatali," Leon said.
"Incendite tenebras mundi," Shiva smiled and looked at the four Griffindors.
Smiling, Leon looked at the sky out the window.
"Urite mala mundi," Leon said and held Shiva's hand.
"Valete, liberi fatali," Shiva squeezed his hand and nodded. Leon let go of her hand and started for the door.
"Diebus, fatalibus," Leon said and looked at the teachers. "Prepare measures to keep the students safe. They are the top priority for now." Leon opened the door and left the office. Shiva followed him and Harry shrugged as he and the rest followed.
"The fate of the world is in their hands now," Professor Dumbledore said.
"I hope we win," Professor McGonagall sighed.
Six children to fight the darkness.
Children of fate.
Children of the light.
End of 19
A/n: Before you ask, these are the meanings or rough translations of the phrases:
Excitate vos e somno, liberi fatali - Arise from your sleep, children of fate.
Incendite tenebras mundi - Set ablaze the heavens of darkness
Urite mala mundi - Burn the heavens of evil
Valete, liberi fatali - Prevail, children of fate
Diebus, fatalibus - Fated day
As I said, rough translations. I did not translate this. Can anyone guess where I got the phrases?