AN: I'd like to start as always by thanking everyone who has taken the time to read my story, and I hope that everyone will continue to read and hopefully enjoy my story as we go. With that said sadly I still don't own Kingdom Hearts or Harry Potter.
Sora jolted upright in his bed as a scream ripped through the Gummi ship, he didn't even hesitate as he jumped from his bed and ran out of his room, soft cries reaching his ears and leading him to Harley's room. The teen was quick to summon his Keyblade, prepared to fight off whatever was causing his new friend so much distress, but as the door hissed open Sora discovered that there was no monster attacking Harley, but instead the girl was crying in her sleep, tears racing down her face as she sobbed softly. He easily released his Keyblade, before slowly moving towards the crying girl, unsure of what to do, not for the first time wishing that Riku was here, he'd know what to do. But even though Sora was uncertain he still moved forward intent to wake Harley from here nightmare, his hand had barely rested on her shoulder when Harley jolted upright, her hands grabbing his shirt and balling it tightly in her fists, sobbing softly into his chest.
Harley sobbed softly into her friends chest, as she clutched his shirt, her mind still replaying her nightmare. Once more seeing Fred and George attacked by the heartless, seeing the fear in the eyes of her fellow students. But new to this nightmare was the fact that she had seen her dear friends Ron and Hermione being attacked, turning into heartless themselves, and then turning to attack her. She was more then grateful that Sora had woken her before her nightmare could go any further, but even still the images from that horrifying nightmare wouldn't leave, so Harley cried into her friends shirt, for the first time in along time Harley let herself release her grief.
Sora sat there frozen simply letting Harley cry, unsure of what he should do to help her. But as he sat there a long distant memory found its way back into his mind, a memory of his mom taking care of him the last time he had a truly bad nightmare. So drawing on that memory Sora slowly lifted his arms to enclose Harley, his left hand slowly began to rub soothing circles against Harley's back before he cleared his throat softly, resting his chin on top of her head as his voice began to travel softly around the room.
"Come stop your crying it will be alright, just take my hand hold it tight, I will protect you from all around you, I will here don't you cry." Sora sang softly, remembering the song that his mother had sang to him so long ago. He didn't think that he was as good a singer as his mother, but he remembered how hearing her sing had helped him to feel safe, and protected, feelings that Sora hoped to help Harley feel in that moment.
As Sora's voice softly echoed around the room Harley slowly stopped crying, a feeling that she hadn't felt in as long as she could remember slowly welling up inside her. For the first time in as long as she could remember Harley felt safe, and as Sora's soft singing slowly echoed around her room, Harley's memories of that horrible nightmare slowly faded, replaced by the boy's soothing melody, and without intending to Harley felt her eyes grow heavy before the girl finally fell back to sleep, this time her dreams weren't plagued by horrible images of her friends being hurt, but of the fun times that Harley had already had with her spiky haired friend.
Sora smiled softly as he reached the final notes, seeing that Harley had fallen back asleep the boy slowly levered her body back down, before trying to shift away, only to discover that her hands hadn't released his t-shirt. Not wanting to wake Harley back up Sora slowly shifted out of his t-shirt letting Harley continue to clutch it as she slept. Sora turned to leave the room only to freeze as he saw Goofy standing there his hands over his mouth to stop his chuckling, while Donald stood next to him, his arms crossed and his beak somehow turned up into a grin. The boy couldn't help but to blush before quickly walking past them and back to his own room, where he quickly through on a new shirt before laying back down to sleep.
Harley groaned softly as she slowly woke up the next morning, her eyes heavy as she forced them open, even though she had no real desire to wake up. She brought her hands up to rub at her eyes only to freeze as she discovered that she was clutching a white t-shirt in her hands. She couldn't help but to raise an eyebrow in confusion, before memories from the previous night slammed into her mind, causing Harley to blush in embarrassment at the fact that Sora had to come and comfort her like a little child, yet at the same time Harley couldn't help but to remember just how safe she had felt in that moment, and she couldn't help but to smile softly, at least slightly hoping that she would be able to feel that safe again someday.
Putting those thoughts to the side Harley was quick to get dressed for the day, this time making sure to put her bike shorts on under her skirt just in case they had to float down to the next world, she was not going to have a repeat of the last time. Having gotten dressed Harley quickly made her way up to the cockpit where Sora, Donald and Goofy sat looking a the next world. Judging by the way Sora was standing facing away from Donald and Goofy, Harley suspected that something had happened between the three but quickly decided not to ask any questions, instead Harley simply walked up to Sora and handed him back his t-shirt, before mumbling a soft thank you. Sora simply nodded deciding that he didn't need to ask her about her nightmare, deciding that she'd tell him when she was ready. Nothing was said between the group of four as Donald easily piloted the Gummi down to the planet before the group slowly made their way off, prepared to face whatever may be coming their way. '
Harley and Sora where quick to begin making their way to the large wooden doors that they had seen in the distance, only to be stopped by Donald, as the duck declared that after their impressive if not extremely reckless win against the massive heartless, they needed to learn more magic spells, and next on his list to teach them was the ice spell blizzard. As with the fire spell Harley managed to learn it quite easily, having so much practice with magic, where as Sora somehow managed to freeze his own feet, three times in a row, much to Harley's amusement, before finally managing to get the spell down. Once Donald felt that the two had managed to get a good enough grasp on the spell he allowed them to continue on their journey up to the massive double doors.
The group of four could only stare in amazement as they passed through the massive doors, into a courtyard with a pair of massive golden warrior statues, standing with their swords crossed, above another small pair of double doors, leading into a building on the other side of the courtyard from where they currently stood. Harley was so lost in her own thoughts as she took in the large statues, that she failed to notice as Sora took off across the courtyard, only realizing it when she caught sight of him entering through the smaller double doors, causing the young girl to curse softly as she took off after the impatient boy.
Harley froze as she entered the small building, not expecting the sight that greeted her, for standing just a few feet in front of her was a small man with very furry legs, and hooves for feet. Harley froze as she realized that she knew what this small creature was, Hermione had told her about them back in their second year, but for the life of her Harley couldn't remember what it was called. The girl was drawn back to the small man before her, when he began talking to Sora, telling the boy that he wasn't allowed to join in some kinda tournament without a pass. She almost wanted to laugh as she looked at Sora, the boy looked like he was about to stomp his foot in anger, only for said boy to turn and walk though the front doors, an obvious stomp to his step. And as the boy left the room Harley couldn't help but to giggle at her friends antics, before turning to follow after him.
"I'm pulling for you little shorty." A voice said easily catching Harley's attention as she exited the building her eyes, quickly finding the source of the voice to be a very tall exceedingly pale man, with blue fire for hair. Harley couldn't help but to stare after the man trying to wrap her mind around just how strange the man looked. But she wasn't able to focus on the strange man for long as Sora ran up to her waving a strange ticket in his hand, while telling her that now they could compete in the games, before turning and running back into the building to show the goat man.
"Hey Phil look at this, now can I compete in the games?" Sora asked quickly, causing Phil to turn and look at the boy ready to tell him the he couldn't compete without a pass, only for his jaw to drop in shock as he saw the pass in Sora's hand.
"How'd you get that?" Phil asked quickly before shaking his head and looking back at the boy. "Well if you have one then yes you can compete." The satyr conceded, causing Sora to jump for joy before turning and looking at Harley.
"Did you hear that Harley we can compete." Sora said with a massive smile aimed at Harley. The girl could only smile as she looked at him.
"I'll be cheering for you." She said with a large smile on her face, almost wanting to chuckle when she saw the way Sora's face dropped in surprise at her sentence.
"Don't you wanna fight too Harley?" Sora asked, only for his eyes to widen in shock as Harley shook her head no.
"I was never really one to go looking for fights, Sora." Harley said with a smile having no real desire to be drawn into a tournament for no real reason. The spiky haired boy simply nodded, easily accepting her decision before turning and following Phil out to the arena. It didn't take Harley long to find her way to the stands as she watched her three friends battle wave after wave of heartless. Briefly stopping to allow the other competitors to take their turns. Most of the others didn't really give Harley pause as she figured with Donald's magic, Goofy's shield, and Sora's admittedly reckless fighting style they'd be able to beat them all. Except one, a tall blond haired man, with hair that was actually spikier then Sora's, as hard as that was for her to believe, and wielding a massive sword. And though Harley was loath to admit it, she knew that he was probably going to be able to beat her friends.
As each match went by Harley watched as her friends slowly drew closer and closer to their fight against the blond swordsman, until finally the match began. Harley watched as her friends through everything they had at the tall warrior, but with each strike that he blocked each spell that he managed to bat away, it became increasingly obvious that they weren't going to win, but at the same time Harley couldn't help but to narrow her eyes as she saw the blond swordsman toy with her friends, to Sora, Donald and Goofy it may not seem like he was but to those on the sidelines it was sadly obvious that he was.
Sora scowled as he saw Goofy be knocked back into Donald, before turning and with a roar the key bearer charged at Cloud, Keyblade raised for a strong overhand, only for Cloud to bat the boy away. The stands watched with baited breath as Cloud walked towards Sora, until he stood over the boy, his sword raised and ready to strike the boy down. Harley screamed along with many others in the stands as the sword quickly descended towards the downed boy, only to impact the ground mere inches from his head.
"This fights over." Cloud stated calmly, before pulling his sword from the ground and walking back towards the edge of the arena. Sora scowled as he slowly pushed himself back up until he was standing tall, once more summoning his Keyblade. Cloud turned to look at the boy as he saw Sora standing with his Keyblade in hand. To everyone on the sidelines it was obvious that it was taking almost all of Sora's strength to keep from falling over, the most telling sign being the way his legs quacked beneath him. But what the audience couldn't see Cloud did, the boy's eyes held a powerful determination, a resolve that the blond warrior could not only relate to, but that made the man feel respect towards the younger swordsman. Cloud was about to begin walking back towards the boy when he saw the boy's face shift from one of determination to a look of shock, mere seconds, before Cloud felt a massive weight slam down on top of him, his head slamming against the floor as he was knocked off his feet, causing the blond swordsman to loose consciousness.
Harley couldn't help but to jump in shock as she saw the massive three headed black dog, step on Cloud. This beast made Fluffy look like a puppy in comparison, but Harley wasn't able to spend much time marveling at the massive canine, as she was knocked to the floor by the rushing crowd, her head slamming against the corner of the seats, knocking the young girl unconscious.
Sora was making his way back towards the main building after Hercules had appeared to hold back the massive three headed dog, when his eyes landed on a body lying unmoving in the stands. He was quick to change course, running over to the downed body, only for his eyes to widen as he discovered that it was Harley who was laying there, a small river of blood running from where her forehead had slammed against the stone bench. Sora attempted to lift Harley's body, only to stumble as he wasn't able to properly adjust her, before he could try again though, Goofy quickly scooped the unconscious girl into his arms, and the pair took off towards the small door leading into the trophy room.
Goofy gently laid Harley's unconscious body down, before Donald ran over to the small group, Phil just a few steps behind him.
"Is she okay?" The satyr asked as he looked at the girl while Donald slowly moved his staff over the girls unconscious body before nodding. Sora sighed softly in relief as Donald said that, before flinching back as he found a small vial full of a green liquid pushed into his face. He slowly turned to follow the arm to find Goofy standing there, a similar vial in his other hand, the only difference between the two being that Goofy's was empty.
"Drink this Sora, it'll make you feel better." The canine stated with that large smile on his face. Some part of Sora wanted to decline, but he knew that even if he were to Goofy wouldn't stop until he did as he asked, so with a sigh Sora grabbed the bottle, pulled the cork out and downed the contents, before cringing at the taste. It wasn't the worst thing that Sora had ever drank, but it was right up there, but as he felt the liquid make its way into his stomach he was stunned to discover that he felt better, his arms no longer hurt, and he felt like he could actually fight again if he needed to. That thought caused Sora's head to swivel to the door leading out to the arena, he could still hear the battle going on outside. With a small glare he stood and began making his way out towards the arena. He barely paused as he heard Phil question him, not even intending to let anything the Satyr said stop him, merely pausing to tell him that he could decide if they were hero's or not, before making his out to the arena where Hercules stood with Cloud over his shoulder. It was obvious that Hercules was on his last legs at the moment so without a second thought Sora shot forward, his Keyblade materializing in an instant before the boy drug it across the massive Cerberus paw, causing the massive dog to rear up in surprise and pain, before turning its sights on the young Key bearer.
Sora didn't even pay attention as Hercules ran past him, carrying the unconscious form of Cloud, instead Sora simply ran towards Cerberus, quickly dodging to the side as the massive canine began to launch small pink balls from its mouths. As soon as he was close enough Sora jumped towards the dog, his Keyblade striking right between its ribs causing the dog to once more rear up in pain, before attempting to stomp on the young warrior. Sora scowled as he rolled out of the way of each step, before coming back up onto his feet, his eyes widened in shock though as he discovered that he was mere inched from the massive canines snarling jaws. The boy suspected that was it, until a blizzard spell hit the dog in the side, causing the massive canine to move away, in obvious pain. The boy stared in shock at just how much pain the single spell seemed to cause the dog before he gained a determined grin, beginning to build his magic up as quickly as he could.
Sora growled as he slashed at Cerberus again, once more gaining the massive dogs attention, he smiled as he watched it draw back it's head, preparing to launch another one of those small pink orbs, when Sora pointed his Keyblade at the canines mouth and with a bellow of "Blizzard" released the largest blizzard spell he could, smiling as he watched the bolt of ice energy fly right into the dogs mouth and down its throat, causing Cerberus to rear back before disappearing in a burst of what appeared to be pitch black smoke.
Sora groaned as he turned to look at Donald and Goofy, all three simply looking at each other for a moment, before they all began to laugh at the fact that somehow they had managed to win. The group of three was slow to make its way back into the trophy room, all three still laughing slightly, only to freeze as they saw not just Phil and Hercules standing there but a rather annoyed Harley, who was currently glaring at the three.
Harley spent the better part of the next half hour lecturing all three about how stupid they had been, and how they could of gotten themselves killed, all the while Phil and Herc simply chuckled at the threes punishment. Before Phil cleared his throat and began to tell the three about the fact that they were now all considered junior hero's, much to the three's frustration, and Harley's amusement. Harley couldn't figure out why the old goats opinion meant so much to the three but for whatever reason it did. After being told that there weren't going to be anymore games for quite awhile the group of four turned to leave the small building.
Sora froze for a moment as he saw Cloud sitting not to far away before turning to the group and asking them to go on without him. Harley sighed as she watched the spiky haired boy walk towards the older swordsman, before starting a conversation, Harley wasn't sure what was said between the two, but as she watched Cloud walk away from Sora, she couldn't help but to gasp in surprise as she saw a small genuine smile on the blond warriors face. Harley couldn't help but to look at Sora, wondering just how the boy had got the man that he had been fighting not long ago to smile because of him, and if he could do that would he be able to make Snape smile, Harley paused as that thought entered her mind before shaking her head a small chuckle leaving her throat, "as if that's possible." Harley thought softly, before following after her friends.
And with that chapter 6 is complete, I hope everyone liked it, and please remember to leave a review, thanks again to all who read it, and if you have any questions or comments please feel free to PM me. Thanks again and I hope you all have a great night/day/week.