Legacy of Hearts
Author's Note: Same old story, different name. Not this, story of my life I mean, I haven't been able to update because I've basically been way too busy to think about poor little Legacy of Hearts, but at any rate I've got a new chapter done right here, right now for your pleasure and enjoyment and stuff! (Oh boy, don't I sound like a great writer?) Anyway, I really do hope you like it.
Disclaimer: Insert witty commentary about how I do not own Kingdom Hearts or Harry Potter and yah-da-yah-da-yah-da here.
A Shadow of London
The tower rose up high into the ominous black clouds, almost as if to tell the world of the darkness that lied within.
A shadow slithered through the halls of the uppermost part of this tower, its echoing hiss resonating through the chambers. When it came upon an open door it entered, slithering up to an armchair where a hand with pale, long fingers appeared over the arm of the chair upon which its master sat. A strange guttural hissing came from the figure upon this chair, and at this the snake curled up at his master's feet.
"Has Nagini seen anything" said Ansem as he stepped forth from a nearby room. He wore a long black cloak wrought with silver chains and charms, and a hood covered most of his face except for his silver hair and golden eyes-the punishment of his attempt to unleash the darkness.
"Our fortress is still quite unseen" said the answering voice, which very much resembled the hissing of before. "It will be a long time before they come to us" said Voldemort.
"It had better. Had I not needed extra power after my last run in with the boy known as Sora, I would not have needed to save you from the world which was destroyed." Ansem's voice took on a terrible note as he continued to speak. "As of yet I don't understand it. How can that which dwells deepest in the heart be light? I still don't quite believe it."
Voldemort stood and came near to his companion. "Do not worry, it will all come in time Ansem" said Voldemort. "I did not know this Maleficent but I can see that she was not worthy to hold position at the head of your operation. With me to help you, the worlds will quickly be overtaken. And when that has happened, you may enter the heart...the heart that is contained within all worlds, the heart and essence of the universe itself...and once you destroy the light there, all light will be forgotten."
"And I can trust you" said Ansem musingly.
"No" said Voldemort. "I work for nobody. After we have worked together to kill the both of them I shall kill you as well."
Ansem laughed. "That may very well be what you think" he said. The silver chains were still glinting as the scene faded into darkness.
"A ticket? What could the ticket possibly be" Sora, Harry, Donald and Goofy were walking through the main part of Station City as they talked. It seemed a fairly normal town, although even Harry, who was used to strange creatures, was a little perplexed by just how unusual some of the creatures were-for example a race called moogles, which were little winged creatures with red bobbles attached to their heads.
"I honestly don't have a clue" said Harry. "In the wizarding world, there are Portkeys which can take you place to place but I doubt the key is anything like that."
"Perhaps we should just go and get a look at this train first" said Sora"and we can figure it out from there."
The four of them walked through the center of town, people and places becoming scarcer and scarcer until the area they were in was fairly deserted. Finally, when it seemed as if they were completely lost, a large archway was visible in the distance. They approached it cautiously, Sora with his Keyblade in hand and Harry with his wand at the ready (for he couldn't quite get use to the feel of a weapon yet), and Donald and Goofy likewise armed.
They entered into the shadowy area, which was revealed to them to be a long tunnel. Their tension seemed to mount ever higher as they continued through, determined to see the end. What they finally saw at the end of the tunnel was enough to take away the breath of all involved, though it certainly wasn't the first fantastic thing they had ever seen.
Suspended in mid-air was a train of various colored blocks-Harry supposed these were the Gummi blocks that had been mentioned? It was an amazing thing, far greater even than the Hogwarts Express. But the most amazing thing was that, as they came to the edge of the platform they stood on, there was nothing there. The train itself hung in space-visible in the distance were hundreds of stars, as far up and down as the eyes could see.
"It's amazing" said Sora in astonishment as he stared off into the distance.
"Yeah, I don't think I've ever seen anything like it" Harry replied.
"Can you stop jabbering and start thinking about a ticket" said Donald all of a sudden, in a spouting of anger than amused Harry, though he wouldn't dare laugh.
"Yes, yes, of course" Harry replied, thinking. "We need a ticket of some sort, what could that be"
Sora shook his head. "Beats me. Maybe if we look around on the train?"
"Are you stupid?" said Donald with a loud quack. "How do you expect us to get on the train? We'll fall off into space if we even try it!"
Sora began arguing with Donald, while Harry stared at the space between them and the train. True, it was too far to jump even if one had some sort of superb ability. But then again, Harry was used to these sorts of challenges.
"Wait a second guys, I have an idea," he said. The ground below them was paved with blocks, and Harry thought that perhaps he could use these to advantage. He loosened a few with a quick spell, so that there were enough to provide a step large enough for all for to stand on comfortably, and then performed a levitation charm. They slowly began to move back and forth between the ground and the steps of the train.
"Whoa! You did that?" said Sora in amazement. He had seen all sorts of things, but most of the magic he had run across was elemental in nature—meaning, it had something to do with controlling elements or powers, but nothing was able to just make something float or shrink or appear out of nowhere.
"It's a fairly simple spell," Harry said with a shrug. "Well, come on then…" He stepped on the stone tablet as it came near and halted. Cautiously, Sora and Goofy did the same.
"Nuh-uh!" said Donald. "You aren't getting me on that thing!"
"Well suit yourself!" said Sora loudly. "You can stay back here and face any heartless that appear by yourself."
"WAWAWAWA!" Donald hastily jumped on the step right as it began moving again, quacking in agitation as he did so. When they got to the train and stepped off, a strange feeling enveloped all of them, as if just by being on the train they were in a different world completely.
"Leon said there's no conductor, and no way of telling where it's going to go," Sora said, reiterating what they had been told just a few moments before.
"Then how…" But Harry was interrupted by a sudden brilliant sight from outside. A star grew very bright all of a sudden, and then winked out. "What was that?"
Sora, who had also bore witness to the spectacle, sighed. "Another world was taken," he said in a tone of voice that sounded much older and wearier than his usual voice. "It means more lives lost, more people going to Station City and more people without a home."
"So that's what happened to my world?" Harry said in horror, thinking of all the other people who he might never see again unless he was able to bring his world back.
"Yes," answered Sora. "It happened to my world too, but don't give up hope—I brought back mine and you can bring back yours. It's all a matter of faith, and remembering the light that still burns deep down inside."
Harry thought on this, and nodded. "You're right," he said. "Hermione and Ron are my greatest friends—I was able to find them again, and they have people they love who they need to find too. We'll all be reunited again someday, won't we?"
Goofy chuckled. "A-hyuck, of course you will Harry! And you get to help us do it, too!"
Harry looked back to the window. Then he saw a faint sparkle—a glimmer of something headed their way.
"What's that?" he said in astonishment. Something was headed their way, and to the surprise of all it seemed to be headed towards them from the world which had just been destroyed.
Instinctually Harry threw open the window and, using the skills that had made him a great Quidditch player back at school, caught the glimmering item before it crashed into the train or out of existence in space.
"What is it?" said Sora.
"It's…it's part of the world," said Harry slowly. The thing he was holding shined a bright red for a second before the light faded to a dull glow.
"It's the light of the world," said Sora with real amazement.
Then Harry put two and two together and, with the rest of the group at his heels, ran towards the engine of the train.
Sitting down in front of the controls, he found a round, compressed area large enough to hold something marble shaped, just like the thing he held in his hands. "So this is our ticket!" said Sora, catching on to what Harry was doing.
"I think it might be, yes," he responded. He pushed the Ticket into the hole and all around them the train began to tremor. With a loud whistle, they began to pull away from the world. "Look, this must be the one that gets us back to Station City," said Harry, pointing out a light blue stone to Sora.
The stars outside became a blur as they flew at warp speed through the skies, the stars becoming streaks against the hazy hued swirl of various colors. Then, finally, they slowed to a stop.
Sora frowned. "There's nothing here," he said slowly. It was true, they had stopped in an empty area of space—there weren't any worlds nearby, nor did it look like there was anywhere to change trains.
But a few seconds later, bits of dust and dirt began to reshape before them. After a few seconds, an entire world had been built…
To put it more correctly, rebuilt.
"What is this?" said Sora.
"It must be the world we saw destroyed," said Sora, "I don't know how, but it came back."
((A/N: How totally pissed would a lot of you be if I just randomly made the first world they go to Pokemon?))
"Is this London?" said Harry in surprise as they disembarked from the train. It did indeed look like London, albeit much darker and more sinister.
"The London I know isn't like this," said Sora. "That London is much brighter, save for this one time I had to fight a Phantom there. I suppose there's another London from you're world?"
"Yes, of course. There must be some running themes throughout the different worlds or something," said Harry.
It was nighttime, and the moon was bright and full. The four of them began walking down the streets. "Can you help us, sir?" asked Sora of one man who didn't particularly look like he'd be able to help. Indeed, after rambling for a moment about shoe leather he fell over quite drunk.
"Guess not," Harry quipped as they moved on.
"I can help you."
The voice they heard wasn't a particularly pleasing one, nor did it sound very helpful.
They all turned in unison. Facing them was a man in a black overcoat, with wild eyes that almost seemed to glow red. Harry didn't know what to make of him exactly, and was trying to figure him out when he suddenly smiled, exhibiting razor-sharp fangs dripping with blood.
"A vampire…" said Harry in horror, it being one of the few creatures he had faced only in a book and not in real life.
His wand immediately flowed into the shape of a Keyblade, and Sora put his at the ready as well. "Fancy props, kid," said the vampire, "but you mortals don't get the fact that we vampires take a little more than a shiny stick to kill them."
"Unless the shiny stick just happens to be loaded with a silver bullet."
Everybody turned just in time to see a man in a long red coat point a handgun in the direction of the vampire. With a loud crack a hole appeared in the vampire's chest. It appeared for a few seconds as if the wound were attempting to regenerate, but instead the vampire fell face down on the ground, dead.
"Is that the one we were after?" A girl in a short blue uniform appeared next to him. She was looking inquisitively at the body.
"No. The other must have gotten word that we were coming," he said calmly as he put away his gun. Then he looked at Sora, Harry, and the other two. A weird sort of smile came onto his face. "Forget what you've seen kids, go on home to your parents."
Ignoring the comment, Sora looked directly at Alucard.
"What the heck is going on here?" said Sora. "I'm not from this world, and I saw it destroyed just a few seconds ago."
"WAWAWAWA!" Donald began quacking furiously. "You can't tell people that!"
"So what? This place isn't supposed to be here anyway," Sora rebutted.
"What's up with the duck and dog?" said the girl in the blue uniform.
"Not from this world, huh?" said Alucard, ignoring the other conversation that was going on. "Well, I don't know about that. All I can tell you is that there's a hell of a bunch of vampires out here, and it's my job to kill the bastards."
"Aren't you a vampire?" said Harry curiously, noting the fangs. "For that matter, isn't she?"
"We both are," Alucard responded. "Heh, me more than her though. Self-righteous, won't drink blood. Of course, there aren't really any vampires more powerful than I am."
"Aren't really any as arrogant either," mumbled the girl.
"What did you say Police Girl?" he snarled.
"N-nothing master!" she stammered.
Alucard laughed. "That's what I thought. Heh, well at any rate you seem sort of harmless. Come on along if you're so inclined, and meet Sir Integra. I'm sure she'll be pleased to see you."
"Yeah, right. Pleased to see us." The four of them were all sitting in a room 'graciously' given them by Integra after they had explained their entire story. Naturally, everybody saw them as complete lunatics, but there really was nothing to be done about it.
"So what do you think has happened?" said Sora to Harry. "I mean, about the world rebuilding itself like that?"
"I don't know," Harry replied, "but Alucard was searching for somebody when we arrived. Maybe it has something to do with how this world ends….like, its being given a second chance or something."
"You mean, like this could be a memory?" said Sora with a frown. He had experienced something with memories a while back, and there was always the possibility.
"No…more like a legacy of sorts. A history of this world. That light, we gave the world its light back, so perhaps we're able to relive the last few days."
"Then that means we're going to have to find a way to save it," said Sora.
"If that's true, then maybe it's Ansem who Alucard is looking for," said Goofy, tapping his head with a finger.
"Or that Voldie-something guy," said Donald.
All of them sighed to think about it. It was going to be a long while before any of them got any rest.
((Heh heh, just for you No Life King of Denton.)