Of Wizards and Keyblades: Chapter 15
WARNING: MINOR OotP SPOILERS IN THIS CHAPTER
pairings: Sora/Kairi, HP/GW, HG/RW
Author's Note: I finally stopped having my achies.....and I'll tell ya what, I really don't like getting blood work done. *shivers* I have this fear of needles...and when the nurse came at me with that sucker, I freaked! So I put a needle scene in this chapter:) But anyway, school is drawing alarmingly nearer, and I still haven't finished this, so I am trying to get my butt in gear. I'm planning about 2 more chapters before the epilogue.
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crystal-chan: You poor thing! Hope your toe feels better! And I have a retainer, too, so I feel your pain:) *pats on back* Lol, tell Sora I said "thanks!":) You should take a nap if you're dead on your feet!
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Arow: Thanks, I feel much better now!
DarknessWithinOnesHeart: I'm a master of cliffhangers! Muahaha! Yep, there is another at the end of this chapter, too! I love keeping you on your toes:)
Jade Star: I'm so glad you enjoy my story:) Yes, I love Snape, but he DOES deserve to get knocked on the head, lol!
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When Harry entered the dormitory, he found Sora lying still on his back on the bed, a spaced-out expression covering his face.
"Sora?" He asked quietly, moving over to survey his friend.
"The door....is open." He murmured, his eyes glazed, and his voice not his own. It unnerved the Boy Who Lived.
"Sora, c'mon....snap out of it!" he slapped the boy's cheek soundly, and the Keyblade Master groaned groggily, and shifted onto his elbows. "Where am I?"
Harry gawped at him. "You're in the Gryffindor dorm room at Hogwarts. Ringing a bell?" he felt Sora's forehead, he was burning up. "Let's go see Madam Pomfrey, you're as hot as spiced curry!"
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As they staggered down the stairs( Harry was having difficulty supporting a faint Sora), they ran into Donald and Goofy, who had just been to see Dumbledore.
"What happened?!" Donald quacked, rushing to help Harry support the semi-conscious teen.
"RIKU! Door......RUN! Heartless......around...." Sora rambled, his eyes rolling back into his head, and his legs collapsed. Harry tried to heft him up, but the young warrior was a dead weight.
"I found him like this! He was lying there, comatose, muttering something about a door being open, and I felt his head, and he's burning up!" Goofy pulled off his glove and repeated Harry's earlier procedure.
"It's about 103 d'grees! C'mon, we need to hurry!" And they carried their friend down four more flights, finally making it to the hospital ward.
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"No....leggo! Riku....THE DOOR!!" Sora shrieked, as Madam Pomfrey and Harry strapped restraints onto his limbs.
"He's hallucinating due to the high fever. We need to lower it. I'll have to inject him with a potion, but I also need a spell casted simultaneously. I need Miss Granger! One of you go fetch her for me! Quickly!" Pomfrey said hurriedly, casting a cooling spell on her patient.
Donald scuttled out of the room, and his sqwacks of "Hermioneeeee!!!" were heard all through the castle.
Five minutes later, the duck, Hermione, and Dumbledore ran in. Hermione, who was training to be a Healer, immediately assisted in the procedures to Sora, while the Headmaster pulled Harry, Goofy, and Donald away to give the two witches room to work.
"Now Sora, this needle is going to hurt a bit....brace yourself...." And the nurse pushed in the thick needle with a quick thrust. Sora cried out in pain. Just as she started injecting the thick neon-blue serum, Hermione began a long rhythmic chant in Latin. The Keyblade Wielder, looking much more child-like as painful tears streamed from his eyes, and he whimpered as the thick potion was pushed into his bloodstream. Hermione finished her spell, and slumped down to hold Sora's hand.
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Two hours later, Sora was down to a normal temperature, and was no longer babbling insanely.
"Sora....can you tell me what happened?" Dumbledore quietly inquired, patting the boy on the hand reassuringly.
"The Door to the Light has opened.....I saw it though Riku's eyes. An endless army of Heartless are preparing to swarm into this world. The door is in the Hogwarts. I need to find it, and close it once more."
Dumbledore started. "But why would it open here? Why now?"
"Voldemort has found it."
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Later that night, Sora was released. His first priority was to find the Door. Harry, Hermione, Ron, Donald, and Goofy trailed behind him bemusedly, as he rushed through the castle, his search fruitless. Frustrated, he finally whirled around to Harry.
"Who in this bloody ENDLESS castle would know where to find the Door?!" He breathed raggedly, his headache pounding furiously on his brain.
Harry shrugged his shoulders. He could only think...."Dumbledore?" Sora ran his hands roughly through his spiky hair.
"NO! Not him! He doesn't know! Anyone else?"
"House elves....?" Ron piped up cautiously, hoping the brunette wouldn't bite his head off. Sora stared at him with a look of excitement.
"Ron, I could---Hermione, would you kiss Ron for me?" He said before tearing off down the halls, towards the kitchens he and his guy friends had visited earlier in the week.
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"Dobby? Dobby!" The Keyblade Wielder shouted above the army of house elves' heads, until the one he was searching for bobbed into view.
"Master Sora! What can Dobby do for Sir today?" The elf squeaked, bowing to his friend. "And Master Harry Potter! How happy Dobby is that you is visiting him, Sir!" As he hugged Harry's middle, Sora addressed him with impatience.
"Dobby, is there a special door in this castle that goes to another world?" Only after he said that did he realize how stupid that sounded. Dobby looked at him with excitement, though.
"Is Sir 'requiring' it greatly?"
"Yes! Do you know where it is?" He began getting hopeful.
"Dobby is knowing a place you might find it, Sir!" The elf hopped up into Harry's arms, so that he could stare Sora in the eye. "Dobby leads you to it now, Master Sora!"
Just as the party headed to the fruit portrait, a huge explosion shook the foundations of the castle. The elves squealed in fear and surprise, and the teens cried out as they fell onto each other in a heap.
"What the bloody hell was that?!" Ron exclaimed, trying to stand, but another blast rocked the floor, and he lost his balance again.
Sora's instinct put him on the defensive mode, and he turned his wand into his silver weapon. "The Heartless are here." Harry screamed in sudden agony after this remark, clutching his scarred forehead.
After he gained control of his voice, he rasped, "And Voldemort, too. He's going to try and take Hogwarts..." Suddenly, his eyes grew red and evil. He cackled, and it sent chills down everyone's spines. "I will open the Keyhole...." And he blacked out.
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Author's Note: Almost done! Please review!
