Chapter 1: Hey, Is That Snivelly?
This fanfiction is purely for our own entertainment, but if you want to review, go ahead. (This is co-written by three people.) This is a Harry Potter and Final Fantasy crossover. So yeah. Even if you don't know Final Fantasy, read anyway! It's not hard to catch on! Really!
Written by: Ahtnamas
Edited by: shroomipoo and mumakilbrows
Plot by: All
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It was a bright sunny day, with clear skies that were a Quidditch player's dream. A slight breeze cooled the air. The murky water in the pond nearby rippled. There were reasons why there was a rumor about a giant squid. There was rustling from a bush, not caused by the breeze but rather by some students with too much free time.
James Potter's messy dark hair was messier than usual. This is what you get for hiding behind a bush all day, he thought to himself. He wasn't complaining though. Why would James ever complain about a chance to prank Lily Evans?
He sighed, running a hand through his hair and plucked a leaf out of it, accidentally elbowing Peter in the face.
"What? Hey!" Peter protested, silenced when he remembered their plan.
Lily was late. She should be here by now, James thought grimly. She couldn't not come. It would've messed up the careful planning they had done in Transfiguration class. Sirius was supposed to lure her here...
James pushed his glasses up closer to his eyes and squinted at the castle.
Remus Lupin rolled his eyes and threw a rock at the bush concealing his immature friends. Yeesh. If they wanted to do it, they should at least do it right. He could hear them talking from where he sat.
Remus would prefer sitting out in the open rather than act like a child playing hide-and-seek.With an impatient puff, he kept a lookout for Sirius's return.
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Severus Snape winced as a branch poked him in the eye. It had been torture crouching behind a bush for fifteen minutes, but it would be worth it in the end.
Lucky for him no leaves were stuck in his hair. Downside? That was only because his hair was too greasy.
He smiled. He had listened to the Marauders' plans—if you could call them plans. What they were basically going to do is watch Lily reject James—sorry, I mean watch James ask Lily out.
So what would happen if Severus could ruin their plans and hex James?
It would be the best day in his whole life.
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Sirius scowled, racing through the hallway. He still needed to find Lily and he was already late.
Well, it wasn't his fault that Dumbledore had caught him running in the halls.
He burst open the door of the library, earning reproving glances from the librarian. Sirius however didn't care and was searching for Lily.
Finally, he found the redhead that James was obsessed with. "Lily," he panted, trying to collect his breath. "Lily," he puffed. "James..."
She eyed him suspiciously. "What did he do now? Ugh! If he put frogs in my backpack again, I'm going to hex him all the way back to his house!"
Sirius winced. This was the girl James had a crush on?
He continued. "Oh no, he didn't do anything like that. He just...um..."
What was it again? Textbook, textbook...ah! "He took your Transfiguration textbook!" Sirius announced.
Lily jumped up from her seat, her green eyes flashing angrily. She flipped her fire-red hair from her face and slammed her hand on the desk, ignoring the sharp glances from the other students.
"Lead him to me," Lily hissed. "Now."
Sirius's eyes bugged. He had no idea Lily was that scary when she was mad. In fact, it seemed like a black aura was hovering over the whole school.
Gulping, he led her to the Hogwarts grounds.
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Severus jumped when he heard an all too familiar voice.
"James! Where are you! Give me my book!"
Severus smirked. Now James was going get what he deserved.
He watched as Lily stormed up to Remus. "Where is he?"
James popped out of the bush, holding her book. Realizing that Peter was still hiding, he coughed ever so subtly and Peter too jumped up.
Lily narrowed her eyes at them. "Give it back!" She crossed her arms and gave them the evilest glare she could manage.
James smiled confidently. "I will if you go out with me!"
Remus rolled his eyes. Stupidness.
Peter added, "Yeah!"
Lily, remembering just then that she was holding another textbook, threw it at James as hard as she could. It whirled through the air, spinning, until it hit James square in the face.
He cursed loudly. Peter did too.
"Geez, Lily," James frowned. "That hurt."
"Yeah," Peter agreed, echoing James. "It hurt."
Everyone turned to Peter. "Peter?"
"What?" he asked, oblivious.
"Shut up!" everyone chorused.
"Now," Lily yelled. "Give it back to me, James, you arrogant jerk!" Severus cowered behind a bush.
"Now, now," Sirius smirked. "Don't be mean to poor little Jamesie."
Severus smiled. This was like a soap opera gone wrong.
Lily and James continued shouting. It was almost like they were trying to decide who was louder. Remus sighed. Why did he agree to do this in the first place?
"Give me the book—go out with me—yeah, go out with him—be nice to Prongsie—stop acting like idiots..."
All this was soon interrupted when the sky began to darken. The ideal day turned into the classic nightmare, and dark clouds covered the sky almost menacingly. The cool breeze soon became a wailing harsh wind, screeching so loudly even Lily's shouts couldn't be heard.
Then it was silent as a grotesque shadow loomed out of the dark clouds.
James, not scared the least bit, blinked. "Hey, is that Snivelly?" he asked.
Lily blinked. "Snivelly?"
Severus sputtered. He—how—James called him Snivelly? The nerve! He couldn't help himself. Jumping out from the bush indignantly, he yelled, "I am not Snivelly!"
However, no one had time to comment.
The wind began its ear-splitting howl. A gray tornado swept up from the sky. Trees uprooted and seemed as though they were falling into the air. Clouds of dust sprinkled everywhere, making it impossible to see anything. Books (including Lily's Transfiguration one) flew through the air, hats were flying, and eerie brown and purple clouds seemed to grow...
Bigger and bigger...
And all Severus and the rest could remember was the feeling of rising into the air and a flash of yellow light.