Defence Against The Darkness
Written by Shaun Garin
Harry Potter is owned and copyright JK Rowling 2006. Kingdom Hearts is owned and copyright SquareEnix 2006. Why YES I am insane, risking my sanity and status in the Guild for this. Most likely they'll flog me or love me to pieces.
Lock 02: The League Of Moody Men
"So… did Merlin simply go out and find ever moody person on the planet?" smirked Leon.
"Shut up," grumbled the teenager who sat glumly at his side. "That old kook just suddenly came out of nowhere and grabbed me, spouting some garbage about teaching kids. What about you, chicken wuss?"
"Don't call me that," grumbled Leon. "And as for that matter, who are you anyhow?"
"Hmph, don't think I should introduce myself to you, but I'm feeling gracious today." The teenager puffed up and stated, "Seifer Almasy. Head of the Twilight Town Disciplinary Committee."
"In other words, the leader of a gang of baseless teenage thugs," remarked Leon and Seifer bristled angrily.
"Will you two knock it off?" asked Riku, leaning against his chair and looking slightly bored. "He hasn't done anything to you Seifer so leave him alone."
"He obviously knows the freak who dragged me here," snapped Seifer. "And you! What is this, a convention of pretty-boys?"
"Who knows," said Riku, lazily rolling his shoulders in a shrug. "If that were the case, wouldn't that have lumped you into the group as well?"
For once, Seifer was struck speechless as a soft chuckle came from the fourth member of the small cozy room. Auron, former guardian of Summoner Braska leaned against the wall, silently amused to no end from the group. "It will be needed to rest up young one," he said calmly. "Forget about fighting amidst ourselves till Merlin returns."
"Pfh," said Seifer, folding his arms and doing the best to do his impressionable scowl of doom.
"So there's one thing I can't figure out," said Riku, reaching for a cookie that was helpfully laid out with a tea set that liked to refill itself after every use. "What are YOU doing here?" he asked of Sora who was already into his fourth cookie.
Pausing in mid-bite, Sora said uncertainly, "Um, Merlin's trying to coax Roxas out into teaching instead of me?"
"That explains a lot," said Riku and the otherworlders shared a glance with each other curiously as they hadn't met Roxas.
"Name sounds familiar though," murmured Seifer.
In an attempt to derail the situation, Sora added, "Wouldn't this count as, you know, meddling too much?"
"I doubt it," replied Leon. "There's a few worlds where it could be reputed to have been Merlin's homeland. This may just be it."
"Ah," said Sora. "I guess we'll know when we get there."
"IF we get there, provided the old kook'll let us go," said Seifer, irritably. "As for me? I don't believe in magic anyhow."
"Really," said Auron and he relented to Sora's insistent offering of a cookie. Taking it, he said, "Magic can be in all sorts of forms. Not just wand waving."
"Yeah," added Sora, gesturing to his clothing. "I have it, Riku has it, Leon has it and Auron, do you have it too?"
"Some, not much but some," said Auron.
"Prove it," said Seifer. As in response, a fireball scorched the wall to the side of his head. Seifer's expression was more or less gaping, his mouth opening and closing soundlessly.
"Firaga, or at least a condensed form of it," said Sora, lowering the Keyblade and letting it vanish.
"Well," said Seifer finally, "I'm convinced."
The room lapsed into silence as Sora, Riku and Auron ate cookies and Leon sipped tea.
"Hey, Leon… can I see the neat sword?"
"No."
"Please?"
"No."
"I'll get one of my own and kick your ass with it."
"Try me."
And thus, a rivalry was born.
